*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Shri]

I wouldn't have ever predicted 3-1 to us before the series started.

 

[Victor Ian]

Being more realistic, 3 runs is about right for Marsh.

 

[Starfighter]

Khawaja looks like he's gonna struggle to get past 8.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'm fine with the follow on. The bowlers have had enough rest with the rain and the spinners have done the bulk of the bowling anyway.

 

[CricAddict]

Yeah, not sure how anyone can have issue with the follow on. It was the right decision.

3 wickets by close of play will set up an interesting final day.

 

[Tangles]

Bad light. Seriously.

 

[Spark]

Yeah, not sure how anyone can have issue with the follow on. It was the right decision.

3 wickets by close of play will set up an interesting final day.

Yeah you basically have to given the weather.

 

[vcs]

3-1 vs. 2-1 is not exactly something to be scoffed at, either. The extra win could well mean us keeping the No. 1 ranking for a few extra months, somewhere down the line. I'm still annoyed about us missing out on a Test win in NZ in 2009 because of a ridiculously conservative declaration.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Kuldeep His scalps didn't actually look impressive, but he's got the figures on a dead pitch. I now hope he's a fixture in all our plans abroad because he's a genuine weapon as opposed to fat Ashwin.

 

[Daemon]

Weather ruining our chance at our first win in the SCG. Congrats to Kuldeep though, youngest spinner to take a wicket in Australia.

 

[Victor Ian]

FFS bad light. If Australia were serious about this series they'd have stayed on to chase the improbable win. Going off is just week and speaks volumes about the surrendered mindset of this team. Onya kohli for being Australian and always chasing a win.

 

[cnerd123]

I don't get why people think it's beneficial for India to bat on. There's not enough time for Australia to set a score that will realistically put India under pressure in a potential 4th innings, there's a very outside chance that if India batted again you'll see something like the Melbourne Test where Australia bowl India out cheaply enough to get a potentially chasable score, it's the last Test of the series so workload isn't as much of a factor and if India do bat on the chances of India running out of time to force a result is quite a bit higher.

I just want to pile on the misery on Australia

 

[Victor Ian]

Most misery is achieved by beating us.

 

[stephen]

FFS bad light. If Australia were serious about this series they'd have stayed on to chase the improbable win. Going off is just week and speaks volumes about the surrendered mindset of this team. Onya kohli for being Australian and always chasing a win.

Umpires decision, not the players'.

 

[Arachnodouche]

FFS bad light. If Australia were serious about this series they'd have stayed on to chase the improbable win. Going off is just week and speaks volumes about the surrendered mindset of this team. Onya kohli for being Australian and always chasing a win.

There comes a time when you have to be pragmatic. There is no win to be achieved here, there is another series coming up, and batsmen are playing for their places. Nobody's going to chance their arm in a hopeless cause, especially knowing the selectors backstage aren't the kind to appreciate heroics/harakiri.

 

[Victor Ian]

I thought umpires offered the light option to batsmen. Did that change?
As for pragmatism, duck that. If it was real Australia should cancel all tests until they pick a batsman who averages more than 30.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Probably about time the mystery about what is and isnt 'bad light' be taken away so everybody knows what the standard is. Just seems an archaic practice how it's done now.

 

[Prince EWS]

I thought umpires offered the light option to batsmen. Did that change?

Haha yeah about five years ago.

 

[Victor Ian]

Don't they use a light meter?

 

[Daemon]

Don't they use a light meter?

Yeah. Iirc if they go off at a certain reading they stick with that throughout the rest of the match.

Dharmasena in particular is really good at holding up the light meter and checking for readings. It's why the ICC overlooks his poor decision making.