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India reach 233/6 at Stumps on Day 1 of 1st Test against Australia

Australia are in front now. They will definitely look to bat positively tomorrow during the period of light.
 
Varun said:
IPL hacks should be nowhere near the test team. Drop Vihari for sure, but get somebody with Ranji pedigree in instead.

Whatever happened to Karun Nair??
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Can't write off vihari for one bad innings.
He is consistent player.
Karun Nair gone long back.
 
Kohli is still the best in india by a mile.
Ashwin is India's best batsman when the ball moves an inch.
 
It's been a while since Ashwin scored runs for us. High time he does it now.
 
This should be our XI:-

Mayank
Rahul :inti
Pujara
Kohli
Gill
Pandya :inti
Pant(wkt) :inti
Jadeja
Ishant
Shami
Bumrah

:inti
 
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Ashwin hooks one for 4, albeit his heart would have been in his mouth.
 
Ashwin used to bat with more authority than this.

Here he's looking like Afridi.
 
It'll be a win if we can get to 300 somehow.
 
If not for Rahane's brainfade, we'd have probably been at 4/265 at stumps.
 
Junaids said:
India paying the penalty for negative batting as if it were a red ball Test.

Apart from possibly being 240 all out, now they will have to use the new pink ball in daylight.
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Only 2 night wickets, and the bottom four could easily bat for a session
 
If the Indian innings lasts 8 more overs tomorrow, then Australia are guaranteed not to have to bat against the new ball under lights.

India have really made this very complicated for themselves by their negative batting.
 
Junaids said:
If the Indian innings lasts 8 more overs tomorrow, then Australia are guaranteed not to have to bat against the new ball under lights.

India have really made this very complicated for themselves by their negative batting.
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They should declare overnight.
 
therealAB said:
Only 2 night wickets, and the bottom four could easily bat for a session
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It’s not about night wickets but the new ball in the first hour of the final session.

Problem is, India won’t get a new ball in that twilight hour tomorrow. They’ve messed this up.

They could have attacked in the first two sessions and been 220 all out, then had Australia 50-5 now.
 
King_Kohli said:
Can't write off vihari for one bad innings.
He is consistent player.
Karun Nair gone long back.
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Karun Nair dropped after scoring a triple century lol. Favoritism is still alive in Indian cricket. Players like Pandya/Pant will get endless opportunities to prove themselves but there are others like Nair, Samson who are kicked out of the team after 1 or 2 failures. Ghor kalyug hai. :inti
 
therealAB said:
Ashwin batted much faster than they would have been, max 240.
Plus Kohli had already got out so it is all even
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Ashwin has barely scored 15-odd runs and you've already termed it fast!

Btw, I was talking about Rahane's run out of Kohli, not his own dismissal.
 
Man if it wasn't for that run out we would have been in pretty good shape by now. Gotta get at least 300 on board.
 
Another 70 runs will be enough for this Indian pace attack - although I feel India will end up on 350.
 
therealAB said:
Can't really call Kohli unlucky at all that's for sure
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Tells me all I wanted to know about your cricketing wisdom.

Kohli wasn't unlucky, lol. Are you sure you even watched how he got out?
 
MP2011 said:
Tells me all I wanted to know about your cricketing wisdom.

Kohli wasn't unlucky, lol. Are you sure you even watched how he got out?
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He had already got out - he was exceptionally lucky when he gloved it and there was no DRS. That cancels out
 
India will rue that run out. Only fair to Australia as India have been extremely lucky today. They must have been rolled out for under 180 but some balls didn't carry and that helped India.
 
MP2011 said:
Ashwin has barely scored 15-odd runs and you've already termed it fast!

Btw, I was talking about Rahane's run out of Kohli, not his own dismissal.
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I was responding to the comment that India would have been 3/270 at stumps if not for the runout, and I was merely saying that the rate Rahane/Kohli were going at would not have got them there
 
I'll be happy if we get even 280. And even that's a tough ask for our tail against an in form Starc.

Rahane might have cost India the game with that run out.

Anyways, hope I am proven wrong. Huge huge day tomorrow not only in the context of the game but also the series.
 
I think India will finish the first innings at 250 tomorrow. Not bad, but not good either.
 
So how well did Australia bowl?

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No team can time in a way that they can get new ball during twilight. Even if india batted well today and played out 40 overs tomorrow, how can they get new ball at twilight? U only get new ball at 80 0vers
Dumb thoughts by some posters
 
Irrespective of pink ball test, this seems the norm at Adelaide. Teams are 250 to 275 max for loss of 4 or 5 wickets. So not all lost for india I guess
 
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Most international runs in Adelaide by visiting Batsman.

940 Brian Lara
905 Viv Richards
839 VIRAT KOHLI
674 Gordon Greenidge
625 Desmond Haynes
562 Clive Lloyd
 
233/6 probably does not meet expectations.

But if Indian fans were asked to take 233/6 with the ball doing a lot in phases on Day one of the day-night pink ball Match one of an Away series against the full strength Oz bowlers who are lions in their den but are poodles in India, most of the Indian fans will take this.
 
Half-century partnerships for Virat Kohli with Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane had put India in a solid position at the Adelaide Oval on day one of the first Test match. But the India's captain's run-out triggered a collapse that saw India go from 188/3 to 233/6 by stumps on day one.

India would have hoped for the lower middle-order to step up after Kohli's dismissal against the run of play on 74. That did not materialise, however, with Australia's pacemen causing damage with the second new ball. Mitchell Starc had Rahane trapped lbw in the first over after the new ball was taken. Hanuma Vihari was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood two overs later to leave India at 206/6.

R Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha then survived a testing passage of play to rally through to stumps without further damage.

Earlier in the day, Kohli won the toss and opted to bat first. The India skipper has a tremendous record when winning the toss, winning 21 of the 25 such matches prior to this without ever losing a game.

It wasn't all great for India early on as Starc cleaned up Prithvi Shaw off an inside edge with the second delivery of the day, bringing Pujara to the crease.

With some stringent bowling with the new ball, India found run-scoring tough, but Mayank Agarwal and Pujara focused on batting themselves in. The first boundary in the innings came in the 10th over when Agarwal drove a rare half-volley from Hazlewood for four.


Pat Cummins sent back Agarwal with a nip-backer, shortly after setting him up with a series of good length balls that either moved away or straightened off the seam. The wicket brought skipper Kohli to the wicket.

With a terrific record at Adelaide Oval in Test cricket, Kohli was Australia's primary threat and he lived up to the billing with an outstanding half-century. Kohli was in control right from the onset and appeared to be in command as he and Pujara resuscitated the innings after two early blows.

After 30 overs of pace, Nathan Lyon came into the attack with the middle-order duo fairly settled at the wicket. Pujara revealed his intentions early by stepping out against the spinner whenever he chose to go full. The attritional battle between Pujara and Lyon continued until the Australia spinner extracted turn and bounce from a length to find the inside edge that lobbed into the hands of short leg.

Rahane joined Kohli at the crease and the two kept India on top with another solid stand. While Rahane's first boundary took some time coming, he opened up soon after and even took Cummins' short ball on, pulling him in front of square for a six. With the partnership closing in on a century, a moment of madness saw the back of the Indian skipper.

Pushing Lyon to mid-off, Rahane took off for a non-existent single which Kohli responded to, only for the vice-captain to back out, leaving Kohli stranded. The massive breakthrough, right before the second new ball became available, gave the hosts an opening and they took it with both hands.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1944211
 
Imagine if VK was still around now, and if that moment of cementheadedness from rahane had not happened, india would be in 300 range....well still 233 represents a fight, am impressed with ashwin and the way he showed +ve intent, seen him runa 3 after long time :).....tommorow , gotta cash in on whatevee we get...go lads :bow:
 
India fall of wickets

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I think we are still in the game. Another 50 runs and we can make a match out of this.
 
Cricket is good but the commentary so biased which makes me switch off the TV.
 
Nathan Lyon is a very under rated off spinner. On this same wicket, our hero Ashwin will probably go wicketless. :ashwin
 
Rajdeep said:
Nathan Lyon is a very under rated off spinner. On this same wicket, our hero Ashwin will probably go wicketless. :ashwin
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If Ashwin doesn't try to do too many things and pitch the ball in the right areas he can do better than Lyon on this pitch. Hope he learned his lessons after being repeatedly outbowled by Lyon and Moeen Ali in past few years.
 
Cheteshwar Pujara said that India were in very good position in the first two sessions. Test cricket needs patience. If the wicket is flat, then you can be aggressive but when it's helping the bowlers, you can't play alot of shots.
 
Hyperion66 said:
If Ashwin doesn't try to do too many things and pitch the ball in the right areas he can do better than Lyon on this pitch. Hope he learned his lessons after being repeatedly outbowled by Lyon and Moeen Ali in past few years.
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nah Ashwin just isn't a bowler well suited to Aus pitches. Not enough overspin, which is essential
 
MenInG said:
So how well did Australia bowl?

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And this is why height matters in Australia. Not necessarily all about taking wickets- but being able to pull the length back, bash the middle of the pitch to bowl tight & keep control of the game until it is time to strike again. Much easier with some height in your team to make sure that bounce is uncomfortable & if batters pull/hook then they do so at some risk.
 
Forward Defensive Push said:
India will rue that run out. Only fair to Australia as India have been extremely lucky today. They must have been rolled out for under 180 but some balls didn't carry and that helped India.
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wrongun said:
And this is why height matters in Australia. Not necessarily all about taking wickets- but being able to pull the length back, bash the middle of the pitch to bowl tight & keep control of the game until it is time to strike again. Much easier with some height in your team to make sure that bounce is uncomfortable & if batters pull/hook then they do so at some risk.
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Yes. Height matters in Australia, south Africa. New Zealand to a lesser extent as new Zealand is more suited for medium pace swing bowlers.

Height is crucial in Australia not because of the bounce factor alone.
Height allows you to bowl bouncers or those nagging lengths with ease as you expend less energy than the shorter bowler. Shorter guys will require more stamina to bowl the same type of balls as the the really tall bowlers. The height difference makes it easier to pitch it further back and they expend less energy in doing so.

Shorter ones should just focus on full length balls and use the upright seam for movement off the pitch and perhaps the odd occasional bouncer as a surprise tactic.

If you have the stamina of Wagner the By all means go ahead and bombard batsmen with bouncers at 125-130 kph.
 
Babbar said:
233/6 probably does not meet expectations.

But if Indian fans were asked to take 233/6 with the ball doing a lot in phases on Day one of the day-night pink ball Match one of an Away series against the full strength Oz bowlers who are lions in their den but are poodles in India, most of the Indian fans will take this.
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Agree with this.
 
The run out of India skipper Virat Kohli was "massive" and it turned to be a momentum-shifting moment, said Australia spinner Nathan Lyon as the hosts snared quick wickets towards the end of the opening day of the first Test at the Adelaide Oval to walk off the field smiling on Thursday. India looked pretty settled at 188 for three after electing to bat in the series-opener when a terrible mix-up between Ajinkya Rahane and Kohli resulted in run out of the Indian captain, who made 74. When the day's proceedings ended, India were 233 for six.

"It was massive. A wicket like that, run out, specially of Virat is massive. It was good to be back on board after the Ashes. He was batting pretty well, so happy with that," Lyon said at the virtual press conference after the day's play.

Asked about his battle with Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara (43 off 160 balls), Lyon said they both have different batting styles and he enjoyed the challenge.

"It was good fun, good conversations there but battle there is against the best players of the world. On a day-one wicket, it was a great challenge," Lyon said.

"They (Kohli and Pujara) are different in style and approach, batting against spin bowling. I am always up for the challenge against best batsmen," he said.

Lyon said the Australian dressing room was happy with the way things worked out for them on Thursday.

"Definitely satisfying, but we can get a lot better. We are very happy with where we are at but can keep pushing the boundaries and keep getting better as a bowling unit. We are happy, but still lot of work to do," Lyon, who dismissed Pujara, said.

A lot of edges from the Indian batsmen fell short of the fielders and Lyon said it was not because of the wicket but skill-set of Indian batsmen.

"If you look at India's top order, they play with extremely soft hands. The wicket was pretty good. We are looking forward to bowling in the second innings," Lyon said.

"Hopefully we will have good batting innings. The wicket will only get better. The pink ball gets soft a bit early. All in all very good wicket."

Lyon said young Cameroon Green was very impressive on his Test debut. The 21-year-old bowled nine wicket-less overs, giving away just 15 runs.

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"It's exciting, isn't it? He is extremely impressive. He seems to be an exceptional cricketer, lovely fellow, I already like his company," he said.

Lyon also praised pacer Mitchell Starc, who according to him, has got an "X factor." "He is world class player, I love playing with him," Lyon said of Starc.

https://sports.ndtv.com/australia-v...-run-out-was-massive-says-nathan-lyon-2340111
 
"No Regrets At All": Cheteshwar Pujara Happy With India's Patient StrategyAUS vs IND: Cheteshwar Pujara said India needed to make sure they didn't lose more wickets when the ball was swinging on Day 1 of the first Test in Adelaide.Press Trust of IndiaUpdated: December 17, 2020 07:32 PM ISTRead Time: 2 min

It took Cheteshwar Pujara 148 balls to get his first boundary but not for once did the senior India batsman feel that he batted too slowly during the opening day's play against Australia in the first Pink ball Test in Adelaide on Thursday. Pujara, who scored a sedate 43 off 160 balls in India's 233 for 6 at stumps on day one, feels that a first innings total of 350 would be very handy for the visitors. Asked if he felt that he could have paced his innings better, the Saurashtra man had an emphatic no for an answer.

"Not at all. We were in a very good position in the first two sessions," said Pujara, defending the 41 scored by the team in the first session and 66 runs that were scored in the second.

"We needed to make sure that we don't lose wickets when the ball is swinging. It was a great day of Test cricket and there are no regrets at all about the strategy. We couldn't have lost more wickets playing shots and getting bowled in a day," said Pujara.

He also defended his batting style on the day as the wicket wasn't conducive for stroke-play.

"Test cricket needs patience. If the wicket is flat, then you can be aggressive but when it's helping the bowlers, you can't play a lot of shots."

"In overseas conditions, you don't want a total of less than 200 runs (in first innings). In the first two sessions, the bowlers are fresh and the pitch is fresh," he said.

Pujara believes that the match is evenly poised after India ended the day at 233 for 6.

However, he conceded that skipper Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane's dismissal will surely provide a "little bit of advantage" to Australia.

His duel with Nathan Lyon during the post-dinner break is being talked about and he praised the Australian off-spinner for his remarkable transformation into a world-class bowler in the past four to five years.

"He gets a lot of revs (revolutions) on the ball. His line and length have really improved. He likes taking the challenge and while facing him, you also need to be prepared to face that challenge," he said.

https://sports.ndtv.com/australia-v...-indias-patient-strategy-with-the-bat-2340096
 
Disappointing from Shaw but it was no surprise. Home ton v Windies doesnt make you a Test cricketer

Opportunity for Saha,if he can take India above 350+,he'd have justified his place

Rahane living on borrowed time. Its time he produces something rather than running out the one doing well
 
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