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India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2018 2:39 pm
by andy
Few changes for India. Rahane to captain in Kohli's absence... Dhawan in,

Ajinkya Rahane (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur.

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2018 9:42 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
Fifteen players. That's a touring party, not selection for a one off Test.

Commences on my 54th birthday, June 14.

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:32 am
by andy
Only 3 days to go, cant see India losing this game, ibtrested to see how Rashid goes in the longer format though

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 12:42 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
If I remember right he took 12 wickets in a fc game against an England A side in UAE.

Not quite India though.

Not even twenty yet!

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1086 ... e-2016-17/

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:06 pm
by andy
allegedly not 20 ;)

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:20 pm
by yuppie
andy wrote:allegedly not 20 ;)



Yeah he looks pretty close to 30

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:54 pm
by andy
I'd say 40 lol

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:27 am
by Arthur Crabtree
Chastening start in Tests for the Afghanis. A ton before lunch for Dhawan and only 27 overs bowled.

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:33 am
by Arthur Crabtree
They have their first Test wicket!

Well done to Afghanistan and Yamin Ahmadzai, a future very difficult quiz question.

Cricinfo says his cricket hero is Mohammad Asif!

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:44 am
by Arthur Crabtree
A failure for Dhawan then.

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:45 am
by Arthur Crabtree
Three down. Rashid taking a bit of a pasting. If he was an England spinner, he'd never be seen again.

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:47 am
by GGAS
I'm sure no one saw this coming, but the bowlers who've been playing domestic first class cricket seem to be comfortably out bowling those who've been playing T20 at the IPL. Weird. Someone should tell Ed Smith.

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:12 pm
by andy
I said would be intresting to see how Rashid goes, when batsmen can sit on him and wait for a bad ball...i know first test for him, but an awful start!

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:15 pm
by KipperJohn
6 wickets represents a good comeback by Afghanistan after that big opening partnership. Must confess I didn’t know this was on but must be great experience for them.

Re: India vs Afghanistan only test

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:49 pm
by meninblue
347/6 in 78 overs. Runs scored at impressive run rate of 4.45 runs per over. India's batting has done 80% of what was expected in this match. Century for both openers and 50 for one down. Terrific top order contribution. Still think some Indian batsman should have went for a individual score of 200 to post a mammoth total of 600+ Or make them bowl 150 - 180 overs like we did in some matches in last couple of years at home. Dominated the Day 1 totally. Hardik, Ashwin , Jaddu have potential to add more runs. There have been rain interruptions, however that is where the run rate of India will be of help in case one day's play is lost in remaining time.

Rashid gave 120 runs in 26 overs. Just a wicket to his name for all those runs. Always nice to put pressure on best opposition batsman. Will be interesting to see if Rashid can be as good in longer format as he is in T20i. Being the first test for Afghan's think they will take it more from experience poitn of view rather than how they have fared.