***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

[cnerd123]

Loose looking player, hardly surprising.

It is actually very surprising if you've watched/followed any of his cricket before this one Test match.

 

[Xuhaib]

India might have just found the perfect track for home conditions it enhances their advantage because they have superior spinners however it also keeps the substandard pitches crowd away.

 

[Gnske]

It is actually very surprising if you've watched/followed any of his cricket before this one Test match.

I liked his body of work on his debut

 

[Zinzan]

Sodhi spell coming here. You better believe it.

 

[Zinzan]

Would rather either Jeets or Tastle over Craig.

 

[vcs]

Good to see Pujara's mindset, putting away bad deliveries early in his innings. #intent

 

[vandem]

Sodhi spell coming here. You better believe it.

You mean a mix of good leggies, with a few long hops and a couple of easy-to-spot-wrong-uns?.

 

[Zinzan]

You mean a mix of good leggies, with a few long hops and a couple of easy-to-spot-wrong-uns?.

Just needs to eliminate the long-hop which seems easier said than done.

 

[cnerd123]

Vintage Craig

 

[vcs]

That wasn't even a bad delivery. Great batting from India since the break!

 

[vcs]

They picked a good actor to play Dhoni, that guy looked a decent cricketer in Kai Po Che. That was a really good movie IMO.

 

[harsh.ag]

Amaze batting post tea! The possibility of rain just adds to the awesomeness of this game. Go Che!

 

[cnerd123]

They picked a good actor to play Dhoni, that guy looked a decent cricketer in Kai Po Che. That was a really good movie IMO.

Good resemblance to MSD too, and the shots he plays in cricket scenes in the trailer look fairly authentic.

Lol what's happening here. 30 runs in 15 balls

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I was feeling positive about this game a few hours ago. Now I think we'll lose by 200 runs

 

[honestbharani]

As usual, it all started with a misfield.

 

[vcs]

Good resemblance to MSD too, and the shots he plays in cricket scenes in the trailer look fairly authentic.

Lol what's happening here. 30 runs in 15 balls

Yeah. Shame it'll probably be a dire movie.

 

[Zinzan]

Really disappointing from the NZ spinners, plenty there if you can hit the right areas, but only landing 1 in 6 and getting the pace wrong. Learned nothing from Jadeja & Ashwin sadly.

Let's see how Santner goes, like to see him bowling a touch quicker overall.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Is there much more rain forecast for the next couple of days?

 

[cnerd123]

Spinners from overseas also all have a tendency to bowl with lots of overspin rather than sidespin, and to try and get the ball to hang in the air rather than digging it into the pitch. This is because on surfaces that don't offer your much turn, you need to rely on flight, drift and bounce.

Ashwin and Jaddu rip the ball viciously with side-spin, and mix up tossing the ball up with digging it into the wicket. Craig and Santa are tossing it up, which is fine, but it seems like they're overspinning it rather than side-spinning it.

Sodhi's actually the best bowler they have for these conditions atm, needs to be given more overs.

 

[Zinzan]

We should be revolving the bowling around Santner and Sodhi here with Boult, Wagner and Craig just giving support.

Santner needs to be 3-4 kms quicker and half a foot shorter.