NZ vs Ind | 2nd Test | Christchurch | Feb 2020

[SK_IH]

Just now, zen said:

Pandyaisque inning by Vihari .... Pant in

[vvvslaxman]

Brainless batting by Vihari with tea around

[Mosher]

Needed a big one from Vihari. 

[Sgattick10]

Good innings by Hanuma comes to end.. 

[sandsaims]

That was just terrible from Vihari.

[Vilander]

8 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Don't be fooled by the color, its a big scoring draw track...

Pitch has true bounce but aiding lateral movement. Indian fast bowler lengths will come into play and they will get seam movement. Nz will find it very touch. Expect quick bowling from all three.

[Deleted_User_1]

I knew the Bihari in Vihari would kick in. Stupid shot before tea. Pant in after tea. Will his inner Bihari kick in also?

[jf1gp_1]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

Brainless batting by Vihari with tea around

This was the only way he would have survived.

[Vickydev]

Vihari more than did his job here. Very well played. Let's hope Pant doesn't hold back.

[Sandeep99]

Vihari played a gem of a knock. Just the kind of a knock you expect from a guy who wants to win. Could have played for tea for sure! A 100 would have been amazing. Very very impressive. This is what fans expect - lose but at least fight!

[Vilander]

Wagner bowls pies and acts as if he bowled 150k lol..pussy.

[Gollum]

Why do we always throw it away just before end of a session? Why why why 

 

TM must dole out punishment to anyone doing something stupid in first 10 or last 10 minutes of a session. 

[Sandeep99]

10 minutes ago, maniac said:

Lol this is a spinach flavored pancake pitch

Very flat with a bit of bounce and slight seam movement. Just the one India can’t win anything on. 

[Vilander]

1 minute ago, Sandeep99 said:

- lose but at least fight

Why lose looser ?

[Sandeep99]

1 minute ago, Vilander said:

Wagner bowls pies and acts as if he bowled 150k lol..pussy.

The batsmen were clearly uncomfortable and rattled against him. He troubled Smith ffs. Must be doing something right 

[Sandeep99]

1 minute ago, Vilander said:

Why lose looser ?

Because we can’t win anything under your fcking stupid loser captain you lousy loser

[Vilander]

1 minute ago, Sandeep99 said:

The batsmen were clearly uncomfortable and rattled against him. He troubled Smith ffs. Must be doing something right 

Lol none of his deliveries troubled anyone hehe his wicket was fluke too. May be he was good but has bowled pies so far. What a pussy he is...

[sandeep]

2 minutes ago, Vilander said:

Pitch has true bounce but aiding lateral movement. Indian fast bowler lengths will come into play and they will get seam movement. Nz will find it very touch. Expect quick bowling from all three.

They are sitting pretty on a 1-0 lead, Indian pacers are a 3 man attack.  India will need a decent total on the board, and take 3+ early wickets, to put NZ under any sort of pressure.  And they bat deep.  

 

And if my speculation is correct, the track will get increasingly easier to bat on.  

 

Not saying none of that can't happen.  I'm desperately hoping that we scratch,claw and scrape somehow past 280, or 300.  That will give some semblance of a chance to our bowlers.  

 

If only the Indian batting fudddus hadn't wasted Ishant's valiant efforts to get fit for T1, and given him something to bowl against.  What a pity.  The kid spent his entire 20s doing the donkey work for a weak bowling unit, coupled often with a batting unit that caved in.  Worked his ass off to come back from an ankle tear, and gave you a clutch bowling effort in the 1st test.  And all he got for it, was a batting effort that folded in like a cheap tent, and yet another test loss. 

[zen]

Enjoy guys, Ind is doing well .... Captain Pujara is guiding well

[maniac]

3 minutes ago, Vilander said:

Wagner bowls pies and acts as if he bowled 150k lol..pussy.

An awkward angle right at your throat at 130ks Is not fun for any batsman