India completely in control on the 3rd day. Bangladesh top and middle order are all out and now the tail enders are batting. I think they might not even give a lead of 100 to the Indian batter. One thing I am certain this match will end on day 4. Axar Patel has been the star bowler of this session. I was expecting the same from Ashwin as the pitch is good for spin bowlers.

As seen in the first test match and in the first innings of this test match Bangladesh's batting lineup has struggled against the Indian bowlers. Now the pitch has become friendly for spinners and I am sure Ashwin and Patel will utilize this pitch. I am saying this because most wickets taken by Bong bowlers came from spinners such as Shakib and Islam. They have not lost any wickets at the moment but they will surely do on day 3. If Indian batters were not able to get those runs then knowing Bangladeshi batters it wouldn't be easy for them.

A lead of 87 runs is not that much but looking into the pitch condition it won't be that easy for Bangladesh to chase it. The pitch is more suitable for spinners now and Inam sure Ashwin and Patel will utilize it to full potential. Thanks to Panth and Iyer India were able to save their face otherwise chasing 227 was looking like a big task for Indian batters.

Three wickets in quick succession after Rishab Panth got out. India is now fully dependent on tail enders for them to increase the lead. Ashwin can bat but I have no Idea about Unadkat. This is why India should not have dropped Yadav in the second test. He not only batted well but also bowled brilliantly in the first match.

Bangladesh are back again at one point they were struggling against Panth and Iyer but now they will try to get the last few wickets in order to restrict the lead to 100 runs. The pitch is also looking good for bowlers now. It would not be that easy for the Bangladesh batters too when they come to bat.

He should have played with a little but of patience. There was no need for him to take any risk.

Iyer is still playing and all hopes are now on him. He needs to stick on the pitch and stay as long as possible. Meanwhile Ashwin needs to rotate the strike and go after those odd balls. The lead is only of 27 runs which needs to be of 200+ runs.

Rishab Panth is going strong today. He is batting at an average of 90+ which is agressive in test format. At this rate he will get his century today. Shreyas Iyer is playing with a cool head and not taking any risk. If these two batters can stay till the end of day 2 then we can expect a good score on the board and a good lead too.

India's top batting order again failed in the first innings. KL Rahul has not scored much runs in any format of cricket for sometime now. Kohli again failed and this time Pujara too. Everything now depends on Panth and Iyer. I hope Panth delivers this time otherwise he might get dropped.

After taking 4 quick wickets and allowing India to only score 100+ runs Bangladesh are back in the game. The Bangladeshi bowlers are bowling brilliantly and I am sure they would be going after Panth.


As expected 

Archer was out because of his elbow and back injury. The series is scheduled next year end of January and he will recover by that time. Tooley and Brook both are back in the team. The last time England played an ODI was against Australia and they were completely destroyed by the Aussie team. It would be interesting to see whether these changes will help them against the South African team. 

BCCI is only following the directive of Government of India. Recently the Indian External Affairs Minister has said that there will be no cricketing ties between both the countries. BCCI cannot do anything as it has to follow the rules set by the government. Indeed PCB will lose a good chunk of revenue as India won't travel to Pakistan for the Asia cup. Ultimately both boards will agree for a neutral venue in the end for both the tournaments.

Don't you read the newspaper or surf news portal website of Pakistan? They are blaming Pakistan's bad performance on Ramiz Raza and the captain Babar Azam. I guess the way you have questioned simply means that either you tend to ignore what is happening with PCB or you are just someone who tend to ignore everything for the pride of the country.

Expectation from a countries cricket board which is struggling to give a decent amount of electricity supply to its citizens is more than you as an individual living in India would think about in your every day life. Pakistan team in the past were a contingent to fear and now they are so down with uncertainty that it is better to not bet on them.

In my opinion after Imran Khan was removed from the country as the PM this situation was waiting to happen. He was the individual who was trying to improve the level of cricket in Pakistan and above all abolish the authoritarian type of selecting a chairman of the cricket board. But, eventually those who are responsible for looting cricket board money and ruining its existence are back. I reckon dark days are again coming back.  

Those new projects will go as planned but might stop after a year or so due to financial issue. When Najam Sethi was the chairman a lot of favouritism was done on selection. Unwanted & unusual spending were also made. He will again do the same as a chairman of PCB. I still believe Ramiz Raja should have been given some more time. Losing a test series and talking sometimes talking nonsense to media doesn't mean he was bad for the future of cricket in Pakistan.

The Indian team management has completely gone mad or have left their brains somewhere. Why was Kuldeep Yadav dropped from the team? Such inconsistency in selecting and backing a spinner is the reason why India haven't found a replacement spinner who can play in all formats. He was the Player of the match in the first test and now dropped in the second.  Imagine what might be going through his mind from yesterday.

Najam Sethi is close to the Sharif family and that is one of the reason he is again being appointed as the PCB chairman. When you mix politics with the game the game only suffers and that is what is happening to Pakistani cricket. If you look back in the past when Najam Sethi was the chaiman he practically did nothing whereas Rameez Raja was much better as he was able to convince International teams to play in Pakistan.

Did anyone found out what decision were made regarding split coaching and split captaincy at BCCI Apex Council Meeting which was held yesterday. I found out that all decisions have been put on hold untill the new selection committee takes in charge from this news website. Do not know the credibility of the website hence not believing on the information provided by them.

Bangladesh VS India

The second test match of this triangular series starts today. Already India has won the first test match and I am expecting them to repeat the same performance in this one too. Virat Kohli! Can he hit another century in this match to stop those who are questioning his form is a big question at the moment. The Indian bowlers have done a pretty good job till now only issue is with the batting order.

Bangladesh would want to win this match in order to level the series. Seeing them struggling on thier homeground in the first match makes me doubtfull. Niether the bowlers nor the batters were able to dent india.

At the moment according to ICC WTC India is ranked second but South Africa are not that behind that means this series and particularly today's match is very important for India if they want to maintain that rank and qualify for the finals.

BCCI in my opinion are not releasing any updates because they are busy preparing the framework. Knowing them they would try to make this league also a money minting league. They won't be able to achieve it from the first year but they know as the popularity grows the money will flow. So the focus would be more on advertising more about WIPL before the league starts.

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Australia, England and Newzealand are the top 3 teams in women T20 ranking. Indian women team is ranked fourth on that list. Yes, a long way to go but definitely not a bad start for women cricket. Give them a few more years and they would also be ranking on the top and then you can thank the WIPL. Even though India women lost the home series but they were able to pull crowd to the stadium. Which was very rare earlier all thanks to the commendable performance by the girls in the last few years.

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