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[Seniorplayer]

England score 311 on day one something touring teams  havent done for some time different game for India not what they  are used to playing at home.

[csnew]

England score 311 on day one something touring teams  havent done for some time different game for India not what they  are used to playing at home.

Pitch is a lot flatter than what they've produced against other sides. Might be the reason why...

[petehosk]

I suspect that India losing the toss and therefore not batting first for the first time for quite a while also has something to do with it?

[ppccopener]

doesn't look like big turn early on and batting first is a huge bonus, we do need 500 thou.

could be first game in this stadium they want the pitch to last maybe?

not well attended either, not sure this is right but ground is 15 miles from the nearest town and no public transport........

[tate035]

Pitch is a lot flatter than what they've produced against other sides. Might be the reason why...

Lol... LBH New Zealand, including Williamson gave away their wickets on a couple of flat decks during that last series.
I am all for being bias... But come on my kiwi friend.
From an unbiased point of few I would put Williamson ahead of Kohli as a test match batsman. Williamson has made more runs in unfavourable conditions than Kohli has...

[Big Mac]

I suspect that India losing the toss and therefore not batting first for the first time for quite a while also has something to do with it?

Yep, last time a visiting team won a toss in India was three years ago almost to the day iirc

[tate035]

doesn't look like big turn early on and batting first is a huge bonus, we do need 500 thou.

could be first game in this stadium they want the pitch to last maybe?

not well attended either, not sure this is right but ground is 15 miles from the nearest town and no public transport........

Think the main reason for lack of crowd could be that the Indian government cut certain rupee notes out of circulation over night in an attempt to "weed out " money launderers...

Meant cash machines were out of order...

India and corruptio... Who'd have thought it??

[roco]

Ganguly did say he wanted pitches to be batsmen friendly on day 1/2 to help prepare indian bowlers for bowling away from home

Maybe this the start

I love the controversy of naming top batsmen hahahaha

[rickjames]

God I love test cricket

[Manormanic]

Just think

If ROOOOOOT becomes captain the best 4 players in the world will all be the captains of their side

Kholi
ROOOOOOOOOT
Smith
Williamson

Yes in that order

Reckon you could argue top five, with AB De Villiers. Your order is all screwy though...

Williamson
Root
De Villiers
Kohli
Smith

[roco]

Reckon you could argue top five, with AB De Villiers. Your order is all screwy though...

Williamson
Root
De Villiers
Kohli
Smith

Right you name time and place

i'll name brand of handbag and i'll tickle you silly for daring to disagree with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously though I have not seen much of Williamson lately but every time I watch Kholi I think he is cheating somehow as he makes it look too easy

[Manormanic]

Right you name time and place

i'll name brand of handbag and i'll tickle you silly for daring to disagree with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously though I have not seen much of Williamson lately but every time I watch Kholi I think he is cheating somehow as he makes it look too easy

He does sometimes, yes.  But he is prone to going missing sometimes, which Kane, Rooooooot and AB are not.

[Felix Tito]

IIRC the previous ground in Gujarat was in Ahmedabad and that was a flat road. They've move to a new stadia yet the pitch seems to have transfers over...Always thought Gujarat was a bit like Lords, a cooperate ground ensuring 5 days to fill the bank balance. Otherwise after seeing how suspect England where in Bangladesh, I thought there'd be dustbowls on demand

[Felix Tito]

Lol... LBH New Zealand, including Williamson gave away their wickets on a couple of flat decks during that last series.
I am all for being bias... But come on my kiwi friend.
From an unbiased point of few I would put Williamson ahead of Kohli as a test match batsman. Williamson has made more runs in unfavourable conditions than Kohli has...

Kohli has scored most of his hundreds outside India so that doesn't hold much water...

[ppccopener]

IIRC the previous ground in Gujarat was in Ahmedabad and that was a flat road. They've move to a new stadia yet the pitch seems to have transfers over...Always thought Gujarat was a bit like Lords, a cooperate ground ensuring 5 days to fill the bank balance. Otherwise after seeing how suspect England where in Bangladesh, I thought there'd be dustbowls on demand

if I read Ganguly's comments correctly he is saying dustbowls don't benefit india for away games which is what he wants them to achieve(better results away)

this is interesting thinking I actually think that is good logic.....