Yeah fair play to him, we were all hammering the decision to keep Hartley on for so long in the first innings but if it did anything, it demonstrated that his captain believes in him, and it's paying dividends nowI think it shows Stokes's strengths as captain too. Once upon a time he gets locked away in a cupboard never to play again after that start. Instead he keeps his faith, and now it's paid dividends.
Even cricbuzz called Shreyas “a supposedly good player of spin”.Its there but they use it for bowling their allotted quota anyway.
This is really some performance from England here. We have been soft af but they have got more out of the pitch with the ball in the respective second innings and they have been far more proactive with the bat. Fully deserve this win.
If Shreyas can't even score runs against spin at home, what is even the point?
I guess it was not as soft a wicket as Jaiswal, Gill, Axar and Jaddu but still pretty lazy from Shreyas and really good from Leach. Kinda feel bad he has this injury as I quite like him as a cricketer and his bowling style is pretty good for India esp. when we have batsmen who are so stubborn to play sweeps or come down the track or even play the odd lofted shot.
Now who is Gambhiring?Bazball ****ing works
England 5-0 surely. This Indian team is cooked.
his wife is due according to rumoursWhat’s the story with Kohli missing these games? I know they said personal reasons bu t has there been any update and is he likely to be back later in the series?
This is exactly what I've been saying - this is not the invincible India team of 2018-2020. We were two, or maybe even one, good session away from winning that series and that was not a world class Australian team. England are proving again here that India are actually gettable at home right now if you have the belief and you make the right decisions.Australia really ****ed up in India last year,they would have won the series if not for collapsing second innings in Delhi.
You should move on to Ball Comparisons for your threads, once you've run out of random players.England should ask for a new ball like they did in the ashes
Compare Cook with Kerrigan. Also shows the weakness of no in country warm up.I think it shows Stokes's strengths as captain too. Once upon a time he gets locked away in a cupboard never to play again after that start. Instead he keeps his faith, and now it's paid dividends.