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India lost six wickets for thirty-one runs in the twilight session of the second day at Adelaide, the session that the pink ball does its most work in, and the session that has decided every day-night Test played at the ground since the format was introduced.
India and Australia have played ten Border-Gavaskar series since 2014. India have won eight. The reason is not the reason the commentary boxes give, which is spin. The reason is the reason that the scorecards show, which is the second innings, and the second innings is the innings that India, in this series, have made their own.
Tendulkar's 200th Test was in November 2013, his last, and in the eleven years since, no Indian batter has come within thirty Tests of his record of two hundred, and the reason is the reason that the calendar has changed, and the calendar is the thing that nobody blames.
Anil Kumble said "he needs to play", and the "he needs to play" is the thing that is the thing that is the slam, and the slam is the slam that is the thing that is the thing that the team management has been slammed for, and the slammed for is the slammed for that is the thing that is the thing that the World Cup-winning spinner has been left out for, and the left out for is the thing that is the thing that Kumble called an "abject surrender".
Ashok Sharma wants to bowl one hundred and sixty kilometres per hour, and the one hundred and sixty is the number that is the thing that is the thing that the ambition is, and the ambition is the ambition that is the thing that is the thing that India need him to, and the need him to is the need him to that is the thing that is the thing that the express pace is the thing that is the thing that India do not have and that Ashok wants to be.
Dinesh Karthik lost his cool on air over Harshit Rana's powerplay promotion, and the powerplay promotion is the promotion that is the thing that is the thing that Karthik lost his cool over, and the losing his cool is the losing his cool that is the thing that is the thing that the tactical blunder is, and the tactical blunder is the blunder that is the thing that is the thing that the powerplay promotion was.
Lord's hosts a Women's Test for the first time on July the tenth, and the first time is the first time that is the thing that matters more than the result, and the more than the result is the thing that is the thing that the ground, and the game, and the women who play it have been waiting for, and the waiting is the waiting that ends on the tenth.
England's pace battery exposed India's weakness against the moving ball, and the moving ball is the ball that is the thing that is the thing that the weakness is, and the weakness is the weakness that is the thing that is the thing that the Archer and the Tongue and the Overton are the things that are the things that exposed, and the exposed is the exposed that is the thing that is the thing that the one hundred and twenty-five run defeat is the proof of.
Gautam Gambhir said the word "transition" after the fourth defeat, and the "transition" is the word that is the word that is back, and the back is the back that is the thing that is four defeats old, and the four defeats old is the thing that the fans and the experts are questioning, and the questioning is the questioning that is the thing that the "transition" is supposed to answer.
Harry Brook's England are playing a different game, and the different game is the different game that India are still playing the old one against, and the old one is the old one that is the thing that is the thing that the unchanged XI and the confidence and the Brook captaincy are the things that are the things that the different game is.
Harsha Bhogle said "unacceptable", and the "unacceptable" is the word that is the word that is the thing that is the polite version, and the polite version is the polite version that is the thing that is the thing that is the thing that Bhogle said vs what Bhogle meant, and the said vs meant is the thing that is the thing that the voice of reason in Indian cricket is.
India's biggest T20I defeats by runs is a list that keeps getting longer, and the longer is the longer that is the thing that is the thing that Trent Bridge added one hundred and twenty-five to, and the one hundred and twenty-five is the one hundred and twenty-five that is the thing that is the thing that is the new top of the list, and the new top is the new top that is the thing that is the thing that no team wants.
