NZ tour of India, Sept 22- Oct 26

[Red Devil]

hmm, whoever it is, it's not good for the game, and it's making them look like spoilt brats to be honest...just get on with the bloody game!

seconded

[Red Devil]

Bhuvi is injured as well - dropping like flies

Ishant, Rahul and Dhawan already out

I guess that means Umesh will be back in the side

it's a real shame for Bhuvi - he could do with a few consecutive tests, always seems to get the odd one here or there

[andy]

gutted for Bhuvi, very under-rated bowler, done very well in the last game, and picks up an injury

[Dr Cricket]

looks like Lodha commitee is also affecting the champions trophy next year and because of the rules stated by the committee they may have to pull out of the champions trophy.
2 possible troubles.
India not being allowed to play Pakistan, with loads of reports saying BCCI have asked the ICC not to pair them with Pakistan in future events and that BCCI has to choose between IPL or the Champions trophy and at the moment that is an easy choice IPL.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016 ... -will-pul/

[Arthur Crabtree]

Sounds like Gambhir's back for India- and Williamson for NZ.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Wagner is out- must be an injury? Nicholls out. Neesham and KW in. Bhuvi and Dhawan out for India, Gambhir and Umesh are in.

Decent start for the hosts.

[Arthur Crabtree]

India won the toss again! Pitch is reckoned to be hard to bat on, dry and cracked, and will become harder after day one (according to cricinfo).

[Arthur Crabtree]

I was trying to look up past games in Indore (pop 2.1 million, half way down, to the west of central, industrial, home of Rahul Dravid) but there haven't been any. First Test in the city, and I would guess the state too (Madhya Pradesh).

[Red Devil]

I'm in the BA lounge in Singapore and they are not showing the test match. They probably won't show it at the hotel in Bali when I finally get there either , so I'll be relying on you guys for context and insights into the match

[Red Devil]

India won the toss again! Pitch is reckoned to be hard to bat on, dry and cracked, and will become harder after day one (according to cricinfo).

Does it look like that on day one - 3 earlyish wickets doesn't sound like Ind had a great start, although a semi recovery so far

[yuppie]

India won the toss again! Pitch is reckoned to be hard to bat on, dry and cracked, and will become harder after day one (according to cricinfo).

Does it look like that on day one - 3 earlyish wickets doesn't sound like Ind had a great start, although a semi recovery so far

Are the umpires seriously checking the coins when the toss is being done.

I mean that's 15 toss wins in a row for home teams in the Sub Continent Im sure this has to be some sort of record.

Anyone want to work out the odds of that happening?

[yuppie]

Actually think i might have got it for 15 time called correctly 1 in 65,534 chance

[Arthur Crabtree]

India won the toss again! Pitch is reckoned to be hard to bat on, dry and cracked, and will become harder after day one (according to cricinfo).

Does it look like that on day one - 3 earlyish wickets doesn't sound like Ind had a great start, although a semi recovery so far

I'm just seeing 250 as a par score in India now. 350 as a huge score.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Look at the batting averages in all countries since the beginning of 2014. Pretty amazing.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... pe=batting

[Arthur Crabtree]

RPW in first innings of match, in India, 25. In Australia, 60. So to me, now, 120-3 was India on top. It means the hundreds are really worth something, so well done to Kohli. And a bad day for NZ.

The sample is small, but as there has been an intention to balance the games towards the bowlers (particularly the spinners) it seems reasonable to trust in the impression they give.