The 3rd Test between India and Australia will begin in Indore on Wednesday. Steve Smith will captain the Australian team in this test match. He has made a self-criticism that he played a bad sweep shot in the last match and caused a big collapse by saying ‘I played in a brain-numbed state’.
Smith was one of the 6 players dismissed in sweep shots in Delhi. After his dismissal, Australia lost 8 wickets for 28 runs. In general, we continue to emphasize that there is a difference between pit pitches and doctored pitches, which are deliberately edited. And if you criticize the pitch, those who say that it is the same pitch for both of them forget that the green top pitch that is put there is also the same for both of them.
But here too it is good to remember one thing. Those who know cricket well know that the bounce of the swing on a green top pitch is easily predictable. It is easy to predict that a ball pitched at a particular spot will land at this height. But, in the doctored pitches that are pitched here, one ball that is pitched at the same place will bounce back to the spinners and another ball that is pitched at the same place will roll under the ankle and go straight. It is true that this is an added advantage for the Indian team as they are Indians who are used to playing on such pitches. So not equal pitch for both. For both, it is not about putting teams in favor. Cricket experts say that a good pitch is a balanced pitch that gives equal importance to the bat and the ball.
Like the field, if water is shown only in the middle of the pitch and the balls are mostly pitched at both ends, if it dries up without watering any place, the soil will become very loose and the soil will move as far as the eyes can see in the 2nd over. Is it a spin pizza? A spin pitch is a pitch that takes spin at least on the 3rd morning. For 2 days the spinners use it when the soil is loose in those places where the bowlers get trampled. Cricket connoisseurs are of the opinion that the soil moving on the first ball is not a spin pitch.
In this case, the Indore pitch is also likely to be another slow, turning ditch or field pitch. Speaking about the change in approach, incoming Australian captain Steve Smith said, “We’re playing in a hurry. We are talking about this. We are discussing whether and how to change the approach a bit.
No need to dance with great emotional speed. There is a lot of risk at that speed. You have to keep rotating the strike and you have to look for opportunities and play fast. But we were in a bit of a hurry. Nothing is easy though, and when the Indian team dominates us, they force us to play at will. For us, we have to play the game slowly rather than at a fast pace. It also has to slow down the game as a whole when in crunch. Slow down to make the bowlers wait. Or to make them do something different.
It is difficult to start an innings anywhere in the world, not in India. But in India once our eyes get used to the behavior of the ball we have to use it. Do not get out then. Every now and then a good ball comes and we get out. But I do not agree with the statement that ‘bowlers throw our name at the ball that knocks us down’. We should remove such thinking from our mind.
A good partnership between myself, Labusche and Handscomb, who plays well, is enough. If you play the first innings well it will definitely pay off.
I know India’s conditions including the pitch very well. India is my second home. I have danced here a lot. I know its riddles. Know how the pitches will behave. “I am looking forward to the 3rd Test,” he said.
