Batting in India is hard now |

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

Australia in Delhi First innings: Application and orientation to the pitch, play shots according to the ball and make runs in tandem Second innings Day 2: excellent aggressive batting from Travis to get Australia in a good position Day 3: Sweep our way to every god damn ball and drop all logic, book the flight to the next game on the same night.

[@well_said7846]

I think they miscalculated they were looking for a target of 180 and they thought they could get there quickly like Day 2 evening

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

​@@well_said7846 there is a way to get there quick... Play the shots as per the ball. Not blindly sweeping it off. Sweeps are good vs spin but the ball was keeping low and just added to some risk. It was brain fade batting

[@Ankushverma300]

If australia are so great why the he'll they lost at Gabbana after 30 years??????

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

@@Ankushverma300 they are great, India has just developed so much in recent year. And don't forget they lost to an Indian team that didn't have it's first set of bowlers as well and we're forced to settle with net bowlers

[@Ankushverma300]

@@nithilanamudhan6260 India was like anybody who is fit to play is going be in playing eleven. Md Siraz who was playing his 3 Rd test was lead bowler. Thakur had bowled only 2 overs in his first match. So practically no experience at international level in bowling and still all round performance to be in awe. Pant playing an innings to make history.

[@chinmay4331]

After 2013-14, India acquired a great bowling unit (pace and spin) and our batting greats retired.

[@luckyo1479]

And our top 4 used to be magnificent they have just fallen out of form hence low runs but i believe another great run for virat in tests is just around the corner

[@peterparker-zy9oe]

@@luckyo1479 I doubt kohli is ever going to do good in tests again

[@luckyo1479]

@@peterparker-zy9oe you are doubting the guy who had more centuries than 50s until a few years ago For gods sake 27 centuries in tests he is the elite of the elites never doubt a batsmen of his caliber A few months ago the same debate was regarding his white ball form and he proved who he is

[@peterparker-zy9oe]

@@luckyo1479 The problem in LOIs was mental. He took a break from cricket and gained his form again but that break did not help him in tests as the problem here is technical. If he really has to get going in tests again he has to lower his ego and go play domestic cricket and work on his game.

[@raki43026]

@@peterparker-zy9oe agree with you bud, We already have seen the best of Kohli and Pujara, they might not be great again may be service level at the Most. they might have to rebuild the spinners and middle order all over again. all of them are in mid 30's Not going to last more than a couple years at the most.

[@mukeshsharma-ct3gw]

When Ashwin and Jadeja join together shit gets real 😂😂😂best line.

[@shs4293]

Current Indian fast bowlers are heavily underrated. Imo all of them are OP.

[@sdroy84agt]

Moreover, India play on green tops at home vs BD and Afg. It's team based strategy. Also, getting low bounce pitches which spin to reduce Lyon's effectiveness is also strategy. If Pujara and Kohli's form didn't fall away after the pandemic started then India would have dominated test cricket a lot more. Also, continuous injuries to their fast bowlers esp. Bumrah isn't helping them. The main reason for the dominance in Asia is this. Ash, Jaddu, Axar and the improved Kuldeep are among the top 5-7 red ball spinners in the world. Plus, Jadeja is a No. 6 in Asia and Axar and Ashwin are proper No. 7s in Asia. That makes the batting lineup till No. 9. We know it's easier facing spin vs the softer ball and tired spinners. So, Ash, Jadeja and improved Axar (in terms of his batting in last 6-8 months) have made merry and been the difference between the teams in both batting and bowling. Another reason for the dominance (which I forgot to mention), is in Shami and Umesh India has had 2 skiddy fast bowlers who are perfect for low bounce Asian pitches. Shami's SR in Asia is similar to the best in Asia : Steyn, Marshall and Waqar, all similar sort of fast and skiddy bowlers. Even though Shami isn't as accurate as them he is still as effective as them when used in short spells to break partnerships.

[@friendshipcharging7657]

we dont play test vs afg

[@sdroy84agt]

@@friendshipcharging7657 We did in 2018 on a greenish top. Afg's debut test match. Rahane was captain, Kohli took a break.

[@abhineetyadav7514]

I can't remember the last time we played afg, ban

[@krishnanandpremanand3581]

@@abhineetyadav7514 We played Bangladesh just before this Though I don't remember us playing Afghanistan in tests

[@sdroy84agt]

@@abhineetyadav7514 Afg in 2018 at home, BD in 2019 at home. Especially that pink ball game in Kolkata. That was brutal to watch. Indian pacers bullying BD with that pink ball at night.

[@porusmehta2807]

Hi @JarrodKimber, there's two more aspects to this: 1. DRS: The introduction of DRS has many that batsmen can't use their pads as defence as much. Harbhajan and Kumble didn't have that which is a huge disadvantage. 2. Globally, real defensive techniques have dropped off a cliff since T20. Let me illustrate with some examples: a. In SENA countries, the duck and weave technique is considered a sign of weakness, either you play a pull or hook, or you defend with a straight bat over the level of the stumps or try and fend off the ball. That is some crazy coaching. 2. Since T20 and better bats have made it easier for batsmen to hit spinners in a stand and deliver fashion, going down the pitch and smothering the spin, has become almost a lost art. When I was young, batsmen were taught to go down the pitch and defend too, just killing the ball. That way you don't care about low bounce. But modern coaches and batsmen know better I guess.

[@SajalKr]

I honestly feel DRS advantage for bowlers is a little over stated. Bowlers earlier also had wrong decisions going in their favour that batsmen could do nothing about.

[@porusmehta2807]

@@SajalKr Yes but it was a 50-50 thing and was pretty inconsistent. Nowadays umpires are looking at the DRS results and giving marginal LBW decisions out like those hitting the top of the bails or the outside half of the leg stump. That never happened pre-2010. The rules have evolved to allow for that. I don't know how old you are, maybe you wouldn't remeber, but in the 1990s, Jimmy Adams used his pads coming on to the front foot, almost hid the bat and negated the LBW. He was called Jimmy Padams in that series. That sort of technique would be almost impossible today. Imagine you try and play a shot on the off-side to an off spinner and you miss it, the ball clips your pad marginally in line with the off stump. Pre-DRS you would be not out 99% of the time, and if given out, sometimes the umpire might have been criticized. Now it is the opposite.

[@SajalKr]

Am 34 :D

[@SajalKr]

I dont deny this. But there were decisions that went in spinners favour. Ex, Harbhajan Hattrick had Gilchrist dismissal which wasn't out. There were inside edges that were given out when umpires were under pressure. I think with DRS, both bowlers and batsmen would have corrected many such decisions. And maybe eventually the balance might be shifted a bit in bowlers favour, but it will be very little, almost negligible

[@nateshahuja4734]

As someone who was born in 1999 and only started following cricket in 2011/12, I still have memories of IND being battered in tests in AUS then, with bowlers like an ageing Zaheer, ineffective Ishant, a very young Ashwin, etc. To go from that as one of the first memories of an IND bowling attack to what we have right now, it just feels surreal. I can only imagine what it must feel like for those who saw IND bowling (especially pace bowling) in the 90s & 00s with the kind of bowlers we had then (no disrespect to those players but the current crop is just from a different metaphorical galaxy). Really proud of the giant strides IND pace & spin bowling has made and long may this continue!

[@abhisheksharma07]

Cameos from IND quicks on home grounds is what stands out to me the most. If likes of Shami , Siraj, Ishant and Umesh can toil on these tracks and provide breakthroughs then it leaves no excuse for visiting pacers for not doing the same for their team.

[@geetbehera3593]

Their modus operandi is different sir

[@mother.95]

Yep. Indian pacers outclass SENA pacers in every regard. Only few SENA bowlers are good in India. Jimmy in recent times, Steyn, Mcgrath are the only bowlers to do good in India.

[@Crudmonkey211]

@@mother.95You’re forgetting Gillespie and Kasprowicz.

[@abhisheksharma07]

@@mother.95 Nagging line and length works everywhere even where there's no assistance from the pitch. McGrath used to hit the same spot relentlessly.

[@echochamber8350]

@@geetbehera3593 They are just not good enough to bowl in India

[@paulsparks4564]

One of your best videos - short, informative and just enough humour on a rather humourless topic. I'm an Aussie and in real pain right now, but watching this was sorta like taking a headache tablet

[@echochamber8350]

Made you feel good, didn't he 😊

[@vinothv56]

I think you guys missed a trick to prepare spicy seaming fast bouncy tracks like Adelaide test to your strength. Sydney pitch suited us and MCG played like a normal pitch with no demons. Ind haven't won a series in SA against SA. Do you know why? Because those tracks in SA offer venomous swing and bounce which Indians can't counter with their technique.

[@paulsparks4564]

@@echochamber8350 not so much good but answered some doubts in my mind

[@sarveshlobana8573]

I'm really glad I found your channel. Your cricket content is amazing. Hope you keep doing it for a long time.

[@saahilgupta7175]

India have started making pitches spicy and they have the best bowling lineup. Away batsmen are worst than ever. This is why the matches are ended so early

[@sarveshbatham812]

Even our top order will find it tough to play our own spinners

[@MB-vt7im]

Yes we all watched the video too

[@mother.95]

@@sarveshbatham812 India vs India XI at Dharamshala or even Wankhede. Greedy & incompetent BCCI & Star Sports can milk money too

[@PundiRatna]

I have gas.

[@Jack54275]

Impressive statistical analysis packed with info which covers all critical perspectives on the topic.👍

[@1305sarthak]

One of the biggest differences since 2015 has been Kohli/Shastri and their insistence on results. See how many tests were drawn in 2000-2010 and then 2011-2020 you'll see the number to go down. A key difference has been helpful surfaces. These pitches were a rarity especially since 2000-2010 when Kumble and Bhajji bowled and their averages show. The Kohli/Shastri insistence on results + the class of Ashwin and Jaddu along with decline of overall quality of batting especially from SL and WI have made India look like worst place to bat on earth.

[@prashantsinha2719]

Wow!! That's a really cool explanation and given me proper perspective about this. I guess due internationalT20, T20 leagues and one day Int. made the batters more suitable for quick runs using shortcut method shots like scoops, sweeps rather than playing the shot with straight bat with a proper defence too. Which obviously not gonna work in test matches.

[@nikhil1412]

Always comes up with something fresh...kudos kimber

[@rabikafle8]

Sorry It’s difficult if the opponent is England or Australia Not if the opposition is srilanka new zealand South Africa or other nations Home advantages and using it to the fullest Great thinking I am Indian cricket team fan And I have come in peace

[@vivekkawadi7424]

Dude, Your stats and graphs are absolutely amazing. Your becoming my favourite in terms of showing stats. Big thank you. Keep it up.

[@mayanksharma3832]

The real reason is that both Ashwin & Jadeja are not just good spin bowlers but they actually think like a proper cricket captain. See, Harbhajan & Kumble were just looking at their own performance and how they could contribute. Ashwin & Jadeja hunt in pairs. They are literally reading the minds of Aussie batsmen and setting them up for failures. In fact, the biggest mistake Virat Kohli did during his captaincy of ODI & T20 was that he tried to replace Ashwin & Jadeja with Chahal and Kuldeep. This never worked. Jadeja came back into the side immediately and Ashwin also came back after 3-4 years. This is what destroyed Virat's record as captain of limited overs side especially in ICC & ACC events. Otherwise Virat would have won more World Cups, Champions Trophies and Asia Cups under his captaincy.

[@khanrasel4561]

I agree with you but one thing both are success in India soil, send them outside absolutely useless even other Asian countries!

[@someonejustsomeone1469]

I think this generation of Indian players are returning to the 80s era with exceptional bowling-centric all rounders with a few exceptional batters at the top four.

[@gauravenrich]

wow..this much analysis..kudos to your hard work !!!

[@Y2KBoothie]

Awesome application of data analytics! Well done.

[@Boystarx]

Great and crisp analysis.... Just imagining what kind of data analysts skills are required for this.

[@ravipratapsingh1672]

Cricket has changed, conditions change on monthly basis due to global warming and other environmental factor, India has more than 50 venues which helps in rotation due to so much cricket. So it is obvious that runs will dry up compared to before. India plays it smartly as well, we have the players who are better across the board for whichever team that comes to our soil, we have won series oversees so any white dude crying over pitches should see our track record home and away is far better than other sides

[@davesmith3289]

Didn't India recently lose to a weak south African team? You couldn't even beat new Zealand in the world test championship final lol

[@amithanda4934]

It was a good analysis but one need to remember in earlier times there was no DRS so players use to pad away and get away with it but now there is no hiding moreover earlier cricketers were alot more adept in playing spinners in comparison to recent cricketers

[@rikbiswas2143]

Do not that implies today's batsman are better

[@amithanda4934]

@@rikbiswas2143 nope one who had watched the earlier cricketers play especially Indians can definitely say current generation is inept barring a few mayank Aggarwal is a fab player of spin but for some strange reason kl Rahul prefered over him

[@rajivsharma2785]

Brilliant analysis and presentation of stats!

[@itskou97]

Keep doing these analysis vdos jarrod...u r doing great mate.. keep it up! Love from 🇮🇳

[@saikat93ify]

It changed after India lost 8-0 in Australia and England. Dhoni got the idea of making turning pitches on India. It was the right thing to do in my opinion. Cricket should have interesting, diverse conditions in different parts of the world. Bowling pitches make the game more entertaining than batting pitches.

[@rahulbosebose1]

Agree on the best Indian bowling unit... But I am not sure about spin duo... The home tests today start with a day 3 pitch add to that DRS.. So one way to do a fair comparision would be to compare day3-5 home record of Harbhajan Kumble with Jadeja Ashwin and remove any DRS review wickets that went against umpires first call.

[@vibhor5015]

SENA countries are served turners and sub-continent teams are served fast pitches. EASY! It is good to have all bases covered. I have a suspicion that a pitch helping fast bowlers will be served in the 4th test.

[@amitesh-rai]

Jarrod, I love the content that you bring out. As an engineer and a cricket lover.. not only I get to see the points about cricket you make here .. but also learn something about data and analysis. Kudos to you 👏

[@nitinkapoor4752]

Batting in India as far as Aussie batsman are concerned … is no different than the lessons of life .. ‘Life is tough and it’s even tougher when you are stupid.’

[@7777777sunil]

Great analysis. You deserve more subscribers, Jarrod

[@samsiva563]

Excellent analysis and presentation.....great

[@sharadmishra5596]

Greeeeeaaaaat Work pal..Your data insights put a lot of things in proper perspective...Just a suggestion, Graphs are not fully visible on the screen..

[@manishhb7864]

wow that's the best six minutes analysis I've seen in cricket

[@rohitchaudhary5317]

2015 was also the year when virat took over the captaincy, and along with it came his desire to play result oriented test matches. So india playing 5 bowlers became a norm, hence the lower batting averages.

[@shekharjuvekar7248]

Jarrod Kimber will do well to produce similar data on Australian cricket between 1965 to 1978 and between 1990 to 2015 when Australia had a battery of fast bowlers to bowl at sub continental teams and prepared fast bouncy wickets to win against them.

[@kimjin-hyub3413]

Great Analysis . . . Mr kimber

[@nidhinsuresh6674]

Since Dhoni era I think we started to make rank turners that turns from day 1 but before that even when great kumbke was our test cap he didnt make rank turners. Ofcourse indian pitches turn hut it turns only from day3 which was the case in most of the time but now it has changed. many could blame aus pitches being too fast and bouncy but those pitches are very true and it start to get cracks only after couple of days and which is normal everywhere.

[@suneeshduvvuru6581]

If the pitch starts to change only after day-3 ,then the team which wins the toss will win the match.Its better to prepare rank Turner's which assists spinners from day-1.

[@nidhinsuresh6674]

@@suneeshduvvuru6581 yes, toss has got great impact in sub continent pitches. But we were still be able to win matches despite losing the toss. for ex. famous kolkata test.

[@davesmith3289]

You must be one of the only people in India willing to admit that test match pitches in India are responsible for the low scores and two or three day matches. Everyone else seems to think modern batsmen simply don't have any skills lol

[@nidhinsuresh6674]

@@davesmith3289 yes mate, i have always been trying to be honest with my statements about indian pitches for a long time. Some might say batters are not good these days but the last time india lost test series in our home we had greats like sachin and sewag in our team still they were not able to play well against english bowlers like swan and paneswar which is clearly a case of doctored pitch not lack of skills or application.

[@Youdoyouyeah]

Typically brilliant from Jarrod 🔥

[@aflegacy2376]

Just introduce DSR in Anil Kumble's era and watch him taking 1000 wickets

[@ruturajdeorukhkar8006]

Crisp analysis, delivered.

[@naksinH]

Ohh your analysis is just mind-blowing 👏👏

[@bhhnnvvn]

Finally a video,have been waiting for a while now

[@ShalinThakkar]

Bangladesh tour was focused on fast bowling pitches, so india did made harder for them by not giving spin friendly environment.

[@sreejandutta]

Well it is definitely difficult for teams to bat in India's spicy wickets, but Australia's execution was poor. At the end of Day 2 I was hoping to see Australia put up a total around 200-250. But alas. As an Indian cricket fan I was disappointed in the outcome of the match. It had so much promise at the end of Day 2, but....

[@VROPANKAJ]

What an amazing analysis 💥

[@Roy-do4lp]

Post 2014 Indian have bowlers who attack the stumps all the time combined with DRS its the perfect storm

[@arnavsharma46]

Australian and England cricketers should learn how to play spin in tough conditions and not cry over pitch . And they focus on having good quality spinners.

[@rudramahadev22]

Really liked your graphs charts based on stats

[@anandshd]

How is this different from what England and Australia does with green pitches.

[@harpa012]

Think the plant at the back needs pruning :-) excellent as always Jarrod!

[@gvgandhi]

Fantastic analysis.... Jarrod you are the man. Are you doing this professionally or just to make YT videos. Test matches are consistently ending in sub 3 days on Indian Pitches. BCCI desperation for silverware is making mockery of Test Cricket. BBCI must restore balance between bat and ball.

[@chetankumarc8871]

India have the best seam bowling lineup in the world too, siraj,shami,Umesh,bumrah are better than even Pakistan and South African group of bowlers..i repeat it's only in test, they have the right skill to pick up wickets in test

[@srv7265]

It’s so exciting to watch Tests played in India!

[@tjamesjones]

Is it?

[@GunsAndRoses871]

Pretty much sure India hit the gold mine when they found the combination of Jadeja and Ashwin. They are pretty much the Indian equivalent of Anderson and broad. However the Test batting quality has declined at an alarming rate. As much as Smith's heroics almost got them an Ashes win no other Australian batsman has looked like they could single handedly destroy any bowling attack. Same with South Africa, Sri Lanka and even Kiwis. Look at the stats and one would definitely see how the averages of youngsters are so low in comparison to the bygones. Certainly India are guilty of doctoring the pitches but on the other hand the Visiting batsman are playing atrocious as well.

[@pandu2749]

Remove "Doctoring pitches" out of your mind. In Asia it will always spin, mostly from day 1, this happens in Bangladesh, Srilanka too.

[@mother.95]

India serves the spiciest pitches to inflict utter humiliation to opposition. You cannot deny its satisfying to us.We would love a fight, pity the oppositions are trash in India. Its the final frontier for any team in the world and we would like to keep so. Keep visiting:)

[@eddyk564]

This may just be my imagination, but it seems that sub-continental bowlers really started utilizing the skid on ball, or the ball that just doesn't spin when it looks like it should back then. Players like Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Rangana Herath(Sri Lanka) etc all utilized it greatly by bowling it in such a way that it could hit the seam and spin, or it could hit the leather and spin much less/ go straight on. Guys like Harbhajan Singh didn't seem to do it nearly as much and focused more on looping the ball/ getting extra spin.

[@afdd1984]

Thanks for this very factual and elaborate data points..

[@vageeshsingh1829]

Before criticising the indian batters for the last three year though, its important to note the obvious - correlation is not causation. If away sides are not making any runs, you can afford to not make many yourself, as long as its more than the touring teams and as long as you have the 2 best spinners in the world. The focus of the Indian test team wouldn't be their batting at home. Maybe the correlation of recent times and lower scores doesn't actually mean recent times have been harder to score in (for indians only). Maybe its worth looking at Ranji Trophy stats?

[@AshishBijalwan05]

Only our top order finds it difficult to play on these surfaces. Middle and lower order has been scoring freely and easily. Unfortunately our top order is filled with players who are beyond any critic and carry on in the team with averages of 25 or less. With the kind of middle and lower order and the bowlers we have, we would have been the greatest team in test cricket ever, but the big stars won't let anyone from out of their core to enter because they know that they will eventually win test matches because bowlers are there to do that.

[@Gunjandabral]

Harbhajan was a goodish kind of bowler but not really a world-beater. Probably had that one good series in 2001. However, Kumble perhaps is not just the greatest Indian bowler but probably the greatest match-winner India ever had. I don't think either Ashwin or Jadeja are in that category yet. Would love to hear your views on Kumble vs Ashwin vs Jadeja topic, Jarrod.

[@prescot12345]

Nice analysis. You always come up with Unique analysis

[@ameybugde5080]

I think it has more to do with india realising around 2013 that they have absolute horrible bowling attack in big4. So they decided they would invest more in bowling and would focus a bit less on batting that's why no more total belters for batters. Also now that we have produced a above average bowling attack it is about having confidence in batting to be able to play better on a bowling friendly pitches. This also gives bowlers the confidence that they can take wickets and bowl better. If you dissect it look into closely it's a ingenious strategy. PS: they also invested in bouncy and green top pitches for batters so they don't get rattle when touring.

[@PaulPower4]

I feel like losing to England at home in 2012/13 really *shook* India.

[@ameybugde5080]

@@PaulPower4 yupp still remember that tour when cook and Peterson kept on scoring 200's and both indian batting and bowling wasn't able to keep up. Fans absolutely trashed BCCI and team coz it was collective failure. Also need to remember we had lost test series in UK then in Australia and then at home by Brits. That is when alram were sounded. Coz we saw Brits using absolute green tops in uk against us. Then bouncy pitches in Australia. But in india we kept making wickets that were too batting friendly. That's when I think they sat down and made long term plans and now they are paying off.

[@mother.95]

@@ameybugde5080 2011-12 was the rebuilding phase of Indian Test team. 2012 Home loss stings like hell though lol. Peak England. However they were soon humiliated hy SA at home. SA took the mace from England. Lovely turbulent times in Test cricket. Aus were soon whitewashed by India too and then England was assaulted brutally in Ashes. SA also surrendered their No.1 Test Rank. Peak Test cricket lmao..

[@raki43026]

Lower Order batting by the Indian batting Line up (axar, Ashwin and Jadeja) is so Crucial, Above all the quicks of India are so good nowadays. Stills remember the 90's and early 2000 we had one good fast bowler, the '90s were all Srinath, and in 2000 was all zaheer khan, now it's like all 4 are dangerous bowlers and can get you wickets. we need to start building for the future ash and jaddu might retire at the same time.

[@gautamnichani3509]

Blaming the pitches is common we don't get pitches to suit our batsmen when we tour

[@mattb82]

You didn't mention DRS. Game changer for spinners

[@PeakFictionWithAms]

This is the greatest Indian team at home in our history. ❤️

[@peterparker-zy9oe]

The best touring team as well

[@nooneknows19]

@@peterparker-zy9oe I’d rate 2007-2010 higher when it comes to away tours. We won England, New Zealand, drew South Africa and would have won Australia if it had been a fair series.

[@brgv_]

Except KL Rahul

[@mother.95]

@@nooneknows19 If you look that way, India's OPPO jersey did equally good. And then ugly Byju's continued the good run.

[@Pragnesh89]

And yet you can sub in sehwag Gambhir Sachin Dravid Laxman Pant Kumble In this team

[@jineshgomai217]

May the algorithm be with you

[@yadwindersingh3821]

Very interesting and informative video 👍.

[@AmberClayton777]

Wonderful analysis

[@speed0383]

Great analysis. The results are showing too. Last 3 BGT series , away wins everywhere, almost no losses at home, and two consecutive WTC finals. India’s biggest sore point is not winning an actual trophy. WTC should be best of 3 ideally. Also team selection in away matches is harder. India picked both Ash and Jadeja for the WTC final on a seamer pitch and paid the price…

[@amitm2692]

Away wins everywhere??? Where exactly.... Whitewash in New Zealand in 2020 , lost in South Africa in 2018 & 2022, lost in Eng in 2018, drew in Eng in 2022....If you exclude flat pitches of AUS, India has won only 5 out of 16 tests in other Sena countries

[@elektrogamer-roblox8717]

Ash and Jadeja did well,The pacers didn’t tho

[@rajarora2097]

The new batters have lost the skills of solid defense , mentally they are always attacking subconsciously, they can’t hold back that instinct beyond 5-6 balls . And if this goes on India will keep winning every thing in future too

[@worker-wf2em]

Give India the 4-0, fly out to England early to play county and get ready for the Ashes. Honestly this series has little interest to most Aussies at this point

[@chinmay4331]

If India win 4-0 and Sri Lanka win 2-0 in New Zealand, Aussies are out of WTC finals

[@worker-wf2em]

Who cares? WTC is an irrelevant gimmick that means nothing compared to the Ashes

[@98.951]

the early 2000 might have better bowlers than this era but the pitches were all flat that time but people still believe that batting is easier because there are no great bowlers which just isnt true

[@digantatalukdar668]

Not seam bowlers tho, u can say zaheer khan, nehra were individually better than this modern group but as an attack this group has achieved feats the earlier one could not even dare, winning series in Australia twice alone is what sets them apart add to the fact of drawing a series in England. Naysayers always try to diminish anything that is recent to act cool

[@abcxyz8863]

@@digantatalukdar668 Zaheer khan and ashish nehra are nowhere near Bumrah and Shami individually too. People who are so much into nostalgia that they even cant accept that Zaheer who averages 33( which is very poor) is better then Bumrah who averages 22 and that too Bumrah has played a huge role in all of India 's overseas wins

[@digantatalukdar668]

@@abcxyz8863 i agree with you also,but now people in the comments will be coming for the modern bowlers ,they have achieved so much which the supposed best bowlers of india couldn't do in their day, pitches were flat blah blah too many reasons but none of them will see those numbers.More than nostalgia it's a way to diminish the achievements of these players bcoz they play in this era,if they would have played then they would have had laurels even for being half as good as now.

[@mother.95]

@@digantatalukdar668 India in old times did brillantly in ODIs with same set of bowlers. It was always the killer Test mentality in our bowling attack. Our bowlers did good individually and never hunted as a pack(already pointed out here).

[@renjithp2k]

Great comparison of stats!

[@SirANK8]

With Ashwin, Jadeja, and Axar why on earth would India not produce spicy wickets, it’s their home grounds they should tailor pitches to their strengths. Does it make interesting viewing? No, but you can’t fault a team for winning.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing job also RIP Pakistan Cricket

[@maulikdesai7849]

Great information and data ❤️👍

[@REHANKHAN-en5zn]

Yes I agree. ICC should step in this matter.

[@ishwarmorey712]

Great analysis Jarrod. Do you think the advent of T20 had some impact in the way teams started to bat in Tests, specially in India? There must be some correlation.

[@swarndeepgupta3806]

Also, Ashwin and Jadeja is not better than Kumble, maybe on par with Bhajji. Similarly, Bumrah is not better than Kapil. it's just that now collectively India bowling lineup is better than ever.

[@Dsvkd]

Great presentation 👏 👌 👍

[@durjoybarua5341]

I think when England plays there they’ll try to make the most of the first day pitch. That's the only way you can win in India as a visiting team, just watch the ball and play shots.

[@davesmith3289]

I haven't seen a first day pitch in India for over a decade lol.

[@chitraagarwal8259]

Looking at your graphs the interpretation I can draw is slightly different - the average in India has been around 35 forever, but it's become easier to score runs in other countries Are others making flatter wickets? Is it the Kookaburra vs dukes ball?

[@sharathvasudev]

Indian bowlers best avg away and at home. that's what you call true world beaters

[@dineshhaldawnekar8542]

Stop cribbing and whining! Learn to adapt to conditions. India also finds it tough in Australia. But they put up a fight and sometimes even win!😀

[@ericcartmansh]

Spectacular data

[@best_visual]

Batsmen in the past was more skilled and they had pretty solid defence. Since the t20 era batsmen don't have that patience game in them this is one major reason why the batsmen don't score runs this days on challenging pitches.

[@davesmith3289]

Batsmen in the past didn't score lots of runs on shitty dustbowl Indian wickets, because they didn't have to bat on them. Batsmen in the past didn't have more skill and more patience, they got more runs because they were playing on better pitches. India now prepares pitches that are extremely difficult to bat on. Everyone knows this

[@AshishBijalwan05]

​@@davesmith3289​​@sarveshbatham812O nly our top order finds it difficult to play on these surfaces. Middle and lower order has been scoring freely and easily. Unfortunately our top order is filled with players who are beyond any critic and carry on in the team with averages of 25 or less. With the kind of middle and lower order and the bowlers we have, we would have been the greatest team in test cricket ever, but the big stars won't let anyone from out of their core to enter because they know that they will eventually win test matches because bowlers are there to do that.

[@stue2298]

Jarrod, Do you think the lack of preperation time. warm up matches are a factor in this decline in test runs, batsman not getting any or enough time to learn the conditions and pitch types.

[@KS-mt1lb]

Dude, something is wrong with your last graph. It says that WI are the 3rd best visiting team in India. Impossible!

[@The_BELIEVER-18]

And some people still saying Sachin Tendulkar sir is better than Virat Kohli in tests 😂 bakwaas

[@durjoybarua5341]

5:18 Stop Bangladesh bar, STOP! STOOOOOPPP! 😭😭

[@aniketsawant2240]

Great analysis. So does KL Rahul get a pass due to these stats?

[@vedprakash-zl9tx]

Let India win the toss next time, they would pose more than 500 runs in 1st inning!

[@ArkoRay]

Comparing stats of players from different eras is a useless exercise. If Kumble and Harbhajan had the chance to bowl on these kind of pitches then they would have finished with more than 1000 & 800 wickets respectively.

[@mohannallamilli5021]

Good information. But coming to the test averages for the periods 1980-2010 & 2010 to 2023: the test average in India is hovering between 30 to 35. But the position of India fell from 1st to 8th, so in a way nothing much has changed in India but the change happened in other nations which had increased test averages (batting) may be due to changes in bats to better batting friendly tracks. Could you say what could be the reason behind this?

[@PaulPower4]

It's also maybe notable that England in the same period went from 2nd to 9th. Granted 2010 was also about the time Anderson and Broad started cranking through the gears to turn themselves into England's GOATs.

[@nooneknows19]

@@PaulPower4 England also produced way more green tops. I remember seeing 400/500 all the time in England pre 2013. Now it’s a rarity until last yr post bazball.

[@mother.95]

@@nooneknows19 Only reason England were able to chase down India's total in 5th match was because the pitched became complete highway on the last day. Our bowlers couldn't grab anything from there. England has a uphill task infront of them this summer. Aus will go banger on them after their humiliation in India. They serve anything flat, Smith, Labs, Head will pounce upon them. They serve anything spicy, their T20 hit & giggles will go all out less than 35 overs.

[@davesmith3289]

​@@mother.95 England beat India in the fifth test because they were better than India. India just weren't good enough to beat them, simple as that

[@debjitpaul8580]

India is getting better and better at a craft that has no use outside home. The more we get into our comfort zone, the more difficult it'll be to win an ICC event. Every time India loses in a knockout match, we start asking the right questions.... for about 8 seconds. Then BCCI organizes a pan bahar gutkha series in the dusty pitch of Nagpur and everyone suddenly forgets that we cannot win in SENA countries if our finisher is Axar Patel.

[@DarkKnight-db1dy]

We can't even win in SENA countries? We have already won in Australia twice and nearly defeated ENgland had first game not being wasted so much due to rain. Regarding NZ, just one series happened so it is not enough sample size to pass any judgements. And in S.A. we had a golden chance to win after winning first match but blew it somehow

[@debjitpaul8580]

​@@DarkKnight-db1dy No, I said we cannot win in SENA countries depending on Axar's batting performance. Will you play Ashwin, Jadeja and Axar in England or Australia? No! The entire year we'll play with 3 spinners and then suddenly in the WTC final we won't have a 3rd seamer and we'll have to go with Shardul Thakur with zero match practice. Why can't we work on our flaws that are obviously gonna be exposed in a big match? My frustration with BCCI's fan service is that we are not addressing our problems across all 3 formats. I know it seems a stretch that I'm connecting these test wins with World cups but we've made a habit of not learning from our mistakes. Why is it that Chahal plays all the t20is leading up to the world cup but then Ashwin gets selected because we needed batting depth? Why can't we think of that earlier? Why are we winning series after series with Axar's performance when we won't be selected even in the playing 11 in the WTC final? All these seem the same to me.... sharpening a sword that won't be used in the main battle.

[@Observer9812]

A 100 likes just for the effort that went into making the graphs👍

[@harishkiran3663]

Aussies thought first innings lead is the key😉

[@well_said7846]

India is winning more this way that's why they are going overboard with preparing the pitches.