Its going to be a 4-0 drubbing. No matter what is done with the batting order or inclusion or exclusion of players in the current eleven, its going to be a whitewash. Better India declare itself lost before the match and have BCCI and selectors do the needful at home. Otherwise the episode is going to be forgotten soon and the same story will continue. India as worlds second best team is a made up story far from reality
ok.. so Shewag, VVS and Gambhir are gone. Dhoni already got himself out and Kohli is still baby. Lets hope Dravid gives some fight and Tendul holds in there..
So we effectively got two recognized batsmen for this test and both are bit out of touch in this series. God bless India!!!
Re: More grass and extra bounce to greet India in Adelaide
by lee on Jan 21, 2012 04:08 AM
ishant and ashwin will open up first, they will stay for 1.5 hrs and score 25 runs. that is the secret plan
Re: Re: More grass and extra bounce to greet India in Adelaide
by prakash thakur on Jan 21, 2012 04:34 AM
Nobody gets the trick, including the coach. The trick is to give the opposition to bat first, because most Aussie pitches are very helpful for bowlers in the first session of the first day. Day2-4 are batting paradise, with Day 5 a bit of bounce and spin variability. Check the results of last Ashes. England won because they bowled first. Same happened in Sydney this year. If India could have bowled first, we too could have made 600 batting day2&3.
Re: Re: Re: More grass and extra bounce to greet India in Adelaid
by Bhasmasur on Jan 21, 2012 08:38 AM
yeah but that Dhoti never wins toss.. what can we do?
Re: Re: Re: More grass and extra bounce to greet India in Adelaide
by Against Pseudos on Jan 21, 2012 08:39 AM
If we had scored more than Aus AND taken their 20 wickets we had a good chance of winning. Right!! ;-)
Re: More grass and extra bounce to greet India in Adelaide
by Bhasmasur on Jan 21, 2012 08:37 AM
ohh please.. don't say that. We actuall have three batsmen for the Adelaide- Sachin, Dravid and Ashwin
... and elects to bat. India will give Aussies a taste of their own medicine. Remember, the first test was going evenly. Sydney and Perth tests could have gone Indian's way if Australia had batted first.
Re: Wait till Viru wins the toss
by prakash thakur on Jan 21, 2012 04:38 AM
Absolutely, most Aussie pitches (including flat Sydney and Adelaide) are very helpful for seam movement on the first session of Day1. It becomes very good bat there on, especially Day2&3. Day4-5th is helpful for spinners and some variable bounce. INDIA SHOULD BOWL FIRST IF THEY WIN TOSS! Check last Ashes results. England won because they fielded first in most matches. Same happened this time in Sydney. We got out in first session, then Aussie made 600 batting day2&3, because it was a batting paradise. Even India could make 400 under pressure in 2nd Inngs.
Re: Wait till Viru wins the toss
by Against Pseudos on Jan 21, 2012 08:37 AM
;-)... Good that we at least won the Melbourne test. We will win Adelaide too. Right! ;-)
Most of the team performs well in their home ground only .However ,That is not anyway an excuse for India to lose the last 7 test.check what happened to England .When they played in UAE, they failed miserably..Australia,Pakistan and South Africa are the only teams who can put a fight outside their country.
Re: Performance outside their home country
by Gurjot Singh on Jan 20, 2012 11:49 PM
Pakistan performs well as long as they are not fixing matches or killing coaches
