India's tour of Australia - December/January 2015

[SaiSrini]

The Indian team should now come out and say "The practice wickets provided were good and there were no problems with it". Where is Lyon and Steve Smith now?

Let's bet on when the Indian collapse is going to happen. That will make for some interesting discussion. Currently, to say that I have zero hopes on this team is an understatement. I have negative hopes on this team. They will definitely fail tomorrow and earn another off day on Day 5. This team is a friggin' disaster. What its doing right now is alienating fans from Indian cricket. When it comes to overseas games, even if you go in with zero hope, this team somehow manages to beat even that and perform worser than already nil expectations.

 

[Aalay]

India Cricket News: Pragyan Ojha banned from bowling | ESPN Cricinfo

Well this is a surprise.

 

[Yuvi.]

The Indian team should now come out and say "The practice wickets provided were good and there were no problems with it". Where is Lyon and Steve Smith now?

Let's bet on when the Indian collapse is going to happen. That will make for some interesting discussion. Currently, to say that I have zero hopes on this team is an understatement. I have negative hopes on this team. They will definitely fail tomorrow and earn another off day on Day 5. This team is a friggin' disaster.

Hope They dont earn an off even for Day 4.
BTW , We love trolling Team India when They give such performances , dont We.

 

[greymatter776]

India Cricket News: Pragyan Ojha banned from bowling | ESPN Cricinfo

Well this is a surprise.

Ojha?Never even had slight doubts on his action !

 

[themusketeer]

Lol. If you rate our players on the basis of major factors like oversea performance and consistency in all three format then Kohli, Rahane and Bhuvi must top the list and not your CSKians.:3

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Kohli , rahane Bhuvi will always Top the List. I said it in context that somebody said CSKian and Indian Team reletion.

If any Player Belongs to csk and if they Use India Cements to Build their Home .....everybody Will say that He is in the Team because he uses India Cements .

That's false. Raina always been the best with his chances that he get in ODIs and Twenty20. Everyone has to admit that he's our best fielder in the era. Dhoni is far better than others as a Captain to win us many trophies plus both home and away series in ODIs. What one would think about Dhoni's captaincy record in oversea tests, is nothing but blame Dhoni. But it's not his fault to have an inconsistence side that loves to fail in the games outside the subcontinent. Even England, New Zealand, Australia have not been able to maintain their winning record away from the home(most probably in subcontinent conditions).

Yeah .....Exactly
Blame everything on Dhoni and If India Wins Give credit To everyone
[HASHTAG]#biasedpeople[/HASHTAG]

But what we Indian do, is always neglect the facts but criticize your own national team players who does not belong to the IPL team they support.

Yes........Blamey People.

They want Gambhir in the side (even I am a Fan of KKR but I dont want Gambhir in My side).

Currently they Blaming Dhoni for everything and Want Kohli. After some Years they will blame Kohli and Want KL rahul as A captain and It will go on and On.

 

[icyman]

Yes........Blamey People.

They want Gambhir in the side (even I am a Fan of KKR but I dont want Gambhir in My side).

Currently they Blaming Dhoni for everything and Want Kohli. After some Years they will blame Kohli and Want KL rahul as A captain and It will go on and On.

MSD's action shout out, "Please change /relieve me from Test match duty."

Here is a person who in his mind did not want to stay in the format post 2013- the question is why is he still there ?

Lack of interest in the job reflects via his actions and results. A detailed explanation as to why I'd prefer someone else has already been put forth in this thread.

No Indian captain has stayed away from criticism and that inherited once the job is given to you. If Virat replaces MSD, there will come a time when he may make blunders and people will castigate him for that.

Blunders are made by people, they can be pardoned; repeated blunders wont receive the same sympathy though.

 

[themusketeer]

Well if You dont support Your team in Bad phase then You must not Cheer at all when they are in Form.

* I criticize them While supporting.
I cant Blame them for anything.


As chaits Said we Indian's only criticize our team but on the other hand If a team tours India and They lose series 4-0 they Blame Pitch, Home Conditions and yes They do Criticize their team also But *Criticizes while Supporting*.

 

[themusketeer]

MSD's action shout out, "Please change /relieve me from Test match duty."

Here is a person who in his mind did not want to stay in the format post 2013- the question is why is he still there ?

Lack of interest in the job reflects via his actions and results. A detailed explanation as to why I'd prefer someone else has already been put forth in this thread.

No Indian captain has stayed away from criticism and that inherited once the job is given to you. If Virat replaces MSD, there will come a time when he may make blunders and people will castigate him for that.

Blunders are made by people, they can be pardoned; repeated blunders wont receive the same sympathy though.

Just Tell me One thing india Played 4 tests in England and currently 1 (*Dhoni as A captain) in Australia.
They Lost 3 if I m not wrong and won 1.

Did Dhoni changed anything in Lords test and In the remaining tests. I guess No, What made difference was Our Bowling Attack Not Dhoni.

So If He wins with That (Blunders) its Good but if we lose then Dhoni did everything wrong.

Why You all Dont Blame other team Players ,You know they play that match too and Dhoni Cant Play for them .

 

[Epic]

MSD's action shout out, "Please change /relieve me from Test match duty."

Here is a person who in his mind did not want to stay in the format post 2013- the question is why is he still there ?

Lack of interest in the job reflects via his actions and results. A detailed explanation as to why I'd prefer someone else has already been put forth in this thread.

No Indian captain has stayed away from criticism and that inherited once the job is given to you. If Virat replaces MSD, there will come a time when he may make blunders and people will castigate him for that.

Blunders are made by people, they can be pardoned; repeated blunders wont receive the same sympathy though.

I believe what he said was that he'd have to let go off a format by the end of 2013 because of the toll it was taking on his body and mind (understandable given that he's fulfilling 3 roles), didn't necessarily say Tests or ODIs, fans just assumed it was the former because he's a better ODI player, but either way, he's still here I believe to see us through all these away tours in the last year or so and to the World Cup.

I've been saying this since the South Africa tour, Dhoni will definitely let go off captaincy in all formats after the World Cup, and will most likely retire from Tests (there might be a retirement match of sorts in Ranchi that he captains) while continuing to play ODIs and T20Is helping Kohli transition as captain in those formats, he could definitely make our limited overs side as just a batsman (if he were to give up wicket-keeping).

 

[Epic]

tweaking hell Pujara, why are you playing at that...

 

[Aalay]

Pujara's form is a serious worry for India. His average outside the subcontinent is similar to Rohit. He really needs to improve that record.

 

[Epic]

Tbf to him, he's been given out twice in this series when he wasn't, it's just he was quite poor in both New Zealand and England, record in South Africa reads well especially when you just factor in the most recent tour, definitely back him to turn it around though.

 

[SaiSrini]

For a guy of Pujara's talent, he is massively underperforming. He is definitely India's future, but he needs time away to work on his new found mental deficiencies. I would actually either demote Pujara or drop him for sometime and ask him to work on his game more. No player can take his place for granted. Maybe push Kohli up to No.3 and have Pujara at No.5. See if that works.

I am a huge Pujara fan, but I am disappointed with his performances overseas so far. He has been given enough chances and he is frustrating himself and his fans by getting out just when he is set for something big. And this has been the frustrating pattern across series after series.

 

[namin96]

Just Tell me One thing india Played 4 tests in England and currently 1 (*Dhoni as A captain) in Australia.
They Lost 3 if I m not wrong and won 1.

Did Dhoni changed anything in Lords test and In the remaining tests. I guess No, What made difference was Our Bowling Attack Not Dhoni.

So If He wins with That (Blunders) its Good but if we lose then Dhoni did everything wrong.

Why You all Dont Blame other team Players ,You know they play that match too and Dhoni Cant Play for them .

Thanks, that's exactly been my point to people who blame dhoni for our overseas losses. If we're going to blame dhoni for it then why don't we just have dhoni the only player in our team. Make it dhoni vs 11 player team. Honestly, if everyone thinks it's Dhoni's fault then we don't even need other players because it's no longer a team game if people keep blaming dhoni for the losses. Why doesnt ishant Sharma freaking try bowling fuller lengths on overseas pitches maybe he will be more successful. He bowls so stupidly that it's a shame to even call him our most experienced bowler, he sucks. I think that tag should be given to Bhuvi cause he bowls with such discipline.

 

[namin96]

For a guy of Pujara's talent, he is massively underperforming. He is definitely India's future, but he needs time away to work on his new found mental deficiencies. I would actually either demote Pujara or drop him for sometime and ask him to work on his game more. No player can take his place for granted. Maybe push Kohli up to No.3 and have Pujara at No.5. See if that works.

I am a huge Pujara fan, but I am disappointed with his performances overseas so far. He has been given enough chances and he is frustrating himself and his fans by getting out just when he is set for something big. And this has been the frustrating pattern across series after series.

Yes they should think about dropping pujara for sometime- couple months. I would actually promote Rahul at #3. Changing Kohli's order would be bad and unecessary. He's the perfect guy at #4. Also, for all the people who thought pujara was our most reliable test batsman after a couple double hundreds in india is wrong. I think his technique has been really exposed overseas and he needs to make adjustments. People also thought pujara was better than Kohli in tests and I think we've seen what the reality is, quality and technique wise kohli is better. Pujara might have the edge on patience but I think Kohli has alot of patience as well. The shot pujara played this morning was just stupid, there was no need to play at the first ball of the morning especially when it was not even close to the stumps.