England's tour of India - 2021

[Ed Smith]

Giving it a good go here.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

And just like that when teams are hammering us, Kohli has no clue what to do other then wait it out.

 

[Aislabie]

Agreed. Chahar certainly looks like a bowler who can be bullied a bit - his response to Buttler coming down the track and hitting him is to change his entire run-up and bowl long-hops because that ruins his body alignment. A'ight mate

 

[Bevab]

But there is a disadvantage here. There are many days when Rohit himself is struggling at the start of an innings so Rohit himself needs an aggressor. Also you could see that Kohli was hitting the ball well in early overs while he started to struggle later on showed that he was tired out as he went through the innings and his energy seemed to be going down. That is why I feel Kohli is better at 3 or 4 playing for India in this format. If he opens then he needs to be the aggressor, that would bring the best out of him.

Out of all the players in the world, Kohli is the last one I would accuse of getting tired. He clearly had some knock or issue in his thigh and this was the first time

Not sure if I was clear in my previous post but Kohli most certainly is an aggressive player in the powerplay too in my plan! He hits boundaries to set himself up for rotating strike in the middle overs without letting the scoreboard pressure get to him. The other opener should also preferably be aggressive just to make use of the powerplay. My ideal partner for Kohli the opener has always been 2018 Rahul but I'm not sure if we'll get to see him in such form at the moment.

Rohit Sharma can also play aggressively, it just feels like a mental challenge with him more than technical given how effortlessly good he is once he gets going. I do agree that a fresh Rohit would not be the ideal opener alongside Kohli which is why I've had him at three in my earlier lineups.

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This looks more and more like the number one T20I batsman performance from Malan.

 

[Aislabie]

That was an absolute shocker of a review. Also just an entire over of horribly ugly cricket.

 

[Bevab]

Bhuvi is just too good sometimes.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Bhuvi is just too good sometimes.

Today definitely is vintage Bhuvi. He has single handedly got us back into the game. Can we please already kill the ODI format? Just have T20's and Tests. Thinking that the ODI's are next is already making me bored.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Shardul Thakur that wicket taking ability is similar to certain Mumbai & former India bowler - Zaheer Khan

 

[Bevab]

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That was an absolute shocker of a review. Also just an entire over of horribly ugly cricket.

Ever since that your lot have lost three wickets for just one boundary. Game changing moment right there.

 

[SaiSrini]

My Man of the Series is definitely SHARDUL THAKUR!!

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

This is almost over for England. An amazing series just like the Aussie Kiwi series. We should have more 5 match T20 series. Is it too late to ask to replace the 3 ODI's with 3 more T20's?

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Is it too late to ask to replace the 3 ODI's with 3 more T20's?

Yes

 

[Mijurkat]

Why Jordan is batting above Archer & Curran? Poor England!

 

[CerealKiller]

 

[Crassus]

Poor from England. Thought we'd put up more of a fight than this but we have a few players who have no form whatsoever at the moment. It seems ages since Morgan had a score.

If we win the World Cup this year it will be in spite of the bowlers not because of them.