Kotla ka Ghosla : The pitch-farce

[Cricketics]

Loving the uneven bounce at Kotla Classic. I am liking it. They wanted to do this before champions league, but neverthe less. Kotla wicket looks interesting. It produces some interesting game anywayz, and now with this newly laid track, I think things woiuld get more interesting.

[Shane]

Bounce? Or the lack of it? Couple of them skidded below the knee to MSD, looks like another substandard pitch.

[Cricketics]

Naa. Some areas look pretty good.. It skits through. Some areas however i would say need to be improved as you mentioned. Overall this track can become one of the better tracks if they work more on it.

[spectre]

Is it meant to be a sarcastic thread :dontknow: a 140ish delivery hits on good length and climbs up half a feet love the bounce :giggle:

[urbestfriend]

Not watching the match, but from cricinfo this pitch seems terribly substandard with some balls keeping low and some with steep bounce. Looks like Kota curator needs a crash course on how to make a sporting pitch .

[graphic23]

Wow. You guys are being really harsh. A little bit of help for the seamers in the first innings, and all are after the curator. You deserve the flat pattas you're getting. Good job calling that "cricket"

[Shane]

@ G, Bounce = Good, Uneven Bounce = Bad!

[Sachin_Rulez]

Just because someone's from delhi, doesn't mean that one has to defend that stupid pitch. Kotla pitch has been nothing but embarrassment to India right from champions league.

[graphic23]

Sorry Shane I dont agree. All this pitch is contributing towards is that the batsmen have to work to get the runs, and you cannot reach 70 in 5 overs. The pitch has uneven bounce, and so the batsmen with the right technique will survive - and the ones who are good at hitting through the line or like having nice even bounce without any movement will struggle. I think if the conditions remain similar, even our batsmen will have a few problems - unless Sehwag gets going. Its a good pitch for the bowlers, and finally, there's a game thats worth watching for a decent contest.

[ludhianvi]

There is too much uneven bounce... we used to get this much on our park pitch at times. One flies over and at times it rolls over. The pitch is patchy , some areas have grass while some dont check it out:

[Rajiv]

..'tics, cmon yaar - this is a real bad one and look whats happening now

[Nova]

Not looking good :(( This is a newly laid pitch and clearly under prepared. Match likely to be called off. Bad pitch. Too much uneven bounce.

[Cricketics]

This is bit over reaction. I have seen worse pitch then these. So much uneven bounce in a test match etc on day 1 too.

[flamy]

Classic. I am liking it. They wanted to do this before champions league, but neverthe less. Kotla wicket looks interesting. It produces some interesting game anywayz, and now with this newly laid track, I think things woiuld get more interesting.

Match abandoned. :cantstop:

[Shane]

Sorry Shane I dont agree. All this pitch is contributing towards is that the batsmen have to work to get the runs' date=' and you cannot reach 70 in 5 overs. The pitch has uneven bounce, and so the batsmen with the right technique will survive - and the ones who are good at hitting through the line or like having nice even bounce without any movement will struggle. I think if the conditions remain similar, even our batsmen will have a few problems - unless Sehwag gets going. Its a good pitch for the bowlers, and finally, there's a game thats worth watching for a decent contest.[/quote'] g, The balance between bat and ball is still not restored, the earlier games, they were heavily in the favour of the batters and now with these uneven pitches the bowlers are on top. Would love to see a good cricketing pitch, where there is an even contest between bat and ball without the balance being disturbed. I would say this is as bad a pitch as the 414 game, only this one is in favour of the bowlers.

[ludhianvi]

Match called off? :omg:

[Cricketics]

Come on folkz. YOu guys watch so many games. Haven't you seen so many uneven things happening on pitch then this.

[Shane]

Come on folkz. YOu guys watch so many games. Haven't you seen so many uneven things happening on pitch then this.

lol, I can't imagine you being this defensive had this been played at the Brabourne or the Chepauk. :cantstop:

[sm332]

DDCA - quite easily the most incompetent state association going around although my homestate Rajasthan is not much better. Pretty piss poor performance from the DDCA, curators, etc - you have 35-40K people packed in and they get this tripe. Cant blame the players - I think they waited for as long as they could to see if it will even out.

[Nova]

This is bit over reaction. I have seen worse pitch then these. So much uneven bounce in a test match etc on day 1 too.

:hysterical: Shame really...we should just produce phatta pitches.