Cricket match prediction discussions

[BitSat]

I wouldn't even rate Kohli as the best batsmen currently. There are others out there, such as Steve Smith, Root, Williamson and Chandimal. What makes Kohli special or unique when compared to the other players? After all, he is human only. 

Do not follow Cricket much now but I think that A B de Villiers is also a much better package in comparison to Virat. I know the stats may tell you otherwise but if you compare their best innings , you can clearly see the difference. No batsmen in the world has as much variety of shots as ABD. I am not saying that Virat is a bad player, he is certainly the best India has got currently.

We can say Kohli is India's best batsman because he can give positive results and which is very good point for him now for current test match if he stay then they can win easily this test otherwise its not easy task for them even they need only 84 runs with 5 wickets in hand

[vella85]

There is no doubt that Kohli is the key if India are going to go on and win this test match. He also needs support from the other batsman to stick around or it could end very quickly for India. If India can get the win, it would give them a lot of confidence for the rest of the series however the other players will need to step up and not just leave it up to Kohli to do all the work.

[absy]

There is no doubt that Kohli is the key if India are going to go on and win this test match. He also needs support from the other batsman to stick around or it could end very quickly for India. If India can get the win, it would give them a lot of confidence for the rest of the series however the other players will need to step up and not just leave it up to Kohli to do all the work.

Karthik and Hardik pandya can do some damage too but yeah only thing Kohli needs now is a stand . I guess its 50-50 still , if they can get out Kohli early in the 4th day then England have a great chance to win because on this pitch 84 isn't a small target with just 5 wickets left .

[btcmegastar]

First kohli played well and scored 145when India needed him to bat and Australia lost their first wickets very soon for 9 runs . their is much turn in pitch but I think their will be pitch different in 4th and 5th day if Australian make above 300 runs they have chances of winning this test match

Australia? Oh boy, what have you been smoking lately? India is playing against England, not Australia.

As I predicted, Virat Kohli played very well and got India out of the mess. The match is now getting quite interesting. England should give a target of at least 300 runs else they'll lose.

You seem to have quite a bit of faith in the Indian batting. India really collapsed today and if it weren't for Kohli's brilliant knock, England would be pushing for victory now. I see even 200 runs as a tricky target, especially when India are playing last. The fourth innings results in tricks being played on everybody.

I do agree, but it is a completely different format when it comes to test match because most of the players will pay very good innings in T20 and One day but anyhow they missed the One-day series. I hope today is deciding day for both teams whether who is going to win the first test match. Both of them has equal chances of winning.

[btcdevil]

First kohli played well and scored 145when India needed him to bat and Australia lost their first wickets very soon for 9 runs . their is much turn in pitch but I think their will be pitch different in 4th and 5th day if Australian make above 300 runs they have chances of winning this test match

Australia? Oh boy, what have you been smoking lately? India is playing against England, not Australia.

As I predicted, Virat Kohli played very well and got India out of the mess. The match is now getting quite interesting. England should give a target of at least 300 runs else they'll lose.

You seem to have quite a bit of faith in the Indian batting. India really collapsed today and if it weren't for Kohli's brilliant knock, England would be pushing for victory now. I see even 200 runs as a tricky target, especially when India are playing last. The fourth innings results in tricks being played on everybody.

I do agree, but it is a completely different format when it comes to test match because most of the players will pay very good innings in T20 and One day but anyhow they missed the One-day series. I hope today is deciding day for both teams whether who is going to win the first test match. Both of them has equal chances of winning.

England won the first test match with 31 runs, upper top batsman and middle batsman still are problem for India. Leaving Kohli no other batsman were able to bat with him. Rahane failed one more time. Hope that India perform well in 2nd test match and win it.

[absy]

First kohli played well and scored 145when India needed him to bat and Australia lost their first wickets very soon for 9 runs . their is much turn in pitch but I think their will be pitch different in 4th and 5th day if Australian make above 300 runs they have chances of winning this test match

Australia? Oh boy, what have you been smoking lately? India is playing against England, not Australia.

As I predicted, Virat Kohli played very well and got India out of the mess. The match is now getting quite interesting. England should give a target of at least 300 runs else they'll lose.

You seem to have quite a bit of faith in the Indian batting. India really collapsed today and if it weren't for Kohli's brilliant knock, England would be pushing for victory now. I see even 200 runs as a tricky target, especially when India are playing last. The fourth innings results in tricks being played on everybody.

I do agree, but it is a completely different format when it comes to test match because most of the players will pay very good innings in T20 and One day but anyhow they missed the One-day series. I hope today is deciding day for both teams whether who is going to win the first test match. Both of them has equal chances of winning.

England won the first test match with 31 runs, upper top batsman and middle batsman still are problem for India. Leaving Kohli no other batsman were able to bat with him. Rahane failed one more time. Hope that India perform well in 2nd test match and win it.

I am glad I went for England to win today morning @ 3 . I knew if they could take Kohli out before 150 then they can win it .
Yes no other batsmen performed well but we should really appreciate Pandya too and even Ishant for his good spell .

[onrise]

England won the test match by 31 runs. India could not even made 194 runs batting 2nd second and only Kohli again made 51 runs . India if have to win have to play some good batting other than Kohli. They cannot be depended on captain every time to get the runs on board.

[bryant.coleman]

England won the test match by 31 runs. India could not even made 194 runs batting 2nd second and only Kohli again made 51 runs . India if have to win have to play some good batting other than Kohli. They cannot be depended on captain every time to get the runs on board.

The problem is that in non sub-continental pitches, none of the Indian batsmen other than Kohli performs well. This is one of the consequences of playing too many matches in Indian pitches (esp. IPL).

[Vishnu.Reang]

South Africa A vs India A match going on right now, with RSA A batting first. Mohammed Siraj has taken 3 wickets for 56 and he looks to be in good form. Excellent support from the other bowlers as well, especially Navdeep Saini and Rajneesh Gurbani.

[jjacob]

First kohli played well and scored 145when India needed him to bat and Australia lost their first wickets very soon for 9 runs . their is much turn in pitch but I think their will be pitch different in 4th and 5th day if Australian make above 300 runs they have chances of winning this test match

Australia? Oh boy, what have you been smoking lately? India is playing against England, not Australia.

As I predicted, Virat Kohli played very well and got India out of the mess. The match is now getting quite interesting. England should give a target of at least 300 runs else they'll lose.

You seem to have quite a bit of faith in the Indian batting. India really collapsed today and if it weren't for Kohli's brilliant knock, England would be pushing for victory now. I see even 200 runs as a tricky target, especially when India are playing last. The fourth innings results in tricks being played on everybody.

Kohli may be a great batsman, but you cannot expect him to win matches for India every time. India managed to make a mess of this one and collapsed in both innings, leading to England's victory. England dropped catches, but India could not make full use of it. In the end, the better team won.

[Raja_MBZ]

First kohli played well and scored 145when India needed him to bat and Australia lost their first wickets very soon for 9 runs . their is much turn in pitch but I think their will be pitch different in 4th and 5th day if Australian make above 300 runs they have chances of winning this test match

Australia? Oh boy, what have you been smoking lately? India is playing against England, not Australia.

As I predicted, Virat Kohli played very well and got India out of the mess. The match is now getting quite interesting. England should give a target of at least 300 runs else they'll lose.

You seem to have quite a bit of faith in the Indian batting. India really collapsed today and if it weren't for Kohli's brilliant knock, England would be pushing for victory now. I see even 200 runs as a tricky target, especially when India are playing last. The fourth innings results in tricks being played on everybody.

Kohli may be a great batsman, but you cannot expect him to win matches for India every time. India managed to make a mess of this one and collapsed in both innings, leading to England's victory. England dropped catches, but India could not make full use of it. In the end, the better team won.

Correct. Even though Kohli played awesome innings in the test match, India still lost the game. Awfully played by Indian middle-order (except for Kohli); they all repeated the same mistakes yet again.

Virat might have played good, but it'd have been a lot better if he had succeeded in finishing the game. Without a good finish, the performance (no matter how good it has remained) is useless.

[chris200x9]

England won the test match by 31 runs. India could not even made 194 runs batting 2nd second and only Kohli again made 51 runs . India if have to win have to play some good batting other than Kohli. They cannot be depended on captain every time to get the runs on board.

The pitch was not supporting to batsman later part of the game. If you look at England second innings batting then you will know that they also didn't play a good batting except for SM Curran, who has scored 63 runs. England was all out for just 180 runs in second innings. I do agree that Kohli is a good batsman and team can't depend on one person performance. It was an expected result at least for me.

[absy]

England won the test match by 31 runs. India could not even made 194 runs batting 2nd second and only Kohli again made 51 runs . India if have to win have to play some good batting other than Kohli. They cannot be depended on captain every time to get the runs on board.

The pitch was not supporting to batsman later part of the game. If you look at England second innings batting then you will know that they also didn't play a good batting except for SM Curran, who has scored 63 runs. England was all out for just 180 runs in second innings. I do agree that Kohli is a good batsman and team can't depend on one person performance. It was an expected result at least for me.

Still , Indian top order batsmen should have played better . There was hell lot of time , I feel like they played poorly with over-confidence. I don't know what's up with Rahane , he is not him right now . I hope he plays better next time because he is a great test batsmen .

[jjacob]

Bangladesh have managed to win the second T20 against West Indies. Bangladesh managed to score 171 in their allotted 20 overs, which is a par score in T20s. West Indies managed to play well initially, and there was some big hitting in the middle. But they lost their way to spinners and finally lost the match by 12 runs.

[BitSat]

England won the test match by 31 runs. India could not even made 194 runs batting 2nd second and only Kohli again made 51 runs . India if have to win have to play some good batting other than Kohli. They cannot be depended on captain every time to get the runs on board.

The pitch was not supporting to batsman later part of the game. If you look at England second innings batting then you will know that they also didn't play a good batting except for SM Curran, who has scored 63 runs. England was all out for just 180 runs in second innings. I do agree that Kohli is a good batsman and team can't depend on one person performance. It was an expected result at least for me.

Still , Indian top order batsmen should have played better . There was hell lot of time , I feel like they played poorly with over-confidence. I don't know what's up with Rahane , he is not him right now . I hope he plays better next time because he is a great test batsmen .

Now they have just few days for thinking about mistakes which they done in first test because in England you have very less chance for recovery Indian management need to do some hard decisions and bring Pujara and Rohit for next match because Dhawan and Rahane right now cannot help them for coming back in this series

[MinerHQ]

Bangladesh have managed to win the second T20 against West Indies. Bangladesh managed to score 171 in their allotted 20 overs, which is a par score in T20s. West Indies managed to play well initially, and there was some big hitting in the middle. But they lost their way to spinners and finally lost the match by 12 runs.

The third T20 match between WI and Bangladesh is going on now. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first and currently last over match is going on Bangladesh has managed to score a decent runs 174 for five wickets and they may add another 10 runs to this total means around 180+ runs. It will be good total defend because while chasing mostly batsman will be under pressure and they make lose wickets quickly. If WI plays like the previous match then they will lose this match too.

[flower1024]

Bangladesh have managed to win the second T20 against West Indies. Bangladesh managed to score 171 in their allotted 20 overs, which is a par score in T20s. West Indies managed to play well initially, and there was some big hitting in the middle. But they lost their way to spinners and finally lost the match by 12 runs.

The third T20 match between WI and Bangladesh is going on now. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first and currently last over match is going on Bangladesh has managed to score a decent runs 174 for five wickets and they may add another 10 runs to this total means around 180+ runs. It will be good total defend because while chasing mostly batsman will be under pressure and they make lose wickets quickly. If WI plays like the previous match then they will lose this match too.

West Indies lost this match, Bangladesh won this match by 19 runs by DLS method. with this win, Ban won this series by 2-1. when Andre Russell batting i thought WI can win this match but bad luck. Congratulation Bangladesh.

[vella85]

England won the test match by 31 runs. India could not even made 194 runs batting 2nd second and only Kohli again made 51 runs . India if have to win have to play some good batting other than Kohli. They cannot be depended on captain every time to get the runs on board.

The pitch was not supporting to batsman later part of the game. If you look at England second innings batting then you will know that they also didn't play a good batting except for SM Curran, who has scored 63 runs. England was all out for just 180 runs in second innings. I do agree that Kohli is a good batsman and team can't depend on one person performance. It was an expected result at least for me.

Still , Indian top order batsmen should have played better . There was hell lot of time , I feel like they played poorly with over-confidence. I don't know what's up with Rahane , he is not him right now . I hope he plays better next time because he is a great test batsmen .

I agree, they performed poorly in a game that if the batsman could play as a team they could of won the game. But relying on just Kohli to try and win the test match makes it very difficult and puts a lot of pressure on him to always perform well. Lets just hope we see a better Indian batting performance in the 2nd test match. Congrats to England on winning!

[Raja_MBZ]

4th ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa will be played in a few hours, and I'm expecting South Africa to win this one too but with a bit of fight-back by Sri Lankan team. They must be fired up for this one, after losing last one with a big margin.

[bitcoinmasterlord]

4th ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa will be played in a few hours, and I'm expecting South Africa to win this one too but with a bit of fight-back by Sri Lankan team. They must be fired up for this one, after losing last one with a big margin.

Today Sri Lanka played well they made 306 runs in 50 overs but SA batting is strong they can chase this target and they already won this series by 3-0 so no tension they can freely bat. with the no loss, they scored 21 runs in 2 overs. I think SA will win this match.