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  1. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    Hmmm partly because players are so inconsistent nowadays living on T20 diet.
  2. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    NZ has done Australia a favor with a whitewash of India. 4-0/4-1/5-0 coming up.
  3. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    Lost the 1st test in partly seaming conditions and panicked and went for the other extreme, rather than sticking with balanced pitches or flat normal pitches, like originally planned. Before the series they wanted conditions that would be normal but have some pace and carry in preparation for...
  4. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    Axar would've been the most effective bowler in Mumbai as he bowls straight darts and some of those darts would have turned less off the pitch, compared to a Jadeja and hence more chance of success, like vs England in 2021 when Axar was picking most of the wickets.
  5. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    If Sundar is taking a 7-fer with 5 epic clean bowleds in the first innings itself you know anyone who can land the ball consistently will get a bag of wickets, unless luck deserts them. And in the second game, Jadeja was turning it a mile every over, so much so that batters couldn't even get...
  6. centurymaker

    Kohli Test Average

    I think he is equally egotistical in his approach where he is unwilling to adapt/change. Has become a slogger. Has no patience in batting or anything for that matter. He's now become the captain who has lost the 2nd most number of tests at home. Win loss at home- Pataudi 6-9 Rohit 10-5 Kapil...
  7. centurymaker

    Kohli Test Average

    Might be Rohit not listening to his input. Rohit has been crap as captain, including with his field settings.
  8. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    I would argue that some Indian batters played reckless shots time and again, leading to quicker dismissals, so the false shots rate per dismissal is much lower for India's top 7 than it would be otherwise. It's 7.7 vs 12.3. There was reckless batting by Rohit, Sarfraz, Kohli & co plus the run...
  9. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    "India lost 60 wickets in 410 false shots in this series or one dismissal every 6.8 false shots. New Zealand survived 543 false shots for their 52 wickets or one dismissal every 10.5 false shots. If only the respective top 7 batsmen are considered, then New Zealand’s survived 12.3 false shots...
  10. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    "However, there is no evidence of the toss becoming less crucial on rank turners. Hawk-Eye data shows that the Mumbai pitch took three hours before offering big turn to India's spinners. Those three hours are worth 100 runs in relatively easy conditions. For a long time, India had batters to...
  11. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    Rohit had been quite good too in bailing out the top order. He really tended to do well at home. This is the 1st season where he's clearly lost it as a player. His drop off has been quick and sudden.
  12. centurymaker

    Road to India in Australia 2024-25

    I can see India struggling against Australia's lower middle order as well as the tail, allowing Australia to bounce back even from sticky situations.
  13. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    Last year in the 2nd test, India was 137/7 after AUS had posted 263. India was going to lose big. But then Axar got 74 and India won. Next test India lost and final test they prepared a road out of fear of losing. Salvaged a 2-1 win when it couldve been a series defeat. Bazballers weren't too...
  14. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    If India had won this match, it would have done more harm than good tbh. Because 0-2 down in the series and people were already brushing aside the series defeat. 1st series defeat in a long time, etc. A 1-2 scoreline and they would've moved on from the defeats and not said much about the batting...
  15. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    7.1 overs is all it took to be 5 down. If Pant hadn't got his 64 runs, India would've been bowled out for like 56, to go with 46 all out. Top score would have been extras.
  16. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    India plays with 5 batters + keeper bat + 5 bowlers, which includes bowling all-rounders. For a long time the specialist batters had been under performing, barring Rohit (who had been good previously), while the all rounders including keeper had been picking up the slack. This season Rohit's...
  17. centurymaker

    Biggest test series upset of all time

    Winning the toss on pitches like we have seen gives you enough of an advantage imo. In terms of runs, you arguably start 70-80 runs ahead of team batting 2nd & 4th in a low scoring match. Normally Indian spinners are so dominant that they totally nullify that advantage. Plus away batsmen are...
  18. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    No umpire would've given that live. It hit him on his stomach.
  19. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    This fat **** Sarfraz needs to be thrown out!! He is the biggest hack there's ever been. Absolutely useless against both pace and spin. He should never play for India again. Seen enough of him.
  20. centurymaker

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    Only for 2-3 years he was good. Outside of that he has been mediocre. Now he has lost his eye. Literally late on every 2nd or 3rd delivery. Another walking wicket Kohli goes...

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