*Official* Australia in India ODIs 2019/20

[mr_mister]

A couple of pretty jam packed teams. I think Starc and no Bumrah the big difference

 

[Daemon]

For india, Shami and Bumrah are sure starters and looks like Thakur is getting the nod ahead of Saini, he adds

nooo

 

[Gnske]

Not really true. He often picks up injuries/niggles at the end of a Test series so he doesnt play more because he isnt 100%, not because its a JAMODI.

Speaking of which I do recall him having to take pills for his knee or ankle at one point during the Melbourne test.

 

[ajdude]

i like that australia's still using their ODI WC kit from last year

 

[Prince EWS]

nooo

Haha I mainly wanted Saini to play to see if it made someone pick him in CPL if he took a few cheap wickets.

 

[ajdude]

i wish they'd show the projected totals after a first ball four

i was wondering what australian commentators would head over, slater unfortunately is one. usually border pops up over there too

 

[mr_mister]

nooo

That's positively an insaini decison by the selectors

But luckily as we all know being sain is overrated anyway

 

[NUFAN]

Im pretty pleased for Kane Richardson. This is the XI I would have picked tbh.

 

[ajdude]

outside leg i think? wouldn't be surprised if it was on leg though

 

[stephen]

Very slow scoring so far. Have India decided just to play out Cummins' overs?

 

[Burgey]

Jesus that’s missed by a bee’s

 

[Prince EWS]

Im pretty pleased for Kane Richardson. This is the XI I would have picked tbh.

Yeah same I guess. Quicks and top six were basically locks for me, but I'm less thrilled about the spin and allround options. Agar at seven bothers me less than the alternative of locking yourself into at least ten overs from Marnus+Short+Smith so I probably would've rolled with this eleven too but it still strikes me as a bit ehhh balance-wise.

 

[honestbharani]

Hopefully this opens the eyes for the Indian team management that batting arguably the best ODI batsman ever out of position is not all that clever.


If Rahul needs to play in the XI, let him develop into a #4 or #5.

 

[Jarquis]

Yeah same I guess. Quicks and top six were basically locks for me, but I'm less thrilled about the spin and allround options. Agar at seven bothers me less than the alternative of locking yourself into at least ten overs from Marnus+Short+Smith so I probably would've rolled with this eleven too but it still strikes me as a bit ehhh balance-wise.

Who would you pick? Lyon instead of Zampa and who ahead of Agar?

 

[Prince EWS]

Hopefully this opens the eyes for the Indian team management that batting arguably the best ODI batsman ever out of position is not all that clever.


If Rahul needs to play in the XI, let him develop into a #4 or #5.

Yeah I think they picked the right bats but I would've gone Rahul or Dhawan at four. I don't think it's as huge a deal as is being made out by the commentators though; they've been carrying on about it since the start of the game and made some pretty lolsy arguments about it even though I agree with their conclusion.

 

[NUFAN]

Yeah same I guess. Quicks and top six were basically locks for me, but I'm less thrilled about the spin and allround options. Agar at seven bothers me less than the alternative of locking yourself into at least ten overs from Marnus+Short+Smith so I probably would've rolled with this eleven too but it still strikes me as a bit ehhh balance-wise.

It would be nice if someone in the top 7 could bowl pace. Seems kinda weird just having a bunch of spinners.

I definitely am nervous about the 20 overs of spin.

 

[Daemon]

Hopefully this opens the eyes for the Indian team management that batting arguably the best ODI batsman ever out of position is not all that clever.


If Rahul needs to play in the XI, let him develop into a #4 or #5.

eh, not this debate again.

fwiw I think he's just as good at 3 or 4, and given the fact that our middle order options are not as good as the top order, it makes sense for him to bat 4 so we only need to play one of Iyer/Pandey/Jadhav.

 

[stephen]

Hopefully this opens the eyes for the Australian team management that batting arguably the best ODI batsman ever out of position is not all that clever.


If Labuschagne needs to play in the XI, let him develop into a #4 or #5.

FTFY z.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Smith's bowling is so far gone it just isn't even worth mentioning anymore

 

[Burgey]

Hayden a good candidate for the suckhole commentator competition too.