***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Daemon]

This India are worn out excuse is bullshit ftr, this Australian team has played tonnes of cricket since the Sri Lankan series last year. They've just been the better cricket team

I'm getting pissed off at all this talk about India being tired. It's not like Australia have n been sitting around with nothing to do for the last six months. We've played 3 tests in Sri Lanka and six at home plus a bunch of meaningless T20 games and some ODIs.

And we're the ones travelling. Indians are lucky to have played all your games at home.

Yea no I agree with this. These guys are professional cricketers. They should be fit enough mentally and physically for thier schedule.

If Ashwin is feeling unfit he should have pulled out. If they are to mentally exhausted to be playing this series then they're a bunch of softcocks who deserve to lose. They had such an easy time in all these other home tests. Can't be gassed out for the main event.

Poor stuff. Aus have been fantastic and are the better team. Fully deserve the 4-0 sweep they're about to get.

Fair

Yeah look, everyone has praised Aus enough for their performance and for them being better than us throughout the thread. If people are going to get riled up by suggestions that our primary weapon being fatigued is one of the many reasons for our ineptitude, those people can go and get ****ed.

Also fair

 

[anil1405]

Shot! It's shots like these that would revive Indian fans confidence.

 

[Tom Flint]

Where is mohammed shami? He's looked class the last 18 months, esp against england.

 

[morgieb]

Where is mohammed shami? He's looked class the last 18 months, esp against england.

Injured IIRC.

 

[stephen]

Starc way too expensive today.

 

[Gob]

This is not going all that well tbh

 

[Spark]

Starc way too expensive today.

His pitch map is pretty dreadful. All over the shop.

 

[Shri]

Am I dreaming or does it actually look like they are adapting? Please don't throw it away.

 

[social]

Starc picking the wrong time to bowl ****

Get SOK on

 

[anil1405]

Well played Rahul!! Way to go though.

 

[Compton]

India have to be considered favourites from here, IMO.

Scores essentially level, two batsman set with only one down; Australia to bat last.

 

[morgieb]

Great knock from Rahul. Been batting on a different surface to everyone else in the last two Tests.

 

[Daemon]

SOK not bowling while Haze and Starc leak runs is a bit strange. Smith following the Kohli brand of captaincy.

 

[stephen]

It's disappointing that Sharma has bowled better than Starc.

 

[Contra]

Excellent innings from Rahul, best bat in this match by far. Needs to make a big one now.

 

[cnerd123]

Sensational performance from Rahul

Loved the batting, hate that its giving us hope.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Can't believe India have been allowed to all but eradicate Australia's lead before O'Keefe gets a second over.

And it's not like Oz have been keeping the runs down. In fact, conceding 3.5 runs per over they'd be pretty disappointed with so far. And O'Keefe is the man to keep it tight which makes his absence even more baffling.

 

[morgieb]

SOK not bowling while Haze and Starc leak runs is a bit strange. Smith following the Kohli brand of captaincy.

I could sort of see giving Hazlewood the overs he did, especially after he took a wicket first over back from lunch. Giving Starc the ball after Haze was a junk captaincy move though.

 

[Shri]

Dravid with a message to Rahul:

 

[morgieb]

Sensational performance from Rahul

Loved the batting, hate that its giving us hope.

Stop Gambhiring ****s. You're home and hosed from here.