**Official** 5th Test at Sydney, 3-7 Jan 2025

[Starfighter]

Bumrah down on pace so far.

He's taken a bit of time to work up to top speed this series.

 

[silentstriker]

Yeah, Bumrah is not going to be at his top this game. Oof.

 

[Darwin Award]

Kid's a lunatic

He'll either Afridi his way to a century in tests.... or Afridi his way out of the test squad soon.

 

[Starfighter]

Did he slide his bat there?

 

[Spark]

Bit more urgency to get back in the crease would be welcome

 

[Spark]

He'll either Afridi his way to a century in tests.... or Afridi his way out of the test squad soon.

He sincerely did not play like this at all before the PMs XI game

 

[silentstriker]

thought wilson might give that one out

 

[Starfighter]

He sincerely did not play like this at all before the PMs XI game

And it concerns me. I'd rather a less aggressive batman who averages over 45 to an aggressive one who averages under 40.

 

[social]

This pitch is dodgy and India might have put up a good score

 

[vicleggie]

Pitch is spicy spicy. Suddenly 185 doesn't look like a losing total

 

[Darwin Award]

He sincerely did not play like this at all before the PMs XI game

Might be a nervous starter & his own personal way to get rid of the butterflies.

One thing is for sure if he keeps that up he's going to bagging alot of golden ducks and whatnot living by the sword like that.

 

[Starfighter]

That mustn't have been far from leg stump.

 

[Silver Silva]

So Rohit Sharma misses the first test, plays the 2nd and 3rd test match as a middle order batsman when he's an opener , then goes back to opening the batting in the 4th test before "resting himself" for this match ,despite being Test Captain and his contribution for the series is 31 runs @6 , the No.10 Bumrah has outscored him in the series with almost 1 knock.

India pick Ashwin who retires after playing 1 game halfway through a 5 test series.

India play 3 lower order all rounders but end up with a 9-11 of Krishna, Bumrah and Siraj in the 5th test.

All this on the back of a first 3-0 whitewash at home to NZ. Gambhir should be sacked, What an absolute circus !

 

[Spark]

Pitch is spicy spicy. Suddenly 185 doesn't look like a losing total

"Suddenly"? Looked like this since lunch

 

[Son Of Coco]

Can't think of a day with more time lost due to knackers.

Fixed.

Although Joe Root had a good go at it in the last Ashes out here.

 

[silentstriker]

This pitch is dodgy and India might have put up a good score

Nah. I wouldn't say good. It could be defensible if they bowl really well and the weather doesn't make it easier to bat. India got out to a lot of bad shots.

 

[Spark]

Nah come on that's just not sensible.

 

[Darwin Award]

Only getting in about 76 overs today.

Very disappointing on the first day of a test.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

This is just ego batting. Did he not come with a brain?

 

[silentstriker]

#intent