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***Official*** India vs England 2021 General Discussion thread
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
are you doing ok man?
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Think jadeja and Ashwin both play. Jadeja is one of India's best batsmen let alone his fielding and bowling.
It's also later season England isn't it? Decent chance of turn on the 4th and 5th days.
Hell even with all that rain in the WTC final there was decent turn on that final day.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
The one thing about the way Jaddu bats is that he needs to bat with a batsman as much as possible. I would even bat him at 5 but more realistically, I would at least have him bat ahead of Pant. He takes time to get set, plays a lot of balls without scoring or even attempting to score runs and is not very comfortable when he suddenly has to play a lot of shots before he is into his rhythm.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
I'm hoping Bumrah doesn't play, I think he has lost his swing and Siraj or Umesh would be better options.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
am I missing something? how is Bess in there over Parkinson?
Starfighter
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Injury & replacement updates - India’s Tour of England, 2021
Injury & replacement updates - India’s Tour of England, 2021
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Gill, Sundar and Avesh officially out now. Shaw and S Yadav are will join the team.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Isn't it time for the official first test thread?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
With Stokes out, the younger Curran is a certainty in the side now.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Unless England play six batsmen followed by Buttler at 7. Robinson would probably play at 8, probably followed by Broad, Leach and Anderson. However, if Buttler bats at 6, then I agree that Curran come in at 7.
I think I prefer the latter, insofar as the weaker batting line-up may be outweighed by the benefit of having the extra bowler. And Curran's worth having on the pitch if the Indian players feel the same way about him as their supporters.
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Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Maybe an email error and they select the other one? He'll probably be dangerous but less PTSD for the Indian batsmen and bowlers.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Ignoring the bit about Tom Curran mistakenly being selected, do you really think that the Indian players have any mental issues with Sam Curran after his performances in 2018? I get that the fans may do, but I'm guessing that the players are more professional about this. Obviously I hope that I'm wrong.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
The biggest thing is that even if they do have scars, they will actually treat him like a proper batsman and bowl accordingly at him. Felt at various points during the 2018 series, they did not do that.
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
Woakes is also out of the test with an injury so it's curran at 7 or 4 bowlers, with no stokes or pope either england are prabably best off west curran at 7 and hoping they can meme spell india to a sub 100 all out, have no confidence in anyone aside from root and MAYBE hameed.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
No clue really. In all seriousness, probably the expert on this would be someone who has read a lot of autobiographies. I've heard of isolated incidents like Cullinan and Warne but unsure how common it is.
The "getting out lower order batsman" issue in Test cricket is a fascinating one, tbh. For top order batsmen there is often a step up required for Test level (and many are just not able to score consistently) but number eight and number nines can often do just as well as they did in FC cricket for some reason.