**Official** 2nd Test @Adelaide, 6th-10th December

[Shri]

reddy has been impressive. pink ball swing at 125 kmph not the worst attribute to have as a batting all rounder expected to bowl 10 overs across 2 innings

only way jaddu gets in is over sundar and i don't want ind making too many changes

i don't even want rohit or gill to get back in to the team

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

We should stop looking gift horses in the mouth and be glad Siraj, Rana, and Reddy acquitted themselves as well as they did. From Australia's pov, their batting's mostly in shambles while Starc seemed to have reverted to type in the second innings, Cummins has been off the boil for a while, Hazlewood's missing, and Lyon was neutralized. Obviously everything and everyone can do a 180 but on current form India would be disappointed to not go 2-0 up in Adelaide.

 

[Qlder]

Lyon has a better record with the pink ball than certain pacers. So it's a big misperception that spinners don't take wickets here. Ashwin was the pick of the Indian bowlers last time with the pink ball!

What certain pacers would that be?

Starc, 7 Tests 39 wkts @ 16.64
Hazlewood, 5 Tests, 28 wkts @ 18.42
Cummins, 3 Tests, 13 wkts @ 21.76
Lyon, 7 Tests, 28 wkts @ 23.85

Boland, 1 Test, 3 wkts @ 15.00
Marsh, 1 Test, 3 wkts @ 23.66

 

[Niall]

Rohit is potentially the new Dhoni, watch India lose 3-1 or even 4-1 from here. Have a pretty bad feeling about the rest of the series.. And it's mainly because of this lazy entitled **** captaining the side.

Anyway I was looking at the scorecard from the last outing in Adelaide in 2020 and noticed how drastically the side has changed. Only Kohli and Bumrah remain from that Pink ball Test.

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Vihari never quite making it is such a shame, its impossible to replicate Pujara in this t20 era, but he seemed the closest to it and unfortunately he just wasn't good enough despite getting the opportunities.

But heh at least he will always know he played a key role in winning such a historic series for India .

Shaw is still young , but he's just a bust isn't it now?[/QUOTE]