silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
None in my lifetime.
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***Official*** Australia in India 2017
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Just looked through all home India losses in the last 30 years via Statsguru, and there's some bad ones - especially to South Africa - but none as badly played as this.
centurymaker
Well-known member
So unintentional hahaha! Well spotted.
Kohli: 'Our spinners were spinning it too much and beating the edge repeatedly. Whereas, the Australian spinners didn't spin much, sometimes not at all and got bag full of quick wickets. It's how the game is sometimes. Also it's a case of very poor application and judgment on several occasions from our batsmen. And that it is great actually that we have had this reality check and that we can never take anything for granted. We will learn and be back with a lot more intent and put Australia under pressure in the next game.'
I like the next two venues, better vibes.
Had had bad vibes about Pune.
indiaholic
Well-known member
WAG Smith is:
If you thought for a moment that this was like any other win for Australia, think again. It was so special, so rare, that Steven Smith knew to the day the length of the drought his men had broken. "We haven't won a game here for 4502 days," he said after Australia's triumph in Pune. The number rolled easily off his tongue in every interview. It might be imprinted in his brain forever.
Steven Smith lauds Steve O'Keefe, batsmen for adapting to 'driest surface' | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
If you thought for a moment that this was like any other win for Australia, think again. It was so special, so rare, that Steven Smith knew to the day the length of the drought his men had broken. "We haven't won a game here for 4502 days," he said after Australia's triumph in Pune. The number rolled easily off his tongue in every interview. It might be imprinted in his brain forever.
Steven Smith lauds Steve O'Keefe, batsmen for adapting to 'driest surface' | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
centurymaker
Well-known member
Yea that was the worst performance tbh, 2012 vs England. It was so hard to watch it. This is narrowly 2nd 'atm' and will feel worse than 2012 if India lose another test.
Not long ago, you were saying India is safe at home till 2023.........somehow have to secure 3 consecutive games against all the momentum..
Also this huge challenge will test whether this is really destined to be a high time for Kohli or whether the high has already passed by.
Luck plays a huge role. Actually there is no such thing as luck tbh, if you see an event in isolation it appears to be luck but when you see the bigger picture, there is no luck; it's all reward for or result of hardwork. When you have genuinely worked hard, sooner or later things will go your way no matter what. That's how laws of nature work. You will succeed. SOK and Smith have both worked hard and they deserve the results.
indiaholic
Well-known member
Spin bowler. Can easily have 8 more years of cricket in him
fredfertang
Well-known member
Just seen the highlights - the Indians should be drug tested - no way was that the same team that played against England
flibbertyjibber
Well-known member
Well played Australia, some result that. Be interesting to see how India react with a bit of pressure on them now.
andruid
Well-known member
Are you saying the result was fixed?
Spark
Global Moderator
You do understand why he was constantly playing and missing, yes? It wasn't an accident.
Tangles
Well-known member
Crashed after Kohlis wicket so I was expecting an Aus win but not another lol apse. So happy for Sok. Has had some shabby treatment by selectors over the years and that's a massive middle finger to all his doubters. Including S Warne. Doherty, Agar and Beer have all had games before him ffs.
Heboric
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vcs
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The match against SA where we got rolled for 70 odd in the first innings and conceded 450 or so, was pretty bad.
burr
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Smith has copped plenty of criticism for his on-field captaincy but you get the impression he doesn’t shirk from captaincy; he wants it, and he wants to lead. When the **** was hitting the fan in Sri Lanka and at the start of this summer he never appeared to doubt (from the outside looking in at least) that he was the man to lead them out of the mire. I see the same in Kohli and something that’s often missing in other great batsmen-cum-leaders. I really hope those two bring it for the final three tests. They both have that intense competitive streak that allows them to excel personally but also demand a role in the bigger picture. Mouthwatering.
Red Hill
The artist formerly known as Monk
Still thinks he's capable but he should be in the shield for 2-3 seasons batting at 3. Learning nothing doing what he's doing now.
flibbertyjibber
Well-known member
Reminds me of England winning against West Indies in Jamaica in 1990, we had lost a load of players to another rebel tour and expectations were rock bottom and we won by 9 wickets against the best side in the world. Lost the series but a test I will never forget.