*Official* 3rd Test at the Sardar Patel Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, 24 - 28 Feb 2021

[Pothas]

7 down for less than 100 having won the toss.

you don't love to see it

Don't forget after being 70-2.

This is a classic really.

 

[OverratedSanity]

How good is it to have crowds back ?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Have only started watching in the last fifteen. Has this been:

1) A complete ****show of basic mistakes on the part of England?
2) Pitch is demonic and it's only a bit below par performance?
3) Skill gap too much between Indian spinners and English batsmen?

1 and 3 combined.

 

[GIMH]

Have only started watching in the last fifteen. Has this been:

1) A complete ****show of basic mistakes on the part of England?
2) Pitch is demonic and it's only a bit below par performance?
3) Skill gap too much between Indian spinners and English batsmen?

4) India cheated

 

[Prince EWS]

Have only started watching in the last fifteen. Has this been:

1) A complete ****show of basic mistakes on the part of England?
2) Pitch is demonic and it's only a bit below par performance?
3) Skill gap too much between Indian spinners and English batsmen?

A bit of all three I think but definitely more 1 than anything else.

All the wickets have come from innocuous looking balls that did pretty much nothing but the mistakes against those were partly created in part by some inconsistent turn and bounce.

 

[eroticfishcake]

Ashwin nearing 400 wickets

 

[wpdavid]

Real flashbacks to some of the worse 2010s England/Australia performances in the subcontinent (esp the UAE) with the number of batsmen missing straight balls here.

Painful reminder of our shocking batting against Pakistan in 2012. That annoyed me more than what we saw in the 2nd test here; world ranked number 1 side, all of the top 7 with healthy test averages, and they just didn't seem to have any sort of strategy for that series. Whereas this time we know that our batting's pretty ordinary so there's not much in the way of expectations. But today has been truly embarrassing. And there goes another one, not that we can blame the tail after most of the top order did nothing.

 

[cnerd123]

Lulz

 

[Spark]

Australia collapsing to zulfiqar babar was the peak of this because I dont think he was even turning his regular off break.

Also, I know you know this, but a lot of casuals dont... playing straight balls is actually a huge part of batting v spin.

Oh yeah absolutely. Getting spooked by the turn and missing the straight ball = clear sign you're not in the right place mentally against spin.

 

[Ashwinashwath]

Cry babies will tweet saying spin tailored pitches now. ICC will penalize India now.

 

[honestbharani]

some inconsistent turn and bounce.

This is the key here.. This pitch has been tougher for batsmen than Chennai, for mine. But does not excuse this score. I mean, they were 70-2 too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

How did none of the cameras get a good view lmao

 

[James]

How good is it to have crowds back ?

I thought I heard on the commentary it was the largest cricket stadium in the world, but looking it up online, it says the capacity is 54,000.

 

[GIMH]

not out for me

 

[OverratedSanity]

I thought I heard on the commentary it was the largest cricket stadium in the world, but looking it up online, it says the capacity is 54,000.

Might be the old capacity before renovation. It's over 100,000

 

[Arachnodouche]

This TV umpire sounds so gloriously rustic, like a throwback to a Wagle Ki Duniya-era. Awesome.

 

[Spark]

I thought I heard on the commentary it was the largest cricket stadium in the world, but looking it up online, it says the capacity is 54,000.

Half capacity because of social distancing

 

[honestbharani]

Cry babies will tweet saying spin tailored pitches now. ICC will penalize India now.

TBF, almost all of the English fans here have been top notch in how they have reacted to the pitches.

 

[Spark]

Cry babies will tweet saying spin tailored pitches now. ICC will penalize India now.

You keep responding to arguments no one here is actually making.

 

[silentstriker]

Half capacity because of social distancing

But half the stands seem empty while the other half seem full.

It’s literally the worst way to social distance.