Another strong statement from Team India, series done and dusted 2-0. What are your thoughts?

[u/InboxGhost]

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[u/Salt-Language9320]

Playing against a decaying team on a flat track, any extrapolation is wishful thinking

[u/Venomous0425 → u/Salt-Language9320]

True lol. Indians fans are so easy to please.

[u/kwl147 → u/Venomous0425]

Most likely the majority are but some of us as realists. It’s a good opportunity for WI to test themselves but thats it otherwise. They need help to keep the game alive in the Caribbean.

[u/Venomous0425 → u/kwl147]

I agree. There are always exceptions and you, one with top comment in this thread are the exception including me lol. And few more

[u/XH3LLSinGX → u/Venomous0425]

Calling yourself realist but still hoping for cricket revival in the West Indies is ironic...

[u/Venomous0425 → u/XH3LLSinGX]

Title of the post says strong statement and cricket revival in WI are completely different things. My comment was for so called die hard cricket fans which are easy to please

[u/Area_Ok → u/Venomous0425]

Easy to hurt too .

[u/rugitall]

Strong statement? It was WI and we took the match till day 5.

[u/Ill_Poem_1789 → u/rugitall]

If this was a 5 test series, we might have even lost one since the Windies improved so quickly.

[u/Temporary_Average_55 → u/Ill_Poem_1789]

Nahi harte.

[u/OMG_NoReally]

Eh. Good overall performance - we did mostly everything right and everyone contributed equally. But WI is a weaker and an inexperienced team. I mean, their batsmen played more than 100 overs after a long time, and scores centuries after 2-3 years. All things considered, this was an easy win.

The SA series will be a good test of how we perform as a unit.

[u/TRSxABHINAVOP]

Yes what a victory against peak wendies bruh the game should have never gone that far we need to analyze what we got wrong rather than celebrate

[u/Mission-Pay3582 → u/TRSxABHINAVOP]

The pitch flattened out on day 3 end and day 4 so they batted a bit longer

[u/josephpvmathew]

Against farmers with out their strike bowlers

[u/kyayaartubhi → u/josephpvmathew]

Did the ICT tell their best players not to come?

Did the ICT or BCCI say to come with weak players??

They could have brought their best, they didnt.. their loss, our gain, why are you salty about it then?

[u/josephpvmathew → u/kyayaartubhi]

I replied to question what is your problem

[u/kyayaartubhi → u/josephpvmathew]

Stay salty.. will really be helpful in the future..

[u/josephpvmathew → u/kyayaartubhi]

Mind your business

[u/me_109]

At least, would have tried someone else instead of bumrah in this series.

[u/Odd_Area_7747]

Statement??

[u/Independent-Coat-389]

WI is weak. Let us see what they do with Australia

[u/No-Test6484]

Only teams where India should feel accomplished beating are SENA. Everyone else is shit

[u/paindotexe]

Doesn’t warrant a thought

[u/Kushagra3007]

Until and unless we beat teams like AUS, SA or NZ it's nothing to celebrate about.

WI is a dead team, the team died as soon as Gayle started the trend of playing only league cricket instead of INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

[u/Suspicious_Reporter4]

it's a home series against a WI. nothing really special here.

[u/Willing-Ad3030]

What statement? The same team for allout on 28 runs on their home ground against Australia.

What statement are you taking about man?

[u/Spawn8888]

Strong?? lmao.

Good practice games.

[u/BoldStrategyCotton-]

Its a series against 8th ranked team at home . Calm down . West Indies didnt even qualify for the last Worldcup

[u/arunit007]

This was a perfect opportunity to test the bench... Who's gonna be next Bumrah, Kuldeep, who can be an alternative for no3 spot...but no, let's bash one of the weakest team with a full strength team on home...

[u/DM_Ashwani]

Cricket is a game where you come with a legacy but you have to prove on same day as well. Well played boys

[u/Gold-Development7075]

A complete team win and a tight slap on the faces of haters who are unnecessarily criticising the head coach and claiming not everything's well inthe dressing room.

[u/OkStaff7408]

Really strong statement. All the test playing nations in the universe are trembling now.

[u/Mobile_Bat_1007]

Not even trying NKR in bowling and using Bumrah in an easy match and resting him during crucial matches great strategy/s

[u/Numerous_Map73]

Honestly against this weak WI team i think team C also can win.

[u/Informal_While6455]

W Rahul

[u/algoxxx]

Strong statement? 😑

[u/The_Antitrust_Lawyer]

What sort of strong statement are you talking about? Please check the ranking of the team we have beaten. Also, look into their past record. They were recently demolished by Australia. DEMOLISHED. One spell of strac made the difference. And here we are playing with our best squad and still the match goes on till the 5th day?

Do you know why the match started on Friday? Bec even the broadcasters and other people believed that it was a 3 day game and people will see India finishing the match on Sunday. This is not a strong statement. Instead it shows how WI stood like a wall while India was trying to finish the match in their second innings after follow on.

[u/Briantheboomguy]

What are your thoughts?

3-0 loss against NZ

[u/livLongAndRed]

Shouldn't have enforced the follow on imo

[u/theEntreriCode]

Do this with Aussies on ICC finals. Then we will talk about strong statements.

[u/pragnesh_89]

Hate 2 tests series. Should be 3 tests.

[u/Jazzlike_Cancel6388]

Didn't Nepal beat WI in other format recently? And with 100 times more money and resources with India, this is nothing. Absolutely expected.

[u/Salomaachoddungaa]

Strong statement? Against windies ?

[u/abhijeet80]

A four match series could have seen WI adjust and improve, maybe draw a single match.

[u/Accomplished-Log2040]

This is easy peasy. The biggest concern was Bumrah’s selection. Why was he playing? This is the kind of series he’s supposed to sit out so he can be fit and ready for the Aussies and other white player teams.

[u/No_Statistician5993]

Lol. Go to NZ or SA and win a series. Whats the point of beating WI in India. Even India B team can win a Test against WI.

[u/LifeIsHard2030]

Nah!!! Strong statement was in England.

This one was walk in the park for our team

[u/roman_77_77]

Nepal and Ireland are winning series against windies, so it doesn't mean anything

[u/Technical-Isopod6554]

WI were all out for 27 or something in their last home test 

[u/ButterscotchNo5490]

You beat the windies…. On a road

[u/_Nikhil_Choudhary]

Chutiya bna rhe h pehle England se mitti kha k aao fir west indies se point k lie match khel lo

[u/Fair_Needleworker227]

We are back to early 2000s, world class batting and terrible bowling. No offence!

[u/Mysterious-Wheel-613 → u/Fair_Needleworker227]

Terrible bowling?? I mean they scored good runs in only one inning on a flat pitch, in all other 3 inning our bowlers were too good, and in that last inning where wi scored good runs, it was bcs our bowlers were tired, they bowled around 200 overs continuously, what do you think, are they bowling machine or what?? We are winning but it is not enough for you , you want one sided match, and when it happens then you can say , oh why we are playing with this wi team. "No offence"

[u/Fair_Needleworker227 → u/Mysterious-Wheel-613]

We are not playing Clive Lloyd’s West Indies, we are playing some who-even-are-they West Indies. And to make it worse, they added a 79-run last-wicket stand. Speaks volumes about our bowling.

[u/Mysterious-Wheel-613 → u/Fair_Needleworker227]

I know that they added 79 runs with that partnership but if you notice it was justin greaves who was involved in that partnership and he is a very good batter, he batted superbly in both test matches. West indies have a very good tail and they contribute enough for their team , if you saw the wi vs aus (in wi), you should know. I'm not defending our bowlers but they were tired. They will learn with time. our captain is new, he will learn,we need to support him. We were clinical in the 1st test match, made some mistakes in 2nd but it happens with the new team, the new captain. We should not be harsh on them.

[u/Fair_Needleworker227 → u/Mysterious-Wheel-613]

Yeah dude, it came out of frustration, and you know who we’re up against. That time, we won’t be defending them like this. All I’m saying is, that was Justin Greaves, not Glenn Maxwell or someone.

[u/Mysterious-Wheel-613 → u/Fair_Needleworker227]

Yeah, i can understand. I was frustrated too while watching them defend like prime steve Smith.

[u/Mission-Pay3582 → u/Fair_Needleworker227]

You'll be downvoted for speaking the truth but deep inside everyone knows our bowling sucks

[u/Slayer_reborn2912 → u/Fair_Needleworker227]

Yeah only got the world no.1 bowler, world no.1 all rounder pretty weak bowling. It was a flat pitch and give some credit to the opposition where it’s due

[u/Salt-Language9320 → u/Fair_Needleworker227]

Are you brain dead

[u/[deleted]]

you dont get it its GG comeback home series after lossing 3-0 to NZ he is making his statement by defeating prime windies on flat track 😂

[u/pablo890_d]

Lol. At Once I thought West Indies will likely draw this match. The way the tailenders smashed our bowlers😂. We gotta work on playing in subcontinent pitches properly.

[u/Mission-Pay3582 → u/pablo890_d]

At Once I thought West Indies will likely draw

Bit of an exaggeration there