Did the Australian media fool Team India about the Perth pitch?

[SecondSlip]

There was so much hype about the pitch at Perth that it will be a paradise for pace bowlers. However, it looks like a typical Aussie drop in patta. 

 

Did Kohli and Shastri get fooled by the media?

 

[puneet28]

Kohli and Shastri often get fooled by opposition media. No way Aussies would have played on juicy track knowing the ability of our pacers. They just left green tringe and our over-excited team management fielded 4 pacers. We should have gone either of Jadeja or Kuldeep here in place of Umesh. 

[Clarke]

Yep, only kaptaan & coach. The hyper aggressive mentality of picking Kuldeep @ lords & 4 quicks here backfires.

[Nonbeliever]

Nobody  can make them fool.

They are already.

[ShoonyaSifar]

Calm down. We are done with the first session only. With so much grass and the small history of this ground, not a bad decision to go with 4 pacers.

 

We did not bowl as well as we should have in the first hour, Have pulled things back in the last hour.

[Trichromatic]

5 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Calm down. We are done with the first session only. With so much grass and the small history of this ground, not a bad decision to go with 4 pacers.

  

We did not bowl as well as we should have in the first hour, Have pulled things back in the last hour.

It's hot and good for batting. If one of the pacer gets injured bowling long overs, then what will we say about "phasst bowling captain".

[Clarke]

12 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Calm down. We are done with the first session only. With so much grass and the small history of this ground, not a bad decision to go with 4 pacers.

 

We did not bowl as well as we should have in the first hour, Have pulled things back in the last hour.

No green demons in the pitch.

[ShoonyaSifar]

5 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

It's hot and good for batting. If one of the pacer gets injured bowling long overs, then what will we say about "phasst bowling captain".

First test pitch was also a Patta wicket so said so many here. Turned out to be very different. Pacers will bowl 82-83 overs between themselves (rest bowled by Vijay/Vihari). That is 20-21 overs a day each, not really long overs rather standard expectations.

[ShoonyaSifar]

1 minute ago, Clarke said:

No green demons in the pitch.

* so far. 14 more sessions in the test to go.

[Trichromatic]

1 minute ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

First test pitch was also a Patta wicket so said so many here. Turned out to be very different. Pacers will bowl 82-83 overs between themselves (rest bowled by Vijay/Vihari). That is 20-21 overs a day each, not really long overs rather standard expectations.

If I say something and proven wrong then it doesn't matter because I have never played international cricket.

 

But if a captain with 70+ tests experience and coach with 30 years of cricketing experience is wrong then their abilities have to be questioned.

[ShoonyaSifar]

1 minute ago, Trichromatic said:

If I say something and proven wrong then it doesn't matter because I have never played international cricket.

 

But if a captain with 70+ tests experience and coach with 30 years of cricketing experience is wrong then their abilities have to be questioned.

All I am saying is we have had one session. Not enough to make any judgments. But whatever makes you feel better. No point going on and on. 

[OzGirl]

Didn't fool anyone on this pitch you need to pitch it up, the Indian bowlers have bowled all over the place, so Indians aren't a world class bowling line up.

[Straight Drive]

Surely they see the wicket at least during toss. The think tank is expected to have brains to look at it.

[VT87]

Australia conned us ?  Naaaa Captain courageous has a tenacity to show us what he is capable of. First lords and then this. 

[NareshK]

There is enough for bowlers. Bowlers didnt bowl as well as they could have, batsmen played well. 

[rtmohanlal]

At this level , if competent enough , no body can fool any one.... so better to say the team management fooled themself

[Lala]

They are anyway fools, no need to fool them deliberately  

 

#foolsinlifetime 

[G_B_]

3 hours ago, SecondSlip said:

There was so much hype about the pitch at Perth that it will be a paradise for pace bowlers. However, it looks like a typical Aussie drop in patta. 

 

Did Kohli and Shastri get fooled by the media?

 

does not make a diff. Aus won toss and batted first...

 

I think given injuries we are playing out best 11.

[Clarke]

12 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

does not make a diff. Aus won toss and batted first...

 

I think given injuries we are playing out best 11.

Best 11 for the conditions ? I'm not watching, just reading Cricinfo hear & there. If Vihari almost got 2 wickets, Jadeja would have been a godsend.

[Adi BB]

1 hour ago, Clarke said:

Best 11 for the conditions ? I'm not watching, just reading Cricinfo hear & there. If Vihari almost got 2 wickets, Jadeja would have been a godsend.

Vihari is a decent bowler ,can outbowl our so called great spinners in SENA conditions