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Second Test - Aus v India 2018 in Perth


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By Paddles - 10 Dec 2018 8:16 PM

And its on like Donkey Kong...

Heading to Perth, Australian batsmen now realize that India has a legitimate seam attack on sporting pitches (England and SA batsmen could already have told them this), and Bumrah is far from some myth...

Perth will be a drop in at the new stadium - my biggest question is whether CA roads it up or keeps it grassy. India still has their best swing bowler in the reserve if it is grassy. And Ashwin on a sporty Perth wicket if Vihari bats 6 - could easily be swapped out for the useful tail end batting of Indian seam and swing king B Kumar. 

India has a lot of options. Shaw is jogging again, and if fit in time will replace either Rahul or Vijay as their premier opening batsman.

Rohit has not done enough to sleep easy with Vihari offering a legitimate 5th bowling option neither while batting 6.

Lots of Indian fans still prefer the chinamen offerings of K Yadav that bamboozled Australian batsmen in the t20s this season... but I do not feel he has the batting to bust into the team with B Kumar comming in and Ashwin with one of Sharma or Shami getting dropped. So its hard for K Yadav to bust a move. Even if he is the better bowler for Australian conditions as India need to keep a mind on the runs that Bumrah, Shami and Sharma do not score...

I think Ishant did enough to stay in the team...

For Australia - I have no idea what your selectors will do. I have no idea what the pitch will be.

If I see grass on the pitch - I predict a second India win. If its a road... a draw or a win to Australia....

India's batting tail remains a problem with Sharma a genuine number 11, and Shami impersonating Hasan Ali and Bumrah is worse than Chris Martin..

Lets get it on :D
By Paddles - 18 Dec 2018 4:48 PM

jaszyjim - 18 Dec 2018 4:11 PM
Well I would be embarrassed if I was an Indian supporter watching their pace attack bat.
What a load of wimps, reminds me of the 1998 South African V Australia test at the WACA, which I was at,
SA tail batting, Donald doing everything he could to get out of the road of the ball, Ntini comes in (the token black in those early days)
in his first test opposite Donald & just stands and takes everything bowled at him without a flinch - He got hammered.
Wasn't a great bowler in that test but 10 out of 10 for courage & he carried on becoming an OK bowler.
The Indian tail should watch a video of that, or just watch our bowlers get in behind the ball.
Want to see Handscomb replaced with an all rounder, Stoinis is being mentioned, but the thought of grooming Cummings into
an all rounder has a lot of appeal & something I never thought of.
With him as an all rounder and another quick in, the side becomes an even more potent attack & one that can be maintained during a long day in the field

Yeah tail end runs matter and are important... The're a degree of laziness I suspect with Indian tail who have gotten used to Pandya at 7, Ashwin and Jdeja batting at 8 and as low at 9 - so these guys have shared 10 and 11 with complacency...