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

[Arachnodouche]

Pujara doesn't look like the same guy who ate spinners for breakfast a few years ago. Very good bowling from England today.

Someone should tell him skipping down the wicket to pad the ball away pretending to play at it is passe in the age of DRS.

 

[eroticfishcake]

Pujara needs a big score soon or liable to be dropped. He seems to have lost his reflexes

 

[honestbharani]

FJ is being extremely harsh on players here with the review criticism. Obviously, Puji thought it was bat first. It was close enough to see why batsmen will think that.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Someone should tell him skipping down the wicket to pad the ball away pretending to play at it is passe in the age of DRS.

I dunno, thats what usually works for him. If anything its getting stuck in the crease thats been his undoing.

 

[Spark]

Might have to revise both our "par score" estimates and our valuation of England's total here. Looks like it's hard work to score on this deck. 200 is almost certainly below par but it may well be competitive.

 

[honestbharani]

Might have to revise both our "par score" estimates and our valuation of England's total here. Looks like it's hard work to score on this deck.

I dont think it is hard to score here. A lot of drive length balls were left alone and they did not do anything untoward off the wicket. India were hoping to just play out the first session before opening up IMO and perhaps they are hoping to tire out the England bowlers. Don't see how it is a 200 par pitch anyways.

 

[cnerd123]

Che Pu is nowhere close to being dropped. Still incredibly valuable for building partnerships and stabilizing the innings, good pair of hands close in too.

 

[Spark]

I dont think it is hard to score here. A lot of drive length balls were left alone and they did not do anything untoward off the wicket. India were hoping to just play out the first session before opening up IMO and perhaps they are hoping to tire out the England bowlers. Don't see how it is a 200 par pitch anyways.

It's obviously not a great total but it may well be that it's still competitive, whereas I thought yesterday that it was miles and miles off a good score. They're in the game IMO, and that's a start.

 

[honestbharani]

It's obviously not a great total but it may well be that it's still competitive, whereas I thought yesterday that it was miles and miles off a good score. They're in the game IMO, and that's a start.

I dunno how you define miles but I felt it was a 300 par pitch for the first innings and I dont see anything to make me think otherwise yet. 100 runs off par is not as far as being bowled out for 200 on a 400 par pitch, for example.

 

[cnerd123]

Leach has had Che Pu's number all series. Bowling slow left arm orthodox is such a h4x skill at International level. So many right handers.

 

[Spark]

Oooh, game on.

 

[OverratedSanity]

**** you panauti. Need Rohit to save us again.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Haha, bye Kohli you hack.

 

[honestbharani]

That was a snorter. Stokes is awesome.

 

[cnerd123]

****
Off
Kohli

What the hell was he doing there. Drop your hands and let it go geez.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Stokes is

 

[Spark]

That's a really horrible shot though. Would see you mercilessly mocked if you did that in Australia or South Africa.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Stokes does get some nice bouncer for someone who isnt partcularly tall but pretty piss poor from Kohli to waft like that.

 

[Daemon]

Bess will probably come on now and take 2 wickets with a full toss and half tracker

 

[flibbertyjibber]

FJ is being extremely harsh on players here with the review criticism. Obviously, Puji thought it was bat first. It was close enough to see why batsmen will think that.

Hitting middle halfway up and clearly pad first as bat was miles away at time. Poor review.