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Road to India in Australia 2024-25

Qlder

International Regular
I mean it should be pretty clear why a bloke scoring a large portion of his runs with little back cuts to third man might potentially struggle on bouncy pitches.
So I guess he won't be selected for the BGT tour then?
 

Qlder

International Regular
He'll play for sure, you don't drop people on hypotheticals
Haha, that was my whole point, that people are writing him off saying he can't play in Australia when he's never actually played there (aka hypothetical)
 

Spark

Global Moderator
Haha, that was my whole point, that people are writing him off saying he can't play in Australia when he's never actually played there (aka hypothetical)
Eh, there's a difference between saying "I don't think he'll do well", as a prediction, compared to saying he should be dropped.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
crapinfo data guy said:
In Australia in 2020-21, India were decidedly the luckier of the two sides. Their expected average with the bat was 29.3 (actual 30.4). Australia's expected average was 37.0 (actual 29.3). Essentially, enough Australian batters fell to early mistakes to nullify the difference in quality between the Australian and Indian attacks. The gap between the two attacks was narrower in the first two Tests (Australian batting: 32.7 xAve, Indian batting: 27.4 xAve) in 2020, than it was in the last two Tests, played in 2021 (Australian batting: 40.0 xAve, Indian batting: 30.0 xAve) after India had lost several players to injuries.



Interesting. We did get a lot of breaks that series but also given the injuries and the side we ended up playing and the fact that we were often playing with 10 or less fit guys in the team.......
 

Arachnodouche

International Captain
Sarfaraz exists to confound laws of physics and human expectations. Just watch him reveal obscure ways of tackling pace and bounce in Australia.
 

Burgey

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Interesting. We did get a lot of breaks that series but also given the injuries and the side we ended up playing and the fact that we were often playing with 10 or less fit guys in the team.......
It's pretty lame to dub a side which has a stack of players out and wins a series anyway "lucky." You can wear the label if it's a one off game, especially in a limited overs match, but they were under the pump and over performed. It was a famous victory.
 

GirthQuake

U19 12th Man
I believe on previous pages some were denying that India have turned into arguably among the worst players of spin.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
18 member squad plus 3 travelling reserves. BCCI finally using common sense.

5 fast bowlers
3 allrounders
1 spinner
7 batsmen
3 fast bowling reserves.

No Shami, No Kuldeep. No Kuldeep is very surprising. I guess it was between him and Washy.
 

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