England v India Predictions

[hendrix]

wtf, there's absolutely no way that the current Indian lineup is better than a lineup that contained Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman.

those guys barring Dravid were terrible at that point in time, and no, that's not me not giving credit to the bowlers.

 

[Furball]

those guys barring Dravid were terrible at that point in time, and no, that's not me not giving credit to the bowlers.

No they weren't. Tendulkar and Laxman were immense in South Africa 6 months prior.

 

[Shri]

wtf, there's absolutely no way that the current Indian lineup is better than a lineup that contained Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman.

Lets be honest, we all knew Sehwag was going to fail and he did. Anyone who is even average against seam/swing bowling is going to be better than Sehwag in England. Dravid was the only one on the tour who was respectable in the test series.

 

[Daemon]

wtf, there's absolutely no way that the current Indian lineup is better than a lineup that contained Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman.

I think it's quite possible that they were. I remember reading how they were all taking long breaks after the WC and IPL ended.

They even skipped a test tour (except for Laxman and Dravid). No preparation. Lost their warm up games as well didn't they?

 

[NasserFan207]

Main problem with India's bowling is that they give up too easily. Once you get a decent partnership going they stop trying

 

[Shri]

Well carry a bowler in your attack who bowls 130Kph long hops without seaming it or swinging it and you would give up too. The way I see it, we haven't won a test in 4 away series anyway. Might as well try a different combo. I would try playing 5 batsmen/1 Wk/5 bowlers against England in the first test.

Dhawan/Vijay(depending on form)
Pujara
Rahane
Kohli
Sharma
Dhoni
Jadeja/Ashwin
B Kumar
Khan
Shami
Yadav/Pandey

Would be too funny if Khan walks off the field on day 1 again.

 

[Daemon]

Main problem with India's bowling is that they give up too easily. Once you get a decent partnership going they stop trying

Nah, that's just Dhoni.

Shami and Sharma were still running in hard and the fielders were still pretty energetic during that partnership. Zaheer you could make a case against, but rather than not trying I think his fitness just isn't there.

Besides, even if it were true, the main problem with our bowling isn't that they give up too easily. It's that we're straight up not that good.

 

[Daemon]

Well carry a bowler in your attack who bowls 130Kph long hops without seaming it or swinging it and you would give up too. The way I see it, we haven't won a test in 4 away series anyway. Might as well try a different combo. I would try playing 5 batsmen/1 Wk/5 bowlers against England in the first test.

Dhawan/Vijay(depending on form)
Pujara
Rahane
Kohli
Sharma
Dhoni
Jadeja/Ashwin
B Kumar
Khan
Shami
Yadav/Pandey

Would be too funny if Khan walks off the field on day 1 again.

Dhoni at 6 overseas

 

[Shri]

Dhoni at 6 overseas

I was the guy who used to say he should bat at 7 or 8 in tests. Ideally he would just play the role of a lower order slogger who bats after Ashwin but realistically he will bat at 6 when it comes down to it.

 

[Jono]

3-0 England.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

3-0 England.

That is what I think, we will smuggle enough runs out of our batting against your weak bowling and our better bowling will restrict your batting on many of the players first tour of England. Not going to be an exciting series.

 

[smash84]

the main problem with our bowling isn't that they give up too easily. It's that we're straight up not that good.

yeah, awta. The indian bowling is quite ordinary. I haven't seen Shami bowl in test matches but I have seen enough of Sharma to know that he is ****e. Also Zaheer is probably well past his sell by date and Ashwin probably is toothless outside the SC.

 

[smash84]

the main problem with our bowling isn't that they give up too easily. It's that we're straight up not that good.

yeah, awta. The indian bowling is quite ordinary. I haven't seen Shami bowl in test matches but I have seen enough of Sharma to know that he is ****e. Also Zaheer is probably well past his sell by date and Ashwin probably is toothless outside the SC.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Dhoni at 6 overseas

Didn't Dhoni bat pretty well last time India visited England?

 

[morgieb]

Didn't Dhoni bat pretty well last time India visited England?

Far from it. Had one good Test and little else. Also played some really ****ing dumb shots at crucial times for India to let England take control of the game.

 

[smash84]

really well? I don't recall him batting well but I do recall that he was able to put up a bit of resistance at times (given the batsmen around him were falling like pins)

 

[Spark]

Didn't Dhoni bat pretty well last time India visited England?

Eh? He was for the most part singularly awful.

 

[Daemon]

yeah, awta. The indian bowling is quite ordinary. I haven't seen Shami bowl in test matches but I have seen enough of Sharma to know that he is ****e. Also Zaheer is probably well past his sell by date and Ashwin probably is toothless outside the SC.

So you haven't seen Shami bowl in Tests, haven't seen Zaheer bowl since his comeback and haven't seen Ashwin outside the SC...

 

[Dan]

He's come to the right conclusion, but man his method of getting there was rubbish.

 

[smash84]

So you haven't seen Shami bowl in Tests, haven't seen Zaheer bowl since his comeback and haven't seen Ashwin outside the SC...

I haven't seen Shami bowl in tests.

I saw Zaheer after his comeback and he didn't look that great.

Saw Ashwin bowl a bit outside India and he looked toothless.

Which is why I said probably for both of them since I didn't follow them too much. Whatever little I did see them bowl didn't make me want to see more.