Indore Pitch Report: Twitterati’s distraught after India succumbed in the first hour of Indore Test

Indore Pitch Report: India and Australia are currently squaring off against each other in the third Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy. The first hour of the play is done and dusted and India has lost half their side for 50 odd runs. The wicket is unorthodox and is spinning to the fullest in the very first hour.

Left arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann and off-spinner Nathan Lyon have shared the five wickets between them so far. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja are already back in the shed with Virat Kohli and KS Bharat trying to stitch a partnership in the middle.

Indore Pitch Report

The pitch behavior has instigated Twitterati’s to express their views, and the views have turned into a mem fest. Check out some of the best tweets below,

Jab run hi nahi banane the to Dharamshala me hi match rakhwa dete

Kam se kam scenery to dekhte#INDvAUS

— AB_Hi (@abhi_inthearc) March 1, 2023

#INDvAUS India is in deep trouble is not the correct statement to explain the situation. The correct statement is Test Match is in deep trouble on the Indore pitch. 45/5 in 11 overs and in the first hour of the match.

— Vineet Sahay (@SahayVineet) March 1, 2023

Another 3-day Test match on the cards or even shorter?#RavichandranAshwin #RavindraJadeja #NathanLyon #MatthewKuhnemann #DineshKarthik #DK #INDvAUS #INDvsAUS #Tests #Cricket #SBM #BGT #BorderGavaskarTrophy #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/jKK3teZjV1

— SBM Cricket (@Sbettingmarkets) March 1, 2023

WTF!!
Switched off the TV for half an hour & #TeamIndia went from 25/0 to 61/5 with spinners taking all wickets to fall, that too on a Day 1 pitch! ?#INDvAUS #BGT2023
Don't think this Test will last for even 3 days! pic.twitter.com/HNlvARSWga

— Aayush Tyagi? (@aayyuusssshhhh) March 1, 2023

Only the first hour of a Test match, but Steve Smith's captaincy is a big upgrade on Pat Cummins. The pitch is terrible btw. #INDvAUS

— Shamik Chakrabarty (@shamik100) March 1, 2023

#NitinMenon #INDvsAUSTest #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/PWx8HdRH0E

— ??????? ?????? I ذیشان I ज़ीशान ② (@zeeshan_naiyer2) March 1, 2023

After see today's Pitch request to BCCI#INDvAUS #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/9bcjGBTWGZ

— भाई साहब (@Bhai_saheb) March 1, 2023

IND vs AUS Scorecard

After the disastrous first hour Virat Kohli and KS Bharat have stitched a small partnership of 21 runs off 32 deliveries. KS Bharat is batting on 9, whereas, King Kohli is batting on 19. At the time of writing, India was 66/5 in 17 overs. Rohit was the first man to get dismissed as he was stumped off Matthew Kuhnemann’s left arm spin followed by Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja and finally Shreyas Iyer.

What happened at the Toss

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and without any hesitation decided to bat first. This is the first time India has been batting in this series and it hasn’t been a great start for the home side. India made two changes in the eleven. Shubman Gill and Umesh Yadav are back in the eleven for India replacing KL Rahul and Pat Cummins.

On the other hand, Australia is without the services of their regular skipper Pat Cummins. Steve Smith is leading the side in Pat’s absence. Australia have also made two changes to the eleven, David Warner and Pat Cummins have been replaced by Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc.