Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[onrise]

India is just 17 runs away from 250, and they still have 4 wickets in hand. It won't be that hard for them to get to a total above 300. But a lot will depend on the 7th wicket partnership between Ashwin and Saha. Till now, both of them looked very confident. The pitch is very supportive of pace bowling, and if they get to 250-300, then the advantage will be with the Indians.

They should reach close to 300. Bumrah-Umesh showed some of their power hitting in recent times and Shami knows how to swing bats so or if they are really lucky then may be even 320ish, may be?

Over all good game of cricket so far. Excellent show of pace bowling and some grit from Indian batsmen.. Enjoyed the 1st day thoroughly.

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Kohli did his homework on Cummins-Starc-Hazelwood-Lyon but Ajinkya came out of syllabus. 

Generally, have seen that in OZ during the test matches India lose their first wicket quite quickly and unfortunately before even getting a sense of pitch Shaw was cleaned up on second ball of the start itself. Till Virat and Rahane were on pitch things were looking good for India as considering the start. But those two back to back wickets changed the game as now even 300 might be a big ask if they lose early wickets tomo as well.

[ibuddy122505]

Days 1 weren't going good for Indian innings on the right way. Third session changed the circumstance after unnecessary run out of Virat Kohli's which leads to a mini collapse for India. Let's see how much runs Indian batsmen will add on the scoreboard tomorrow.

[Swordsoffreedom]

India is just 17 runs away from 250, and they still have 4 wickets in hand. It won't be that hard for them to get to a total above 300. But a lot will depend on the 7th wicket partnership between Ashwin and Saha. Till now, both of them looked very confident. The pitch is very supportive of pace bowling, and if they get to 250-300, then the advantage will be with the Indians.

They should reach close to 300. Bumrah-Umesh showed some of their power hitting in recent times and Shami knows how to swing bats so or if they are really lucky then may be even 320ish, may be?

Over all good game of cricket so far. Excellent show of pace bowling and some grit from Indian batsmen.. Enjoyed the 1st day thoroughly.

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Kohli did his homework on Cummins-Starc-Hazelwood-Lyon but Ajinkya came out of syllabus. 

Generally, have seen that in OZ during the test matches India lose their first wicket quite quickly and unfortunately before even getting a sense of pitch Shaw was cleaned up on second ball of the start itself. Till Virat and Rahane were on pitch things were looking good for India as considering the start. But those two back to back wickets changed the game as now even 300 might be a big ask if they lose early wickets tomo as well.

I am sceptical about whether India can score 300 runs. As long as Rahane and Kohli were at the crease, the Indian team had confidence. I don't think India will lose all their wickets in 20 overs tomorrow. India's batsmen could not succeed, if the Indian bowlers do not succeed, India will lose the match badly.

[mersal]

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I am sceptical about whether India can score 300 runs. As long as Rahane and Kohli were at the crease, the Indian team had confidence. I don't think India will lose all their wickets in 20 overs tomorrow. India's batsmen could not succeed, if the Indian bowlers do not succeed, India will lose the match badly.

We can't predict anything in the first day itself, even though India's start was really bad they didn't bowl out on the first day itself and Kohli's runout was very unfortunate but still, India managed to score 233 for the loss of 6 wickets. If they could post another 60+ run before they bowled out India then it is really a good battle from India after their terrible opening.

As I predicted Selectors gave equal importance to the skill as well as experienced players which could give balance to the team whenever it is needed.

[Indymoney]

India has performed exactly as I expected. Skill alone is not enough to play on an Australian pitch with a strong opponent like Australia. You must have experienced. Seeing the batting disaster of India, it is clear now. No batsman is more successful than Virat Kohli. And Virat Kohli has been run out. His luck is bad. If Rohit Sharma had been in the squad, India would have been able to perform better.
At the moment I think the match is now depending on the Indian bowlers. If they will succeed, the match will be a draw, otherwise Australia will have an easy win against India.

Right now Draw is no option in current situation match is going to be win or lost because first day India done good job but sadly run out give them some bad way and now its all on bowling how they perform if they able to restrict Aussiess batting then we are going to have very interesting end of this match surely win or lost no draw.

[vella85]

I would say that Australia are just in front after the first days play. If India can get to 300 runs then I think that is a good score for a day/night test match. Everyone must remember that day/night test matches are very tough to bat especially at night which we saw once again. India should be able to reach 300 runs before the night session and that's when Australia could be batting so it will be interesting to see how well the Indian bowlers bowl at night so even though it doesn't look good for India right now, we shall see when Australia first bat which will most likely be at night where the conditions are tough for batsman.

[7788bitcoin]

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India is just 17 runs away from 250, and they still have 4 wickets in hand. It won't be that hard for them to get to a total above 300. But a lot will depend on the 7th wicket partnership between Ashwin and Saha. Till now, both of them looked very confident. The pitch is very supportive of pace bowling, and if they get to 250-300, then the advantage will be with the Indians.

When the new ball was taken by Australia even the established players were finding it difficult to cope up with the swing and having judgement issues and hence i thought Australia will wrap up the Indian batting line up before the end of the day but Saha and Ashwin was able to hold their wickets even though Saha was leaving the ball dangerously close to the stumps and one more wicket and the tail is exposed.

[Sithara007]

When the new ball was taken by Australia even the established players were finding it difficult to cope up with the swing and having judgement issues and hence i thought Australia will wrap up the Indian batting line up before the end of the day but Saha and Ashwin was able to hold their wickets even though Saha was leaving the ball dangerously close to the stumps and one more wicket and the tail is exposed.

India is already down to the tail, and I would consider Ravichandran Ashwin as a tail-ender rather than lower-order batsman. Among the remaining players, Shami has some batting capabilities, but Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah are genuine tail-end batsman. Anyway, you can't expect much from them, when the top order batsmen failed one after the other. It is not their job to put runs on the board. 

[pakhitheboss]

When the new ball was taken by Australia even the established players were finding it difficult to cope up with the swing and having judgement issues and hence i thought Australia will wrap up the Indian batting line up before the end of the day but Saha and Ashwin was able to hold their wickets even though Saha was leaving the ball dangerously close to the stumps and one more wicket and the tail is exposed.

India is already down to the tail, and I would consider Ravichandran Ashwin as a tail-ender rather than lower-order batsman. Among the remaining players, Shami has some batting capabilities, but Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah are genuine tail-end batsman. Anyway, you can't expect much from them, when the top order batsmen failed one after the other. It is not their job to put runs on the board. 

What happened yesterday between Rahane and Kohli is the primary reason for India's current situation. They both were playing well and because of Rahne, this partnership was broken. If they both would have played till the end of day one the score on board would have been very different from what it is now.

Among the lower order yes, Ashwin can bat and stick to the wicket, recently Bumrah did show he can to stay on the wicket and bat but I am not at all confident about Yadav. Let's see what happens today, a score of 350 or more would look decent and competitive on the board

[JSRAW]

Poor from Ashwin and Saha. They did all the hard work last night and gone early today without adding much runs. I doubt if India can even survive long enough in this inning. couple of yorkers from fast bowlers and Indian inning is done..

239/8

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Umesh swinging bat  

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And he's gone.

[Sithara007]

Poor from Ashwin and Saha. They did all the hard work last night and gone early today without adding much runs. I doubt if India can even survive long enough in this inning. couple of yorkers from fast bowlers and Indian inning is done..

239/8

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Umesh swinging bat 

240/9 now. Umesh Yadav getting out to a very unnecessary shot. India was 233/6 and now they have lost three wickets for seven runs. The credit should go to Mitchell Starc, but at the same time the Indian batsmen got out playing horrible looking shots. Had they got to 250, then it would have given them a psychological advantage and boosted the morale of the Indian bowlers.

[bryant.coleman]

Pat Cummins give the final bite on the Indian innings, and the visitors are all out for 244. Just imagine Indian innings 188-3 to 244 all out. A worst performance indeed, and this is the reality of outside India, always struggling outside. Anyways, well done Aussie's.

It was somewhat decent performance, given that the pitch gave a lot of support for the pace bowlers. But then, some of the Indian batsmen got out to useless shots. And the run-out of Virat Kohli was entirely unnecessary. Anyway, now it is up to the Indian bowlers. All the three pace bowlers are in good form, and key Australian players such as Warner are not playing in this match. IMO, it is still 50/50.

[eaLiTy]

key Australian players such as Warner are not playing in this match. IMO, it is still 50/50.

Why is Warner not in the team, India is bowling really well and both the openers are back in the pavilion and now their main player Steve Smith is in the crease and the match depends upon how much runs he is going to score and if India is able to pick up his wicket then the match will be in favor of India and if India is able to score a decent second innings total then India has a chance but there is plenty of time in this match and anyone can win from this position.

Dropped a catch in the boundary by Jasprit Bumrah  a life for Labuschagne .

[pakhitheboss]

key Australian players such as Warner are not playing in this match. IMO, it is still 50/50.

Why is Warner not in the team, India is bowling really well and both the openers are back in the pavilion and now their main player Steve Smith is in the crease and the match depends upon how much runs he is going to score and if India is able to pick up his wicket then the match will be in favor of India and if India is able to score a decent second innings total then India has a chance but there is plenty of time in this match and anyone can win from this position.

Dropped a catch in the boundary by Jasprit Bumrah  a life for Labuschagne .

Now Australians are struggling to bat already 2 wickets gone for just 35 runs. Bumrah took 2 wickets, sami is yet to open but I think it won't be long and he will also claim some wickets now. Few more wickets and the probability of winning for India will definitely change.

[bryant.coleman]

Now Australians are struggling to bat already 2 wickets gone for just 35 runs. Bumrah took 2 wickets, sami is yet to open but I think it won't be long and he will also claim some wickets now. Few more wickets and the probability of winning for India will definitely change.

The partnership between Smith and Labuschagne is extremely important for Australia, because these two are their best batsmen. If India can get either of them cheaply, then they will be having an advantage in this match. Jasprit Bumrah seems to be in very good form, and therefore I would like to see him bowling another lengthy spell to Smith/Labuschagne immediately after the lunch break.

[mersal]

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India is just 17 runs away from 250, and they still have 4 wickets in hand. It won't be that hard for them to get to a total above 300. But a lot will depend on the 7th wicket partnership between Ashwin and Saha. Till now, both of them looked very confident. The pitch is very supportive of pace bowling, and if they get to 250-300, then the advantage will be with the Indians.

When the new ball was taken by Australia even the established players were finding it difficult to cope up with the swing and having judgement issues and hence i thought Australia will wrap up the Indian batting line up before the end of the day but Saha and Ashwin was able to hold their wickets even though Saha was leaving the ball dangerously close to the stumps and one more wicket and the tail is exposed.

Things didn't go in the way as I predicted, the last four wickets went for just 11 runs and its normal at the beginning of each day.Well, Indian bowlers is striking back the OZ batting line up and Bumbrah got both openers in his early spells which might give enough confidence for the remaining bowlers to do the same.

At the end of day 2's first session, Aus scored 35/2 which is trails by 209 runs.

[JSRAW]

Pheww...

Indian fans must be enjoying all the sessions, Indians are all over the Aussie but job is not done yet. Opposition tailenders always do well against Indians. As of now main wicket is Marnus Labuschagne, who is riding his luck today, already 3 dropped catches.

Aus : 97/5

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Marnus's ran out of his luck, Umesh finished the job for India. Aussie are now 6 down.

Damn.. Umesh you beauty... 7th wicket down

Aus : 111/7

[ene1980]

Pheww...

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Marnus's ran out of his luck, Umesh finished the job for India. Aussie are now 6 down.

Phewwwwwww, Australia lost their 7th wicket, the worst performance by them in their home soil. They need to change how they play cricket, from aggressive world class players who dominated every team they are play a different brand of cricket which is not exciting and a run rate of just 2 and even though India is missing the catches and giving them opportunities Australia failed to make any impact.

[JSRAW]

Pheww...

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Marnus's ran out of his luck, Umesh finished the job for India. Aussie are now 6 down.

Phewwwwwww, Australia lost their 7th wicket, the worst performance by them in their home soil. They need to change how they play cricket, from aggressive world class players who dominated every team they are play a different brand of cricket which is not exciting and a run rate of just 2 and even though India is missing the catches and giving them opportunities Australia failed to make any impact.

Bowlers doing their job beautifully but fielders letting down their bowlers. first they gave 3 chances to Marnus and now Aggarwal dropped Tim Paine.. If they want to win the game then wrap it up as quickly as possible.

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Paine doing excellent job for Aussie. Every runs counts from here.

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Argh that tail again...

[bryant.coleman]

Tim Paine trying desperately to take Australia beyond the 200 mark. I don't think that they will be able to get in to a lead, but if they can keep India's lead below 50 runs, then they have a fighting chance in this match. Surprised with the performance from Ashwin. The track hardly gave any support to the spinners and yet he managed to pick up four very important wickets.