India Doom and Gloom Thread

[cnerd123]

Our Test squad barely plays any red ball cricket outside of Tests. That's a major concern. We need to identify some red ball specialists and ensure they're playing as much FC cricket as possible in between Test series.

 

[ankitj]

Our Test squad barely plays any red ball cricket outside of Tests. That's a major concern. We need to identify some red ball specialists and ensure they're playing as much FC cricket as possible in between Test series.

We have Rahul Dravid as coach. Can't be lacking a role model surely.

 

[Xix2565]

I mean the bigger issue is lack of continuity with players. There's been far too many injuries here and there and that's hurt our chances in some games.

 

[Anil]

Our batting lacks a spine, simple.

 

[ankitj]

India's last 3 home tests: lost, drawn, lost.

DOOM

 

[honestbharani]

Selection issues happen almost every test and every tour but yesterday's selection of Mukesh over Washy is basically peak Koach level madness. I have not seen worse selection by an Indian test side since that 2018 series in South Africa when we kept dropping Bhuvi and Rahane to play ****ing Shami and Rohit.

 

[Sunil1z]

Is this the Worst batting line up at home since 60s ?
None of the players inspire any confidence.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Is this the Worst batting line up at home since 60s ?
None of the players inspire any confidence.

Has to be, but we're missing four first-choice batsmen too. The silver lining is two guys in their early twenties have stood up and made tons under pressure, whatever other deficiencies they may have.

 

[Xix2565]

I don't think it's that bad as people make it out to be, tbh. This was more a case of lack of experience and better personnel than just being terrible like the older lineups.

 

[Daemon]

Missing 4 of your best batsmen and 2 of your best bowlers, during a transition phase where you’ve lost some other players to form/end of career slumps like Pujara, Rahane, Ishant would be pretty brutal for any side.

 

[honestbharani]

Missing 4 of your best batsmen and 2 of your best bowlers, during a transition phase where you’ve lost some other players to form/end of career slumps like Pujara, Rahane, Ishant would be pretty brutal for any side.

I don't think anyone underestimates our challenges here. But it's infuriating when bad selection is sat on top of all those issues.

 

[Shri]

 

[ataraxia]

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2nd most 50s, well done

 

[Shri]

2nd most 50s, well done

3rd worst strike rate

 

[howitzer]

3rd worst strike rate

Best strike rate=best team.

 

[Salamuddin]

Missing 4 of your best batsmen and 2 of your best bowlers, during a transition phase where you’ve lost some other players to form/end of career slumps like Pujara, Rahane, Ishant would be pretty brutal for any side.

This. India are a team in transition and with any team in transition results are going to be mixed.

you can see the nucleus of a new Indian side slowly emerging though.

gill jaiswal paddikal jurel kuldeep sarfaraz washington
throw in sai sudarshan, Tilak, yash dhull and pradosh there’s plenty of young batting talent to work with.

I rate Paddikal and I think it was a good decision to drop Iyer - he isn’t cut out for tests,
They really need to develop some new pace bowling options though.

prasidh has been poor since his injury and mukesh looks limited.

 

[Salamuddin]

Also Dravid cops a bit too much flak from Indian fans imo. He has had to deal with significant injury issues in every series or tournament since he took over. That wouldn’t be easy for any coach to deal with.

 

[ankitj]

Also Dravid cops a bit too much flak from Indian fans imo. He has had to deal with significant injury issues in every series or tournament since he took over. That wouldn’t be easy for any coach to deal with.

 

[Line and Length]

Something to cheer the pessimistic fans up.

 

[Socerer 01]

Also Dravid cops a bit too much flak from Indian fans imo. He has had to deal with significant injury issues in every series or tournament since he took over. That wouldn’t be easy for any coach to deal with.

i would rate Dravid more if he wasnt this conservative