*Official* 3rd Test at the Sardar Patel Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, 24 - 28 Feb 2021

[karan_fromthestands]

Kohli is like SA team of 90s . Looks excellent on paper, has very good record but never delivers in crunch situations.

LOL, I hate the way Kohli celebrates every time a wicket falls, I think his captaincy isn't that good, I also think him/Shastri make selection blunders(even in this match, Sundar is a weird pick). But his batting is something you can't criticise. I hope you are just trolling.

 

[Manee]

LOL, I hate the way Kohli celebrates every time a wicket falls, I think his captaincy isn't that good, I also think him/Shastri make selection blunders(even in this match, Sundar is a weird pick). But his batting is something you can't criticise. I hope you are just trolling.

Sundar is an interesting selection - potentially in the team as a form batsman who can bowl a few overs - like a Vihari role.

 

[Arachnodouche]

LOL, I hate the way Kohli celebrates every time a wicket falls...

He is a strange one. He appears mature enough in his press engagements but goes full "oye hoye shaava shaava BC-MC" Dilli-brat mode on the field. Some psycho personality split.

 

[White Ball]

This was just not cricket

 

[Anil]

Massive lol at certain posters taking a dig at Gujarat . Bumrah, Pujara, Axar Patel , Jadeja are all from Gujarat unlike Kerala which never produces even half decent cricketer and elects mental basket case negative IQ politician Rahul Gandhi.

at least kerala is not a dry state...in fact it is the "wettest" state in the union...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

at least kerala is not a dry state...in fact it is the "wettest" state in the union...

Bottoms up!

 

[BoyBrumby]

This is going to sound like wisdom after the event, but as soon as I saw 4 seamers and not one of them called Chris Woakes I thought "nah, BS".

It's clearly suboptimal to have to look to the lower order for runs, but it has been one of our strengths for 3 or 4 years now (it's not too fanciful to suggest we wouldn't have beaten India up here in 2018 without SCurran's runs) so to go into a test with Archer at #8 seems optimistic at best.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

When I saw the lineup I said to Mrs RIS that I reckoned Foakes was gonna be stranded on 7*. Looked on for it when Broad got out.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah it is a bit of an issue as this is their best attack although you could argue for Woakes over Archer at home. Is just not something they have had to think about, have had the very least a decent number 8 for as long as I can remember.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

My first reaction on seeing the line up was if Root doesn’t go big we’re screwed. I wasn’t surprised by the one spinner or long tail, mainly because the selectors have proved they’re idiots. Crawley, Sibley and Pope have to be persevered with but it’s a frightening lack of established proven and consistent batsmen in one team.

 

[greg]

This was just not cricket

He dropped it. The still picture doesn't tell the same story that the video does.

 

[Burgey]

Lol England. Pathetic. Top stuff India, with the added bonus of Kohli's batting descent continuing.

Series will be all but over after day two here you'd reckon.

 

[MW1304]

The series won't be over even if (when) we lose this game tbf. Not that I'm holding much hope for the fourth.

 

[Burgey]

It really will be though.

 

[Ashwinashwath]

India could very well pile up 300+ total and hand the Brits a sound innings defeat thrashing. The Brits started well- mannered and won the first test fair and square showing their talent on the field. But faded after that and have started bringing in Aussie arrogance questioning umpiring decisions and arguing, losing out the gentlemanly spirit they initially displayed. Everything will go downhill from now on unless they start performing well and stop complaining over misfortunes.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

the Brits

no

 

[Cricnerds]

There are no floodlights present at the stadium. Instead, there’s a ring of LED lights, 580 of them, to illuminate the world’s largest stadium for any action during the night time. It will be one of the first cricket stadiums in India to have this feature instead of the traditional floodlights at every cricket ground.

 

[Daemon]

There are no floodlights present at the stadium. Instead, there’s a ring of LED lights, 580 of them, to illuminate the world’s largest stadium for any action during the night time. It will be one of the first cricket stadiums in India to have this feature instead of the traditional floodlights at every cricket ground.

Good username, glad you removed the numbers at the end as they were an eyesore

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

There are no floodlights present at the stadium. Instead, there’s a ring of LED lights, 580 of them, to illuminate the world’s largest stadium for any action during the night time. It will be one of the first cricket stadiums in India to have this feature instead of the traditional floodlights at every cricket ground.

What’s your take on the umpiring so far in this match?

 

[sunilz]

There are no floodlights present at the stadium. Instead, there’s a ring of LED lights, 580 of them, to illuminate the world’s largest stadium for any action during the night time. It will be one of the first cricket stadiums in India to have this feature instead of the traditional floodlights at every cricket ground.

I think in Dubai also , they use this.