India:Test Championship Journey

[bhagwati]

Series Result

Dominating 2-0 victory

Man of the Series

Jasprit Bumrah(17 wickets at 10.35)

Milestones during series

P Shaw(reached 1000 runs in 10 tests & in 17th innings)
Shikhar Dhawan(became only 7th Indian opener with 3000 runs in tests)
Jasprit Bumrah(1st Indian fast bowler to pick 10 wickets haul in NZ)
Cheteshwar Pujara(Crossed 6000 runs & is 10th in all time list among Indians)

Batsmen in Top 10 Ratings

Virat Kohli(5th with 700 points)
Shikhar Dhawan(9th with 614 points)

Bowlers in Top 10 Ratings

Kuldeep Yadav(2nd with 867 points)
Jasprit Bumrah(5th with 711 points)

Test Championship Points Table

[bhagwati]

Season Review(2019-2020)

Team Ranking



Player Rankings



Most Runs:- Jos Butler(1291 runs at 58.68 in 12 tests with 3 100s & 8 50s)

Most Wickets:- Pat Cummins(70 wickets at 22.10 in 12 tests with four 5 wickets hauls)

Best Allrounder:- Shadab Khan(289 runs at 36.13 & 37 wickets at 26.84 in 6 tests)

Highest Score:- Hashim Amla(229 against England)

Best Bowling Innings:- Lakshan Sandakan(7/23 against Zimbabwe)

Best Bowling Match:- Lakshan Sandakan(13/99 against Zimbabwe)

Team Highest Score:- South Africa(524/10 against England at Cape Town)

Team Lowest Score:- Bangladesh(83/10 against Australia at Dhaka)

[kanegan]

Nice summary of the season and brilliant results from you.

[bhagwati]

Thanks man. I feel this version is lot less challenging than earlier versions. In 2010, 2013 versions this wouldn't have been possible at all & 2018 was also tough than this one at least. Batting is lot easier, i used to always ball well, this is first time i am batting so well even in overseas tests. Wins were lot more satisfying in 2013 than in this version. I am hoping next series will be more challenging as NZ series was too one sided.

[bhagwati]

Season Preview

Schedule for 20/21 Season

4 Tests vs Australia(Away)
5 Tests vs England(Home)

Season Goals

1. Repeating the performance of our last visit to Australia
2. Qualifying for Test Championship Final

Central Contracts

15 players are awarded contract based on performance of previous season

Grade A

Virat Kohli, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

Grade B

Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma

Grade C

KL Rahul, Hanuma Vihari, Mohammad Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Captain

Virat Kohli

Vice Captain

Cheteshwar Pujara

[bryce87]

Thanks man. I feel this version is lot less challenging than earlier versions. In 2010, 2013 versions this wouldn't have been possible at all & 2018 was also tough than this one at least. Batting is lot easier, i used to always ball well, this is first time batting so well even in overseas tests. Wins were lot more satisfying in 2013 than in this version. I am hoping next series will be more challenging as NZ series was too one sided.

Yes, you dominated and were not even really troubled. Good analysis on the batting too, because I have found the same. In this version, using aggressive batsmen, you can just leave them on two bars and watch them score at a high strikerate. Like you said, on previous versions this was not possible, and the balance has been skewed in this one which is sad.

Looking ahead, I think you will dominate the upcoming series also. Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood could have quite a bit of joy luck on the fast Australian pitches, but you just have too much batting so should triumph.

[bhagwati]

India tour to Australia 20/21

Squad



3-day practice match vs NSW at Brisbane



Playing 11



Players to watch out for

C Pujara(Man of the series last time here)
Steve Smith(our first encounter with him this Australian summer)

[bhagwati]

Toss

NSW won the toss & opted to bat

Match Summary



1st Innings

2nd Innings



3rd Innings



Result

A tough practice game which showed players need to adjust to conditions quickly

Man of the Match

R Hackney(132 in 1st Innings)

Notable Performances

KL Rahul(64)
R Pant(90)
B Kumar(47*)

Disappointing Performance

Bowlers(no bowler was able to get into rhythm in this game)

[bhagwati]

India vs Australia 1st Test at Brisbane



Playing 11



Players to watch out for

Virat Kohli(has outstanding record in Australia)
Pat Cummins(World No 1 Bowler)

[bhagwati]

Toss

India won the toss & opted to bat

Match Summary



1st Innings



2nd Innings



3rd Innings

4th Innings

Result

Satisfying last session victory by 79 runs

Man of the Match

Virat Kohli(179* in 1st Innings)

Notable Performances

R Pant(27 & 70*)
Shikhar Dhawan(109 in 2nd Innings)
Jasprit Bumrah(3/85 & 4/55)
Ishant Sharma(4/94 & 3/55)

Disappointing Performance

Bhuvneshwar Kumar(returned figures of 0/72 & 1/43)

Milestones

Rohit Sharma (went past 2000 runs in his 37th test with 39 avg & 4 100s)
Shikhar Dhawan (became only 5th Indian opener to score 10 test 100s)
Ishant Sharma (became only 6th Indian bowler to pick 300 test wickets)

[bhagwati]

India vs Australia 2nd Test at Adelaide



Playing 11( 1 change)

Mohammad Shami replaces Bhuvneshwar Kumar due to poor showings in both 1st test & practice match



Players to watch out for

KL Rahul( need to score some runs in next few tests)
Steve Smith( returns to team after surprise exclusion in 1st test)

[bhagwati]

Toss

Australia won the toss & opted to bat

Match Summary



1st Innings

2nd Innings

3rd Innings

4th Innings

Result

Chasing target of 236 in less than one & half session(41 overs) we got within 16 runs to clinch an improbable victory

Man of the Match

Prithvi Shaw(100 & 95*)

Notable Performances

Cheteshwar Pujara(103 & 51)
Rishabh Pant(96 in 1st Innings)
Ishant Sharma(4/76 & 3/114)

Disappointing Performance

Jasprit Bumrah(was extremely poor with figures of 1/85 & 1/88)

[bryce87]

So close! The AI often makes incredibly sporting fourth innings declarations, often handing you the game! You almost got there. Shaw is a machine.

[bhagwati]

So close! The AI often makes incredibly sporting fourth innings declarations, often handing you the game! You almost got there. Shaw is a machine.

I didn't think i could chase this on 5th day track so i batted little conservatively & only went all out in last 20 min or so, might have won if i pressed the trigger 3-4 overs early.

[bhagwati]

India vs Australia 3rd Test at Perth



Playing 11 (unchanged)



Players to watch out for

Jasprit Bumrah (was ineffective in last test & avgs 35 in this series)
Mitchell Starc (can be handful for Indian batsman on this fast perth track)