***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

[Howsie]

Where dem Santner haterz at?

 

[jcas0167]

I'm not discounting Vettori's unorthodox technique, because it worked, but in the second half of his career. Santner displaying more promise with the bat early for me.

tbf, by the time Vettori was Santner's age he had been in the test side for 6 years Agree with the other comments though about Santner probably having the more robust technique.

Great to hear that Jeetan Patel has been recalled. Hope he goes well.

 

[Bahnz]

Where dem Santner haterz at?

I'm interested in hearing your opinion about Luke Ronchi out scoring KW

 

[Shri]

Hope like hell we win the toss in the next, we need that natural advantage on these decks.

Toss worth 100 runs in that test?

Doesn't matter whether you win the toss if you bowl **** in the second innings.

 

[karan316]

Asked Cheteshwar Pujara to quicken up strike rate - Virat Kohli | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

I find this a bit ridiculous. Pujara needs to play his natural game. When it comes to teams that rely on pacers, Pujara can be a real headache if he can stay on the crease for long periods. We are anyways not the best when it comes to away games, if Pujara can just stay at the crease and blunt the opposition pacers, it can give others a better chance to score.

 

[Jono]

Kohli's hating on Poooooooooojara is at meme-like levels now. Its ****ing hilarious.

 

[Jono]

Having said that, there is no doubt that Poo man was batting faster and was more dominating earlier in his career. Question is whether that was simply because he was in better form.

Who knows, this may result in Pujara returning to those days and he may become a better batsman. Great captaincy one feels, Kohli could be a genius.

No doubt after Kohli and Kumble were done chatting with Pujara they shook hands and when Pujara was walking out the door Kohli said:


"oh and Che, go get a facial scrub or new soap or something, your skin is ****ing horrendous. Sort it out"

 

[Shri]

Oh and what did he tell Sharma? "Don't worry, I have got it."? He's a ****ing moron, sooner we hand over the captaincy to Ashwin, the better. Or maybe when everyone realizes he's closer to Ganguly than Tendulkar in terms of talent, they will kick him out and we will win a series overseas under Ash's captaincy.

 

[Jono]

He told Sharma "your skin is so soft and smooth, keep doing what you're doing"

 

[Jono]

Ashwon is banned from captaincy for life for not running to try and win India the test match vs. West Indies in 2011. He's lucky he wasn't banished forever for that crap.

 

[viriya]

Ashwin has the best strike rate of spinners with at least 120 wickets.

If he maintains standards for another 4-5 years he will be top 10 all-time material (all bowlers).

 

[Daemon]

Asked Cheteshwar Pujara to quicken up strike rate - Virat Kohli | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

I find this a bit ridiculous. Pujara needs to play his natural game. When it comes to teams that rely on pacers, Pujara can be a real headache if he can stay on the crease for long periods. We are anyways not the best when it comes to away games, if Pujara can just stay at the crease and blunt the opposition pacers, it can give others a better chance to score.

From that article it appears that Kohli wants him to absorb pressure like he always does and has been doing, the problem is looking for runs once he's in. It's a fair enough criticism imo, and it seems to have affected him in a positive manner.

 

[Shri]

Mark my words, Kohli will be dropped and stripped off his captaincy when the inevitable form slump comes and Ashwin will be the one who will take over briefly and win us an overseas series with good tactics.

 

[Gnske]

Maybe Clarrie Grimmett was a nicer man than I am. - R Ashwin on the two rain-affected Tests that denied him the record of being the fastest to 200 Test wickets

This man's brain is actually so large that it may destroy itself.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Having said that, there is no doubt that Poo man was batting faster and was more dominating earlier in his career. Question is whether that was simply because he was in better form.

Who knows, this may result in Pujara returning to those days and he may become a better batsman. Great captaincy one feels, Kohli could be a genius.

No doubt after Kohli and Kumble were done chatting with Pujara they shook hands and when Pujara was walking out the door Kohli said:


"oh and Che, go get a facial scrub or new soap or something, your skin is ****ing horrendous. Sort it out"

"How can I face my problems when my problem is my face? "

 

[Jono]

"How can I face my problems when my problem is my face? "

yesssssssssssssssssssss

 

[marc71178]

Ashwin has the best strike rate of spinners with at least 120 wickets.

If he maintains standards for another 4-5 years he will be top 10 all-time material (all bowlers).

Only if he ups his performances considerably in conditions that don't suit him. Until he does that then not a chance in hell.

 

[viriya]

He has as many 10 wicket hauls as Bhajji in 63 less matches!

 

[Daemon]

put your erection away ffs

 

[Shri]

Only if he ups his performances considerably in conditions that don't suit him. Until he does that then not a chance in hell.

Here's a fact: No one from Asia ever does. And his shot at becoming an ATG depends on his all round exploits anyways. As a spinner alone, there will be so many better options before his name comes up.