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

[sunilz]

How was the pitch "unfair" though? Unfair for batsmen, maybe but it was the same for both sides

It was unfair for England tbh. They simply don't have the spinners like Ashwin, Axar and their batsmen are worse against spin than ours . So there was always going to be 1 result.

 

[White Ball]

He's obviously not the most eloquent but I'm finding him a pretty good pundit in general. There was a TMS podcast during the 2nd Test with a segment of Michael Vaughan tediously repeating the same talking point for about 20 minutes, contrasted with a much shorter Cook segment that provided a far more considered analysis.

TMS really need to stop giving that clown all the airtime.

I really like Vaughan I find him quite a fair and knowledgeable pundit

 

[honestbharani]

Cummins actually wrote an interesting piece/interview recently about that spell, it's worth checking out.

Link me to it when you can.

 

[Kirkut]

Ashwin can achieve a bowling strike rate of 49 if such pitches are regularly prepared.

 

[honestbharani]

r they roll the rice

Niiiiice, if intentional.

 

[cnerd123]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1364953964303777797

 

[honestbharani]

It was unfair for England tbh. They simply don't have the spinners like Ashwin, Axar and their batsmen are worse against spin than ours . So there was always going to be 1 result.

Yeah but you are describing literally every SENA wicket till we got a decent pace attack too, then.

 

[sunilz]

Ashwin can achieve a bowling strike rate of 49 if such pitches are regularly prepared.

Indian broadcasters will intervene now I think. I feel next pitch will be flat

 

[honestbharani]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1364953964303777797

can you copy paste? I cant view twitter at the moment.

EDIT: Wait it worked. Silly logic as usual from crapinfo. I remember the test in MCG in 1999 when India made lesser in two innings combined than one of the sides in a Deodhar Trophy match. Contextless clickbait BS.

 

[Daemon]

Imagine Jadeja

 

[ankitj]

It was unfair for England tbh. They simply don't have the spinners like Ashwin, Axar and their batsmen are worse against spin than ours . So there was always going to be 1 result.

Whole world outside subcontinent has been unfair to India up until 5 years ago.

 

[GIMH]

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This isn't appropriate. Grow up

 

[sunilz]

Whole world outside subcontinent has been unfair to India up until 5 years ago.

We just won a heroic series in Aus which earned us praise worldwide and many neutrals also started supporting us.

Series win like this turn lot of neutral fans away and doesn't befit a no.1 side.

 

[Kirkut]

Imagine Jadeja

Wouldn't have made too much of a difference. Axar already has crazy bowling figures.

 

[sunilz]

Whole world outside subcontinent has been unfair to India up until 5 years ago.

You are also downplaying the achievement of Indian side from 2002-11

 

[Groundking]

Indian broadcasters will intervene now I think. I feel next pitch will be flat

600 v 600 draw pitch leading to Indian series win? Sounds about right.

 

[Spark]

Link me to it when you can.

Pat Cummins - 'Once we knew Virat Kohli was going to miss the last three Tests, Pujara was the big wicket for me' | The Cricket Monthly | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Kilowatt]

If it was the plastic coating of the pink ball that made some skid on then that would make some sense. I've never seen a pitch where there was such an extreme difference where a ball would absolutely rip like crazy out of nowhere, and the next ball would behave as if the pitch was an entirely placid road, with no real rhyme or reason behind which ball would do what.

There was a perfectly good reason for that. The balls that were not turning sharply were being darted into the pitch at ~95kmh, while the balls that were gripping and spitting were coming in at ~85kmh. All the spinners to some extent took advantage of that, most of all Axar with his natural speed being ~100kmh. There were no shooters and very rarely did any ball rear up from length.

The pitch wasn't perfect especially with the bowlers foothole but it wasn't a dustbowl. Swann at the start of the match showed the state of the ball after 15 overs and the seam had somehow become even more pronounced than it was anew and had naturally become softer making it perfect for gripping the surface. Root maybe a part-timer but his seam presentation was perfect. No wobble and nearly every ball landed on the seam. That combined with no great players of spin on either side is what produced this result.

 

[ankitj]

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I don't know what creeps me out more - that meme or the fact that @cnerd123 reacts to with love emoticon.

 

[Neptune]

Indian cricket should just be deleted after that disgusting pitch. I mean 2 days? Joe root taking 5-8? Non stop spin bowling all day, 17 wickets in not even 1 days play. If I wanted to watch that much spin I wouldve stared at my washing machine all day. The ICC should rate the pitch ‘a disgrace’ to be perfectly honest. Hang your head in shame BCCI.