***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Contra]

I still can't get over how good a delivery that was from Ashwin to get Smith, such awesome drift from around the wicket angle and then not spinning.

 

[Spark]

I don't get why Cummins is still on

 

[Burgey]

I still can't get over how good a delivery that was from Ashwin to get Smith, such awesome drift from around the wicket angle and then not spinning.

Given how he's bowled this series it was probably a fluke

 

[OverratedSanity]

He's bowling really well but can't help but think he should be used like Johnson (ie) in shorter bursts.

 

[Contra]

ohh that last ball, and really well played too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Almost 150 k holy ****. Good thing he dropped his wrists.

 

[Contra]

Have to say Lyon has bowled well in his second spell.

 

[cnerd123]

Pujara generates so much bowler from that bottom hand wrist of his. Quite remarkable.

 

[veganbob]

Outstanding bowling but if these 2 survive till lunch its indias session

 

[Contra]

Happy with that session in the end, losing only one wicket in the morning session against the new ball and 2 quicks at full tilt is really good.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wade is doing this weird thing where almost every ball that the batsman blocks from Lyon, he pretends to take the ball way higher than it actually would have bounced. It's annoying me rather irrationally.

Finally one of the commentators noticed this. Manjrekar WAFG

 

[Spark]

Man, if we'd held that catch...

 

[morgieb]

Pretty tough session. Worry though that they'll start to dominate when Australia's bowlers tire. If only Renshaw had held on....

 

[OverratedSanity]

Great session to watch. Outstanding bowling from Australia... gave nothing away, and these two have done well to survive.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

India's session by a decent margin. Not a massive dent in the lead but got through the new ball and the big effort spells of Haze and Cummins with only one down. Runs available for the rest of the day now that they've got some set batsmen.

 

[cnerd123]

Finally one of the commentators noticed this. Manjrekar WAFG

Why is he doing it? Technical flaw or trying to create the impression of the ball bouncing more? Who is this aimed at? The non striker? His teammates? The umpire?

Surely the only affect this has is make the ball seem like it's bouncing a lot more than it is to the umpire, potentially costing his side some LBW calls

 

[Shri]

Rahul deserves a hundred here for the way he has played throughout the series.

 

[Burgey]

Why is he doing it? Technical flaw or trying to create the impression of the ball bouncing more? Who is this aimed at? The non striker? His teammates? The umpire?

Surely the only affect this has is make the ball seem like it's bouncing a lot more than it is to the umpire, potentially costing his side some LBW calls

Maybe he's doing it as a drill to make sure he stays down then keeps coming up as it bounces. I haven't been watching since it was first noticed so I don't really know, just a guess on my part. Doubt he'd be doing it to try to convince anyone of anything

 

[srbhkshk]

Props to Rahane the captain and Rahul the batsman, Rahane has done better than Kohli on the field (Although the team selection kinda feels weird ). Rahul has really impressed me in this series and has been the reason why this series is 1-1 rather than 2 - 0 .

 

[Spark]

Maybe he's doing it as a drill to make sure he stays down then keeps coming up as it bounces. I haven't been watching since it was first noticed so I don't really know, just a guess on my part. Doubt he'd be doing it to try to convince anyone of anything

Yeah I thought this as well.