*Official* India tour of Ireland and England 2022

[Aritro]

mate, he ain't steadying anything with that weight.

Depends how much weight is on the other end tbh

 

[chris.hinton]

Bairstow needs a flat deck to destroy anything lol.

Just watch. even with it seaming he will score big runs

 

[Shri]

 

[Starfighter]

Even if we are 25-4 we will have Johnny Bairstow to destroy the bowling..... and with backup from Stokes et al

280-6

The very same Johnny Bairstow that was a particularly notable failure in England's failed effort to bat out just 60 overs in the second test.

 

[OverratedSanity]

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Wrong bowler idiot

 

[srbhkshk]

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dude the prediction needs to be at least semi-difficult to make if you wanna brag about it.

 

[TheJediBrah]

India's 2 best bats at the crease now

 

[Xix2565]

Just watch. even with it seaming he will score big runs

Bairstow got done in multiple times for low scores when the ball actually seamed/swung/(spun in India) last year. Big ask for him to slog his way out of that lol.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah I dont think it's carried. Key is it's only one hand touching the ball. If he went with both hands under the ball you could argue convincingly that his fingers were underneath.

 

[Anil]

so our vaunted batting lineup flexing its muscles...2-2 then?

 

[RandySpinner]

anderson is past it

 

[Xix2565]

so our vaunted batting lineup flexing its muscles...2-2 then?

Indian bowling doesn't suggest it.

 

[Prince EWS]

Jadeja averaging 50 with the bat in the last 2-3 years or whatever has become a bit of a meme and there's no doubt @OverratedSanity is right that it's worth less when he bats down the order and often kind of sucks with the tail, but he does really look like a proper middle order batsman out there these days. I'd be tempted to swap him and Pant in the lineup tbh, Pant is much better with the tail.

 

[Aritro]

Watching Pant bat is one of the greatest pleasures left in international cricket. I hope he gets to 40 before he plays one shot too many.

 

[Prince EWS]

Indian bowling doesn't suggest it.

Suggest what?

 

[Xix2565]

Jadeja averaging 50 with the bat in the last 2-3 years or whatever has become a bit of a meme and there's no doubt @OverratedSanity is right that it's worth less when he bats down the order and often kind of sucks with the tail, but he does really look like a proper middle order batsman out there these days. I'd be tempted to swap him and Pant in the lineup tbh, Pant is much better with the tail.

Just take out Kohli and put in Ashwin, boom, I fixed all the 'problems'. /s

 

[Xix2565]

Suggest what?

2-2 being that likely just because Indian batting is struggling. At least that's the impression I got.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Jadeja averaging 50 with the bat in the last 2-3 years or whatever has become a bit of a meme and there's no doubt @OverratedSanity is right that it's worth less when he bats down the order and often kind of sucks with the tail, but he does really look like a proper middle order batsman out there these days. I'd be tempted to swap him and Pant in the lineup tbh, Pant is much better with the tail.

Jadeja, Ashwin & Pant could all play as specialist batsmen in this team if they had to

ok Ashwin is a bit of a stretch but not by much

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pant vs Leach is always so great

 

[Xix2565]

Pant vs Spinner is always so great

FTFY. Bonus points for being bald as well.