*Official* India in West Indies 2019

[h_hurricane]

He has improved his batting consistency by multiple notches. Rarely failing with the bat nowadays in the limited opportunities he gets. Deserves a promotion to 7 over Pant at least once a while.

Certainly. Right now, he is not getting enough opportunities to score 100s which we all know he is capable of. He is good enough to average mid to late thirties as a batsman in tests. Hope his ATG bowling average does not drop though. If he could finish his career with his current averages, he could very well be an ATG. There haven't been many great spin bowling all rounders in history. A select few like Faulkner, Shakib, Ashwin come to mind.

 

[harsh.ag]

Seems like the Player of the Series has been scrapped since they are part of the Test Championship. Is that right? Does that mean there will be announced one Player of the Championship at the end?

 

[vcs]

Jadeja vs. Shakib is a good comparison. Shakib's level is probably a bit more "balanced" across batting and bowling, while Jaddu is more of a bowling allrounder.

 

[h_hurricane]

Jadeja vs. Shakib is a good comparison. Shakib's level is probably a bit more "balanced" across batting and bowling, while Jaddu is more of a bowling allrounder.

A bit like Botham vs Hadlee on the other epic thread going on.

 

[the big bambino]

Has anyone else seen where Shami has had an arrest warrant made out against him? He has to surrender within 15 days of his return from the WI. However he can challenge the order.

 

[Arachnodouche]

^Yeah, the wife comes across as a bit of a nutter tbh. Shami's in for a rough ride.

 

[Beamer]

Windies looked so short on gas though and a far cry from the motivated lot that beat England not so long ago. Batting techniques look like they have deteriorated and the grit which was so admirable against Eng went missing too. Been a series of disappointments from them since that WC loss against Aus.

It coincided with Floyd Reifer taking over as coach. The fact every form of cricket has gone so spectacularly down hill is no coincidence. He really shouldn't be there.

 

[Beamer]

Aren’t they supposed to be getting Phil Simmons back?

I hope so! Nothing official yet though.