Quote from: JSRAW on March 03, 2023, 10:58:25 PM

Quote from: teosanru on March 03, 2023, 09:51:20 PM

Quote from: JSRAW on March 03, 2023, 09:24:06 PM

Don't forget our own top-middle order lol

They are not in good nick either. Rohit only played 1 match winning knock, Gill is a replacement but he needs to grab an opportunity with both hands. Pujara looked way too good in the last inning but he needs to repeat this in the next match. Kohli is just making Pikachu face, every time he gets out. Iyer also needs to take responsibility.

The Indore pitch got 3 demerit points from ICC and was stated of poor quality which did not offer a good competition between bat and bowl. I think it's pretty much correct considering how short the match lasted it was too skewed for spinners ball not coming on the bat at all. I don't mind pitches favouring spinners or pacers but matches should alteast last till 4th day always on international level. That's the whole point of a test match. Pitch is first two matches was still fine as some or the other team managed to bat for some time atleast but this time both teams struggled badly.

I guess it serves them well after botching the venue of Dharamshala and airdropping Indore into the mix out of nowhere. It showed how casual they were with their preparation despite knowing that the BGT series is a very prestige and money making affair.

Virtually no issue with the demerits points but again our batters played poorly as well, which inflated the idea of a bad pitch.

I think in a 4 match series you should atleast make sure you make a couple of pitches good for batting and couple of pitches good for bowling. Making all 4 pitches in the same pattern as favouring spinners looks itself a bizzare idea to me. I know batters played poorly to some extent but if you see ball was coming too low at often times and overturning as well at a few scenarios any good batsmen can fail to play such things.