1st Test Nagpur, February 09 - 13, 2023, Australia tour of India - PREMATCH

[SRT100]

1 hour ago, Number said:

Sports tak/today is reporting that India is using extreme level of home advantage.

Australia has 6 left handers. 

India has no left handers in top 6.

 

So the area outside left hander's off stump is left dry and is not being rolled either. 

 

 

....III....

.......x.

...........

...x.......

.....III..

 

Area X is left dry and no roller on this area.

 

Watch how Ash and Jaddu will deliberately scuff up the off stump area for the lefties when they bat, lol.

[vvvslaxman]

No.4 batting spot is very  vital.

[cowboysfan]

well the best way to deal with their left handers is to play Kuldeep.

[MK55]

I hope the match lasts 4 days at least lol.

[speedracer]

4 hours ago, Mesky99 said:

They did well last tour sa, they kept India in the game thou our batting was border line minnow level, SA chased down at the end but Ashwin was rubbish in both tests, we needed a bit more height but the seamers did well, India seamers were terrific in eng 2021, their numbers stack up great overall.

Even picking ishu would have done the job in SA. Just needed some height.

 But it was batting that let us down. Ishu or prasidh.

[AKane]

20 minutes ago, speedracer said:

Even picking ishu would have done the job in SA. Just needed some height.

 But it was batting that let us down. Ishu or prasidh.

 

We lost test 2 and 3 by 7 wickets each - yes batsmen could have put up a higher total for I4 but the ease with which SA in T2 and T3 chased down the 200+ score does mean that the bowlers were ineffective in I4.

 

Scores chased down in I4 were 243/3 and 212/3.  Three wickets claimed for 200+ runs is weak in I4.

 

None of the innings in T2 and T3 had a total more than 300. So low scoring matches. Indian bowlers/seamers just were not good in I4.

[AKane]

Speaking of England 21/22 reason I said they were patchy is they were good in tests we won and the drawn match but including WTC not so good in 3 tests.

 

WTC final I4 we could only do 140/2 with NZ batting. Those 2 wickets were to Ashwin so the seamers laid an egg.

 

Then of course the Root/Bairstow partnership in I4 of T5 and 378/3.

[speedracer]

18 minutes ago, AKane said:

 

We lost test 2 and 3 by 7 wickets each - yes batsmen could have put up a higher total for I4 but the ease with which SA in T2 and T3 chased down the 200+ score does mean that the bowlers were ineffective in I4.

 

Scores chased down in I4 were 243/3 and 212/3.  Three wickets claimed for 200+ runs is weak in I4.

 

None of the innings in T2 and T3 had a total more than 300. So low scoring matches. Indian bowlers/seamers just were not good in I4.

Yea because pitch got flatter and flatter. It got progressively flatter. We should have batted a lot better. 

 

We dint pick the fight players and no siraj who played half fit in test 2 and was injured in test 3. We need prasidh who was rearing to go. He had the pace height and bounce. But no.......we will debut him after 35.

 

What was the point of having ashwin there in sA? Should have played chahar for those conditions or anyone else who can bowl seam and bat a bit. 

Edited February 7, 2023 by speedracer

[speedracer]

9 minutes ago, AKane said:

Speaking of England 21/22 reason I said they were patchy is they were good in tests we won and the drawn match but including WTC not so good in 3 tests.

 

WTC final I4 we could only do 140/2 with NZ batting. Those 2 wickets were to Ashwin so the seamers laid an egg.

 

Then of course the Root/Bairstow partnership in I4 of T5 and 378/3.

Again poor selections for wtc. Picking injured bumrah who dint fully recover for finals instead of red hot in form siraj. Also wrong selections to include ashwin in green wickets. 

And picking wrong batsmen. All washed up old hags.

[speedracer]

India is the most corrupt team when it comes to selections. Absolutely woeful. We could easily pick a team that can win tournaments in odi. We do well in tests

 Always up the top so that's there. 

But in t20 we don't have talent and that I csn live with. No one cares about t20.

[SRT100]

4 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

No.4 batting spot is very  vital.

Ashwin at 4 vs Kohli at 4.

 

Im pretty sure Ashwin has done just as well as Kohli in the last 18 months of Test Cricket, batting wise.

[SRT100]

4 hours ago, MK55 said:

I hope the match lasts 4 days at least lol.

 

India lacks the batting capability to take this game into Day 5.

 

Kohli and KL are walking wickets. Pujara can graft a 30 from 200 balls.

[SRT100]

4 hours ago, cowboysfan said:

well the best way to deal with their left handers is to play Kuldeep.

Play all 4 spinners. Ash, Jaddu, Axar and Kuldeep.

 

Axar is a better batsman in 2023 than KL at Test level.

[speedracer]

Bhaart at 5

Sundar at 6

Jaddu super jaddu at 7

Super ash at 8

Axar at 9

Siraj

Bomber umesh at 11 for test 1 ans 3

 

Swap umesh for shami or prasidh for test 2 and 4

 

 

[AKane]

2 hours ago, SRT100 said:

Play all 4 spinners.

Isn't this overkill? 

 

Why do spinners get treated like favourite child in India and pacers like a stepchild? Then outside India we want the pacers to do the heavy lifting. Come back to India and back to stepchild status for pacers.

[sandeep]

9 hours ago, Lord said:

would be epic if true lol

oh its true - Bharat Sunderasan tweeted a picture out that shows the watered pitch with 2 glaring rectangles left dry on lefthander's offside on either end of the wicket. 

 

This doesn't really sit well with me somehow - its one thing to prep a pitch favoring spin or whatever but this is a bit much....

[Nikola]

my question is would they make pitch around left handers a rank turner (by keeping only that region dry) if pant and sundar were playing?

[SRT100]

2 hours ago, sandeep said:

oh its true - Bharat Sunderasan tweeted a picture out that shows the watered pitch with 2 glaring rectangles left dry on lefthander's offside on either end of the wicket. 

 

This doesn't really sit well with me somehow - its one thing to prep a pitch favoring spin or whatever but this is a bit much....

 

I love it, its a big welcome to India for the Australians.

 

I hope a grenade or two is thrown overnight onto the pitch.

[SRT100]

2 hours ago, AKane said:

Isn't this overkill? 

 

Why do spinners get treated like favourite child in India and pacers like a stepchild? Then outside India we want the pacers to do the heavy lifting. Come back to India and back to stepchild status for pacers.

Huge overkill, but can you imagine how intimidating it will be for bowling pairs like Jaddu and Axar or Axar and Kuldeep or Ashwin and Kuldeep.

 

Its mental disintegration, Indian style.

 

Not to mention I feel more confident with all 4 spinners if it means KL or Kohli dont play. Otherwise the reality is only 3 spinners, I think they will start with Ash, Jaddu and Axar.

[SRT100]

47 minutes ago, Nikola said:

my question is would they make pitch around left handers a rank turner (by keeping only that region dry) if pant and sundar were playing?

No they wouldnt.

 

They should tell the Australians they did this because they are not playing, otherwise they wouldnt have.

 

Aussies will be hopping around like kangaroos for the next two months in India dodging our turning pitches.