Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Mahdirakib]

Ravindra Jadeja doing good with the bat as well. 38 Srike rate is too low but it's good for test game batters. Congratulations to Rohit Sharma for another Ton. India already has 144 runs ahead and still has five wickets in hand. Seems like India will declare the innings after they gather more than five hundred runs on the board. Ravindra Jadeja looks steady with the bat. Best of luck for a hundred.

India has only 3 wickets in hand now, not five. The chance is pretty low for Jadeja to score a hundred. The condition of the pitch isn't good for batting. It is a spin friendly pitch and the opponents are using spin bowlers more than the fast bowlers. 38 strike rate is reasonable in such condition. I believe that India will win the match and Jadeja will get the man of the match award.

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[JSRAW]

Seems like India will declare the innings after they gather more than five hundred runs on the board. Ravindra Jadeja looks steady with the bat. Best of luck for a hundred.

More than 500? I doubt that. Am expecting India to be bundled out within 420 which is a great score and the lead would be greater than 200 putting a ton of pressure on the Australian batsmen.

Also, I don't think Jadeja will score a century. Once Jadeja and Axar depart, the remaining tail-enders will collapse pretty quickly.

400 runs mark mean 220ish first innings lead for India. If this happens then it would also seal the fate of this test match.

The innings win would be an incredible result from an Indian point of view, considering we lost the toss but for this to happen Jaddu-Axar duo needs to bat another session. I would say bit too much to ask from the lower order, although they are capable bats.

[teosanru]

Considering his Test bowling average and the strike rate at which he picks wickets and his past performances, Ravindra Jadeja is a key player who will be having the same impact with the ball whenever he is playing in sub continent wickets and with the bat he has matured enough to continue giving performance up to his talent which was lacking in his initial years in his International career even though he has three triple centuries to his name in domestic circuit.
Ravindra Jadeja messing with Australia now with the bat and hopefully will score a big century along with Axar Patel and Australia will be battling to defend and spinners will be mowing and picking all the wickets in the coming days.

Ravindra Jadeja looks great with the bat and bowl. He took 5 wickets against Australia and able to fall down their batting. A good innings by Rohit Sharma took India team in a better position but after he lost his wicket the rest of the wickets failed. From that position, Ravindra Jadeja was able to bring the team back to a reliable position again. He remains unbeaten on 66 runs. His impressive batting and bowling performances have given a fresh message to the the Indian Cricket Board that he is still alive and worthy to play test cricket.

In Nagpur, we had an eventful day. Ravindra Jadeja followed Rohit Sharma's lead which gave India a dominating edge against Australia in the first innings. In the aftermath of brilliant bowling, Jadeja remains unbeaten at 66 runs. Day 2 ended with India leading by 144 runs despite a collapse in their top order. Axar and Jadeja have played sensational cricket so far and have usually saved the Indian batting order. Congratulations to Jadeja for his best all-around performance. The Aussie's second innings response will be decided tomorrow.

Ravindra Jadeja is doing well with the bat also. But what I want to point out is that I thought this was going to be a track for the spinners. Which it is. But I was actually a little surprised to say that Nathan Lyon was unable to perform well. The youngster from Australia Todd Murphy is the one who picked up five wickets for Australia. And I think if he had a little help from others, Australia could have done better. But now it feels like the match is absolutely getting out of hand from Australia. Things do not feel good for Australia right now.

There is a righteous reason why people call him "Sir" Jadeja, he is never counted in one of the best batsmen or bowler of Indian cricket yet he is always the right fit that India needs in any situation and any format. Him missing from the team is in itself a big blow, players like him are match winners who can steal the win from opponent's pockets when you want them to. I see Axar is also becoming a lot like him which is really required for future of Indian cricket right now.

[Vaskiy]

Seems like India will declare the innings after they gather more than five hundred runs on the board. Ravindra Jadeja looks steady with the bat. Best of luck for a hundred.

More than 500? I doubt that. Am expecting India to be bundled out within 420 which is a great score and the lead would be greater than 200 putting a ton of pressure on the Australian batsmen.

Also, I don't think Jadeja will score a century. Once Jadeja and Axar depart, the remaining tail-enders will collapse pretty quickly.

400 runs mark mean 220ish first innings lead for India. If this happens then it would also seal the fate of this test match.

The innings win would be an incredible result from an Indian point of view, considering we lost the toss but for this to happen Jaddu-Axar duo needs to bat another session. I would say bit too much to ask from the lower order, although they are capable bats.

With the form of Jadeja and Axar it is possible to reach 400+ runs. Just 80 runs away and if wickets begin to fall in the first session, then innings gets over within 360 runs. Once after the batting it is Jaddu and Axar again to perform in the bowling to have an innings win against Australia. In the second innings I'm sure Australia will make a comeback and I expect good score from Steve Smith.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Considering his Test bowling average and the strike rate at which he picks wickets and his past performances, Ravindra Jadeja is a key player who will be having the same impact with the ball whenever he is playing in sub continent wickets and with the bat he has matured enough to continue giving performance up to his talent which was lacking in his initial years in his International career even though he has three triple centuries to his name in domestic circuit.
Ravindra Jadeja messing with Australia now with the bat and hopefully will score a big century along with Axar Patel and Australia will be battling to defend and spinners will be mowing and picking all the wickets in the coming days.

Ravindra Jadeja looks great with the bat and bowl. He took 5 wickets against Australia and able to fall down their batting. A good innings by Rohit Sharma took India team in a better position but after he lost his wicket the rest of the wickets failed. From that position, Ravindra Jadeja was able to bring the team back to a reliable position again. He remains unbeaten on 66 runs. His impressive batting and bowling performances have given a fresh message to the the Indian Cricket Board that he is still alive and worthy to play test cricket.

In Nagpur, we had an eventful day. Ravindra Jadeja followed Rohit Sharma's lead which gave India a dominating edge against Australia in the first innings. In the aftermath of brilliant bowling, Jadeja remains unbeaten at 66 runs. Day 2 ended with India leading by 144 runs despite a collapse in their top order. Axar and Jadeja have played sensational cricket so far and have usually saved the Indian batting order. Congratulations to Jadeja for his best all-around performance. The Aussie's second innings response will be decided tomorrow.

Ravindra Jadeja is doing well with the bat also. But what I want to point out is that I thought this was going to be a track for the spinners. Which it is. But I was actually a little surprised to say that Nathan Lyon was unable to perform well. The youngster from Australia Todd Murphy is the one who picked up five wickets for Australia. And I think if he had a little help from others, Australia could have done better. But now it feels like the match is absolutely getting out of hand from Australia. Things do not feel good for Australia right now.

There is a righteous reason why people call him "Sir" Jadeja, he is never counted in one of the best batsmen or bowler of Indian cricket yet he is always the right fit that India needs in any situation and any format. Him missing from the team is in itself a big blow, players like him are match winners who can steal the win from opponent's pockets when you want them to. I see Axar is also becoming a lot like him which is really required for future of Indian cricket right now.

Jadeja has always been able to perform well when the team needs it. Jadeja has been performing well when the team's top order has failed. Jadeja is capable of batting with responsibility. And he proved it once again in this innings. Jadeja is unbeaten with 66 runs. Apart from Rohit, Jadeja and Axar Patel, none of the other batsmen in the team performed well. Sir Jadeja's performance both in batting and bowling was outstanding. He has managed to pick up 5 wickets and is batting very responsibly. India is now more likely to win this Test.

[Sithara007]

400 runs mark mean 220ish first innings lead for India. If this happens then it would also seal the fate of this test match.

The innings win would be an incredible result from an Indian point of view, considering we lost the toss but for this to happen Jaddu-Axar duo needs to bat another session. I would say bit too much to ask from the lower order, although they are capable bats.

If India gets to 400, then there is a 80% to 90% probability that they don't need to bat again. The track is already giving a lot of assistance to Todd Murphy (although the incompetent Nathan Lyon didn't managed to use any of that). The combination of Ashwin-Jadeja-Axar is going to break the back of Australians when they come to bat again (today second session?). Australians didn't prepared well for this tour. It was surprising to note that they refused to play even one warmup match before the first test, citing packed schedule.

[coinerer]

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Ravindra Jadeja has shown a really good performance in the ball that he has taken five wickets single-handedly.  But there is no guarantee that he will be able to play like that in the second match but he really played a big role for yesterday's match. 

Considering his Test bowling average and the strike rate at which he picks wickets and his past performances, Ravindra Jadeja is a key player who will be having the same impact with the ball whenever he is playing in sub continent wickets and with the bat he has matured enough to continue giving performance up to his talent which was lacking in his initial years in his International career even though he has three triple centuries to his name in domestic circuit.

Due to the good bowling of Ravindra Jadeja, India was able to take the wickets of their opponents.  And on the other hand some players like Rohit Sharma help to collect high quality runs for India and that is why India is always ahead in the game of cricket.India has managed their team with many techniques. India understand very well how to manage the team and when to field which player which is why they are able to win matches consistently.

[LDL]

T Murphy dismisses Jadeja & Debut 6*** wickets

Ravindra Jadeja, who has been in form in this Test, has just returned to the previllion after being dismissed by T Murphy. However, Jadeja scored 70 runs as the second highest run scorer after Rohit Sharma. But another interesting fact is that Todd Murphy became the youngest spinner to take five wickets for Australia. His record of 22 years 87 days was previously held by Joey Palmer 1881/82 at 22 years 360 days. But another thing is that T Murphy on his Test debut has a record of taking more than five wickets in the first innings.

[JSRAW]

Lol Lala having fun after that drop catch and taking the spinners to cleaner. Have to say catching has been very poor in this match from both teams.

50 runs partnership for the 10th wicket and now our bowlers outscored our batters lmao (except Rohit).

Also 200 up for India, Cheers!

[pakhitheboss]

All thanks to Jadeja, Patel, Shami & Rohit India are in a commanding position in this test match. What a debut by young Murphy. This guy has a long way to go! 7 wickets in his debut match proves he is a spinner who will be now feared by big batters too in the future.

A lead of 200+ runs and the pitch now showing a lot of turns for the spinner means that this test series won't go for all 5 days. In my opinion it will end by the fourth day.

[MusaPk]

If India gets to 400, then there is a 80% to 90% probability that they don't need to bat again. The track is already giving a lot of assistance to Todd Murphy (although the incompetent Nathan Lyon didn't managed to use any of that). The combination of Ashwin-Jadeja-Axar is going to break the back of Australians when they come to bat again (today second session?). Australians didn't prepared well for this tour. It was surprising to note that they refused to play even one warmup match before the first test, citing packed schedule.

India 399 at the moment and this took lead to 222. Defiantly India is in full control of this match and with one wicket remaining can Axer Patel be able to score his first Test hundred? Todd Murphy has got 7 wikcets on his Test debut but I don't think they will be of any use for Australia. Australians rely mostly on pace bowlers so it was obvious there pace bowling to suffer on slow track.

[NicNacCoin]

All thanks to Jadeja, Patel, Shami & Rohit India are in a commanding position in this test match. What debut by Murphy this guy has a long way to go. 7 wickets in his debut match proves he is a spinner who will be feared by batters in the future.

A lead of 200+ runs and the pitch now showing a lot of turns for the spinner means that this test series won't go for all 5 days. In my opinion it will end by the fourth day.

Rohit Sharma 120
Axar 84
R Jadeja 70
Shami 37
Relying on these 4 batsmen, India managed to collect 400 runs in the first innings and gave a lead of 223 runs.The spinners are getting more advantage than the pressers on this pitch so there is not much advantage for the Indian pressers but the two spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will do well enough and India can tie Australia on the lead of 223 runs. Anyway to elaborate, Todd Murphy played brilliantly in Test debut and picked up 7 wickets in the first innings which is a great record for Australia.

[fuguebtc]

All thanks to Jadeja, Patel, Shami & Rohit India are in a commanding position in this test match. What debut by Murphy this guy has a long way to go. 7 wickets in his debut match proves he is a spinner who will be feared by batters in the future.

A lead of 200+ runs and the pitch now showing a lot of turns for the spinner means that this test series won't go for all 5 days. In my opinion it will end by the fourth day.

Rohit Sharma 120
Axar 84
R Jadeja 70
Shami 37
Relying on these 4 batsmen, India managed to collect 400 runs in the first innings and gave a lead of 223 runs.The spinners are getting more advantage than the pressers on this pitch so there is not much advantage for the Indian pressers but the two spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will do well enough and India can tie Australia on the lead of 223 runs. Anyway to elaborate, Todd Murphy played brilliantly in Test debut and picked up 7 wickets in the first innings which is a great record for Australia.

The pitch is spin assisted. It was already predicted that India would have a slight advantage on such a pitch. But I don't think Australian batsmen will play that badly. Australia scored only 177 runs in their first innings. On the other hand, Rohit, Axar and Jadeja's great batting was India's collection of 400. I expected a better performance from the Australian batsmen in the second innings. But they have faced an even more dire batting disaster. Australia lost the seventh wicket for 67 runs. Collecting 100 runs is now very difficult for Australia.

[crunck]

All thanks to Jadeja, Patel, Shami & Rohit India are in a commanding position in this test match. What debut by Murphy this guy has a long way to go. 7 wickets in his debut match proves he is a spinner who will be feared by batters in the future.

A lead of 200+ runs and the pitch now showing a lot of turns for the spinner means that this test series won't go for all 5 days. In my opinion it will end by the fourth day.

Rohit Sharma 120
Axar 84
R Jadeja 70
Shami 37
Relying on these 4 batsmen, India managed to collect 400 runs in the first innings and gave a lead of 223 runs.The spinners are getting more advantage than the pressers on this pitch so there is not much advantage for the Indian pressers but the two spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will do well enough and India can tie Australia on the lead of 223 runs. Anyway to elaborate, Todd Murphy played brilliantly in Test debut and picked up 7 wickets in the first innings which is a great record for Australia.

The pitch is spin assisted. It was already predicted that India would have a slight advantage on such a pitch. But I don't think Australian batsmen will play that badly. Australia scored only 177 runs in their first innings. On the other hand, Rohit, Axar and Jadeja's great batting was India's collection of 400. I expected a better performance from the Australian batsmen in the second innings. But they have faced an even more dire batting disaster. Australia lost the seventh wicket for 67 runs. Collecting 100 runs is now very difficult for Australia.

The Australian batsmen are not able to survive long at the crease with the extraordinary bowling of Jadeja and Ashwin. Australia lost 9 wickets for 90 runs. He picked up 5 wickets in the second innings. And Jadeja took 2 wickets. In the first innings, he took 3 wickets and Jadeja took 5 wickets. Due to the excellent performance of these two players, India was able to defeat the Australian team very easily. The match is going to end in just 3 days.

[pakhitheboss]

I never expected the match to end on day 3. I was in the impression that Australia will hold on till day 4. No doubt this match showed how poor Australian batters are against spin bowling. Ashwin & Jadeja were the two pillars of Indian team that made this incredible win look so easy.

Congratulations to team India on defeating Australia by an innings and 132 runs. 

[JSRAW]

And just like that an innings and gazillion runs win. Well done team India!!

A bit of an extended session but we could still say that it got done and dusted in just 1 session, it took only 32.3 overs to wrap things up.

Lots of soul-searching for Aussies. India also faced a similar kind of humiliation after 36 all out saga back in 2021 but they picked themselves up so if India can do it then they can do it too. They are champion team and a much better outfit when it comes to any touring team in India so hope they come back hard in the next test match.

ICT also needs to think about their top order, you can't expect bowlers to do the heavy lifting with the bat and ball all the time.

[WatChe]

And just like that an innings and gazillion runs win. Well done team India!!

A bit of an extended session but we could still say that it got done and dusted in just 1 session, it took only 32.3 overs to wrap things up.

Lots of soul-searching for Aussies. India also faced a similar kind of humiliation after 36 all out saga back in 2021 but they picked themselves up so if India can do it then they can do it too. They are champion team and a much better outfit when it comes to any touring team in India so hope they come back hard in the next test match.

ICT also needs to think about their top order, you can't expect bowlers to do the heavy lifting with the bat and ball all the time.

India wrapped up test victory on 3rd day. Honestly wasn't expecting such one sided game as Australia is an ever green team in all formats. Its Jadeja and Aswin who collectively picked up 15 wikcets in both innings. So they are the real hero in this victory.
India proved that if Australians are mighty at there home ground then same can be done with them while they are away. Still a long way to go as 3 more test to be played.

Edit: I read this interesting fact on ABC sports Facebook page and thought it's worth sharing

"The bad news continues, as Australia have never won a series after losing the first Test in anything other than five-Test series."

[Vaskiy]

And just like that an innings and gazillion runs win. Well done team India!!

A bit of an extended session but we could still say that it got done and dusted in just 1 session, it took only 32.3 overs to wrap things up.

Lots of soul-searching for Aussies. India also faced a similar kind of humiliation after 36 all out saga back in 2021 but they picked themselves up so if India can do it then they can do it too. They are champion team and a much better outfit when it comes to any touring team in India so hope they come back hard in the next test match.

ICT also needs to think about their top order, you can't expect bowlers to do the heavy lifting with the bat and ball all the time.

India wrapped up test victory on 3rd day. Honestly wasn't expecting such one sided game as Australia is an ever green team in all formats. Its Jadeja and Aswin who collectively picked up 15 wikcets in both innings. So they are the real hero in this victory.
India proved that if Australians are mighty at there home ground then same can be done with them while they are away. Still a long way to go as 3 more test to be played.

None could've expected such an one sided match to end in the 3^rd day. Atleast the match could've gone till the last day. I believed Australia to make a comeback in the second innings. Just now saw the result and got surprised. I predicted Smith to perform good in the second innings and he's not out. If someone have supported him, little more score might've got added. An awesome performance from the spinners mainly. In the first innings it was Jadeja and in the second innings it was Ashwin.

[LDL]

Well done team India.......

Australia 1st innings 177/All out
Australia 2nd innings 91/All Out
India 1st innings 400/ All out

India won by An innings & 132 runs
The above mentioned score seems inconsistent for Australia, if not for any other country.

R Jadeja (5+2=7 wickets)
R Ashwin (3+5=8 wickets)
Shami  total 3 wickets.

What Ashwin and Jadeja, two veteran players, showed in this Test will be history only for Australia. Both of them crushed the Australian batting line.To say that Australia could not stand in front of these two. However, Ashwin and Jadeja made it clear that even though they have become old, their performances have not.

[Patrol69]

Australia lost another humiliating loss to India. When Australia came down to bat in the first innings and were all out for 177 runs, when India came to bat again later, they lost all the wickets and were able to collect 400 runs. In response, when Australia came to bat again, Australia was all out for just 91 runs. As a result, Australia lost to India by an innings and a huge margin of 132 runs. Ravindra Jadeja single-handedly turned the Australian team around. And he was adjudged the man of the match.