Plot watch – Ranchi pitch continues to behave itself
There was enough bounce on day two, contrary to pre-match expectations © Associated Press Day 2 Pitch watch Standard, slow Indian Test-match pitch with something in it for everyone: fact. Stitched-up, tailor-made, doctored, raging, cracking dustbowl, which spits venom like a basilisk: alternative fact. After 177.3 overs of competitive Test cricket, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Ravindra Jadeja, India’s openers and Australia’s fast bowlers deserve all the headlines. The pitch does…