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

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
again, use machines alone to umpire and you are guaranteed objectivity and a precision the likes of which we have never seen. it is always the human elements that ruin umpiring
I think I would support fully electronic decision making if it was faster. It has to be within like ten seconds for it to be used every time.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
I just laugh when I see the crowd shots. There are a bunch of people packed together! And then rows and rows are empty. This is not social distancing!!! Just open it up if you’re gonna do this, at the rate of rise from yesterday, the stadium should hold like 200,000 people by now.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Does it matter? If the net result is removal of human beings from the destiny of decision making, then that's a win no matter how long it takes.
We already have accusations of hawkeye and the projected path and hotspots being fixed, mate. :laugh:

There is no winning with this one but with neutral umpires, at least the discussion is on the competence rather than bias.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
The stadium does look beautiful tho! I made a promise a long time ago never to visit cricket stadiums in India because my annoyance of how they treat the fans but I may have to make an exception for this stadium.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
All these are rub of the green in favour of India. There are times when Great Britain supporters benefit from such close calls too. Let's not beat about the bush too hard blaming these small blemishes. Overall the bigger boy in the business - team India has given a sound thrashing and you guys were able to manage a lone victory infact drew first blood against a superior team is creditable. Be happy on that account.
Stop doing this. It's England and Wales.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Lol people actually wanted this man out of the team. Might be our best batsman on form let alone best opener.
Rohit? He has played 36 Test matches, 20 of them away. In those away Test matches, he averages 27 with ZERO centuries. I think that’s a long enough run. And that’s just not good enough for your opener in away conditions, where india have to win consistently to be the best for any length of time.

I’m not doubting his ability to make big runs at home, but india have to stop taking him on tours.

But I accept that he won’t be dropped anytime soon so it’s a moot point.
 

OverratedSanity

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Rohit? He has played 36 Test matches, 20 of them away. In those away Test matches, he averages 27 with ZERO centuries. I think that’s a long enough run. I’m not doubting his ability to make big runs at home, but india have to stop taking him on tours.

But I accept that he won’t be dropped anytime soon so it’s a moot point.
He was really good in Australia. Career average has little to do with how he's batting right now.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
The 2010s have been a very different story from what I have experienced and heard. Another area where the IPL has had a huge impact.
That’s fair and I’m happy to hear that. Do you still have to go to a bank to pick up tickets or can you order online like literally every other sport in the rest of the world?
 

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