India tour of England Aug-Sept 2021

[beechcroft]

Oh Joe! No!

 

[Aislabie]

Oh Joe! No!

It had to happen eventually

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

The morning session is crucial!!! If India get Malan out early they can have a chance of getting a small lead.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Someone is working on their scoring options.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Next innings Shardul should bat at number 3 and again bat for Rahane.. just saying...

 

[AliB]

Last night I about to post even Prasidh's debut would've been a better option than Umesh but he knocked over root and that's his job done for the match!

 

[icyman]

Is all well within the Indian team?

I ask this and could be wrong in interpreting here- Has anyone followed the WAGs on social media? You would observe that the wives of Rohit and Rahane never seem to hang out with the rest of the group. (Anushka, Ishant, Mayank, KLR, etc)

Got me thinking whether the word of a #MumbaiLobby is actually prevalent in the team right now. I know I've opened a Pandora's box here, but would love to spice up things and let the thoughts flow

 

[abhi_jacko]

Is all well within the Indian team?

I ask this and could be wrong in interpreting here- Has anyone followed the WAGs on social media? You would observe that the wives of Rohit and Rahane never seem to hang out with the rest of the group. (Anushka, Ishant, Mayank, KLR, etc)

Got me thinking whether the word of a #MumbaiLobby is actually prevalent in the team right now. I know I've opened a Pandora's box here, but would love to spice up things and let the thoughts flow

Everyone does not have to hang out with everyone to prove they are on good terms with each other. You can be cordial with people and close with a few others.

Kuch bhi ?? (Anything goes)

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Is all well within the Indian team?

I ask this and could be wrong in interpreting here- Has anyone followed the WAGs on social media? You would observe that the wives of Rohit and Rahane never seem to hang out with the rest of the group. (Anushka, Ishant, Mayank, KLR, etc)

Got me thinking whether the word of a #MumbaiLobby is actually prevalent in the team right now. I know I've opened a Pandora's box here, but would love to spice up things and let the thoughts flow

 

[asprin]

Root's wicket has made it an even day. Boy, he was looking set for another daddy hundred. 4 boundaries already in his 20+ score. Need to have England 7 down before 100 to have any chance of salvaging this match. Their batting has been beefed up with the inclusion of Woakes, who has had a stellar show with the ball. That ought to carry on to his batting.

Shardul scored some very useful runs at the end. Hope he has a good outing with the ball too. As expected, our core middle order failed again. Barring a series win, some heads are likely to roll.

Pant is so infuriating, and I actively want him to get out. Can't imagine what it's like having to pin hopes on him

That's the thing with him. You take whatever you get from him. Most days he will fail but the X-factor will always be there and that is what will keep the opposition bowlers on their toes.

Last night I about to post even Prasidh's debut would've been a better option than Umesh but he knocked over root and that's his job done for the match!

You do realize this means the there's a greater chance of him scoring big in the next innings/match? He has had his quota of low score already fulfilled.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

I ask this and could be wrong in interpreting here- Has anyone followed the WAGs on social media? You would observe that the wives of Rohit and Rahane never seem to hang out with the rest of the group. (Anushka, Ishant, Mayank, KLR, etc)

Anushka Sharma is a Bollywood actress so she has a lot to do with Mumbai as well. So your point seems a little irrelevant.

Also, if the wives of players are not getting along well with each other then it has nothing to do with the players themselves. Everyone can't get well together.

 

[icyman]

Just want to go back and dissect some of our batting yesterday. Rishab Pant got out to a ridiculous stroke, but I personally would be okay with Pant trying to go for extravagant shots. If it comes off, he plays a blinder like Shardul, India does get a respectable score.

Similarly, I would bat for playing Shaw at the top and letting him play freely-just like Sehwag. On difficult wickets, if Shaw gets India to a flyer, this immediately takes a lot of pressure off the middle order. I don't know why the management isn't thinking on those lines. This also means, KLR will drop down to the middle order -as a batsman in somewhat of a form, it would be interesting if he solidifies the middle order- the question though remains- At the expense of whom? Kohli, Pujara or Rahane?

Like this Jadeja promotion, something different. Although, I don't know if he's batting at 5 to try to counterattack or throw the English bowlers off a little bit coming this early

I still don't get the point of promoting him. what is Jadeja's role? Is he there to hold the fort or score runs? It hasn't worked and hope Kohli doesnt attempt anymore stupidity here. Don't forget there's an inherent bias towards the persistent selection of Jadeja in this team. Jadeja was Kohli's deputy in the U19 CWC in Malaysia. Perhaps got something to do with that.

For pundits touting Jadeja as a complete batsman on the basis of his triple centuries, please grow up. The man hasn't done anything worthwhile in the last few years other than being a CSK player.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Again talk of the batting line up. The team is fine. It's the stupid tinkering that lets us down. Ashwin not playing 4 tests now is a joke and specially here.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

For pundits touting Jadeja as a complete batsman on the basis of his triple centuries, please grow up. The man hasn't done anything worthwhile in the last few years other than being a CSK player.

Jadeja's record as a Test batsman since 2016

2016= 375 runs @37.50 with best of 90 at Mohali v/s England
2017= 328 runs @41.00 with best of 70* at Nagpur v/s Sri Lanka
2018= 228 runs @45.60 with best of 100* at Rajkot v/s West Indies
2019= 440 runs @62.85 with best of 91 at Pune v/s South Africa
2020= 82 runs @41.00 with best of 57 at MCG v/s Australia
2021= 202 runs @25.25 with best of 56 at Trent Bridge v/s England

In South Africa= Did not play yet
In England=273 runs @30.33 with best of 87* at The Oval v/s England, 2018 (5 matches)
In New Zealand= 25 runs @25.00 with best of 16* at Christchurch v/s New Zealand, 2020 (played just 1 match)(*scored more than Kohli & Rahane)
In Australia= 175 runs @43.75 with best of 81 at SCG v/s Australia, 2019 (4 matches)

Overall since 2016= 1655 runs @41.37 with best of 100* at Rajkot v/s West Indies, 2018
Before 2016= 473 runs @21.50 with best of 62 at Lord's v/s England, 2014
Overall record= 2128 runs @34.32 with best of 100* at Rajkot v/s West Indies, 2018

He has consistently improved himself since 2016 and more so since that innings at The Oval in 2018

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Again talk of the batting line up. The team is fine. It's the stupid tinkering that lets us down. Ashwin not playing 4 tests now is a joke and specially here.

In contrast to my post above, I would've played Ashwin ahead of Jadeja in the first 3 Tests and with Jadeja here at The Oval. Umesh Yadav's inclusion seemed to be unnecessary.