WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.359 This is India Today Podcasts. 2 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:10.519 You are on India Today Podcasts and you are in 3 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:14.439 the Sledging Room. Let me warn you this is not 4 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.559 a place for the faint hearted and the weak need. 5 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:21.079 If you're a sports buff and like challenging everything you 6 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.440 see and hear, stay, If you're a sooner badyatya fan, 7 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:34.560 walk away right now. 8 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:44.320 Hello and welcome to another episode of the Sledging Room. 9 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.600 As you can see that there is a slight change 10 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:50.280 in the setup. Aksha is not here. Sources have suggested 11 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:54.759 that Aksha has locked himself inside a room since India's 12 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:59.479 Lord's defeat where Mahmatsiaq absolutely middled the ball, middled the 13 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:02.799 ball from Shobashir and it dragged into his thumbs. India 14 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:06.319 lost a close match by twenty two runs, the narrowest 15 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:10.719 defeat in recent times at Lord's I think. Sources have 16 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:14.719 also suggested that since hearing about the latest news of 17 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.560 this current Indian team, Akshai has refused food. Also, so 18 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:20.200 we don't know what's happened. He's gone on a full 19 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:22.319 bench stalks mode. After the full bench stalks he has 20 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:25.400 he's found himself in dark places. Yesh, my god, So 21 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.400 this is Kingshakushari. I have with me Sorrow Kumar to 22 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:30.840 my left, Alan John to the right. I will drive 23 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.640 straight into it with sort of giving us the latest 24 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:36.120 news about the Indian team. 25 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:36.640 Go ahead. 26 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:40.799 Yeah, so we lost a lot's Test and there was 27 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:43.480 a long gap seven days gap, seven eight days gap. 28 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:47.640 And this seven days gap has not turned out so 29 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:50.879 much good for this Indian team because we have seen 30 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:54.159 so many injuries and I think ash Deep thing and 31 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:55.799 have been ruled out. 32 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.439 Aush Deep thing has been ruled out for the fourth Test. 33 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.400 Andy has been ruled out from the entire England tour 34 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:04.719 remaining two Test matches, and there also reports that they're 35 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:08.840 injury concerns regarding as Deep. Yeah, so the Indian team 36 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.520 have added Unshul Combos back to the squad. I mean 37 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.439 Combos was in England, he played for India versus England 38 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.319 A and then he was there with the squad for 39 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:19.680 the first Test and then he was sent back. 40 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:21.919 It's it's a whole hort fust to give you context 41 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:25.120 to our viewers. We are recording these two days before 42 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:28.879 the fourth Test match. We have we are definitely going 43 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:32.080 to have changes because, like Sorrow says, has been ruled 44 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:34.919 out of the out of the Test series. Are steep saying, 45 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:37.319 who is yet to make his Test debut for the team, 46 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:39.840 has been ruled out of the fourth Test match, and 47 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.199 there are questions on a cash Deep starting as well 48 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:46.159 because he has a back or a groin injury. Reports 49 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:48.759 are differing from England, so we don't exactly know, not 50 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:52.280 that BCCI has taken time to confirm it. What they 51 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:56.479 have confirmed after a viral photoshoot of Indian team and 52 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.800 Manchester United that Anshul Combos, who by the way, bold 53 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:03.080 exceptionally in the A Games, has been brought back in 54 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:06.120 the team. Now as Sorrow says that Anshul was with 55 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:07.639 the Indian team and was sent back. 56 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:08.560 Why did that happen? 57 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:14.719 Because Harshithrana, who plays for KKR and is supposedly very 58 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.280 close to the whole set up, was kept with the team. 59 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:22.639 Then backlash happened, he was sent back and so. 60 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:23.560 He's not reached yet. 61 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:29.960 Now he's waiting for that okay, but that call has 62 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.919 never come, which just like gets me so confused because 63 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:37.439 he was your additional injury cover for the first couple 64 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.680 of tests. You sent him back by saying that okay, 65 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:43.719 we don't need everyone's fate, so go home now when 66 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:47.159 everyone isn't fit, you've decided to not bring him back, 67 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.680 but you've brought back and should comboche himself. So as 68 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:54.280 a KKR fan, Alan how I was quite surprised with 69 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:57.000 Harshub being there in the first place. Like I have 70 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.879 always said that Harshat is a very raw product which 71 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.240 still needs a lot of polishing. I think he needs 72 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:04.199 to play a lot more red ball cricket in the 73 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.080 domestic circuit because the. 74 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:09.520 Talent is there. But Anshul, like you suggested, Anshul was 75 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:12.680 brilliant in the INDIAA was his Lions game. He was 76 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.000 unlucky that he was not getting wickets, but he was 77 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.519 so good. He was probably the standout baller despite the 78 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.800 wickets call him not suggesting it now. 79 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:22.959 I think he was the standard bullet among both the teams, 80 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:24.040 not even in the Indian day. 81 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:28.000 Yeah, absolutely, line length, everything was on point and I 82 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.439 would not be surprised if he's put into this playing 83 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.839 eleven also given that he can he's a pretty handy 84 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:35.279 customer with the bat as well. But yeah, it was 85 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:38.399 very surprising that he was not included in the first place. 86 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:41.439 Like you have this. I don't know what this probably 87 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:45.480 a Delhi obsession with Hajadrana that keeps on going and going. 88 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.639 He was not needed in this series. But yeah, like 89 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:52.079 you said, the injury concerns are mounting up. Funnily enough, 90 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:55.360 it's almost like that twenty twenty twenty one Australia series. Right, 91 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.560 We've got exactly You've got a lot of people getting 92 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.439 injured in the fourth Test, not playing the fifth Test. 93 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.160 No boomera. In the fifth Test. We still went and won. 94 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:06.560 So fingers crossed. I hope that happens. 95 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:09.360 Yeah, Like this is very similar, right, So like this 96 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:12.160 message goes out to Akshay who's locked in her room 97 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:16.399 that if you are unhappy, if you're depressed. This kind 98 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:20.000 of mimics the twenty twenty twenty twenty one Border of 99 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.240 Askar Trophy where India had a spring of injuries, especially 100 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:26.720 in the bowling department. We debut Nadrazen that season. Yeah, 101 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:29.920 that that series and one more I think now. 102 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:32.800 Did not make it to He was the leader of 103 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:33.839 the pace attack there. 104 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:37.079 But you you had a debut there only yeah proceive 105 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:38.920 and then he became the leader of the pace bag 106 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:40.519 after playing this two dismatches. 107 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:41.800 I'm not really sure about that. Maybe we just let 108 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:45.560 us in the comments below. Yeah, but so something similar 109 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:48.839 might happen in the Manchester Test as well, sort of 110 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:52.439 what is your what is your lineup forget lineup like 111 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:54.360 what is your bowling attack in the first place, and 112 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:55.439 then take us to the lineup. 113 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.040 First of all, I wanted to address a concern regarding 114 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:01.480 just with Boura. So when the third Test and did, 115 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:04.879 there are a lot of questions and concerns from across 116 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:08.839 the cricketing fraternity. Will Jesse Buomra play the fourth Test 117 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:13.160 or not? Okay, Then a lot of executors came out 118 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.600 and said, oh my god, this workload thing. This is 119 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:19.600 a new news generation hype. There was nothing like this 120 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.199 when we used to play. If you're fit, you have 121 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:24.319 to play. And just Boomra being the leader of the 122 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.639 pace attack, he should play in Manchester like Manchester was 123 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:30.040 the home ground of James Anderson, and we all know 124 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.600 what James Anderson did with the swing on of her 125 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:36.160 in those conditions, not only the pitch but the conditions. 126 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:38.600 There were the conditions. So they all, we all were 127 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:43.240 hoping that just Bomra will play now when there have 128 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.240 been questions about Siaja's workload, also that he has been 129 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:50.079 consistantly bowling and bowling and bowling. In fact, India's assistant 130 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.800 coach Ryanthon Discat came out in the public and said, oh, 131 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:56.839 Siraja Lan he has been overused and overused and will 132 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.480 try to manage his workload. Also, so now the question 133 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:04.399 remains who will play boom Ra Siraj? What about A 134 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:07.680 like King Shuku said, SI has not addressed anything regarding 135 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:12.079 as they made clear that and Deep but not fit 136 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.720 enough to take part in the fourth chess matches. But 137 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:20.120 there's no conservation or kliity regarding Aka Deep. So now 138 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:22.759 will Combos make his debut? 139 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.439 So what options do India have if weren't to make 140 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:30.639 his debut? If a Deep and Deep have been ruled 141 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:35.480 out of the fourth game. I'm saying, let's say. 142 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.560 Imagine if a has been ruled out has to play 143 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.160 the fourth thist, Siraz has to play the fourth thist, 144 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:43.240 and ifs does not play, maybe Charlotte gets a chance. 145 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:45.879 Again prussed, would you not bring back Pressed in the lineup? 146 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.560 Spread time desperate measures? I was very skeptical of what 147 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.439 happened with in the first two Test matches and more 148 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:55.399 often than not, like we have always discussed, Pressed is 149 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.680 more of a hiddic bowler and Manchester is not that 150 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.199 kind of bitch. There. 151 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:02.480 You need bowlers who can actually make the ball. 152 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.839 Talk because you they could, They could use the weather 153 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.680 conditions and the pitch to their full use and trouble 154 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:11.279 the English batters. And for that, I think Chardoo is 155 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.360 a better bowler than Proceed in my opinion. I may 156 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.199 be wrong, but in my opinion, Chado is a better bowler. 157 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:19.240 And despite Chardon not giving as good return in the 158 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:22.560 first match where he played, when is not there if 159 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:24.839 they want to go with, if they want to actually 160 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:27.720 bolster their batting again, maybe Chado is a better option 161 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:28.360 than Proceed. 162 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:30.000 But I want to talk about this one. 163 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:32.320 I understand your view, but I want to talk once 164 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:35.919 again about a KKR bowler, or rather a former KKR bowler. 165 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:41.240 Can Kulia play in Manchester? Is that an option? 166 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:44.960 I think, like you said, like the current situation of 167 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.159 the bowling attack, it's it's a desperate type right now. 168 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:53.679 I think we've heard a lot about in this series. 169 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.639 Even without bowling a ball, he has been in the 170 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.919 mix and I feel if the pitch and conditions are there. 171 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.080 If there is going to be some help for the spinners, 172 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:06.200 which we have not really seen in these Apart from 173 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:08.960 that Washington Sooner spell in the Lot's Tests, we have 174 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.759 not seen much of help for the spinners throughout the series. 175 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:14.320 If there is help for some of the spinners, I 176 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:16.679 think he should be there because we need to win 177 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.960 this Test match and for that we need experience. Like 178 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:22.360 like you said, Anshul is a very good option to have, 179 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:25.440 but him making a debut in a very do or 180 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:28.039 Riz situation is going to be a big ask for 181 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:32.000 him as well. Press is like how Sah said, I 182 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.120 I saw in the second Test when he started pitching 183 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.919 the ball a little up, his economy rate went down 184 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:39.720 because people were not able to get those trogs on. 185 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:41.600 So if he's going to be a hit the deck 186 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:44.639 bowler again, that's not going to make sense. So probably 187 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.080 that is where you need that experience coming in. And 188 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.519 I feel Kuldib having played a lot of international cricket, 189 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:52.639 Yes his Test matches have been a little less, but 190 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:55.720 we all know the reasons he's always been behind. He's 191 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:59.000 kind of like being like the Stuart McGill of this Indiana, 192 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:02.919 when you have Ashwin and when you have Ravendreja, it's 193 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.279 going to be a task to displace one of them, 194 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.840 given that both of them were good batters as well. 195 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:11.080 Right now, Jadeja has kind of always sealed his spot. 196 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:13.840 If there is an option to take an extra spinner 197 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.279 and if the pitch is going to be of that help, 198 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:18.120 I think they should go with it. 199 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:21.120 Which is also like when you bring up the Stuart 200 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.600 McGill comparison. I feel that it's such a disservice to 201 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.320 kul Deep, who is such a unique bowler in his 202 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:32.279 own rights. He has reinvented his game. Now he can 203 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:36.159 turn the ball both ways, has flippers, zooters, god knows 204 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:40.840 what in his arsenal, but in his I think a 205 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.360 career of eight years, he's played like. 206 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:44.360 Thirteen Test matches. 207 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:49.159 And when you are when you've gone to England, and 208 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:53.320 this conversation is about how these are subcontinental pitches, subcontinental 209 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:56.639 pitches when Test matches going to the day five, like 210 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:57.639 you mentioned. 211 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:00.559 Washington soon there ruining England with one spell. 212 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.919 Their argument must be like in my mind, I'm thinking, 213 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.879 how does Kuli feel because in England he would not 214 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:09.759 have played He knew that he wasn't going to play. 215 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:12.200 When he reached there, he saw that, Oh, conditions are 216 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:15.360 probably in my favor, but still nowhere close to the 217 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:15.960 playing eleven. 218 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:19.200 I mean that is the biggest question mark on the 219 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:22.879 team management because you have been carrying a potential match winner. 220 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.320 It's not just me, you or Alan or actually saying this. 221 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:30.840 Notable cricket experts, former World Cup winners, World Cup winning 222 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:33.519 captains like Michael Clark have come out and said India 223 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:36.039 have to play Kipiada if they want to win this 224 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:40.039 Test series in England, because England, as we all know, 225 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:42.399 they have gone. They have been, they've been the bass 226 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:45.039 bawling side. Apart from the losses in the first two 227 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:48.200 Test matches, they were bass bowling. And Kipiada is one 228 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.480 guy who is actually very tough, very tough nut to 229 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:54.320 crack for these English battles. We have seen in T twenty's, 230 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:58.360 we've seen in ODIs and whatever you might say, even 231 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:59.720 if he has not played a lot of Test matches 232 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.200 in England and I think he's never paid England, but 233 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.799 then again, the amount of quality he has and. 234 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.679 The experience which he carries, I can bet on it. 235 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:11.320 In any Test match where you feeled him against England, 236 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:14.159 even in Manchester where the fastballers are getting your help, 237 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:17.039 he is going to trouble them. And and you know, 238 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:19.639 the biggest concern for me is, yes, soon there was 239 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.960 excellent in the Lord says he produced a sensitutional spell 240 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.639 and got in here to somehow a total where if 241 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:28.399 we could have chased it down. But my biggest concern 242 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.159 is what we have seen is like England's best batter 243 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:35.480 in this series for me has been Bendicett and Jimmie Smith. Right, Benduicett. 244 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:38.399 What he has done is he has taken Boomera apart. 245 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:43.279 And then the way he handles even when there were 246 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.840 roughs and Jada was trying to exploit it, Bendicett produced 247 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:51.000 produce those reverse sweets, reverse laps to just deal with 248 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:53.240 him and hit boundaries. I don't think it will be 249 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:55.639 that very easy to hit Qui deep in the same manner. 250 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:59.399 So should be getting a chance, but again you never 251 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:01.039 know what our coach and the team and as it 252 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:02.519 is thinking correct. 253 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:05.039 There's one more reason that I'm saying this because apart 254 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:08.279 from what we have spoken of in the like on 255 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:11.039 the changes in the bowling department. There will be a 256 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:14.360 change in the batting department as well because Risha Punt 257 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:17.399 is still injured. He has an issue with his left 258 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:21.639 arm and if the drills are anything to go by, 259 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.600 Druve Juail will be playing these Test match So that's 260 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:28.720 one additional member on the batting side for the Indian team. 261 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:32.519 So ideally, how I'm thinking is that if there are more, 262 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:35.879 if there are extra number of batters, you need all 263 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:39.799 specialist bowlers to tackle that bowling department role because you 264 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:41.799 don't need an all rounder anymore. You don't need a 265 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.039 Washy Sooner anymore because that extra battery you already have 266 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:47.480 in Juril. Why would you opt for an extra allrounder 267 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:50.559 the Jazz already there, so get a special spinner in. 268 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.720 Yeah, definitely. 269 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:54.840 And also, like you said, in case of the batting 270 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:58.879 lineup as well, the big question still remains play will 271 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:00.000 he get another chance? 272 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:00.480 Yeah? 273 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:05.279 Absolutely, because like Sizos is waiting in the wings. We've 274 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:08.480 all we've heard. I think Herbizon had a exclusive with 275 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:10.960 us where he said that India should be picking the 276 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:15.799 best team now going forward. Like I remember Dniss saying, 277 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:18.639 bringing back the Kuli equation. He said that India is 278 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:21.759 not a team that has always played with four pacers 279 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:24.559 out and out pacers and one spinner. That has never 280 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:27.080 been Even when we went to England, we always had 281 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:30.320 a Herbizont and a anilkum play. In the early times, 282 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:33.679 we used to have two spinners regardless of the conditions 283 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:36.200 to play, and then you had three paces. 284 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.480 Yeah, I remember it heading Lee like that one game. 285 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:41.200 I think it was heading Lee. So Satchin and Surow 286 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.759 combined to score like six hundred runs and they let 287 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.799 anil Kummel run ride on a on a pace fundry 288 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.440 pitch and Hilkumlia has come in and he's ruined England. 289 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:52.639 I don't remember if you won that test much or not. 290 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:54.759 Surely we would have because in my memory it's a 291 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:58.720 good either dra Yeah, so there are arguments. 292 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.559 Yeah, you you if you if you have a template 293 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.960 that is associated with Indian cricket. Now, I understand that 294 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:08.039 this four pacer thing works in certain areas, But if 295 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:10.279 you have a template that has been working and bringing 296 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.960 in success for a long period of time, why change 297 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:17.360 from it? Right, Like how Sarah pointed out, is a 298 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:20.879 match winner right A lot of times Maybe in his 299 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:23.240 career he had a slump, as you pointed out with 300 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:26.279 the whole KKR situation as well, he had a slump, 301 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.279 but the fact that he came out and he came 302 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:32.679 out as a way, way better bowler. This I believe, 303 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:36.080 like you said, Benduckett, Jamie Smith, they have not faced 304 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:39.279 a Kuliba. Yeah, they have not faced somebody like a 305 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:43.879 Kuliba who can. Like I said, a Chinaman bowler is 306 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.879 something that is a very rare commodity. We don't use 307 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.519 that term these days because it has been changed, but 308 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:53.159 it is a very rare commodity. And I'm pretty sure 309 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:55.879 as hell Jamie Smith has not faced a bowler. Like 310 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:59.039 I'm pretty sure as hell Benduckett does not have an 311 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:03.000 idea about how this guy bolds because Beneckett might be 312 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.320 expecting a ball to go away from him, and that's 313 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:08.879 where being the smart guy can bring it back in 314 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:12.559 like so he can spin both ways and then you 315 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:16.399 bring to the batting lineup again. Karunayer size. That is 316 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:20.120 the biggest conversation going around right now. Has Karuna impressed 317 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:23.159 me to an extent to a thirty or a forty? 318 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:26.519 But like how Faruk engineer said, we want a number 319 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:30.159 three to score more than thirty or forty. So that 320 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:32.960 is another point of discussion that I guess in the 321 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:37.440 next two days we'll get to know. But yeah, Karuna's chances, 322 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.879 I don't I'm not very confident about it. I'd like 323 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:42.960 to know your guy's opinion on that. 324 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.600 You know, when Karnaia was back in the IPL, I'm 325 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:51.039 supporter and I can never don't we know? Yeah, I 326 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:53.879 can never forget that knock against Mumbai Indians. Yeah, the 327 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:58.519 way he took about Boomra Santiner. He was sensational, but 328 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:02.919 apart from that, he did not do jack for used 329 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:07.119 because he was not able to score. He always got 330 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:11.119 those starts, but then he threw away his wickets. Now 331 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:14.480 what happens is he gets a chance in the Indian 332 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:17.319 Test side, and before that he travels with the India 333 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:18.359 Is God to England. 334 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:21.400 He scores a double hundoned. I think it's true. Yeah, 335 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.720 the first match. Yeah, see how distant that movie looks like. 336 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:29.319 And now when he has got a chance in the 337 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:31.000 first tess, I think he was batting at number six 338 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.319 because sis media is w and plaid number three. 339 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:36.240 First things, he got up for a duck. Then the 340 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.000 second next thing. 341 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:38.559 Is he looks like a better batsman, and he looked 342 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:41.240 like a man in control of things. But again the 343 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.799 moment he got some starts, he threw away those starts. Now, 344 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:46.599 in all those those matches, if you look at in 345 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:50.319 the last three Test matches, his highest score is forty. 346 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:53.279 And that also he scored only once one duck, a 347 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:56.920 couple of twenty thirties and then one forty. I don't 348 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.559 think this guarantees you a place in the next Test match. 349 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:03.640 But having said that, we should not forget what coach 350 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.559 Gambu said when the. 351 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.359 Team was announced. 352 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:08.240 When the t was announced, he was asked about coronair 353 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:10.759 and how long a chance can he get in this 354 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:14.880 form of cricket. Combu said, I hope I can trust 355 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:18.480 him with this series. So I believe if Kambi has 356 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.279 backed him in public, I think he will back him 357 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:22.720 and he will give you at least one more Test 358 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.960 match to prove himself, which might sound harsh on someone 359 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:29.279 like exuas who failed in only one game and he 360 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:31.920 was benched and he is he's yet to get another 361 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.839 chance and we are in the four Test match of 362 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.319 the series. 363 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:37.759 So that is a big, big, big point. 364 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.000 Of dilemma for me also whether Karunair plays, and like 365 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:43.960 you said, if Druzel gets a chance, and we have 366 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:46.279 been hearing reports the reship month might play just as 367 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:50.880 a battle. So will Karuner play again when you have 368 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:53.880 a reship Punth and Jujuel both, will you play a 369 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:57.039 Karnair or will you bench someone like Sundar? 370 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:59.359 So what's the lineup going to be? So like like? 371 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:04.440 Since you say that, so it's yes, Let's say Karuna 372 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.000 at three. 373 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:10.039 Let argue for the moment three then is the captain 374 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.480 he has. 375 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:16.440 To play S four five specialist batter at five, at six, 376 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:20.559 at seventh. Yeah, then will you play sooner? I don't 377 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:22.480 think you'll be soon there, so I am skipping sooner 378 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:27.359 for the moment. I'm going to go boomra Siraj at 379 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:30.319 eight and nine. So we have two spots left. Do 380 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:32.920 we bring in cool Deep? I think we should bring 381 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:34.720 in cool Deep. If you're not playing sooner, he has 382 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:36.240 to come in. So we've brought in cool Deep. So 383 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:38.359 we need one more fastballer. Is that going to be 384 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:41.160 shad or proceed or if fit a cash tip. 385 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:43.279 If it's not fit, I will give. 386 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:49.920 Chance and one spot. I would rather go because unanimous one. 387 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:53.720 Yeah, because I first time you need to see probably 388 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:57.160 this is coming from my side. You need to now 389 00:19:57.680 --> 00:20:01.240 go with unknown commodities as well. You need to prize England, right. 390 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.680 The CounterPunch has. 391 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:06.279 To bring back the twenty twenty one Bordergavaskart Trophy thing. 392 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:11.480 Yeah, because you you have. 393 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:14.039 Seen what India has to offer. The best of India 394 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.200 came in the second Test, Third Test. 395 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:20.000 Also, I feel India has played well in all three 396 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.599 Test matches. It should have ideally been India leading the 397 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:26.440 series to one rather than the other way around. Because 398 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:30.000 India has produced phenomenal cricket. There have been brilliant moments. 399 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:33.359 There have been moments that have not been great as well. 400 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:36.119 But the fact is now to hit the CounterPunch, you 401 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:38.920