3rd test - any chance?

by truthbetold Thu Dec 25, 2014 12:30 pm

Is India going to make any batting changes? They should bring in that extra batsman and bring in shami in bowling.

Either a batsmen or bowler has to play out of his skin to take India across the victory line. Tired of 3 wickets and 50 plus innings.

Australia will be relentless but showed they are human and vulnerable. But India failed to find match winners.

by nevada Thu Dec 25, 2014 1:29 pm

Do you mean remove the extra batsman and bring in Shami? Shami has been bowling poorly since the England tour so I don't see him as a useful inclusion at this time. If Bhuvi is fit then he should be included. He can swing the ball both ways and Aussie batsmen don't like that. I think Aaron will be dropped to accommodate him. But I would drop Rohit Sharma instead, as Bhuvi can make the same number of runs as him and is a wicket taking bowler as well.
That collapse in the 2nd test makes me feel that this team has checked out mentally and would rather not play the remaining 2 tests. I expect quick, heavy defeats.

by truthbetold Thu Dec 25, 2014 3:41 pm

Nevada
I meant a new face in place of rohit. You said there is a new guy lokesh or someone as a back batsmen. He is probably too green to be brought into the team but India needs some one with fresh blood to step in and do something spectacular to overcome a determined opposition.

2nd test batting collapse was a bad session that had something to do with the dressing room fight. Unless Indians show lot of resolve and professionalism, your feeling about checking out could be spot on. That is the reason I would like to bring in the new kid.

Shami is slipping but I would like India to persist with him.

by truthbetold Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:30 pm

Surprisingly shami and rahul are in. I do not expect an Azharuddin from Rahul but hope he surprises us.

by truthbetold Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:41 pm

Got warner. Both overs were good.

by truthbetold Thu Dec 25, 2014 10:03 pm

india toiled for two hours to get breakthrough. couple of missed chances and some listless bowling. Ian chappell is going after dhoni captaincy.

Can india press home the advantage? not much help from pitch.

by nevada Thu Dec 25, 2014 10:21 pm

I hope they don't concede another century to Steve Smith.

by truthbetold Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:20 pm

marsh and smith are going steady. bowling is not posing much of a problem after the batsmen are set.

by confuzzled dude Fri Dec 26, 2014 2:20 am

The Looks like continuation of previous tests, Braddin & Smith have added 43 runs thus far. Unless we can bowl Aussies out by lunch, we're in trouble.

by nevada Fri Dec 26, 2014 2:43 am

nevada wrote:I hope they don't concede another century to Steve Smith.

Smith just 28 runs away from another century. And it looks like Brad Haddin's career will be revived too, with generous help from the gracious guests. 400-450 seems possible, given that Mitchell Johnson almost scored a century in the previous game.

by truthbetold Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:13 am

Indian Fielding is awful and catching is sloppy. Indian bowlers are trying. Ashwin bowled well. Ishant bowled well for parts of overs. Yadav was really fast at 139 or above. Shami was not that good. But none of them caused real problems to batsmen. This is a reflection of talent India has at this time.

Add to that dhoni's chalta hai captaincy.

Considering all of the above, India did not lose the match on first day because they got David warner early.

There is a small but real possibility of India winning the test by gaining a large first innings lead.
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by swapna Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:18 am

truthbetold wrote:Is India going to make any batting changes? They should bring in that extra batsman and bring in again in bowling.

Either a batsmen or bowler has to play out of his skin to take India across the victory line. Tired of 3 wickets and 50 plus innings.

Australia will be relentless but showed they are human and vulnerable. But India failed to find match winners.

SoothBeSold, the only way for india to win a test against Australia is to include another muslim or a carnivorous Hindu in the team. May I recommend Her Royal Roundness, Mrs Menon, who eats only meat?

by truthbetold Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:07 pm

Swapna/Mitchell/flimflam

Your ignorance is exploding through your comment. Shut the f up and go back to your sub editor job.

by confuzzled dude Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:17 pm

Aussies are kicking our ass. Haddin scored fifty, Smith nearing another ton. These two put together nearly 100 runs.

by truthbetold Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:59 pm

Complete domination by Aussies this session.

by confuzzled dude Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:54 pm

What is Ravi Shastri gloating about, idiot, you're not hired to be a salesperson of Indian cricket. Show us results are get the heck out.. enough of these pep lectures.

by southindian Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:00 pm

Are Aussies playing 5 one day matches with Indian businessmen?

by nevada Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:00 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:What is Ravi Shastri gloating about, idiot, you're not hired to be a salesperson of Indian cricket. Show us results are get the heck out.. enough of these pep lectures.

What else is he gonna do? Admit that this team doesn't even believe it can win a test match abroad? Follow up a thrashing abroad with a meaningless ODI series at home for damage control is the only plan BCCI has and its agents like Shastri are only there to make some noises till the storm blows over.

by truthbetold Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:50 pm

"Follow up a thrashing abroad with a meaningless ODI series at home for damage control is the only plan BCCI has "

Astute observation.

by truthbetold Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:06 pm

Aussies allout 530. Steve smith humiliated Indian bowling from 150 to 192. He played unorthodox shots and showed no respect for ant indian bowler. One of those shots got him out but he already got 192.

Things are as dark as it can get for India. Defeat is written all over them now. Will they show any fight?

by swapna Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:27 pm

truthbetold wrote:Swapna/Mitchell/flimflam

Your ignorance is exploding through your comment. Shut the f up and go back to your sub editor job.

sooth, australia's population is a mere 3 percent of india's, I.e., india can select its cricket team from a population that's 33 times australia's; yet witness the utter futility of the indian team!

bringing muslims and carnivorous hindus into the team is one of very few solutions to the problem. there is also the possibility of employing strong, swift pakistanis who are not as risk-averse as the indian sissies, to bat, bowl, and field for india.

I wonder if you are also aware that australia's per-capita gdp is 833 percent of India's.

by confuzzled dude Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:42 pm

truthbetold wrote:Aussies allout 530. Steve smith humiliated Indian bowling from 150 to 192. He played unorthodox shots and showed no respect for ant indian bowler. One of those shots got him out but he already got 192.

Things are as dark as it can get for India. Defeat is written all over them now. Will they show any fight?

That was some tontey-tontey style batting display by Captian Smith.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:03 am

Good start by India, running between the wickets has been excellent, looks like no demons in this wicket.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:29 am

*sigh* Dhawan goes for 28.

by swapna Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:15 am

truthbetold wrote:Aussies allout 530. Steve smith humiliated Indian bowling from 150 to 192. He played unorrthodox shots and showed no respect for ant indian bowler. One of those shots got him out but he already got 192.

Things are as dark as it can get for India. Defeat is written all over them now. Will they show any fight?

no, sooth, only flight! sooth, it's not only defeat, but also ignominy that's written all over them.

the australians should change the rules of the game and give your brahmin boyz three innings to make their first-innings score of 530.

are you still praying and waiting for the weather and misfortunes to the australians to come to the rescue, sooth?

by truthbetold Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:30 am

swapna/mitchell/flimflam

you meaningless bore, if you cannot come with any thing more sensible, you will be ignored.

by swapna Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:29 am

truthbetold wrote:swapna/mitchell/flimflam

you meaningless bore, if you cannot come with any thing more sensible, you will be ignored.

422 to go, sooth. I suspect that will take 3 or 4 more innings. thirupathi is the answer. don't forget to get your head shaved.

by truthbetold Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:41 am

swapna/mitchell/flimflam

you meaningless bore, if you cannot come with any thing more sensible, you will be ignored.

by swapna Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:49 pm

truthbetold wrote:swapna/mitchell/flimflam

you meaningless bore, if you cannot come with any thing more sensible, you will be ignored.

sooth, the indian cricket team can redeem itself from ignominy if it challenges the australian team to a carroms tournament. It's a game in which there's no need to run, field, or throw. our sissy boyz will be absolutely unbeatable in it.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:32 pm

wth, 2nd ball of the day, pujara back in the pavilion

by truthbetold Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:46 pm

Some really good batting by Kohli and rahane. Vijay played well but got out for a poor judgement (of bounce).

by nevada Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:54 pm

truthbetold wrote:Some really good batting by Kohli and rahane. Vijay played well but got out for a poor judgement (of bounce).

Yes, it was nice to see Rahane bat positively and score some runs. Time to boot out the low scoring Pujara and move either Kohli or Rahane up to 3.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:12 pm

nevada wrote:
truthbetold wrote:Some really good batting by Kohli and rahane. Vijay played well but got out for a poor judgement (of bounce).

Yes, it was nice to see Rahane bat positively and score some runs. Time to boot out the low scoring Pujara and move either Kohli or Rahane up to 3.

beautiful drives and pull shots played by these two bats, scored nearly 5 per over. Hope both of them will score big.
Boot out Pujara, really! He got out to either good balls or bad calls all series except today.

by nevada Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:26 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:
nevada wrote:
truthbetold wrote:Some really good batting by Kohli and rahane. Vijay played well but got out for a poor judgement (of bounce).

Yes, it was nice to see Rahane bat positively and score some runs. Time to boot out the low scoring Pujara and move either Kohli or Rahane up to 3.
beautiful drives and pull shots played by these two bats, scored nearly 5 per over. Hope both of them will score big.
Boot out Pujara, really! He got out to either good balls or bad calls all series except today.

He has developed a habit of slow and low scores, with the opposition keeping him under pressure with the incoming ball, which he struggles against. You can safely bet that he is not going to score a century anytime soon.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:36 pm

nevada wrote:
confuzzled dude wrote:
nevada wrote:
truthbetold wrote:Some really good batting by Kohli and rahane. Vijay played well but got out for a poor judgement (of bounce).

Yes, it was nice to see Rahane bat positively and score some runs. Time to boot out the low scoring Pujara and move either Kohli or Rahane up to 3.
beautiful drives and pull shots played by these two bats, scored nearly 5 per over. Hope both of them will score big.
Boot out Pujara, really! He got out to either good balls or bad calls all series except today.
He has developed a habit of slow and low scores, with the opposition keeping him under pressure with the incoming ball, which he struggles against. You can safely bet that he is not going to score a century anytime soon.

He isn't complete failure though, he scored a 70+ and a 40 odd in this series.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:40 pm

Another lovely drive by Rahane brings up 100 p'ship, came in 23 overs.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:51 pm

Running between the wickets has been outstanding, looks like our bats ran for 10-12 threes already in this innings and numerous quick singles putting pressure on the fielders.

by nevada Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:20 pm

That throw was poor sportsmanship from JOhnson.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:27 pm

nevada wrote:That throw was poor sportsmanship from JOhnson.

That was unnecessary but Kohli needs to keep his cool. He was very lucky there with that drop. Aussies look human with all these dropped catches.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:28 pm

Take that Harris, that was a cracker from Rahane.

by goodcitizn Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:32 pm

nevada wrote:That throw was poor sportsmanship from JOhnson.

Nevadaless Kohli has to keep his cool and score a double century to rub it in Johnson's face! Laughing

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:36 pm

He he Aussies under pressure, another drop. C'mon Kohli you're better than this.

by goodcitizn Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:36 pm

Another catch missed! Kohli has had two lives already and Rahane one!

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:51 pm

Well played Rahane; his 3rd test hundred, all scored in away test matches.

by goodcitizn Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:53 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:Well played Rahane; his 3rd test hundred, all scored in away test matches.

Amen, comrade!

by nevada Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:56 pm

Rahane scores briskly and makes it look effortless. Very classy batsman.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:56 pm

A few snippets from Cricinfo, on Rahane:

Manoj Ravi: "What an innings by Rahane! I think he's been the best overseas batsman India have. Hundreds in New Zealand, England and Australia now. And that 96 in Durban batting half the innings with tail was far better than a hundred. Take a bow, Jinks"

kv: "That makes 3 centuries and 6 half-centuries for Rahane since Johannesberg last December. All scored abroad. "

by nevada Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:57 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:
nevada wrote:That throw was poor sportsmanship from JOhnson.
That was unnecessary but Kohli needs to keep his cool. He was very lucky there with that drop. Aussies look human with all these dropped catches.

This same Aussie side was thrashed by Uncle Misbah and co just recently. Our team is so pathetic that they have elevated them to a great level.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:59 pm

nevada wrote:
confuzzled dude wrote:
nevada wrote:That throw was poor sportsmanship from JOhnson.
That was unnecessary but Kohli needs to keep his cool. He was very lucky there with that drop. Aussies look human with all these dropped catches.

This same Aussie side was thrashed by Uncle Misbah and co just recently. Our team is so pathetic that they have elevated them to a great level.

In all fairness to our team, Aussies are playing at home not in Dubai.

by confuzzled dude Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:04 pm

That's how you respond to adversity, Kohli. Learn from your teammate.

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