sayon basak
State Captain
Where D stands for Dumb.Oops
India playing 4D chess here
Where D stands for Dumb.Oops
India playing 4D chess here
been for like 5 years, people deluded themselves with a 180 on the flattest track in India in years and a hundred in a high scoring game against Windies.Is Kohli officially bad yet
Its not even few... It was always gonna be 2 overs or 3 overs max. There are many things about "muh test cricket, I will defend" that I hate but putting the shutters down for the last 3 or 4 overs is NOT one of them. Just gotta play the ball on merit, no risks and see off the day and start again tomorrow. They have been cooked mentally from the moment they had the horror start in Bangalore. I think its been a mental fall than any cricket skills related that has led to these defeats.Last few overs before stumps:
- brain-dead reverse sweep
- send in the worst tailender as nightwatchman
- nightwatchman forgets he's out there basically to be sacrificed, and burns a review first ball
- runout
I don't think you can do worse right before stumps lol. Disastrous is an understatement
So does Rohit.Kohli deserves to be sacked!!
No one cares **** off(leaving aside the fact that I support NZ)
There seems to be a belief that they can just hit their way out of a situation. There really doesn't seem to be any willingness to just allow the game to slow, let the bowlers control the tempo for a while, and then accelerate later when conditions ease, or when the situation suits (i.e. not ten minutes before stumps). It just has to be all dominance, all the time. It's a very Darren Lehmann sort of gameplan which is very odd to see tbh.Its not even few... It was always gonna be 2 overs or 3 overs max. There are many things about "muh test cricket, I will defend" that I hate but putting the shutters down for the last 3 or 4 overs is NOT one of them. Just gotta play the ball on merit, no risks and see off the day and start again tomorrow. They have been cooked mentally from the moment they had the horror start in Bangalore. I think its been a mental fall than any cricket skills related that has led to these defeats.
The pitch should be at its best in sessions 2 and 3 at least for the first 3 days. If we are still in our innings by then it could go well. But it is a big IF. Hopefully the theoretically long batting line up helps.
India's comedy display more than anything.Kiwi dominance. Wow!
I dont think the 156 was all that about the bowling personally. Lets face it, none of our collapses (and we have had one every time we have batted this series) have really been a 36/9 case where the bowling was unbelievable and everything took the edge and was caught etc. There have been at least 4 and upto 6 or 7 unforced errors in each of these innings and that is what has cost us.The other two first innings collapses had some top bowling from NZ but I'm sorry this one is so hilariously self inflicted. Pure comedy.