England tour of India

[sussexpob]

Might be this is the bounciest pitch ever made in India.

Certainly has bounced, that non edge to Bairstow and the wicket both got large on the batsman. Not sure what's responsible, the pink ball is supposed to have a more enlarged seam and is harder than the red one, so maybe its that?

Crawley plays another very good drive. Going to jinx him, but hes looked in good nick so far.... just as I type that, he flicks another for 4

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cover drive for four drom ZC. 27% of his Test 4s have been cover drives. Stats have moved on a bit.

[sussexpob]

Spin on already... what the hell

Its a ripper... Bairstow gone.. what do I know. Looked very out, but hes reviewed it

[Arthur Crabtree]

Looks a wild review for JB1.

[sussexpob]

What the hell has he reviewed that for. Middle stump, 3/4s way up

[DiligentDefence]

Spin on already... what the hell

Its a ripper... Bairstow gone.. what do I know. Looked very out, but hes reviewed it

Shocking review really.

[GarlicJam]

Bad review. Wattoesque.

[Dr Cricket]

Boom what an start.India loss the toss and taken 2 wickets.
Finally the deck I wanted.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bairstow looked too confident to review a dismissal that was so comfortably out.

[Dr Cricket]

England win the toss and bat. Kohli thinks the pitch will help the seamers, but says he would have liked to bat. First blood England maybe

Sundar and Bumrah in for India. Kohli says they need the extra batter, but Sundar did not bowl at all well in the first test.

Yes, another toss lost by India- that's something like 7 of the last 8! Big toss to win for Eng, both captains were keen to bat. Cook is cock-a-hoop in the studio as well.

I'm surprised India went with Washington - I was expecting Umesh Yadav. India must be confident it's a spinners wicket! Also surprised Eng have gone with just one spinner so they must be confident it's a seamers wicket

We'll soon see who has got it right

Actually mad kohli only won 2 of the last 13 test against England on the toss.

Tbh I don’t mind him losing all the toss here if he wins all 5 in England.

[sussexpob]

Bairstow looked too confident to review a dismissal that was so comfortably out.

I thought initially it bowled him

[Dr Cricket]

Crawley trying to play an rohit innings not sure why though pitch looks a belter for batting.

[sussexpob]

Crawley trying to play an rohit innings not sure why though pitch looks a belter for batting.

Got a bit carried away with that last waft to Burmah, but other than that its just been sublime timing from low risk shots. Although that over was better from Bumrah, got Crawley looking a little uncomfortable.

[sussexpob]

Crawley looked rubbish in SL to spin, so this will be an interesting battle against Axar.

Interesting stat flashes up to support that.... Crawley averages 10 against left arm spin

[Arthur Crabtree]

Not much for the spinner yet. Help for pace bowlers with the new ball, but I presume that'll get easier. Should be runs here, but the twilight is an unpredictable factor. My memory is that night falls quickly in India (compared with UK anyway) so it might be brief.