Border Gavaskar Trophy, India v Australia, 1st Test 9-13 Feb, 1430hrs at Nagpur

[Gough]

India from, Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav
Australia from, Pat Cummins (Captain), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.

 

[western royboy]

Doctored Wicket - what a shambles Test Cricket has become - shame on the BCCI

 

[akkaps]

Predicted
Rohit (c), Shubman, Pujara, Virat, Rahul, Jadeja, Srikar (wk), Ashwin, Kuldeep, Shami, Siraj
Warner, Usman, Marnus, Smith, Head, Handscomb, Carey (wk), Cummins (c), Lyon, Murphy, Boland

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Both excited for and dreading the wickets falling as I check the scores from work during breaks. I fear I'll miss Smith and Marnus

 

[akkaps]

Doctored Wicket - what a shambles Test Cricket has become - shame on the BCCI

As if the Australian or the English don't do it either to favour their bowlers. Pot kettle

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Murphy's dad being flown over to India ahead of the first test might be debuting

 

[Around the Wicket]

Labuschagne is key for me, I think he'll have a stinker hope he proves me wrong.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Need to win the toss

 

[Around the Wicket]

Murphy's dad being flown over to India ahead of the first test might be debuting

Strong rumours coming out Agar, Lyon and Murphy will play.

 

[ChristianBoy]

As if the Australian or the English don't do it either to favour their bowlers. Pot kettle

No they don’t actually.

 

[akkaps]

No they don’t actually.

Peth is prime example of this.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Genuinely excited - feels like our strongest chance since 04, even with their ludicrous pitch doctoring.

 

[western royboy]

As if the Australian or the English don't do it either to favour their bowlers. Pot kettle

I’ve never seen anything like this…and you haven’t either…this is bullshit…deliberate cheating…you cannot defend it

 

[Around the Wicket]

Genuinely excited - feels like our strongest chance since 04, even with their ludicrous pitch doctoring.

Really? I think we have no hope LoL

 

[Around the Wicket]

Long tail if Agar is at 7 but not against it.

 

[western royboy]

Peth is prime example of this.

You are delusional…take your blinkers off just for a minute and try and look at it objectively…ok you can‘t

 

[hawkman]

As if the Australian or the English don't do it either to favour their bowlers. Pot kettle

Trying to think of the last time Australia have genuinely doctored a pitch to their favour. The biggest green tops have generally been against South Africa and England where there should be no favour

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Peth is prime example of this.

I've been attending Perth Test Matches for three decades, and can't ever recall a curator slicing the pitch up like a tetris block.

 

[akkaps]

I’ve never seen anything like this…and you haven’t either…this is bullshit…deliberate cheating…you cannot defend it

Each country builds pitches for their own squad. That's how it's always been.

 

[akkaps]

You are delusional…take your blinkers off just for a minute and try and look at it objectively…ok you can‘t

As per above.

 

[Cleavy]

Strong rumours coming out Agar, Lyon and Murphy will play.

the not so strong rumour suggested Handscomb was playing, not Agar?

 

[hawkman]

Peth is prime example of this.

Maybe Australia should refuse to play in Nagpur again like India did for Perth.

Perth is the same pitch every year

 

[western royboy]

Each country builds pitches for their own squad. That's how it's always been.

You have my sympathy

 

[akkaps]

I've been attending Perth Test Matches for three decades, and can't ever recall a curator slicing the pitch up like a tetris block.View attachment 1602897

Built to favour the the Indian team. I see nothing wrong with that.

 

[akkaps]

Maybe Australia should refuse to play in Nagpur again like India did for Perth.

Perth is the same pitch every year

Like Australia refused to play Afghanistan in Perth?

The last test in Nagpur was 2006.