*Official* 1st Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, 05 - 09 Feb 2021

[trundler]

Joe Root's average is back to 50!

 

[MW1304]

Averaging 50 now too, woop

Edit: boo you

 

[Burgey]

Hot take alert: Sundar isnt really a test class bowler is he. Impressive batting in Australia but he needs to do a lot of work on his bowling, should be using his height better.

Fair point. Needs to come over the top of his front leg more

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

So good from these two, cashing in big time now when the bowlers are tiring

 

[Tom Flint]

Those runs in the nineties came too easy,no pressure should have bought the field in or at least ashwin or bumrah on for an over before the new ball.

 

[JOJOXI]

Those runs in the nineties came too easy,no pressure should have bought the field in or at least ashwin or bumrah on for an over before the new ball.

Wondered that too, the comms said how much the main 3 bowlers bowled but Nadeem has almost bowled as much as Ashwin it's not like Ashwin has bowled 25 overs and Nadeem 10 or something.

 

[Kirkut]

After the Gabba high we needed some grounding . About time!

 

[OverratedSanity]

After the Gabba high we needed some grounding . About time!

Yeah can't be overconfident thinking we can beat non australia teams with net bowlers.

 

[Kirkut]

Washington Sundar for all the guts he has to take on the best bowler in the world, is pretty meh with his own bowling.

 

[91Jmay]

Washington Sundar for all the guts he has to take on the best bowler in the world, is pretty meh with his own bowling.

I mean it wouldn't be the first time in the world a bowler had a blinder with the bat on debut would it?

 

[Gob]

Mighty joe young

 

[Groundking]

What were they hoping to achieve waiting an over for the new ball?

 

[Kirkut]

Bumrah was top notch irrespective of what stats say, Sibley was lucky enough to negotiate some of his fiery yorkers.

 

[Kirkut]

I mean it wouldn't be the first time in the world a bowler had a blinder with the bat on debut would it?

Not many I can think of during a very critical stage of the series. He is a part of Indian cricket folklore now, irrespective of how his test career turns out to be.

 

[Groundking]

In 5 innings Root has faced more balls than he did in 13 last year...

 

[Tom Flint]

Not many I can think of during a very critical stage of the series. He is a part of Indian cricket folklore now, irrespective of how his test career turns out to be.

Ashton

 

[trundler]

In 5 innings Root has faced more balls than he did in 13 last year...

It's because he hasn't played much LO stuff recently.

/Armchair expert

 

[Tom Flint]

Was leach on debut too? Vs Ireland

 

[Gremlin]

Root's average back over 50.

 

[Bijed]

Was leach on debut too? Vs Ireland

I think that was his 5th test or something