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**Official** 1st Test @ Perth, 22nd-26th November

honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
danzydab said:
what is with the

Sundar at no.3 seems to be a popular opinion among fans. He seems to be the most rated batsman for some reason.
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He is one of those guys who does not look like he has any real weakness as a batsman. He may well poke at one outside off but he is also just as likely to rein himself in, bat time, get himself in before looking to play his shots and that may well be what we need at #3.
 
Shady Slim

Shady Slim

International Coach
was honestly very keen to watch sarfaraz khan play on aussie soil so i'm going to be pretty disappointed if he doesn't get a go
think sundar would respectfully get eaten alive if he bats three here against our attack
 
centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
Shady Slim said:
was honestly very keen to watch sarfaraz khan play on aussie soil so i'm going to be pretty disappointed if he doesn't get a go.
think sundar would respectfully get eaten alive if he bats three here against our attack
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agree, thats why he shouldn't be batting in the top order.
 
Q

Qlder

International Debutant
Wouldn't India more likely go with this?

Jaiswal
Rahul
Easwaran
Kohli
Pant
Sarfaraz
Jadeja
Sundar
Akash
Bumrah
Siraj
 
Shri

Shri

Mr. Glass
bumrah will bowl back of a length

siraj will bowl wherever he wants

idk how reddy or rana bowl in red ball

so we have to pick akash for his natural fuller length bowling
 
Q

Qlder

International Debutant
Some Perth Stadium spinner trivia

India has played one Test at Perth Stadium, whereby they went in with 4 pacers (Sharma, Bumrah, Shami and Yadav). Vihari bowled 14 overs of part-time spin in each innings for 2-53 and 0-31

Meanwhile Lyon is the leading wicket taker at Perth Stadium with 27 wkts @ 18.00 in 4 Tests (so 6.75 WPM)

(Starc has 23 wkts @ 19.00, Cummins 12 wkts @ 20.16 and Hazlewood 11 wkts @ 23.36, all in same 4 Tests as Lyon)
 
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Burgey

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Be interesting to see how Lyon goes this test. I don't think he's been getting the same overspin and bounce since his injury in the last Ashes. Seems to be bowling with more side spin these days.
 
the big bambino

the big bambino

International Captain
The gambhiring in this thread has been truly impressive; especially those who expect India to lose all 5. India's batting is flaky atm and I suspect that is influencing the pessimism for their chances. But Australia match India's batting weaknesses (both teams possess great players either out of form or past their best) and if the pitches are like those of recent series there should be some low scoring shoot outs.

But India have some advantages that are either overlooked or underrated. I'd include their recent drubbing by NZ. That series at least gave India quality red ball practice and they might reflect there have been a number of teams recently that have been thrashed and come back winners their next series.

I'm not sure India have been mentally scarred by the Kiwi thrashing. After all Australia is a different set of conditions. They've won here against adversity. Their batsmen play well here even when they've arrived here out of form. Kohli has been a write off but I still fear him. They have new players like Jurel who look impressive. Pant is still in his prime and their opening options more settled than ours. The bowling looks good and I wonder if Shami will be missed at all. Apart from having Bumrah, Prasidh looks good and I think they should play Rana in Perth. The depth is so good that Siraj could miss out. Whereas we'll be relying Starc, Cummin,s, Lyon and Haze almost to breaking point. Green's absence accentuating the situation. I think overall India should be confident of winning the series.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Gambhirng about Aus after calling out perceived gambhiring against India is an interesting posting strategy, tstl. :p

But seriously, tbb, I wish I could share your optimism. For the longest time, I have always stayed optimistic about our test side especially and have always been proud of them and their efforts even when they have lost, which has been pretty scarce since the time Virat took over. But this time, I am afraid the game is up. The great players, including a couple of our ATGs, are very much on the decline and I cant see us winning any test here. And draws are basically a non-entity these days unless there is bad weather around. Therefore, Aus winning 5-0 is an obvious conclusion most of us have arrived at. It has nothing to do with gambhiring, its just the reality.
 
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