*Official* Australia in India 2023

[Shri]

this is an actual spinny pitch. bounce too. smith could easily win this test with the bat if he gets going like in pune

 

[Spark]

Not sure if I'm happy for the wicket or worried Australia are batting last on this

It's turning so much that the toss doesn't actually matter, it's the difference between the first and second innings which determines how important the toss is

 

[Daemon]

Time for those of us saying Kuhnemann should've made way for a quick to taste it

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kohli hundred incoming imo

 

[Burgey]

Fair play to Kuhnemann here, he's dropped into good areas straight away. Looks a lot better than his dayboo.

 

[ankitj]

Odds on getting result in 2 days? High I would assume.

 

[Spark]

You can't play those

 

[Test fan]

Beautiful bowling .

 

[Burgey]

Jesus that's brutal in the 8th over. FMD keepers gonna earn their cash this game.

 

[Arachnodouche]

**** me, as if one Kartik wasn't enough, here comes Murali to share the load

 

[Daemon]

Yeah this'll be over before the weekend for sure.

 

[Spark]

Think we can forget talk about what the pitch will be doing Day 4 and 5, this one isn't going the distance

 

[Daemon]

Anyways, good thing these wickets don't count because Kuhnemann's throwing

 

[Burgey]

Unlike the first two pitches, this one genuinely looks like a "get the **** on with it asap because there's one coming with you name on it" sort of deck.

 

[Starfighter]

All the talk about the (sparse) amount of grass on the pitch, and no-one asked whether they actually watered the damn thing, the answer evidently being 'no'.

 

[Test fan]

Jadeja starting to pad . it's sign for early batting for him as india will try left right combo to counter off spinners

 

[Niall]

Can Pujara Bazball this? ?

 

[Spark]

Unlike the first two pitches, this one genuinely looks like a "get the **** on with it asap because there's one coming with you name on it" sort of deck.

In fairness, the morning moisture may be making the pitch a bit more spicy than it really is, there's been a pattern in these games that the morning session is the hardest to bat.

 

[Burgey]

silly point for the Poo Man plz

 

[GoodAreasShane]

It's turning so much that the toss doesn't actually matter, it's the difference between the first and second innings which determines how important the toss is

Fair point, guess if someone (Smith seems most likely) can play a bit of a blinder for Australia while pretty much else fails then that could be a way to a good result. Early days yet though