World Test Championship Finals - India vs Australia @ Oval

[issue]

Hope jadeja and rahane gets out soon I need some thing interesting to be seen lol

 

[icyman]

Both future Test captaincy options battling it out for India...

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Both future Test captaincy options battling it out for India...

No and no. Rahane is 35 and Jadeja is not a captain material.

Once this final is over, Rohit should definitely hang up his boots for this format and remember Bumrah being the VC? Either he if fit takes over or Iyer when back.

 

[issue]

No and no. Rahane is 35 and Jadeja is not a captain material.

Once this final is over, Rohit should definitely hang up his boots for this format and remember Bumrah being the VC? Either he if fit takes over or Iyer when back.

Whoever be the captain indian team fate can't be changed & can't win on big occasions agree this as fact and move on

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Yawn its getting boring now better should allow some other teams to play in the knockouts.

These bunch of guys somehow just can't get the job done in the finals.

A decade of trophy less drought this.

Only missed 1 knockout (2021 WT20) yet failed to win a single trophy.

Don't even feel like reverse jinxing anymore.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Off spin making the difference.

 

[Fenil]

Gaza strikes!

 

[Fenil]

Off spin making the difference.

Classic off spinner's dismissal too against the left hander. If only India had world#1 off spinner in their squad. Oh wait!

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

If only India had world#1 off spinner in their squad. Oh wait!

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Can't even tell Pujara that he plays IPL and do ads.

 

[Fenil]

Not a bad way for Rohit to maintain his place for long term in the side.

 

[CooldiPargi]

My Honest reaction:

 

[Ed Smith]

Kind of feel bad for India. Spend 2 years getting to a final, only for it to be played in their worst conditions. Twice.

 

[Fenil]

While the talks have been for the inclusion of Ashwin and maybe India should have played with two spinners, does anyone thinks that someone like a Hardik Pandya would have given us the liberty to go with two spinners?

I mean Shardul is okay but he is a swing bowler while Hardik can hit the deck hard and has extra yard of pace making him more potent in comparison on unhelpful conditions and is definitely a better batsman who could have been utilized for Pant-esque batting role as well.

I know he hasn't been around the Test side for quite some time now but given how much Shardul relies on the swinging pitch and isn't too reliable with the bat, I thought India might as well try and look back to Hardik especially when he has shown a bit of reliance in his batting lately.

 

[SaiSrini]

While the talks have been for the inclusion of Ashwin and maybe India should have played with two spinners, does anyone thinks that someone like a Hardik Pandya would have given us the liberty to go with two spinners?

I mean Shardul is okay but he is a swing bowler while Hardik can hit the deck hard and has extra yard of pace making him more potent in comparison on unhelpful conditions and is definitely a better batsman who could have been utilized for Pant-esque batting role as well.

I know he hasn't been around the Test side for quite some time now but given how much Shardul relies on the swinging pitch and isn't too reliable with the bat, I thought India might as well try and look back to Hardik especially when he has shown a bit of reliance in his batting lately.

But what will BCCI do, if Hardik Pandya voluntarily opts out of test selection? The diplomatic reason given by him is "I don't want to be unfair to the players who have played well in this 2 year cycle to take the intl team to the WTC final".