India tour of Australia - 2018/19

[NILAYSHAH60]

For neutrals this is a boring test but it always is when team batting first scores 400 plus at slow run rate

Yeah we all got bored to see Alastair Cook's 244* during The Ashes last year

 

[zimrahil]

Yeah we all got bored to see Alastair Cook's 244* during The Ashes last year

Yup totally agree

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Yup totally agree

 

[zimrahil]

I was at Edgbaston in 2010 when cook scored 291 against India
All supporters were begging for England to declare as we were so bored

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

I was at Edgbaston in 2011 when cook scored 291 against India
All supporters were begging for England to declare as we were so bored

Lucky you, you know I wanted to watch that once I came to know about that innings. Searched the entire web, YouTube and what not but never found out

 

[SaiSrini]

Thank god India declared at 443. To me from a total standpoint, it is still an optimistic declaration considering the pace at which India scored and the fact that there is absolutely no life in this pitch if you want to force wickets. But India had to declare somewhere at the end of the 2nd day if they needed the time to bowl Australia out and have a crack at victory.

I feel really bad for KL Rahul and Murali Vijay. Just when India gets a pitch that could've brought their careers back to life, they get dropped for a makeshift opener. It indeed is a hasty and a stupid decision to drop both openers and go with a makeshift opener in test cricket and that too in SENA countries (SA, ENG, NZ, AUS). This is the kind of jumbled captaincy and decision making that will cost Indian players a secure environment and will make life difficult for the team to find reliable players. Vijay was thrown half way in England. Rahul is thrown half way here. If Rahul had batted on this pitch with Agarwal, India's scoring could have been much faster and we could've potentially scored 30-40 runs more by the same time we declared at 443.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Thank god India declared at 443. To me from a total standpoint, it is still an optimistic declaration considering the pace at which India scored and the fact that there is absolutely no life in this pitch if you want to force wickets. But India had to declare somewhere at the end of the 2nd day if they needed the time to bowl Australia out and have a crack at victory.

I feel really bad for KL Rahul and Murali Vijay. Just when India gets a pitch that could've brought their careers back to life, they get dropped for a makeshift opener. It indeed is a hasty and a stupid decision to drop both openers and go with a makeshift opener in test cricket and that too in SENA countries (SA, ENG, NZ, AUS). This is the kind of jumbled captaincy and decision making that will cost Indian players a secure environment and will make life difficult for the team to find reliable players. Vijay was thrown half way in England. Rahul is thrown half way here. If Rahul had batted on this pitch with Agarwal, India's scoring could have been much faster and we could've potentially scored 30-40 runs more by the same time we declared at 443.

The whole damn system is flawed mate. Let's just tolerate it till the world cup. I would go banana's if we win the world cup but VK and Goti will become unbearable to hear after.

 

[Master Bates]

Boom Bumrah is on fire!

 

[Bigby Wolf]

WOW! Didn't expect so many wickets to fall this early 6 - 110. Surely not a flat pitch now for the Aussie commentators and the reason why the innings of Pujara has to be one of the finest ever.

The dismissal of Pujara and Rahane showed the two pace nature of the pitch yesterday. Both of them were dismissed of the deliveries that stayed low that were back of a length. The deteriorating nature of the pitch will make it even worse and add to that the rough patches created by Australia's bowler will make the batting even more difficult.
Even the bowlers got it right for us this time as well attacking the sums and bowling more fuller compared to what Australia did on this wicket.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Lower order syndrome! .. god dammit for once can we not clean up the tail. Already a 30 run partnership

 

[asprin]

Loving the comments on espncricinfo regarding the lower order syndrome. Humorous and true

I bet Australia will go past 200 by the time the 8th wicket falls.

 

[Neo 7]

Woo , that was very quick !

 

[abhi_jacko]

Wow, indeed ! Bumrah is just brilliant

Looks like we r going to bat again. We will need quick runs here. 150 odd and then declare, because apparently the weather over the next 2 days is not favorable

 

[SaiSrini]

Loving the comments on espncricinfo regarding the lower order syndrome. Humorous and true

I bet Australia will go past 200 by the time the 8th wicket falls.

Well Bumrah cleaned them up 49 runs short of 200.

Brilliant performance from Bumrah! Where is @bumrahfan when he should be the one boasting here? All credit to Jasprit Bumrah for grabbing all his opportunities by the bull's horn. And yes, he has been proving me wrong so far in an emphatic fashion!

India should bat and get back to 450+ and then put Australia in. How quickly they can do it is to be seen. They should give themselves a little over 4 sessions to bowl Australia out.

Edit: The wicket of Shaun Marsh (from Bumrah) was just astonishing. IMHO, it is one of the best wickets taken by an Indian bowler in recent times. Completely bamboozled.

 

[zwarrior]

Why aren't we enforcing the follow on? We have lead of 300 for crying out loud. Take the worst case and assume that Aussies will score 400 in 3rd innings, I am pretty sure we can chase 100 with 10 wickets in hand !

It seems there is a forecast of rain and we will be in trouble if rain interrupts the game and deny us the win.