We review the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad – where India lost a Test match at home after gaining a first-innings lead of 190.
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SpotifyTalking Points:
- One of England’s greatest wins
- Ollie Pope’s freakish 196
- India’s approach to facing left-arm spin
- Why England choose to sweep and reverse-sweep India’s spinners
- Bazball and the approach to risk-taking
- India’s batters getting out to unforced errors after being set
- Jasprit Bumrah’s astonishing range
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page
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Related:
- Sky Cricket podcast with Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain – Sky Sports
- England begin their series in India with a win… Again – Kartikeya Date – Cricketingview Substack
- Jasprit Bumrah interview with Ali Martin – Guardian
- Bharat Arun interview – 81allout podcast
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Great conversation. Ashoka is fun, man! Sid Monga had written a preview which seems to be proving true. Feels like this England team has caught India in transition, the way a great England team had caught in 2012 or had caught Australia in 2010. Not just one team has to be in transition or aging but the other team has to be good as well, only then away series wins tend to come between two big teams. also, another example of slow turners where Indian spinners were not able to completely finish it off like Kanpur 2021, were two tests in 2017, one against Australia and one against Sri Lanka. The fact that in the next test, Indian batting will have a lineup that will not have anybody from the Kohli era lineup except Rohit Sharma who was then not very regular, is a reflection of this forced or unforced transition.
Thanks for the comment. You’re right about 2012 and 2010. However, unlike 2012, this is a 5-Test series and home teams usually have the edge there – because of the depth in bowling they are able to call forth. Jadeja’s absence is a big blow, yes, but it’s not as big as blow for India as Hartley or Leach getting injured is for England. In 2012 – England had a world-class spinner in Swann and Monty had the series of his life. If one of Hartley or Leach can do a Swann here – we’re in for a treat.