Googly wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:30 am
NZ win for the first time in 36 years in India. Excellent test match.
Yup! We were never coming back after that 46 all out. I was amazed that reputed websites like cricinfo were reporting from the end of Day 2 itself, when India were effectively -136/3 that an amazing turnaround is being scripted. This feeling reached sky high during that Pant-Sarfaraz partnership when the talk was more about when India would declare. That rubbish because it was always a matter of couple of quick wickets.
Any kid who has watched cricket can say that after conceding a lead of 356 , even when you are 400/4 you are effectively 45/4 and in still not out of the woods... But the trend these days seem to be to write whatever the casual Indian fan wants to read. I really don't like this, I've grown up hearing some classic commentary from some of the legendary commentators and have read some really good stuff, but ghe quality of reporting now is just for the sake of clicks and Indian fan appeasement.
And this is coming from an Indian fan himself. These are the reasons why my interest in cricket is fading fast. It's just too much about the Big 3 teams... Nothing else.