Topic: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] - page 530. (Read 125758 times)

In southeast Asia countries, a lot of people are living below the poverty line and they think that someone getting paid just for playing cricket is some type of luxury. So, they expect the cricketers to be the best at their job. And if a player does below par for a short period of time people expect them to be removed from the team and get someone better. But, I didn't think that something like that will happen with Kohli as he is literally one of the best players to ever play cricket.




I really don't believe that this is going to happen at least in the case of Virat Kohli because he can really come back strongly. He also have served the Indian team really well and should be given more time to get his form back.

I think that India has been quite well in the test cricket but the problem is people are concentrating more on the problems that were on the cricket board. But in my opinion, I think that India has been doing quite well in test cricket. Probably the problem is no one expected India to lose their recent test series and they did not live up to that expectation.

I believe that Kohli will be shown the exit door if he continues to flop, and I say this because the selectors and the coach have taken the bold call to drop Rahane and Pujara, and Wriddhiman Saha has been openly told the doors for him are shut. Furthermore the importance from Kohli has shifted to Rohit Sharma, and Kohli now no longer will get special treatment, hence if he doesn’t improve his game quickly then he’ll be shown the exit door too.

South Asian countries are crazy about cricket and cricketers. This situation of too much light thrown on cricketers is not only concentrated in India but its neighbouring countries too. In my opinion, Kohli should have been given another chance he did perform well in the second T20 match. If he had played in the third T20 match then it would have helped him to regain his lost form. It would have helped him in the upcoming test cricket. 

Players must be taken as players but in India too much light is thrown on cricketers as if they are some super human. If kohli speaks against Indian festivals then its entirely fault of India that they have given him so much importance as cricketer that he is now lecturing them on matters other then cricket.
What he say or do apart from cricket is secondary thing Prime thing is he is consistently not performing in all formats of cricket and BCCI has no objection on his current form then he will continue to play like that.

If he doesn't get enough support from the team and management, then it is entirely his own fault. He antagonized a lot of people with his biased selection policies and monkey-like antics on ground. He irritated a lot of fans in India by speaking against local festivals like Diwali and at the same time he actively promoted Halloween's Day and Black Lives Matter (along with another non-performer - Hard dick Pandya). He heeds to concentrate on his batting rather than getting involved in unrelated issues and trying to build a politically correct image.

It's very strange for me as you are not satisfied with Indian test cricket performance just after losing one series against South Africa even they won back to back two series in Australia, and recently they are winning a series against England.

Right now, they are very well-prepared and having all material for future it is very good time for them because they have enough funds, and they are doing all required things which can give them very good result in long term basis, and I am feeling currently after Australia they are very organized sports body in cricket because mostly others are struggling or having many issues specially finances are the biggest issue for many countries, but they are very well-prepared and have good talented players as well with recently win U19CWC is also very good and showing how they are good in their planning for future.

At present, I am not very satisfied with the performance of Test cricket in India. Because they play very well at home but can't perform very well abroad.

Consideration needs to be given to Indian players performing outside the country. I think there are a lot of young talented players in India right now, they have ample opportunity to replace the national team players. So we who are fans of India, we have to expect good performance from them. Of course, now they are moving slowly in this regard which is a good thing.

I don't think it will give him any relief rather will give him more frustration since he has lost captaincy which tells that he lacks leadership qualities. You can see both his performance and body language both are going down since he has a row with BCCI that ends in removing from captaincy. He has not scored century for years now so there is rear chance of breaking Sachin tendulkar.

Dropping Kohli is completely nonsense because he is a legendary player, and he needs some good support from his team and management which is currently available, and it's very good and agree here they need to give him sometime, and he can take rest against Sri Lanka because they are not good enough and this rest surely will give him some physical and mental strength which is very important before mega event which is going to play in October in Australia. IPL is really significant for him, so he can't drop this, so skipping Sri Lanka is much better for him and his form.

Now after losing captaincy from all formats it's surely good for him because now he can concentrate on his batting which will help in remaining part of his career but sometime back I was feeling he can break few Sachin's record, but now it's not looking with in frame.

I don't think dropping him is a bad idea. When Rohit Sharma was asked about dropping Kohli he took this question as joke, he only returned back the favor given by kohli to him after T20 WC. Such friendships and favoritism is bad for every team. Kohli is also not under any pressure because of his bad performance since he knew that no matter how bad he performs he cant be replaced since he has roots in indian cricket.

I agree with you regarding his recent form, but dropping him would be a bad idea. Still, it would be OK if the selectors want him to be rested for one series (should be a home series against a team other than the pig-4). The Indian team is full of talent and we have seen exceptional performance from players such as Venkatesh Iyer in the recent matches. I would like some changes in bowling lineup as well, as they can't be overdependent on players such as Shami and Bumrah. There is no harm in giving a match or two to some of the promising young pacers.

Virat Kohli is one of the most talented players in India. His replacement has not yet been made in India. Maybe he's out of form for a while. But when he returns to form, we can see his outstanding performance again.
However, the Indian board has given him a lot of time. He has been included in the squad despite his consistently poor performances. But he could not improve himself. We don't want to lose such extraordinary talent. I hope he returns to form through rigorous practice. And give us a chance to see his unparalleled batting prowess again.

India have good number of young players. It needs to be taken into consideration that Indian players struggle to perform outside the country. In recent years Virat Kohli was giving a consistent performance, but this didn't work with South Africa which is a big failure for India. If young players were given opportunity, they need to be allowed to play continuously for few matches. Later if the performance isn't good enough then the board need to think of replacement. This won't happen with the selection, which is why young players aren't given big opportunity on such tournaments.

For your correction he is not alone in all three formats now Babar Azam is also in all three formats having same rankings in all formats. But one thing is sure still he is one of the best batsman in cricket even having very bad time with bat for some time but still capable of changing things for his team.

Secondly after losing against Pakistan in Twenty/20 world cup there were many questions about his leadership so BCCI decided to bring down him from this spot which creates too many feuds and now still we have many things which are answerable but no one available for this all but right now we are not talking about this all we are talking about Indian test performance which is still good, and they are going to face Sri Lanka which is easy for them to win and have some positive movement under new captain Rohit Sharma.

Well I have to say that I totally disagree with you on this. He is still in ICC number 2 rank in ODI cricket and he is the only batsman in the world who is the top 10 rankings in all the 3 formats of cricket and you are asking for his replacement.
Yes he has not scored a century since 2019 but his average in not bad. He has scored a lot of half centuries.Yes he is not at his best in recent times but I believe there is still a lot of good cricket left in him.

I dont know whether it correct or not just my own thoughts that Kohli is most inconsistent player these days. As a regular batsman he scored his last century in 2019, so its three years since he scored a ton. I strongly feel that India must try some new talent in place of kohli while he regain his form in domestic player. Kohli totally failed in SA tour and chances are he may repeat same performance against SL.

You don't understand what I mean. I did not say that their squad is weak. Their squad is very strong. And everyone is an experimented player. They have got a chance in the national team by proving their qualifications. I just wanted to say they lost form after the World Cup. They are not consistent.
2-1 years ago, even if all the players in the team played badly, we could have relied on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. These two players could serve the team regularly. But now, there is no one in the Indian team who is consistently playing well.

Edit : Mate, I have talked about the overall condition of the Indian team after the T20 world cup. Not about the T20 format.

India travel with at least 3-4 openers depends on the form, just like any other team in the world so no it wasn't about giving chance to anyone. In Aus Shaw was not in form so Gill replaced him. When Gill got injured then Rahul replaced him in the England and when Rohit got injured Mayank got the chance, its pretty straight forward approach for any team.

India sent completely new team(t-20) to Sri Lanka because India was already playing test series in the England. Here you again making same mistake by mixing T-20 with the Tests. Facts doesn't care about anyone's feeling but if by any chance by stating simple facts to your post is hurting your feeling then please you are free to enjoy your victimhood.

They lost 1 series but very same team won last 3 overseas series so what's your point? If you play good you will win, if not then you deserve to lose, its simple.

Ah your main point is about T-20 only
What's the connection with T-20 and Test team? But yeah they were shit in WC but its also true that they were almost unbeatable in bilateral series everywhere. Already posted Win/Loss ratio of last decade for every team couple of times.

Already cleared my position on team when i posted a new squad news here in this thread.
I posted this in last page

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@LittleBitFunny Bhai this is Test thread, that's all i can say. Although i do agree with you as far as last T-20 WC is concern. Almost everyone laughed at them for their performance at that time.

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Okay got your point. I mixed up your post with other poster. Yeah their performance did dip a bit but it's on focus because they lost SA series and it looked easy series for almost every fan. Can't blame anyone for NZ draw tho, it was bad luck, light did effect the game. If I'm not wrong then we lost 2-4 overs in that final session. Having said that i'm very optimistic for the new guys. Shreyas already got 1 century but i think Indian fans do have a very unrealistic expectation with their team. Win-lose are part of the game and somethime team does go into transition mode, which is completely fine IMO.

The Indian team is being discussed because their recent performance is not very good. Especially since the time of T20 World Cup. Are you satisfied with their performance after the T20 World Cup? At least I'm not satisfied.
They are playing two Test series after the World Cup. India have drawn one match against New Zealand and India have won one. India's top-order performance in the first Test was very poor. Only in the middle order and bowlers for good performance they were able to draw. In the second Test, Kohli, Pujara and Iyer all performed poorly.

I did not see any responsible player in the series against South Africa, almost all the batsmen's performance was irregular. And Pujara was a complete flop in this series.
I am not satisfied with the performance of India. Because India has a lot of young talented players, they have ample opportunity to replace the national team players. So those of us who are fans of India must expect better performance from them.