Fans on Twitter react as India losses seven quick wickets in the third Test against Australia on a turning-Indore pitch. They lashed out at the BCCI for preparing such kind of pitch and said that they need to drop all the batters on this surface and not just KL Rahul.
India loses quick 7 wickets on a turning-Indore pitch
The third Test between India and Australia is currently taking place in Indore. Hosts skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. But things haven’t gone the way they would’ve liked as batters have struggled to get going on the pitch, which turned from the first ball.
Skipper Rohit Sharma (12) was the first one who perished and after that, it has been just the festival of wickets. Indian batters have struggled to get going against the spin and lost half of their side for just 45 runs. Shubham Gill played solid shots and scored 21 runs but he too was outfoxed by the spin. Matthew Kuhnemann has picked three wickets whereas Nathan Lyon bagged three quick wickets as well along with Toddy Murphy, who rhas wicket to his name so far.
Cheteshwar Pujara (1), Shreyas Iyer (0) and Ravindra Jadeja (4) looked clueless and lost their wickets. The onus was on Virat Kohli to bail his side out of trouble, He batted well on the surface, which has 4.8 degrees of turn. The batter look good but managed only 22 runs as he was trapped in LBW by Todd Murphy as India saw themselves tumbling at 70/6. KS Bharat supported him well but he too perished after scoring 17 runs. The onus is now on Axar Patel, R Ashwin and others to bail his side out of trouble and post a good total on the board.
Fans on Twitter react as India loses quick 7 wickets on a turning-Indore pitch
As India loses quick 7 wickets on the turning-Indore pitch, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They were left amazed by the kind of turn on the pitch and said that they need to drop all the batters on this surface and not just KL Rahul. Here are some of the reactions:
India 45 for 5, Iyer duck & Jadeja 4.
Advertisement— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 1, 2023
So 4 lower order Batsmen & one best Batman got out with 2 outstanding batters still to come, I think India will be looking to score around 300 in this pitch.
AdvertisementKohli is also looking good here. https://t.co/DEqIrSw9rZ
— Trivedi (@Tri_man79) March 1, 2023
Indian pitches are killing Test Cricket. https://t.co/4LNsl5HzkU
— A (@ExpctTheUnxpctd) March 1, 2023
What's the record for the shortest test match ever?🤔 https://t.co/4IgWFjhREX
— सात्विक शर्मा (@SaatvikSharma15) March 1, 2023
There is a reason why test koi nahi dekhta India me👍 aise pitches banaoge to jo dekhte tha, wo bhi nahi dekhega
— KKR_FanBoy (@SayanGh24836886) March 1, 2023
Kohli at non-strikers be like: pic.twitter.com/jSYyvNKkmV
— Dhanesh Gianani (@dhanesh500) March 1, 2023
No matter how much we may mock visiting team's ability to play spin, the bitter truth is our batsmen don't play quality that well either…
— Farhan (@Farhan1323_0) March 1, 2023
I'm all in for rank turners and stuff but this is a horrendous wicket . Our batsmen don't get any home advantage
— Kartikeya (@ComeToGabbaM8) March 1, 2023
Let's not fool anybody
The pitch doctoring going out of hand and no one is going to benefit from these 2 day test matches.
Team might be winning but the spectators are losing.— Subramanya Aithal (@Subbuaithal) March 1, 2023
Thanks to Rohit and Gill we crossed 36 benchmark
— Virat 👑 (@arjitsri2501) March 1, 2023
If we are not going to survive we need to switch to bazz mode instead of getting out due to defence😑
— RAM(V)AN (@ram9944732010) March 1, 2023
Ppl in indore pls return ur day 3 tickets
— Shuveshek Rai (@shuveshek) March 1, 2023
Thanks gill for that 21 contribution …that's seems to be good in this pitch
— Aarav Mavi (@AaravMavi14) March 1, 2023
Ridiculous pitch this,was expecting a batting paradise.
— Jayesh (@Jayesh_45) March 1, 2023
India is worst place to play Test cricket …How can ball turn so much within 30 mins of game
— Aarav Mavi (@AaravMavi14) March 1, 2023
Omg 😂😂😂😂😂😂 this pitch 😂😂😂😂😂😂imagine Aussies 😂😂😂
— dinesh dinu (@dinesh_offl_06) March 1, 2023
Will miss @RishabhPant17 badly tonight
— Anurag Choudhary (@AnuragC01) March 1, 2023
What a terrible pitch is this for test cricket. ICC will clearly have to step in here.
— Troll cricket unlimitedd (@TUnlimitedd) March 1, 2023
This is not going to day 3
— Yadavendra Bombay (@yadav8454) March 1, 2023
Today india batting like
Tu chal mai aayi— Rohit Kumar (@RohitKu14976918) March 1, 2023
India should be ashamed for making decorated pitches for whole series…..
— Prayash (@keshabA44454069) March 1, 2023
Someone tell them not to cut the short balls, play in the V.
— Bharat Maheshwari (@mandhanabharat) March 1, 2023