*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[Borges]

Pant looking the part behind the sticks

No; he has been very lucky in this test, not to have messed up.
Rahul looking the part in the slips, though.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Such a great game. Dhawan and Rahane finding ways to score runs, Pandya nabbing a 5-fer out of nowhere, Pant looking the part behind the sticks and hitting his second ball for six, Bumrah coming in and hitting his stride without missing a beat. Kohli is just incredible.

Series is still alive. w00t!

damn that week went fast

 

[cnerd123]

damn that week went fast

you missed me too admit it

 

[anaksr]

There's some good news for England. Cook might not play next match as his father is seriously ill. Hopefully they'll replace him with someone useful.

 

[TheJediBrah]

There's some good news for England. Cook might not play next match as his father is seriously ill. Hopefully they'll replace him with someone useful.

that's a bit in poor taste brah

 

[trundler]

that's a bit in poor taste brah

Only it he was referring to Cook's dad

 

[Daemon]

Adders get your gear ready I think they've reached the bottom of the list

 

[TheJediBrah]

Just pick Roy and Hales ffs

 

[anaksr]

that's a bit in poor taste brah

You got me wrong.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Dhawan has been slightly overzealous this series, he hasn't look that uncomfortable though imo

 

[Borges]

Dhawan has been slightly overzealous this series, he hasn't look that uncomfortable though imo

Looked better than Vijay, for sure.

 

[harsh.ag]

Yeah, the fact that Dhawan has been better than Vijay is painful but true

 

[CasMcG24]

Well done to Buttler. I didn't think he had it in him. I must say though, how may runs by him and Stokes were scoring edging past the slips into vacant third man? Captains just simply refuse to put someone there these days.

I agree good to see some positives from this shocker... Poor England.

 

[Borges]

I agree good to see some positives from this shocker... Poor England.

Even after losing this one, they would be pole position, 2-1 up in the series, with two to go. Poor England, indeed! With these two teams, momentum shifts don't mean a thing.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Even after losing this one, they would be pole position, 2-1 up in the series, with two to go. Poor England, indeed! With these two teams, momentum shifts don't mean a thing.

Seems to be the way in most Test series these days

1 team wins a test by a huge margin, all talk about how team 2 is crap

next game reverse happens.

 

[Top_Cat]

No; he has been very lucky in this test, not to have messed up.
Rahul looking the part in the slips, though.

He's messed up constantly. His miss yesterday off Buttler was absolutely village (no clue was he was on his left foot to that ball) and he's been straining to reach balls your average 1st grade 'keeper handles with comfort.

Can't go too hard at such a young bloke but damn.

 

[Zinzan]

Just skimmed through the replay of all 3 sessions in about 90 mins. Fantastic from India again, they could have so easily fallen over after being 0-2 down, so thoroughly deserve the chance to tie things up at Southampton.

Anyone got any dirt on how the Southampton wicket is expected to play?

 

[CasMcG24]

Just skimmed through the replay of all 3 sessions in about 90 mins. Fantastic from India again, they could have so easily fallen over after being 0-2 down, so thoroughly deserve the chance to tie things up at Southampton.

Anyone got any dirt on how the Southampton wicket is expected to play?

Yes showed some courage and I feel that's what's needed against England I just don't rate them. You can show some aggressive stance then they will fold... Not being nasty but they just seem to capitulate easily.

 

[cnerd123]

Just skimmed through the replay of all 3 sessions in about 90 mins. Fantastic from India again, they could have so easily fallen over after being 0-2 down, so thoroughly deserve the chance to tie things up at Southampton.

Anyone got any dirt on how the Southampton wicket is expected to play?

How do you have the replay of the entire days play?

 

[Prince EWS]

Having four slips on a slow and low pitch where nothing carries isn’t aggressive though. It’s just dumb.

It's both IMO. It doesn't have to be a good idea to be aggressive. Unless for some reason the captain thinks sticking a bunch of slips in is going to restrict the run rate, it's aggressive, even if it's dumb.