*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[Shri]

 

[honestbharani]

Really? Dhoni wasn't a defensive test captain? Are we going to write history now?

Are you at least gonna attempt to watch cricket now?

 

[Kirkut]

Bumrah has been my legit favorite cricketer since Tendulkar's retirement. Irrespective of whether we are winning the game or not, I always look forward to his bowling.

 

[honestbharani]

Ok I can grant that at home he was better. The team faced many losable situations but still had the nerve to somehow win.

..

He is light years away from Dhoni as a captain, in any format.

MSD is one of the best captains we have ever had in tests at home.

So apparently the blind idiotic hatred blinds saltshakerz from not just watching cricket but also actually reading posts he is responding to.

 

[mackembhoy]

Just checked Bashir's batting stats in case we need him.

They're not good.

Put on an amazing Bazball like 108 run 10th wicket partnership with James Rew last season. 44* at 78SR

I watched it due to hype around Rew at the time.

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[Kirkut]

Better than Cummins?

Cummins though can bowl long spells and play many games, he doesn't need to be carefully managed unlike Bumrah.

 

[GIMH]

That ball to get Pope is one of the best I’ve seen

 

[Prince EWS]

Are you at least gonna attempt to watch cricket now?

Dhoni was definitely a defensive captain, but people confuse 'defensive' with 'bad'. He was a good defensive captain.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Love how one of our players hit a boundary and the crowd just stay totally silent.

 

[honestbharani]

Dhoni was definitely a defensive captain, but people confuse 'defensive' with 'bad'. He was a good defensive captain.

No, he was pretty listless in SENA especially in 2011 when it seemed he did not get the teams he wanted, but at home he was always a very good captain. He was defensive when he needed to be on those pitches, not as a rule.

 

[mackembhoy]

That ball to get Pope is one of the best I’ve seen

Yet still not his best ball in the last 12 months!!!

 

[BazBall21]

Need Stokes and Jonathan to be there at stumps.

 

[honestbharani]

That was God level from Bumrah but he is already got some cramps in his bowling arm. Axar has looked listless inspite of being gifted a wicket. Kuldeep has been ok but nothing great, odd good deliveries notwithstanding. Ash started well but was well off his game in the last 2 or 3 overs he bowled. Mukesh might as well not be there (has a chance against Bairstow to get him LBW but somehow has this genius idea that bowling short wide filth at 130 will work here). This is gonna be a tonking. England 450/4 at stumps.

 

[honestbharani]

I see the A game is going pretty well for India. Should we have a single thread to discuss all A games going on?

 

[subshakerz]

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What a ball. Awesome stuff.

 

[Spark]

Pope gets yorked a lot, doesn't he? Both Bumrah and Cummins have got him a few times with that ball.

 

[honestbharani]

Bumrah looks pretty cooked.

 

[mackembhoy]

I see the A game is going pretty well for India. Should we have a single thread to discuss all A games going on?

Where‘s GS Kohli when you need him.

 

[Aidan11]

The good thing with Stokes is he plays as the situation demands.

Doesn't always go out to Blast it.

 

[King Kane]

Pope gets yorked a lot, doesn't he? Both Bumrah and Cummins have got him a few times with that ball.

A lot of batsmen would have got out to that yorker from Bumrah so not sure you can blame him for that, it was more great bowling than bad batting.