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**Official** 3rd Test @Brisbane (Ewwwww), 14th-18th December
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ashley bach
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ashley bach
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Get where you're coming from but with so much uncertainty about the weather on this occasion Aus should enforce the follow on if they get the chance.
Also the bowlers should be relatively fresh given all the breaks.
Nintendo
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I think we need to clarify it was odd in terms of execution for most rather than intent. Gill got a half volley with width, jaiswal got an overpitched ball on his pads. Even if your batting for a draw you should be looking to get a single off both of those balls in a Test match.
Kohli's shot was proper daft, though. Ball was way too wide, far wider than gills. You should never play those.
ashley bach
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They have over a week to recover. As long as they don't make a pig of themselves on Xmas day they should be fine.
Interestingly 5 consecutive losses under the same captain have happened only once before for India, and it was under Sachin lol. Lost 3-0 to Aus in Aus then 2-0 to SA in India. Then lost the captaincy thereafter.
Not even Pautadi has lost consecutively 5 times, as India had a 7 game losing streak in their back to back overseas tours or Aus and Eng in the 60s, but Pataudi missed out in the first game in Aus.
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GotSpin
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I hope he keeps bowling garbage as he has been then
centurymaker
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Jadeja can't be dropped going forward. He can play as a batter alone.
centurymaker
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He couldn't adjust to the steep bounce here. He'll fare a lot better in the next two tests like the last two tours.
Hell be played as a batter. One of Kohli or Rohit has to make way. End of an era. Tough call for selectors for Melbourne. Rohit is really out of sorts. Kohli has a ton this series. Both careers look done to me and most respected analysts.
Gill, jaiswal and others like Rahul undroppable. Pant is the keeper. They're much younger and in their prime. Bumrah as captain which worked well for the first test.
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CricketDreamer
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Niall
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Dunno man, not sure you can have both Jadeja and Reddy in the side, yeah they can bat but their bowling is a bit meh.
Just very unbalanced atm.
SkyBlue
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A more courageous management would sit out Rohit for the rest of the series and play Jadeja as a specialist batsman with Ashwin coming in as the extra spinner.
But Gambhir appears to be too big of a ***** to disrupt his equation with the senior players.
You are playing for a WTC final spot and you have a captain that averages like 10 in the last 5-6 tests. These are not signs of a championship winning team.
Burgey
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Why is Gill undroppable? He's played 30 tests and averages mid-30s. He'd have to go before either Kohli or Sharma if you factor in credit in the bank for all three.