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no qualms about pitch says Ravi Shastri
Narper
2015-12-01 12:24:29
"Nothing wrong with it [pitches produced for the Test series]," Shastri told ESPNcricinfo. "I would hope the one in Delhi is absolutely the same. I have no qualms about it.
"It just goes to show that with the amount of one-day cricket being played, the tendency to graft, the tendency to spend long hours at the crease is diminishing. It's only when you play on tracks like this that you realise that you got to spend time at the crease.
"And when you saw Hashim [Amla] and Faf [du Plessis] batting yesterday, you thought there was nothing in the pitch. It just goes to show there was an era earlier who would play on these pitches and people would get hundreds. Because they were prepared to go through the grind."
Art of grafting innings diminishing - Shastri
Ninetenjack
2015-12-01 13:08:29
imusic
2015-12-01 14:38:17
In reply to Narper
world and times have changed.
Is like people longing for the good old days of the abacus
doosra
2015-12-01 14:55:29
In reply to Narper
IPL and t20 in general will not breed you a bunch of grafters
WestDem
2015-12-01 15:08:31
In reply to Narper
How come no one talking about India having only Flat Track? 
imusic
2015-12-01 15:12:28
In reply to doosra
Shastri blamed 1 day cricket and yes..that would include...but not be exclusive to....T20 cricket
djdrastic
2015-12-01 16:00:08
Shastri is on cocaine or seriously strong cough medicine.
There was a shot of Virat Kohli in that 3rd test pumping fists on camera after he won that toss.
He pretty much knew the game was 50% won after the toss was won.
Our batting was farkin atrocious the whole series but really the decks were of dubious quality.
Narper
2015-12-01 16:21:40
Shastri said he wasn't worried by the trend of Test matches finishing inside three days, and said it wasn't the case in India alone. "How many wickets went in Adelaide [between Australia and New Zealand] yesterday? 12, no? So?" he said.
"Nothing wrong with that [matches finishing inside three days]. It [Nagpur] was a Test match that was moving all the time. You compare this Test to the Test match in Perth, I would pay money for a ticket for this game, yaar. To hell with the five days. You go and sit for the last two days there."
Shastri seh he going to the boxing day test in OZ to enjoy de whole two days
brians_da_best
2015-12-02 11:08:38
In reply to djdrastic
Our batting!
Are you Saffie?
That said, these pitches have to give our dungheap pitches here some serious competition!!
doosra
2015-12-02 13:08:37
Kohli seh pitch only bad when visitors so bad lol
Ninetenjack
2015-12-02 15:20:39
In reply to doosra
Kohli seh pitch only bad when visitors so bad lol
No this is what he actually said, the pitch was crap but he does have a point.
Because we are criticised about our games and techniques when we don't play well but when visitors don't play well, it's always the wicket.
