Kane never got a Rajkot to bat on. The pitches offered to NZ were considerably tougher to bat on imo and even then he scored the best looking 75 against Ashwin. Perhaps the best innings played by a touring batsman against Ashwin in recent times on a pitch that was conducive to spin.
Easier pitches? Really? like the 3rd Test vs. NZ when India declared 557/5 after a Kohli double ton & KW managed innings of 8 & 27, both of which he gave some chances before being dismissed IIRC.
Lol, how can effectively saying "Home pitches hide Kohli's 'flaws'" be taken out of context? What other context could it mean?
Yeah, me too. Hope Ash finds something in Smith's technique he can target and exploit.
Honestly, that was early in the match and the ball wasn't turning that much, I remember it well because Latham was also looking really good and sweeping Ashwin and Jadeja with relative ease on that 2nd evening.
I wouldn't totally underestimate Warner in Indian conditions tbh, also I expect Smith to be somewhere between Root and KW in terms of batting success in India against Ashwin and co.. looking fwd to it.
If it makes you happy then sure.. I don't think there is anything much to separate these 4. Kohli also had scores of 9, 18, 9, 45, 17 and then the 200.. I certainly wouldn't be making definitive judgements based on a couple of tests where IMO, KW didn't look out of his depth.
Like to see Khawaaaaahja open and TPC at three with Warner four in India. I mean, Davey's just gonna slog, he can do it anywhere in the line up
Well Jono finally turned up after the series was won so you can guess what is going on.
Ooh.. yeah, totally forgot about that ridiculous sequence. Nasser, Vaughan and Strauss all replaced after facing SA at homeAnyway, well done India on the series win. Totally outclassing England here and surely inevitable it will be 4-0 next week. No hiding place in a longer 4 or 5 match series when things are going against you and we taking a pasting here.
Still not too downhearted though, always expected to lose this series and we have actually discovered a few players for the future on this tour so we may be stronger for the experience a bit like SA are after losing at home to us last winter and finding some quality young players.
P.S. what a relief my alarm never went off today.
P.P.S. Cook to go now before the push after a home South Africa series.
He'll get out early a few times too - he basically just runs at spin.
Yeah I was here for that first test India dominated and went missing in that second and third tests when India were struggling and Kohli was not scoring.Well Jono finally turned up after the series was won so you can guess what is going on.
