Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Patrol69]

The second day's play of the fourth Test match between India vs England is over. At the end of the second day's play of the fourth Test match, India was all out for 353 runs in the first innings, in reply England team managed to score 219 runs for 7 wickets so far in the second innings. England are still 134 runs behind India's first innings. Since seven batsmen of the first row are out, it is believed that India will be able to score 30 to 50 runs against England. If England can score like 30 to 50 runs in the first innings then India will be ahead then the second innings will be easier for India. As this match is very important for both teams, England and India will definitely try to give maximum performance considering that important aspect. If England win this match, the fifth Test match will be the final match for both.

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[Out of mind]

England were all out for 353 runs. But when the Indian team started batting on the same day, wickets started to fall quickly. England team fell by 8 wickets and collected only 219. In this way, if the Indian team starts losing wickets, then England will never be able to meet the target of 353 runs given by the team. The batsmen who are there are basically more experienced in terms of bowling, so they should not be relied upon. England team's best bowling performance was Shoaib Bashir who collected four wickets alone. Which has played the most role for England team and has given such good bowling performance that he is one of the best players in this team.

Although England managed to achieve a good target in this test match, the Indian team did not have a very good batting performance from the beginning. England team got all out by collecting 353 runs, but India team lost 7 wickets with 219 runs to meet this target, but no Indian batsman managed to score a century today. However, England's bowling performance in today's match is excellent, and their bowling line-up has put a lot of pressure on the Indian team. Of course, the fourth test match may be a loss for India and a win for England, although it cannot be said for sure, but the way the game is played, it seems likely that the England team will win. India have only three wickets left in their hand, if tomorrow they cannot meet the target of 353 runs and give a good lead, then the Indian team may not be able to go very far.

[WatChe]

ENG spin outplayed the Indian batting and I don't know what is the point of saying Indian are good at playing the spin tracks when there is little assistance came in for an inexperienced bowling unit.

Kuldeep stood like a wall at one end which saved Indian from big deficit but ENG surely in a driving seat at this match now, so tomorrow India has to give their 100% as team if they want to win the match or else the series is going to be 2-2. Patidar again failed after good start but as said umpiring went completely against team India until now that hurt more than they supposed to be.

Out of 7 wickets that India lost today, 6 were picked by spinners. India still trail by 134 runs and if England can get lead of 100 runs then they have bright chance of making 2-2. Yashasvi Jaiswal once again played a knock that saved India from giving a big lead to England in first innings. Dhruv Jurel is batting along with Kuldeep Yadav and its a great opportunity for Jurel to prove his batting talent. If he can take India to 300 then it will be a huge blow for England.

[Haunebu]

At the moment India is trailing by 135 runs, 1 wicket falls from here and it'll be inning done, idk about Akash Deep but Siraj can't bat, has it been Bumrah he could hold his wicket or could bat aggressive and get quick 10-20 runs, we already saw how it turned out for England in last three wickets, 347-7 and 353 all out.

England will give 100+ runs lead IMO, let's see how it goes.

This is the most probable outcome considering the fact that Jurel and Kuldeep will be facing a new ball. Everyone keeps praising Root a lot, but the true game-changer for me was Bashir who came out of nowhere. He has serious potential.

I still think India has a good chance of winning since England can collapse for a small score in the 2nd innings.

[Bitcoin Smith]

At the moment India is trailing by 135 runs, 1 wicket falls from here and it'll be inning done, idk about Akash Deep but Siraj can't bat, has it been Bumrah he could hold his wicket or could bat aggressive and get quick 10-20 runs, we already saw how it turned out for England in last three wickets, 347-7 and 353 all out.

England will give 100+ runs lead IMO, let's see how it goes.

This is the most probable outcome considering the fact that Jurel and Kuldeep will be facing a new ball. Everyone keeps praising Root a lot, but the true game-changer for me was Bashir who came out of nowhere. He has serious potential.

I still think India has a good chance of winning since England can collapse for a small score in the 2nd innings.

Let's assume India all out and ENG got score around 120, still there is possibility to win for team India if they can restrict ENG under 200 and use their batting skill in the aggressive way whenever it's needed and then just score in singles and twos.

India always troubled against quality off spinners for very long time and there is decent assistance in the pitch then as usual the batting order collapsed.

[synchronym]

The second day's play of the fourth Test match between India vs England is over. At the end of the second day's play of the fourth Test match, India was all out for 353 runs in the first innings, in reply England team managed to score 219 runs for 7 wickets so far in the second innings. England are still 134 runs behind India's first innings. Since seven batsmen of the first row are out, it is believed that India will be able to score 30 to 50 runs against England. If England can score like 30 to 50 runs in the first innings then India will be ahead then the second innings will be easier for India. As this match is very important for both teams, England and India will definitely try to give maximum performance considering that important aspect. If England win this match, the fifth Test match will be the final match for both.

op In your post you are wrong to mention that England were bowled out for 353 in the second innings in the fourth test match. India could not bat very well in the lead of 353 runs given by England. We all know that India has many strong batsmen but they did not score very good runs in the match today. Team India scored 219 runs for 7 wickets as India's first batsmen were dismissed and they might not be able to score as well in the second innings. Indian team can score maximum 60 to 70 runs in the second innings. If the England team can play their next innings well, then England is on the verge of victory in the fourth test match, but England will have to bowl well and play well, then maybe they can win the fourth test match against India.

[pakhitheboss]

England's spinners bowled beautifully but NGL I am pissed at the quality of umpiring in this match, there is no consistency with the umpires. When Indians were bowling umpire hesitated to raise their fingers and even when it was straightforward LBW. In contrast, they were itching to raise their fingers when Indians were batting. 3 umpires call and 2 LBW calls came when it was brushing the stumps and looked not out to the naked eye. Call it luck or whatever but the 90% of decisions went against India.

I'm sure Stokes would have no problem with umpires call today

Anyway, I also feel umpires call should be removed, let ball tracking decide, either it hits the stump or it don't.

Well, Ben Stokes & Co were claiming a catch of Jaiswal so the less i say about him, the better.

I also don't like the umpire's call but it's a rule and considered the best possible solution by all the pundits so everyone should follow the rules unless some new tech replaces the DRS.

The problem comes when the Umpire shows no consistency with their decision. I can understand it's based on human error and mistakes do happen from the on-field umpires and I can understand 1-2 calls going against anyone in 2 days of gameplay but FFS 7-8 decisions and every decision going against only 1 team.  

Stop arguing on irrelevant topic when you don't know the future. Whatever you are arguing about doesn't changes the result wherein Indian team is deep stuck in the mud. The mud is being spunned by one spinner who succeeded in getting 4 or 5 wickets. What is going on is not to be blamed on any batters but BCCI because of that shit Agarkar.

He was a shit bowler and an expensive one, he reclaimed his position as a shit selector with his stupendous selection. Resting  Bhumrah for what, IPL? This test series provides an opportunity to rethink why Bhumrah is so important for India. This test again speaks that Indian new comers are working piece of shit. Only exception were Jaiswal and Gill, Jurel is still batting and therefore I can't say anything about him.

[Compromise me]

The second day's play of the fourth Test match between India vs England is over. At the end of the second day's play of the fourth Test match, India was all out for 353 runs in the first innings, in reply England team managed to score 219 runs for 7 wickets so far in the second innings. England are still 134 runs behind India's first innings. Since seven batsmen of the first row are out, it is believed that India will be able to score 30 to 50 runs against England. If England can score like 30 to 50 runs in the first innings then India will be ahead then the second innings will be easier for India. As this match is very important for both teams, England and India will definitely try to give maximum performance considering that important aspect. If England win this match, the fifth Test match will be the final match for both.

The match is going , England made in this inning 353 runs . England team player played well but the run in this inning is low . And India are playing they made 297 run with the lose of 7 wickets. D jurel and K yadav is now batting , D jurel made 30 run in 58 balls and if they continue their inning he So they can break England's first inning target . England bowling side S Bashir playing very well he took 4 wickets by giving 84 run in 32  overs . If they take more two wickets of India, they can leave India behind them .

[Patrol69]

The second day's play of the fourth Test match between India vs England is over. At the end of the second day's play of the fourth Test match, India was all out for 353 runs in the first innings, in reply England team managed to score 219 runs for 7 wickets so far in the second innings. England are still 134 runs behind India's first innings. Since seven batsmen of the first row are out, it is believed that India will be able to score 30 to 50 runs against England. If England can score like 30 to 50 runs in the first innings then India will be ahead then the second innings will be easier for India. As this match is very important for both teams, England and India will definitely try to give maximum performance considering that important aspect. If England win this match, the fifth Test match will be the final match for both.

The match is going , England made in this inning 353 runs . England team player played well but the run in this inning is low . And India are playing they made 297 run with the lose of 7 wickets. D jurel and K yadav is now batting , D jurel made 30 run in 58 balls and if they continue their inning he So they can break England's first inning target . England bowling side S Bashir playing very well he took 4 wickets by giving 84 run in 32  overs . If they take more two wickets of India, they can leave India behind them .

If seven wickets had not fallen, there would have been a hope that England would have beaten India, but with 60 batsmen already out and the remaining three batsmen not being very good at batting, the chances of getting past India are slim. But if they can finish very close in the first innings then the second innings will surely be interesting. We almost see in Test matches England do well in the second innings and because of the good second innings they turn around in that match, hopefully they will do that against India. To survive in the series there is no alternative to this victory England must win but they can survive in the series.

[Bitcoin Smith]

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He was a shit bowler and an expensive one, he reclaimed his position as a shit selector with his stupendous selection. Resting  Bhumrah for what, IPL? This test series provides an opportunity to rethink why Bhumrah is so important for India. This test again speaks that Indian new comers are working piece of shit. Only exception were Jaiswal and Gill, Jurel is still batting and therefore I can't say anything about him.

Cricket is a big political game too especially in India but don't get deep into that cause it always has been like that and possible stay in that way.

I just want to mention about resting Bumrah which is the right decision irrespective of IPL, he already played 3 test matches and the gap between 3rd and 4th is less so he should have recovery time and probably return for the 5th match. Indian pace attack did pretty good job especially the debutant so the blame should be about the batting unit which is completely under performed including Rohit and only exception is Jaiswal.

[dezoel]

Stop arguing on irrelevant topic when you don't know the future. Whatever you are arguing about doesn't changes the result wherein Indian team is deep stuck in the mud. The mud is being spunned by one spinner who succeeded in getting 4 or 5 wickets. What is going on is not to be blamed on any batters but BCCI because of that shit Agarkar.

He was a shit bowler and an expensive one, he reclaimed his position as a shit selector with his stupendous selection. Resting  Bhumrah for what, IPL? This test series provides an opportunity to rethink why Bhumrah is so important for India. This test again speaks that Indian new comers are working piece of shit. Only exception were Jaiswal and Gill, Jurel is still batting and therefore I can't say anything about him.

Here I agree, resting Jaspirat Bumrah is good idea because he needs to give his best for the all test matches if they want to give him rest then surely they need to create other way just between test matches things are like this creating more problems for the team and future as well because now with this many will demand for the future they needed rest for the IPL games with national team is surely going to be not important for them even mostly are claimed this is honor for them to have place into this squad.

Even I will not argue about Ajit Agarkar position and his past but BCCI surely needs to be work on solid policies which help their team for increasing quality and performance because now they are having transformation time with many legendary players are leaving or on verge of leave so new ones need to be having good examples and also need to be more prominent for the team and performance.

[pakhitheboss]

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He was a shit bowler and an expensive one, he reclaimed his position as a shit selector with his stupendous selection. Resting  Bhumrah for what, IPL? This test series provides an opportunity to rethink why Bhumrah is so important for India. This test again speaks that Indian new comers are working piece of shit. Only exception were Jaiswal and Gill, Jurel is still batting and therefore I can't say anything about him.

Cricket is a big political game too especially in India but don't get deep into that cause it always has been like that and possible stay in that way.

I just want to mention about resting Bumrah which is the right decision irrespective of IPL, he already played 3 test matches and the gap between 3rd and 4th is less so he should have recovery time and probably return for the 5th match. Indian pace attack did pretty good job especially the debutant so the blame should be about the batting unit which is completely under performed including Rohit and only exception is Jaiswal.

That is the reason why I don't come on this thread. I don't think that the Indian players justify that kind of fame. Currently there is only Jaiswal who is deserving but every time I open up the Jio Cinema app I see Gill promoting Bajaj finance. If they can go to those level why not us. Soory fir my vent and this is the reason why I have stop responding on some of the major cricketing thread.

[doomloop]

ENG spin outplayed the Indian batting and I don't know what is the point of saying Indian are good at playing the spin tracks when there is little assistance came in for an inexperienced bowling unit.

Kuldeep stood like a wall at one end which saved Indian from big deficit but ENG surely in a driving seat at this match now, so tomorrow India has to give their 100% as team if they want to win the match or else the series is going to be 2-2. Patidar again failed after good start but as said umpiring went completely against team India until now that hurt more than they supposed to be.

While India were at 180 for 7 really shocking for me with Jaiswal alone score 72 runs and all other gone cheaply which is matter of concern with new generation batsmen for the Indian team are completely fail to handle new generation English spinners which are playing their first series in India and into their career as well this last partnership is surely bringing something for the Team India with Kuldeep and Dhruv both are trying to cut the deficit which is still 134 runs with most chances I am hoping we will have good batting from them and things could be much better but now Indian bowlers need to be more effective in second inning because India had to bat last which could be not easy.

No doubt too much talk about umpiring with mostly are blaming it going against home side even we are having issues with the technology this is really not good signs because we need to be more improved and better if we need to be had these games better.

[Bitcoin Smith]

That is the reason why I don't come on this thread. I don't think that the Indian players justify that kind of fame. Currently there is only Jaiswal who is deserving but every time I open up the Jio Cinema app I see Gill promoting Bajaj finance. If they can go to those level why not us. Soory fir my vent and this is the reason why I have stop responding on some of the major cricketing thread.

Indian young talents always complaning that they are not given opportunity but look what is happening now, Patidar was so lucky to play even after back to back failures just because KL rahul is injured and Kohli is taking a break for the personal commitment which he deserves. S the team India is going back to the old era where we expect Sachin to win the entire team and if he get out then it's end of hope for India but later things changed a lot now due to shorter formats the team management is not picking up the right players for red ball cricket and they just go by the star players of IPL which is irrelevant to test format.

[ZAINmalik75]

England came to bat in the 1st Innings and gave a target of 353 runs, losing 10 wickets in 104.5 overs. In the 1st Innings, England team could not give a target of many runs, but England team seems to be able to perform well in the bowling line. India team came out to bat, 7 wickets in 73 overs.  219 runs for loss. Team India is still trailing by 134 runs. Rohit Sharma is out for 2 runs in 9 balls. Shubman Gill is out for 38 runs in 65 balls.

Just like I mentioned before that indian team were looking like on back foot position from start of this second last match and that's why their bowlers didn't get their confident and leaking much more runs which allowing thier opponent to settle down took time and make handsome partnership so as a result root make a phenomenal century and I was expecting a 400 around Target but some they manage to get them down. But if we have a look at indian Line up the only guys who make decent runs consecutively no matter how tough situation are while compared to him none of experience and well known player scored in such crutical situation just like we have see gill and Rohit failure. Anyway for BCCI instead of gill Kohli will be a better option and more worthy because he know how to make runs in any tough situation. Hope India will chased down the required lead otherwise I don't think England will give them another opportunity to get back into game

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In the fourth Test match, the England team gave India a lead of roughly 353 runs. Gives a lead of 353 runs to India I thought that the strong India will easily cross the lead of 353 runs. But because of the excellent bowling of the England bowlers, they could not bat very well. Opener pair Yashasvi Jaiswal also started batting Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma did not make a good run and got out immediately after scoring only 2 runs. Then Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill tried hard to score runs in partnership to take the team forward but Shubman Gill got out after scoring just 38 runs. India's top batsman did not bat that well. India ended their first innings with the score standing at 219 for 7 wickets. Now let's see how well India's batsmen can score runs in the second innings. However, if England want to win the fourth Test match against India, England will have to maintain this kind of good performance otherwise they will not be able to win the match against India.

[Sithara007]

Nice to see Anderson getting to his 697th test wicket. He needs another three, and I hope that he will be able to close the gap by today morning itself. BTW, it looks very likely that England may get a sizable lead in the first innings. At this point, India is trailing by 134 runs, with Kuldeep Yadav and Dhruv Jurel at crease. However, the 8th wicket partnership has so far added some 42 runs, although Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir were bowling exceptionally in tandem. If India can reduce the lead to 50-60 runs, then the match will once again be evenly poised.

[libert19]

At the moment India is trailing by 135 runs, 1 wicket falls from here and it'll be inning done, idk about Akash Deep but Siraj can't bat, has it been Bumrah he could hold his wicket or could bat aggressive and get quick 10-20 runs, we already saw how it turned out for England in last three wickets, 347-7 and 353 all out.

England will give 100+ runs lead IMO, let's see how it goes.

This is the most probable outcome considering the fact that Jurel and Kuldeep will be facing a new ball. Everyone keeps praising Root a lot, but the true game-changer for me was Bashir who came out of nowhere. He has serious potential.

I still think India has a good chance of winning since England can collapse for a small score in the 2nd innings.

I'd still praise Root because he was the one who brought England to the defendable target, without a good score to defend bowlers would have likely come under pressure and may not have performed as they did.

[ThemePen]

Indian young talents always complaning that they are not given opportunity but look what is happening now, Patidar was so lucky to play even after back to back failures just because KL rahul is injured and Kohli is taking a break for the personal commitment which he deserves. S the team India is going back to the old era where we expect Sachin to win the entire team and if he get out then it's end of hope for India but later things changed a lot now due to shorter formats the team management is not picking up the right players for red ball cricket and they just go by the star players of IPL which is irrelevant to test format.

Some people think that young Indian cricketers only get chances because older players are injured. They also believe that the team is going back to relying on individual brilliance like Sachin Tendulkar. Cricket has changed into a team sport and the team choices should be seen in a wider context not just as favoritism or success in short matches. There are ways to improve how players are chosen but it's not right to ignore the hard work of players like Patidar and the team decisions without understanding the complexities of modern cricket.

[Essential10]

Nice to see Anderson getting to his 697th test wicket. He needs another three, and I hope that he will be able to close the gap by today morning itself. BTW, it looks very likely that England may get a sizable lead in the first innings. At this point, India is trailing by 134 runs, with Kuldeep Yadav and Dhruv Jurel at crease. However, the 8th wicket partnership has so far added some 42 runs, although Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir were bowling exceptionally in tandem. If India can reduce the lead to 50-60 runs, then the match will once again be evenly poised.

If Anderson gets three more wickets in this Test, he will enter the seven hundred wicket club as the first fast bowler. I wish Anderson the best of luck to make it. Excellent bowling by Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley destroyed India yesterday. England have bowled 10 overs so far today and India's eighth pair is still intact. India now trailing by 112 runs, unless the wicket pair of Kuldeep Yadav and Dhruv Jurel break quickly, I think England will not have a much run lead.