England tour of India (5 Tests)

[Bevab]

India getting all out for 350-370 will be a very good result for England. Jaiswal the only shining light in the innings so far. What should have been 450+ score is not even remotely looking like one.

We’ve gone back to the 2018 times of our batting being useless in SENA conditions barring one batter making a good knock with another playing a supporting role while our bowling bails us out continuously.

Except now we’re missing that supporting role player and we’re facing this scenario in home conditions. Absolutely embarrassing downturn of events.

 

[Aislabie]

A quick look at the non-Jaiswal members of India's top eight:

Rohit Sharma
Career - 3,814 runs @ 44.87 (10 centuries, best 212)
As opener - 2,229 runs @ 49.53 (7 centuries, best 212)
Last 12 months - 677 runs @ 39.82 (2 centuries, best 120)

Shubman Gill
Career - 1,097 runs @ 29.64 (2 centuries, best 128)
In top order - 223 runs @ 22.30 (best 47)
Last 12 months - 361 runs @ 25.78 (1 century, best 128)

Shreyas Iyer
Career - 782 runs @ 37.23 (1 century, best 105)
In top order - 1 innings, 27 off 59
Last 12 months - 158 runs @ 15.80 (best 35)

Rajat Patidar
1 innings, 32 off 72

Axar Patel
Career - 601 runs @ 35.35 (best 84)
In middle order - 44 runs @ 22.00 (best 27)
Last 12 months - 352 runs @ 58.66 (best 84)

Srikar Bharat
Career - 215 runs @ 21.50 (best 44)
In lower order - 148 runs @ 16.44 (best 41)
Last 12 months - see career

Ravichandran Ashwin
Career - 3,227 runs @ 26.66 (5 centuries, best 124)
In lower order - 2,345 runs @ 25.21 (3 centuries, best 124)
Last 12 months - 184 runs @ 18.40 (best 56)

Honestly the biggest takeaway from this is that rightly or wrongly, everyone from three to six is playing out of position.

 

[icyman]

The bloke comes on belatedly and bowls well… and this is supposed to be an indictment of the people asking for him to have been bowling much earlier? This feels like some bizarro world logic.

As they mentioned, he is only good enough to bowl to tail enders- perhaps their version of Arshad Khan or the 2nd coming of Peter Such/ Min Patel.

Honestly the biggest takeaway from this is that rightly or wrongly, everyone from three to six is playing out of position.

This has been a concern in the Dravidian era. If I remember correctly, Dravid, the captain too had a fascination with making wholesale batting line up changes.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Might Jaiswal be the best Test batter in the world right now? It's very early days, but watching him bat just reminds me of watching Lara or Tendulkar at their very peak

Thu thu thu!

Another Hanuma Vihari in the making perhaps

Slander!!

 

[icyman]

Slander!!

Ok, another YV Venugopala Rao/Faiz Fazal in the making then..

 

[Till Valhalla]

Ok, another YV Venugopala Rao/Faiz Fazal in the making then..

If Don Bradman came after hik he would be named as another Vihari in the making.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

The batting line-up looks shit especially with the recent form and their overall averages.

If you take out Jaiswal's innings that was a pretty ordinary performance.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Basheer chicha ko hero banayega tera Rohit.

T - Rohit be will make make Basheer a Star.

 

[asprin]

If you take out Jaiswal's innings that was a pretty ordinary performance.

Calling it ordinary is still praising it.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Calling it ordinary is still praising it.

Seems like I am being misquoted here, I meant the whole Indian innings without Jaiswal.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

The great thing about Jaiswal's batting is his ability to be equally good on both Back foot and front foot.

Signs or making of a great player.

Hope he performs well for a longer run.

 

[icyman]

What a stupid shot from Jaiswal!

 

[Bigby Wolf]

What the heck Kuldeep is doing out there?

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Lol.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Impressive stuff this morning from England. Let's hope Ravi Shastri was right and it's a 500 pitch and England can get that many.