*Official* Australia in India 2023

[RossTaylorsBox]

I’m ****ting myself here.

Lol, you're always ****ting yourself.

 

[mr_mister]

Pujara deserves to be dropped moreso and trying to blood a new 3 and 4 at the same time could be disastrous imo

 

[Prince EWS]

Pujara deserves to be dropped moreso and trying to blood a new 3 and 4 at the same time could be disastrous imo

Yeah I'd definitely drop Pujara before Kohli too but he played a seriously gun knock yesterday so the timing would be really weird. I do think he's properly done though.

They probably both have to play the fourth Test and then reevaluate after that.

 

[LJMJ]

Kohli actually looks pretty good at the crease and it’s likely that a big score is on the horizon

He always looks like that before getting out. Always. Almost every inning of his over the last 3 years follows the exact same pattern. Gets off the gates looking assured and aggressive. Gets into the 20's/30's and just gets bogged down due to his limited arsenal of shots and eventually either ends up playing a loose shot or gets a "good one". But the good one is always right around the corner given how few shots he actually plays. The guy at this point simply lacks the mental fortitude and more importantly, the skill to accelerate past scores of 20's and 30's. Nobody is in "bad form" for 3+ years. It just means you suck now. He should've been dropped a year ago itself.

 

[Anil]

Lol no way Australia is loosing this.. This ghambhiring is cringe worthy..

Completely agree...they should be ashamed of themselves...

 

[Spark]

I will say that though I didn't expect that particular mode of dismissal I didn't really feel that Kohli would last yesterday. He pushes so damn hard at the ball, it brings so many modes of dismissal into play. That's before we get to the fact that his shot selection is probably not Test standard at this point.

 

[duffer]

Pujara deserves to be dropped moreso and trying to blood a new 3 and 4 at the same time could be disastrous imo

Yeah, they just binned KL so I get the logic of too many changes being an issue stability wise.

I'd argue however, that the 3 idiots' output was so poor over the last couple of years that you'd have nothing to lose by blooding talented youngsters or selecting someone in seriously good form (like Sarfaraz).

 

[Starfighter]

The trouble with the 'you can't drop them at the same time' mentality is in actual practice the choice isn't made and you end up with both players hanging around longer.

 

[subshakerz]

Yeah he does. He doesn't look as though he's lost it like Warner has. His footwork still looks sharp (in this series at least)

I mean, he has still looked somewhat good this entire slump, like a big score is around the corner.

 

[duffer]

The trouble with the 'you can't drop them at the same time' mentality is in actual practice the choice isn't made and you end up with both players hanging around longer.

At least half of our Mount Rushmore (KL and Jinx) are out of the team I suppose. The next two will take some time

 

[Spark]

I mean, he has still looked somewhat good this entire slump, like a big score is around the corner.

I thought he looked dismal last year tbh. Especially in SA, despite what the commentators were saying

 

[mr_mister]

Completely agree...they should be ashamed of themselves...

I don't think we'll lose but we've been village on these type of pitches for a long time

 

[silentstriker]

Kohli does not deserve a place on merit. It’s really that simple. There are other players who I would back to score more runs in the next Test and that’s honestly the only consideration that should matter. It’s three years! It’s not like he hasn’t had chances. There is no reason to feel hard done by if ion get dropped after doing badly for three years. The only people who should feel bad are those in domestic cricket scoring loads of runs because they’re legitimately feeling that this is not fair.

 

[Victor Ian]

I imagine Australia should win this now, but not smugly. I am quite prepared that I might be experiencing that awful laughter you do when your team ****s up a certain win monumentally.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I mean people have been saying here for years that minefields like these massively benefit touring teams compared to normal turners, because it eliminates the differences between the attacks.

Yeah I'm never going to get why they do it. Like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh I can understand because they are terrible and need to make the conditions as alien as possible for SENA teams to have a chance. But India are strong and would win 95% of the time on normal Indian wickets.

How did they not learn after the 1 game they lost in 2017 against Aus was on a minefield that maybe it's not a great idea

It worked in 2004 because that Aus team was stronger than the Indian team so the Mumbai dustbowl gave India a chance to get lucky and take a game off them but this 2023 Aus team shouldn't even be in the same stratosphere as this 2023 Indian team in Indian conditions

 

[Burgey]

As Bill O'Reilly said when he was asked why he hadn't made public what he really thought about Bradman "You don't piss on statues, son"

I suspect there's a bit about that wrt Kohli given he was skipper and the gun bat in a period where India really prospered.

 

[Niall]

Yeah I'm never going to get why they do it. Like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh I can understand because they are terrible and need to make the conditions as alien as possible for SENA teams to have a chance. But India are strong and would win 95% of the time on normal Indian wickets.

How did they not learn after the 1 game they lost in 2017 against Aus was on a minefield that maybe it's not a great idea

It worked in 2004 because that Aus team was stronger than the Indian team so the Mumbai dustbowl gave India a chance to get lucky and take a game off them but this 2023 Aus team shouldn't even be in the same stratosphere as this 2023 Indian team in Indian conditions

Not like in 2023 have that many players you would consider spin bullies either, this lot has been spun out by some bang average spinners over the years, most Indian posters here remember Mooen ****ing Ali ripping through them on more than one occasion ffs.

Iyer on this front has been the biggest letdown , some very nice numbers in Asia before this series but dunno has he bought into his own hype to much but wow he has not been impressive at all.

 

[mr_mister]

Not like in 2023 have that many players you would consider spin bullies either, this lot has been spun out by some bang average spinners over the years, most Indian posters here remember Mooen ****ing Ali ripping through them on more than one occasion ffs.

Iyer on this front has been the biggest letdown , some very nice numbers in Asia before this series but dunno has he bought into his own hype to much but wow he has not been impressive at all.

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Maybe it's me being overly judgemental, but when he walked out with the baggy cap combo plus his facial hair double earrings in the first knock I thought this guy thinks he's on for an easy ton here. Seemed overconfident

 

[Arachnodouche]

Some guys look cool under helmets. Some look like dorks. Iyer's the latter, looks like a melon perched on his head.

 

[Xix2565]

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Maybe it's me being overly judgemental, but when he walked out with the baggy cap combo plus his facial hair double earrings in the first knock I thought this guy thinks he's on for an easy ton here. Seemed overconfident

And if he had gotten 200+ then what? He's perfectly confident? Hate this dumb idea that we're all perfect mind readers.