Border Gavaskar Trophy, India v Australia, 1st Test 9-13 Feb, 1430hrs at Nagpur

[Nuggetz]

Kohli has always been an awful catcher. Amazed that he is allowed to be slip

He's good infront of the wicket but poor behind imo.

 

[Belnakor]

Smith has been bogged down on 6 for a while, the pitch hasn't played many tricks so far but it looks tough to score

Stacked field in front of the stumps and every delivery would hit the stumps makes it hard

 

[Jim Prideaux]

But they've selected Renshaw who averages 29 in India?

Who is thought to have a good technique against spin

 

[Slysh]

These two are the only ones that I’m not nervous to watch batting. Whenever one of them goes (hopefully not for ages) then yeah I’ll go back to being nervous every ball.

See I get what you are saying but it’s the opposite for me, I expect the others to fail. These are the two that matter so every time I check I am stressed knowing how important it is we haven’t lost one of them

 

[Gough]

Same reason Warner gets into slip. Trying to hide him.

Renshaw does strengthen the slips.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Nice one Smudge

 

[Nuggetz]

love watching these 2 bat

 

[Millky95]

Am keen to see how Boland goes on this pitch

 

[Some Idiot]

Haven't been watching, what happened to the openers?

 

[Around the Wicket]

But they've selected Renshaw who averages 29 in India?

Averaged 29 as a 21 year old LoL, 5 years on he may go better.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Haven't been watching, what happened to the openers?

Khawaja tight LBW decision, 1mm away from umpires call and safe.

Warner was late on a delivery early and clean bowled.

 

[Gough]

Haven't been watching, what happened to the openers?

One good ball, one Warner special.

 

[Nuggetz]

Haven't been watching, what happened to the openers?

Khawaja lbw (drs) on a good inswinger from shiraz and davey missed on around the wicket from shami, clean bowled. Davey was poor batting, caught in no mans land.

 

[BACCS]

of course they have, but that doesn’t make them right? This isn’t a South Australian exclusive thing, I think it’s dumb every time people do it.

Renshaw is a way better player of spin, that’s a fact. Anyone who has watched both can see that

You seem to keep avoiding what most people are upset about, that Warner was favoured with very poor recent form everywhere and especially poor form on the sub-continent. At least pick the batsman actually in good form and give him an opportunity to show whether he's made improvements in his game. No one is debating that Handscomb and Renshaw shouldn't have been picked, they are better players of spin.

 

[11kgm]

Haven't been watching, what happened to the openers?

ones a spud who got a good ball, the other is a spud (overseas) who got a s**t DRS decision

 

[spenze]

Also let’s be honest if Head is getting dropped on overseas average - Warner should only have ever got a game in South Africa and Australia -

We'd have been better off leaving him out of South Africa as well with his hairbrained schemes

 

[Kipz]

Haven't been watching, what happened to the openers?

Lbw for Uzzie and Warner's off stump did cartwheels

 

[Lia]

Nothing better than that egomaniac shelling one at slip.

 

[tigland]

shot Marnus

 

[Zevon]

See I get what you are saying but it’s the opposite for me, I expect the others to fail. These are the two that matter so every time I check I am stressed knowing how important it is we haven’t lost one of them

Yeah I get that logic too definitely. My lack of nervousness is an expression of confidence in them, but I agree 100% regarding their importance

 

[Nuggetz]

axar getting into this groove now. fantastic contest. great shot from labs.

 

[Tugga27]

He piled on runs at home, fair play to him. He struggled in Sri Lankan and Pakistan. Everyone knows the test batting rankings are cooked at times. I am going lean towards putting weight on his overseas record instead of the batting rankings

Well then let's be consistent with the "horses for courses" policy.
How can Warner keep getting picked?

Head's in the form of his life.
Terrible decision IMO.

 

[Some Idiot]

Axar looks dangerous

 

[Cotchin 9]

Sorry to say but Labuschagne and Smith are so far above any else it’s ridiculous.

 

[BACCS]

What's Jadeja's record in Aus? It feels like that would be similar to how Axar would perform