England's tour of India - 2021

[Bevab]

Did they just have a look at Embuldeniya's success in the last England tour and think "alright lads, we need a left-arm orthodox spinner in there" and pick Nadeem who wasn't even in the original squad?

 

[Bevab]

Might attend a day of the second test if they allow crowds in and actually not make a mess of the ticket allocation process.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Did they just have a look at Embuldeniya's success in the last England tour and think "alright lads, we need a left-arm orthodox spinner in there" and pick Nadeem who wasn't even in the original squad?

Axar injured himself. So who do we have? Oh kuldeep who is waiting since 2 months now! Nah. Let's grab the stand in Nadeem. Yes!

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Kuldeep?

Completely forgot about him. Feel bad for him that he has to sit out for a player who wasnt in the squad.
Is this Bumrah’s first test on home soil? Really?

 

[Ashutosh.]

Is this Bumrah’s first test on home soil? Really?

Yes

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Kuldeep Yadav getting the complete Rishabh Pant treatment from this management. Lead spinner to permanent bench.

 

[Ashutosh.]

Oh kuldeep who is waiting since 2 months now!

2 years

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Wow it really is Bumrah’s first test at home. All his wickets have beeb away from home, interesting!,

 

[Ashutosh.]

Wow it really is Bumrah’s first test at home. All his wickets have beeb away from home, interesting!,

Pant has scored 1088 runs in 27 innings and only 2 of these 27 innings have been played at home.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Its good that Nadeem gets a game has been a consistent performer for Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy over the years.

 

[asprin]

Did England miss the trick by not including Moeen? He has a decent record against us, especially as a spinner.

Feel like Ollie Pope will have a good series.

Good call to not make Pandya an automatic pick. We can afford to have an extra bowler in home conditions.

Not too sure about Nadeem at the moment, so let's see how he plays.

Also a good choice to have Ishant back. The right call was made as it would have been tempting to let Siraj have a spot based on his Australia performance.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

We are back home after 388 days! Wow! When did we last play a home test?

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Ishant to open. Surprisingly. He was mostly picked only for away tours because of his swing.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

And a drop...

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Nothing changed. Pant still has it.

Aggresive batting and butter fingers in keeping.