*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Spark]

what did kohli have at lunch? that was a really strange 10 minutes

 

[OverratedSanity]

Crap from kohli that. Got carried away.

 

[Prince EWS]

Really had the feeling Kohli was getting bored there.

 

[Black_Warrior]

FFS Kohli

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Have to say he threw away a ton there

 

[Black_Warrior]

Really had the feeling Kohli was getting bored there.

Yeah totally and I thought Kohli post 2016 was over things like that

 

[OverratedSanity]

Don't think we'll get 500 from here. Can see India folding for 400 odd if another wicket falls here.

 

[Prince EWS]

You know you're on top when the best Gambhiring effort someone can come up with is to say you'll only get 400.

 

[OverratedSanity]

You know you're on top when the best Gambhiring effort someone can come up with is to say you'll only get 400.

Tbf, it's kinda what happened in 2014 too after that one big partnership ended.

 

[Prince EWS]

Tbf, it's kinda what happened in 2014 too after that one big partnership ended.

And that was a draw too.

Only scoring 400 here could put India in a dodgy position in a timeless Test, but given the slow run rate and the absolute corpse of a pitch I can't see it being a huge problem for them even if it does happen.

 

[Spark]

Tbf, it's kinda what happened in 2014 too after that one big partnership ended.

Yeah it's not that unreasonable. It's not like the Australians haven't bowled well enough to have gotten a lot more wickets if fresh batsmen were facing instead.

 

[the big bambino]

Yes and he agreed with the ICC rating of the pitch. Variable bounce from Day 1 is generally considered poor all around the world

Thanks for that. He also said it was lucky no one was killed. Reckon it was an awful pitch and anyone who thinks it’s “good for cricket” and “heaven forbid batsmen are discomforted” can bat on it to better appreciate the distinction between a fair contest and a blood sport.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah it's not that unreasonable. It's not like the Australians haven't bowled well enough to have gotten a lot more wickets if fresh batsmen were facing instead.

My point was more than "only" scoring 400 wouldn't really present much danger to them if that clear worst case scenario eventuated, more so than that it couldn't happen.

Imagine If they were 700/3 and OS made a post saying he was worried they'd collapse for under 800. Sure they might, but when that's the Gambhiring, you're going okay.

 

[Spark]

not sure what that one did

edit: ah

 

[Spark]

well maybe this pitch will do something interesting after all

 

[the big bambino]

Oh boy that’s not good

 

[OverratedSanity]

My point was more than "only" scoring 400 wouldn't really present much danger to them if that clear worst case scenario eventuated, more so than that it couldn't happen.

Imagine If they were 700/3 and OS made a post saying he was worried they'd collapse for under 800. Sure they might, but when that's the Gambhiring. you're going okay.

400 here is not a score the team would feel safe with though. There have been loads of games where that kind of first innings score looks small once australia finish batting.

 

[Anil]

Don't think we'll get 500 from here. Can see India folding for 400 odd if another wicket falls here.

you think we will get to 400 now? it's rahane and a couple of deadbeats plus the tail...

 

[Spark]

wtf is going on

 

[Black_Warrior]

Rahane did talk about a 200 before the match