WTF is going on in India recently? The pitch for the first test was your typical sub-continental road which provided the desired result – sh1tloads of runs.

But it was all a bit hollow when the Seth Efrikaans could also bat, and the match petered out into a boring draw. Surely this wasn’t the same India who only lost 2-1 to Australia so recently?

Remembering their Perth glory they then went and built a very un-Indian pitch that suited pace and seam. Then in a brain fart Anil decided to have a bat and they were bundled out for 76 by a very on fire Dale Steyne. Oops. Maybe we suck at pace bowling again.

According to the script they’d have their groundsman prepare a traditional Indian pitch that takes lots of spin for the third test, yet from the pitch reports they’ve gone and built a minefield.

Underprepared, dry, and cracking already, there is no telling what this pitch might do. Let alone spin, it might make any bowling dangerous to face. The ball might dart around, bounce unevenly, spin alarmingly; no-one really knows.

Stay tuned as India take on the evil empire in Episode III, Revenge of the Singh.