*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[SeamUp]

What lineup going around would fare better than India have so far?

Tbf I would back ourselves in these conditions to be better than this. We all know we lost AB but we still have guys who came through better than in India with lateral movement in our first two tests in SA.

Kohli was batting well. Taken a lot from Kallis and AB about defending under the eyes. No surprise to see Ajinkya with his soft hands and letting the ball come to him fighting too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

It's funny to say this at 69/6, but this isn't as bad an overall team performance so far as some of the batting in the first test. It's mostly high quality bowling exposing technical faults instead of genuinely poor shots today.

 

[cnerd123]

Pakistan did ok when they toured recently tbh. Rgardless I don't know what your point is. This is rubbish, plain and simple.

Pakistan didn't face this quality of bowling

There is nothing wrong with just giving credit to the bowlers for being too good instead of repeatedly ****ting on the batsmen for being incompetent. This isn't as bad as when they were constantly flashing at deliveries they could leave alone with no footwork and nicking to slip. Kohli running Pujara out aside, they've all gotten ****ing good deliveries. What do you expect them to do?

 

[cnerd123]

Pakistan did ok when they toured recently tbh. Rgardless I don't know what your point is. This is rubbish, plain and simple.

It's funny to say this at 69/6, but this isn't as bad an overall team performance so far as some of the batting in the first test. It's mostly high quality bowling exposing technical faults instead of genuinely poor shots today.

> Says he doesn't get my point
> Proceeds to repeat my point

Smh

 

[91Jmay]

Vijay has to do better as an opener, but i generally agree.

 

[OverratedSanity]

> Says he doesn't get my point
> Proceeds to repeat my point

Smh

I said it's not as bad as the first test. It's still not good enough.

****, you've become a moron these days. Go watch some old guy boil rice and spare us your claptrap on cricket.

 

[vcs]

I said it's not as bad as the first test. It's still not good enough.

****, you've become a moron these days. Go watch some old guy boil rice and spare us your claptrap on cricket.

Let's not have a paddy here

 

[SeamUp]

Vijay has to do better as an opener, but i generally agree.

He is 34 now I think ?

Wonder how long he will be a sure thing at the top of the order.

 

[91Jmay]

Anderson back on for Curran, there is an hour left we can have them a.o here.

 

[OverratedSanity]

He is 34 now I think ?

Wonder how long he will be a sure thing at the top of the order.

Not much left in the tank for sure. Had some back problems a couple of years back and he's been mediocre ever since.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Go watch burgey boil rice

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[SeamUp]

That was too funny from Rashid.

 

[91Jmay]

Ashwin legit looks comfortable against the moving ball. He's been light on runs for a while, so should come good soon.

 

[91Jmay]

Ashwin legit looks comfortable against the moving ball. He's been light on runs for a while, so should come good soon.

Although he also does things like that randomly and can get himself out. That could cost us.

 

[Groundking]

Anderson back on for Curran, there is an hour left we can have them a.o here.

This, Curran has lacked the control Woakes and Anderson have shown so far (granted it's mostly an experience thing tbf). One thing is for sure is that Broad has been shown up to look ridiculously armature today.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ashwin legit looks comfortable against the moving ball. He's been light on runs for a while, so should come good soon.

He looks comfortable against everything. Until he flicks one to short midwicket. This is 70% of all Ashwin innings.

 

[cnerd123]

It's not good enough but it's not like there is a wealth of batsmen waiting in the wings who have the ability to deal with these conditions. We're picking the best players we have.

It's not up to Shastri to coach out technical flaws in fully developed international cricketers. All you can expect from players at this level is to just attempt to adapt to the best of their ability and to make smart decisions. By and large they've tried to do that but have just been found lacking. You can't blame lack of effort (Vijay and Dhawan aside - tho Vijay for a brute today and Dhawan has rightfully been dropped for being useless).

The only way we'll have a team that can compete overseas consistently is through systematic changes to grassroots and domestic cricket, as well as developing test-specialist players whose sole focus is developing a game to work in overseas conditions instead of trying to be multi format players. You can't be developing a game for the IPL that can then also lead to you scoring runs/taking wickets in conditions like these. This will take several years and isn't an overnight solution tho.

To get mad at this performance as tho the players somehow aren't giving their all, or that Shastri has somehow ****ed **** up, is completely misguided. Not to mention extremely disrespectful to the English bowlers - by blaming the batsmen or Shastri you're acting as tho it's their fault we're at 60/6, like the English bowlers being fantastic isn't a factor.

It's upsetting sure, but there have been worse performances. Can't be too mad about this.

 

[91Jmay]

Curran hasn't bowled well here. 100% Anderson back on.

 

[OverratedSanity]

To get mad at this performance as tho the players somehow aren't giving their all, or that Shastri has somehow ****ed **** up, is completely misguided. Not to mention extremely disrespectful to the English bowlers - by blaming the batsmen or Shastri you're acting as tho it's their fault we're at 60/6, like the English bowlers being fantastic isn't a factor.
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No one said this but it's nice that you've managed to create a strawman to make yourself look good.

 

[SeamUp]

Any of you guys seen this before ? Thought this was good. Surrey boys now and then. Perhaps 1 of them still to test debut.