SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Why did they discard Unadkat?
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***Official*** India Tour of South Africa, 2023/24
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capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
In the next match, we should change both Shardul and Krishna. If Mukesh is one replacement, then I fear Jadeja has to be the other as India's other pace option is ****ing Akash Deep.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
@cnerd123 and @SillyCowCorner1 - more than lack of FC cricket, its the diet of T20 cricket that creates these issues. Bowling the same ball again and again and bowling in a good length are both absolute nos in T20 cricket and these guys play so much of that. I think the A team program needs to be prioritized as much as possible for all formats and it also needs to become a vehicle for folks to stage a comeback. Especially the bowlers. I would love to see Shardul dropped now and go back to the next A tour, get fit, bowl lots of overs, get wickets, make runs and earn his place back in the side. Maybe we discarded Ishant too early but he never seemed the same bowler post his injury during that 2020 BG series. And all of a sudden, Siraj, who was our 6th or 7th best fast bowler during that tour is now our second/third best seamer and it shows.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Yes - from the first few balls he's looked absolutely rock solid.
King Kane
International Regular
A bit of AB de Villiers about him too.
He will be the greatest test batsman of all time with all these comparisons.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
So did the new KP in 2021. Its the same issue we have in India and probably all other nations except maybe NZ. People look like the next big thing, esp. batsmen, at home before they get found out away.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Told you he was gun.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
He moved to England years ago and made himself ineligible until very recently changing his mind.
OverratedSanity
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The bowling quality from India apart from Siraj's first spell has been unbelievably ordinary.
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
His stats in the UK for Durham aren't bad either. FC Ave 52.
cnerd123
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He was making a career as a county pro pre Brexit and still got a gig as an overseas player despite it
Suppose it just took some bridge mending to coax him back into the setup
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
India are embarrassing away from home so often. The lack of tour game is an extra kick in the teeth of management incompetence.
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
I thought he always played as an overseas rather than kolpak for Durham, thus maintaining eligibility
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Never thought I'd see the day even HB is tearing into Thakur.But no, we gotta bowl ****ing Shardul.
Keep the faith HB! Don't stop believing!
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
To have such reliability poor batting that this match is already over should be such a sign to management that a big change is needed urgently.
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
He's treating Bumrah as a regular bowler, and not as a freak
Bahseph
International Debutant
I always felt it was the length. He is good at playing slightly inside deliveries that are short of a driving length. In SA that length is perhaps a little fuller than other countries. He is also good off the short stuff generally with his pulls and cuts. When it is full he has a decent punch down the ground or through cover. He is always susceptible when a seamer bowls it into his body as his history of legside dismissals will attest too.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
He was trying to become a local player through four years qualification but he changed his mind. He was always still eligible if he did change his mind, but he took himself out of the running for a little while.
Batting depth in SA was definitely a bit better when he made the original call in late 2019.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
He's getting... what's the word for it?