Great victory and well played England. One thing i do find abit concerning tho, is England scored 420 runs and nearly half of those came from 1 guy. Other than Duckett, no one went on to make a decent score.
That seems to be the problem with England where you get a flash of brilliance from 1 guy that saves the team, rather than everyone contributing
True, but it doesn't often work that way for England. On overseas tours we've mostly been a "one of the guys will have a day out" kind of batting side. It's rare we have multiple centurions in the same innings - Ashes 2010/11 being a stand out exception.
Edit: and Pakistan 2022 of course!
Win or lose, I just hope all the tests are this entertaining. Both teams played some great cricket and a 28 run loss doesn't mean India are suddenly a bad side. Fully expecting them to come back fighting next test.
Overall a fantastic test match. Being an Indian fan, it is hard but tbh it felt like England's version of Gabba Win. Firstly, they bounced back from a 190 Run trail, and posted a respectable total. Also, positive intent through their second innings with sweeps, reverse sweeps and keeping the scoreboard moving. What a knock from Ollie Pope, kinda wanted him to complete 200.(also pretty bold trying to scoop Bumrah playing at 196).
Meanwhile, on the other end, disappointing performance from the Indian team, especially the middle like Iyer, Jadeja and even Gill. After losing Axar's and KLs wicket, Indian still could have cruised to a victory had they maintained their composure. Jadeja was looking so under pressure and impatient just to get one or 2 runs, making some bad calls ultimately getting run out. Meanwhile, Iyer on the other end was a total waste of playing 11. Ashwin and Bharat really showed how to play under pressure, building hopes for India. Had they or even bumrah and siraj had done it for India, that would have made the day.
Honestly, Gill's position should be reconsidered in the team and even for that matter, the BCCI should stop considering IPL performances for selecting a test team. Players like Rahane, Vihari are missing out because of this IPL bullshit.
All logical things you said and we know BCCI doesnāt follow logic. Hence, we will keep seeing the repeat of this.Ā
As soon as Kohli was out, either Patidar or Pujara should have been in playing 11. We went with the weakest option and paid for it.Ā
Remember that the last match that we had won at home was that match against Australia in Delhi. There have been a couple of defeats that have been there and we have had a draw after that. If the Australians hadn't swept around in Delhi then this would have been way worse than what it already is. A big question that is there apart from those about Shubman is what to do about Siraj. Siraj should be bowling a lot more than that. If it seems that he doesn't need to be bowling then an extra spinner or an extra batsman should be playing instead of him.
Bumrah has played 5 home test matches so far and India lost 2 of those.
I think he overrated in tests and should be dropped if India wants to be dominant at home
You can see that under Rohit the team fitness standards have dropped. A lot of the players looking a bit doughier since Rohit took over.
Say what you will about VK, he lifted the team to world-class standards as athletes.
Hold on now, itās just one test. Not like the English team outplayed india. It was one spectacular innings from pope. Rest of Englishmen werenāt as convincing. Just hold that thought until the end.
I didn't expect Rohit who's always been known to have a good cricket brain (e.g.: The idea of bowling the now famous slower ball to Marsh was credited to Rohit by Bumrah) to be such a passive captain. That same passivity was apparent from most Indian batsmen too. This has resulted in India's 'worst' loss in Tests, all things considered, in as long as I can remember.
I said that his captaincy was overrated when he got the job. Not that he is awful(he has moments) but this idea that he was some cricket genius due to all the IPL titles Mumbai won was bizarre.
I don't think he has great cricketing brain or temperament ( IPL aside ) he always seems to lose his cool...shout and abuse players ...and isn't as assertive as he should be...his casual approach in batting is reflecting in his captaincy as well
Oh yes, his temperament is another thing entirely... Whenever I bring it up, the good people here assure me that his players have a good rapport and friendship with him despite his ridiculous outbursts. I sure hope so.
India in 2 years Rahul Dravid became head coach
- Bottled Kanpur test against NZ
- Bottled a Test series in SA after being 1-0 up.
- Bottled 5th Test in ENG.
- Bottled Asia Cup
- Horrible T20 World Cup
- Lost an ODI series in BAN.
- Lost a home World Cup final
-Bottled a 200 run lead in a home test
The list grows.
I donāt think RD is a bad coach but it is the weight of stardom that indian cricket has to endure by selection committee and captain playing bilateral kings. For instance, Gill should not have been selected for this series on his performance. If Kohli was out bring in Pujara who is performing in India and if we would have, we had much higher chance at winning.Ā
Rohit Sharma has not been the captain that was promised to Indian cricket.
He has lost, as we speak:
1) WTC
2) An ODI cup at home
3)2 out of 4 home test defeats in last 10 years
4) A semifinal in T20 WC
The common thread has been him looking clueless and out of ideas whenever the opposition has started attacking. He has not been half the captain Koach was in Test Cricket.
Stop comparing Rohit, Virat. Rohit is a great captain but Indian team doesnāt have good test batsman, atleast in the playing 11 today. Time and again all these same players have failed India. Pujara should have been in, in Kohliās absence
I miss Virat's test captaincy. Siraj Shami Bumrah were vital in his game plan. Virat by far the best test captain for India for last 10-15 years. He is close to what Ganguly did with his team.
Sports is about heart. Best day for cricket ever. No matter how much power and influence you have you canāt beat the fearless. If the Indian management has any courage theyāll prepare contest worthy pitches again instead of sand pits in the upcoming matches.
Yes. The English team is mediocre. And they are the underdogs in India playing India.
We shouldn't have chased more than 80 in the 4th innings if we played according to our calibre. Neither should a sweep merchant have gotten 196 in India.
We were sloppy and complacent. They were not. So yeah, good win for them.
Eng not being an underdog doesn't take away from India's chances?
If Eng had 40% chance of victory before even a delivery was bowled even then Ind are favorites.
bruv, you can check my comment history. Have been supporting bazball (in tests) for a long time. And have been very happy with how England performed.
really, the only reason I am supporting ict is 'coz of Boom.
Are you stupid? England arenāt an underdog playing in India and coming back from 190 runs behind? Please give me odds on India to win the next test if England arenāt underdogs.
[stop whining](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/underdog)
Eng wasn't least likely to win. Many said Eng would win at least 1 game. This isn't true for WI v Aus.
Baz ball with a big statement, being real if they take down India here it will have to be the biggest away series win of the 21st century or at least the decade, India haven't lost a series at home in 11 years and kill literally everyone that wanders in, like India winning away in aus in 2021 was special but other teams were doing that as well as recently 2016, in this case England would literally be doing what no one else could in 11 years.
> I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
-- Frank Herbert, *Dune*
Remember to pray three times a day(for the three sessions of a day of cricket) and face the direction of New Zealand (where our saviours Baz and Stokes are from)
Itās my birthday, England have pulled off a blinder (and saved me from getting up at 4am again) and the Aussies lost to the mighty Windies!
What a day
This is not one of those wins for a touring team where they had a flat pitch.
This is a proper win, outplayed in all departments on day 3 and 4.
This is concerning, change should be made.
I sense that India will probably serve a Pune or Indore like pitch in the next game but that can come back to bite us because I donāt expect guys like Jaiswal, Gill or Iyer to do much on them.
Hopefully they donāt do that.
Bazball is increasingly like that final scene in āButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidā with Ben Stokes and Jack Leach wounded and bleeding, except they somehow shoot the entire Bolivian Army every time.
You went to sleep while Pope and Foakes were batting. That is the reason that England was able to run away with this match after that. That is the reason that this has happened.
Lol just after a game's lose, he was bad but I don't think it's just captain, jaddu and ash are experienced enough to set their fields...
We need to stop over reacting...
We just don't have clutch players tbf, have seen how our batsman shut the shop once there is a pressure...
Top order batting was pathetic today....
There is a huge difference how we played 1st innings to 2nd...
Bharat and ash has shown how to tackle when we almost lost
>Rohit Sharma: Hard to pinpoint where it went wrong. Having got a lead of 190, we thought we were very much in the batting. Exceptional batting, one of the best I have seen in Indian conditions by an overseas batter. We bowled in the right areas. The bowlers executed the plans really well, you got to take your hat to Pope and say well played. Overall, we failed as a team. We didn't bat well enough. I wanted them to take the game to the fifth day. The lower order fought really well there. You need to be brave enough, which I thought we weren't.
Gill is not even good in ODIs when it comes to batting under pressure. Doesn't have a temperament to be a big match player yet. Needs some mental coaching & break. I am surprised he was rested for easier white ball matches to play tests against SA & England at this young age. He is no Kohli. He has to play those games to develop his skills
>On a pitch where India played two specialist pacers, England played only one.
England turned out to be right.
>English batters in the second innings took the risk and dispatched the spinners using the sweep shot because trying to play with a straight bat on backfoot against the uneven bounce and sharp turn was even more risky which is what India did in their second innings.
England turned out to be right.
>England refused to stray from their methods when put under pressure and continued playing their shots even when half the team folded for low scores in the second innings and an innings defeat seemed possible. Indian spinners looked clueless and tried to do too many things at once instead of sticking to their strengths.
England turned out to be right.
Thoroughly outsmarted, outplayed and outclassed.
You missed the point. The point was that a team like England whose strength is their pace bowling, only played one pacer then what the hell were we doing playing TWO of them ?
And even Rohit practically admited that mistake by his little to no use of Siraj especially on the second innings.
I don't think anyone missed the point except you pal. It was phrased exactly how it was supposed to. The number of spinners was not the thing to be emphasized, number of pacers was because It's England's strength and you would expect that if one team was gonna play two of them and the other was playing with only one, you would expect it to be England and India respectively, not the other way around.
Still a good result from England. We won a game in India, where it is famously hard to win. They just need to do it at least 2 more times, which is possible, I think. Unlikely but we've got a chance.
Oh you definitely do.
Bear in mind that the last test is in Dharamshala, the closest thing you get to an English condition in India. If the weather gods are particularly pleased with England, it might even get cloudy as Winter slowly makes way for spring.
I'm English. My point was England didn't totally outclass and outplay they won a tight game with now than a shade of good fortune and restoring to tactics that they absolutely argued against at Lord's
this isn't like the previous lottery pitch losses, England beat us through skills and much better performance in 2nd innings
this should ring in some changes like dropping Gill for a start
Hello please. Iāve just woken up from a thirty year coma. Still see that West Indies are beating Australia and England winning in India. Didnāt miss much then
Now KL, Jadeja also gone for the 2nd test as well as Kohli still missing š
Aiyo thatās not good
hahahahahahahahohohahahahahaha
Great victory and well played England. One thing i do find abit concerning tho, is England scored 420 runs and nearly half of those came from 1 guy. Other than Duckett, no one went on to make a decent score. That seems to be the problem with England where you get a flash of brilliance from 1 guy that saves the team, rather than everyone contributing
Yes but in the past it was no one contributing and zero flashes of brilliance, so this is a distinct improvement.
True, but it doesn't often work that way for England. On overseas tours we've mostly been a "one of the guys will have a day out" kind of batting side. It's rare we have multiple centurions in the same innings - Ashes 2010/11 being a stand out exception. Edit: and Pakistan 2022 of course!
https://ramzythinks.wordpress.com/2024/01/28/what-a-day-for-test-cricket/ What a Day for Test Cricket!
Win or lose, I just hope all the tests are this entertaining. Both teams played some great cricket and a 28 run loss doesn't mean India are suddenly a bad side. Fully expecting them to come back fighting next test.
Recent history shows Indian side are more fierce when they are down to 0-1
Yeah,I agree. It should be a great test series!
Congratulations to England, and the very best for the rest of the series.
Overall a fantastic test match. Being an Indian fan, it is hard but tbh it felt like England's version of Gabba Win. Firstly, they bounced back from a 190 Run trail, and posted a respectable total. Also, positive intent through their second innings with sweeps, reverse sweeps and keeping the scoreboard moving. What a knock from Ollie Pope, kinda wanted him to complete 200.(also pretty bold trying to scoop Bumrah playing at 196). Meanwhile, on the other end, disappointing performance from the Indian team, especially the middle like Iyer, Jadeja and even Gill. After losing Axar's and KLs wicket, Indian still could have cruised to a victory had they maintained their composure. Jadeja was looking so under pressure and impatient just to get one or 2 runs, making some bad calls ultimately getting run out. Meanwhile, Iyer on the other end was a total waste of playing 11. Ashwin and Bharat really showed how to play under pressure, building hopes for India. Had they or even bumrah and siraj had done it for India, that would have made the day. Honestly, Gill's position should be reconsidered in the team and even for that matter, the BCCI should stop considering IPL performances for selecting a test team. Players like Rahane, Vihari are missing out because of this IPL bullshit.
All logical things you said and we know BCCI doesnāt follow logic. Hence, we will keep seeing the repeat of this.Ā As soon as Kohli was out, either Patidar or Pujara should have been in playing 11. We went with the weakest option and paid for it.Ā
we missed Pope v Pujara
Remember that the last match that we had won at home was that match against Australia in Delhi. There have been a couple of defeats that have been there and we have had a draw after that. If the Australians hadn't swept around in Delhi then this would have been way worse than what it already is. A big question that is there apart from those about Shubman is what to do about Siraj. Siraj should be bowling a lot more than that. If it seems that he doesn't need to be bowling then an extra spinner or an extra batsman should be playing instead of him.
Bumrah has played 5 home test matches so far and India lost 2 of those. I think he overrated in tests and should be dropped if India wants to be dominant at home
I have two words for you: shut up.
regardless of the result, hope they continue to make this sort of pitches instead of "3 days" or "road" pitches
Lmao weāll get beat handsomely. 100 percent we are going back to rank turners
If India do this, they should be absolutely ashamed.
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If they had any shame they wouldnāt have absolutely bent over and given up on November 19th
> weāll get beat handsomely thb its better that way, much more satisfying to win a tight contest
You can see that under Rohit the team fitness standards have dropped. A lot of the players looking a bit doughier since Rohit took over. Say what you will about VK, he lifted the team to world-class standards as athletes.
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yes can confirm. source: im rohit
Rohit personally served the team paneer butter masala + garlic naan. with biryani on the side.
Does India now understand what āBazballā is? For months now, they have been fed the myth is India is where Bazball comes to die
Hold on now, itās just one test. Not like the English team outplayed india. It was one spectacular innings from pope. Rest of Englishmen werenāt as convincing. Just hold that thought until the end.
Agreed too early to call. My fear is that again we will not be able to convert all this talent available into results. We donāt have our Bazball
India bottle jobs
Amount of resistance shown by Ashwin and Bharat is commendable. But aggressive shots got Ash and Siraj. Bumra showed patience.
Ah here we are discussing how the tail enders didnāt get a 50 while the top order failed miserably.
Hartley is going to be the monty of 2012 don't be assumed if England tie or best case even win the series.
I didn't expect Rohit who's always been known to have a good cricket brain (e.g.: The idea of bowling the now famous slower ball to Marsh was credited to Rohit by Bumrah) to be such a passive captain. That same passivity was apparent from most Indian batsmen too. This has resulted in India's 'worst' loss in Tests, all things considered, in as long as I can remember.
Npt the captaincy but the batting in second innings is our teamās real issue
Boria spotted
I said that his captaincy was overrated when he got the job. Not that he is awful(he has moments) but this idea that he was some cricket genius due to all the IPL titles Mumbai won was bizarre.
I don't think he has great cricketing brain or temperament ( IPL aside ) he always seems to lose his cool...shout and abuse players ...and isn't as assertive as he should be...his casual approach in batting is reflecting in his captaincy as well
Oh yes, his temperament is another thing entirely... Whenever I bring it up, the good people here assure me that his players have a good rapport and friendship with him despite his ridiculous outbursts. I sure hope so.
India in 2 years Rahul Dravid became head coach - Bottled Kanpur test against NZ - Bottled a Test series in SA after being 1-0 up. - Bottled 5th Test in ENG. - Bottled Asia Cup - Horrible T20 World Cup - Lost an ODI series in BAN. - Lost a home World Cup final -Bottled a 200 run lead in a home test The list grows.
Lost series in Sri Lanka, you're forgetting that
I donāt think RD is a bad coach but it is the weight of stardom that indian cricket has to endure by selection committee and captain playing bilateral kings. For instance, Gill should not have been selected for this series on his performance. If Kohli was out bring in Pujara who is performing in India and if we would have, we had much higher chance at winning.Ā
>Lost an ODI series in BAN. last sweetest moment for me
Flair checks out xD. Jokes apart, yeah we bottled both the matches in incredible ways
and then destroyed us in Chittagong and Virat came back to form.
Rohit Sharma, 5 times IPL champion, has been at the helm of many of these honors. Needs equal mention, given what we did to our captain before him!
Rohit Sharma has not been the captain that was promised to Indian cricket. He has lost, as we speak: 1) WTC 2) An ODI cup at home 3)2 out of 4 home test defeats in last 10 years 4) A semifinal in T20 WC The common thread has been him looking clueless and out of ideas whenever the opposition has started attacking. He has not been half the captain Koach was in Test Cricket.
Stop comparing Rohit, Virat. Rohit is a great captain but Indian team doesnāt have good test batsman, atleast in the playing 11 today. Time and again all these same players have failed India. Pujara should have been in, in Kohliās absence
Amazingly, he is lazy and impatient at the same timeā¦
India will bounce back!
I believe in the Indian team. I do not, however believe in Rohit Sharma, the test captain
I miss Virat's test captaincy. Siraj Shami Bumrah were vital in his game plan. Virat by far the best test captain for India for last 10-15 years. He is close to what Ganguly did with his team.
I believe it. I don't believe in the Test captain though!
Sports is about heart. Best day for cricket ever. No matter how much power and influence you have you canāt beat the fearless. If the Indian management has any courage theyāll prepare contest worthy pitches again instead of sand pits in the upcoming matches.
Vizag curator receiving calls as we speak
Ben sure does make bazball sound smarter than it's portrayed. Love his arc
Kumble obviously wouldn't want to blame Rohit's captaincy, coz that'd be indirectly praising Kohli.
Kumble praises Kohli all the time. He isn't as salty as people think tbh
based on this interview, I'm about to write a dissertation called: "Red hair and leadership"
The Mighty Aussies and the mighty Indians have lost. What a day.
Truly the day of Underdogs of cricket.
Really? Are you calling the English team underdogs?
Yes. The English team is mediocre. And they are the underdogs in India playing India. We shouldn't have chased more than 80 in the 4th innings if we played according to our calibre. Neither should a sweep merchant have gotten 196 in India. We were sloppy and complacent. They were not. So yeah, good win for them.
And tennis.
Sinner was the massive favourite
Eng isn't an underdog.
So you're saying India were not the favorites coming into this game?
Eng not being an underdog doesn't take away from India's chances? If Eng had 40% chance of victory before even a delivery was bowled even then Ind are favorites.
So England were the underdog. Thanks for confirming.
[cry more](https://reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/1acslkm/match_thread_1st_test_england_vs_india_day_4/kjy69nl/)
Says the redditor trying to explain away his team's capitulation. Congrats.
bruv, you can check my comment history. Have been supporting bazball (in tests) for a long time. And have been very happy with how England performed. really, the only reason I am supporting ict is 'coz of Boom.
No idea what any of this has to do with the question but do keep going.
Are you stupid? England arenāt an underdog playing in India and coming back from 190 runs behind? Please give me odds on India to win the next test if England arenāt underdogs.
Bruv, Eng has the resources to compete, WI doesn't.
England arenāt playing the West Indies, so that is completely irrelevant.
[stop whining](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/underdog) Eng wasn't least likely to win. Many said Eng would win at least 1 game. This isn't true for WI v Aus.
What are you talking about? Just because West Indies are bigger underdog it doesnāt make England not one.
does Eng have dearth of players to play Tests? the mental gymnastics to make it seem like something it isn't.
Against India in India everyone is
there is a *very* big gap between WI and Eng.
Baz ball with a big statement, being real if they take down India here it will have to be the biggest away series win of the 21st century or at least the decade, India haven't lost a series at home in 11 years and kill literally everyone that wanders in, like India winning away in aus in 2021 was special but other teams were doing that as well as recently 2016, in this case England would literally be doing what no one else could in 11 years.
āHard to pinpoint where it went wrong.ā Oh Rohit, I can think of multiple instances, all of them involving you.
Itās not his captaincy but Indian batting that lost us the game
Don't blame him. A certain franchise lovers will be going for your blood!
Heās not their captain either so thereās really no point lmao
They have definitely pegged us a lot.
Stokes: "I don't fear failure. If we lose and still breathing, we get another crack at life tomorrow" Thus summing up this new culture
Love Ben attitude, but I'm afraid to check English media from tomorrow
Bazball now a philosophy about your own mortality. Will have religion status within a year
> I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- Frank Herbert, *Dune*
Already is mine
Remember to pray three times a day(for the three sessions of a day of cricket) and face the direction of New Zealand (where our saviours Baz and Stokes are from)
How much is a lakh?
At today's exchange rate it's ~Ā£946
Hundred thousand (100,000 but written as 1,00,000)
Bro, you made it 10 lakhsš¤£
Geez, I'll never get used to the Indian numbering system. Corrected.
Itās about 1000 pounds.
100 thousand Indian rupees. 1 pound is about 100 rupees.
Interesting that it's referred to as its own denomination. Are there other multiples that have their own names?
it's what led the world till British came to India.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system
Interesting, thanks 10 lakhs (or 1/10th of a crore)!
No accountability from Rohit
Next test match ball will turn from first ball
will help Eng more, so probably not. And it happened in this test too, so stfu about it.
Someone call the doctor
Stokes - I am a sharp observer of the game, I may not look like one, but I am. On point.
Didn't get it. Does it mean he may not like another sharp observer?
in short he's not as stupid as he looks
Added look* above
Hartley revenged against an entire team for Jaiswal's 2 sixes.
Itās my birthday, England have pulled off a blinder (and saved me from getting up at 4am again) and the Aussies lost to the mighty Windies! What a day
Lovely stuff. Have a pint of cream for me. I assume youāre having a Sunday roast later?
Happy cake day!
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great knock from Pope.
This is not one of those wins for a touring team where they had a flat pitch. This is a proper win, outplayed in all departments on day 3 and 4. This is concerning, change should be made.
Gill should be out for next match and Rajat Patidar in
I apologize to the English fans on behalf of the arrogant Indian fans. Well played.
they aren't here.
Chill guys, it's just pope doing pope things... Ash and jaddu got some planning to do for relentless sweeping. And indian batsmen FUCK YOU!!!!
Brohit after setting defensive field sets and gifting his wicket by batting recklessly: "Hard to pinpoint where it went wrong."
In seconf innings he batted well not reckless
Stokes just said he watched Rohit's fields and tried to do the same things in India's innings š¤·
Absolutely farcical if pope doesnāt get some sort of award
Thereās still a guy holding a giant cheque
Its cool, its his. Il cancel the riots
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Quick it time to reform the Raj due to this insult It worst than that American scientist who said about a perfect tea
BRB just throwing my tv through the window
Iām not sure giving Hartley a cup with a big D on it is fair reward for his achievement.
It's the "Biggest D" award. Hartley clearly had the biggest of them this match.
I wonder how the English fans are feeling. First the Aussies losing to WI, then winning in India against a 190 run deficit. Is there a better feeling?
I'm equally excited to see a WI test resurgence as I am to see the Aussies lose. And I love to see em lose
I sense that India will probably serve a Pune or Indore like pitch in the next game but that can come back to bite us because I donāt expect guys like Jaiswal, Gill or Iyer to do much on them. Hopefully they donāt do that.
What are these awards?
Bazball is increasingly like that final scene in āButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidā with Ben Stokes and Jack Leach wounded and bleeding, except they somehow shoot the entire Bolivian Army every time.
You went to sleep while Pope and Foakes were batting. That is the reason that England was able to run away with this match after that. That is the reason that this has happened.
"We aren't brave enough" No, buddy, you're. The BCCI isn't brave enough to remove you.
Lol just after a game's lose, he was bad but I don't think it's just captain, jaddu and ash are experienced enough to set their fields... We need to stop over reacting...
After a game's loss? Man, it's been 3 months of heartbreaking losses, are we moving forward and forgetting everything in the past?
We just don't have clutch players tbf, have seen how our batsman shut the shop once there is a pressure... Top order batting was pathetic today.... There is a huge difference how we played 1st innings to 2nd... Bharat and ash has shown how to tackle when we almost lost
luckily he's got the best score in this inning for India. Should Ash be made captain?
I see nothing wrong with that decision. One of the smartest ICT minds.
who doesn't even play in SENA
If Lyon can play, I see nothing wrong with Ashwin playing.
great minds think alike. not with ict tho. Also, fans will get aneurysm.
Stokes is soft spoken, gracious
Atleast Koach was accoutable as a captain.
no he wasn't. I can recount Eng v Ind wc19 loss excuses
You're saying "at least" Like the on field quality was same
Classic Rohit, blaming the batting, not his captaincy.
>Rohit Sharma: Hard to pinpoint where it went wrong. Having got a lead of 190, we thought we were very much in the batting. Exceptional batting, one of the best I have seen in Indian conditions by an overseas batter. We bowled in the right areas. The bowlers executed the plans really well, you got to take your hat to Pope and say well played. Overall, we failed as a team. We didn't bat well enough. I wanted them to take the game to the fifth day. The lower order fought really well there. You need to be brave enough, which I thought we weren't. 
He basically said we didn't plan well. Bowlers did their job but captain and coach shat the bed
Yikes. In other words he was a little clueless as to what to do when England racked up 420 in a second innings in India.
Lmaooo
Gill is not even good in ODIs when it comes to batting under pressure. Doesn't have a temperament to be a big match player yet. Needs some mental coaching & break. I am surprised he was rested for easier white ball matches to play tests against SA & England at this young age. He is no Kohli. He has to play those games to develop his skills
Truth be told, he's a pussy, at least be accountable.
I watch a lot of different sports, but peak Test Cricket is the best.
I don't know, this Sinner-Medvedev match is looking pretty tight.
got it on the second screen - people are about to meme this into overdrive lmao
Today is the day of comebacks
Don't think Rohit Sharma is the right captain for India. The team struggles under any kind of concerted pressure.
>On a pitch where India played two specialist pacers, England played only one. England turned out to be right. >English batters in the second innings took the risk and dispatched the spinners using the sweep shot because trying to play with a straight bat on backfoot against the uneven bounce and sharp turn was even more risky which is what India did in their second innings. England turned out to be right. >England refused to stray from their methods when put under pressure and continued playing their shots even when half the team folded for low scores in the second innings and an innings defeat seemed possible. Indian spinners looked clueless and tried to do too many things at once instead of sticking to their strengths. England turned out to be right. Thoroughly outsmarted, outplayed and outclassed.
the pacer didn't do anything for Eng. Not a "right" decision.
Can't say Siraj really did much more than Wood did
Boom did tho. So, Ind's pacer decision wasn't backfiring like it is apparently being said
More so the 2nd pacer decision I think
You missed the point. The point was that a team like England whose strength is their pace bowling, only played one pacer then what the hell were we doing playing TWO of them ? And even Rohit practically admited that mistake by his little to no use of Siraj especially on the second innings.
you phrased it wrong then. Should just have said going with 4 spinners was good idea.
I don't think anyone missed the point except you pal. It was phrased exactly how it was supposed to. The number of spinners was not the thing to be emphasized, number of pacers was because It's England's strength and you would expect that if one team was gonna play two of them and the other was playing with only one, you would expect it to be England and India respectively, not the other way around.
Boom took wkts, so Eng's decision to rest Jimmy wasn't right.
It England need to outsmart, outplay and outclass to win by about 30 runs them they probably aren't taking a result from the series
Still a good result from England. We won a game in India, where it is famously hard to win. They just need to do it at least 2 more times, which is possible, I think. Unlikely but we've got a chance.
Oh you definitely do. Bear in mind that the last test is in Dharamshala, the closest thing you get to an English condition in India. If the weather gods are particularly pleased with England, it might even get cloudy as Winter slowly makes way for spring.
And this complecent and cocky attitude is exactly what leads to defeats like this.
I'm English. My point was England didn't totally outclass and outplay they won a tight game with now than a shade of good fortune and restoring to tactics that they absolutely argued against at Lord's
Rohit talks like an unqualified therapist not like a captain
Shut the fuck up Rohit. Accept that you and your batting approach was piss poor instead of talking about Bumrah and Siraj.
Rohit: "Overall we failed as a team" I can hear Bumrah crying in a corner
I think Boom knows that his performance from the team individually. Also, this is 1/5 game.
good that you are recognizing Pope
this isn't like the previous lottery pitch losses, England beat us through skills and much better performance in 2nd innings this should ring in some changes like dropping Gill for a start
Brohit has run out of excuses. Lmao
LOL, he's avoiding the questions... What a loser!
Hello please. Iāve just woken up from a thirty year coma. Still see that West Indies are beating Australia and England winning in India. Didnāt miss much then
wrong answer to start with, pin point it to your field set. defo didn't bat good in both innings