*Official* 4th Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 4 - 8 Mar 2021

[mackembhoy]

FWIW, I dont think any of the stumpings were out. But given how the third umpiring has been with the Rahane non-dismissal and then that Joe Root hawkeye junk, it does make sense to add more tools for the third umpire.

I looked at them both numerous times and I wasn't sure.

I felt the umpire was too fast on the second without looking at other angles. For an example stump cam.

Which he did on the first one which actually made it look out whereas the side on was too hard to tell.

I'm just thinking of the Rohit ones. Don't think there were any others.

 

[sunilz]

Terrible captaincy from Kohli. Should have never allowed Stokes to settle.

Now he has brought his bad captaincy skill even in test matches .

 

[honestbharani]

it's not really at the batsman when he's already played his shot though. I think it's probably just an annoying nervous habit he has. Just his way of burning off excess energy.

Very Marnus and Steve Smith like but with his keeping, seems reasonably fine when batting, for some reason. Definitely has heaps of nervous energy floating around.

 

[silentstriker]

What in the world is Gavaskar wearing? He looks like a pimp trying out for a role in Charlie and the chocolate factory.

 

[honestbharani]

I looked at them both numerous times and I wasn't sure.

I felt the umpire was too fast on the second without looking at other angles. For an example stump cam.

Which he did on the first one which actually made it look out whereas the side on was too hard to tell.

I'm just thinking of the Rohit ones. Don't think there were any others.

Yeah fair enough. I feel they were close enough that a zoomed version could have shown a different result but based on what we saw, I think the decisions were the right ones. Whether he made them too fast is a different discussion.

 

[honestbharani]

They were 70/2 last game too before it went south. Dont think this is a pitch for collapses though. I was hoping Crawley could have gritted through the Axar spell as he is the one with the natural shots to put the pressure back on the bowlers. With Stokes and Bairstow, you can see they are playing riskier shots and are also kinda pre-determining their attacking and defensive strokes to balls. The reason I rate Crawley is that he seems to have a natural tempo to his batting and is not predetermining whether he wants to play an aggressive shot or a defensive shot. But he was quite the opposite of that today.

 

[ankitj]

Kohli on his way to become an ATG captain. What do you guys think

 

[Woodster]

Kohli on his way to become an ATG captain. What do you guys think

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Some excellent skippers on there, and some beneficiaries of playing in excellent teams.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Gavaskar is an unpleasant little gnome to listen to these days. I get the occasional fighting comment (well, no, I don't really), but the palpable sense of glee/schadenfreude in his voice as he rubs it in is awkward to sit through.

As a commentator, he never gives enough credit to the opposition players. Even if they score a century or pick five wickets, he'll not shower enough praise on them. It's kind of dishonest IMO, sure we'll always be biased towards our own players, but you have to bring some level of neutrality when you are commentating on the game.

 

[Gnske]

God Virat is an embarassment.

 

[the big bambino]

Seems to have regressed to normal repugnant Gavaskar. Out here he was unusually decent.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Not sure what is worse, the sound of Pant wailing or the sound of Swann and Gavaskar from the commentary box.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Nice from Stokes.....but really from Kohli?! One shot over the top and mid off is placed back on the boundary??!!

He has always been way too negative with his captaincy, not sure if the bowler wanted that protection in this occasion.

 

[Gnske]

Protection is for wimps, gotta risk the infection to get that affection.

TJB said that in 2018 but I don't know if i believe it

 

[honestbharani]

If no bat or even pad first, that looks close. Before replays.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

What a crap review.

 

[Gnske]

Wow, if Kohli is the vision of the new India, I'm alarmed.

 

[honestbharani]

Ah, impact outside. Can see why they took it though, it was going on to hit for sure. And was inches outside the line.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Good batting by Stokes and Bairstow, we were almost on the verge of crying about the pitch.

 

[honestbharani]

What a crap review.

Looked very close live, not sure why you think it is "crap" tbh.