-
Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.
Road to India in Australia 2024-25
- Thread starter Spark
- Start date
Still >Wade though.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
This is only perception though. Guy's chubby but he can or used to move as well as the leaner ones in the side, better even.
https://x.com/danbrettig/status/1769623396877520987?s=20
Per Dan Brettig, the Tests will be at Perth, Adelaide (D/N), Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in that order.
Per Dan Brettig, the Tests will be at Perth, Adelaide (D/N), Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in that order.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Will be tough for us but I wont count this side out. They always fight and triumph somehow. 
Socerer 01
International Captain
lol nah i dont want us to play with 10 players on day 2 of the 1st test
Sunil1z
International Regular
Playing with Lord is as good as playing with 10 players. Guy will lose the Test in a session.
Socerer 01
International Captain
i dislike the lord as much as anyone and think hes an overrated hack but if i had to choose between them in 2024 then lord wins
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Order of venues is as expected, it could be 3-0 to AUS even before MCG.
Coming straight from low bouncing pitches, adapting to Perth first up is hard as it gets, so 1-0 is almost certain there.
Pink ball Adelaide Test, gives India a chance too but India don't play any D/N games so playing an one-off game with the pink ball won't be easy to adjust to. And 36 all out previously doesn't bode well.
Brisbane is never easy, if there is seam movement like there normally used to be, the young Indian batters could get exposed.
So 3-0 is at least 50/50. At best, India might nick a single test before going to MCG and even that would be quite hard to come back from.
And the timing of the series gives India little time between finishing off with NZ at home and playing in Aus. So that also won't work in India's favor. It would be quite an achievement if India can somehow draw the series 2-2, given that Aus 4-1, 3-1 etc look far more likely.
Coming straight from low bouncing pitches, adapting to Perth first up is hard as it gets, so 1-0 is almost certain there.
Pink ball Adelaide Test, gives India a chance too but India don't play any D/N games so playing an one-off game with the pink ball won't be easy to adjust to. And 36 all out previously doesn't bode well.
Brisbane is never easy, if there is seam movement like there normally used to be, the young Indian batters could get exposed.
So 3-0 is at least 50/50. At best, India might nick a single test before going to MCG and even that would be quite hard to come back from.
And the timing of the series gives India little time between finishing off with NZ at home and playing in Aus. So that also won't work in India's favor. It would be quite an achievement if India can somehow draw the series 2-2, given that Aus 4-1, 3-1 etc look far more likely.
Shri
Mr. Glass
will be interesting to see how jaiswal adapts
have already written gill off given how he played vs clouderson recently
jurel and pant both have to play because jurel actually looks like a very good bat
should start the series with both jaddu and ash and then rotate bowlers
rohit
jaiswal
gill
kohli
pant
jurel
jadeja
ashwin
shami
bumrah
siraj
have already written gill off given how he played vs clouderson recently
jurel and pant both have to play because jurel actually looks like a very good bat
should start the series with both jaddu and ash and then rotate bowlers
rohit
jaiswal
gill
kohli
pant
jurel
jadeja
ashwin
shami
bumrah
siraj
OverratedSanity
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Playing jurel and pant would be a bold move tstl
ashley bach
International Captain
How about Australia take a punt and chuck in JF McGurk to open and be done with it. At very least it fixes their batting order problems.
Sunil1z
International Regular
They might do it if Smith fails in 1st Test .
GirthQuake
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Likely first test XI for India
Rohit
Jaiswal
Gill
Kohli
KL
Pant
Jadeja
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Shami
Akashdeep/Siraj
If KL is fit, he'll play. Not a whiff of doubt here.
Jurel only gets in if Pant is deemed too risky for keeping duties. Even then, knowing Dravid he'd have KL keep.
I'd like to see Kuldeep play ahead of Ashwin but it won't surprise me if Dravid/Rohit went with the conventional risk-free choice of Ashwin.
Rohit
Jaiswal
Gill
Kohli
KL
Pant
Jadeja
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Shami
Akashdeep/Siraj
If KL is fit, he'll play. Not a whiff of doubt here.
Jurel only gets in if Pant is deemed too risky for keeping duties. Even then, knowing Dravid he'd have KL keep.
I'd like to see Kuldeep play ahead of Ashwin but it won't surprise me if Dravid/Rohit went with the conventional risk-free choice of Ashwin.
Socerer 01
International Captain
idk if they’ll play 2 spinners, they may be bamboozled by the Perth is a pace paradise trope and go with 4 pacers
Socerer 01
International Captain
Gill will be fine if there isnt early swing imo
Daemon
Request Your Custom Title Now!
What would cnerd and niall know about soil moisture?
GirthQuake
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
3 quicks are enough. Jadeja would play as an AR there, equivalent to Mitch Marsh. Kuldeep as a wrist spinner is a good bet on bouncier AUS tracks. India should be cautious in deviating too far from their traditional strengths. The idea of having Lord or Pandya in XI should be killed outright.
Still, hard to see India prevailing third time in a row. Long as they can avoid a whitewash or take the tests to final day/session, it'd be nice.