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Quote from: Haunebu on January 22, 2024, 08:57:39 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on January 22, 2024, 08:09:23 AM

Big setback for India. Kohli is not available for the first 2 tests against England due to personal reasons. Hope everything is alright with his family.

I guess, now Gill, Sexy Iyer and KL Rahul will fill up the 3-4-5 spots followed by Jadeja, Bharat, Axar, Ashwin and 2 fast bowlers.

Sexy Iyer? Lol! Kohli not being available is definitely a big setback for the Indians, but I think they will do fine without him considering the depth in their lineup. I do hope everything is fine with Kohli.

Also, I wonder who those two fast bowlers will be. Am guessing Siraj and Shami/Siraj and Burmah.

One of the most entertaining series now facing too many personal issues as few days back we have withdrawn of Harry Brook from this series and now second-biggest causality with Virat Kohli is also withdrawn from the first two test matches due to personal reasons.

Even I have feeling India is having good backups but still against big team absence of Kohli going to have problems for them because he is one of the best and leading Indian batsman who can turn the tables by his own in any situation, but now we have good responsibility on Gill, Iyar and KL Rahul how they will handle this all in first two test matches of this coming series.

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Quote from: JSRAW on January 22, 2024, 08:09:23 AM

Big setback for India. Kohli is not available for the first 2 tests against England due to personal reasons. Hope everything is alright with his family.

I guess, now Gill, Sexy Iyer and KL Rahul will fill up the 3-4-5 spots followed by Jadeja, Bharat, Axar, Ashwin and 2 fast bowlers.

Sexy Iyer? Lol! Kohli not being available is definitely a big setback for the Indians, but I think they will do fine without him considering the depth in their lineup. I do hope everything is fine with Kohli.

Also, I wonder who those two fast bowlers will be. Am guessing Siraj and Shami/Siraj and Burmah.

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Big setback for India. Kohli is not available for the first 2 tests against England due to personal reasons. Hope everything is alright with his family.

I guess, now Gill, Sexy Iyer and KL Rahul will fill up the 3-4-5 spots followed by Jadeja, Bharat, Axar, Ashwin and 2 fast bowlers.

https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2024/news/55556088/virat-kohli-withdraws-from-first-two-tests-citing-personal-reasons?platform=international&type=men

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Quote from: AirtelBuzz on January 21, 2024, 11:03:46 PM

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Lots of test cricket for England in India. There will be five test matches and good thing is weather will be very much cold during that test series. It will be a tough task for England team keeping in view there current form and also its very difficult to beat India on there home ground.

Brook has an average of 62 in test and his absence will defiantly hurt England.

The England national cricket team is coming to India to play a Test series against India. Indian national team has always been strong on Indian soil. England national cricket team is coming to India for a long Test series with India which will be extended from 25th January to 7th March.
The Test series between England and India will consist of five Test matches. A look at England's Test squad shows that many players in their team are new and inexperienced. England team is relatively weaker than India in this test series.

first test match is played between England and india in 25 January to Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. india team is favorite to win this match beacuse they have strong batting and bowling line and howe condition give more beneficial for indian team. England won the 50 matches against England and India won 31 matches and more than 50 games are draw so far in this test history. If England didn't take any pressure from India and enable to set huge total then thier chances of winning are high.

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Quote from: elevates on January 22, 2024, 02:56:22 AM

The test series itself confuses me as rather than playing bilateral T20 series they are playing test series.

No one remembers the T-20 WC after 2-3 years but people remember any competitive or to some extent, even dud Test series for decades (Given their fav team dominating oppositions).

One of the reasons the Test series still has a lot of importance, at least for PIG-3, and no white ball bilateral can replace it.

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Quote from: AirtelBuzz on January 21, 2024, 11:03:46 PM

The England national cricket team is coming to India to play a Test series against India. Indian national team has always been strong on Indian soil. England national cricket team is coming to India for a long Test series with India which will be extended from 25th January to 7th March.
The Test series between England and India will consist of five Test matches. A look at England's Test squad shows that many players in their team are new and inexperienced. England team is relatively weaker than India in this test series.

The test series itself confuses me as rather than playing bilateral T20 series they are playing test series. The World Cup is scheduled in June and playing a T20 series would have given good practice for both teams. The Indian players would be playing IPL after the series ends but not every English player will be part of the IPL. Indian teams have been always good whenever they play at home for any format of the game. India is already the number 2 team in the test ranking and they will be playing against the third rank team in the test.

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Quote from: WatChe on January 21, 2024, 02:48:08 PM

Lots of test cricket for England in India. There will be five test matches and good thing is weather will be very much cold during that test series. It will be a tough task for England team keeping in view there current form and also its very difficult to beat India on there home ground.

Brook has an average of 62 in test and his absence will defiantly hurt England.

The England national cricket team is coming to India to play a Test series against India. Indian national team has always been strong on Indian soil. England national cricket team is coming to India for a long Test series with India which will be extended from 25th January to 7th March.
The Test series between England and India will consist of five Test matches. A look at England's Test squad shows that many players in their team are new and inexperienced. England team is relatively weaker than India in this test series.

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Quote from: Haunebu on January 21, 2024, 01:32:11 PM

India will definitely decimate the English since they are in far better form these days and the series is taking place on their own turf. Am expecting their spinners to take a cluster of wickets.

Also, I heard that Harry Brook pulled out due to personal reasons which works in their favor too.

Lots of test cricket for England in India. There will be five test matches and good thing is weather will be very much cold during that test series. It will be a tough task for England team keeping in view there current form and also its very difficult to beat India on there home ground.

Brook has an average of 62 in test and his absence will defiantly hurt England.

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Quote from: Bitcoin Smith on January 21, 2024, 01:19:48 PM

Just few days left for the Ind vs Eng test match, hope India will continue to bully the visitors like they do and get back in the WTC top ranking cycle.

India will definitely decimate the English since they are in far better form these days and the series is taking place on their own turf. Am expecting their spinners to take a cluster of wickets.

Also, I heard that Harry Brook pulled out due to personal reasons which works in their favor too.

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Quote from: JSRAW on January 21, 2024, 01:34:04 AM

There was a small but important debate shaping up regarding the first choice WK batter for India in the upcoming series against England.

Bharat is a traditional rock solid gloveman similar to Saha but lags in the batting department. The new guy Jurel is a good Keeper and an exciting prospect with the bat and is known for his explosive batting.

But I guess the recent England Lion vs India A match seals the deal for Bharat, at least for the first 2 matches.

SK Bharat also played for India A in SA and he is decent with his performances and if team India needs to form a test side then they need to groom certain players for the particular format. Keep rolling the same players for all the format and along with IPL the main players got no rest and extreme stress which definitely hinder the potential from player and if it affects their performance which can also reduce the confidence of the players.

Just few days left for the Ind vs Eng test match, hope India will continue to bully the visitors like they do and get back in the WTC top ranking cycle.

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Quote from: JSRAW on January 21, 2024, 01:34:04 AM

There was a small but important debate shaping up regarding the first choice WK batter for India in the upcoming series against England.

Bharat is a traditional rock solid gloveman similar to Saha but lags in the batting department. The new guy Jurel is a good Keeper and an exciting prospect with the bat and is known for his explosive batting.

But I guess the recent England Lion vs India A match seals the deal for Bharat, at least for the first 2 matches.

Yes I do not think he actually needs to worry about anything at this moment. The only thing he has to worry about is the performance that he has to deliver. There are definitely a lot of expectations from him. And we also have to remember that people are always going to compare the next wicket keeper with the best that they had, Dhoni. People are always going to say ‘yes he is great but he's not Dhoni'.

Anyway I think he can do well. But he will have to keep calm under pressure. Because the pressure is definitely going to be on him.

And remember in recent times and also in the future, a wicketkeeper will have to be good at batting. There is no more good wicket keeper, there are only good wicket keeper batsmen.

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Quote from: JahriMeayer on January 20, 2024, 11:33:27 AM

Australia won the 1st test match with WI, as expected. WI performance was much disappointing. I expected more run from Kraigg Brathwaite but two time he out with very low run rate. Kirk McKenzie only reached till half century from whole WI team. Maybe Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were responsible to stopped WI by their best bowling specially Hazlewood created history by getting total 9 wickets in two innings. Besides, No new word to describe Australia performance mainly Travis Head for his brilliant century. Hope Win will have seen more serious in 2nd test which will take place on 25th January, as far i know

Australia is top in point table after India in world test championship. Australia won 6 matches in 9 match of test championship 2 lost and 1 draw. I think Australia will early qualify for the test championship final if they played like this way recently Australia whitewash pakistan in 3-0 and they will easily whitewash West indies in this series beacuse Australia is very strong team as compared to west indies in test history.
Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood both picked 4,4 wickets in first inning and all out in just 188 runs. in second inning West indies bowling well they all out Australia in 283 runs with amazing batting performance of travis head scored century runs, Australia lead by more than 100 runs and easily won this test match against west indies.

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There was a small but important debate shaping up regarding the first choice WK batter for India in the upcoming series against England.

Bharat is a traditional rock solid gloveman similar to Saha but lags in the batting department. The new guy Jurel is a good Keeper and an exciting prospect with the bat and is known for his explosive batting.

But I guess the recent England Lion vs India A match seals the deal for Bharat, at least for the first 2 matches.

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Quote from: JahriMeayer on January 20, 2024, 11:33:27 AM

Australia won the 1st test match with WI, as expected. WI performance was much disappointing. I expected more run from Kraigg Brathwaite but two time he out with very low run rate. Kirk McKenzie only reached till half century from whole WI team. Maybe Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were responsible to stopped WI by their best bowling specially Hazlewood created history by getting total 9 wickets in two innings. Besides, No new word to describe Australia performance mainly Travis Head for his brilliant century. Hope Win will have seen more serious in 2nd test which will take place on 25th January, as far i know

If a team wins a Test cricket match by 10 wickets, then the opposing team who loses the match has no respect. In the first Test between West Indies and Australia Australia beat the West Indies by a huge margin of ten wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the Test series.

In the first innings of the West Indies team, only one player of their team managed to collect 50 runs and all the other players batted poorly. Similarly in the second innings too, all their players batted badly, none of them could complete their batting half-century. If a good pair is not formed in the Test match it is never possible to make a good run, just like the West Indies team did not develop a strong pair in this match for which they were not able to score big runs.

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Quote from: synchronym on January 20, 2024, 10:38:17 AM

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The current West Indies team is quite different from the previous West Indies team. The previous team had enough talent to play all formats of Test ODI T20 but the current team is busy with T20 only, ODI and Test they have no headache. Now most of the players of West Indies are cricketers only to play various domestic tournaments but they have no headache about this poor state of cricket in the country. We admit that playing various domestic tournaments earns more money but playing national cricket can bring fame to the country. West Indies do not play various bilateral series throughout the year so the West Indies players must play seriously in the few series that are organized by the West Indies Cricket Board.

op I agree with you. That's because the way the West Indies team is actually performing is very disappointing. There are good players in the West Indies team, but they give very little importance to playing in the national team, they play more in the Premier League. Especially in the big events like IPL, the best players of West Indies are seen participating. If all those players had played with the importance of playing in their national team, the West Indies team might not have been in this situation today. I have seen very bad performance of West Indies team especially in ODI and Test. They play fairly well in T20 but they can't perform so well in ODI and Test cricket. So if the West Indies team wants to improve the game then the team management should give priority to the national team first and then play the premier league. If such rules are issued then the game of West Indies will definitely change.

Now it's almost nearly two decades we lost top quality from the West Indies with now they are having the worst time around them in test format with they are also having no hope for the better results in other formats because they surely lack structure and strong management which is important for the quality of the game before start of this series expectations were not good because they are not having any batsman or bowler who can bring better results and same happen test ended into 3 days with huge defeat for them and Australian enjoy their summer with fourth win which bring them to the top of WTC table for the another final.

For me now, it's time for them to think about their future and try to regroup them into ODI and twenty instead of going for all formats which are surely more troubling because of having issues with players about salaries as well.

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Quote from: Minor Miner on January 19, 2024, 11:04:17 AM

West Indies have played test matches, that's why their runs in two innings are so low, if they were given the condition that they have to hit one boundary after another without staying
You are right. The performance of West Indies players in Test format is very poor. Although they can play well in T20 format, we rarely see good performances from West Indies players in Test format. West Indies players have very little patience. No West Indies player can survive at the crease for long. And this is why we don't see West Indies players performing well in the Test format against the big teams.

West Indies players are not in good form now. This renowned team could not qualify for the last ODI World Cup. West Indies' poor performance started after several players in the squad retired simultaneously. I would say West Indies players need to be more patient and hard working. If not, we will not see good performance from this team in the future.

The current West Indies team is quite different from the previous West Indies team. The previous team had enough talent to play all formats of Test ODI T20 but the current team is busy with T20 only, ODI and Test they have no headache. Now most of the players of West Indies are cricketers only to play various domestic tournaments but they have no headache about this poor state of cricket in the country. We admit that playing various domestic tournaments earns more money but playing national cricket can bring fame to the country. West Indies do not play various bilateral series throughout the year so the West Indies players must play seriously in the few series that are organized by the West Indies Cricket Board.

op I agree with you. That's because the way the West Indies team is actually performing is very disappointing. There are good players in the West Indies team, but they give very little importance to playing in the national team, they play more in the Premier League. Especially in the big events like IPL, the best players of West Indies are seen participating. If all those players had played with the importance of playing in their national team, the West Indies team might not have been in this situation today. I have seen very bad performance of West Indies team especially in ODI and Test. They play fairly well in T20 but they can't perform so well in ODI and Test cricket. So if the West Indies team wants to improve the game then the team management should give priority to the national team first and then play the premier league. If such rules are issued then the game of West Indies will definitely change.

They have been the most criticized for not getting a place in the ODI World Cup.There was a time when West Indies cricket was very successful but those days are now gone. They have ruled the entire cricket. Under the power of West Indies, the cricketers of the opposing team lived in fear. Currently, West indies have fallen very fast, they are heading towards relegation. The fans of the country of West Indies still love cricket a lot. I think the West Indies Cricket Board should change its thinking. Changing coaches, captains or new players frequently will not help. West Indies cricket still has many talented players, West Indies cricket today is going backwards due to weak structure. If the necessary steps are not taken from now, the West Indies cricket color may change in the future.

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Australia won the 1st test match with WI, as expected. WI performance was much disappointing. I expected more run from Kraigg Brathwaite but two time he out with very low run rate. Kirk McKenzie only reached till half century from whole WI team. Maybe Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were responsible to stopped WI by their best bowling specially Hazlewood created history by getting total 9 wickets in two innings. Besides, No new word to describe Australia performance mainly Travis Head for his brilliant century. Hope Win will have seen more serious in 2nd test which will take place on 25th January, as far i know

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Quote from: Patrol69 on January 20, 2024, 07:55:47 AM

Quote from: Minor Miner on January 19, 2024, 11:04:17 AM

West Indies have played test matches, that's why their runs in two innings are so low, if they were given the condition that they have to hit one boundary after another without staying
You are right. The performance of West Indies players in Test format is very poor. Although they can play well in T20 format, we rarely see good performances from West Indies players in Test format. West Indies players have very little patience. No West Indies player can survive at the crease for long. And this is why we don't see West Indies players performing well in the Test format against the big teams.

West Indies players are not in good form now. This renowned team could not qualify for the last ODI World Cup. West Indies' poor performance started after several players in the squad retired simultaneously. I would say West Indies players need to be more patient and hard working. If not, we will not see good performance from this team in the future.

The current West Indies team is quite different from the previous West Indies team. The previous team had enough talent to play all formats of Test ODI T20 but the current team is busy with T20 only, ODI and Test they have no headache. Now most of the players of West Indies are cricketers only to play various domestic tournaments but they have no headache about this poor state of cricket in the country. We admit that playing various domestic tournaments earns more money but playing national cricket can bring fame to the country. West Indies do not play various bilateral series throughout the year so the West Indies players must play seriously in the few series that are organized by the West Indies Cricket Board.

op I agree with you. That's because the way the West Indies team is actually performing is very disappointing. There are good players in the West Indies team, but they give very little importance to playing in the national team, they play more in the Premier League. Especially in the big events like IPL, the best players of West Indies are seen participating. If all those players had played with the importance of playing in their national team, the West Indies team might not have been in this situation today. I have seen very bad performance of West Indies team especially in ODI and Test. They play fairly well in T20 but they can't perform so well in ODI and Test cricket. So if the West Indies team wants to improve the game then the team management should give priority to the national team first and then play the premier league. If such rules are issued then the game of West Indies will definitely change.

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Quote from: Minor Miner on January 19, 2024, 11:04:17 AM

West Indies have played test matches, that's why their runs in two innings are so low, if they were given the condition that they have to hit one boundary after another without staying
You are right. The performance of West Indies players in Test format is very poor. Although they can play well in T20 format, we rarely see good performances from West Indies players in Test format. West Indies players have very little patience. No West Indies player can survive at the crease for long. And this is why we don't see West Indies players performing well in the Test format against the big teams.

West Indies players are not in good form now. This renowned team could not qualify for the last ODI World Cup. West Indies' poor performance started after several players in the squad retired simultaneously. I would say West Indies players need to be more patient and hard working. If not, we will not see good performance from this team in the future.

The current West Indies team is quite different from the previous West Indies team. The previous team had enough talent to play all formats of Test ODI T20 but the current team is busy with T20 only, ODI and Test they have no headache. Now most of the players of West Indies are cricketers only to play various domestic tournaments but they have no headache about this poor state of cricket in the country. We admit that playing various domestic tournaments earns more money but playing national cricket can bring fame to the country. West Indies do not play various bilateral series throughout the year so the West Indies players must play seriously in the few series that are organized by the West Indies Cricket Board.

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Quote from: Haunebu on January 20, 2024, 01:16:24 AM

Agreed. He is easily one of the best weapons of the Australian team across all formats and his consistency is seriously something else. His injuries sidelined him way too often sadly.

I feel he is better than Starc, but not better than Cummins who is a proper all-rounder in my opinion.

In terms of batting, Hazlewood is a proper tailender when compared to both Starc and Cummins. Anyway, he is 33 years old and has another 3-4 years of international cricket left (provided he stays injury-free). And Hazlewood is one of those players who participate in all the formats. And this increases the probability of getting injured. Actually Cricket Australia should ask players like Hazlewood and Starc to focus on test format. But then I am not sure whether these players will agree to that, since they just landed with lucrative deals in IPL.

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