Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Nazmul012]

Ben Duckett alone did more than 153+. I don't think he could do well in 2nd innings. & this time, i predict that england will score lower runs than their 1st innings

England scored lower as i expected from them in 2nd innings cause i just saw only Ben Duckett did century and rest of players did worst in 1st innings. And it is usually that, a batsman won't do well in every match. As like rohit and jadeja did century in 1st innings but rohit filed to cross even half century in 2nd innings. Besides Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal failed to do well in 1st innings bit they both did excellent in 2nd innings even Yashasvi Jaiswal did double century lol. So is happening with Ben Duckett. He couldn't perform well in 2nd innings. And rest of batsman didn't improved. That's why they lost with big difference. But jadega hunted 7 wickets in the whole match and he deserves player of the Match as announced already

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3rd test match was one of the remarkable test match for india where they won by 434 runs against England. India Played well in their 1st & 2nd innings but i don't like England performance in batting & bowling both sector, they did worse. I wonder about indian batsman, they were busy to prove their ability by keep making runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma all of them archive century and Yashasvi Jaiswal made double century even he was injured after 100 runs. But i feel sad for Shubman Gill as he was too to make century. And i think Sarfaraz Khan had bad luck cause he played great but due to lack of overs, we couldn't see him to reach the century in both innings. On the other hand, England played worst in 2nd inning which was unexpected. Without Ben Duckett contribution, england experienced how hard it was, for making runs

India's batsmen and bowlers have performed exceptionally well in the second Test match between India and England. England were defeated by a huge margin of 434 runs. The first reason for their defeat was England's poor batting. Of course, England batsmen should prove their best in the fourth test match so that they can score good runs and bowl well against India. If they don't bowl well against India, they will not be able to stop India's strong batsmen and they will give big targets. If England want to win Test series against India they must perform well in both batting and bowling otherwise they can never win Test series against India.

[Publictalk792]

3rd test match was one of the remarkable test match for india where they won by 434 runs against England. India Played well in their 1st & 2nd innings but i don't like England performance in batting & bowling both sector, they did worse. I wonder about indian batsman, they were busy to prove their ability by keep making runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma all of them archive century and Yashasvi Jaiswal made double century even he was injured after 100 runs. But i feel sad for Shubman Gill as he was too to make century. And i think Sarfaraz Khan had bad luck cause he played great but due to lack of overs, we couldn't see him to reach the century in both innings. On the other hand, England played worst in 2nd inning which was unexpected. Without Ben Duckett contribution, england experienced how hard it was, for making runs

I also think England didn't do well in the second Test match against India. Ben Duckett did great by scoring a century in the first innings but the rest of the team didn't bat well. Some players like Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja did better in different innings. But England's batsmen didn't do well in the second innings which led them to their loss.
The Indian team did well in this match. Players like Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal did better in the second innings after not doing well in the first. Jadeja bowled really well and took 7 wickets in the match. Overall Indian team performance was really good.

[AirtelBuzz]

India's batsmen and bowlers have performed exceptionally well in the second Test match between India and England. England were defeated by a huge margin of 434 runs. The first reason for their defeat was England's poor batting.  If they don't bowl well against India, they will not be able to stop India's strong batsmen and they will give big targets. If England want to win Test series against India they must perform well in both batting and bowling otherwise they can never win Test series against India.

You may be slightly mistaken here we are not talking about the second test match between India and
England here currently we are talking about the third test match between India and England.We all observed how well the England team played in the third Test match.The England team batted well in the first innings of the third Test match and accordingly they did not bat as expected in the second innings for which they were defeated by India by a huge margin.

Of course, England batsmen should prove their best in the fourth test match so that they can score good runs and bowl well against India.

All teams and players of all teams want good batting and bowling performance. Now it is to be seen how well the England team can play against India in the fourth Test match.After losing two Test matches in a row, all the players in the England team are in a weak state of mind. If England's players continue to perform as they are now, they may lose the fourth Test match to India.

[Sithara007]

Of course, England batsmen should prove their best in the fourth test match so that they can score good runs and bowl well against India.

All teams and players of all teams want good batting and bowling performance. Now it is to be seen how well the England team can play against India in the fourth Test match.After losing two Test matches in a row, all the players in the England team are in a weak state of mind. If England's players continue to perform as they are now, they may lose the fourth Test match to India.
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Toss played a very important part in the last two matches and India was able to make optimal advantage out of it. And it was not all doom and gloom for England. Ben Duckett with his bazball style created quite a few issues for the Indian bowlers. And then the combination of James Anderson and Mark Wood worked quite well. Their main issue is that the spinners failed completely in the recent matches. Tom Hartley and Joe Root were still OK, but Rehan Ahmed failed completely in the third test. For the fourth test, it will be a good idea to replace Rehan with another spinner.

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No one having doubt about beauty of the test format, but recently we have good changes with the help of T20I and bazball bring significant changes and its beauty is going to be at his best even many are feeling it is not real cricket but no one can stop these changes and these were needed as well now aggression and politeness both are doing good job, and we have good entertaining stuff like we have in third test match of India vs England series hopefully youths will be delivered like we have from Jaiswal and Gill will be also having good performance in coming matches

Bazball is interesting but it cannot be applied in every matches and pitch conditions, England won the first Test because of the way they played but they failed to replicate the same performance in winning the next two matches, even in the third Test, the way Ben Duckett played was extraordinary but the rest of the batsman were not able to take advantage of the situation and they kept loosing wickets.

Yashasvi Jaiswal played one of the most incredible second innings and showed how and when they need to attack unlike Bazball, taking on James Anderson and scoring 3 consecutive sixes was extraordinary.

[Sithara007]

Bazball is interesting but it cannot be applied in every matches and pitch conditions, England won the first Test because of the way they played but they failed to replicate the same performance in winning the next two matches, even in the third Test, the way Ben Duckett played was extraordinary but the rest of the batsman were not able to take advantage of the situation and they kept loosing wickets.

Yashasvi Jaiswal played one of the most incredible second innings and showed how and when they need to attack unlike Bazball, taking on James Anderson and scoring 3 consecutive sixes was extraordinary.

Bazball is not a bad option in this series for England. The one who used it (Ben Duckett) scored plenty of runs, and managed to put the Indian bowlers under a lot of pressure. On the other hand, those who played defensively, such as Zak Crawley and Ben Stokes didn't managed to get the scoreboard moving. At least against the Indian pacers, Bazball seems to be a good option. Duckett never allowed Mohammed Siraj to settle down (although Siraj came back strongly and cleaned up the lower order in first innings).

[Haunebu]

If the domestic system gets weakened, the national team will face the same music and it's directly connected to IPL as it's money-making product because you need Indian talents and star value for your product. In recent times, a few capped players started to neglect Ranji, etc for IPL despite being free from the national team. It didn't sit well with the BCCI, hence the recent dictate.

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying that. I believe Ishan Kishan was one of them who was neglecting domestic stuff for the IPL.

Bazball is not a bad option in this series for England. The one who used it (Ben Duckett) scored plenty of runs, and managed to put the Indian bowlers under a lot of pressure. On the other hand, those who played defensively, such as Zak Crawley and Ben Stokes didn't managed to get the scoreboard moving. At least against the Indian pacers, Bazball seems to be a good option. Duckett never allowed Mohammed Siraj to settle down (although Siraj came back strongly and cleaned up the lower order in first innings).

Other players like Root etc used the Bazball approach too ineffectively which messed up their original playstyle which is why this approach only suits certain players in specific conditions.

[tbterryboy]

Toss played a very important part in the last two matches and India was able to make optimal advantage out of it. And it was not all doom and gloom for England. Ben Duckett with his bazball style created quite a few issues for the Indian bowlers. And then the combination of James Anderson and Mark Wood worked quite well. Their main issue is that the spinners failed completely in the recent matches. Tom Hartley and Joe Root were still OK, but Rehan Ahmed failed completely in the third test. For the fourth test, it will be a good idea to replace Rehan with another spinner.

English approach to Bazball is good, but sadly it's not going to work for them in all countries specially while you are playing into India because here we have difficult conditions for all countries so they need to read this all before doing tactics like this with their all players are also not capable for this which is another problem for them after losing Harry Brook things gone more problematic with Joe Root which is veteran and having over 125 test matches also can't go with this Bazball.

If they want to perform good in India they need to have all positive and negative of this because without this they can't perform good now as they are down most chances we will have no chance for them because Indian are now settled with their new batting order and can give them tough time and English batting is also not consistent.

[JSRAW]

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That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying that. I believe Ishan Kishan was one of them who was neglecting domestic stuff for the IPL.

Chahar and Bishnoi also pulled the same stunt.


Okay fellas, they did rested Bumrah for the 4th test and surprisingly KL Rahul is still in recovery mode (Patidar might get some relief). During 2nd test, it looked like his injury wasn't serious but that's not the case anymore.

Virtually no one knows what kind of Pitch Ranchi will roll. Bumrah is not there so it won't be a bad idea if it's a spin track, with this even Axar can play instead of an extra seamer.

[Justin999]

India vs England, 3rd Test is in discussion. I wonder about they excellent india has played in this 3rd match. Most of the players show their best. Rohit did century, Yashasvi Jaiswal did double century. Jajeda did century. Shubman Gill was close enough to become 100s. Even they were also did best bowling. Specially Ravindra Jadeja got (2+5=7) wickets in total.. Mohammed Siraj got 4 wickets. But England played worst. It might be super worst situation if Ben Duckett were fail to scored his century, 153 runs as well in 1st innings. Haven't found anyone else who did well after Ben Duckett. There was expectation from Ollie Pope but he couldn't played as expected

[Sithara007]

If Bumrah is not there, then I would like India to go with just one pacer. And I don't want Siraj in the team. He is struggling continuously (although in the last match he managed to pick some of the wickets from the lower order). Mukesh Kumar or Akash Deep can be given the chance instead. Meanwhile Sarfaraz will be on a high, as his test average now stands at 130 (with a strike rate of 94). The next two matches will represent an ideal opportunity to cement his place in the test squad (probably at the expense of Shreyas Iyer).

[libert19]

^^^ Luck for Patidar, but do you think Padikkal has chance to replace him? Resting Bumrah is boon for Stokes. I'd like to see Akash Deep instead of Mukesh kumar in playing 11 if they go with 2 seamers. England has chance to level the series just because Bumrah isn't there.

And the news has unfold about Virat's absence, i'm sure you know.

If Bumrah is not there, then I would like India to go with just one pacer. And I don't want Siraj in the team. He is struggling continuously (although in the last match he managed to pick some of the wickets from the lower order). Mukesh Kumar or Akash Deep can be given the chance instead. Meanwhile Sarfaraz will be on a high, as his test average now stands at 130 (with a strike rate of 94). The next two matches will represent an ideal opportunity to cement his place in the test squad (probably at the expense of Shreyas Iyer).

If they go with 1 seamer, then that 1 seamer is definitely going to be Siraj. Mukesh performed so poor in one of previous test he played that I don't think he will be given chance as sole seamer again, Akash Deep I have got no idea, it's just for curiosity purposes I want him to play, but obviously they won't make maiden debutant sole seamer either.

Regarding, Sarfraz, he's defintely better test player than Iyer.

[AirtelBuzz]

India vs England, 3rd Test is in discussion. I wonder about they excellent india has played in this 3rd match. Most of the players show their best. Rohit did century, Yashasvi Jaiswal did double century. Jajeda did century. Shubman Gill was close enough to become 100s. Even they were also did best bowling. Specially Ravindra Jadeja got (2+5=7) wickets in total.. Mohammed Siraj got 4 wickets. But England played worst. It might be super worst situation if Ben Duckett were fail to scored his century, 153 runs as well in 1st innings. Haven't found anyone else who did well after Ben Duckett. There was expectation from Ollie Pope but he couldn't played as expected

Not only the third test match, England team was defeated by India in the second test match. The Indian team players played poorly in the first Test but their batting and bowling performance in the second and third Test matches was very exciting. Jaswal has had the most amazing batting performance in these three Test matches as he has completed double centuries in two of the three Test matches. So England will have to forget the gloom of these two matches and focus on the fourth match so that they can give their best performance in that match.

[HelliumZ]

India vs England, 3rd Test is in discussion. I wonder about they excellent india has played in this 3rd match. Most of the players show their best. Rohit did century, Yashasvi Jaiswal did double century. Jajeda did century. Shubman Gill was close enough to become 100s. Even they were also did best bowling. Specially Ravindra Jadeja got (2+5=7) wickets in total.. Mohammed Siraj got 4 wickets. But England played worst. It might be super worst situation if Ben Duckett were fail to scored his century, 153 runs as well in 1st innings. Haven't found anyone else who did well after Ben Duckett. There was expectation from Ollie Pope but he couldn't played as expected

Not only the third test match, England team was defeated by India in the second test match. The Indian team players played poorly in the first Test but their batting and bowling performance in the second and third Test matches was very exciting. Jaswal has had the most amazing batting performance in these three Test matches as he has completed double centuries in two of the three Test matches. So England will have to forget the gloom of these two matches and focus on the fourth match so that they can give their best performance in that match.

England can neither draw nor win the next Test matches of the current Test series. Especially England's spinning attack is very low quality because on the Indian pitch usually the attack of Ravindra Jadeja, Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav is so difficult that the England team does not have the ability to defend them. So there is a 100% chance of England losing the next two matches as well.
If England got an easy target and won the second test match but then the England team is not performing well due to the combination of Indian batsmen and bowlers. Moreover, the balance within the team management of this England team is not right, which has become the reason for successive defeats.

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Patidar gets another opportunity to prove himself in the absence of KL Rahul. Not bad for a beginners luck in a highly competitive Indian cricket team. I think for the Ranchi test they should give Sundar an opportunity. The guy has proven ability to bat but as a spinner sometimes he can be good. Ashwin should be given a rest just like Bhumrah. Shiraj and Akash deep would be preferred in the team. Mukesh got an opportunity earlier in the series but failed to prove himself.

[Haunebu]

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma just shared the news that they have a second child now. That explains why he sat out of the ongoing test series completely. They gave the kid a weird name though.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/virat-kohli-anushka-sharma-blessed-baby-boy-share-news-on-social-media-9171778/lite/

I feel like he will return to the sport again during the upcoming IPL 2024 season.

[elevates]

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma just shared the news that they have a second child now. That explains why he sat out of the ongoing test series completely. They gave the kid a weird name though.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/virat-kohli-anushka-sharma-blessed-baby-boy-share-news-on-social-media-9171778/lite/

I feel like he will return to the sport again during the upcoming IPL 2024 season.

I read that too today and it was the reason why Virat after 15 years skipped cricket and took personal leave. There might have been complications in the pregnancy as the news is that child was born in London. Hopefully the mother and son are doing good and if everything looks good then he should play IPL 2024. It is their child and they hold the sole right to name him whether anyone likes it or not.

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I read that too today and it was the reason why Virat after 15 years skipped cricket and took personal leave. There might have been complications in the pregnancy as the news is that child was born in London. Hopefully the mother and son are doing good and if everything looks good then he should play IPL 2024. It is their child and they hold the sole right to name him whether anyone likes it or not.

Owh that's a good news. I just found out from your posts here that they have another baby. Anyway congratulations to Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma . I think they are fullfilled now after one princes they got the their prince also. They became happy family now. And I would also like to agree with your opinion that the child is their and I think they named the baby thoughtfully, and it must be based on their culture and religion. And our culture is not the same so we may like it. But it should not be said that the weird is named.

[cryptoWODL]

I read that too today and it was the reason why Virat after 15 years skipped cricket and took personal leave. There might have been complications in the pregnancy as the news is that child was born in London. Hopefully the mother and son are doing good and if everything looks good then he should play IPL 2024. It is their child and they hold the sole right to name him whether anyone likes it or not.

This is a great news especially for Indian cricket lovers. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have given birth to another child and it is their son whom they have named "Akaay". Maybe their son is named after Virat Kohli's wife Anushka Sharma. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma previously had another child which was a girl child they named their daughter after Virat Kohli named "Vamika".
Since Virat Kohli and his family are healthy now I thought maybe he will join this India team for this Test series.If he could have joined this ongoing series, maybe the Indian team would have been much stronger in terms of batting.