England in India, February-March 2021

[PKBasu]

KL Rahul is caught off a full-toss well outside leg stump. That is one of the worst shots played by a specialist batsman in an international match. And certainly one of the worst balls to ever get a wicket! India in some trouble now, but maybe it is set up for the Pandya brothers to show their class in the second half of the innings.

[PKBasu]

India have gone in to this match with a single spinner (Krunal), who doesn't look capable of lasting 10 overs in an ODI -- while all the Indian batsmen have fallen to spinners so far!!

Do India really not have any spinners capable of stopping the English batsmen? Is Axar Patel suddenly incapable of bowling in ODIs since he has had success as a test bowler??

[Atithee]

Maybe Ashwin needs another look?

[Kumar]

They are making livingston and Moen great!

Pant is showing positivity! He at least looks for singles! None of indian batsman other than Kohli and pant look for singles

Hardik hits three sixers in one overs! Goes on to show how important it is to not ket them get in rhythm

Last two overs too many dot balls! For all his striking ability, Hardik needs to take some singles too! Also his running between wkts is too conservative as welli

[rajitghosh]

Rahul needs to be send back to domestic cricket. Without Jadeja, Bumrah and Shamo this team is not fit to take on a strong team like England.

[Kumar]

Pant is gone! Going to be tough for India to survive 50 overs today

I have never seen a indian line up with fragile batting and also fragile bowling

[PKBasu]

There is ample batting to come. Krunal, Bhuvi and Shardul can certainly bat. I hope Bhuvi comes ahead of Shardul, although I know it is unlikely.
Pant has left with a team run-rate of 7.11, so he has done his job. But that was a rash way to get out, after 13 runs had been scored in that over.

[Kumar]

There is ample batting to come. Krunal, Bhuvi and Shardul can certainly bat. I hope Bhuvi comes ahead of Shardul, although I know it is unlikely.
Pant has left with a team run-rate of 7.11, so he has done his job. But that was a rash way to get out, after 13 runs had been scored in that over.

Actually it was a soft dismissal! The shot did not look that rash!

Hardik gone! Just two more bats! Will have to see if we can survive next 11 overs! If things don’t fall the right way, we may score less than first odi
Krunal has looked very tentative and ordinary today! Not even taking singles
Thakur has kept the scoreboard ticking! Looked more confident than Krunal
Thakur is gone! 320 in 46 overs

Krunal’s timing has been off today! He is gone! Will be lucky to reach 340! He dis not look good today
329 for 9 48 overs and all out at the same over

Let us see if we can restrict England! I

[Kumar]

It wouldn’t be so bad if our bowlers don’t get taken to the cleaners. England will be 100/1 in 10 overs.

U think we will get a wicket?

After an expensive first over, Bhuvi sends back Roy! 14-1! Will be interesting to see if England will be aggressive
And you are wrong! Bairstow also gone! Bhuvi rocking
Hardik drops a sitter for Stokes! Bhuvi would have got three wickets in 3 overs, could prove to be very costly

PK has not been good in power play overs! Hopefully he can reverse the trend

[Sin Hombre]

The Hardik drop might prove very expensive.

At least, we got two benefits out of the ODI series - Bhuvi is back as a genuine top player in LOIs and Pant is firmly establishing himself in the Indian ODI middle order.

[Kumar]

Stokes out to full toss! Lucky dismisall

Thakur strikes! Butler gone

[prasen9]

Rahul, Kohli, and to a small extent Bhuvi with the bat let us down. If one of them stuck around and scored, we would have reached 340-ish.

Pant and Hardik are fast. They need to stay at the wicket. At least, one of them. The older generation can stay at the wicket, they need to bat faster.

[Kumar]

Rahul, Kohli, and to a small extent Bhuvi with the bat let us down. If one of them stuck around and scored, we would have reached 340-ish.

Pant and Hardik are fast. They need to stay at the wicket. At least, one of them. The older generation can stay at the wicket, they need to bat faster.

Actually Bhuvi had no choice! He is not a big hitter and he was forced to go for 4 and 6 once PK was dismissed! I was actually dusappointed with Krunal today! He looked totally off

[prasen9]

The average #9 scores 14.05 runs/wicket in the last 5 years at a SR of 81. Bhuvi scored 3 at a SR of 60. There were some balls left. As a #9, you cannot say that you will contribute 0 or less than 5. When required, you need to be able to hit a four or two and take a few singles. This is the average including the minnow countries. Of course, the major failures were Kohli and Rahul. But, more is expected from a #9 in ODIs these days. Even the average #10 score is 10.3 @ 69.82. The average #11 is 7.52 @ 60.86. In other words, Bhuvi batted at the pace of a #11 and failed to even score the average number of runs.

Prasidh Krishna has been stinking up the joint in the first spell today. I hope he gets some wickets and his line/length back. Krunal is not too far behind. Hardik needs to bowl more. Or we need to find another bowling allrounder. Might as well have tried Sundar here.

Hardik bowled only two overs. We are relying on Krunal, whose average stands at 168 and RPO stands at 8 runs/over. That is unadulterated crap. If Hardik cannot bowl more than 4 overs, then why are we not trying Sundar? Or Chahal?

Whatever he is smoking is working for Thakur. In both matches, he turned the matches on the foundations laid by PK and Bhuvi respectively.

[PKBasu]

Very poor innings from Krunal today. After that blazing 58, his confidence seems to have been badly dented by his bowling failures.