*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[Aidan11]

Feels like an eternity between the last test and the next one.

There's still four days to go.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Brook would have scored a triple, and taken wickets

Are you insane? Atleast would’ve broken Lara’s record

 

[ankitj]

Feels like an eternity between the last test and the next one.

There's still four days to go.

England team is away in Abu Dhabi to be with their families. Reportedly there is not much cricket on agenda.

 

[chris.hinton]

Mental that we don't have some form of practise match

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Mental that we don't have some form of practise match

We've had lots of practice games. They've just all been at the Emirates Golf Club.

 

[Shri]

KL Rahul ruled out of third Test against England, fellow Karnataka batsman to replace him

It is learnt that the BCCI medical team was of the view Rahul wasn't yet fully fit and they will assess him again after a week

indianexpress.com

 

[JavaHurricane]

So Sarfaraz will make his debut at Rajkot, unless India bring in Jadeja for Shreyas. That would be a very left-field choice, but knowing the Indian selectors and coaches (and, of course, Rohit)...

 

[OverratedSanity]

KL Rahul ruled out of third Test against England, fellow Karnataka batsman to replace him

It is learnt that the BCCI medical team was of the view Rahul wasn't yet fully fit and they will assess him again after a week

indianexpress.com

FFS

 

[Nintendo]

Food for thought. Could England swap foakes and bairstow in the batting order? Means foakes gets to bat 5, the position he bats for Surrey, and bairstow gets to bat 7, where he's going to bat when brook is available anyway?

 

[honestbharani]

Padikkal is a good replacement as he is one of those batsmen who kinda pass the eye test and has no immediately obvious weaknesses to their games. I would love to see him play tomorrow but it will be unfair on Sarfraz. I honestly do not think Sarfraz will be all that good but kid deserves the chance to fail at #5. I am not sure if Jaddu should be playing either, given quad injuries take a bit longer to recover from and we need him as an allrounder.

Jaiswal
Rohit
Gill
Pattidar
Sarfraz
Washy
Jurel (wk)
Axar
Ashwin
Kuldeep
Bumrah

 

[Shri]

we need him as an allrounder.

at csk yes

@OverratedSanity

 

[CricAddict]

Padikkal is a good replacement as he is one of those batsmen who kinda pass the eye test and has no immediately obvious weaknesses to their games. I would love to see him play tomorrow but it will be unfair on Sarfraz. I honestly do not think Sarfraz will be all that good but kid deserves the chance to fail at #5. I am not sure if Jaddu should be playing either, given quad injuries take a bit longer to recover from and we need him as an allrounder.

Jaiswal
Rohit
Gill
Pattidar
Sarfraz
Washy
Jurel (wk)
Axar
Ashwin
Kuldeep
Bumrah

This might be the team to take the field next test with Siraj instead of Washy.

 

[honestbharani]

This might be the team to take the field next test with Siraj instead of Washy.

And that would weaken the side.

 

[Shri]

the recent 200 by jaiswal ended the worst 200 drought for india since 1989. previous 200 was in 2019. a 5 year gap. we also didn't have anyone scoring 200s from 1983-1989

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

stats.espncricinfo.com

 

[CricAddict]

And that would weaken the side.

Agreed. I actually go with Padikkal instead of Washy. 3 spinners can easily bowl all the overs and support Bumrah to get breaks and bowl at full tilt.

 

[honestbharani]

Agreed. I actually go with Padikkal instead of Washy. 3 spinners can easily bowl all the overs and support Bumrah to get breaks and bowl at full tilt.

Nah.. Need the 5th bowler unless its an absolute fast turner. Slow turners can turn into slugfests.

 

[CricAddict]

Nah.. Need the 5th bowler unless its an absolute fast turner. Slow turners can turn into slugfests.

The 5th bowler is almost always underused. Also, one reason I believe why there are no part timers in Indian squad is due to the 5 bowler policy. People like Jaiswal will be bowling couple of overs here and there to give breaks to the main bowlers and slowly gaining confidence to bowl at international level if not for this policy.

 

[honestbharani]

The 5th bowler is almost always underused. Also, one reason I believe why there are no part timers in Indian squad is due to the 5 bowler policy. People like Jaiswal will be bowling couple of overs here and there to give breaks to the main bowlers and slowly gaining confidence to bowl at international level if not for this policy.

I mean he could have easily bowled in the first test even as a 6th bowler. I dont think Rohit decided to not use him simply because he had 5 other bowlers. He wont have used him had we only had 4 too.

 

[Arachnodouche]

There are no downsides to picking Sundar as opposed to debuting an exclusive batsman. Padikkal if he plays will bat in the middle order anyway, where Sundar can bat adequately enough on Indian wickets.

 

[CricAddict]

I mean he could have easily bowled in the first test even as a 6th bowler. I dont think Rohit decided to not use him simply because he had 5 other bowlers. He wont have used him had we only had 4 too.

Do you think Root would have bowled 50 odd overs in the first test if they had taken another spinner and gone with 5 bowlers?