What a crap pitch

[EnterTheVoid]

Test match that struggles to last 2 days.

 

India are not playing to their home advantage. This is just luck.

 

Disappointing stuff.

[MechEng]

Greatest pitch ever...

[Sooda]

2 hours ago, EnterTheVoid said:

Test match that struggles to last 2 days.

 

India are not playing to their home advantage. This is just luck.

 

Disappointing stuff.

 

Agree- our batsmen are terrible vs spin. This kind of pitch brings even less than great spinners into a real threat. It is a lottery. Takes one innings of real skill and bit of luck to make difference and it was Khawaja in this instance

 

On a pitch that has a bit of turn but are "good" our spinners have the skill to prise out opposition, Aussies will not (as proved in last two tests)

 

Also maybe Ashwin especially tries too much - combination of pitch help, low scorecard so wicket taking pressure- on a pitch like this, instead of just landing on a spot consistently and letting the pitch do the rest.

[zen]

next we may see:

 

[putrevus]

No point in playing on pitch like this.

[vvvslaxman]

Last minute Dharamsala mess up could have been avoided.  Why did they shift to Indore. Could have played at the Eden Gardens.

[bowl_out]

21 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Last minute Dharamsala mess up could have been avoided.  Why did they shift to Indore. Could have played at the Eden Gardens.

 

Literally any other stadium would have been better. Test cricket IMO should be limited to just the 5-6 top venues - Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi

[vvvslaxman]

2 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

 

Literally any other stadium would have been better. Test cricket IMO should be limited to just the 5-6 top venues - Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi

 

Hope Indore is permanently banned from hosting Test matches. 

[Lord]

Aus v SA this year lasted 2 days too.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-australia-2022-23-1317472/australia-vs-south-africa-1st-test-1317492/full-scorecard

 

But that was a fantastic pitch. Only batsmen's fault.

[putrevus]

11 minutes ago, Lord said:

Aus v SA this year lasted 2 days too.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-australia-2022-23-1317472/australia-vs-south-africa-1st-test-1317492/full-scorecard

 

But that was a fantastic pitch. Only batsmen's fault.

I did not watch any highlights even, how was the pitch in your view?

[Lord]

Just now, putrevus said:

I did not watch any highlights even, how was the pitch in your view?

 

Here or that match?

 

both tough but playable if you have good approach and technique.

 

Not 2 day pitches at all.

[BacktoCricaddict]

This must be said (and this thread is the best place to say it):

 

(1) Yes, this pitch is bad.

(2) No, the other pitches in this series, or in the past where spin won, were not bad.

 

While it may be convenient and tempting to use this pitch to rant about all Indian pitches, krpa karke, don't.

Edited March 2, 2023 by BacktoCricaddict

[putrevus]

20 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Here or that match?

 

both tough but playable if you have good approach and technique.

 

Not 2 day pitches at all.

This pitch. 

[Vijy]

12 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

This must be said (and this thread is the best place to say it):

 

(1) Yes, this pitch is bad.

(2) No, the other pitches in this series, or in the past where spin won, were not bad.

 

While it may be convenient and tempting to use this pitch to rant about all Indian pitches, krpa karke, don't.

we keep serving a fair number of bad pitches. SA tour of Ind in 2015 (?) comes to mind, as do 2 of the tests from the recent Eng tour of india

[bear23]

looks like Australia did not get the memo about the bad pitch. out bowled and out batted is what happened

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, bear23 said:

looks like Australia did not get the memo about the bad pitch. out bowled and out batted is what happened

they got the memo; they just chose to ignore it and get on with it. indian sooperstars on the other hand panicked and these entitled gits found themselves full of s**t (that rhymes)

[dilliboy]

Aus top order far far superior to us, the pitch has nothing to do with the loss

[dilliboy]

Aus top order far far superior to us, the pitch has nothing to do with the loss

[EnterTheVoid]

Totally shot ourselves in the foot with this stupid pitch

[R!TTER]

4 minutes ago, EnterTheVoid said:

Totally shot ourselves in the foot with this stupid pitch

When you've dug a pit for someone else