Australia v India - pre series discussion

[PhatBoy]

Really disappointed that Prithvi Shaw never made a name for himself.

Only played 5 test matches and 6 One day internationals.

Was hyped to be the next Sachin Tendulkar as a young master prodigy.

After watching the documentary Beyond All Boundaries (2013) where it follows a young Prithvi I was a fan for life and expected massive things.

Such a shame it never worked out.

He’s only 25. I doubt he’ll ever have a huge career but it wouldn’t surprise if he bobs up somewhere. He played a handful of games for Northants in the English summer (and failed) and is back playing first class cricket in India where he still has a fine record albeit probably not stand-outish enough to get close to the test side in the immediate future

 

[swingdog]

Really disappointed that Prithvi Shaw never made a name for himself.

Only played 5 test matches and 6 One day internationals.

Was hyped to be the next Sachin Tendulkar as a young master prodigy.

After watching the documentary Beyond All Boundaries (2013) where it follows a young Prithvi I was a fan for life and expected massive things.

Such a shame it never worked out.

Massive gap between bat and pad, from memory. Got worked out pretty quickly in tests.

 

[Gough]

Good piece on the background to India's first tour out here.

India-Australia Test series: How India's first Australia tour almost did not happen

The tour unfolded during India's independence and partition, with cricketers facing turmoil.

www.bbc.com

 

[Nuggetz]

The media build up for this series has been superb. The adverts from fox and 7, the full front & back page in the papers. Hopefully the series lives up to the hype!

 

[LukeParkerno1]

India's likely XI: Rahul set to open, Padikkal No. 3, and Jurel in the middle order

An insight into what India's XI might look like for the first Test in Perth

www.espncricinfo.com

Sounds like they'll drop Sarfaraz for Jurel.

Ridiculous they are dropping Sarfraz who is one that plays the short ball well

 

[eltrain]

The media build up for this series has been superb. The adverts from fox and 7, the full front & back page in the papers. Hopefully the series lives up to the hype!

Yep spot on. Don’t think I’ve ever seen this much hype for a non-Ashes series before.

 

[Cleavy]

The media build up for this series has been superb. The adverts from fox and 7, the full front & back page in the papers. Hopefully the series lives up to the hype!

the Fox Cricket preview/discussion panel sucked, and the newspaper coverage is hit and miss. They should make it more like the old ABC Cricket books.

 

[akkaps]

Ridiculous they are dropping Sarfraz who is one that plays the short ball well

Agree with this. He loves the short ball. I would play Kohli at 3 and move the order up to fit both Jurel and Sarfaraz in for this game. Drop Padikkal

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Agree with this. He loves the short ball. I would play Kohli at 3 and move the order up to fit both Jurel and Sarfaraz in for this game. Drop Padikkal

Don’t think you need to move Virat like smith is a genuine 4

 

[akkaps]

Don’t think you need to move Virat like smith is a genuine 4

I’m not asking Virat to open

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I’m not asking Virat to open

He is a 4

 

[yabsy]

Hope India pick Jurel as a replacement.

That's a given now with both Rohit & Gill out.

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[Around the Wicket]

My Predictions

Series Result - Australia 5-0

Most Runs Australia - Labuschagne

Most Wickets Australia - Cummins

Most Runs India - Jaiswal

Most Wickets India - Bumrah

Man of the Series - Labuschagne - 4+ Hundreds

Biggest unexpected flops - Kohli, Smith, Lyon, Sharma

Best up and comer - McSweeney

Worst player of Series - Khawaja