Border Gavaskar Trophy 24/25 - India in Australia.

[Bigby Wolf]

A crucial partnership this they might just take the game away from India.

Third seamer is something which India struggling with this series.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

A big lead lead incoming - Off to sleep now.

 

[Fenil]

Same ol' story - Another debutant being a thorn in flesh for India. Australia bats till 11 so there is no respite. Also, I wish we had a proper fast bowling allrounder say someone like Hardik who can be relied upon on instances to pick up wickets. Nitish doesn't seem to be there as yet but he has age on his side. If he works hard with the coaches and/or pace academy maybe he will turn into a more finished product.

 

[Fenil]

Also Shami at best has couple of years left.

Akash Deep is an Like to like replacement for him with others in the rank too.

You are correct but India doesn't have the luxury of having a large pool of Test quality fast bowlers so those couple of years does make a huge difference. This series has shown that we lack teeth in our pace department barring Bumrah who is notches above the rest.

India can use Shami's experience in the couple of years he has left in the tank. He can surely bag 100 wickets if he stays fit. That could be a huge difference between a win or a loss/draw while we continue our quest for 2-3 more seamers who can benefit from being in the company of Bumrah and Shami. Don't want BCCI to hurl Shami into oblivion like they did with Umesh Yadav.

For the new guys, I think Akashdeep is a wonderful find who is as you said of Shami mould and can take the baton from him. Then there is Arshdeep but unfortunately I think that's about it. I personally don't rate Harshit Rana, Mukesh Kumar and Prasidh Krishna much.

I seriously hope we find a fast bowling allrounder who can be banked upon to chip in with wickets here and there like Hardik Pandya. Nitish seems a bright prospect if he can work on his bowling to make it more potent.

 

[Fenil]

Well well! Bumrah bowled between 123kmph and 130kmph in that over... The man has worked harder than animals. Got to feel for him. I hope he doesn't break. We have got such a lethal Test fast bowler for the first time in our history. Hope we don't spoil it.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Bumrah mostly injured and off for a scan.

RIP India in the 5th test.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Nice episode from Friday night SmackDown.

 

[cricfan123]

India got massive chance here if they bat decent they can set Australia around 300 target

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Who the captain now Virat

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Any one watched Rohit Sharma's hindi interview in the lunch show?

Man was like - I Stepped out because I was out of nick and I am father of two kids I know what I am doing, I want the team to first etc etc.

And lastly got pissed when Jatin Sapru said Thank you Rohit to which he annoyingly said - I am not going anywhere.

The video might get taken down later but this is what he said at the end.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Nice episode from Friday night SmackDown.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Laut aao Mitch Marsh.

Come Back Mitch Marsh.

 

[cricfan123]

For me Rohit must play 50 over world cup in 2027 regardless of form

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

For me Rohit must play 50 over world cup in 2027 regardless of form

 

[Fenil]

Alright guys, fun is over. Let's get back the feet on the Earth.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Boland is immaculate with his line and length