Yeah it’s helpful conditions out there but NZ didn’t bowl consistently enough to have a side 4 down. If anything, could have done with a few more overs of pace. India’s decision making however is so muddled at the moment I was kind of expecting something like this.
wtf was the BGT squad announced even before this series was over? There was no rush whatsoever!! Was it done to protect these liabilities?
Reading the scorecard, exclusively.
Goes back to my point about Rohit captaincy. When the chips are down, they are all in on the counterpunch and when that fails, they have nothing left. One of the reasons to build from the base in test cricket is that it sometimes leaves you enough in the tank for an aggressive punch when the timing is right. These guys dont want to wait for that moment. That is a very Rohit failing I am seeing. Or at least a very post-Shastri outlook.
Much more entertaining than Bazball.
Bazballers would have been 50 all out on this pitch.
You're watching it. Immense hubris and no accountability. "One poor series in 12 years is allowed, no?" No, you crusty mfer, not at home it isn't.
Yes. And he actually used a review as if he was confident he was about to go on and get a hundred lmao.
Maybe they’re focused on the BG? Only takes a slight lack of focus at the top level to lose the necessary edge
Is this a poem?
lol you’re shitting me?
That's what happens when you #batdeeeeeep
The first two were a mix of good bowling and self-implosion. This one is all self-inflicted, though Ajaz had bowled well.
Absorbing pressure and letting the opposition bowlers tire is exactly how you won here both in 2018-19 and 20-21, and why I keep going on about Pujara's departure being a top priority that India need to address. You can't win consistently against good sides unless you're willing to flex and bend with the demands of the game; if you're so rigid and inflexible that you don't ever adapt to the game, the game will break you.
