Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Compromise me]

But in comparison Bangladesh's achievement in today's match is not too bad rather Bangladesh may not be able to win the target of 500 but so far they have collected 243 runs with the loss of 6 wickets which is in a much better position than the first innings.

Yes , you are right but there is no benefit of this. Bangladeshi International test cricket team is not playing like winners and if they want to win Series against good teams ,they have to change their mindset because with this mindset they can't win this series.

In few years ago , Sri Lankan International test cricket team was not good but now they are looking in good form and they have patience to win test match. Now , it is impossible for Bangladeshi International test cricket team to win this match .

They should hard work and they should improve their domestic cricket. They should take decisions on merit.

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[onecall123]

Winning the second test match Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, looks like an impossible task for Bangladesh. They need 243 more runs to win on Day 5, but with only three wickets remaining. Right now, the number of wickets left is the crucial factor, so even confident batting would not help at this stage. If they could save more wickets today, they might have had a chance, but it seems unlikely now. Bangladesh needs to improve significantly in first-class cricket if they want to perform well in tests. Unfortunately, they haven't fully grasped the nuances of the test game yet. They may lose the test series, but they must learn from this experience.

[noormcs5]

But in comparison Bangladesh's achievement in today's match is not too bad rather Bangladesh may not be able to win the target of 500 but so far they have collected 243 runs with the loss of 6 wickets which is in a much better position than the first innings.

Yes , you are right but there is no benefit of this. Bangladeshi International test cricket team is not playing like winners and if they want to win Series against good teams ,they have to change their mindset because with this mindset they can't win this series.

In few years ago , Sri Lankan International test cricket team was not good but now they are looking in good form and they have patience to win test match. Now , it is impossible for Bangladeshi International test cricket team to win this match .

They should hard work and they should improve their domestic cricket. They should take decisions on merit.

Another day has passed and now it stumps again and tomorrow Sri Lankan team has to out them all tomorrow but there is not all because more than half of Bangladesh batsmen are out by the Sri Lankan bowlers already.

Already, 7 wickets of the Bangladesh team have been taken by Sri Lankan bowlers, and now we are just waiting for tomorrow to see the Sri Lankan team win the test. Just have to wait some more hours then the team of Bangladesh will have to face embarrassment in their home ground once again, and from this test, this series will be finished.  Just waiting for tomorrow to see Sri Lankan team's wonderful victory at Chattogram. No other result is possible in this test match.

Spinners put Sri Lanka on verge of series sweep

[JSRAW]

It's a done deal for a ridiculously one sided test series but on a funny note, Bangladesh should take a moral victory because they took this match into 5th day .  5th day action seems like an achievement in recent times.

I'd also add that SL and BAN should think about boycotting Matheesha Pathirana and Mustafizur because of team spirit in rivalry. Hint: DC vs CSK 

[WatChe]

Another day has passed and now it stumps again and tomorrow Sri Lankan team has to out them all tomorrow but there is not all because more than half of Bangladesh batsmen are out by the Sri Lankan bowlers already.

Already, 7 wickets of the Bangladesh team have been taken by Sri Lankan bowlers, and now we are just waiting for tomorrow to see the Sri Lankan team win the test. Just have to wait some more hours then the team of Bangladesh will have to face embarrassment in their home ground once again, and from this test, this series will be finished.  Just waiting for tomorrow to see Sri Lankan team's wonderful victory at Chattogram. No other result is possible in this test match.

Spinners put Sri Lanka on verge of series sweep

Good fight from Bangladesh in second innings but Sri Lankans have given a huge target that is difficult to chase. On last day Sri Lanka need 3 more wickets to win while Bangladesh need 243 more runs to win. Second half century from Bangladesh in this test by Mominul Haque and Mehidy Hasan Miraz is not out on 44 runs. This is also part of ICC World Test Championship but don't think Sri Lanka will have any benefit of wining this series in test championship.

[noormcs5]

Another day has passed and now it stumps again and tomorrow Sri Lankan team has to out them all tomorrow but there is not all because more than half of Bangladesh batsmen are out by the Sri Lankan bowlers already.

Already, 7 wickets of the Bangladesh team have been taken by Sri Lankan bowlers, and now we are just waiting for tomorrow to see the Sri Lankan team win the test. Just have to wait some more hours then the team of Bangladesh will have to face embarrassment in their home ground once again, and from this test, this series will be finished.  Just waiting for tomorrow to see Sri Lankan team's wonderful victory at Chattogram. No other result is possible in this test match.

Spinners put Sri Lanka on verge of series sweep

Good fight from Bangladesh in second innings but Sri Lankans have given a huge target that is difficult to chase. On last day Sri Lanka need 3 more wickets to win while Bangladesh need 243 more runs to win. Second half century from Bangladesh in this test by Mominul Haque and Mehidy Hasan Miraz is not out on 44 runs. This is also part of ICC World Test Championship but don't think Sri Lanka will have any benefit of wining this series in test championship.

Bangladesh team is in the need of 243 runs to win the test match against Sri Lanka and just three wickets are left but now they also have many overs so they have to make a partnership and depend on singles or doubles because they cannot take the risk at this time due to the pressure and the fear of Sri Lanka bowlers that they had been made in the some last matches.

I am making these statements on behalf of the Bangladesh supporters as to how they would hope to see the last day of the test. I hope that this match if they will put pressure to the Sri Lankan bowlers and if from this situation, the Bangladesh team wins then the team of Bangladesh team will rise once again. Hope for Miracle, will it happen tomorrow 

[UmerIdrees]

I am not sure yet but according to Cricbuzz, we will see the Pakistan vs India test match in this year after such a long time, which will be hosted by Australia, and it will happen before the Champions Trophy 2025.

It happened after 2006 and in 2006, this series happened at Karachi Stadium Pakistan and that was won by Pakistan with a very good run rate. Let’s see what will happen this time in this test match but also it might be not possible because to see the Pakistan vs India match is not less than any miracle especially when it comes to test cricket.

Cricket Australia interested in hosting India-Pakistan bilateral series

[tsaroz]

Another day has passed and now it stumps again and tomorrow Sri Lankan team has to out them all tomorrow but there is not all because more than half of Bangladesh batsmen are out by the Sri Lankan bowlers already.

Already, 7 wickets of the Bangladesh team have been taken by Sri Lankan bowlers, and now we are just waiting for tomorrow to see the Sri Lankan team win the test. Just have to wait some more hours then the team of Bangladesh will have to face embarrassment in their home ground once again, and from this test, this series will be finished.  Just waiting for tomorrow to see Sri Lankan team's wonderful victory at Chattogram. No other result is possible in this test match.

Spinners put Sri Lanka on verge of series sweep

Good fight from Bangladesh in second innings but Sri Lankans have given a huge target that is difficult to chase. On last day Sri Lanka need 3 more wickets to win while Bangladesh need 243 more runs to win. Second half century from Bangladesh in this test by Mominul Haque and Mehidy Hasan Miraz is not out on 44 runs. This is also part of ICC World Test Championship but don't think Sri Lanka will have any benefit of wining this series in test championship.

It was a good idea for Sri Lanka to declare in a lower 2nd inning total. They were not making runs at a quicker pace and 500+ is already an impossible target for Bangladesh batsmen. Bangladesh's 2nd batting went as expected. Even though they were able to score more than their 1st inning but they also have lost 7 of their wickets. Sri Lanka now has some 90 overs to take those 3 wickets while Bangladesh can neither save their wicket so long or pull in 243 runs before losing those 3 wickets. Sri Lanka is the clear winner here.

[Patrol69]

Bangladesh is still 243 runs behind Sri Lanka. Perhaps Bangladesh will be quickly all out early on the fifth day and Sri Lanka will secure a big win in the second Test match against Bangladesh. Although Bangladesh competed well in T20 and ODI series, Bangladesh performed very poorly in Test cricket and could not put up any resistance against Sri Lanka. In the second test match, Shakib Al Hasan joined the Bangladesh team, the expectations were high, but even after Shakib Al Hasan joined the team, the team could not go to a respectable position. Since Bangladesh has lost 7 wickets, the Sri Lankan bowlers may lose the remaining three wickets at the beginning of the fifth day. As Bangladesh is a professional team in Test cricket, their performance must be improved.

[Mahdirakib]

It's a done deal for a ridiculously one sided test series but on a funny note, Bangladesh should take a moral victory because they took this match into 5th day .  5th day action seems like an achievement in recent times.

It is Sri Lanka who took the match to the 5th day actually. They would have won the match already if they used the follow-on rules. Bangladesh would have been all out within day 4 in their second innings. Maybe they thought to do a little batting practice and decided to bat for the second innings instead of applying the follow-on rules.

I'd also add that SL and BAN should think about boycotting Matheesha Pathirana and Mustafizur because of team spirit in rivalry. Hint: DC vs CSK  

Looks like Pathirana used all his energy to take the catch and to tie the friendly bond with Bangladesh again .

[AirtelBuzz]

Good fight from Bangladesh in second innings but Sri Lankans have given a huge target that is difficult to chase. On last day Sri Lanka need 3 more wickets to win while Bangladesh need 243 more runs to win. Second half century from Bangladesh in this test by Mominul Haque and Mehidy Hasan Miraz is not out on 44 runs. This is also part of ICC World Test Championship but don't think Sri Lanka will have any benefit of wining this series in test championship.

Yes, Bangladesh cricket team is batting with a good fighting spirit in the second innings of their second Test match against Sri Lanka so far. If they had this attitude beforehand, maybe Bangladesh would have been able to draw at least in this test match. Bangladesh still trail the Sri Lankan cricket team by 243 runs but they have three wickets in hand which gives them another chance. Although Sri Lanka's victory in the two Test matches against Bangladesh is assured, it is not certain whether they will qualify for the ICC Test Championship, but they will be much ahead of Bangladesh in the ICC Test rankings. Bangladesh's Mehdi Hasan Miraj is still unbeaten on 44 off 49 balls and has a chance to complete another half-century in his Test career.

[SATWAT]

I am not sure yet but according to Cricbuzz, we will see the Pakistan vs India test match in this year after such a long time, which will be hosted by Australia, and it will happen before the Champions Trophy 2025.

It happened after 2006 and in 2006, this series happened at Karachi Stadium Pakistan and that was won by Pakistan with a very good run rate. Let’s see what will happen this time in this test match but also it might be not possible because to see the Pakistan vs India match is not less than any miracle especially when it comes to test cricket.

Cricket Australia interested in hosting India-Pakistan bilateral series

This is only wished of Australian Cricket Board with nothing positive going to happen about this because in current circumstances India will be never play against Pakistan in bilateral series or match at any place this is policy of the Narendra Modi government specially while they are going for the elections in near future things like these never been going to happen.
Their all campaign is going to against Pakistan agenda then how can you expect anything related to this for me most chances India will be never visit to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025 with ICC will be also not do anything just jump into issue for the favor of India and try to handle this all for having this Champions Trophy into the UAE instead of Pakistan.

[ZAINmalik75]

Sri Lanka has declared the 2nd inning after making 157/7 and gave a target of over 500 to win. Bangladesh in their 2nd inning, lost 2 wickets at 65 runs. Sri Lanka will win this match unless we see some extraordinary innings from the BAN batsmen. Bangladesh has given us another meme material when 5 players were chasing a ball  , it was hilarious.     

Bangladesh were now looking in quite trouble and I think may be they will lose this second match too because currently they lose much more important wickets which put them under a huge pressure and to be honest may be rest of thier lineup will scored 100 or 150 max till his last wickets which isn't enough but I really appreciate thier bowlers comback in especially sirilankan second innings which is now quite late because such kind of bowling performance were required in sirilankan first innings in order to restrict them as much as possible below target because it's not only reduced pressure from Bangladesh but will be allow them long to be in the game but unfortunately they make a late comback and now they have decent chance but due to lack of wickets they will not filled the required target. Anyway let see how they manage things

[ThemePen]

Bangladesh were now looking in quite trouble and I think may be they will lose this second match too because currently they lose much more important wickets which put them under a huge pressure and to be honest may be rest of thier lineup will scored 100 or 150 max till his last wickets which isn't enough but I really appreciate thier bowlers comback in especially sirilankan second innings which is now quite late because such kind of bowling performance were required in sirilankan first innings in order to restrict them as much as possible below target because it's not only reduced pressure from Bangladesh but will be allow them long to be in the game but unfortunately they make a late comback and now they have decent chance but due to lack of wickets they will not filled the required target. Anyway let see how they manage things

It is sad to see Bangladesh struggling in this match but all in vane. Their batters are having hard time and losing important wickets has made things tough for them. It does not look like remaining batters can score enough runs to be competitive. Bowlers did better in second inning of game but it was too late to make big difference. If they had bowled better in first inning match might have gone differently. Even though they got some wickets later on not having enough wickets might make it hard for them to win. Bangladesh fans must be feeling frustrated and we'll have to wait and see how they deal with challenges ahead.

[FinePoine0]

Bangladesh team did not perform well in the beginning of this test match, but they performed well in the end. Although victory is not possible according to this performance, 268 runs for 7 wickets have been collected so far. As Saathi's wickets have fallen now the attacking batting is no longer the only reliance on Mehdi Meraj, if Mehdi Meraj gets out then the Bangladesh team will have a high chance of going all out. Because the Bangladesh team still need to score 243 runs to win but it would be foolish to expect the Bangladesh player to win this match at this last time.

[Bd officer]

Bangladesh team did not perform well in the beginning of this test match, but they performed well in the end. Although victory is not possible according to this performance, 268 runs for 7 wickets have been collected so far. As Saathi's wickets have fallen now the attacking batting is no longer the only reliance on Mehdi Meraj, if Mehdi Meraj gets out then the Bangladesh team will have a high chance of going all out. Because the Bangladesh team still need to score 243 runs to win but it would be foolish to expect the Bangladesh player to win this match at this last time.

I don't see any possibility of Bangladesh winning. Bangladesh still need 243 runs to win, Bangladesh have only 3 wickets which is impossible. If we want to draw the match, we have to survive the whole day today but it is impossible for Bangladesh to survive the whole day. Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz are unbeaten and if their pair breaks, Bangladesh will be all out quickly. It is certain that Sri Lanka will win this test as well. Bangladesh are going to lose the Test series 2-0 at home.

[vennali]

SriLanka just need 3 more wickets with the whole day ahead of them, to win the series. While Bangladesh, with 3 wickets in hand, need to score 243 more runs to win. Mehidy Hasan Miraz is key for Bangladesh's survival as he's the set batsman closing in on another half century. Is it a foregone conclusion with very few wickets remaining?

[JSRAW]

It's a done deal for a ridiculously one sided test series but on a funny note, Bangladesh should take a moral victory because they took this match into 5th day .  5th day action seems like an achievement in recent times.

It is Sri Lanka who took the match to the 5th day actually. They would have won the match already if they used the follow-on rules. Bangladesh would have been all out within day 4 in their second innings. Maybe they thought to do a little batting practice and decided to bat for the second innings instead of applying the follow-on rules.

I'd also add that SL and BAN should think about boycotting Matheesha Pathirana and Mustafizur because of team spirit in rivalry. Hint: DC vs CSK  

Looks like Pathirana used all his energy to take the catch and to tie the friendly bond with Bangladesh again .

Unfortunately, nowadays teams hardly opt for follow-on and it has become a norm. In recent times I also don't remember any follow on scenario. 4th inning pitch is never easy on spin track so can't blame the Lankans as well.

Oh well, at least Pathirana didn't celebrate that catch. It was a stunning catch tho, maybe a brain fade moment from the young speedster. 

[Swordsoffreedom]

SriLanka just need 3 more wickets with the whole day ahead of them, to win the series. While Bangladesh, with 3 wickets in hand, need to score 243 more runs to win. Mehidy Hasan Miraz is key for Bangladesh's survival as he's the set batsman closing in on another half century. Is it a foregone conclusion with very few wickets remaining?

Bangladesh was not likely to win or draw this match, it was predicted after seeing Sri Lanka's first innings performance. The Bangladeshi bowlers bowled very badly in their first innings. Sri Lanka had a massive collection of 531. And the Bangladeshi batsmen's performance has been poor as usual in the Test format. And like the first test match, the Bangladeshi batsmen batted badly in the second match as well.


Source: Espncricinfo

Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Hasan Mahmud are batting responsibly now. Miraz remains unbeaten with 73 runs. And Bangladesh collected 308 runs by losing 8 wickets. Sri Lanka will win this match. I don't see any possibility of the match being a draw. While Miraz is an experienced batsman, Hasan is not experienced enough.

[FinePoine0]

Mehdi Hasan Miraj is suitable as the only patient batsman of Bangladesh team. He scored 81 runs off 110 balls and if his partnership with Khaled Ahmed can support him then there is a chance to build a longer partnership. But if the wicket is not protected there is a possibility of getting all out in a very short time as it is the last wicket. Still needing 193 runs for Bangladesh team to win, batting in the main stage is most responsible for losing this match.  If the batting king of the main phase could have performed better than Patience Sarkar then surely the chances of winning this match would have been much higher.