*Official* India tour of Ireland and England 2022

[Apex Predator]

With all due respect to Ireland, Bhuvi and Harshal getting hammered here are dire signs for T20 WC.

Taking harshal to Australia will be a blunder... Chahar at least can bowl with new ball & slog it in the end. Harshal's cutters won't work in Aus

 

[Apex Predator]

Umran did breach 151 kph.. Decent enough spell. Should not bowl short on this ground though.

 

[Niall]

That was winnable for Ireland sadly, Adair missed out at the end of some juicy stuff.

India won't be to pleased, some poor death bowling unfortunately.

If Tector can keep this up then maybe an IPL gig could be his next year, very promising.

 

[srbhkshk]

Waiting for the articles to ignore Ireland scoring 221 (against what might be close to our full choice attack bar Bumrah) and sing praises of Bhuvi and Umran for the 18th and 20th overs.

 

[slippy888]

Bhuvi should not play in upcoming world 20 20 cup or it going to be same story a non wicket taking threat

 

[Apex Predator]

Ireland did beat a near full strength England side in a ODI last year... They are more than a decent batting unit I think.
Indians lost the plot in final 4 overs in batting.

 

[Starfighter]

Crawley has been retained.

Ah yes, England going for the approach of let him fail until he scores, no matter how long it takes, then 'oh we can't drop him now'.

 

[slippy888]

Yeah Harshal will not really add anything Chahar is a better pick he known to pick up wickets with new ball.

 

[Daemon]

lol at how they’ve spun this. he was defending 17, bowled a no ball that went for four and we won by 4 runs

 

[Apex Predator]

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lol at how they’ve spun this. he was defending 17, bowled a no ball that went for four and we won by 4 runs

Tbf Harshal bowled a rubbish over before that. Ireland were on course to win. Umran kept his cool in final 3 balls. One was edged to a boundary. Literally gave only 11 run still.

 

[srbhkshk]

Tbf Harshal bowled a rubbish over before that. Ireland were on course to win. Umran kept his cool in final 3 balls. One was edged to a boundary. Literally gave only 11 run still.

Nahh, he bowled one good delivery (the second last one), the rest were all hittable, although one could argue that the extra pace helped - a 135 kph bowler bowling the same would have disappeared.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

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lol at how they’ve spun this. he was defending 17, bowled a no ball that went for four and we won by 4 runs

"rescues", "dramatic", "brutal"

They forget to add "caped crusader"

 

[Apex Predator]

Nahh, he bowled one good delivery (the second last one), the rest were all hittable, although one could argue that the extra pace helped - a 135 kph bowler bowling the same would have disappeared.

Length balls were throughout relatively tougher to deal with on that pitch. Anything short was getting dispatched.
Of course his extra pace helped here.
Umran is learning on the job & is extremely raw but seeing how other experience veterans were thrashed he did alright.
Harshal anyways won't be useful at all in Australia with his cutters. India better grooms Umran as an enforcer to do a Haris Rauf type job in WT20.

 

[Apex Predator]

Reports saying Bumrah might lead India in that Test match. Pujara might be the opener.

 

[silentstriker]

Hmm, not sure about giving captaincy to your premier fast bowler. Why not just revert it to Kohli for this Test?

 

[honestbharani]

Hmm, not sure about giving captaincy to your premier fast bowler. Why not just revert it to Kohli for this Test?

Haaaaaaaaaaaaave you met Ganguly?

 

[silentstriker]

Haha fair enough.

 

[slippy888]

Anyone that bowls over 90 mph is a talent

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Anyone that bowls over 90 mph is a talent

Pace like fyah ?

 

[Daemon]

Hmm, not sure about giving captaincy to your premier fast bowler. Why not just revert it to Kohli for this Test?

Has Bumrah even captained at a decent level before. Should’ve just given it to Kohli.