**Official** 1st Test @ Perth, 22nd-26th November

[Johan]

NightWatchmen coming out

 

[Burgey]

Haze to Kohli early is a good match up for Aus imo.

 

[Daemon]

I mean that’s as harsh an introduction to Test cricket as you can get. Feel for him but he really didn’t look good at all.

 

[Daemon]

Haze to Kohli early is a good match up for Aus imo.

Kohli against an eggplant is a good matchup for the latter these days

 

[sayon basak]

How many will kohli score

Let's see.

 

[Burgey]

Kohli against an eggplant is a good matchup for the latter these days

Your face is an eggplant these days tbh

 

[Spark]

I mean that’s as harsh an introduction to Test cricket as you can get. Feel for him but he really didn’t look good at all.

Am I wrong or didn't he play a game against England and look good? Chalk and cheese ofc

 

[Starfighter]

All looks the same on scorecard.

 

[Burgey]

Welp, I suppose you take them where you can get them

 

[morgieb]

Something something it doesn’t matter how they come

 

[Johan]

Is it the pitch or just India being India?

 

[Bahnz]

Love all the mental gymnastics the comm box is doing to get around the awkward fact that Kohli has been dreadful in tests for 5 years.

 

[Nintendo]

Am I wrong or didn't he play a game against England and look good? Chalk and cheese ofc

Got 60 odd against England in a borderline dead rubber test in india. Looked decent there tbf.

 

[Spark]

Is it the pitch or just India being India?

Mostly the bowling really. Pitch isn't really doing an enormous amount - good bounce and a little movement - but the bowling is very very accurate.

 

[morgieb]

Is it the pitch or just India being India?

It does look a tricky wicket and the bowling is very good. But equally Jaiswal and Paddikkal looked awful.

 

[sayon basak]

Is it the pitch or just India being Bangladesh?

Fixed.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Is it the pitch or just India being India?

ATG bowling attack

 

[Spark]

It does look a tricky wicket and the bowling is very good. But equally Jaiswal and Paddikkal looked awful.

This doesn't look as difficult as last year's wicket did IMO. But the bowlers have given them ~nothing.

 

[smellcricketintheair]

For all the flamboyancy Gambhir shows in his persona, he has got to be one of the most defensive mindset's going around .. Lof of the players playing contrasting cricket to their natural style.

 

[Burgey]

Mostly the bowling really. Pitch isn't really doing an enormous amount - good bounce and a little movement - but the bowling is very very accurate.

It's the length they're bowling above all else. There's a bit of sideways but it's just that length which you know at an objective level you can leave, but it's really, really hard to because it's actually not that short at all.