On this episode Ashwin and DJ talk all things #IndvBan at Chennai - top order fragility, another miraculous rescue act from Jadeja and Ashwin, brilliant Bumrah wickets, Gill and Pant hundreds, another Ashwin five-for and much more
[00:00:12] Cricket Podcast. I'm your host Ashwin, I'm joined by DJ. DJ welcome back where it's
[00:00:17] a while you only think best one week but because we took a little break at the border
[00:00:21] I recorded last week, he's a kid of the show a little while how do things go at her house
[00:00:25] life?
[00:00:25] Yeah, all good man as I was telling you before we got on air. Got some family visiting
[00:00:31] the link, so been juggling that along with watching the test series. Yeah, it's been great
[00:00:37] fun. I'm off to the England Australia ODI at the end of this week at Lords pretty late
[00:00:43] in September but yeah, I mean the test season in India is underway man and what a way to
[00:00:49] start off with a bang right? So we'll get all into a test. Let's go back.
[00:00:53] That's great.
[00:00:54] Test Review is best cricket right? I mean England Australia, I've always had something
[00:00:59] to just be talked about right? I want to talk about the test as I do a little bit. I think
[00:01:03] my simple question is, is he currently the best all four metric in the all four
[00:01:07] metric batsman better in the world?
[00:01:10] On four, yes, I don't enjoy watching him back a lot maybe there's a new aesthetic thing
[00:01:14] that maybe there's a bit of trauma from the world does championship and the world. But
[00:01:19] he is currently in the best. I mean, yeah, he have trauma because he's a good form. He's an
[00:01:27] I know takes over to say it's six or seven over. And he's just getting six years for fun. It was
[00:01:34] it's incredible to watch. I mean, it's incredibly effective if not.
[00:01:40] So let's look at that. Yeah, well said, but we are in Indian cricket podcasts. We are here
[00:01:46] to talk about India's triumph over Bangladesh at Chepoch.
[00:01:51] These are going to go through it all. Lots of really interesting insights. Lots of kind of records
[00:01:55] and interesting things to talk about. Let me just ask you on the surface if you say at Chepoch
[00:02:02] India bad in first, in a 37370 plus dismissed the opposition for 150, then put up almost
[00:02:09] another 387 and declared and dismissed the opposition for 230, it's a pretty pretty kind of
[00:02:15] standard receiving date. The office one by not standard in that with it's a huge margin of victory,
[00:02:21] but pretty pretty usual date. They obviously think about it, but it was anything about that,
[00:02:26] right? Because first off, when a team in India bad, bad first and makes 376 are,
[00:02:34] you expect a couple of things. When you expect the hit won the toss and chosen to bet,
[00:02:37] to you expect, okay, the top few guys probably put up a decent amount of runs and that's how
[00:02:42] you have to three seventy six and neither of those things happen. Right? Bangladesh chose to pull
[00:02:47] an excellent decision. We walk us through kind of that first rigs, it was bizarre. It was bizarre
[00:02:53] to think about being a hundred and forty four for six and still being able to make 376 and I
[00:02:58] don't know if you heard last rigs. No, I've had the most of the guys. We should get it.
[00:03:02] But I don't very clearly said we have been really test matches off the back of our lower
[00:03:07] order by the period and so so walk us through, walk us through that first to rigs. No, I mean,
[00:03:14] absolutely fair assessment. I think in India particularly, the lower order has contributed.
[00:03:23] I mean, the weight of the lower order runs out is incredible when you compare to the top order,
[00:03:28] because the top order, there's been a few innings often on that you can think of. In your
[00:03:35] sense, we are the fantastic seniors against England of course. But there's been no consistent
[00:03:40] churning of runs that we've used when there's a Luxembourg, Rabid, Tendulkar, Ganguli,
[00:03:44] era, right? Like the Seva, Garaway, you started off with Seva, compared Rabid. And you just
[00:03:50] the top order was the engine. We're very much a 33 type of team now and Pant comes in,
[00:03:58] Kea Bifkea, Rabul, a bit of Yashas, and kind of rescues us from there and then Ashwin in Jadajan,
[00:04:06] Akshad to a certain extent, although his batting did fall or is bowling did fall off, which
[00:04:11] meant that he was dropped for the end of the England. Which I actually wanted to point out when you
[00:04:15] guys were doing the previous last week. Akshad doesn't walk into this test team anymore and
[00:04:20] he does, he didn't. So, Jadajan was always going to play with with Ashwin. And that partnership,
[00:04:28] a Chennai boy and a Chennai Super King, I think this has been written about a number of times.
[00:04:33] From 146 for 6, while everybody else, Kuchar Raoul was trying to play with an himself, play
[00:04:41] conservatively, trying to grind the opposition out and get back into the game. These guys took
[00:04:46] the attack to the Bangladesh, you boulders and ended day one of the things. And let me just
[00:04:50] sorry before you get there because I want to hear about it. Talk to me about the 34 for 3,
[00:04:56] right? Rohit goes first and Hassal Namu then are picking up 5 for great ball.
[00:05:01] Shabbman goes next for dark. And lucky.
[00:05:04] Koli goes third. Like side, go. And Koli.
[00:05:06] Hamzen seen that Koli dismissal them. Yeah, but can you be a top ranked test team and really
[00:05:13] truly say, best and we want to make what to show you, fun, we want to win what to show you,
[00:05:18] to find is if you're consistent, 33 and I guess it's early to react after one test. I'm not gonna.
[00:05:26] But it's also not one test. Like are you sitting here saying,
[00:05:29] do you need some changes? I don't know. Just one looked really good. Even full credit
[00:05:33] worth doing. Ground, for a guy who likes to be fluid and hit the ball, hit through the ball,
[00:05:41] hit ground it out. Sometimes you have to grind it or he looked good. Hunt as well, I will say
[00:05:46] from 34 for 3, they put on a nice 70-order-and-part mission. And, you know, route stayed at the
[00:05:52] crease for a long time but couldn't get going. And then you would come back and talk about the two
[00:05:56] heroes. But what do you make of this road, should my right, should my colleagues at your shop?
[00:06:02] So, road is a class player, there's no doubt about it. I mean, they're all class players. Correct.
[00:06:07] But it's that and there was a cricket for article I think which maybe you mentioned last week
[00:06:13] or maybe it was just after you spoke on the podcast but it gave the averages of 1 to 7.
[00:06:20] So that includes the order on those. It includes people like Ashwin and Jadaja when they
[00:06:26] probably Ashwin bats hate to be forever Jadaja. And India's average from being one of the highest in that
[00:06:33] kind of 2012 to 2019, I do I'm going to forget the years but India's average went from being
[00:06:39] the highest with the back to being the lowest with the back amongst the top test playing machines.
[00:06:45] The bowling averages remain the same and you all have the stats, Daniel. Correct me when I'm wrong.
[00:06:49] Yeah. It's stuck right? Those massive hundreds. The likes of Pujara would turn out a double
[00:06:54] hundred, coal you would get double hundred. Rahane would get runs. You'd have who's opening the
[00:07:01] by morally Vijay Woods court big hundreds and this is at home, this analysis was done at India at home.
[00:07:07] Right? India is dominant at home and it's let's talk about the pitch because they as you said
[00:07:13] somebody thinking of a Chennai test match, you kind of without thinking you think spending pitch
[00:07:21] So I recorded last week's episode and was second guess from myself saying wait what I mean listen
[00:07:26] first off we're a fed show offer I often don't know what I'm talking about but I was saying there's
[00:07:31] a word where you pick four spin options. Forget about three and then I'm going into it and it
[00:07:36] was a fantastic I mean if we've credited the pitch actually we get India gets a lot of negative feedback
[00:07:42] for pitches, seeming under you know seeming under I would the new wall on day one first couple
[00:07:49] quick Sunday to then not better for batting or better for spinners. I mean that's kind of a
[00:07:54] classic test match which if you are it's just just not what I expected from Chipot. Please
[00:07:58] just your theory is they're trying to prep for Australia right? Well that's a conspiracy theory
[00:08:03] that they're saying they're trying to prep for Australian track but the red soil that we use I
[00:08:07] think is imported from the wall and voted it was in the same country it brought across from the one
[00:08:13] to Chennai I think is the theory and it gets you more bounce now amount of the one
[00:08:18] kid he gets a lot of bounce it does get sped later on in the game but this on day one two three
[00:08:25] you could see there was bounce even if there was not sideways spin and there was seam
[00:08:30] and there was movement and batting was not that easy I mean Roachamma both things got
[00:08:35] pretty good ball so you can't really fault him to be honest um it was not easy to bat
[00:08:42] again both teams wanting to bowl first is an indication that this is not a typical Chennai page
[00:08:48] Chennai you bat when the toss bat first and if you get 250 300 your good right generally out of thought
[00:08:56] there was that ining there was a test match the last test match actually Ashwin's
[00:09:01] got 100 into the five hundred against England where they really struggled like the balls
[00:09:07] for spinning the ball of spinning from day one I think Ashwin got 120 but Roachamma got 165
[00:09:14] as well in the first tenings I think Ashwin got 120 in the second innings
[00:09:19] I'm believe well are you looking at the score right no but I mean I mean I'm 161 in the first
[00:09:24] still dude I'd have I don't remember score cards matches the rapid three weeks
[00:09:29] but you're not a single six we lost the mess anyway yeah anyway so that was a spinning track
[00:09:34] that was a change in track from the black soil track where Joe Root remembers score a double
[00:09:41] hundred at the first test and in the air loss England had batted nearly three days on the track
[00:09:45] and in the air loss so this was a different thing and you could see like it was difficult to bat
[00:09:52] Bangladesh of fresh off a win against Pakistan that had prepared seeming tracks for them remember
[00:09:59] so there was a change for the race and at 33 a few it didn't fact would have been thinking
[00:10:05] have we you you saw it man Hasan and Tasken board likes they board phenomenal and he picked up
[00:10:13] he picked up I mean on your score card as a ballerie to dismiss Root show man
[00:10:18] cally and then eventually punt and then he picked up boomerang the tail like for
[00:10:23] of those guys are absolutely huge wicked so yeah I mean not a good start and welcome back
[00:10:30] him to get a lot of credit for making a fantastic century in the next two things taking the
[00:10:34] out go go on the counter attack but nice to see just what play well like we said 34 for three
[00:10:40] we came out 144 for six what are you thinking around 44 for six truly truly when Rahul gets out
[00:10:45] because yes you have jet age I'm actually at the crease but it's also 144 for six in the second
[00:10:52] session and by the way I'm trying to call out by the second session it was the slowest
[00:10:58] to add I think this was day of test screen I think I've ever heard played because they took forever
[00:11:04] they went 30 minutes over and so on and really 80 hours but yeah at 42 hours second session what
[00:11:10] do you think you're that what you're saying you're expecting here on you hoping for heroic so you
[00:11:14] we just need our ballers to set us yet again so I'm hoping for heroics right because I've seen it
[00:11:19] so many times it's almost like when you perform a miracle regularly it sees this to be a miracle
[00:11:27] and in a way this is rescue a team for 144 for six which is not got a very long tail it's got
[00:11:35] boomerah syraaj and akaish they've come out they can battle it you'll bet maybe boomerahs
[00:11:40] it's too at broad for a few runs and got some runs that are large but in our early battle
[00:11:44] as a bit of a bunny so you I felt and it probably brought bone out like one wicked at that point
[00:11:51] and we're looking at 175 180 all out which eventually if you think back we lost our seventh
[00:11:57] wicked at what 3445 343 yeah for next morning all our 376 yeah so we lost to wicked then it could
[00:12:07] quite easily been a 175 all our game and then you're looking at a totally different match
[00:12:13] some sort of pressure on India even if you bowl well and bowl bang by the shout forward they
[00:12:19] did eventually which was 150 probably because of the pressure of the score you're then looking
[00:12:24] at a single in a shootout which is totally different vibe to the game right and that would have
[00:12:29] left Bangladesh in so at that point for these two Chennai boys let's call them to do that
[00:12:35] to perform what is it is an incredible feat of batting and they're not well jadija is
[00:12:43] a better better than us but Ashwin's more a better oh should we be saying that now should we
[00:12:48] be saying he's got as many hundreds of them as the only in test it was his sixth yeah he said
[00:12:53] it was very hundreds of but those cards is sixth the most ever for a wicked keeper he's got
[00:12:58] as many as but then Tony on sleeve six I'm going to look at jadija's stats quickly
[00:13:05] jadija is four test entries really right oh wow yeah i guess today Ashwin has more tests hundreds
[00:13:13] than jadija am I talking to this correct let me just double check very quickly wow that's
[00:13:17] as six to six centuries average of 26.94 jadija has four average of 36.up so there's
[00:13:26] a keeper back to load with a keeper and stop on me in 21 not our thursday's 15 so not that many different
[00:13:31] I think it's just played a lot more I should've batted 142 times versus jadija in 176
[00:13:35] but still and like he has anything like the 80s 70s he made this this match right which is a
[00:13:41] fantastic and he doesn't give him a notch in the centuries call but I mean it's no joke to have
[00:13:45] six test entries bad for a batting not a batting or a bowling or round the right he's a bowling
[00:13:50] for one of the best bowlers to have ever played jadija I'm not sure he's first as Shane warned
[00:13:57] the great Shane warned 37 five for anything Ashwin's just taken so yeah 37 oldest man to do
[00:14:04] and that while we're uploading on him oldest man to take to ever do this to take a five for
[00:14:10] and make a century it this was his fourth including your point you said a chip or back to back
[00:14:14] test here there was no test a chip or good between so back to back test a chip or he made a
[00:14:20] only person do you know this my view reds now is good with you and who has more 105 first
[00:14:25] in the same match the last one putting give you some hints yeah Ben stocks it's such in no such
[00:14:33] in won't have got magnified for you no chance don't think of the best all runners to have
[00:14:36] ever played the game I'll tell you it's not it's not jadija it's not shakibunas it's not jadija
[00:14:46] it's not Gary's overs these are the names these people have all done this twice I
[00:14:50] just don't know what we're talking about it's the in both the most on a five times can you
[00:14:55] imagine that company I mean this guy who's in this is the point right we need to start a
[00:15:01] campaign to say that the first spot in the world has championship final if we make it there
[00:15:06] belongs to last one doesn't matter where the world is going to play I will qualify twice we
[00:15:11] played one year last time he deserved to pay that time and just because in England doesn't mean
[00:15:18] it doesn't pay ridiculous please deserve that spot for him yeah and I'm sure he will pay us
[00:15:24] back in Spain so we need to sign a start of campaign saying Ashwa Shua Lords 25 he
[00:15:30] listen he maybe has two good two good years left if that if he's pregnant maybe whatever
[00:15:37] at this point he needs he should be the he is earned being the first one on a team sheet
[00:15:42] anywhere in the world for those couple years that's always got left at that point you need to
[00:15:45] groom and I don't know how you feel those huge huge shoes right for somebody who can make a century
[00:15:51] six centuries and pick up 38 five first 520 something we could say I mean you have to stop the
[00:15:58] whole we need a seam bowling all round the thing you pick boom rashami you boom rashami
[00:16:03] seraj Ashwa and jadija those my goal is end of story yeah anyway but what and also what and knock
[00:16:10] he's gone to the TNPL he's practiced his power hitting and dude he took it to the bungalow
[00:16:17] they she spinner he knew yeah he was striking an over 90 at one point and he ended as in the
[00:16:24] baby 85 and it was a fluid hitting great stroke making and just no fear type of cricket which is
[00:16:31] crazy to think of at R144 for six when you have batters like golly and shubman and rishab
[00:16:37] and draw it in just while get out early on the first morning of a test to have no fear
[00:16:43] it's just strike it the ball I mean it's just absolute class I mean absolutely I think Ash is
[00:16:48] setting himself up for a CSK return one MS the only legend drops out of the game and Ash comes
[00:16:55] and he plays out his Twilight careers in CSK yellow colors oh man that would look at his batting
[00:17:03] the smart guy right on the second one he can he knows yeah with the whatever that swap what is
[00:17:10] that thing called the impact somehow wow I feel he's in its gone it's not yeah it's already
[00:17:17] over and Ash will put his play for longer that way yeah listen full credit phenomenal knock
[00:17:22] did age or two right it's not you can't no no amount of runs matters if you don't have somebody
[00:17:26] on the other end right if you lose all the little is a teenager bad it's phenomenally look like
[00:17:31] on part of make a century came back the next morning I think was it first ball or second ball or
[00:17:36] he got out and you know it's fine I think it was out without adding to his score yeah so
[00:17:43] it's fun it happens honestly not a huge deal but disappointing for him not to get to that milestone again
[00:17:49] if it's a guy it's been born 90 over don't you want yeah yeah I'm sorry because under the
[00:17:57] cloudier conditions new ball not new yeah the product of the new ball at 80 and the early morning
[00:18:03] very very difficult so 376 on the board not and not a bad first shooting score in India not
[00:18:10] at all how you typically expect to get there did you want to take a very quick break and we'll come
[00:18:14] back and talk about how the rest of the test match unfolded we will be right back. Welcome back
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[00:18:49] method of communication is email right DJ so if our quicks did well and we managed to get 376
[00:18:57] you're hoping that boomeran saraj world last policy akash deep really made a name for himself
[00:19:04] in his early days as a red boat player for it yeah you're hoping they can come good and and
[00:19:10] boy did there 149 all out. I mean boomeraptor for two early wickets and then cleaned up the
[00:19:17] tail akash looked good anything anything you would use to summarize kind of about that first
[00:19:22] thing for me I'm not getting a 225 out of the uh i think that akash 2 and 2 was fantastic boomerast
[00:19:31] first birthday was a little weird because he pushed everything down like side then came around the
[00:19:35] wicked and that boat the opening back which was just a little bit strange to see yeah but the
[00:19:43] key thing was not many wickets for the spinners right and that was the uh that was the you would expect
[00:19:50] that in a in a Chennai try but yeah a little bit of an odd shot from Shakip caught by pun
[00:19:57] of ash reverse sweeping but I felt they probably felt on the pressure to do something different
[00:20:02] to come there was of gender but yeah of gender do yeah but slightly odd dismissal but yeah I mean
[00:20:09] pressure was on um yeah really good kakadak kikko but a clinical performance in a way right and
[00:20:17] similarly I will say 92 for 7 when Shakip did that reverse sweep and you felt like you got
[00:20:23] maybe cleaned up but the tail did like a little bit longer but anyway still 149 all out when
[00:20:29] you have 376 on board you take that most days of the week yeah and i mean boomerah came back to
[00:20:35] to clean up that chain and it was good to see boomerah back as well because and it's good to see
[00:20:42] playing these test matches because i was slightly more in correct chapela at the clonk
[00:20:47] looking for him over here and I don't want to be critical the E in chapela at the lecture not correct
[00:20:52] chapela um and he's like punten boomerah key for India's chance in Australia yeah okay
[00:21:00] okay what like yeah I'm waiting for the punch line it's actually one of the worst article
[00:21:07] I've seen him right recently unfortunately it's a very good writer usually but it's just like
[00:21:12] i didn't think he felt like he rushed through it and didn't have much time to write it
[00:21:15] into this yeah wrote some stuff and yeah good good return for him 4 for 50
[00:21:25] yeah but Ash didn't take a wicked on usual for him right in at the end it was just saving it all
[00:21:31] yeah i think the i think the butter question is when you make these has bad as much as we have
[00:21:36] made them bad in the last few years let's call it is there a little bit of a fatigue factor
[00:21:42] when you make them come on and try to bowl you know Ash could be a new ballbanner right we know this
[00:21:47] and so is it fair to say you need to bat two thirds or three quarters of the batting in
[00:21:53] innings and stay there the whole time and make majority of the runs i mean Ash and Jadageer
[00:21:56] made 200 out of the 375 right and then oh by the way you also have to do all the work with them all
[00:22:02] obviously it's not ideal obviously we everyone's our top order to be making runs but there's an
[00:22:06] element of the fact when you bat as long as you have also of course the pitch was favoring the
[00:22:10] seamballers nine of our wickeds and our bending innings fell to a of inflexible seamballers so it's
[00:22:15] not that not not unexpected but anyway there's an element of fatigue i'm sure that takes
[00:22:21] to get back to full out yeah well yes so he's 38 and he did say that today Joe saying you don't
[00:22:28] have to run three as we can only run two things fine that was a nice little moment yeah i mean
[00:22:34] even getting all kinds of questions and is this your last play test in chipac and i didn't
[00:22:39] i don't think he addressed it or i said but he said if it is what are what a great way to go right
[00:22:43] like what I don't know like the BCC yeah randomly alone it's not much is that would be like how do i
[00:22:49] know yeah all right so i'm 26 run lead on the board i'm 27 if i did that math right and in the
[00:22:59] I comes back out and you think you have enough buffer to play with at this point right
[00:23:03] talk me through disinnings because on paper totally different first off again couple early
[00:23:09] wickeds just while draw it didn't you know just while had a good 15 the first things draw
[00:23:12] with her another early we're not going weird edges the ball on to his bed it was plummet look like
[00:23:22] and so shuman i don't know if shuman takes the blame but him and shuman discussed now if you're
[00:23:27] the if you're the non-striker and your partner comes up to you and asks you should i review
[00:23:31] not your basically judging line was it going on to hit or not and shuman probably gave him
[00:23:37] something to the fact of man from buying a little bit pretty club which i think he did and then
[00:23:42] so happened that there are after you know getting his i started to get his i in the mid 17 of 37
[00:23:48] he had edged it there was a spike on on thread as the ball passes back like that is not show
[00:23:53] months for to be clear like we there would be plenty of people quick to judge to say
[00:23:58] we're out takes a review for everything and if it wasn't yeah but if you know thanks it for everything
[00:24:02] why did you take this yeah why don't you take it then what so i agree and hope but but this
[00:24:08] i'm saying it's available i solely with the banner right but i should know or have a hunch on whether he
[00:24:13] may have it i don't know what is your take on because you play you play some of the
[00:24:18] i don't know if you think i maybe he thought he hit the ground with his bed there's a little bit
[00:24:26] of good that was quite close to the ground it wasn't so sometimes you don't know whether you
[00:24:30] have edged it genuinely even when it goes to the keeper maybe you don't know sometimes you see
[00:24:34] that's when hold the ground and look genuinely surprised when there's an edged that shows up on
[00:24:38] untried so the issue is that coly's a victim of his past referrals i think in his own mind he's just like
[00:24:45] he used to refer everything literally every time we give him god given i'll be really
[00:24:51] who to refer it i think i mean he would have he would have heard a ball if he could you know he got
[00:24:55] ball if he stood there for a second say like that no but he was so you could write but yeah
[00:25:02] i think he's trying to get into the senior states when mindset and i mean the only thing i can say
[00:25:08] to that is like the guy that scored all those runs wasn't that senior states when he was a guy
[00:25:12] said i'm going around no chance yeah so i'd like to see him get back and do you sure
[00:25:17] Rohit reaction is like he's like he's a pagal he's what basically he's a pagal and yeah
[00:25:23] and it was pretty i thought he was like something a little bit worse but we're a family for
[00:25:26] yeah that's true also by the way just an random tangent there's a clip of govinda going around
[00:25:33] talk every young actor i so i'd like to close you i'd listen it sounds exactly like
[00:25:39] Rohit Sharma i'm not even joking it's actually amazing and he's just giving some philosophy
[00:25:45] govinda like today i'm here tomorrow and there whatever and you could totally see Rohit Sharma
[00:25:49] give the same yeah i'm so yeah pretty much amazing speaking over end of the story around and
[00:25:54] again it's important an important caveat as we get to talk about the second and
[00:25:58] exactly after i call it did get a pressure pun i mean you seem this clip of the
[00:26:03] feelers oh i have to send it to you there's a clip that's going that the captain is
[00:26:08] trying to figure out where the feelers should go and this is just pretty admit it first he's
[00:26:13] speaking he's like a man oh admit it we can play a bit said the feeler to admit we can't well he's
[00:26:19] at the bottom the baller did it the baller went to feel the pressure like there are clips
[00:26:24] from the leap trophy where to the leap where co-deepers batting and but there's like yelling
[00:26:30] at him say get out already what are you doing why he's still bad here all in Hindi but i thought
[00:26:34] that was just so funny it's so classic pun and just just a reminder of the fact that he feels
[00:26:40] this is the stage if you'll see belongs on yeah but i don't think he's enjoying him was doing
[00:26:44] anything for the showmanship or anything he just feels like he belongs not just here not just at
[00:26:50] this level at this stage and it's great to see him back and he made a century made it six
[00:26:54] century the guide now for the highest if i ever ran in with you keep a with MS to hold you
[00:27:00] absolutely like let's talk about like 10 90s as well like you keep getting out in the 90s
[00:27:05] good morning yeah no fear i mean pun does basically the verenders are about where he will end his
[00:27:10] career most likely until he was a good white pot player he was a great drink pot player
[00:27:14] and for the guys who ain't swingable that big you think of so i'm going to think he must have
[00:27:18] been a great audio in t20 player and he was good where you don't have to look legend or a great
[00:27:23] of the red ball game and pun is shaping up to be exactly that so it is how good was it to see
[00:27:30] after i mean it's not been not been that long since the card crash when we weren't sure what
[00:27:34] is returned look like and things like that and it was just it was back to us all self-puzzling
[00:27:39] yeah i mean i think it came out a little bit in that celebration and pun's always been
[00:27:49] a key you could see is like he pumps his face and like he's a remember the gaba in english
[00:27:55] and all of that stuff but like he took a moment to compose himself because it was December 22
[00:28:03] he had that accident there he's been in every timeline they've given him in terms of recovery
[00:28:09] physio coming back playing the entire IPL playing it as a keeper not just as a super sum
[00:28:16] better captaining throughout it staying fit he's carrying his own nutritionist on tour he's
[00:28:24] a royalty 20 champion now he was disappointed with the way he got out and the first innings
[00:28:31] and that moment where he got to a hundred and again it's it's no less of a miracle
[00:28:38] that he's not only playing test cricket but playing test cricket playing any cricket
[00:28:46] there was a point which didn't know whether he'd walk again there was point in which we like
[00:28:50] we never knew whether we'd be able to talk about reshapangkong this show ever again as a
[00:28:59] thing that could have been got cut short, cruelly by an accident and so for him to get this
[00:29:05] hundred in his first test match back yes he's been back he's played IPL he's played T20
[00:29:09] played some ODI but this is his first test match back and the last innings he played was against
[00:29:14] Bangladesh that's not forget that it was at 92 I think he got in that test match where was it 92
[00:29:22] I've no idea it was not why you are there is a miracle that Ashwin scored that 14 or
[00:29:27] out and I think this is the last test match. So if you look at his test stats this last test
[00:29:33] might will be against Bangladesh this year you got 90 or I think in that game and
[00:29:40] it was I think what an emotional moment for his fans is well to see him back in white
[00:29:46] back doing what he does best which is
[00:29:50] 94 93 90 or I'm remember his unbelievable yeah but it was a moment man and you just like
[00:30:00] wow he's back and he's gonna all the test matches he's gonna keep it's
[00:30:08] I mean it's it is it is magnificent to see him having fun as well with his friend Gil
[00:30:16] Gil got 119 right so I'm not out. Yeah I mean get that absolutely deserves one he had
[00:30:23] so much he was having fun out there and that's why we find in love with his crazy brand of
[00:30:27] cricket at the first play he did also have to silly strange things but here again he was
[00:30:33] ramping the fast bowlers for six oh wolves find leg there was some magnificent hitting against
[00:30:39] he was dropped on 72 I think but he just carried on and I mean I think he gave
[00:30:47] he told the world that Richard Punt is back in test cricket and he gave us all that joy
[00:30:54] that we didn't know whether we would experience again right so it was it was pretty pretty special
[00:30:59] to be honest. Very very well summarized I mean it was just magnificent not a lot not a lot
[00:31:06] I can say full crew to us to ship and get as well by the way I mean there was a
[00:31:11] 160 and 70 on partnership that both of them got centuries and
[00:31:15] Gil stayed not out at the end Raal came out and hit a couple boundaries got to 500
[00:31:19] I think 500 was probably the goal in terms of lead and so got to 5 15 and by the 414 at the end of it
[00:31:25] and gave fun with this you know almost too much to work with I think the reality is probably too much to work with
[00:31:33] Bangladesh came out the tale of two cities system nine wickets from the ground we should look up that step
[00:31:38] nine wickets for the quicks in or here's it was 18 in the first few things with the ball nine
[00:31:44] within nine running the upper bed but eight wickets into the quicks and in Bangladesh was first
[00:31:48] swings and nine to the spinners this time around six for crash three for a day done and not
[00:31:54] an eight typical way the pitch does and should evolve I'm not upset but I think it's great
[00:31:57] I have a couple of days of quicks and then the ball starting to turn later but absolutely magnificent six for
[00:32:04] a crash again ably supported you would look back and not remember this test for too much by
[00:32:09] Jada but he got five in the match totally picked up two wickets in the first swings three in the second
[00:32:15] and he made 83 in a very very difficult match situation but ultimately this match was all about
[00:32:23] at his home stadium the 10 night boy just magnificent I mean I'm not even going to spend too much time on
[00:32:29] the final in England because they're getting out for 234 matches over as we get to cut and
[00:32:34] port now they've just announced actually before we record this but no it's no change to the squad
[00:32:39] so these let me quickly ask you before you run out of time how are you see this playing out where do
[00:32:44] you think the 11 or how do you think the 11 is going to look you change anything you give the same group
[00:32:49] guys another match and then use that to assess before New Zealand before of course the big Australia series
[00:32:54] so interestingly Kanpur I think is meant to spin and it's sure at least and be a bit of slow turn
[00:33:01] so I wonder whether Kuldev gets to look in at the expense of maybe in Akash
[00:33:07] not Akash they passed on anything wrong in fact if anything he did yes just a world of good he
[00:33:11] played well he filled it with energy yeah I mean but I can't see other than that one change
[00:33:20] Kuldev coming in because Kuldev brings in that left arm China oh not China my wrist arm
[00:33:26] the wrist spin I suppose so you think you think Kuldev comes ahead because of the left arm
[00:33:35] left arm rest instead of Akash with the extra batting you at this point you shouldn't be
[00:33:39] I don't think you need to be for the batting if you played this test Mac without it I just think
[00:33:43] Akash just fell away towards the end of that England series you're expected to run through the
[00:33:48] England batting lineup right because he took 27 wickets in in three games in in 2021 on turning
[00:33:56] tracks he didn't do that this time he batted very well against Australia in early 2023 I think
[00:34:03] the Delhi test Mac I mean safe hey batting well against Bangladesh as well against in that time
[00:34:07] we're put as much as you came in at 304 I mean but he wasn't doing enough with the ball so Kuldev
[00:34:13] finished that series playing instead of of Akash and yes Akash get you more with the bat
[00:34:18] but the batting the lower road of batting isn't your problem right now yeah you need to
[00:34:23] solidify the top you make any changes to the top I assume not right at this point I think the only
[00:34:28] question is Rahul versus Salfras versus that kind of number six number five six. So I don't think so
[00:34:35] I don't think you'll be doing another one I think you've got three more test matches coming up against
[00:34:39] New Zealand if at the end of those test matches you think you need to think or maybe a
[00:34:48] Salfras instead of a Rahul and on dare I suggested a Koli but I don't think Koli is going to get
[00:34:55] that one this definitely not I'm not happening to Lostailer right so Koli is many full in Oestailer and
[00:35:00] Rohit's captain and Yasha's we scored 700 runs in the last series and a fifth in this game so
[00:35:05] and we still can't get made essentially so really the only question mark if he has a bad second test against Bangladesh
[00:35:11] he's Rahul yes he only question but potentially and and it was the only one who is like
[00:35:17] he's just a bit hit away from getting into form and maybe calling for the review may have
[00:35:22] done this time of course very quick Yash the Al why would they select him if he's not going to get
[00:35:28] a look in obviously very famous for the five six is from recocing but has had a really good run
[00:35:34] win domestic red ball recently and a lefty option 60 that looking to leverage him we got that extra
[00:35:40] bounce in Australia you think he gets a look unlike against Bangladesh I guess but maybe against New Zealand
[00:35:46] so I think he's in the squad to gain experience around this squad it sounds a little bit funny but
[00:35:54] like maybe there's a little bit of prepping for mid-stop as well yeah netball on makes it
[00:36:01] neat you don't need to put him in this squad you could have a rather netball over maybe he's too big
[00:36:07] to be drafted in the netball and keep him out of games actually through game etc so
[00:36:12] maybe there's a little bit of logic around that but I can't see him I mean he'd be great for
[00:36:20] someone like Ashwin too because he'd create rough outside the right handers off-stop and then Ashwin
[00:36:26] can land it in that but Ash actually doesn't need any of that is six were in the no health
[00:36:30] innings was pure mask to be a guy and and fly he just slowed it down and he let the bounce
[00:36:37] the thing it was it was pretty great to watch actually absolutely no health need for Ash
[00:36:43] right DJ one more test starts in five days time at comfortable and then they play a couple
[00:36:48] of t20s I think before the New Zealand series starts this has been fun good to deliver I think
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