Black Caps tour of India

[ACT Crusader]

@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of India:

@dogmeat said in Black Caps tour of India:

I see Kohli has dropped to 14th in the test batting rankings one point ahead of Darryl Mitchell. Kane and Ravindra in Top 10.

Somehow Matt Henry is ranked the 10th best all-rounder and (less surprisingly) 10th rated bowler

Kohli has always been a very good, but not great, test batsmen. A tier below Kane, Root and Smith. In ODIs and T20s though he's probably unmatched by any player in history which keeps him in the "fab 4" bracket.

It’s been a leanish period for Kohli with only 2 hundreds in his last 60 innings.

But he went through an unbelievable purple patch from about 2016-2019. that had him above those other 3 IMO.

[1kiwi]

Black Caps back on Indian soil for a 3-match ODI series and 5-match T20 series leading into the T20 World Cup.

Kristian Clarke & Jayden Lenox will make their debuts in the first ODI starting tonight.

[Virgil]

Was nice scrolling through this thread again!
Can see us getting pumped in both white ball series however. India have been shit at tests recently but they would be favs for the T20 WC next month and in ODIs Kohli is still scoring heavily

[Bovidae]

Hay is playing but Conway has the gloves. Strange.

We're batting after India won the toss.

[Canes4life]

@Bovidae said in Black Caps tour of India:

Hay is playing but Conway has the gloves. Strange.

We're batting after India won the toss.

Weird to see Henry Nicholls opening.

[Bovidae]

Cricinfo might have jumped the gun as the TV graphic has Hay as the WK.

[Canes4life]

@Bovidae said in Black Caps tour of India:

Cricinfo might have jumped the gun as the TV graphic has Hay as the WK.

Smith giving India too much respect IMO. Talking like we are a bunch of chumps. Yes we have inexperienced players in this team but still plenty of quality.

Conway looking good so far. I’d have him alongside a power hitter opening in the T20 WC.

[SouthernMann]

And across in the BBL Finn Allen and Mitch Marsh are batting on an absolute road. 69/0 off four. Allen 37 off 14.

Even though he has head explosions. Allen is box office and should be the first name written down whenever he is available.

[Canes4life]

@SouthernMann said in Black Caps tour of India:

And across in the BBL Finn Allen and Mitch Marsh are batting on an absolute road. 69/0 off four. Allen 37 off 14.

Even though he has head explosions. Allen is box office and should be the first name written down whenever he is available.

It will be interesting to see who the BCs select as the openers. Will it be Conway/Allen, Conway/Seifert or Allen/Seifert. Personally I think they’ll go with Conway/Allen. Conway has proven himself in India and like you said, Allen is box office.

[Canes4life]

BCs 106/0 off 20 overs

Conway 52 off 61 balls
Nicholls 51 off 62 balls

[Chris]

One of the openers needed go on those 2 wkts will stop the momentum probably 260/280 score at best now.
Probably will not be enough to defend.

[Chris]

Brilliant innings from Mitchell gets us a few more than 280.

[Bovidae]

It was closer than I expected in the end. I read that a late dropped catch by Mitchell was costly.

[1kiwi]

@Bovidae said in Black Caps tour of India:

It was closer than I expected in the end. I read that a late dropped catch by Mitchell was costly.

Adi Ashok also dropped one in the 48th over which also proved costly.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[1kiwi]

Very inexperienced bowling attack. Where was Duffy I thought he was in the squad?
Was always going to be a tough assignment for this team as India are stacked.

[No Quarter]

Great to see Kylo go so well though, fingers crossed his injuries are behind him and we can get an extended run of games now as he's world class

[Crazy Horse]

Just saw Mitchell's dropped catch. That was a shocker.