AtheK Posted August 25, 2019 Report Share Posted August 25, 2019 1 minute ago, silentassassin said: Kohli now has the joint-most number of wins as India captain, tying for 27 wins with MS Dhoni. He has also gone past Saurav Ganguly for most away wins as India captain (12). and he should go ahead in next match itself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted August 25, 2019 Report Share Posted August 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, AtheK said: and he should go ahead in next match itself... This year, we have all easy fixtures. Test matches We play SA at home next. The current SA team sucks, should beat them 4 0. Then we play Bangladesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted August 25, 2019 Report Share Posted August 25, 2019 1 minute ago, silentassassin said: This year, we have all easy fixtures. Test matches We play SA at home next. The current SA team sucks, should beat them 4 0. Then we play Bangladesh. emotional bahut ho jata ahi tu Let's take it one game at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted August 25, 2019 Report Share Posted August 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, AtheK said: emotional bahut ho jata ahi tu Let's take it one game at a time Its a possibility Virat has won 12 out of 28 games. Ganguly has on 11 out of 26 We dint have a bowling unit like this and hardly won away at that time.. Great record considering the circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Excellent spell of fast bowling. Didn't understand why our "world class" captain took Bumrah off. When someone is bowling a spell like that, you let them bowl unchanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Banz said: Excellent spell of fast bowling. Didn't understand why our "world class" captain took Bumrah off. When someone is bowling a spell like that, you let them bowl unchanged. The match was over. Y bowl him. Need to manage his work load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 What workload? This is a Test match. Bowlers are expected to bowl 15-20 overs a day. Here Bumrah had bowled only 4 overs either side of tea. Fresh enough for other 4 (which would have been enough to finish the match, and possibly give him a couple more wickets). You manage workload of a bowler by resting him from pointless bilateral ODIs, and rotating in Tests if it is a long season. Bumrah already got that rest. You cannot pick a bowler for a match and then attempt to rest him by not giving him overs. This innings ended in 2 hours, no question of workload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 New Zealand seeking a win on the final day against Sri Lanka. Lead is big enough to go for an innings win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harsh1387 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Every point matters.Sent from my SM-A505F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 9 minutes ago, Banz said: What workload? This is a Test match. Bowlers are expected to bowl 15-20 overs a day. Here Bumrah had bowled only 4 overs either side of tea. Fresh enough for other 4 (which would have been enough to finish the match, and possibly give him a couple more wickets). You manage workload of a bowler by resting him from pointless bilateral ODIs, and rotating in Tests if it is a long season. Bumrah already got that rest. You cannot pick a bowler for a match and then attempt to rest him by not giving him overs. This innings ended in 2 hours, no question of workload. There was no need to bowl him. What difference will it make, winning by 300 runs or 350 runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 No reason to bowl him? That's a very meaningless statement. By that logic there was no reason to bowl any of the strike bowlers. He could have himself come on to to bowl in that case. We would have won anyways, even if it would have taken 2 sessions more. If Kohli wanted to finish the match and go back as quickly as possible, he should have bowled Bumrah. 300 and 350 may not look different but it is always a great feeling to bowl someone under 100. We had a chance to get them all out under a 50. That's a chance no captain should give up on, let alone this self-proclaimed aggressive captain. In times when he could have should intent, he has always been meek. And there was no reason to change him. 4 overs is a ODI spell. Looked like a bowling change just for the sake of it. Did Bumrah want to give up the ball and pointlessly field for an hour more? I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 There'll be lot of reasons. He did his job. Sometimes you want other bowlers also to get wickets. There's a sehwag's interview, where he tells an incident, MS took him off the attack after he picked 3 wickets in a test match, against SA in When he confronted MS as to y he was taken off, he told him he wanted Piyush Chawla to get some wickets and have some confidence for the next match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) Kohli has typically used bowlers for 4 overs spells to keep them fresh, in this case Bumrah had already got a fiver, so better to let other get some match practice too. What is more disappointing is Jadeja not able to pick a wicket, and getting belted by #9. I am a big fan of him playing the T20 and ODI but for tests i think it makes sense to have ashwin instead. Edited August 26, 2019 by AtheK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 I don't feel any need to rest a bowler who has bowled only 4 and looks like he will take a wicket every time he runs up to bowl. Match was going to end soon enough so Bumrah could have bowled 3 or 4 more overs. No question of burnout here. Jadeja is a fine Test bowler in the subcontinent, Ashwin is a better choice if we have to pick only one spinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harsh1387 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Kohli has typically used bowlers for 4 overs spells to keep them fresh, in this case Bumrah had already got a fiver, so better to let other get some match practice too. What is more disappointing is Jadeja not able to pick a wicket, and getting belted by #9. I am a big fan of him playing the T20 and ODI but for tests i think it makes sense to have ashwin instead.I think he wanted Jaddu to pick up a wicket which he failed to do so. It was a baffling choice to pick him instead of Ashwin in the first place. I think Ashwin should be picked for next one. Sent from my SM-A505F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Brilliant win by New Zealand. Match was heading to a sure draw but NZ batted smartly and gave themselves time and lead to go for an innings win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Hawk Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) Some nice Stats from the India vs WI Test Match: Most away Test wins for India captains:12 VIRAT KOHLI (26 Tests) 11 Sourav Ganguly (28) 06 MS Dhoni (30) 05 Rahul Dravid (17)Biggest winning margin for India in away Tests (by runs):318 v WI North Sound 2019 * 304 v SL Galle 2017 279 v Eng Leeds 1986 278 v SL Colombo PSS 2015 272 v NZ Auckland 1967/68Most Test wins for India captains:27 Virat Kohli (47 Tests) 27 MS Dhoni (60) 21 Sourav Ganguly (49) 14 Mohd Azharuddin (47)Biggest winning margin for India (by runs): 337 v SA Delhi 2015/16 321 v NZ Indore 2016/17 320 v Aus Mohali 2008/09318 v WI North Sound 2019 * 304 v SL Galle 2017Lowest totals for WI vs India:100 North Sound 2019 * 103 Kingston 2006 108 Gros Islet 2016 127 Delhi 1987/88 127 Hyderbad RGS 2018/19 Edited August 26, 2019 by Black_Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Hawk Posted August 27, 2019 Report Share Posted August 27, 2019 ICC have handed life bans to Hong Kong cricketers Irfan Ahmed and Nadeem Ahmed whereas their teammate Haseeb Amjad has copped a five-year ban for breaching the Anti-Corruption Code. The ICC Tribunal heard evidence that all three players "fixed or contrived to fix matches" and "failed to disclose approaches to fix during a number of international fixtures across a two-year period". With the fixers finding it harder than ever before to penetrate the highest levels of the game, we are increasingly seeing them turn their attention to other avenues in the sport... Link: Two Hong Kong cricketers cop life bans from ICC for corruption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banz Posted August 27, 2019 Report Share Posted August 27, 2019 Andy Roberts says Jasprit Bumrah is the best Indian faster bowler he's seen. Cricinfo: Jasprit Bumrah's game sense is his most striking feature - Andy Roberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Hawk Posted August 29, 2019 Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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