India's tour of Australia - December/January 2015

[namin96]

Maybe we have played well but the kind of Mitch who played against England was hell lotta different than the Johnson playing in this series.

I don't really think England handles pace and bounce well. They had poor techniques against Johnson and they weren't ducking when they needed to or taking on the pull shot when they needed too. The Johnson is not different but it's just I think we have prepared really well before the series in tackling short balls with high pace. We have also left a lot of good balls as well. We saw how England couldn't handle the short stuff against Ishant Sharma at Lords and that was at a lower pace than Johnson and they still couldn't tackle him.[DOUBLEPOST=1419781181][/DOUBLEPOST]Does anything think the game is headed towards an Adelaide type finish?

 

[grkrama]

simple india are troubled more by swing than bounce as evident from performances in SA, nz and aus. So practicaly anderson in ENG is more dangerous than johnson in aus.[DOUBLEPOST=1419781344][/DOUBLEPOST]also MSD is using the technique that worked in eng here .. but due to pace and bounce here he is being beaten, he needs to shelve that walking across as there is no need for it as there is not much lateral movement or swing..he just needs to play his normal backfoot game and will be alright.

 

[SaiSrini]

"winning an lbw verdict from Kumar Dharmasena against a sweeping Rahane, though replays suggested the ball had not straightened enough to flick off stump"

Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane's fluent centuries prop up India | Cricket News | Australia v India | ESPN Cricinfo

anyone seeing the replays would have said a ball pitching on off stump was not turning back in as sharp as dhrmasena thought.

I hated that dismissal, but I immediately went up with my finger pointing upwards when Lyon struck Rahane on his backleg. It looked plumb to me with the naked eye. So I am not going to question Dharmasena on that decision.

 

[icyman]

"winning an lbw verdict from Kumar Dharmasena against a sweeping Rahane, though replays suggested the ball had not straightened enough to flick off stump"

Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane's fluent centuries prop up India | Cricket News | Australia v India | ESPN Cricinfo

anyone seeing the replays would have said a ball pitching on off stump was not turning back in as sharp as dhrmasena thought.

The ball hit the back leg. If you saw that in real-time, many would say that it seemed not out. On slow-mo, one can clearly see the ball hit Rahane's back leg and hit him right in the center. From what I saw, I agree with Dharmasena.

I don't really think England handles pace and bounce well. They had poor techniques against Johnson and they weren't ducking when they needed to or taking on the pull shot when they needed too.

England handles it better than India for sure.

 

[grkrama]

England handles it better than India for sure

india is marginally better than england or i would say the indian players who are good against it are better than england player who are good.. but indian players who cant handle it or worse than eng players who cant..

 

[PokerAce]

What are the odds on Shami smashing his way to a 50 tomorrow :P

 

[themusketeer]

Thats My Boy

No reason to respect those who don't respect me: Virat Kohli

 

[PokerAce]

^ Just read it myself was about to post the link to it. Very intersting interview :P

I like how the Aussies like to talk when they are on top. Let them come to India and when another 4-0 is under way, lets see how much they wanna talk then.

 

[namin96]

The ball hit the back leg. If you saw that in real-time, many would say that it seemed not out. On slow-mo, one can clearly see the ball hit Rahane's back leg and hit him right in the center. From what I saw, I agree with Dharmasena.




England handles it better than India for sure.

They handle seam and swing movement better but not raw pace. If you go back and watch some of the Ashes highlights from last year, the English batsman couldn't even take Johnson on and when they tried to they failed. They couldn't even handle Ishant Sharma's short pitch stuff at Lords let alone Johnson. I think the whole Australian team would agree with me that India has actually competed and played Johnson the best out of all touring teams in Australia recently.

 

[namin96]

simple india are troubled more by swing than bounce as evident from performances in SA, nz and aus. So practicaly anderson in ENG is more dangerous than johnson in aus.[DOUBLEPOST=1419781344][/DOUBLEPOST]also MSD is using the technique that worked in eng here .. but due to pace and bounce here he is being beaten, he needs to shelve that walking across as there is no need for it as there is not much lateral movement or swing..he just needs to play his normal backfoot game and will be alright.

You are absolutely right. We find the swing hard to play against more than the pace and bounce. The english handle swing really good but can't play against pace and bounce in Australia.

 

[blazerix]

It's the same everywhere. Australia can't win in India and India can't win in Australia.

 

[abhi_jacko]

Need some inspired bowling now - Only need to look as far as Adelaide 2003 for Sir. Aggy's match winning exploits

 

[SaiSrini]

From the opening few overs, India have been truly horrible. Won't be surprised if India are set a 400+ total by end of day today itself. Warner is already smashing ahead. And the generous short pitched bowling which doesn't trouble the Aussies at all, is being dished out by our bowlers.

The entertainment yesterday (Rahane-Kohli partnership) was good while it lasted. Regular services resume!

 

[abhi_jacko]

To be honest, it was only Umesh who was horrid in his 3 overs. Ishant, Shami and now Ashwin have bowled quite well. There is nothing in the wicket though

If only we had another proper spinner

 

[greymatter776]

Rain rain go away,Come again another day.India and Australia wants to play.Rain rain go away.