Don't sleep on Akash.If Ashwin continues to be crap this might be quite funny. All of a sudden this India attack is really resting on Bumrah and Jadeja.
So they have gone with this exact lineup.Rohit
Jaiswal
Gill
Kohli
Pant
Sarfraz
Jadeja
Sundar
Ashwin
Akashdeep
Bumrah
Gill in, Rahul out
Sundar in, Kuldeep out
Akash in, Siraj out
You might be able to question Southee's bowling ability at times but you can't question his durability, he just keeps on keeping on.Henry out with a niggle. Is Tim Southee made of teflon?
It is disappointing but watching Bumrah now, I don't think it's as awful as it could be with Henry out. This deck looks pretty benign. And winning the toss makes it hurt less as well.Well at least we are batting first, if this pitch is a bunsen burner as predicted then it will only get harder to bat on as the match goes on.
Henry out injured is disappointing but we probably needed to drop one of our pace bowlers for a spinner anyway.
Yeah normally you would pick Henry ahead of Santner but if this pitch favours spin more than seam and batting first Santner could be more useful here.It is disappointing but watching Bumrah now, I don't think it's as awful as it could be with Henry out. This deck looks pretty benign. And winning the toss makes it hurt less as well.
Yeah I felt exactly the same about both players tbh. I think pretty highly as Washington as a batting all-rounder but he's been picked primarily for bowling here, and Kuldeep so often gets a really raw deal - I think he's actually better than Jadeja on bowling alone tbh, let alone Sundar.Hope Sundar does well, potentially an excellent batsman though I'm not convinced he's all that with the ball. Really salty about Kuldeep being dropped again tbh, guy is one of the most unlucky players in the world the last few years. Absolute class record but gets binned as soon as he has one not-great game (even then he bowled pretty decently first game I thought) . Dude must've pissed some people off higher up to be treated like this consistently.
It's never been that great even when he is in better form than he is in now, he relies more on his hand eye coordination.Conway's footwork is looking horrible today.