India guilty of comfortable choices over aggressive ones. 3 different captains & 2 coaches have skipped Ashwin/Kuldeep. While Jaddu is India's top spin all-rounder, his minimal impact on fresh England pitches, needing deterioration, is a failed defensive tactic of 3-4 years.
96 overs, over 350 runs. But no hell for England. They definitely understand their game better than the visitors. Gambhir was right: winning Test matches takes 20 wickets & 5 tons couldn't equalize 20 wickets. Gill has been alright in his first captaincy stint, lot to learn.
Selection woes of Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja, who didn't create much impact, are questionable. More importantly, Ben Stokes has silenced the critics, just like Pat Cummins silenced the Ahmedabad crowd; that's the real victory, a headline that will hurt India.
Shardul Thakur’s selection has been underwhelming—neither contributing with the bat nor offering control with the ball. The captain hasn’t shown much faith in him either. Unless he turns it around in the 4th innings, Nitish Reddy should walk right back in.
SA so close to an ICC title, yet again! Seeing "C teams" for away test tours & stars like Klaasen/QDK choosing franchise over country highlights a core issue. A WTC win for SA should revive Test cricket's global appeal. Next up: reviving ODIs!
@MitchellGlenn Hey Mitchell, you're absolutely right. All these remarks are just symptoms of grief that India somehow managed to lose the World Cup. Even I'm a grieving fan here. Let's show some sympathy to all the ones, who are in some sort of denial. The statements are illogical though.