‘Have to run that by Virat’: Tim Paine takes cheeky swipe at Kohli over possible Gabba meet

[lifecric7]

If Tim Paine has his way Australia will host the first Test against India next summer at the Gabba... but the skipper is pessimistic that will happen.

And he cheekily says the decision will ultimately fall on Indian captain Virat Kohli.

Australia has now gone 31 years without suffering a Test defeat at the Brisbane ground, crushing Pakistan by an innings and five runs inside four days this week.

The venue is Australia’s fortress and typically hosts the curtain raiser for the Test summer but was relegated to late January last season for a day-night match against Sri Lanka.

“We’ll certainly try but we’ll have to run that by Virat,” Paine said with tongue in cheek of his desire to start next year’s Border-Gavaskar series in Brisbane.

“I’m sure we’ll get an answer from him at some stage.

“That’s where we like to start our summer and has been for a long, long time except for last summer (so) as I said we’ll ask Virat, see if we can get his permission to play here.”

“Maybe even get a pink ball Test if he’s in a good mood,” he added, referencing India’s stubborn resistance to day-night Test cricket. The country only played its first pink ball match this week against Bangladesh.

The reasons Australia loves playing at the Gabba are obvious. It has a win-loss ratio of 5.00 at the ground and its batsmen average 40.92 and its bowlers 31.68. That’s its best win-loss ratio anywhere in the country and second in the other two departments.

“Australian teams have bowled and batted well here for a long time,” Paine said. “We’d like to start here against anyone.

“Having said that it doesn’t win us games of cricket. The reason we win games of cricket at the Gabba is because we outplay our opposition.”

Source : https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...0/news-story/893974acb7174a53f414927c087108d8

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Paine always got good banter

 

[Captain caveman]

I hate to say this but i think this current indian team can beat this current aussie team at the gabba.
Bumra, ishant and sharma will bowl well on this track and in sharma, who is an excellent hooker and puller and pujara, who is very gritty, i rate indias chances. But i dont think kohli will do that well at the gabba and might well blackball the idea of playing there.

Anyway, just goes to show india and bcci run cricket now, what they say goes.
Aussies are even travelling to india, during the height of their summer.
As a pak fan this makes me sad!

 

[dildilpak]

I hate to say this but i think this current indian team can beat this current aussie team at the gabba.
Bumra, ishant and sharma will bowl well on this track and in sharma, who is an excellent hooker and puller and pujara, who is very gritty, i rate indias chances. But i dont think kohli will do that well at the gabba and might well blackball the idea of playing there.

Anyway, just goes to show india and bcci run cricket now, what they say goes.
Aussies are even travelling to india, during the height of their summer.
As a pak fan this makes me sad!

Actually, Kohli is the safest bet on a bouncy track - look up his centuries at Centurian Park & Perth, where almost all batsmen including those from the home team were struggling with the bounce.

Paine is just firing a salvo, hopefully doesn’t come back to bite him hard.

 

[lifecric7]

Good to see that Paine knows where his board stands.. too long English and Australian boards have dictated terms.not any longer. The Australians here in the media are also not happy about 3 odis away from home in peak Australian summer season.has never happened before I think.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Good to see that Paine knows where his board stands.. too long English and Australian boards have dictated terms.not any longer. The Australians here in the media are also not happy about 3 odis away from home in peak Australian summer season.has never happened before I think.

lol india has been dictating terms since 2000.

 

[lifecric7]

lol india has been dictating terms since 2000.

I know .. but post the riches of IPL it’s a completely different story

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Australia and India play way too many matches and series against each other. Last Australian summer India came, then Australia toured India for 5 ODIs and 3 t20s a few months before WC, and Australia is touring India in a few months, and now next summer India is touring Australia for the Australian cricket summer. Also a few years ago, Australia toured India (2017 or something) for that 4 test match series

 

[lifecric7]

Australia and India play way too many matches and series against each other. Last Australian summer India came, then Australia toured India for 5 ODIs and 3 t20s a few months before WC, and Australia is touring India in a few months, and now next summer India is touring Australia for the Australian cricket summer. Also a few years ago, Australia toured India (2017 or something) for that 4 test match series

Money ...Aussies want more dollars by playing with India. And tbh cricket is good as well. Aussies here only care about Ashes though

 

[lifecric7]

I was at last mcg Boxing Day test. Really good crowd and lots of food and booze sold... they made really good money. I personally know close to a group of 250 ppl travelled from Sydney to Melbourne.. again good spend of dollars.

 

[tyron_woodley]

I know .. but post the riches of IPL it’s a completely different story

lol they can't sledge much either these days.
Otherwise no lol contract baby. Goodbye see you would be the reply.
It's funny how they have to cheat at home to win in almost every series against most good teams. We all know how they cheated to win in 08 vs india.
Even recently rizwan was incorrectly given out.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Australia and India play way too many matches and series against each other. Last Australian summer India came, then Australia toured India for 5 ODIs and 3 t20s a few months before WC, and Australia is touring India in a few months, and now next summer India is touring Australia for the Australian cricket summer. Also a few years ago, Australia toured India (2017 or something) for that 4 test match series

In terms of intensity and closeness of results, Australia-India has been the premier test series in the era since 2000. Only 2 home series when both teams were bad around 2010-12 were poor.

 

[Sidilicious]

I hate to say this but i think this current indian team can beat this current aussie team at the gabba.
Bumra, ishant and sharma will bowl well on this track and in sharma, who is an excellent hooker and puller and pujara, who is very gritty, i rate indias chances. But i dont think kohli will do that well at the gabba and might well blackball the idea of playing there.

Anyway, just goes to show india and bcci run cricket now, what they say goes.
Aussies are even travelling to india, during the height of their summer.
As a pak fan this makes me sad!

And why is that sad?

They have been ruling things for over a century in cricket. They did the tours how and when they wanted. Now they realise its a duopoly any more.

Currently, things are way more equal then what it was in the 70s.

 

[Revolution]

Australia and India play way too many matches and series against each other. Last Australian summer India came, then Australia toured India for 5 ODIs and 3 t20s a few months before WC, and Australia is touring India in a few months, and now next summer India is touring Australia for the Australian cricket summer. Also a few years ago, Australia toured India (2017 or something) for that 4 test match series

Australia played 5 ODIs against pak in March 2019.

Let's talk about business, what is the percentage of attendance for first test in Australia??
Saw the highlights in Sony App, I could see empty stands in most of the places. ( correct me if I am wrong here)

India played 4 test matches in Australia with 80% crowd. Some days it was sold out.

 

[Mamoon]

Paine can get annoying at times. He has too much “banter’’ for a tail-ender who does the bare minimum with the gloves and is leading the team by fluke. A deeply mediocre cricketer who does not deserve to lead Ireland let alone Australia.

 

[Relic]

Australia played 5 ODIs against pak in March 2019.

Let's talk about business, what is the percentage of attendance for first test in Australia??
Saw the highlights in Sony App, I could see empty stands in most of the places. ( correct me if I am wrong here)

India played 4 test matches in Australia with 80% crowd. Some days it was sold out.

That's because most of the 80% crowd were Indians.
But getting money from an indian or getting it from an aussie is the same so...

 

[Kaptan]

Virat should just say "No" for pink ball cricket if he believes our spinners will be at a disadvantage. Our pacers are much better and are fully capable of taking 20 wickets on any pitch but that doesn't mean we just ignore spin dept.

 

[Rightarmfast]

I hate to say this but i think this current indian team can beat this current aussie team at the gabba.
Bumra, ishant and sharma will bowl well on this track and in sharma, who is an excellent hooker and puller and pujara, who is very gritty, i rate indias chances. But i dont think kohli will do that well at the gabba and might well blackball the idea of playing there.

Anyway, just goes to show india and bcci run cricket now, what they say goes.
Aussies are even travelling to india, during the height of their summer.
As a pak fan this makes me sad!

Bhai, please dont tell this to his wife. She wont like it

 

[lifecric7]

That's because most of the 80% crowd were Indians.
But getting money from an indian or getting it from an aussie is the same so...

Do you have any facts to back up your claim or just randomly choosing stuff. I have never missed Boxing Day test at MCG for past 5 years. Really good crowd when the teams are really good e.g. India SA England. 80 percent of crowd is Australian. They love watching test cricket.same in any other venue. This was same back when windies toured in the 80 and they were good. No one wants to see insipid and non competitive Minnow teams here.so crowds are good when they know the competing teams have quality.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

You won't need to run it by Virat, Tim. You won't be playing for Australia by next summer

 

[tyron_woodley]

You won't need to run it by Virat, Tim. You won't be playing for Australia by next summer

why lol? please Paine play lol. easier for india. Wade is actually not a bad bastman tbh. But he is weak vs bouncers and outswinger.

 

[Pakhs]

Its true India now a days get many such advantages over opposition but same was true in the past for Eng and Aus boards.

 

[Captain caveman]

And why is that sad?

They have been ruling things for over a century in cricket. They did the tours how and when they wanted. Now they realise its a duopoly any more.

Currently, things are way more equal then what it was in the 70s.

Its sad for me as a pak fan to see how far india has advanced on and off the field and at the same time seeing pakistan regress so much both on and off the field.

 

[Captain caveman]

Australia played 5 ODIs against pak in March 2019.

Let's talk about business, what is the percentage of attendance for first test in Australia??
Saw the highlights in Sony App, I could see empty stands in most of the places. ( correct me if I am wrong here)

India played 4 test matches in Australia with 80% crowd. Some days it was sold out.

Its because so few countries play test cricket and only a handful are any good.
But more importantly, the money in cricket is in india because of their love for the game and their HUGE population, 1.3 billion population in india and millions more around the world. Also, india are the only nation that is crazy about cricket, even in pakistan, i have seen a decline in the popularity of cricket from the 80s, people have more options now with technology, internet/gaming etc. Only country that is crazy about cricket as much as india is bangladesh.
Test cricket will eventually die, only t20 or t10 will survive.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

why lol? please Paine play lol. easier for india. Wade is actually not a bad bastman tbh. But he is weak vs bouncers and outswinger.

Yeah specialist captain would be good for India, on second thought.

 

[JaDed]

Good get Kohli riled up before the series next year.

 

[AFM]

Paine does have some hilarious sledges. Did anyone catch what he said to Rizwan when he first faced Lyon in the 1st innings? "Safraz would have already hit Gazza for 4. Sweep shot - bang!"

 

[Varun]

The toothless Cricket Australia will do what the BCCI says anyway.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Its because so few countries play test cricket and only a handful are any good.
But more importantly, the money in cricket is in india because of their love for the game and their HUGE population, 1.3 billion population in india and millions more around the world. Also, india are the only nation that is crazy about cricket, even in pakistan, i have seen a decline in the popularity of cricket from the 80s, people have more options now with technology, internet/gaming etc. Only country that is crazy about cricket as much as india is bangladesh.
Test cricket will eventually die, only t20 or t10 will survive.

test cricket will never die. Big 3, n.z, south africa, even Bangladesh and believe it or not pakistam board all value test cricket. Test cricket is real cricket.
Legends are only made in test cricket.
You can't do well in tests then go play t20s and other amateur formats because only the very best players can play test cricket.

I do believe they need to incentivize test cricket better. It's hard to keep fans tuned in for 5 straight days especially when atleast 3 will be on a weekday. I think potentially we may have to look into a day night test.

Test cricketers are usually supposed to be the highest paid cricketers in the country and I believe that is the case for most nations barring a select few.

To attract fans, they may have to do via broadcast, telly, stream etc because it's going to be difficult for fans to watch games on a weekday.

 

[tyron_woodley]

The toothless Cricket Australia will do what the BCCI says anyway.

yep they have been our sycophant friends for a while now.

 

[Bhaijaan]

It reminds of the saying kahan raja bhoj kahan gangu teli

In this case Tim Paine is gangu teli

Not only is he a temporary captain but he's a nobody as a cricketer lol.

Virat can choose to respond to it or ignore it won't matter.

 

[topspin]

I would love to see a 5 match test series between both of these sides (at full strength) playing at the Gabba, WACA, MCG, SCG and also a D/N test played at the Adelaide Oval.

 

[King_Kohli]

Last time he made comments on Pant something like baby sitter

 

[tyron_woodley]

don't rile up virat. Big mistake. He will smash you.
Best probably to keep praising him then he will slack off and not put in the effort to perform.

 

[Manunited18]

I couldn't agree more with paines comments, the last couple of series I've seen in Australia between these countries the wickets have been lifeless roads pretty much, the traditional aussy wickets have pace and bounce and it's paramount when India tour next year the wickets has the normal traits

 

[tyron_woodley]

I couldn't agree more with paines comments, the last couple of series I've seen in Australia between these countries the wickets have been lifeless roads pretty much, the traditional aussy wickets have pace and bounce and it's paramount when India tour next year the wickets has the normal traits

the wickets were bouncy in the first 3 tests. only the last one was a road.

the first 3 had good bounce. Do many players got hurt especially aussie players.

Australia would be stupid to prepare bouncy tracks. India plays well on bouncy tracks. Best way to beat india abroad is to prepare a complete road. Bat india out of the game. Also win the toss. In Australia I.e

bouncy pitches is a terrible idea. Bunrah shami and even ishant can do really well on bouncy pitches.

 

[BalluBalleBaaz]

I was at last mcg Boxing Day test. Really good crowd and lots of food and booze sold... they made really good money. I personally know close to a group of 250 ppl travelled from Sydney to Melbourne.. again good spend of dollars.

It sure was a good day! A lot of country folks came out as well which was good to see. South asians are much more heavily involved in suburban cricket and they bring their families which increases numbers.

 

[BalluBalleBaaz]

Paine wants retribution! It is currently between India vs Australia, both teams playing very positive cricket.

 

[Manunited18]

the wickets were bouncy in the first 3 tests. only the last one was a road.

the first 3 had good bounce. Do many players got hurt especially aussie players.

Australia would be stupid to prepare bouncy tracks. India plays well on bouncy tracks. Best way to beat india abroad is to prepare a complete road. Bat india out of the game. Also win the toss. In Australia I.e

bouncy pitches is a terrible idea. Bunrah shami and even ishant can do really well on bouncy pitches.

I can't agree on that, the wickets were pretty much lifeless, it was more to do with the exceptional attendances which cricket Australia got greedy, hence roads were prepared, whilst I do agree Indian attack all round is the best, I'm afraid the batting heavily relies on kohli and pujara, this is a shadow of former quality Indianbatting line ups

 

[Hasan123]

Lol Tim Paine is hilarious at times.

 

[tyron_woodley]

I can't agree on that, the wickets were pretty much lifeless, it was more to do with the exceptional attendances which cricket Australia got greedy, hence roads were prepared, whilst I do agree Indian attack all round is the best, I'm afraid the batting heavily relies on kohli and pujara, this is a shadow of former quality Indianbatting line ups

well It was far more bouncy than the 2014 pitches that were provided. Either 2ay australia generally play on roads and have been doing so for a while because playing on a bouncy track is a lottery against good teams like india. India wrecked south africa on a true bouncy pitch. Bad idea to provide this indian team with a bouncy wicket.

Indian batsmen including Mayank is actually quite good with bounce. kohli Mayank pujara and Shaw had he played all play bounce well. rahane plays bounce well too.

Australia beat india on roads in 2014 by batting them out of the game. That's the correct way to beat india abroad. Just bat and bat. Also win the toss. Bat them out of the game.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Paine has to justify his captaincy selection seeing how mediocre he is, has to be in the news because he can never make a name based on cricket achievements. Empty vessels make the most noise.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Sure Tim, Sure )