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  1. longranger

    Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

    No love for the IPL? Seems like the WT20 being postponed gives the BCCI the window they need: September 26 to November 8 are the dates floating around in the media, with the UAE almost being confirmed as the location.
  2. longranger

    *Official* West Indies Tour of India 2018

    I'm guessing India will line up like this on Thursday: - KL Rahul - PP Shaw - C Pujara - V Kohli* - A Rahane - H Vihari - R Pant+ - R Ashwin - R Jadeja - M Shami - U Yadav Thoughts?
  3. longranger

    *Official* India Tour of England 2018

    Read the likely line-up on Hindustan Times: 1. Vijay 2. KL Rahul 3. Pujara 4. Kohli* 5. Rahane 6. Pant+ 7. Ashwin 8. Ishant 9. Shami 10. Umesh 11. Bumrah Interesting call - backing the batsmen and in fact, increasing pressure by lengthening the tail. DK has been horrendous - with the bat and...
  4. longranger

    *Official* India Tour of England 2018

    Is it me or is this a very inexperienced England Test side? Jennings with 7 Tests and Malan with 14 Tests in the batting, and Curran with a Test and Rashid with 10 Tests in the bowling is quite inexperienced..
  5. longranger

    ***Official*** India in South Africa 2017/18

    Am I the only one who thinks that KL Rahul and Rahane are the obvious straight swaps in for Dhawan and Rohit? The latter (coincidentally India's first choice of openers in limited overs cricket) were always going to struggle in away conditions. Most of their Test runs have been scored at home...
  6. longranger

    IPL 2018: Retention Day (Jan 4) and Auction Weekend (Jan 27-28)

    As the title suggests, its time for the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League. While the tournament starts in April, the excitement already starts in Jan with teams requiring to submit their retentions by today, a full three weeks before the mega auction where most players are expected...
  7. longranger

    Indian Cricket Dhaba

    How about all the young Indian talent being discovered at the IPL? This season, there are 2 very strong left-handed Indian batsmen coming up the ranks - Nitish Rana and Rishabh Pant. Rana is currently holding the Orange Cap and looks good value. He's almost certainly made the #3 slot at MI his...
  8. longranger

    Indian Cricket Dhaba

    Anyone want to explain the strange ODI and T20I team selections? Specifically: - Shikhar Dhawan is in the ODI squad, but not T20I - Amit Mishra is in the ODI squad, but not T20I - Umesh Yadav is in the ODI squad, but not T20I - Suresh Raina is in the T20I squad, but not ODI - 2 Golden oldies...
  9. longranger

    What do you find to be the most exciting aspect of a test match?

    I guess in ODIs and T20s, everyone loves audacious batting. Monster sixes, switch hits, amazing running - the shorter version of the game looks good when a batsman is chasing down big targets with only a few balls to do so. But for Tests, I love it when the fielding team can smell a wicket...
  10. longranger

    Asian All Time Draft: Voting Thread

    Looks like my vote has tipped J_C XI's into the lead. It's a good team - great top 5 batters, with Sehwag to open things. Waqar and Saqlain are also two of the best Asian bowlers over. Goof mix of the ideal 'Unpartitioned team' - Indian batting and Pakistani bowling.
  11. longranger

    ***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

    I don't like the look of this Indian middle order. While Jadhav and Axar both batted decently, they are not first XI material. Also Dhoni - what the hell? That was an awful innings even by his start-slow-and-explode-later standards. He had so many dot balls and they ended up costing India dear...
  12. longranger

    Indian Cricket Dhaba

    Are we really going to have Kedar Jadhav as our #6 batsman? The lower middle order doesn't look like a Champions Trophy winning line-up just yet. Is this our best ODI side? 1. Rohit 2. Dhawan (I'm guessing he's back when fit) 3. Kohli 4. Rahane 5. MSD 6. Manish Pandey / Kedar Jadhav / ?? 7...
  13. longranger

    Tiers for ranking players

    What about Azharuddin? I get that he's generally forgotten by Indian fans, but the man does have 22 centuries, often bringing them up in style.
  14. longranger

    Indian Cricket Dhaba

    So do we have an idea of what the team vs NZ is going to be like? Kohli helped settled the debate of Rohit vs Pujara by publicly declaring that he and Rahane will come up to 3 and 4 respectively, leaving 5 for Rohit. Given its a long (13 Tests) home series, I do expect Rohit to manage to hit a...
  15. longranger

    I've had enough, Virat Kohli.......

    It's true that Virat Kohli is currently a step below KW, Smith and Root in terms of his Test career. His average of 45.06 is quite behind Smith (58.56), Root, (54.86) and KW (51.08). In terms of 100s, he's not bad - his 12 are less than Smith (15) and KW (14), but more than Root (10). Where he...
  16. longranger

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    Not a bad Day 2 for India. You could may be fault them for being slow, but there's still enough time left in the Test to allow for rain disruptions. Assuming the final lead is about 250, that maybe could be enough for India to win it. Ashwin in the second innings will be a menace and I think he...
  17. longranger

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    Sticky?
  18. longranger

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    Surprised to see the pessimism of some Indian fans. I think this should be a relatively easy series victory. India won the series away in Sri Lanka and Kohli has notched up quite a few Test wins under his belt. Vijay, Pujara and Rahane are all capable of scoring big 100s against this West Indies...
  19. longranger

    ICC seriously considers 2 divisions,7/5 split.

    I think a World Test Championship would be ideal, but for a lot of reasons (logistical, financial, etc) it doesn't seem likely to happen. What can happen is the ICC can help give context to bilateral Test series. The proposed structure makes sense. 7 teams in league 1, so each team plays 6...
  20. longranger

    India Squad for Zimbabwe and West Indies Tours

    Would agree with that. KL Rahul looks like a better batsman than Dhawan (who remains prone to edging one to the slips). Also reckon Pujara has shown that he's a better Test player than Rohit. Wouldn't this team look better if KL Rahul took over wicketkeeping duties as well and you could play...

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