When on a roll we shouldn't impede our own momentum. This is what we did today by going in with a depleted side. Can't say much,India seems happy with the loss. Thank you, Mr Dravid for bringing back memories of 2007.
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It's a delicate balance. Pakistan have kept a very steady XI for a while and a couple of injuries has proven that if you don't keep your bench match ready then the rails could fall off.
I think India's biggest learning from yesterday is that the overs that will be needed to be bowled by Jadeja and Patel are happy hours. I personally think we lost the 19 WC due to strategic and team building blunders and the bowling weaknesses of Chahal in the SF.
I think it is clear that our top 7 Is good enough. I saw the entire game yesterday and Shardul is not your answer to a third seamer. Pandya is a better bowler and batter. I would 100% go with Shami and include another wrist spinner in the squad.
Shardul will bat 4-5 balls on average or 10 balls but he has to bowl 60 in 10 games. I just don't see this obsession of a number 8 that can bat.
EDIT- Also, apart from that final in the IPL, Jadeja's batting has been very poor since his comeback. 0 intent.
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The inclusion of two finger spinners never worked for India even in India especially when the wicket is not a turner.
The 1987 WC semis was one such case too where the English batters kept sweeping all the time.
Even the last 2 WT20 there wasn't any enough penetration in the bowling in the middle overs.
The only reason Axar and Jadeja both plays because India somehow wants to strengthen the lower order and catching up with the world saying we can bat deep.
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And had that game been washed out India would have not played a second string side resting 5 off their players and had not bowl first after winning the toss.
Now you will come up with Bangladesh resting players pretty sure they would have played a full strong side too.
And had that been happened England would have won the Ashes.
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Regardless of the results that followed it had a massive shift by adding a reserve day. Of course different things could have played out differently; Naseem Shah would not have picked up an injury, so Pakistan might have been more likely to beat Sri Lanka.And had that game been washed out India would have not played a second string side resting 5 off their players and had not bowl first after winning the toss.
Now you will come up with Bangladesh resting players pretty sure they would have played a full strong side too.
And had that been happened England would have won the Ashes.
I believe you are wrong there. Our bench and our Top 7 aren't the best when it comes to chasing totals or under pressure situations.
In the games vs Pak/SL we batter first. The 2nd Pak game was the only one where our openers and No3 &4 batted through till the end. The Lanka game saw Rohit tee off, but the rest were simply awful.
Against Bangladesh, it was clear that the likes of KLR ,SKY cannot cope with the pressure during tension encounters. Let us accept that we are poor during pressure games, no matter the opposition. The Bangladesh team we lost against was a below par BD, nowhere close to the one they would have played if they were full strength.
Supporting your country on account of patriotism is one thing, but supporting a bunch of over-rated league mongers ,who don't care about the nation- I am seriously re-evaluating my support to our side.
As much as we all like to blame Jay Shah and the BCCI, let us also take note that the heads of PCB, SLC,BCB could have opened their mouths and protested.
If attribute it to the incapability of the other members here, much more than anything else.
A case of 'What Ifs' is always there in the sub continent...
- What if Aus and WI hadnt forfeited their WC96 games vs SRL?
- What if SRT was given out in the 2011 semi final
- What if the umpire had called for a fair delivery in the 2015 quarter final?
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Axar will be replaced by Sundar/Ashwin for the World Cup... He is injured.
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Lost the toss.
Game over?
Game over?
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What is this revisionism? That Bangladesh game wasn’t a pressure situation at all, it was a meaningless dead rubber. For a long time our weakness was that we wouldn’t set above par totals when batting first and were only good when chasing, now it’s the opposite for some reason?
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What the hell Sri Lanka
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Miyaaan Miyaan Miyaan Bhai.
This is fire.
This is fire.
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