India tour of England Aug-Sept 2021

[Aislabie]

Root's still there. Curran is in. Dare I say anything about India's Achilles heel?

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[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Lord Thakur to the rescue. It been a perfect day and start for India, from team selection to bowlers doing what they have been doing over the years for India. The only thing that did not go for India but actually was perfect for India was the toss.

Still it being an Indian side, I think England can still put up 50-100 more runs on the board with lower order. Only way for us to completely dominate this day is by getting the last two quickly and cheaply and going to stumps with no wicket lost.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Andrew Strauss seems to be blaming the guys who got runs rather than the guys who got nothing.

 

[Aislabie]

Not even Broady was reviewing that

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Get Sam Curran out before they score 200 and this is India's game to lose. I know there are weather conditions that won't allow the match to be completed but we can still hope.

 

[Ed Smith]

That was a horrible innings from England

Fixed

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Get that damn last wicket ASAP

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Sam Tweaking Curran = Kyle Tweaking Jamieson.

 

[beechcroft]

It's clear that England's tactics from the start were to get this innings over as quickly as possible so that they could bowl to India today. It looks like they are going to succeed. All credit to England.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

It's clear that England's tactics from the start were to get this innings over as quickly as possible so that they could bowl to India today. It looks like they are going to succeed. All credit to England.

And once again not picking a spinner because they know the match will be over before day 4/5.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Rohit opening in England is what I've been waiting for.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Smart move by Virat to include KLR at the top. @LiveLoveABD must be happy

And he messes it up by playing 4 pacers and Jadeja over Ashwin.

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Most of the Indian fans would've been rooting for Ashwin.

Can't believe Ashwin and Ishant are not playing.

 

[Verified Enigma]

Rohit opening in England is what I've been waiting for.

Self actualization needs Check

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Can't believe Ashwin and Ishant are not playing.

Ishant is unfit from what I heard from the commentators. And he did look like that in the WTC Final with the pace he was bowling at, hardly 129-130 kph. Haven't followed anything after that from him so not aware. But again if he is unfit it is better to rest him until we arrive at the later stages of the series than to lose him at the back end.

I get that India did not want to compromise on their pacers plus they needed their batting to be strong so they went with Jadeja instead of Ashwin. Thankfully they delivered!!!

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Rohit opening in England is what I've been waiting for.

Beware his fan army in this forum are huge.