What a collapse from the Aussies
Big time collapse from us, lucky Iām not to phased by 20/20 cricket.
Itās happening againā¦
Yeah FFS 2-130 when I got woken up by Echo, now 6-147 
8-166 now :ozil:
I see England was 8-149 also and you made 230
56-4, chasing 303 :ozil:
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Yes Aussies
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Yeah I bragged too soon on that one 
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The big show and Alex Carey 
Watching a doco on Australian cricket following the Cape Town incident up until the Ashes last year, really good viewing.
Kohli only playing the first test in Australia this summer then heading back home for the birth of his child.
2 years ago when India beat us at home for the first time we didnāt have Smith, this time theyāll be without Kohli for the bulk of the series. Iād be surprised if they do it again.
India bowled out for 36 in Adelaide with no one reaching double figures, remarkable days test match cricket.
Absolutely shameful. Shastri needs to walk and India seriously needs to reconsider the middle order. Rahane has been a passenger for years, Pujaraās ineffective batting hurts the side.
Take nothing away from the Aussie bowlers though. Hazlewood was unplayable. Thatās the series done I am afraid.
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Itās a shame Virat is returning home, love watching the best players in the world play.
Always great competitive banter between Kohli and the Australians also.
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Not after inflicting serious damage on his own side though.
His petty politics has comes in the way of the side too often. First ousting Kumble and now leaving Rohit and Ishant out cause they donāt fit in his clique.
Heās a great individual player, but his ego is far bigger than him and heās let personal success get to his head. Thatās one of the reasons why he has never won anything significant as captain
I wasnāt aware he had personal issues with Rohit and Ishant, so thatās the reason they arenāt currently playing ?
Last time I saw Pant in Australia he looked really good, do you think he should be in as the keeper ?
Rohit has been angling for captaincy in limited overs for 2-3 odd years now and that hasnāt sat well with Kohli. The issue is that Rohit has proven to be by far the better captain.
Rohit and Ishant both got injured during the IPL and it was a convenient excuse to leave them out. But Rohit even came back in the IPL and got the MOTM in the final. After the initial exclusion from the tour, he was included in the test squad and it was reported that heād travel with the squad, but then apparently was asked to return home to regain his fitness. This meant that he could only participate in the last two tests owing to the lack of flights and Australiaās 14 day quarantine rule. No one including the team management knows who ordered Rohit to return home from the bio bubble in UAE.
Ishant was declared fit about 20 days ago, but was was not reconsidered. Incidentally both Mayank Agarwal and Saha had similar injuries and missed the later part of the tournament, but both were included in the travelling party.
He has been in terrible batting form over the last year. TBF to him, he did score a century in the warm-up game, but there is also the reality that he is a terrible keeper, so wonāt displaced Saha unless it is a dead rubber.
Iyer, Gill and Rahul should all be in the playing 11 in the next game and itās a shame Pandya canāt bowl, heād have been a handy all rounder
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Boxing Day Test match has been a nightmare for us so far. Only make 195 and then drop 5 catches in the field when itās our turn to bowl.
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