England tour of India (5 Tests)

[Supreme General]

Tbf I don’t think it’ll crack the top 10

Case in point, Joe Root now bouncing shreyas

 

[Bigby Wolf]

A forty one year old swing bowler bouncing out Shreyas on a spin friendly pitch will be the most hilarious thing of this series.

Root to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, a half tracker, wonder if Root was trying a bouncer at Iyer here.

Cricbuzz got no chill.

 

[Bevab]

Here's another one who can be rested from Tests for a while. He is slightly better than Gill, but never the less, rest will do him good. To be fair though, Iyer has improved his short ball game by quite some margin. Doesnt help much, cause he has been getting out to the same, but I was quite impressed from his gameplay after the injury.

He shouldn’t be playing outside of Asia. I’d keep him as an Asian specialist until we get a good enough batter for all conditions.

 

[icyman]

This Rohit - Dravid defensive team has to go as well.

I have said it when he was announced as all-format captain, Rohit was fit for limited overs, not Test matches. If the Test scenario had to work, Rohit needed someone like a Mahela/ Sanga to guide him. Also, bear in mind, this is the 1st full series with a pretty strong opposition. The one off WTC game doesn't really count. India missed a trick by perhaps not having R Ashwin as captain (considering as Pujara and Rahane were already being discarded).

Anyhow, the combine will make way for new people after June. Irrespective of whether we win the WT20(we won't) or not, these guys will go.

 

[Naveed45]

India's Squad for first two test

Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Avesh Khan

Mohammad Shami is still out. Axar, Kuldeep add to Jadeja Ashwin spin attack. Dhruv Jurel gets a place in the 15.

• Rohit Sharma (C)
• Shubman Gill
• KL Rahul
• Virat Kohli
• Shreyas Iyer
• Mayank Agarwal
• Cheteshwar Pujara (doubtful due to injury)
• Hanuma Vihari
• Rishabh Pant (wk)

All-rounders:

• Ravindra Jadeja
• Axar Patel
• Shardul Thakur

Bowlers:

• Jasprit Bumrah (VC)
• Mohammed Shami
• Mohammed Siraj
• Umesh Yadav
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Kuldeep Yadav

 

[Bevab]

There’s no point in playing Rehan if he doesn’t bowl even in the second session whilst the team’s star batter is bowling as many overs as a specialist spinner.

 

[Aislabie]

There’s no point in playing Rehan if he doesn’t bowl even in the second session whilst the team’s star batter is bowling as many overs as a specialist spinner.

But the vibes?

Also with Rehan, I get the impression he's there more to bowl at the lower order, or on day four/five pitches with uneven bounce. Especially with Bashir looking like a fairly accurate option at one end

 

[Supreme General]

There’s no point in playing Rehan if he doesn’t bowl even in the second session whilst the team’s star batter is bowling as many overs as a specialist spinner.

But he’s a leg spinner which is always helpful to have in the sub-continent and to provide a point of difference if required. We don’t pick players for no reason, everyone has a role and a job to do and we trust everyone to do it when and if needed.

 

[icyman]

Im quite surprised that people are defending the 'no Bowling' by Rehan here. Bringing him on after 50 overs makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Rehan is supposed to be a better spinner than Root. Now, if as per some of you, he's only there to bowl on D4/D5 or at the lower order, then he ought to pack his bags and go. Zak Crawley could do that job.

Stokes- while these erratic decisions have worked in the past, shouldn't really continue down this path. It can back fire pretty badly.

 

[Bevab]

But the vibes?

Also with Rehan, I get the impression he's there more to bowl at the lower order, or on day four/five pitches with uneven bounce. Especially with Bashir looking like a fairly accurate option at one end

Our lower order starts at three which is why I’m bemused at his late entry.

But he’s a leg spinner which is always helpful to have in the sub-continent and to provide a point of difference if required. We don’t pick players for no reason, everyone has a role and a job to do and we trust everyone to do it when and if needed.

I mean that’s fair enough but you don’t need a leg spinner to win in India, your last victorious team didn’t have one and the greatest leg spinner of all time was a bust here. It looks smart on day one but Root at four and having the workload of a third spinner is risky.

 

[Supreme General]

Im quite surprised that people are defending the 'no Bowling' by Rehan here. Bringing him on after 50 overs makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Rehan is supposed to be a better spinner than Root. Now, if as per some of you, he's only there to bowl on D4/D5 or at the lower order, then he ought to pack his bags and go. Zak Crawley could do that job.

Stokes- while these erratic decisions have worked in the past, shouldn't really continue down this path. It can back fire pretty badly.

How to show how out of touch you are. We don’t care that they might backfire, if you are thinking about how your plans could fail, then you will never fully commit and when you don’t go in 100%, then you will definitely will fail. So why bother. That is Bazball. Get with the times and open you eyes

 

[Bevab]

Having a no ball siren in a test match is utter cringe.

 

[asprin]

Our lower order starts at three

Finally, the truth!

 

[Supreme General]

Having a no ball siren in a test match is utter cringe.

It’s useful when you’ve been up from 4am and on minimal sleep tho

 

[Supreme General]

At least it ain’t like last tour, when we had Nadeem bowling no balls left right and centre. Sounded like an air raid was happening