Australia tour of India, Feb 17-March 29

[rich1uk]

Allan Border was gobsmacked by the #Renshaw retirement: 'I hope he's lying on the table in there half dead.'
allan border not that happy with Renshaw retirement.

cant really blame him tbh

i actually cant remember ever seeing anyone run off like that to retire ill

but when you gotta go, you gotta go

[rich1uk]

thought there would have been a bigger crowd considering this is the first test to be played at this ground

[yuppie]

Australia keep returning to Sean and Mitch Marsh which suggests they have difficulty with those positions. Is Khawaja injured or is once more out of favour?

just not selected

i would have him in my team before shaun marsh any day

Khawaja showed in SL that he is not suited to pitches like this, whilst S Marsh record against spin is so much better.

Im no fan of S marsh, or any Marsh for that matter, but i think this is the right decision.

Now watch him get out.

[yuppie]

Looking at the turn, Australia will not last the day.

Considering their penchant for massive collapses and the fact the tail starts at 6. And with this amount of turn on day 1, i would be surprised if India are not batting by close of play.

[Dr Cricket]

thought there would have been a bigger crowd considering this is the first test to be played at this ground

Seems like it is too hot for the crowd, looks like most of the crowd near the shade.

unlikely to get a big crowd, might be pune first test but the area get a lot of cricket, it essentially got 2 IPL teams, Mumbai is quite close to pune.
Apparently it is quicker for people travelling from Navi mumbai to get into the pune stadium than Wankhede.

[meninblue]

Enough of this. Time for a wicket.

[meninblue]

thought there would have been a bigger crowd considering this is the first test to be played at this ground

Seems like it is too hot for the crowd, looks like most of the crowd near the shade.

unlikely to get a big crowd, might be pune first test but the area get a lot of cricket, it essentially got 2 IPL teams, Mumbai is quite close to pune.
Apparently it is quicker for people travelling from Navi mumbai to get into the pune stadium than Wankhede.

What.

No way.

[rich1uk]

thought there would have been a bigger crowd considering this is the first test to be played at this ground

Seems like it is too hot for the crowd, looks like most of the crowd near the shade.

unlikely to get a big crowd, might be pune first test but the area get a lot of cricket, it essentially got 2 IPL teams, Mumbai is quite close to pune.
Apparently it is quicker for people travelling from Navi mumbai to get into the pune stadium than Wankhede.

sorry bhav but not buying it

india are on a great run in tests, the country is meant to be cricket mad and its the first ever test to be played here

no matter what excuses you come up with, this looks a disappointing crowd

[meninblue]

Bhavesh, at least don't tell that to someone living in Mumbai

[rich1uk]

poor use of drs again by india, that was missing by a mile

[yuppie]

remember now why India did not like using DRS.

[rich1uk]

remember now why India did not like using DRS.

i said during the england tests that kohli looks like he doesn't want to say no to the bowlers when they are adamant about using a referral and thats twice today he looked like he didn't want to review the decisions but got talked into it

for someone that comes across as a really strong character i'm surprised he lets that happen

if the bowlers are not careful they'll end up in a cry wolf situation where he wont use a referral in case its being wasted for one that really is out

[Dr Cricket]

thought there would have been a bigger crowd considering this is the first test to be played at this ground

Seems like it is too hot for the crowd, looks like most of the crowd near the shade.

unlikely to get a big crowd, might be pune first test but the area get a lot of cricket, it essentially got 2 IPL teams, Mumbai is quite close to pune.
Apparently it is quicker for people travelling from Navi mumbai to get into the pune stadium than Wankhede.

sorry bhav but not buying it

india are on a great run in tests, the country is meant to be cricket mad and its the first ever test to be played here

no matter what excuses you come up with, this looks a disappointing crowd

No excuses, poor crowd but not sure pune is the greatest place to build a new stadium or be a new test ground, especially when the stadium is quite near pune and it basically tries to get crowd from Mumbai.

[Dr Cricket]

thought there would have been a bigger crowd considering this is the first test to be played at this ground

Seems like it is too hot for the crowd, looks like most of the crowd near the shade.

unlikely to get a big crowd, might be pune first test but the area get a lot of cricket, it essentially got 2 IPL teams, Mumbai is quite close to pune.
Apparently it is quicker for people travelling from Navi mumbai to get into the pune stadium than Wankhede.

What.

No way.

yeah it true they tested it around the ipl time.
Navi mumbai is next to the highway that goes to pune takes about 1 hr 10 or 15 mins to the pune stadium. take about 1 hours 30 mins to go from Navi mumbai to mumbai city centre with the mumbai traffic lol.
apparently it was quicker for them to travel to watch pune Warriers games than watch mumbai indians play lol.

[rich1uk]

so you are now telling adi he is wrong, even tho he lives there ?