Doubt that. Our batting is terrible. England are a better team from the looks of things
Our batting isn’t terrible. It’s one of the better batting lineups in world cricket.
I was expecting a pace merchant, but he looked good from the first over. Is he on debut? He looks much better than Wood.
Why did they go for that? Seems odd for a series that fans are in for. If you're doing team bubbles, would adding a few umpires into the mix be that hard?
I don't understand the logic specially considering India has only 1 ICC elite panel umpire . I don't even blame any umpire but it's just a terrible idea in modern professional sport
You were saying?
The pitch being spin friendly and the pitch being responsible for the wickets are two different things.
Not really , the pitch being a dustbowl allows the good Indian spinners to build sustained pressure which then leads to wickets. England have no way to score runs here and India can afford to have fielders all around the batsman because they know that England can't hit anything.
I'm assuming that was for Burns dismissal. Not sure what was the problem in it. It looked pretty out in real time.
I think you can’t blame India for preparing this pitch. They want to be in that World test final so that they can prove they’re the best. I guess you could argue the pitch is excessively in the advantage of the home side and it belittles the sporting achievement, but you never hear that argument when there’s a green pitch at Trent Bridge.
Nah it definitely looked like it was going down leg , very unlikely you see that given for an Indian opener. This is not a dig at Indian umpires but there is a reason that ICC came up with neutral umpires in the first place
Absolutely. India should prepare whatever pitch that gives them the best chance to win. Its upto England to play better
Burns looked out in real time. Sibley being out today to a decision that was not out yesterday was odd.
Well the green top pitches never become unplayable do they and good batsmen with technique can play at those pitches and get runs. Whereas this pitch it has become a square turner, you are at the mercy of pitch with uneven bounce and spin.
And yet all the lowest innings totals ever in test cricket seem to have one thing in common news flash it's not the spinning tracks.
The conditions are still the same for both teams. Listen, I’m not a fan of this pitch. It’s a dreadful pitch. But it’s up to England to step up.
This pitch has deteriorated at an insane rate. Hard to see how any team could be in the game batting second on this. It had one day in it.
No its not. There is a huge difference in how pitch is behaving in the first innings of day 1 and day 2. This pitch is all about win the toss and make a big score on day 1 and you win the match. I don't want matches to be decided by the toss and not even give the other team a chance.
If i was Kohli, i would enforce follow on and get this match wrapped up on day 2. I can see England being bowled out for under 100 in first innings and even lower in 2nd.
Rohit isn't great outside Asia in tests. Rahane and Kohli out of form etc. We are very good but I'm scarred by years of collapses!
No way you risk batting last on this, unless england make >100, which looks more thank likely.
