whats even more funny..Duckett was dropped.. he will be back to open in the next game if Hameed doesn't make it. Finn will get picked over one of the seamers.. If I was Jake Ball I would retire from test cricket. The bianess of selection gives him no chance. so he may aswell pack it in now.

What happened to your genius predictions of 'England will win' LWE?

comment by Liverpoolwhoelse17 (U16825)
posted 44 minutes ago
to be expected. England have been a shambles starting in Bangladesh, Thank fk I didn't get sky sports switched on to view it..
The first thing Cook will say "we have a young side with inexperience blah blah blah.

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Why on earth would he say that...we have a supposedly very strong team

What a performance again today from Ashwin. Three crucial wickets and for all money we should be taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Also, Kohli's send off to Stokes brilliant.

Yes, I'm sure you'll be 'covering' your Kohli poster tonight over that send off...

You are a bitter little man aren't you

Course I will

Also, hate him or love him but Kohli is the type of captain India have been crying out for since the tame days of MS Dhoni. As great as a servant he was for Indian cricket, we often lost test matches on our inability to be aggressive - Kohli doesn't give opposition an inch whether that be in the field, his batting or his chit chat towards opposition. I'm sure he'll be derided by opposition supporters but he is the exact pantomine villian of a leader India have needed to reach the very top of Test cricket again. That swagger that was last present under Ganguly is clearly on its way back imo.

Kohli is over rated, petulant and egotistical. I'm sure when things go against India he won't be scared of throwing his team mates under the bus but he's got 1bn Indian's w@nking themselves into a coma over him, so he'll be untouchable for a number of years at least. I wonder how long it will be until the Indian public turn on him and start to boo him like they did with Sachin...?

His captaincy will be questioned massively when you play outside of India. Even in this series against a team that struggle in these conditions he's been very defensive.

comment by Kav H (U19426)
posted 21 minutes ago
Also, hate him or love him but Kohli is the type of captain India have been crying out for since the tame days of MS Dhoni. As great as a servant he was for Indian cricket, we often lost test matches on our inability to be aggressive - Kohli doesn't give opposition an inch whether that be in the field, his batting or his chit chat towards opposition. I'm sure he'll be derided by opposition supporters but he is the exact pantomine villian of a leader India have needed to reach the very top of Test cricket again. That swagger that was last present under Ganguly is clearly on its way back imo.
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Fek me, what a call that is.. at least give him a chance to prove himself first... you could be captain in India and India will win most of their games at home. Let's judge Kohlis captaincy in 2/3 years.... opppsition fans don't hate him, they just don't see the logic behind comments like yours in all fairness

What call are you talking about? I have simply stated how this Indian test side who so often looked fraught and fragile in test cricket finally have a swagger back which was last prevalent under Ganguly especially as they are the best side in the world at the moment as per the rankings - however weak every other test side may be at the moment.

Serial, he has backed his bowlers well this series and has been rewarded accordingly – at the end of the day, a captain can only be as good as the team he leads. There also seems to be a stereotype that simply because you play in India, there should be four men around the bat at all times. Also, I don’t think you perhaps realise the way Cricket works in India – the armband is probably the second most pressurised position in the country after the PM. Hence the support and often derision Indian cricketers can find themselves under from supporters often in equal measure. I am certain thing won’t always be plain sailing under Kohli especially in future series’ abroad but I can assure you I am enjoying watching this side play a lot more than I did under MSD.

I don't like him. I don't like his attitude. He sulks, shouts and berrates his players on the field of play and acts like he has a god given right to do what he wants because he was born with a silver spoon up his arse.

He's an utterly unlikeable character unless you're Indian.

comment by 🐑Serial🐑 (U20699)
posted 3 minutes ago
I don't like him. I don't like his attitude. He sulks, shouts and berrates his players on the field of play and acts like he has a god given right to do what he wants because he was born with a silver spoon up his arse.

He's an utterly unlikeable character unless you're Indian.

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This.

Comes across as a complete and utter c@@@ of a human being *.


* Allegedly

Before the comments come in, this is nothing to do with India outplaying (as I expected) England. This is an opinion based on seeing him play with this attitude since he arrived on the scene.

You'll notice he displayed non of the above mentioned characteristics in England when he was having an absolutely mare. He sulked and hid.

So anyway...4-0 ??

The same can be said about Stokes. He's an absolute ginger @rsewipe.

Stokes is humble though. He's an abrasive character on the pitch like Kohli but he's not arrogant with it. Listen to his interviews if you doubt that.

Yeh but Stokes is a nobody. He has nothing behind him that would warrant him being arrogant.

comment by Pogback (U21167)
posted 23 minutes ago
The same can be said about Stokes. He's an absolute ginger @rsewipe.
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Should have just stopped at he's an absolute ginger

Stokes is a no one? 😂😂😂

Kohli can be a controversial character and does shout at his players.

Below is a qoute from KP's book:

"Kevin Pietersen alleges that there was a culture of “bullying” within the England team and that a clique made up of Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad and Matt Prior ruled the roost. Jimmy Anderson “ran with them”, says Pietersen, but was not exerting the same negativity. He claims that the bowlers would mock, ridicule and bully their own fielders if they made a mistake, while not receiving the same treatment in return."

Does that mean Broad\Anderson and Swann and ugly human beings? or c***nts?

Or is this ok when its one of your own?

There are plenty of quotes highlighting what c****ts some of the England team are.

Kohli seems a saint compared to these half-witts

Yes, Stokes is a nobody. What has he achieved so far?

Again Serial - ruining threads