***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Contra]

This is what India did in Sydney 2004 lol.

You have to go for the series win when you have the opposition on the mat. India are there for the taking here, and series wins in India are pretty hard to come by.

Yeah it's kind of ridiculous that the Aussie supporters / Comms are thinking in that fasion, maybe that's their way of not putting pressure on themselves but honest to god this is the best chance that they will ever have, you go for the kill in this test, no playing for safety ****.

 

[anil1405]

looks like 350+ is on the cards by stumps.

 

[Victor Ian]

Nice time for a lunch break. Warner definitely not getting out for another half hour.

I'm tipping he's out within an over or two of resuming.

 

[TheJediBrah]

So, road? Or just a decent, quicker-than-Indian-average pitch?

 

[Contra]

So, road? Or just a decent, quicker-than-Indian-average pitch?

There's definitely bounce available, no real turn as of yet, I think it comes down to a first innings shootout, essentially India have to come close to or match Australia's first innings total for them to draw this game.

 

[Victor Ian]

Batting into day 3 is going for the kill. If they bat until lunch tomorrow and then 1.5 days in the second innings its the same time wasted batting. Batting once is the most sure way to win with this Indian teams propensity to go bigger than the tourists big first up scores

 

[Contra]

Batting into day 3 is going for the kill. If they bat until lunch tomorrow and then 1.5 days in the second innings its the same time wasted batting. Batting once is the most sure way to win with this Indian teams propensity to go bigger than the tourists big first up scores

You obviously bat till tea not lunch tommorow, and given the pitch and scoring rate you are looking at 500+ easily if that happens.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Likelihood of pitch breaking up and being difficult to bat/taking a lot of turn on days 4 and 5?

That will be the key as to whether we get a result here for mine. Although still very early days of course, 1/130 in the first session of a test looks pretty ominous.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yo guys of course rahane comes back in. Smh.

From apparently better than Kohli to dropped. Lol

A few months on and rahane has usurped Kohli's throne and relegated him to waterboy duties. Lmao.

 

[Compton]

Pitch is definitely quicker, nice bounce too.

Cummins will be in the game.

 

[Zinzan]

Starc would have been a handful on this by the looks.

 

[Contra]

This is the pitch wher Hardik Pandya would have been useful.

 

[Gob]

This looks like Gabba day 1 with extra bit of spin tbh

 

[indiaholic]

Starc would have been a handful on this by the looks.

More of a Cummins pitch imo.

 

[Gob]

Starc would have been a handful on this by the looks.

Yeah but Pat won't be much of slouch on this either along with Haze. That is of course assuming that the pitch won't slow down

 

[Zinzan]

Yeah Cummins will enjoy the bounce too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Rahane has to score big in this test. Pitch won't suit Pujara at all but Rahane should enjoy the pace. This next session will probably make it clear whether we'll be batting to win the test or to save it.

 

[vcs]

450 looks like the bare minimum they'll get right now.

Probably a lot more TBH.

 

[indiaholic]

Pujara has to see off the new ball though. Play 80 balls for 10 runs or some such.

 

[Prince EWS]

Pujara has to see off the new ball though.

Such little faith in the openers.