***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Shri]

It's nowhere as tough a pitch as the so called experts called it initially. Were calling 200 to be a good score. lol.


It's actually easier to bat on than even the Mumbai pitch from England series where England got 400 in the first innings despite there being a lot of quick sharp spin.

They were mostly saying how difficult it is going to be later though and I agree. Days 4 and 5 will be nightmarish to bat here.

 

[OverratedSanity]

None of you ****s know how this pitch is actually playing.

 

[Shri]

None of you ****s know how this pitch is actually playing.

Foot marks after the first over, ****.

 

[Shri]

Lol. Box heads.

 

[TheJediBrah]

And I still maintain the pitch is ok.. Its not even turning at pace like Mumbai did. The turn is there but wicket is slow and no inconsistent bounce yet. I agree the surface lookrst very bad but it has played perfectly fine for a first day track in India. Never thought I will see Warne lead the Gambhir-ing for the Aussies already.

lol m8 . . . it's the first session of day 1

 

[honestbharani]

None of you ****s know how this pitch is actually playing.

Link to Mumbai test discussion here

 

[Son Of Coco]

yes.


why are people even asking the question lol people come back from retired hurt all the time. itl affect his rhythm tho which sucks[/QUOTE]

Not as much as batting with a clenched arsehole and watering eyes does.

 

[honestbharani]

lol m8 . . . it's the first session of day 1

And pitch will only get slower now.

 

[Son Of Coco]

yes.


why are people even asking the question lol people come back from retired hurt all the time. itl affect his rhythm tho which sucks

Not as much as batting with a clenched arsehole and watery eyes does.

 

[Burgey]

One of the better things about cricket as opposed to a lot of other sports is you can have so many players who bring a skill set to a team which is invaluable in certain conditions but not worth a squirt of piss in others.

Ravindra Jadeja is such a man.

 

[Burgey]

And I don't say that to disparage the man either, btw. It's far better to be in that position than be someone like Matthew Wade who has no skill set which is of any value anywhere.

 

[honestbharani]

I think he will be a better bowler now overseas than he was 3 years ago. Not that he will suddenly be a match winner but if you have a team with 3 or 4 good seamers, he can surely do a job.


EDIT: I am not disagreeing with Burgey's point here. Just a tangential observation from his point, like on hotspot. Before this gets taken in a diff. way too

 

[Burgey]

I think he will be a better bowler now overseas than he was 3 years ago. Not that he will suddenly be a match winner but if you have a team with 3 or 4 good seamers, he can surely do a job.


EDIT: I am not disagreeing with Burgey's point here. Just a tangential observation from his point, like on hotspot. Before this gets taken in a diff. way too

Do you mean he'd sort of be more effective in a holding role OS than he has been previously? Might well be right, I just dunno if he'll ask enough questions on different surfaces to put doubt in the batsmen's minds, but I guess we'll find out soon enough

 

[Burgey]

Hundred up. Jeez I'd have taken this score at the start of the day, even though the scoring rate has dropped a lot since Warner went.

Not so worried about that from an actual scoring POV as much as it putting pressure on the batsmen and they do something dumb.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah.. I feel he can keep it tight and nick a couple of wickets when batsmen look to go after him. And maybe pose more threat in the 4th innings if there is wear and tear on the wicket. Basically think he will be an OK choice as the lone spinner if the team has a good seam attack. Which was not the case earlier. Certainly dont think he will ever be a match winning spinner OS though.

 

[centurymaker]

And pitch will only get slower now.

YES! This. It doesn't necessarily have to get 'significantly more' difficult to bat on, come day 3 & 4. That's because the pitch gets slower as well, edges don't carry, and you can more easily adjust by playing late due to the extra slowness. This somewhat offsets the difficulty caused by the pitch taking turn more regularly.

I still stand by the opinion that it's an easier pitch than the Mumbai one, which had quick sharp turn

 

[Burgey]

Yeah he might struggle to jag a game OS in conditions where they play three quicks if Brains is fit and firing.

 

[honestbharani]

At the moment, it looks a bit of a road. And the pitch whiners have gone quiet.

 

[Burgey]

Interesting review.

 

[Spark]

not a great review imo