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

[straw man]

Would have to bat very well and even then would probably need to lose a session or two to rain.

 

[mr_mister]

they lasted 95 overs in the first innings when playing their shots


I know itl be the 4th innings and stuff but I got faith in KW and co to at least have a better mentalilty than us aussies and at least make a solid effort to savei t

 

[Contra]

Definitely need to drop Rohit for another bowler next test. I know we bowled well this test (so far) but we need to split the workload for the bowlers more evenly.

 

[straw man]

they lasted 95 overs in the first innings when playing their shots


I know itl be the 4th innings and stuff but I got faith in KW and co to at least have a better mentalilty than us aussies and at least make a solid effort to savei t

They'll try. India will probably give themselves 4+ sessions to take the wickets, so we'd need to bat 120+ overs. That's a lot.

 

[mr_mister]

yeah fair call since you bat down to 9 already. Rohit isn't needed

 

[OverratedSanity]

They've bowled much better today. No freebies so far.

 

[Zinzan]

they lasted 95 overs in the first innings when playing their shots


I know itl be the 4th innings and stuff but I got faith in KW and co to at least have a better mentalilty than us aussies and at least make a solid effort to savei t

Nah, it's harder to survive playing defensively and allowing India to keep their fields in place and to just look to land it in the same areas. NZ will need at least 1 session lost to weather to have any chance of saving this match.

 

[Zinzan]

They've bowled much better today. No freebies so far.

Yup, although too little too late, they really had a chance to put pressure on yesterday, now the horse has bolted, and it kind of feels academic.

 

[mr_mister]

Nah, it's harder to survive playing defensively and allowing India to keep their fields in place and to just look to land it in the same areas. NZ will need at least 1 session lost to weather to have any chance of saving this match.

but everyone criticised Australia for not batting defensively to save it against SL in the 2nd and 3rd test

 

[Kippax]

Is he likely to get a game for Auckland any time doyathink?

Nethula (Auckland's casual lifestyler and "chronic excuses" merchant on that 2012 West Indies tour he got, according to Doull on commentary once) did far too well in 2015/16 to make Vishi Jeet's fans too hopeful of more frequent opportunities.

 

[Jono]

So good having PU-JA-RA back

 

[Zinzan]

Weird reaction from Vijay, looked pretty clearly pad first, unless he just didn't feel it.

 

[Jono]

if Kohli gets caught and bowled off Sodhi I'm gonna wahhhh so hard

 

[Daemon]

Don't think we want to be drawn into that rubbish.

I'll be labelled a racist but it's a very Asian thing, over-zealous appealing.

DRS or not we often appeal as batsman too, as you just saw with Vijay

 

[Jono]

Kohli's worst nightmare this. He has to bat with Pujara meaning he has to look at his ugly face at the end of every over and fist bump him, potentially for hours on end. Its this very moment that he wants to avoid and why imo he keeps dropping Pujara. Just doesn't want to see that mug while batting.

 

[Zinzan]

if Kohli gets caught and bowled off Sodhi I'm gonna wahhhh so hard

Hate to tell ya, but we're going to get Kohli cheaply again here.

 

[Daemon]

It's crazy that the consensus here is that a good 3-4 players in this line-up are considered better test batsmen than Kohli

Nah, at most a few people think Rahane's better. Not sure where you got the idea of 3-4 players or that there's even a consensus there.

 

[Jono]

Hate to tell ya, but we're going to get Kohli cheaply again here.

If you get Kohli it'll only be because he doesn't want to bat with Pu-ja-ra imo.

 

[mr_mister]

Nah, at most a few people think Rahane's better. Not sure where you got the idea of 3-4 players or that there's even a consensus there.

Pujara, Vijay, possibly Rahul? Not sure where I got the idea? The posts in this thread mate

 

[Daemon]

Gavaskar doesn't even know that Doull was a bowler