Outside chance for Nair because you never know but likes of Iyer/ sarfraz are strong contender at subcontinent.
Jurel is backup keeper so he will get in the squad every time, not sure about playing XI but at the same time, he's no mug with the bat, he's much better choice in comparison to some new batter in the squad or team. Also he hardly did anything wrong in the test cricket same as Washi/Axar. In some scenarios, Pant could also get in as pure batter.
Quality wrist spinner is like your spin version of Bumrah so kuldeep is necessary at home, i would argue that even in SENA and it's pure bad luck because India focus more on allrounder in away tours for bat deep strategy. Well.. agreed on Jurel. When Pant is there, Jurel will get in to the squad as the reserve keeper. But he will not get the chance to be included in the playing XI. On Kuldeep, the fact that he can't bat will hold against him. Nowadays, everyone is expected to bat. Look at Akash Deep. He got the advantage, because he can bat a bit. And this gives him the advantage over players such as Arshdeep or Mukesh Kumar. But then, Kuldeep, at the moment is perhaps the best spinner available in India. Kuldeep 's batting average is relatively better than usual tailenders, he's still tailender but not the worst with the bat. He's genuine wicket taker so pros outweigh the argument. Arshdeep is yet to debut so it's a waiting time for him. Mukesh might get a chance but only when front runners are resting or injured. |
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They will do some experiments in home season and it would be tough job for selectors. Gambhir is big on all rounders so there is good possibility of Jaddu+axar+washi playing together and also kuldeep making a cut, which is necessary. These are your 6,7,8,9 spots, last 2 spots will be fixed for seamers.
-jaiswal is fixed
-kl did good in last 2 series but at home he could be a floater, they could even try him at number 3 or middle order, just to accommodate new guy.
- Sai and Easwaran will have a toss up for Top 3.
- Gill is set at number 4
- competition for number 5. Pant is fixed if he's fit, apart from him competition is between Iyer, Sarfaraz and Jurel, outside chance for Nair, although I don't fancy him at home.
Lot of it depends on the combination like if they want 3 spin bowling all rounder+ kulee + 2 seamers or 1 seamer ( in that case they can add 1 more batter in the playing XI).
LOL.. after this disastrous tour, you still fancy your chances for Nair? Personally I believe that younger players such as Sai Sudarshan or Abhimanyu Easwaran should get a chance. Also, looks like Shreyas Iyer will come back to the squad. So where to accommodate him? If Rishabh Pant is fit, then including Jurel in the squad can be tricky. Also, is there a need to include Kuldeep in the XI when we have Jadeja and Washington? And for opening pair, as far as I am concerned Jaiswal-Rahul is fixed. Outside chance for Nair because you never know but likes of Iyer/ sarfraz are strong contender at subcontinent. Jurel is backup keeper so he will get in the squad every time, not sure about playing XI but at the same time, he's no mug with the bat, he's much better choice in comparison to some new batter in the squad or team. Also he hardly did anything wrong in the test cricket same as Washi/Axar. In some scenarios, Pant could also get in as pure batter. Quality wrist spinner is like your spin version of Bumrah so kuldeep is necessary at home, i would argue that even in SENA and it's pure bad luck because India focus more on allrounder in away tours for bat deep strategy. |
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Ceate your own google, Ai model, social media etc stuff and fully claim your digital/network soverineity with decentralised model and not firewalled like china. In modern times data is new oil.
Rest of the world is creating new AI that can help with them while Indian startups are not much encouraged by the government funny this I can see more use of application like astro talk and it's promoted in comparison with AI model like we predict your future with the help of AI.  It's no wonder why people with aspiration of accomplishing something move to onsite where those things are supported and encouraged which is why we see many Indians are successful in various fields while none of them want to do something in our country, we definitely need better infrastructure to help the people with ideas so we can compete with the rest of the world with innovations. I won't look down on any sort of startup be it astro, dreamxi or other services like food delivery etc. Service sector has it cons and are low hanging fruit when you already have big market. Your next gen entrepreneurs will emerge from the very same ecosystem, who will take innovation to the next level. Take the recent example of Deepinder Goyal Zomato's founder. Now he's diving into indigenous jet engine, similarly more folks will chip in. R&D jaruri hai and once the budget is in place, it could be gov or private (preferably both) I bet, things will change dramatically. |
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Damn! The English media and the Australian media are all over the England team at the moment which was expected since they couldn't manage to defeat a relatively new Indian team without some experienced superstars.
Bazball is overrated as hell and England really needs to rethink their strategy if they want to win the upcoming Ashes against the Aussies.
Well, this is bazball scoreline against India and Australia (BIG-3). Vs AUS ( home) 2-2 draw Vs India (away) 4-1 lost Vs India ( home) 2-2 draw Vs AUS ( away) TBD Against others they are dominating but in so called BIG-3 grouping, nothing to show so all the bazballing discussion make sense. They did show glimpse of brilliance tho but i would argue that all the bravado came at relatively batting tracks. |
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DSP got promoted! Unexpected stuff for sure, I did't watch the game because I though it's over and same to see the highlights after seeing the discussion on reddit. Without Bumrah, his numbers were extraordinary, 4 innings and 16 wickets. With Bumrah 5 innings and 7 wickets. Reddy is there but hunt for seam all rounder. Nair won't get a chance in middle order when playing in India because of tough competition ( Iyer, Sarfaraz), same goes for Sai, he have to fight it out for number 3 position.
No.3 is still missing, we need a solid batter there and someone like Pujara who can grind and tire the opposition bowlers with defense after defense. Sai and Nair didn't made great performances not a bad one so giving a long stretch can find the answer but with the long waiting queue I doubt they will be given chances again. They will do some experiments in home season and it would be tough job for selectors. Gambhir is big on all rounders so there is good possibility of Jaddu+axar+washi playing together and also kuldeep making a cut, which is necessary. These are your 6,7,8,9 spots, last 2 spots will be fixed for seamers. -jaiswal is fixed -kl did good in last 2 series but at home he could be a floater, they could even try him at number 3 or middle order, just to accommodate new guy. - Sai and Easwaran will have a toss up for Top 3. - Gill is set at number 4 - competition for number 5. Pant is fixed if he's fit, apart from him competition is between Iyer, Sarfaraz and Jurel, outside chance for Nair, although I don't fancy him at home. Lot of it depends on the combination like if they want 3 spin bowling all rounder+ kulee + 2 seamers or 1 seamer ( in that case they can add 1 more batter in the playing XI). |
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~ but this series is something else and not just me but many people from both sides and neutral cricket fans will remember for a long time and funny thing is that it's a draw series.
Very true. Especially, Indian fans won't forget the ending. England was quite favourite to win the series. Everyone was expecting England to confirm the series victory in the 4th test match. Because Indian had lost two wickets without scoring anything in the 2nd innings. Then everything changed dramatically and the match had ended as a draw. In the 5th test match, England was also too close to the victory. But they have lost the match as their lower order batting line-up had collapsed. Indian batting and bowling lineup has shown their strength in the last two matches. No doubt before this series, England were firm favourite Considering the retirement of Ash, Rohit and Virat. It tells you more about the hunger of this young Indian team. Interestingly, same lot (Krishna, Siraj, pant, gill, washi) won the famous gabba encounter when all big guns were missing due to injuries. Lots of positives for India.. -Big boost for gill as batter and young captain, I bet he aged few years during this series. -Washi should be set in this team, his fireworks in the end turned out to be crucial. -Krishna and Akashdeep learning on the job and played important part in both wins. -Siraj was in godmode this morning. -Pant is pant -Jaiswal also proved himself in 2 tough tours. -Jaddu and KL are senior citizens and they did incredibly well. Need extra care of Bumrah and should be use only in important and marquee tests, plus ICC tournament and virtually no white ball bilateral. Reddy is there but hunt for seam all rounder. Nair won't get a chance in middle order when playing in India because of tough competition ( Iyer, Sarfaraz), same goes for Sai, he have to fight it out for number 3 position. |
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For day or two i felt high when we finally broke the choker tag in t-20 wc but this series is something else and not just me but many people from both sides and neutral cricket fans will remember for a long time and funny thing is that it's a draw series.
Both teams will look at it as missed opportunity. India bottled the chase at Lords and England did the same at the oval. 2-2 is perfect scoreline for this thrilling series, top quality contest from the both sides.
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Not much leverage but imo it's an opportunity and India should go full ballistic and do shitload amount of reform. Increase share of R&D budget, go on war footing and target minimum 2% of GDP. Go brrr on PLIs and subsidise manufacturing. Go harder on infrastructure and defence manufacturing (which is already happening but gov should up the ante) Ceate your own google, Ai model, social media etc stuff and fully claim your digital/network soverineity with decentralised model and not firewalled like china. In modern times data is new oil. Lateral entry and recruitment in critical sectors and government, no need to bend knees in front of quota lobbies. Make it norm like it's in army and cricket. Cut GST rates Surcharge relief in income tax, badly needed. |
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No chance for India team to win this 5 th game and India team already lose 2 games and this was the last chance to tie this series by winning game but unfortunately India team played very poor. 4 th day of 5 th game was ended today and England need only 35 runs to win game. England team won toss and they elected bat first and gave bowling line to England team. India team played poor in 1 st turn and they made only 224 runs but in 2 nd turn, their effort was good than 1st turn and made 396 runs. Gus bowler took down 5 wickets in 21.3 overs and gave 33 runs. Josh dismissed 3 wickets in 1 st turn and in 2 nd trn, he showed more good effort and took 5 wickets in 30 overs. Root and Harry both batted very well in both turn and both batsman made brilliant century in 2 nd turn. In 1 st turn, Root made 29 runs and Harry scored 53. Tomorrow England team will this 5 th game and series will won England team 3-1.
The dropped catch from Mohammed Siraj sealed India's fate. Until then, India was having the upper hand. Siraj not only dropped the catch, but also conceded a six, as he overstepped the boundary line. Harry Brook went on to make a century. Yesterday, Prasidh Krishna was easily the pick of the Indian bowlers, with Mohammed Siraj unable to take wickets during crucial times (as usual). Akash Deep was useless, and he lost his focus after needlessly sledging the England batsmen. BTW, I have a feeling that the Indian captain should use his spinners more often. You are being unnecessary harsh on Siraj and Akash. Yeah, Siraj did fumble with the catch which proved costly but he didn't do anything wrong with the ball, in fact it was opposite. Bowling 22 overs in a day ilis not easy and the later was off color but he had to take injection and pain killers so that he can bowl ( mic stump caught the conversation between Gill and Akash). Tbh, there was nothing for spinners on this deck. Maybe if they had kuldeep then situation could have been better but it's a matter of selection and different discussion. Feel that, they did india dirty by announcing stumps too early. Poms only needed 35 runs but India had the momentum and pressure was building on the batters, last 7-8 overs were too good to watch and felt like India could do something magical but then rain came. |
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Root and Brook are set, pitch stop doing anything and easing out as match progress. Worrying sign for India and breakthrough is badly needed otherwise game is almost lost in the next 1 hour, considering run scoring rate is on high throughout 3rd-4th innings.
Siraj's fumble on boundary line turning out to be expensive and Brook is punishing them for that.
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Since his test debut, india has played around 24-25 tests at home and he featured in 14. Earlier India had shami as workhorse and he used to be regular along with the likes of Umesh etc and Siraj replaced them at home. You can't play more than 2 seamers at home anyway.
Every emerging players gets its chance as far as seam bowling is concern because team need good bowlers but it's not a charity and you have to fight it out. Mukesh was supposed to be another one but he didn't click. Akashdeep is relatively new and so far doing alright job. Krishna is nowhere close at home, Arshdeep is big no atm. There are a few good pacers out there, who are not being considered by the selectors. Manisankar Murasingh is a pace-bowling allrounder who has been active in domestic cricket for the last 12-13 years, without ever being noticed by the selectors. If he was playing for a team such as Mumbai or Karnataka, he could have been in the team by now. MD Nidheesh of Kerala was one of the main reasons why that team qualified for their first ever Ranji trophy finals during last season. In the era of IPL if there were some good seam all rounders then they would have been printing money. Since hardik's injury and test retirement, India has been searching for one desperately and at best they have only Shardul and Reddy. In Indian cricketing ecosystem test specialists batter and spin all rounders can go unnoticed but not seam/all rounders. |
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Hell of a ball to finish the day on a high note and it was from DSP saab.
Finally Washi did the impossible and scored runs with the tail, he has talent and every shot in his armoury but just need a good game awareness and it feels like he did learn something from his previous mistakes, considering the situation those 6s were too good and added valuable 30 odds runs. Feel for England's seamers, they were 1 bowler short but they kept bowling with tired legs.
I would say, game is wide open for both teams.
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Looks like the pitch is aiding the batsmen since Akashdeep is actually trolling the English bowlers now which itself says a lot. Jaiswal should reach his century as long as the opponents keep gifting him life after life.
If India scores above 350 on this track, they would hold the advantage. If not, advantage England. This is the most crucial day of this test and series. Excited!
Pitch did ease out a bit in first session, England also did good in first session yesterday so this might be a reason Akash feasted on English bowlers, he was even defending like a proper batter. India had a golden opportunity to bat out England completely out of game but they missed the trick by losing gill and Nair cheaply, don't forget England are 1 bowler short. India still have chance if last 3 remaining batters ( Jaiswal , jaddu, washi ) dig it out. Edit : i forgot Jurel so yup good position to be in. |
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~snip.
Brian Lara and Viv Richards maybe legendary players, but they are not good administrators. BTW, WICB forced Shivnarine Chanderpaul to retire from test cricket, as they were afraid that he will overtake Lara as the top run-scorer for West Indies. Lara was mute back then. What the WICB need is some professionalism in the board. They should hire qualified people manage the affairs, rather than political appointees. And that is something which will never happen. So for the foreseeable future, WICB will continue to be a money draining blackhole for the ICC. Yup aware of WICB's history of discrimination against Indian descendant cricketers. They do have a dodgy track record. I won't be surprised if pooran also faced similar things in this setup, ofc among other financial/ego clash issues which is faced by every windies players. Otherwise why would you take a retirement when you are under 30 and top dog in t-20 format and it's not like he was test player. |
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One thing shouldn't go unnoticed that Siraj is the only bowler standing in this series and played all matches without any rest. Woakes was another seamer and he got injured yesterday.
Yeah, he's not consistent but he does the thankless job of bowling spell after spell as proper workhorse without breaking his body and that's why management backs him. In absence of Bumrah, he becomes the leader which is cherry on top.
We have 3 number XI batting at 9, 10, 11 so with the bat have no expectation from them, Akash do have good swing but pitch is too spicy. There can be other options out there, if you just want a workhorse. The issue is that the BCCI and selectors only want Siraj for that role. Playing most of his matches in SENA nations and then having a bowling average of around 32 should not guarantee a permanent place in the playing XI. There are a lot of talented bowlers out there in Indian domestic cricket, and none of them are given chances because one slot is permanently booked for Siraj irrespective of his performance. At least in this match, both Akash Deep and Prasidh Krishna have bowled equal or more overs when compared to Siraj. Since his test debut, india has played around 24-25 tests at home and he featured in 14. Earlier India had shami as workhorse and he used to be regular along with the likes of Umesh etc and Siraj replaced them at home. You can't play more than 2 seamers at home anyway. Every emerging players gets its chance as far as seam bowling is concern because team need good bowlers but it's not a charity and you have to fight it out. Mukesh was supposed to be another one but he didn't click. Akashdeep is relatively new and so far doing alright job. Krishna is nowhere close at home, Arshdeep is big no atm. |
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Fine comeback from the bowlers, considering they were cunted by the English openers and almost ran away with the game.
Deficit is in single digit and Brooks is still digging so indians are not out of jail atm, he can do serious damage and potentially inflate the lead and runs here are gold dust as it's turning out to be low scoring contest.
I see this more often, when Bumrah is not playing Siraj bring his A game, not sure if it's coincidence  The difference is the batting contribution from tails, Indian tails didn't add much to the scoreboard nor tried to slog for some boundaries while Englishmen are hanging there with Brook and lead already gone over 20. I guess it's just one more wicket needed and hope they make it happen as soon as possible. One thing shouldn't go unnoticed that Siraj is the only bowler standing in this series and played all matches without any rest. Woakes was another seamer and he got injured yesterday. Yeah, he's not consistent but he does the thankless job of bowling spell after spell as proper workhorse without breaking his body and that's why management backs him. In absence of Bumrah, he becomes the leader which is cherry on top. We have 3 number XI batting at 9, 10, 11 so with the bat have no expectation from them, Akash do have good swing but pitch is too spicy. |
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Fine comeback from the bowlers, considering they were cunted by the English openers and almost ran away with the game.
Deficit is in single digit and Brooks is still digging so indians are not out of jail atm, he can do serious damage and potentially inflate the lead and runs here are gold dust as it's turning out to be low scoring contest.
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Looks like draw is the most likely outcome for the ongoing 5th test between India and England at the moment. The match already seemed boring with many big players missing from both sides and such a result would make it a lot more boring for me.
Draw, how? India folded in quick succession in this morning and the way our seamers are bowling and getting thrashed by crawley- duckett, it looks like they are again looking to bat only once. 10 overs in and England already put up 70 runs on the board. India went with only 3 seamers and one of em is krishna so don't have much hope here. |
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Scorecard might look bad but i reckon India did good by crossing 200. Poms would be slightly disappointed that india are only 6 down because pitch has enough spice and overcast conditions was cherry on top but they were not consistent enough with their line and quite generous with the extras (30).
If condition remains the same then 250-275 would be competitive score on this deck and Indian bowlers will fancy their chances, given they successfully exploit the conditions.
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India just forgot how to win toss and new skipper Gill is following and keeping the traditional alive.
Overcast conditions and probably most hostile first day deck of this series, considering this i reckon India did okay to weather the storm and lucky to not lose more than 2 wickets. Poms were not deciplined but still, conditions are way too good for bowling.
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