Ahead of the Test, Kotla wicket in a salty soup

[King Tendulkar]

spinning, great track variety is the spice of life

[NareshK]

Not much turn, no bounce and pretty slow and this is the first day. Add to that, the batsmen look like they got instructions from the coach that he would spank them if they scored runs. Pretty boring cricket IMO.

[gakgupta]

pathetic.....how bad can it get.....dont feel like watching the match.......i was also seeing some domestic OZ match in star cricket and pitch is extremely good even though, it's a one day match....

[gaurav92]

Hate such tracks, but with India going strong, I wont complaint

[zep1706]

I hate Kotla, they have managed to build a fugly looking stadium and the pitch has always been an utter disgrace, so much for renovation !!

[Pagalpanti]

Its 1st day so spinners will not get much assistance, this is a typical SC wicket. Wicket is decent, generally the bounce in India isn't that great anyway.

[Trichromatic]

Are yaar....It's all fair....This is the right approach to regain no1.....Smash WI on turners,Give young fast bowlers enough exposure at test level and then go all out against Aussies, Our batting has enough experience to adjust from these pitches to Australia,So it's all good don't panic

This is not a good track for spinners either. Not much turn, no bounce. If WI had some decent players of spin bowling, match would have been a low scoring-rate draw.

[Pagalpanti]

This is not a good track for spinners either. Not much turn, no bounce. If WI had some decent players of spin bowling, match would have been a low scoring-rate draw.

And you come to this conclusion by just 30 overs play on 1st day? :giggle: As I write this, one beats the bat and Dhoni collects it on his shoulder. Some unnecessary ranting going on, pitch is absolutely fine.

[King Tendulkar]

And you come to this conclusion by just 30 overs play on 1st day? :giggle: As I write this, one beats the bat and Dhoni collects it on his shoulder. Some unnecessary ranting going on, pitch is absolutely fine.

exactly

[saneindian]

Wait for another couple of days before passing judgements. Yes it doesn't have much bounce or pacebut then no Kotla test wicket ever had those attributes. It will crumble and start doiing funny things from day 4 onwards. We did well to restrict WI to only 256 and take out their top order. Now need to restrict them to 350 and the test match is ours.

[Laaloo]

ghatiya pitch absolutely bakwas

[vvvslaxman]

Kotla pitch has been like this for a while. Remember Champions league.

[Sir john]

always spinner friendly.

[Stuge]

Now the odd ball is keeping ultra low ..WTF

[King Tendulkar]

Great track. Spinner getting 6 wickets. Love it

[King Tendulkar]

What a great pitch. Thrill a minute. O wait sorry pitches that favour bowlers must only be for seamers not spinners!

[Sid]

Really what an awful pitch.I hope Kotla is removed as a test centre for good.

[Yoda-esque]

WI right at home on this pitch..Didnt they just tour BD ?:giggle:

[Number]

Our batting was way more awful than this pitch.

[Sid]

Our batting was much worse on better pitches in England.Our batting these days can be awful on any pitch :P But Kotla's pitch is just bad for test cricket.