India's tour of Australia - December/January 2015

[aditya123]

This ain`t time for Dhawan to screw up. At least get us a quick 40 or so. How often do we let the tail get more runs than the top order? 247/6 to 505. Oh! Some mindless tactics to continue bouncing the tail. Its alright to bounce them but you only get wickets to the ones that are full. I would want us to keep attacking when we bat and keep the aggro going. There are 220 overs left in the test match and still a long way to go. Keep pushing and you never know what the last day run chase pressure could bring.

 

[Gaurav_7]

97 is enough to get Dhawan and Pujara out tbh. Can't expect Vijay to be good all the time so maybe 3 down is what India will be till we cross this 97!

 

[Fenil]

Yes, true. Now, just need Harsha Bhogle to find some nice job. That will be it!

BCCI should exclusively start an opening for the post of 'weather and conditions expert'. I guess he will do a great job. He go on and on talking about the conditions, wind, the pitch type.

 

[blazerix]

Is Cricinfo behind for anyone else? It shows the correct score, but I don't see the commentary.

 

[CricHustler]

Is Cricinfo behind for anyone else? It shows the correct score, but I don't see the commentary.

Ya same issue. Trying Starsports.com. They seem good.

 

[Yuvi.]

One gone , Two to Follow.

 

[CricHustler]

Ripleys Believe it or Not! Dhawan is not India's first wicket.

 

[Aalay]

Still think we are pretty much in the game. If we can bat well tomorrow, we can put Australia on the back foot again.

 

[PokerAce]

I had high hopes from this bowling line up. I must admit I am terribly disappointed. Any word on when Bhuvi is returning?

Unless the pitch turns into a spin paradise on day 5, Ind just cannot win. Even assuming India bat out all of tomorrow, they will add another 300 or so runs, which will mean a lead of 274, and its still not a declarable target. India will need to bat into day 5 and then one can forget about India picking up 10 wickets in under a day.

So lets just forget thoughts of a result and just watch India bat tomorrow. Hopefully there will be a century or two to celebrate. What will be on day 5

 

[aditya123]

Still think we are pretty much in the game. If we can bat well tomorrow, we can put Australia on the back foot again.

Even after we got Smith and Johnson, we did not push on. We should`ve been 50 ahead by now.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Their tail scored more than their top 6 I think. Disastrous from India!

 

[themusketeer]

Definitely 0-4 now. The longer Johnson stays out there its going to get to a 200 run lead for them and then we will be all out in 120. What an end to the test, just awesome cricket.

I already told You mate.Prediction is not Your Cup of tea.
I dont know How negative You can be.

Yeah I think we are going to lose this match now. Unbelievable what they have done. Why does this always happen to our team? I just don't understand. We have chances to create history but theres always something that goes wrong at a critical moment.

As chaits said .....Dont think too far. Lots of Cricket and Twists will come. Stay Tuned . Stay Postive.

Also, the wicket doesn't seem to be spinning at all so I don't know how Ashwin could spin us to victory on the final day if we get to the final day.

IMO, Ashwin will be our key Player on the Final Day.

 

[namin96]

I already told You mate.Prediction is not Your Cup of tea.
I dont know How negative You can be.



As chaits said .....Dont think too far. Lots of Cricket and Twists will come. Stay Tuned . Stay Postive.



IMO, Ashwin will be our key Player on the Final Day.

I really hope I am proved wrong. I just don't see this pitch spinning though it just hasn't spun that much yet. I really hope it spins though. Also, hopefully Kohli plays today we're going to need him the most along with Pujara. I would say a target of 300-350 would be good if the pitch will take spin, but I don't know if we will really get to 300.

 

[abhi_jacko]

So anyone missing Bhuvi now? (I see PokerAce already mentioned him)

The worst thing is, I dont think any of us is surprised by the disastrous day we had yesterday. It is almost like this was expected at some point

 

[PokerAce]

So anyone missing Bhuvi now? (I see PokerAce already mentioned him)

I had always maintained that Bhuvi will be a gigantic miss and those who wanted him gone from the playing XI were flat out of thier fking minds.

I don't know what this new found love the team has for bowling short. Its as if years of being bounced out without being able to reply, must now be avenged now that we have bowlers who can bowl 140+, even if it is at the expense of winning the match.

I had huge hopes from Varun Aaron, and now I think I am ready for even Stuart Binny to play ahead of him, based on how poorly he has done. If Bhuvi is not fit, we may as well give Kulkarni a chance.