India becomes the first team to beat Australia at Optus stadium, Perth!

[Ultimate_Game]

After beating Aussies at their fortress at Gabba last time round becoming the first team to beat Aussies there in more than 3 decades, India went one better and have become the first team to beat Aus at their new so called fortress at Optus stadium in Perth!

 

Congrats Team India and ICT fans! 

 

What made the win even sweeter is that Australia scheduled the first Test of the series in Perth to make sure India played their first Test at the fastest pitch in Aus assuming India won't be able to handle pace and bounce in their first Test. But it was Aussies who imploded and crumbled and it almost looked like it was India who was the home team and Aus were playing on a bouncy pitch for the first time!

 

Hoping we pull a hattrick of away series wins in Aus! 

[Lord]

Optus is not the fastest pitch in Aus

[Tillu]

We should also become the 1st team to defeat Australia in a Day - Night match next up in Adelaide.

[Ultimate_Game]

4 minutes ago, Lord said:

Optus is not the fastest pitch in Aus

 

As per Aussies it's the bounciest and spiciest pitch. Don't think any of SCG, Adelaide, MCG or Gabba is pacier or bouncier than what we saw Day 1.

 

That's the reason Aussies scheduled the first Test at Optus hoping to catch India before they could get used to pace & bounce. But unfortunately Aussies were the ones caught with their pants down 

[Ultimate_Game]

4 minutes ago, Tillu said:

We should also become the 1st team to defeat Australia in a Day - Night match next up in Adelaide.

 

Insha Allah! 

[deathmonger]

WACA, Gabba, Optus, Cape Town, Centurion, Wanderers.

[Lord]

4 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

As per Aussies it's the bounciest and spiciest pitch. Don't think any of SCG, Adelaide, MCG or Gabba is pacier or bouncier than what we saw Day 1.

 

That's the reason Aussies scheduled the first Test at Optus hoping to catch India before they could get used to pace & bounce. But unfortunately Aussies were the ones caught with their pants down 

 

Apart from our 2018 game where Lyon ran riot, 400 has been scored in every game in this stadium. Even WI managed 333 when they toured in  2022. 

 

it just gets the reputation due to being in same city as WACA

[Lord]

Just now, deathmonger said:

WACA, Gabba, Optus, Cape Town, Centurion, Wanderers.

 

Faqr hai

[rollingstoned]

35 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Apart from our 2018 game where Lyon ran riot, 400 has been scored in every game in this stadium. Even WI managed 333 when they toured in  2022. 

 

it just gets the reputation due to being in same city as WACA

High scoring match doesn't mean pitch isn't fast. Old WACA also had high scores.

[rkt.india]

51 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

As per Aussies it's the bounciest and spiciest pitch. Don't think any of SCG, Adelaide, MCG or Gabba is pacier or bouncier than what we saw Day 1.

 

That's the reason Aussies scheduled the first Test at Optus hoping to catch India before they could get used to pace & bounce. But unfortunately Aussies were the ones caught with their pants down 

Currently MCG is the fastest pitch among test venues in Australia.

[rkt.india]

9 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

High scoring match doesn't mean pitch isn't fast. Old WACA also had high scores.

Old Waca too wasn't fast all the time like when we defeated them in 2008. It wasn't that fast.

[cowboysfan]

1 hour ago, Lord said:

Optus is not the fastest pitch in Aus

pitch was almost unaustralian and still the aussies struggled-imagine this game was at the Waca.

[jigjig]

1 hour ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

Insha Allah! 

Oh Bhai yeh padosiyon ke liye nahi chalta

[R!TTER]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

Old Waca too wasn't fast all the time like when we defeated them in 2008. It wasn't that fast.

It was plenty fast -

If you're talking about peak WACA then probably the last time we saw that, not live of course, was 1992 SRT's debut series!

 

[Ultimate_Game]

6 hours ago, rkt.india said:

Currently MCG is the fastest pitch among test venues in Australia.

 

It has more seam movement but isn't as fast or bouncy as what we saw here. The ball was zipping around. You won't see the same pace and bounce at MCG. That's why WACA/Perth has been the graveyard of visiting teams, especially subcontinental ones. You don't see that kind of bounce anywhere (maybe SA) and mostly it's a venue where you don't expect Asian teams to do well.

[Ultimate_Game]

14 hours ago, jigjig said:

Oh Bhai yeh padosiyon ke liye nahi chalta

 

Fikar mat kar. Hamare liye chalega 

[Nikhil_cric]

20 hours ago, rkt.india said:

Currently MCG is the fastest pitch among test venues in Australia.

Lol, no. It seams more at the MCG.   But it does not skid through.

 

Have to say, Centurion and Wanderers are quicker than any OZ pitch nowadays. 

 

 

Edited November 26 by Nikhil_cric

[rkt.india]

20 hours ago, R!TTER said:

It was plenty fast -

If you're talking about peak WACA then probably the last time we saw that, not live of course, was 1992 SRT's debut series!

 

Watched that match live. It didn't look that fast. It was freemantle doctor that helped our pacers swing the ball.

Edited November 26 by rkt.india

[R!TTER]

I watched that match live as well; the only time I saw Perth quicker was the 2004 ODI vs. Oz in the tri series, where Gilly's (Symonds?) catch was dropped and we lost that game! I can't say if other teams faced worse Perth wickets, but for an intl game that (2004) was the fastest I've ever seen. Objectively speaking, unless we have a scientific way to measure the loss in speed, they used to show something like how much ball slowed after pitching on different wickets; this back and forth is pointless because our eyes cannot possibly gauge that accurately!