Road to India in Australia 2024-25

[Xix2565]

I don't care if you choose to stay emotionally invested in fat Ashwin but let's spare the forum of your violent drowning fantasies.

Oh no. Are you going to nuance the hell out of Ashwin's embarrassing record in AUS? Even the TM of India smells the coffee and drop Ashwin in half the matches played in SENA. Just look up the record in last 5 years.

I think you need to watch games first before blindly giving numbers. Given that you clearly seem to have eyes, maybe just look around for that grey lump of cells known as the brain. It should help you in understanding the game better.

 

[GirthQuake]

I think you need to watch games first before blindly giving numbers. Given that you clearly seem to have eyes, maybe just look around for that grey lump of cells known as the brain. It should help you in understanding the game better.

More irrelevant boring faff. I watch the game and he has often appeared a misfit to the team's requirement. Thankfully, the Indian TM agrees with me and they dropped Ashwin with extreme prejudice in several of the SENA matches over the last 5 years.

Now tell me about the all-seeing pair of eyes you have.

 

[Arachnodouche]

I do feel sorry for him when he has to chase the ball all the way to the boundary on those huge Australian grounds. Guy looks like he's running through treacle. But no matter, he is in the side for his bowling after all!

 

[Burgey]

Indian supporters already arguing and self destructing four months out. Sad.

 

[Xix2565]

More irrelevant boring faff. I watch the game and he has often appeared a misfit to the team's requirement. Thankfully, the Indian TM agrees with me and they dropped Ashwin with extreme prejudice in several of the SENA matches over the last 5 years.

Now tell me about the all-seeing pair of eyes you have.

Again, literally did a good job in Australia of all the SENA places. It would be silly to act like he can't play there. I at least remember that along with the generally anti-spin pitches being served up everywhere else to neuter him/Jadeja. Sorry, but this is just stupidity now.

 

[Arachnodouche]

If Smith's opening and Ashwin's playing, I'd be tempted to give him the new ball alongside Bumrah. Worth a punt early in the series and good odds he'll get him too.

 

[Qlder]

No surprise, but Australia has once again stuffed up their Test planning by playing Pakistan in 3 ODIs and 3 T20s between 4-18 Nov, just before the 1st Test vs India on Nov 22. This after their last Test was vs NZ in March, so over 8 months break from Tests.

Meanwhile India has a nice warm-up of 2 Tests vs Bangladesh and 3 Tests vs NZ just before the 1st test vs Australia

Likely there are two Shield rounds during Pakistan white ball series so hope they have all Test players in the shield instead of meaningless ODI's and T20's

 

[Silver Silva]

Got to play tribute to the amazing fitness of Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins ..

They should be used in fast bowling studies around the world, they just remain serviceable for Australia all year round in every format.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ashwin's done great in the last two tours but he's fat and old and Smith will be pretty motivated to not look like a loser against him this time. Kuldeep is young and promising, he could be a very nice contrast to the jadeja fast darts.

 

[ma1978]

Ashwin's done great in the last two tours but he's fat and old and Smith will be pretty motivated to not look like a loser against him this time. Kuldeep is young and promising, he could be a very nice contrast to the jadeja fast darts.

how about we let the performances decide who hen Ashwin is too old. Let’s see if he out owls KY in the five tests before Aus

 

[honestbharani]

out owls KY

I dont think he can stay up longer in the night than Kan Ye.

 

[ma1978]

I dont think he can stay up longer in the night than Kan Ye.

Ashwin has more dimensions that we may think, I bet he can hold his own in a piss up

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Sinful to exclude Kuldeep from a test bowling lineup now

 

[Shri]

Fat Ashwin is 38 with an embarrassing average of 42 in Australia. Cannot move, cannot bowl. What an embarrassment.

Wish him luck as a 3rd rate Youtuber.

go home laxman sivaramakrishnan you are drunk

and talentless

 

[centurymaker]

Ashwin won't play the first test at Perth. India will play 4 seamers. 2nd spinner may be considered at Adelaide though.

But if Aus goes for greentops then Ashwin may not come into the picture till the 4th test.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Ashwin's done great in the last two tours but he's fat and old and Smith will be pretty motivated to not look like a loser against him this time. Kuldeep is young and promising, he could be a very nice contrast to the jadeja fast darts.

I agree, fat people should be excluded from things in general

 

[Arachnodouche]

^obviously not aware of the Ambani wedding

 

[CodeOfWisden]

The first two tests will have only one spinner from our side, its probably going to be Jadeja, the problem is that we dont have a pace bowling allrounder like Thakur this time around (dont think he will be picked, had a surgery) so our tail will be too long, ideally Harshit Rana should play at 8, he can score some runs.

 

[Shri]

Gambhir could force hardik to play tests again by making it a prerequisite to be limited overs captain.

Also predicting both Rana and Reddy to be in the squad and maybe get a game depending on how things go

 

[Prince EWS]

Gambhir could force hardik to play tests again by making it a prerequisite to be limited overs captain.

Haha I love this idea.