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

[vicleggie]

Don't remember Steyn giving send offs to batters on 140

He gave him a send off because Head was playing so well, smacking decent balls for 6. Says more about Siraj's frustration than anything else.

Certainly remember Aus players celebrating in little Subcontinental batsmen's faces after being smacked by them, in the early 2000s. Not necessarily when they're on 140 though

As I said above, the incident was no big deal anyway. Good, spicy, entertaining stuff, Real emotion.

 

[govinda indian fan]

You say this but this is now eight out of the last ten innings where they've been rolled

We played on rubbish pitches in nz series

 

[Qlder]

Problem is that with rohit and kohli is that we are playing with 9 players both are done and dusted ideally sai sudharsan would replace kohli and jurel with rohit but unfortunately we are not in ideal world and they wont be kicked out

No different to Smith and Marsh for Australia so it equals out. At least Kohli hit a match winning hundred in Perth

 

[TheJediBrah]

perth test apparently had more seam movement than adelaide. we tactically blew it by not trying to stick it out

Pink ball is just harder to see IMO. 3 fold moreso at night. Looks like a blur sometimes

 

[Silver Silva]

Shocking thing is we have become unpredictable surprisingly might perform well at gabba

Washington Sundar did absolutely nothing wrong to warrant a drop.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Team's performance has gone downhill since gambhir became coach made what could have been 2-1 win on flat pitches into 3-0 loss by asking for turning pitches despite of fact our batters cant play on truners. And stubborness of not having a batting coach is costing us

 

[govinda indian fan]

Washington Sundar did absolutely nothing wrong to warrant a drop.

Washi needs improve his bowling tho but thing is indian players are too egoistic to retire at right time be it kapil dev ganguly sachin dravid dhoni to now rohit kohli and ashwin. Need to kick them out genuinely ashwin is done if he has any grace should retire but again he is stubborn mule

 

[govinda indian fan]

Need to get akashdeep in place of rana washy/jaddu in place of ashwin and ideally jurel in place of rohit but fatty being captain is our curse

 

[govinda indian fan]

No different to Smith and Marsh for Australia so it equals out. At least Kohli hit a match winning hundred in Perth

Smith aside marsh still looks in decent nick but kohli is should retire if he has any shame he is in two minds vs balls pitched ouside off stump

 

[Gob]

Dale Steyn did similar things every wicket he got- yelled like a mad man.
Head should have kept his head down and keep walking. If he never said anything, Siraj wouldn't have retaliated.

Incident has been made too much of, generally though. The two guys hugged after the match, move on.

lol Siraj was screaming at Head's face like a ****ing idiot why the **** would you not ask the prick to piss off. Screaming after a wicket is one thing screaming at the batsman is another thing and doing that after getting smashed for a good part of two sessions is another entirely different thing

Siraj is a moron and if he had any situational awareness, he would not act like a prick. Certainly Dale Steyn wouldn't in that situation

 

[Silver Silva]

Washi needs improve his bowling tho but thing is indian players are too egoistic to retire at right time be it kapil dev ganguly sachin dravid dhoni to now rohit kohli and ashwin. Need to kick them out genuinely ashwin is done if he has any grace should retire but again he is stubborn mule

Bro Sundar is currently averaging 48 with the bat and 23 with the ball in Tests , and in the first BGT test he got 2/50 in the match and scored 33 runs. He should be in on merit.

 

[Spark]

Smith aside marsh still looks in decent nick but kohli is should retire if he has any shame he is in two minds vs balls pitched ouside off stump

Marsh isn't fully fit

 

[Spark]

Pink ball is just harder to see IMO. 3 fold moreso at night. Looks like a blur sometimes

Yeah I'm pretty convinced that Rohit just could not see the ball properly last night. Ball wasn't doing that much but he was playing them as if they were hand grenades.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Yeah I'm pretty convinced that Rohit just could not see the ball properly last night. Ball wasn't doing that much but he was playing them as if they were hand grenades.

Rohit is done but anyway they wont drop him

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol Siraj was screaming at Head's face like a ****ing idiot why the **** would you not ask the prick to piss off. Screaming after a wicket is one thing screaming at the batsman is another thing and doing that after getting smashed for a good part of two sessions is another entirely different thing

Siraj is a moron and if he had any situational awareness, he would not act like a prick. Certainly Dale Steyn wouldn't in that situation

Any sort of a send off after a bloke has made a big score is just pathetic IMO. I've seen plenty and been at the end of some even around club cricket. Only exception for mine is if the bloke like edged one to 2nd slip and somehow got given not out. Then I might accept a cheeky "**** off cheat" or something.

Even if he hacked his way to a ton with edges and mistimed slogs like Ben Stokes Headingly I still wouldn't accept a real send off. Except maybe "that's the worst hundred I've ever seen".

 

[Redbacks]

The Head v Siraj thing is good because it adds another layer of drama all series. Every fast bowler gets grumpy after getting carted around the park.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Bro Sundar is currently averaging 48 with the bat and 23 with the ball in Tests , and in the first BGT test he got 2/50 in the match and scored 33 runs. He should be in on merit.

Washi should be there hope he learns from lyon to bowl outside off so that he can challenge both edges

 

[Burgey]

Wait till you see Carse and Woakes in tandem though

Yeah. Shitting like a big black Alsatian over here rn at the thought of it..

 

[vicleggie]

At this point I'd be happier with the Indian team physio being in the batting lineup before Rohit. Rohit's terrible confidence and energy is stinking the team up. He just killed the momentum.

Athleticism and energy is just so important for the Indian side, especially against Australia. Rohit's fat*** presence brings memories back of the bad old days.

If he's picked in the third test, it's just suicide.

 

[Burgey]

Having rewatched the replay, I think Head started the issue as well and Siraj reacted by pointing to the pavilion. And he definitely was not saying well bowled. Anyone who thinks that is just ******** and/or biased beyond belief.

Move over digger. The dog’s pissing on your swag.