Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
No. Strike rotation is always a good thing, especially when you're struggling to put bat on ball. That being said, it was just a bad bad call from Kohli.
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flibbertyjibber
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That wasn't his fault though. Kohli came and then turned his back on him.
OverratedSanity
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Only run if you place the ball into the gap properly and there's no one within 10 feet of the thing. This sounds stupid yes, but I'm convinced if teams adopted this over time, they'd put up marginally better scores. Runouts are just ****ing stupid when there no run rate pressure.
Starfighter
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That doesn't magically change the number.
artvandalay
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Pujara and run outs, kohli and #intent running. 
Pratters
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When you know how to run, quick runs are good as 1. They are runs 2. Helps rotate strike.
Hicheal Michael
U19 Captain
That single would also have given India the momentum™
Wicket loss is irrelevant it showed intent.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
If Kohli actually went all the way and made the dive, there is a high possibility that he would have made it because then you're relying on
1) Direct hit
2) Keeper gathering it cleanly and clipping the bails
This was more poor calling than anything else
Spark
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at this level you really should be assuming those things will happen and not taking that chance (but yes **** calling was the main cause here, as it usually is in run outs)
OverratedSanity
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That's kind of the point I'm making tbh. These runs where you actually need to go all out to ensure you make your ground... they just don't seem worth it in the longer format.
Spark
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Yeah, they feel kind of unnecessary even if they mathematically work, because in the end it just freaks out your partner and disrupts the partnership, making a proper mix-up that much more likely.
King Pietersen
International Captain
Annoys me how long it takes to get back on the field in a Test match. The covers are off, it's stopped raining yet inspection isn't until 3 which means no cricket until probably 3.30. Get out there now, tell the players to start getting ready, inspect and be back on the field for 3.
Setting a time for an inspection is the most cricket load of bollocks ever.
weldone
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It didn't rain for the last 3 months in London - yesterday saw the first rain.
King Pietersen
International Captain
We've had 45 minutes of ****ing sitting around while the umpires had a nice cup of tea and biscuit. They've finally got off their arse to look at the pitch and by the time play starts again those massive clouds will come across and it'll start pissing down again. Cricket really does shoot itself in the bollocks sometimes.