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LOL, Panic Alarm!O Captain! My Captain!

Yupp, I don't think we will see Mayank on this tour again. Unfortunately, he just looks a little unsure right now and very low on confidence.

Gill is probably an ideal player in this situation for us. He will take on the bowling attack, and I feel that is what we need right now, with Mayank playing nervously.

Really important inning for Mayank here. With Rohit coming in for the last 2 test matches and Gill playing well in the first inning, he NEEDS RUNS.

69 it is, great leave that from big Josher.

Umpire's call? tweaking umpire's call? tweaking stupidest shit. That was as plumb as it can get.

Yupp, using the bouncer as a weapon against Cummins is always a back-up plan.

The thing is, we haven't bowled badly at all, and the fielding has been good as well. As I said in my last post, there is not much in this pitch that should trouble batsmen. We will definitely miss Umesh with the new ball because even though he can be wayward, he also has the ability to bowl a...

I would have liked to see Ashwin use the carrom ball a lot more, especially against Cummins. Now it will be interesting to see how we bowl with the new ball. Again, the pitch just feels like it is getting better and better so variation will be the key here.

The bowlers have again put India in a strong position. Although I like the current bowling combination, I would be very tempted to bring in Bumrah at this stage. I really hope our batsmen show up this time around and make this effort count.

Siraj is bowling a heck of a spell here. I still don't realize how Paine survived that run out call.

I have seen Kohli captain since he took over back in 2014. I have never seen him have these many field changes in a day, let alone a session. Kohli's field changes are mostly reactive, and his bowling changes can also leave your head scratching most of the time. I am also not giving credit to...

The thing is, I don't mind if Kohli was the only leader in this team. As we have seen, leadership brings out the best in him as a batsman. However, he is not as strong tactically where Rahane is absolute class. Kohli had Kumble in the past who could help him out in that department, but now we...

The pitch has flattened out and we will need some kind of a half-chance or a run-out to break this partnership.

Jadeja and Umesh both have bowled short here and released the pressure whenever they have come into bowl. Pant, as expected, hasn't been the best when it comes to keeping.

I actually want to see Rahane win this series without Kohli. I know that is asking for a LOT, but if that happens, IF IT HAPPENS, Virat will be under some serious pressure for captaincy. However, Rahane, the batsman, will also need to step up big time if India wants to do well.

This is some excellent captaincy by Rahane and supported really well by Ashwin.

Interesting to see the use of leg gully by Rahane. Again, this is not the leg slip that we usually see, but it's a leg gully. He has had that position for Wade and now for Smith. One more wicket here, and we put real pressure on Australia.Ashwin you mother****ing beautyyyyyyyyyy

Some things I want to point out: (1) Rahane will captain this team much better than Virat. It's a pity, he doesn't have Shami at his disposal. (2) Umesh and Siraj will need to support Bumrah if we want to do well in this test match. (3) I am happy that they have stuck with Vihari after all he...