***Official*** India Tour of South Africa, 2023/24

[Gob]

Hey it worked for Labuschagne. And I am pretty sure Smith was dropped about 7 times in that Pune 100 which was the toughest conditions he faced in that tour in 2017.

Its not working for Labuschagne now and I don't know what a single innings from Smith going to prove

Anyway the luck sort of even out at the end. I'm looking more towards how comfortable Kohli is looking at the crease atm

 

[honestbharani]

Ashwin with another atg performance in SENA.

Bowled really well and for me, was our second best bowler. Two dropped catches. He is not a #7 in a test line-up at the best of times.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kohli been class. Shame it's going to be worthless because of the other useless *****.

 

[Gob]

That's a great knock

 

[capt_Luffy]

This team still has no replacement for Pujara and Rahane....

 

[Spark]

This is quite the hammering

 

[Nintendo]

Is that 2 from shardul the greatest 2 in test history.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pretty funny to watch rabada magically turn this pitch into an unplayable minefield after gavaskar and co kept saying the pitch had flattened massively.

 

[Heboric]

Damn Kohli not good enough to nick that from Burger for his hat trick

 

[Spark]

Pretty funny to watch rabada magically turn this pitch into an unplayable minefield after gavaskar and co kept saying the pitch had flattened massively.

We only get the Supersport feed here in Aus via Kayo, who have you got?

 

[honestbharani]

The issues with the side has always been obvious. We need to plan and focus a lot to do well in a SENA test series. The times we did that, we won - Aus in 18-19, Aus again in 20-21, Eng in 21. But with our schedule and our series being so financially viable and what basically keeps some of these other boards floating, we will always have to play the next series with 2 weeks notice.

We need to bring in a specialist test squad or at least prioritize tests which these guys did to an extent this time. But we need to do more of that, and also establish a proper feeder process through the A tours. There is absolutely no use in the A team playing in the same country at the same time when the national team is there except for having backups nearby. If we are serious about winning test series away from home, the side should go and play the season previous. Like if we know we are touring Aus next winter, our A team should be there now, not in RSA. This way we will know who in the next level is ready to step up and it also allows a way for players who are dropped from the test side to comeback into the side.

For the white ball formats, we need to invest in multi-skilled players and ensure we have some depth with both bat and ball. And we almost never have the A side playing white ball formats away from home. We need to kick-start that as well.

These processes and systems being in place does not guarantee any success but without these, we will pretty much never succeed except the odd great individual performance(s).

 

[subshakerz]

I want Kohli to ton up even as India lose.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lol

 

[Spark]

Lmao, poor Kohli

 

[subshakerz]

The issues with the side has always been obvious. We need to plan and focus a lot to do well in a SENA test series. The times we did that, we won - Aus in 18-19, Aus again in 20-21, Eng in 21. But with our schedule and our series being so financially viable and what basically keeps some of these other boards floating, we will always have to play the next series with 2 weeks notice.

We need to bring in a specialist test squad or at least prioritize tests which these guys did to an extent this time. But we need to do more of that, and also establish a proper feeder process through the A tours. There is absolutely no use in the A team playing in the same country at the same time when the national team is there except for having backups nearby. If we are serious about winning test series away from home, the side should go and play the season previous. Like if we know we are touring Aus next winter, our A team should be there now, not in RSA. This way we will know who in the next level is ready to step up and it also allows a way for players who are dropped from the test side to comeback into the side.

For the white ball formats, we need to invest in multi-skilled players and ensure we have some depth with both bat and ball. And we almost never have the A side playing white ball formats away from home. We need to kick-start that as well.

These processes and systems being in place does not guarantee any success but without these, we will pretty much never succeed except the odd great individual performance(s).

Draw.

India have only won in Australia where there isn't as much lateral movement. And in Aus 20/21, everything went opposite to plans.

However, the last few series, the bowlers have disappointed at key moments more than the bats.

 

[honestbharani]

Draw.

India have only won in Australia where there isn't as much lateral movement.

Not in 21. **** off with your hatred filled diatribes again. And lol if you think there was no lateral movement in Aus.

 

[Bolo.]

Pretty funny to watch rabada magically turn this pitch into an unplayable minefield after gavaskar and co kept saying the pitch had flattened massively.

I wonder if the bounce is uneven? Old ball and they aren't bowling too quick, but the bounce looks seriously uncomfortable oFF a good length sometimes.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not in 21. **** off with your hatred filled diatribes again. And lol if you think there was no lateral movement in Aus.

England was 2-2

 

[OverratedSanity]

Draw.

India have only won in Australia where there isn't as much lateral movement.

Eh the MCG test we won had lots of lateral movement and almost English like cloud cover.
Sydney and Brisbane were flat,yes.

 

[OverratedSanity]

We only get the Supersport feed here in Aus via Kayo, who have you got?

Gavaskar and Nicholas on commentary atm. Not sure which feed.