Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[MusaPk]

In the first test match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled very well and bowled out the Afghanistan batsmen for just 198 runs. Afghanistan batsmen should have batted more responsibly in the test match because the lead of just 198 runs is not much. If Afghanistan batsmen could have batted responsibly, they could have given Srilanka a big lead. Rahmat Shah batted brilliantly, only this player batted well for Afghanistan. Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 91 off 149 balls. Today the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled brilliantly and put pressure on the Afghanistan batsmen from the start which resulted in the Afghanistan batsmen being bowled out for just 198 runs. Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando bowled brilliantly. Vishwa Fernando bowled 12 overs and took four wickets with 51 runs. Asitha Fernando bowled 14 overs and took three wickets with 24 runs.

Afghanistan no doubt is a strong T20 side but they still have long way to go in test format. Once again they failed to produce a good total in test. The whole team was bowled out for just 198 and it include 91 runs of Rahmat Shah, he was unlucky to miss another test hundred. Rahmat Shah no doubt played brilliantly but he was not given company at other end. SL openers are steady so far, 57 runs in just 10 overs.
   

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[Compromise me]

In the first innings of today's second Test match between India vs England, India opened the batting, losing three wickets and accumulating 225 runs so far.  In today's game, the most talked about player of the Indian team, Rohit Sharma, could not stay at the crease for a long time with the bat. Rohit Sharma was forced to leave the crease after scoring 14 runs off 41 balls. But Indian team batsman Yasshwi Jaiswal is in great form. Yasswi Jaiswal is unbeaten so far with 139 runs off 200 balls with the bat. Yasswi Jaiswal has managed to hit 15 fours and 4 boundaries so far. Now if Yasswi Jaiswal can make the innings longer. Then the Indian team will have the possibility of making 450+ in the first innings. On the other hand, although the bowlers of the England team could show some samples of their power in the early part of the bowling, now their bowling line is very weak.

India has scored 336 at the loss of 6 wickets which seems to be a great position for India to be in at the end of the day. Jaiswal is still not out. He has scored 179 alone. Remember he was the opener for India. So he has played out the whole day and he is also going to play on the next day. He is literally carrying India on his back in this first innings. No one else actually contributed anything close to him. No one else actually even scored more than 35. If he is still there till the end, I think India will be able to score at least 400. And Ashwin is also in the middle. So they might very well get more than 400.

Yes India have produced a brilliant first innings performance, where their batting has troubled the weak England bowling several times.  Now let see how the England team performs in their innings.  India will have to bowl well in their innings to keep their position strong.  In this both fast bowlers and spinners will have a critical role, and captaincy also has to use strategy wisely.  India have made a strong start and in this inning  Y Jaiswal performed very well and complete his own century but India need to build on the momentum and not let England's batsmen off the hook.  Ultimately, it is now to see which team is better in terms of skill and temperament.

[BitcoinsGreat]

Yes India have produced a brilliant first innings performance, where their batting has troubled the weak England bowling several times.  Now let see how the England team performs in their innings.  India will have to bowl well in their innings to keep their position strong.  In this both fast bowlers and spinners will have a critical role, and captaincy also has to use strategy wisely.  India have made a strong start and in this inning  Y Jaiswal performed very well and complete his own century but India need to build on the momentum and not let England's batsmen off the hook.  Ultimately, it is now to see which team is better in terms of skill and temperament.

The Indian team lost 6 wickets on this day but this time, Jaiswal is the player who wants to become a superman of his country and now we can call him Virat Kohli 2.0, I think if he performs like this so he should be a part of the next T20 World Cup, and he needed just 31 runs to completed his 200 and after it's two hundred he direct completed his 200 in the match where he hit first time century, and it was the 8 match of test that Jaiswal played. What a player he is. Now, today's day is finished and tomorrow first he completes 200 and then declares the innings.

[Haunebu]

Jaiswal is something else in all formats these days. On the other hand, Gill keeps underperforming as usual. Wonder when Pujara will replace him.

On the other hand, Sri Lanka are destroying Afghanistan thanks to some great bowling spells by the Fernandos and Jayasuriya. This match seems like it's done in the first innings itself.

[synchronym]

In the first test match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled very well and bowled out the Afghanistan batsmen for just 198 runs. Afghanistan batsmen should have batted more responsibly in the test match because the lead of just 198 runs is not much. If Afghanistan batsmen could have batted responsibly, they could have given Srilanka a big lead. Rahmat Shah batted brilliantly, only this player batted well for Afghanistan. Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 91 off 149 balls. Today the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled brilliantly and put pressure on the Afghanistan batsmen from the start which resulted in the Afghanistan batsmen being bowled out for just 198 runs. Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando bowled brilliantly. Vishwa Fernando bowled 12 overs and took four wickets with 51 runs. Asitha Fernando bowled 14 overs and took three wickets with 24 runs.

Afghanistan no doubt is a strong T20 side but they still have long way to go in test format. Once again they failed to produce a good total in test. The whole team was bowled out for just 198 and it include 91 runs of Rahmat Shah, he was unlucky to miss another test hundred. Rahmat Shah no doubt played brilliantly but he was not given company at other end. SL openers are steady so far, 57 runs in just 10 overs.
  

I agree with you. Afghanistan performed very well in T20 but compared to T20 Afghanistan performed very poorly in Test matches. Afghanistan team performed very well in Asia Cup ODI match against Sri Lanka but Afghanistan's batsmen did not perform so well in the first test match. If Afghanistan's opening pair could have batted responsibly it would have given Sri Lanka a bigger target and it would have been very easy for Afghanistan's bowlers if Afghanistan's bowlers could have bowled under control against Sri Lanka. Of course Afghanistan bowlers need to bowl well if Afghanistan bowlers can bowl well then Afghanistan game against Sri Lanka will be competitive. Sri Lanka bowlers bowled very well to bowl Afghanistan out for just 198 runs.

[JSRAW]

Some might say that India has put 300+ runs on the board and looking okay but I believe India are in big trouble overall be it this test match or test series. Considering the injuries and Virat's unavailability and top of that every top order batter decided to go out of form in the same series. If we leave Jaiswal who was brilliant, it was a pathetic day for the Indian batters IMO.

England would be the happy side tonight because they got the 6 wickets and mind you, the first inning par score is here 450-ish and India are 1 wicket away from its tail.

[onecall123]

Yes India have produced a brilliant first innings performance, where their batting has troubled the weak England bowling several times.  Now let see how the England team performs in their innings.  India will have to bowl well in their innings to keep their position strong.  In this both fast bowlers and spinners will have a critical role, and captaincy also has to use strategy wisely.  India have made a strong start and in this inning  Y Jaiswal performed very well and complete his own century but India need to build on the momentum and not let England's batsmen off the hook.  Ultimately, it is now to see which team is better in terms of skill and temperament.

The Indian team lost 6 wickets on this day but this time, Jaiswal is the player who wants to become a superman of his country and now we can call him Virat Kohli 2.0, I think if he performs like this so he should be a part of the next T20 World Cup, and he needed just 31 runs to completed his 200 and after it's two hundred he direct completed his 200 in the match where he hit first time century, and it was the 8 match of test that Jaiswal played. What a player he is. Now, today's day is finished and tomorrow first he completes 200 and then declares the innings.

India will begin the second day with four wickets in hand, and England requires four more wickets to bowl India out. While it's possible to see India getting bowled out quickly tomorrow, there's also the chance that Jaiswal reaches 200 before that. The first day clearly belonged to Jaiswal, and his innings was a treat to watch, showcasing his class as a player. England might be disappointed that he's still set to play tomorrow. The match is in a balanced state, and India will hope their tailenders can contribute by batting tomorrow as long as possible.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Some might say that India has put 300+ runs on the board and looking okay but I believe India are in big trouble overall be it this test match or test series. Considering the injuries and Virat's unavailability and top of that every top order batter decided to go out of form in the same series. If we leave Jaiswal who was brilliant, it was a pathetic day for the Indian batters IMO.

England would be the happy side tonight because they got the 6 wickets and mind you, the first inning par score is here 450-ish and India are 1 wicket away from its tail.

Still, I don't understand why team management added one extra bowler when one of your premium all-rounder is not available to play. Gill probably has one more inning to bring his form, or he will be dropped and need to find his spot again with other performances.

Everybody had a start but none of them converted which is a worrying sign and this is what will happen when we have an inexperienced team.

At the time of tea, India were in really strong position but losing three wickets in the session 3 changed the way.

[Bureau]

Some might say that India has put 300+ runs on the board and looking okay but I believe India are in big trouble overall be it this test match or test series. Considering the injuries and Virat's unavailability and top of that every top order batter decided to go out of form in the same series. If we leave Jaiswal who was brilliant, it was a pathetic day for the Indian batters IMO.

England would be the happy side tonight because they got the 6 wickets and mind you, the first inning par score is here 450-ish and India are 1 wicket away from its tail.

Still, I don't understand why team management added one extra bowler when one of your premium all-rounder is not available to play. Gill probably has one more inning to bring his form, or he will be dropped and need to find his spot again with other performances.

Everybody had a start but none of them converted which is a worrying sign and this is what will happen when we have an inexperienced team.

At the time of tea, India were in really strong position but losing three wickets in the session 3 changed the way.

336 runs are not good on a wicket which is not favouring the bowlers. Indian batter got out because of their fault and not because the wicket was bad. Only Jaiswal was the one who was still teasing the British and scoring runs. All other Indians got out before they could even reach 40 runs. It is alarming as these guys are known to have played multiple international tournaments. Struggling to score runs on home ground is not a good sign as they are either out of form or busy partying in the Bollywood circle. BTW, stokes being a captain has only lost 4 test games in 20 matches that he captained the team, he does not want to lose any game but Rohit Baba is still not out of his World Cup loss.

[Bitcoin_people]

In the first innings of the second test match between India vs England, the Indian team went into bat and in today's game they scored 336 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. We have seen that India lost the first test match against England but from the performance of India in the second test match it seems that they will score well against England to win this match for sure. Moreover, in today's match, the batsman of the Indian team, Yashasvi Jaiswal, is doing an amazing batting performance, which will make the audience very happy and thankful to him. Yashasvi Jaiswal has been batting brilliantly in pursuit of a double century and may certainly be able to achieve his goal tomorrow, his own score of 179 off 257 balls on day one. However, we saw that in the first Test match, England player Ollie Pope batted brilliantly, his own score was 196 runs off 278 balls. If Yashasvi Jaiswal can score 200+ runs on the second day, he will definitely surpass the run target of England player Ollie Pope. However, these two players have increased the current attraction of Test matches, the current Test match scores and performance of these two teams are also excellent.

[Swordsoffreedom]

In the first innings of the second test match between India vs England, the Indian team went into bat and in today's game they scored 336 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. We have seen that India lost the first test match against England but from the performance of India in the second test match it seems that they will score well against England to win this match for sure. Moreover, in today's match, the batsman of the Indian team, Yashasvi Jaiswal, is doing an amazing batting performance, which will make the audience very happy and thankful to him. Yashasvi Jaiswal has been batting brilliantly in pursuit of a double century and may certainly be able to achieve his goal tomorrow, his own score of 179 off 257 balls on day one. However, we saw that in the first Test match, England player Ollie Pope batted brilliantly, his own score was 196 runs off 278 balls. If Yashasvi Jaiswal can score 200+ runs on the second day, he will definitely surpass the run target of England player Ollie Pope. However, these two players have increased the current attraction of Test matches, the current Test match scores and performance of these two teams are also excellent.

Indian batsmen batted brilliantly. Jaiswal in particular batted brilliantly. He is still unbeaten with 179 runs. At the end of the first day, the Indian team managed to collect 336 runs. But I have no confidence in the performance of India's batsmen. In the first match too, India batted well in the first innings. But they played very badly in the second innings and lost. So it is not possible to say whether the Indian team will win even if they collect big in the first innings.

Rehan and Bashir took two wickets each. Anderson on the other hand bowled well but managed to pick up just one wicket. . However, I guess India's innings will stop between 420-440.

[AirtelBuzz]

336 runs are not good on a wicket which is not favouring the bowlers. Indian batter got out because of their fault and not because the wicket was bad. Only Jaiswal was the one who was still teasing the British and scoring runs. All other Indians got out before they could even reach 40 runs. It is alarming as these guys are known to have played multiple international tournaments. Struggling to score runs on home ground is not a good sign as they are either out of form or busy partying in the Bollywood circle. BTW, stokes being a captain has only lost 4 test games in 20 matches that he captained the team, he does not want to lose any game but Rohit Baba is still not out of his World Cup loss.

I am amazed by the batting performance of Jaiswal in the second Test match between India and England. He is ruling the British alone for India. Among the few players playing in the Indian team i.e. the second Test match, I think Jaiswal is young and inexperienced but he is an experienced batsman as his batting performance shows. Jaiswal is currently unbeaten on 179 runs and may soon complete his double century. India's 336 down by six wickets leaves them with just four wickets in hand and if they play well, India might put up a strong score against England.

[Essential10]

In the first test match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled very well and bowled out the Afghanistan batsmen for just 198 runs. Afghanistan batsmen should have batted more responsibly in the test match because the lead of just 198 runs is not much. If Afghanistan batsmen could have batted responsibly, they could have given Srilanka a big lead. Rahmat Shah batted brilliantly, only this player batted well for Afghanistan. Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 91 off 149 balls. Today the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled brilliantly and put pressure on the Afghanistan batsmen from the start which resulted in the Afghanistan batsmen being bowled out for just 198 runs. Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando bowled brilliantly. Vishwa Fernando bowled 12 overs and took four wickets with 51 runs. Asitha Fernando bowled 14 overs and took three wickets with 24 runs.

Today's match is their eighth match in the Afghanistan Test format. Test match are endurance games, Afghanistan need to gain more experience. When Afghanistan crossed the team hundred I thought Afghanistan would score 250+. Except Rahmat Shah's 91 runs, no batsman could stay on the pitch for long.  Sri Lanka's fast bowlers bowled well, with seven wickets coming against Afghanistan. Sri Lanka finished the first day's play with 80 runs for no wicket in the first innings. I don't think the Afghanistan bowlers can do much on the second day either, almost all the bowlers are just starting their international career. I think Sri Lanka will take a big lead tomorrow.

[synchronym]

In the first test match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled very well and bowled out the Afghanistan batsmen for just 198 runs. Afghanistan batsmen should have batted more responsibly in the test match because the lead of just 198 runs is not much. If Afghanistan batsmen could have batted responsibly, they could have given Srilanka a big lead. Rahmat Shah batted brilliantly, only this player batted well for Afghanistan. Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 91 off 149 balls. Today the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled brilliantly and put pressure on the Afghanistan batsmen from the start which resulted in the Afghanistan batsmen being bowled out for just 198 runs. Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando bowled brilliantly. Vishwa Fernando bowled 12 overs and took four wickets with 51 runs. Asitha Fernando bowled 14 overs and took three wickets with 24 runs.

Today's match is their eighth match in the Afghanistan Test format. Test match are endurance games, Afghanistan need to gain more experience. When Afghanistan crossed the team hundred I thought Afghanistan would score 250+. Except Rahmat Shah's 91 runs, no batsman could stay on the pitch for long.  Sri Lanka's fast bowlers bowled well, with seven wickets coming against Afghanistan. Sri Lanka finished the first day's play with 80 runs for no wicket in the first innings. I don't think the Afghanistan bowlers can do much on the second day either, almost all the bowlers are just starting their international career. I think Sri Lanka will take a big lead tomorrow.

Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne and Nishan Madushka are batting very well in the lead of 198 runs given by Afghanistan. Sri Lankan team finished the first innings with 80 runs for no wicket.Sri Lankan team will definitely try to bat better in the second innings. However, Afghanistan's bowlers will try to bowl well. But if Mohammad Nabi Rashid Khan, who is experienced in Afghanistan, would have been there, there would have been a lot of pressure on the Sri Lankan batsmen. Let's finally see how well Afghanistan's bowlers can bowl against Sri Lanka.

[ZAINmalik75]

Today's 2nd Test match of India vs England team has already started. India team has come to bat now. They scored 163 runs in 47 overs with the loss of 2 wickets. Team India batsman Rohit Sharma did not perform well in batting. Rohit was dismissed for 14 runs in 41 balls.  Sharma. Shubman Gill got out with 34 runs off 46 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 93 runs off 146 balls. Shreyas Iyer scored 22 runs off 49 balls. If England team's bowling line can perform well today, India team batsmen will be under a lot of pressure.

We have a brilliant performance from England team in first test where they become victorious with few runs just due to big contributive innings of O.pope. it's true that indian spinners put them in huge trouble at start but later thier recovery were phenomenal. Now at second test Indian won the toss and took a decent start but same like other matches out of form Sharma and gill got before score decent while rest of thier batter follow thier steps and lose thier wickets one by one while the only young guy who stayed focus hold his wickets long and scored one of his best innings of his career, no matter how quickly thier partner lose wickets but he stayed long and scored magnificent and put his team out of danger zone before innings stump or his dismissal. Anyway I believe gill should be replaced with king Kohli in order to get responsible player at middle order who scored at any condition just to get victory for his team

[leonair]

Today's 2nd Test match of India vs England team has already started. India team has come to bat now. They scored 163 runs in 47 overs with the loss of 2 wickets. Team India batsman Rohit Sharma did not perform well in batting. Rohit was dismissed for 14 runs in 41 balls.  Sharma. Shubman Gill got out with 34 runs off 46 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 93 runs off 146 balls. Shreyas Iyer scored 22 runs off 49 balls. If England team's bowling line can perform well today, India team batsmen will be under a lot of pressure.

We have a brilliant performance from England team in first test where they become victorious with few runs just due to big contributive innings of O.pope. it's true that indian spinners put them in huge trouble at start but later thier recovery were phenomenal. Now at second test Indian won the toss and took a decent start but same like other matches out of form Sharma and gill got before score decent while rest of thier batter follow thier steps and lose thier wickets one by one while the only young guy who stayed focus hold his wickets long and scored one of his best innings of his career, no matter how quickly thier partner lose wickets but he stayed long and scored magnificent and put his team out of danger zone before innings stump or his dismissal. Anyway I believe gill should be replaced with king Kohli in order to get responsible player at middle order who scored at any condition just to get victory for his team

Yes, England's performance cannot be said to be bad because they played the match against India and set a target of 336 runs for 6 wickets in the first innings. This is a huge achievement for England. Now if England can perform well in terms of bowling then India will be under pressure. And England will get a chance to win the match only if India can be put under pressure. But how much opportunity India will give to England can be understood by looking at the quality of India's game  India has not yet started the game so it is not possible to predict how this match is going to play out. And which team is more likely to win

[WatChe]

Today's match is their eighth match in the Afghanistan Test format. Test match are endurance games, Afghanistan need to gain more experience. When Afghanistan crossed the team hundred I thought Afghanistan would score 250+. Except Rahmat Shah's 91 runs, no batsman could stay on the pitch for long.  Sri Lanka's fast bowlers bowled well, with seven wickets coming against Afghanistan. Sri Lanka finished the first day's play with 80 runs for no wicket in the first innings. I don't think the Afghanistan bowlers can do much on the second day either, almost all the bowlers are just starting their international career. I think Sri Lanka will take a big lead tomorrow.

With time Afghanistan will learn more about how to handle the test format. They are new to this format and that's why they can be given leverage of not performing well in this format.
When Afghanistan score was 100 they have lost just 2 wickets and it was expected that they will give some decent target. But wickets keep falling once Afghanistan score crossed 100.
At the end of day 1 play, Sri Lanka trail by 118 runs and they still have whole team to bat. To me this match has slipped away from Afghanistan and they need some extraordinary bowling tomorrow to made a come back in the game.  

[Marvell1]

Today's 2nd Test match of India vs England team has already started. India team has come to bat now. They scored 163 runs in 47 overs with the loss of 2 wickets. Team India batsman Rohit Sharma did not perform well in batting. Rohit was dismissed for 14 runs in 41 balls.  Sharma. Shubman Gill got out with 34 runs off 46 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 93 runs off 146 balls. Shreyas Iyer scored 22 runs off 49 balls. If England team's bowling line can perform well today, India team batsmen will be under a lot of pressure.

We have a brilliant performance from England team in first test where they become victorious with few runs just due to big contributive innings of O.pope. it's true that indian spinners put them in huge trouble at start but later thier recovery were phenomenal. Now at second test Indian won the toss and took a decent start but same like other matches out of form Sharma and gill got before score decent while rest of thier batter follow thier steps and lose thier wickets one by one while the only young guy who stayed focus hold his wickets long and scored one of his best innings of his career, no matter how quickly thier partner lose wickets but he stayed long and scored magnificent and put his team out of danger zone before innings stump or his dismissal. Anyway I believe gill should be replaced with king Kohli in order to get responsible player at middle order who scored at any condition just to get victory for his team

Yes, England's performance cannot be said to be bad because they played the match against India and set a target of 336 runs for 6 wickets in the first innings. This is a huge achievement for England. Now if England can perform well in terms of bowling then India will be under pressure. And England will get a chance to win the match only if India can be put under pressure. But how much opportunity India will give to England can be understood by looking at the quality of India's game  India has not yet started the game so it is not possible to predict how this match is going to play out. And which team is more likely to win

In the previous match too we thought there was no chance of England winning. But in the end England team was able to win the match. India lost due to bad batting in the second innings.

India started today's match well. Opener Jaiswal scored a massive 179 runs and India ended the day with 336 runs. There is no doubt that Indian batsmen have played very well. But I would say the chances of India's victory are still low. In the first innings of the first match, the Indian players lost despite a brilliant performance. And so if India cannot play well even in the second innings of this match, then they will be defeated.

[Mahdirakib]

Jaiswal is something else in all formats these days. On the other hand, Gill keeps underperforming as usual. Wonder when Pujara will replace him.

The youngster, Yashasvi Jaiswal is holding the rudder of Indian team alone where the other batters performance was below average. I think Indian will have advantages in this test match for his good batting performance. Gill performance is average in my opinion. Most of the fans have a high hope from him, that's why his average contribution doesn't satisfy the fans.

[WatChe]

In the previous match too we thought there was no chance of England winning. But in the end England team was able to win the match. India lost due to bad batting in the second innings.

India started today's match well. Opener Jaiswal scored a massive 179 runs and India ended the day with 336 runs. There is no doubt that Indian batsmen have played very well. But I would say the chances of India's victory are still low. In the first innings of the first match, the Indian players lost despite a brilliant performance. And so if India cannot play well even in the second innings of this match, then they will be defeated.

We just have one day of play and based on that we can't say who has chances of winning the game. Let English team also bat then we will be in better position to tell who has more chances of winning the game. Right now Indians are doing good because of Jaiswal 179 and he is still on the crease. other then Jaiswal there is not even a half century from any Indian batsmen. Gill has been given another chance and he once again failed to play a long test innings.