***Official*** India's Tour of Sri Lanka 2017

[morgieb]

Hasn't Umesh been immense in test matches recently? I like Bhuvi and by no means think he's poor but he gets more hype than Ben Stokes on here.

Yeah dropping Yadav makes little sense given how well he's bowled in the last few months.

Realistically though I still think picking Bhuvi over Pandya was the proper option.

 

[vogue]

Didn't realise this was on...shall watch an hour or two as it's raining here and I need to remind myself what a sunny day of cricket looks like..

 

[CricAddict]

This is looking very bad for SL.

 

[CricAddict]

Yeah dropping Yadav makes little sense given how well he's bowled in the last few months.

Realistically though I still think picking Bhuvi over Pandya was the proper option.

Totally agree with this.

 

[cnerd123]

Yeah dropping Yadav makes little sense given how well he's bowled in the last few months.

Realistically though I still think picking Bhuvi over Pandya was the proper option.

The problem here is India have tried to 2 things

They tried the 'lets give the bench strength some experience' route by picking Shami (his first test in like 7 months) and Pandya

But then they also tried the 'Lets pick the strongest XI to win the game' route by picking Ash, Jaddu and Yadav.

If they stuck to the 'give bench strength some game time' philosophy, then you drop one of Jaddu/Yadav, since they are locks in the XI, and you play Bhuvi, who could use more game time too.
If they stuck to the 'pick the strongest XI' philosophy, then Bhuvi has to make the side over Shami, easily. You could argue Pandya is there to extend the batting lineup, but Shami just came back from injury and Bhuvi did well enough is his last few Tests to not be dropped.

Instead, they've taken a mix of both philosophies, and in doing so have found the only way you could justify dropping Bhuvi from the side.

 

[Black_Warrior]

The problem here is India have tried to 2 things

They tried the 'lets give the bench strength some experience' route by picking Shami (his first test in like 7 months) and Pandya
.

Not sure it's so much about bench strength. When fit, Shami is the first choice seamer in Tests.

 

[OverratedSanity]

He should go for 300 in a day imo.

 

[vcs]

He should go for 300 in a day imo.

Funny thing is, it doesn't look completely farfetched at this rate. Assuming SL bowlers tire as the day progresses, it could be scary.

 

[social]

Dhawan is as talented as anybody

Still a **** though

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Don't drop Dhawan. He goes very big when he does get going.

 

[social]

Very disappointing that India has dropped Umesh as he is one of the worlds most improved bowlers

 

[cnerd123]

How many batsmen have gotten 200 by tea?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This innings gives India so much time to force the win even if it is a road (not seen much yet) and they could get close to 500 in a day here.

 

[ajdude]

Very disappointing that India has dropped Umesh as he is one of the worlds most improved bowlers

huh

 

[ajdude]

god ****ing damnit why does this always happen when i start to watch

 

[mr_mister]

holy moly 700+ on the cards here


****ing bat and bat india



I bet Vijay is cursing under his breath his place in the team is under threat here even when fit

 

[TheJediBrah]

Dhawan scored quicker here than he does in IPL

 

[honestbharani]

Obviously the IPL bowling standards just that much higher.

 

[mr_mister]

SL's bowling is a concern, just imagine when Herath retires



Their batting however is super promising

 

[honestbharani]

I think they may go through a dip in the interim but long term I do think they produce enough talented cricketers to stay at mid to top table levels than drop down to Windies levels.