India tour of WestIndies - June/July 2017

[zwarrior]

I have lost count of number of no balls Holder bowled today.

 

[Velocity]

Very poor bowling from Holder. I still can't belive he's the captain even after so many poor performances form himself and his team. WI ought bring Darren Sammy back and make him captain! Even though that would never happen.

 

[SaiSrini]

I hope Raina will get in form. One problem I feel India have is that along with scoring slow in the first ten overs, we are really falling apart in the middle order. There has to be a consistency in rotating the strike and hitting a boundary at least once or twice every two overs. It doesn't help when Yuvraj gets out after 4 off 10 balls. I am not a big fan of Raina, but I think he is ideal to slot in for Yuvi because he is a middle over's specialist. In my mind, a cautious approach is not bad at all, but India have to make up for it in the middle oversion, getting those 1 and 2''s and getting those boundaries every now and then.

Raina is working towards getting himself fit so that he can be back for the ODI's. I do not see both Yuvraj and Dhoni playing together in the 2019 WC. If only one has to play, I see Dhoni staying on as his utility as a wicketkeeper, the slog overs finish and the ice cool head when finishing games will come to advantage. Raina is a veteran in ODI's and is way younger than both Yuvraj and Dhoni, but still with loads of experience. If he returns, India won't lose the experience but they get a much fitter, much younger and a way more athletic player in Raina. Of course the likes of Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, etc will give big competition but Raina should be a part of it.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Dhawan is definitely booking his place in the Indian squad for eternity atleast in odis with his performances in CT and now in the West Indies.With Shashtri coming in as next Coach( most likely ) who compared him to ABD ,Dhawan might break into tests as well with Rahul and Vijay Still recovering from their injuries.

He compared him to de Villiers?

 

[surendar]

It made me laugh when Ashwin was attempting so many leg spin deliveries. Clearly West Indies have been taken for granted to try out multiple experiments - Pandya, Yuvi and Ashwin(with his leg spins) are having one practice session here. If this was the case, wonder why they didn't play Shami instead of Yadav.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

How the hell can Indian team perform and thrash an almost associate side now a days. What say @Untouchables666 , pathetic from the Indians, luckily they got saved by the ordinary players like Kohli and Rahane today or else this West Indies team is bound to thrash the Indians. Losers Indians

 

[Satan666]

How the hell can Indian team perform and thrash an almost associate side now a days. What say @Untouchables666 , pathetic from the Indians, luckily they got saved by the ordinary players like Kohli and Rahane today or else this West Indies team is bound to thrash the Indians. Losers Indians

Wow I completely forgot about this game today, now having a look at the scorecard and yeah kinda surprised. Alsari Joseph how he bowled today? I think he can be lethal with the ball.

 

[SaiSrini]

Ashwin was pathetic today. In the end, he ended up with a wicket, but I watched his bowling live and it is said that when Ashwin tries too many variations, it means that he is all over the place and he is in a mess. And he really is. Maybe the second coming for him in the past few years has gone to his head and he probably needs another kick in the back (i.e. drop him from limited overs cricket; not just rest) to get him back to his stock deliveries and reduce his variations and bowl to take wickets.

 

[surendar]

The way Ashwin bowled - it looked to me as one practice match, those leg spin deliveries alone were too many compared to his regular offspin. India took west indies too easily, I would have preferred taking their 10 wickets instead of playing this casually.

 

[zwarrior]

Kohli hinted on changing the lineup. So, hopefully we can see Pant and Shami coming in for (dropping) Yuvi and (resting) Bhuvi or Umesh. Pandya and Kuldeep should play all the games. They have to be groomed.

 

[Bilal45]

Will Mohammad shami play tomorrow.

 

[Velocity]

Pretty good start this by the Windies. Very attacking start. But why no Shami!

 

[Yash.]

No Shami and Pant till now... WTH????

 

[aditya123]

No Shami and Pant till now... WTH????

Would have been interesting to see Pant play ahead of Yuvraj today. He would have come in at 30/2 and that would have allowed us to test him under pressure. Instead, its Yuvraj walking in and we will not see anything which we don`t know about.

 

[SaiSrini]

This is very likely going to be the second embarrassment of the day, after Zimbabwe shockingly smashed Sri Lanka, chasing 321. IMO, India deserve this. Not giving important players the chance in a series where experimentation is required to find the right personnel.