Rain puts an early end to play on Day 2 of the 3rd Test with India on 62/2

[ethan hunt]

Pujara, lucky there. That was a genuine edge.

[JaDed]

hoping someone opens up a thread overrated and overhyped Gill..

[JaDed]

Pat cummins is 10 times the bowler starc is these days.
Should always get the new ball.

Yup accurate as hell

[LegendAli]

hoping someone opens up a thread overrated and overhyped Gill..

His test career hasn't started well but he's still got time.

[lahoriyah1234]

Gill should only play ODI first, India need Dhawan back.

[Rajdeep]

Rain coming in 30 mins

[Ab Fan]

Hoping another 170 ball 50 from Pujara..Go Chepu Go!

[sindhiboy]

Agrawal should have opened in his natural position.

Gill should have batted at no. 5 when the ball gets older. India got it wrong

[King_Kohli]

Is there any chance of rain today?

[King_Kohli]

Rain coming in 30 mins

Waiting

[sindhiboy]

Pat cummins is 10 times the bowler starc is these days.
Should always get the new ball.

Starc is just inconsistent. When in form , starc can be the best.
He has more skill than Cummins. Ability to reverse swing and all the variations.

[Devadwal]

Now overcast condition , nothing going india way in this series still we are giving fight to Aussies on their home soil . remarkable

[ex-q-zit]

So relieved to see the 36 run mark being breached. Scars from the 1st test still fresh. It is going to rain in an hour and the 3rd session may be washed out or severely curtailed. This match seems to be heading towards a draw.

[sindhiboy]

Good batting from India. Rohit looked a bit uneasy. But has batted much better than expected

[B_Positive]

So relieved to see the 36 run mark being breached. Scars from the 1st test still fresh. It is going to rain in an hour and the 3rd session may be washed out or severely curtailed. This match seems to be heading towards a draw.

Don't think it's raining.

[B_Positive]

Question for indian fans: why is Shreyas Iyer not selected in test? He looks like a good player

[Thunderbolt14]

Rohit just threw away the series haha. What a brain fade.

[Third Man]

Totally unnecessary shot this. Massive moment in the game.

[sindhiboy]

Rohit throws it away yet again after a good start.

[globalcitizen]

Rohit plays his usual customary nothing shot and gets out. he lost india a chance to win sydney test and now putting pressure on others.
Such an ordinary and dumb test batsman

[Devadwal]

Rohit idiot

[JaDed]

Rain gods please

[naseem]

India to win or draw.......I won't mind rain anyway....not enjoying atm

[naseem]

Totally unnecessary shot this. Massive moment in the game.

We have seen many massive moment but this one of the toothless unAustralian side ever to take advantage of it...

[naseem]

I m fearing Starc days r numbered .......he has regressed

[Rohan]

Rohit should be banned from tests for this brain ****, should have capitalize after negotiating the new ball especially massively depleted bowling attack we have

[Mean&Green]

Now overcast condition , nothing going india way in this series still we are giving fight to Aussies on their home soil . remarkable

It’s ok it’s not the swing king jimmy anderson bowling or broad these aussies couldn’t swing a boomerang

[pillionrider]

Rohit just threw away the series haha. What a brain fade.

Rohit plays his usual customary nothing shot and gets out. he lost india a chance to win sydney test and now putting pressure on others.
Such an ordinary and dumb test batsman

Rohit idiot

Rohit should be banned from tests for this brain ****, should have capitalize after negotiating the new ball especially massively depleted bowling attack we have

I'm guessing guys like you would have been - got a good ball - if he or your favorite batsman got out early.

Today Rohit kept out those good balls and with an ease superior to even the more supposedly technically sound Pujara.

Rohit in test cricket is like VVS. He will play unbelievable innings that some of your more consistent darlings never can

[Devadwal]

Score going nowhere when these two batting

[Devadwal]

Where is rain

[Ab Fan]

Rahane and Pujara must play 1st inning like 1st inning.

[ex-q-zit]

Don't think it's raining.

Either you are right or every weather site wrong. Anyways cricinfo just mentioned there is a storm brewing nearby. The 3rd session may be a very short one. Also rain forecast on 4th and 5th day too. So if India bat sensibly this match is going to head towards a draw. Even betting sites have odds lessed from 4.00 at the start of the match to 2.50 now.

[Devadwal]

Maybe they think its last session . someone remind them its 2nd session of 2nd day . score some runs

[Devadwal]

Either you are right or every weather site wrong. Anyways cricinfo just mentioned there is a storm brewing nearby. The 3rd session may be a very short one. Also rain forecast on 4th and 5th day too. So if India bat sensibly this match is going to head towards a draw. Even betting sites have odds lessed from 4.00 at the start of the match to 2.50 now.

McGrath just said cloud going other way so minimum chance of rain

[King_Kohli]

Question for indian fans: why is Shreyas Iyer not selected in test? He looks like a good player

He is like Rohit Sharma kind of player in tests.
We have already Rohit , we don't need him.

[Ab Fan]

He is like Rohit Sharma kind of player in tests.
We have already Rohit , we don't need him.

There is a gulf of difference between their short bowl playing ability tbh.

[Pace]

What is wrong for a keen student of the game to do a little bit of technical analysis. We do it here all the time. Better than Wasim "lock the wrist" and "shiny side" Akram at least.

Yes you and I do it here as armchair experts but I don't need ****** fantasy analysis in the commentary box. Agreed Wasim, Waqar and especially Ramiz (Ramiz is Harsha level of irritating but for other reasons) are horrible too and I take no delight in listening to them also. There is an art to being a nonplaying commentator. When a person like that forgets their place and starts talking about what so and so should do in a situation instead of describing the situation and engaging the experts for added comments it becomes irritating as hell. It's like acting like a pilot when you have never even flown as a passenger.

[Devadwal]

Now raining

[JaDed]

I'm guessing guys like you would have been - got a good ball - if he or your favorite batsman got out early.

Today Rohit kept out those good balls and with an ease superior to even the more supposedly technically sound Pujara.

Rohit in test cricket is like VVS. He will play unbelievable innings that some of your more consistent darlings never can

I can’t believe am saying this but we need to continue with Rohit and agree he is staying against the new ball and also scores at a faster rate, the one time when he is lucky he ll make the difference

[Romali_rotti]

WOw, it is pouring in Brissy.... Looks like India may keep the Border Gavaskar trophy...

[globalcitizen]

I'm guessing guys like you would have been - got a good ball - if he or your favorite batsman got out early.

Today Rohit kept out those good balls and with an ease superior to even the more supposedly technically sound Pujara.

Rohit in test cricket is like VVS. He will play unbelievable innings that some of your more consistent darlings never can

please keep your garbage darling lol.. he does not have sense that he needs to play one or 2 overs for end of days play in sydney and same here close to tea ..

[ex-q-zit]

If India does manage a draw the moot question is does this series trump the 2018-19 winning campaign even though we have leveled it this time. My answer is yes considering the depleted resources used and Aussies fielding a full strength team.

[Mesozoic]

If India does manage a draw the moot question is does this series trump the 2018-19 winning campaign even though we have leveled it this time. My answer is yes considering the depleted resources used and Aussies fielding a full strength team.

A resounding yes.

[Devadwal]

WOw, it is pouring in Brissy.... Looks like India may keep the Border Gavaskar trophy...

Tomorrow weather is clear but last 2day chance of rain is pretty high

[BunnyRabbit]

Pattinson should have been playing ahead of Starc who is woefully out of form.

Pattinson and Cummins opening the attack would have been a banger.

[Nikhil_cric]

Good. Good. We need more rain than ever. Axcellent

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Sony Ten 1 showing highlights of Ind vs Aus Brisbane test in 2003/2004 tour.

[Napa]

Waiting

WOw, it is pouring in Brissy.... Looks like India may keep the Border Gavaskar trophy...

Weather (rain) forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Seems likely a lot of playing time will be lost.

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[ex-q-zit]

Its currently raining cats and dogs. BCCI have just tweeted a 5 sec video. The restart will not take place any time soon.

[Romali_rotti]

Weather (rain) forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Seems likely a lot of playing time will be lost.

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Both captains should just shake hands and call it a drawn series with India going back home with the Border Gavaskar trophy...

[Devadwal]

Rain has stopped

[ex-q-zit]

The Gabba has excellent drainage facilities. There is no rain forecast tomorrow. We may only lose an hour each on Monday and Tuesday. So a draw is not a foregone conclusion though its the most likely result if India bat sensibly in this innings and score anywhere close to Australia

[JaDed]

Aus will want to play at any cost

[Mesozoic]

We deserve some luck with the rain the way we fought this series with pretty much everything going against us right from tosses to injuries.

A 1-1 draw will be a fair reflection of this series.

[jeeteshssaxena]

Rohit Sharma doesn't have patience,
He is usually in two minds when he plays a loose ball. If he used his full power in that stroke it would have been a six.
Hadd hai yaar

[Colorblind Genius]

Rohit Sharma doesn't have patience,
He is usually in two minds when he plays a loose ball. If he used his full power in that stroke it would have been a six.
Hadd hai yaar

Seriously, that was unfortunate and disappointing to watch.
It was a nothing ball and he just had a brain ****.

He was timing the ball so good. I was hoping for a double century once he would fully set in.

[Mesozoic]

Looks like we won't get any more play today.

Not complaining though.

[MenInG]

Looks like we won't get any more play today.

Yep - think early start tomorrow to catchup

[MenInG]

Yep - think early start tomorrow to catchup

Play abandoned for the day:

Earlier start tomorrow: 10:30am AEDT/9:30am local/5:00am IST

[Varun]

Rain could be a man of the match for us here.

[pillionrider]

please keep your garbage darling lol.. he does not have sense that he needs to play one or 2 overs for end of days play in sydney and same here close to tea ..

Keep crying.

Rohit's gonna be opener till he retires

[MenInG]

Play abandoned for the day:

Earlier start tomorrow: 10:30am AEDT/9:30am local/5:00am IST

[JaDed]

Rain Rain Rain!!

[freelance_cricketer]

Stop crying about Rohit, Pant.

That's how they play and it's not going to change. Eventually either they will be successful at it like Sehwag or would be found out.

[King_Kohli]

Rohit was limping while going back to dressing room? Is he injured too?

[MenInG]

Nathan Lyon's drive to 400 wickets will resume on Sunday (17 January) after rain stopped play on day two of the fourth Test, with India trailing Australia's first-innings total of 369 by 307 runs.

India were 62/2 at tea, with Cheteshwar Pujara (8*) and Ajinkya Rahane (2*) the not-out batsmen, but play couldn't restart after the break as torrential rain lashed the Gabba.

Australia had resumed at 274/5 on Saturday, with Marnus Labuschagne's 108 the highlight of day one.

Tim Paine and Cameron Green, on 38 and 28 respectively overnight, took the total to 311 before Paine departed for 50. The skipper was well caught by Rohit Sharma at second slip off the bowling of Shardul Thakur, and Green quickly followed, bowled by debutant Washington Sundar for 47.

The tail provided some handy runs – Lyon added 24 and Mitchell Starc was not out on 20 – but it was a valiant bowling effort by the already-undermanned tourists, who lost seamer Navdeep Saini to a groin strain on day one.

Sundar (3/89), fellow debutant T Natarajan (3/78), and Shardul Thakur (3/94), playing in his second Test, all impressed as India took 95/5 in the morning session to have Australia all out at lunch.

Starc and Josh Hazlewood opened the bowling thereafter, but it was Pat Cummins who got the breakthrough with just his second delivery, Shubman Gill edging one to second slip where Steve Smith took a sharp catch.

Rohit Sharma had looked comfortable on his way to 44 before he became Lyon's 397th Test wicket. Playing in his 100th Test, Lyon coaxed a rash shot from Sharma, who advanced down the wicket only to hole out to Starc, who ran in from long-on to take a good catch.

With the series tied at 1-1, Lyon looms as a key factor as Australia attempt to claim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a win in Brisbane. India can retain the coveted trophy with a win or a draw.

Play on the third day will start 30 minutes earlier than previously scheduled to make up for lost time.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1974902

[shariqnoor]

13 wickets in the total team. 2 debutant bowlers and they still bowl out Australia for 369.

Why are Pakistani bowlers so impotent that they struggle to take 5 wickets in the first innings without conceding 450 in Australia?

[Kaka4pope]

Some good bowling from India to take down Oz back 5 quite cheaply - great zip from their quicks.

[King_Kohli]

India test championship scenario:
if this test is a draw then 3-0 win vs england will be enough. but can't lose any.

For Aus:
if Aus tour of SA doesn't happen then they are safe, if it does then they need to win 2 out of 3 in SA.

[Thunderbolt14]

I'm guessing guys like you would have been - got a good ball - if he or your favorite batsman got out early.

Today Rohit kept out those good balls and with an ease superior to even the more supposedly technically sound Pujara.

Rohit in test cricket is like VVS. He will play unbelievable innings that some of your more consistent darlings never can

Rohit is one of my favorite batsmen, honey

[Saurav]

Great comeback. All bowlers debuted this series.Some net bowlers who won't play Tests again but showed huge character


Would have been a perfect day if Rohit was not stupid.Gavaskar's comment summed up my frustration(and for those who think he favours Mumbai players,please listen)

Need to match the score atleast as we bat last.

[Saurav]

Stop crying about Rohit, Pant.

That's how they play and it's not going to change. Eventually either they will be successful at it like Sehwag or would be found out.

Don't club the two.Pant already has 2 overseas tons and a 97.Rohit at 34 throws away starts

[hitthestump]

13 wickets in the total team. 2 debutant bowlers and they still bowl out Australia for 369.

Why are Pakistani bowlers so impotent that they struggle to take 5 wickets in the first innings without conceding 450 in Australia?

The Aussies played some really tired shots in their first innings. I think fatigue is really setting in for their core players. It's weird but India having some fresh and eager faces might help them a bit as the match goes on.

[Saurav]

I'm guessing guys like you would have been - got a good ball - if he or your favorite batsman got out early.

Today Rohit kept out those good balls and with an ease superior to even the more supposedly technically sound Pujara.

Rohit in test cricket is like VVS. He will play unbelievable innings that some of your more consistent darlings never can

**. He threw it away

Still waiting for that 'unbelievable innings 7 years into his Test career