Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JahriMeayer]

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st Test match is started today at Galle International Stadium, Sri Lanka. In this match Sri Lanka has opted to bat first and they made 302-7 runs yet in the 1st day of 1st innings. Their openers and many top batsmen lost their wickets without scoring excepted runs. Dhananjaya de Silva able to score only 11 runs. Besides Angelo Mathews(36) and Dinesh Chandimal(30) both made decent runs but isn't enough when it comes to test match. They lost 4 wickets at 106-4 runs. Then Kamindu Mendis(114) arrived in the field and his legendary performance bring a the century for the team as well as Kusal Mendis(50) did a half century. Their effort helped Sri Lanka to go ahead and till now they scored 302-7 runs in 88 Overs. William ORourke got 3 wickets where he gave 54 runs in 17 overs with 3.2 eco. Well i think Sri Lanka will score around 340 runs in the 1st inngins of this test. New Zealand is undoubtedly strong team but i doubt if they could cross 300+ runs in 1st inngins or not, cause when oppennt do big score, usually other team feel the pressure and that's why many strong team did mistakes and face losing wickets unexpectly. Well Let's see what will happen in the tomorrow match

[Out of mind]

On the first day of the first test match, the Sri Lankan team gave a great batting performance, they scored 302 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. However, in today's match, Sri Lanka team scored a great score against New Zealand, moreover, Kamindu Mendis was in an amazing batting form, he managed to score an amazing century by collecting 114 runs. Sri Lanka managed to make a good score in today's match, however, they may collect a bigger score on the second day, but the New Zealand team's batting performance will depend on which team will win the first test match.

[Mahdirakib]

But the difference I see between these two teams is that Sri Lanka's win is pretty much assured as they are playing at home.

Looks like it was a 'Draw No Bet' odds. It isn’t displaying the odds for draw, and the displayed odds were lower than it should be for 1×2 betting market. The weather forecast is a bit concerning as there is a good chance of rain in the remaining days. But the 1×2 betting market odds is pretty good for Sri Lanka now. I hope they will win the match.

[Sithara007]

What's going on with the Lankans? Suddenly they have started performing credibly in test format. Today at the Galle International Stadium, they made a decent start to finish the first day at 302/7. Kamindu Mendis once again did the heavy lifting and ended up with a century. Kiwis had experienced bowlers such as Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner and Ajaz Patel in their squad, but it was the relatively inexperienced William O’Rourke and Glenn Phillips who managed to pick up the wickets.

[virasog]

On the first day of the first test match, the Sri Lankan team gave a great batting performance, they scored 302 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. However, in today's match, Sri Lanka team scored a great score against New Zealand, moreover, Kamindu Mendis was in an amazing batting form, he managed to score an amazing century by collecting 114 runs. Sri Lanka managed to make a good score in today's match, however, they may collect a bigger score on the second day, but the New Zealand team's batting performance will depend on which team will win the first test match.

I think the Sri Lanka team players done very good training for this test matches or the second reason behind this improvement, I think they have been played many test matches recently against England and some other teams that is why it may help them to improve their test cricket as today they are trying to do their best, not losing wickets quickly as they were doing in their last test series against England.
Kamindu Mendis batted very well and completed his century by playing confidently which helps a lot to their team in this game.

[Fuso.hp]

Bangladesh will play two test matches against Indian team that is in Indian soil and there I believe Bangladeshi bowlers will perform very well but I have doubts about batsmen batting well. Bangladesh's batting weakness has always been seen against the big teams, if its consistency is maintained against India, but the bowlers will not be able to win the match by bowling well alone. The batsmen have to take as much responsibility as the bowlers. Batsmen will score runs and bowlers will bowl well to prevent the opposition batsmen from scoring runs, but in big matches there is a chance of winning. Let's see if Bangladesh can do the same against India. Bangladesh has some experienced cricketers and this series depends a lot on them.

There are still a few days left for the matches to start, meanwhile I see that Allready is maintaining extreme excitement about these matches. However, in terms of this match and this series, my opinion is that Bangladesh will lose both the Test matches because India as Bangladesh's opponent is much stronger than Bangladesh in the place where the match is going to be played in India.  Although the Bangladesh team is a bit confident with their good performance against Pakistan currently, my prediction is that Bangladesh will be whitewashed in this series.

You must have heard Rohit Sharma's comments about the Test series between Bangladesh vs India. When Rohit Sharma was asked about this in the press conference, Rohit Sharma said that Bangladesh wants to have fun by defeating India, let them have fun. That is, they still consider Bangladesh a very small group and they do not give much importance to Bangladesh. I know India is always favorite against Bangladesh but recently Bangladesh's performance is not bad but I won't be surprised if Bangladesh can make a mistake here. It is not new that India has made such comments against relatively small teams but Bangladesh will have to prove their mettle on the field. Hope we can see good game from Bangladesh side.

[noormcs5]

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st Test match is started today at Galle International Stadium, Sri Lanka. In this match Sri Lanka has opted to bat first and they made 302-7 runs yet in the 1st day of 1st innings. Their openers and many top batsmen lost their wickets without scoring excepted runs. Dhananjaya de Silva able to score only 11 runs. Besides Angelo Mathews(36) and Dinesh Chandimal(30) both made decent runs but isn't enough when it comes to test match. They lost 4 wickets at 106-4 runs. Then Kamindu Mendis(114) arrived in the field and his legendary performance bring a the century for the team as well as Kusal Mendis(50) did a half century. Their effort helped Sri Lanka to go ahead and till now they scored 302-7 runs in 88 Overs. William ORourke got 3 wickets where he gave 54 runs in 17 overs with 3.2 eco. Well i think Sri Lanka will score around 340 runs in the 1st inngins of this test. New Zealand is undoubtedly strong team but i doubt if they could cross 300+ runs in 1st inngins or not, cause when oppennt do big score, usually other team feel the pressure and that's why many strong team did mistakes and face losing wickets unexpectly. Well Let's see what will happen in the tomorrow match

The first day has finished and Sri Lanka made 302 runs but lost 7 wickets. I think after reaching to 350, they should have to declare their innings or if they will open with good strength tomorrow then they could also look for 400 as well but it depends on the situation. The team played around Kamindu Mendis who made 114 runs. However, we cannot deny the half century from Kusal Mendis and other players like Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews contributed too.

So far, Sri Lanka have scored well and if tomorrow they will declare their innings then no problem, because already they scored very well and it is a lot. If their bowlers do good job, they could easily win this game as they got the lead in the first innings. I know I am thinking too much here but Sri Lanka team can have a real chance in this match if they bowl well.

[doomloop]

What's going on with the Lankans? Suddenly they have started performing credibly in test format. Today at the Galle International Stadium, they made a decent start to finish the first day at 302/7. Kamindu Mendis once again did the heavy lifting and ended up with a century. Kiwis had experienced bowlers such as Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner and Ajaz Patel in their squad, but it was the relatively inexperienced William O’Rourke and Glenn Phillips who managed to pick up the wickets.

The Oval win is going to be good change for them because this brings good confidence for them in this format as having win against England in England is always good booster for the Asian teams and Sri Lanka done good job now they are using good use of their conditions as first days play is belonged to both teams with New Zealand done good job.

In first session they were doing good and having regularly wickets but in second session we have good resistance from the Kamindu Mendis and Kusal Mendis which bring back both teams on level now things are clearly in Sri Lankan favour with just 25 to 30 more runs could be good for them as pitch is not easy for batting and Sri Lankan spinners are better in quality and technique which can bring New Zealand in trouble.

[Bitcoin_people]

The Sri Lankan team performed well in the test match in the first match against New Zealand. Moreover, their excellent and improved batting on the first day was really interesting for the team, Sri Lanka scored 302 runs and lost only 7 wickets on the first day, but if they play on the second day, they can give a good lead. William O'Rourke had a good bowling performance in the New Zealand team as he took three wickets.
However, the Sri Lankan team was in batting form with Kamindu Mendis scoring 114 runs and the century really took the team a long way. Moreover, the score collected by the Sri Lankan team in today's match against New Zealand shows that they have improved a lot in the Test match compared to the previous one, but the Sri Lankan team will have a lot of chances to win the series.

[Texac]

The Sri Lankan team performed well in the test match in the first match against New Zealand. Moreover, their excellent and improved batting on the first day was really interesting for the team, Sri Lanka scored 302 runs and lost only 7 wickets on the first day, but if they play on the second day, they can give a good lead. William O'Rourke had a good bowling performance in the New Zealand team as he took three wickets.
However, the Sri Lankan team was in batting form with Kamindu Mendis scoring 114 runs and the century really took the team a long way. Moreover, the score collected by the Sri Lankan team in today's match against New Zealand shows that they have improved a lot in the Test match compared to the previous one, but the Sri Lankan team will have a lot of chances to win the series.

Sri Lankan batsmen batted very well. Despite Sri Lanka's top order not batting well, due to responsible batting by Kamindu Mendis and Kusal Mendis, Sri Lanka managed to collect 302 runs for the loss of 7 wickets at the end of the first day. I would say it was a very good collection. Because the way Sri Lanka started their innings I thought Sri Lanka would lose all their wickets before they could get to 300 runs. But it looks like Sri Lanka can muster 360+ in their first innings. New Zealand bowler William O'Rourke managed to pick up three wickets on the first day. Also, Glenn Phillips picked up two wickets.

[Bitcoin Smith]

The ranking system is not actually perfect, the reason why they are still being at no 6 because they had opportunites to play more matches and this internation ranking is nothing at all cause at any particular day the team that plays better wins and that's how AFG created history by making it to T20 semi Finals.

[Sithara007]

The Oval win is going to be good change for them because this brings good confidence for them in this format as having win against England in England is always good booster for the Asian teams and Sri Lanka done good job now they are using good use of their conditions as first days play is belonged to both teams with New Zealand done good job.

In first session they were doing good and having regularly wickets but in second session we have good resistance from the Kamindu Mendis and Kusal Mendis which bring back both teams on level now things are clearly in Sri Lankan favour with just 25 to 30 more runs could be good for them as pitch is not easy for batting and Sri Lankan spinners are better in quality and technique which can bring New Zealand in trouble.

Oval win can be a turning point for the Sri Lankan cricket. And who knows? Despite the fact that they are facing huge challenges with domestic cricket, maybe they will be able to improve the quality of their game in the long run. Afterall, cricket in Sri Lanka is more than a hundred years old, unlike that in countries such as Afghanistan and Nepal. Anyway, this is just the first day. I am still not very sure whether Sri Lanka can win this test match. What if New Zealand comes back strongly tomorrow?

[Unknown Op]

The Sri Lankan team performed well in the test match in the first match against New Zealand. Moreover, their excellent and improved batting on the first day was really interesting for the team, Sri Lanka scored 302 runs and lost only 7 wickets on the first day, but if they play on the second day, they can give a good lead. William O'Rourke had a good bowling performance in the New Zealand team as he took three wickets.
However, the Sri Lankan team was in batting form with Kamindu Mendis scoring 114 runs and the century really took the team a long way. Moreover, the score collected by the Sri Lankan team in today's match against New Zealand shows that they have improved a lot in the Test match compared to the previous one, but the Sri Lankan team will have a lot of chances to win the series.

To be honest, I also impressed by the performance of Sri Lanka squad in first day of first match against New Zealand squad. New Zealand squad is also powerful and both squad faced to each other in test format competition after long time and Sri Lanka squad has managed 302 scores after playing 88 overs with lost of 7 batters wicket. Both Prabath Jayasuriya and Ramesh Mendis batters are at crease and playing their inning. Middle order batter Kamindu Mendis displayed fantastic strength in first Inning and he has managed 114 scores after playing 173 deliveries. His century was played significant role in their inning and other batters was unable to express their full energy and lost their quick wickets. But this scores still quite low for such a strong squad New Zealand and their members also very experience and good in test format.

[Compromise me]

On the first day of the first test match, the Sri Lankan team gave a great batting performance, they scored 302 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. However, in today's match, Sri Lanka team scored a great score against New Zealand, moreover, Kamindu Mendis was in an amazing batting form, he managed to score an amazing century by collecting 114 runs. Sri Lanka managed to make a good score in today's match, however, they may collect a bigger score on the second day, but the New Zealand team's batting performance will depend on which team will win the first test match.

Day 1 is over and tomorrow will be the second day of 1st test match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Match will be difficult for both teams because we saw many times, a team which played well in first inning they lose the rhythm in second inning and they lose the match. But now Sri Lanka is in good condition and they can hit good score on board and we can see interesting match . New Zealand batters have to play well in this match if they want to win this match. Bowlers could not stop Sri Lankan batters at low score but now New Zealand batters have time to handle this situation,if they handled this situation,they will be successful in this match.I think Sri Lanka team will lose last three wickets very easily and we will see good match and after that New Zealand batters will play well and they will lead in this match.

[Nalain420]

On the first day of the first test match, the Sri Lankan team gave a great batting performance, they scored 302 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. However, in today's match, Sri Lanka team scored a great score against New Zealand, moreover, Kamindu Mendis was in an amazing batting form, he managed to score an amazing century by collecting 114 runs. Sri Lanka managed to make a good score in today's match, however, they may collect a bigger score on the second day, but the New Zealand team's batting performance will depend on which team will win the first test match.

To me, Sri Lanka are look good and strong in this match and now they have 3 wickets if they play comfortably and well, they can target even higher.  And the opponent is New Zealand but after see their performance, I am not afraid of their strength.  And if they keep play like this, they can win the match.  And if they had played more calmly and calmly, they would have score a double century.  But what is good is that if they bowl like this, they will win the match and their strength will make them good in the next matches too and they will continue to win the match. Now let see how much target they give and New Zealand show any perform in the first innings.

[Rustam Meraj]

India Vs Bangladesh

After a successful tour to Pakistan now Bangladesh is touring in India and they have two series. First is Test series which will be Starting today. After that they will play T20I series.
Bangladesh won the test series from Pakistan but this is India team so they are Very strong and I don't think so that Bangladesh will beat India team. This is cricket and we know that is unacceptable but still I am looking that India is much stronger as compare to Bangladesh team. So I think India will win both series. But this is too early to say this but we can guess. So let's see what India will do in this series.?

[JSRAW]

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana.

Seamers + spin all rounders, this is the combination every team should aim for when traveling to India. Results are not in anyone's control but there are certain templates to play in each condition and Bangbros tics that box. Mehidy batting at number 8 should be a giveaway.

Looking at India's bowling unit, it looks like every bowler will be in the game. Seamers with the new cheery in the first session and ofc spinners will feast in the last 2-3 days, given the match goes to the 5th day. The last time Indian seamers (Ishant, Shami and Umesh) ran through Bangladesh and they had no answer but I think after 4-5 years Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana might return the favor.

[laijsica]

India Vs Bangladesh

After a successful tour to Pakistan now Bangladesh is touring in India and they have two series. First is Test series which will be Starting today. After that they will play T20I series.
Bangladesh won the test series from Pakistan but this is India team so they are Very strong and I don't think so that Bangladesh will beat India team. This is cricket and we know that is unacceptable but still I am looking that India is much stronger as compare to Bangladesh team. So I think India will win both series. But this is too early to say this but we can guess. So let's see what India will do in this series.?

Bangladesh team's performance in Pakistan series was relatively good and they won both the matches. I am not very optimistic about the Bangladesh team in the tour of India as they are not a stable team and can lose the match against India by a huge margin. At this moment India team is very strong and they are capable of beating any team in the world and Bangladesh is very much a child in front of them. I will not underestimate any team and say that the Bangladesh team has a lot of budding talent if they can show their full skill properly then they are capable of winning. With newcomers and veterans, the Bangladesh team is much stronger than ever before and they have the world's best all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan who can change the fortunes of a match at any time. Besides, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim know how to bat very well and both of them scored centuries in Pakistan tour. Hopefully there will be a good fight between the two teams.

[LDL]

BD Vs IND , 1st test , 1st innings

Enjoying the bowling action of Bangladesh from the very beginning especially Hasan Mahmood has already achieved his success and managed to dismiss the Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Nazmul Hasan got out with a catch to Shantu after being edged while defending the ball coming at 132 kmph. India will be under a bit of pressure after losing important wickets at the start but Jaishal and Shubman Gill will try hard to lengthen the innings.

[Fuso.hp]

India are batting after losing the toss in the first innings in the first Test match against Bangladesh where they lost three valuable wickets early in the innings. Hasan Mahmud has caused the fall of these three valuable Indian wickets for Bangladesh. Team India's three key batsmen, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have already returned to the pavilion. If Bangladesh can fall two more wickets before the first session, India will be very much on the back foot and it will be a tough task for them to come back in this series. 

In Test cricket, usually those who do well in the first innings have a higher chance of winning. I hope Bangladesh will play with that in mind.