Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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If India needs to win the match or to have an advantage in the match Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane needs to play a longer innings and they are the most accomplished players in the Indian team. The openers started well but they were not able to capitalize the start they got and lost their wickets. The pitch looks like helping the batsman but i was surprised when Australia lost quick wickets and the star of the day was Ravindra Jadeja.

For India to have an upper hand in the match Pujara and Rahane needs to perform but the problem is that Cheteshwar Pujara is under immense pressure to perform as he was not in good touch and if he can overcome that then it will help the team. Wish there is no more rain interruption if not we might not even see a result in this match.

[Indymoney]

Before the two quick wickets, the openers had made a good start scoring good. The two consecutive wickets have fallen at 70 and 85 runs. As in the quote, Ajinkya Rahane and Pujara are the wall of Indian cricket team same as Rahul Dravid who takes forward at hard situations.

If India needs to win the match or to have an advantage in the match Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane needs to play a longer innings and they are the most accomplished players in the Indian team. The openers started well but they were not able to capitalize the start they got and lost their wickets. The pitch looks like helping the batsman but i was surprised when Australia lost quick wickets and the star of the day was Ravindra Jadeja.

Now they have some good advantage if they able to take some lead this could be great for them because they have to be on crease in fourth inning which is never been good so current inning is going to decide outcome of this match lets watch how they response after very good bowling batting line us is also not bad just need to stay on for long time runs will come without any problem.

[ene1980]

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 they can bring Australia under pressure which could be great for them in this series because without Kohli no one was expecting things like this but now they are doing great without Kohli

Kohli might be cursing his decision to return to India , If there are a few matches that goes against India's way when Kohli returns then there will be pressure from the selectors to replace him as a captain.

What an amazing comeback by team India. Looking at yesterday's end of day thought today whole day OZ will bat and end up making a huge score and might declare the innings. But blowers came back strongly and picked up quick wickets in middle order and this did not allow them to score big runs.

I saw a few dropped catches from Pant and most probably they took the catches that came and so is the reason they were able to fold the Australian batting line up than expected. Good to see Smith returning to form but the middle order is a big disappointment. Even India does not have a solid middle order but they are scoring runs when needed.

[vella85]

The Australian middle has let the team down once again. I can't remember that last time Australia had such a poor middle order performance in a test series as they have always had a good strong middle order so I think there needs to be changes. It was nice to see Smith return to form but as I said he does play well at his home ground. The match can go either way right now and I would say that its even, if Indian can score runs today and get a lead then I think Australia will be under a lot of pressure especially if India knock over the top order quickly when they get to bowl again so even a lead of say 100+ runs could be enough for India in this match. Hopefully the rain holds off and that we get a result in the match.

[eaLiTy]

The Australian middle has let the team down once again. I can't remember that last time Australia had such a poor middle order performance in a test series as they have always had a good strong middle order so I think there needs to be changes.

When was the last time Australia was struggling to find the perfect openers, just when Hayden and Langer retired, they never had a long pair along with Warner and when the big names like Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey retired they were not able to find a suitable replacement in the middle order and every series they are experimenting with new players and they are still searching for those talents.

[7788bitcoin]

Australia picked the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane and now the Indian middle order will be tested. Pujara is playing a real Test and he faced 93   balls for his 14 runs and he needs to stay in the crease for a much longer period of time if India needs to reduce their deficit as they still trail by 220 runs and if Australia is able to pick a couple of quick wickets then they will have the momentum and can win the match.

[JSRAW]

Australia picked the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane and now the Indian middle order will be tested. Pujara is playing a real Test and he faced 93   balls for his 14 runs and he needs to stay in the crease for a much longer period of time if India needs to reduce their deficit as they still trail by 220 runs and if Australia is able to pick a couple of quick wickets then they will have the momentum and can win the match.

I love to watch him but at batting pitch i always fell asleep when he starts to defend, bat and bat. Although now he's started playing a shots, which is requirement as they are going bit slow.

When was the last time Australia was struggling to find the perfect openers,

Every test cricket nation has a more or less same problem for quite some time.

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Poor Vihari!! Don't know what was he thinking, that i didn't expect. Indian middle order repeating same mistake as Australia and they don't even have enough runs on the board. Now India is in trouble.

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Good session for Australia, they kept thing really tight for Pujara/Rahane/Vihari. Pujara did started ticking the scoreboard now. India would be disappointing  that they didn't cashed out enough after 70 runs opening partnership.

[Sithara007]

There is still no definite advantage to any of the two sides and even now it is difficult to predict who will be able to get the first innings lead. The partnership between Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant has added 46 runs till now, and Ravindra Jadeja is yet to bat. But the Australian bowlers look lackluster, especially Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.

[JSRAW]

There is still no definite advantage to any of the two sides and even now it is difficult to predict who will be able to get the first innings lead. The partnership between Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant has added 46 runs till now, and Ravindra Jadeja is yet to bat. But the Australian bowlers look lackluster, especially Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.

Pant looks rattled a bit after hit on elbow.

1 wicket up and down and Australia might come back in command as Indian tail is bit long after Jadeja. Cummins is the danger man...

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Trouble!!

[mersal]

There is still no definite advantage to any of the two sides and even now it is difficult to predict who will be able to get the first innings lead. The partnership between Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant has added 46 runs till now, and Ravindra Jadeja is yet to bat. But the Australian bowlers look lackluster, especially Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.

Pant looks rattled a bit after hit on elbow.

1 wicket up and down and Australia might come back in command as Indian tail is bit long after Jadeja. Cummins is the danger man...

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Trouble!!

India's horrible test format in Sydney continues again, right now 207/7 and jadeja is the only man who can bat among the remaining ones even he isn't in good touch today. Atleast they can pass 250 so there won't be much to score in the second innings.

[JSRAW]

I have a feeling that India going to get good lead after finishing their first inning.  

This didn't age well ....

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Trouble!!

India's horrible test format in Sydney continues again, right now 207/7 and jadeja is the only man who can bat among the remaining ones even he isn't in good touch today. Atleast they can pass 250 so there won't be much to score in the second innings.

Bad running between the wickets, they gifted 2 wickets to Aussie.

To make matter worse Jadeja not guarding tailenders, exposing Saini against Strac was not a good move.

[Sithara007]

Just unbelievable. When I made my previous post India were at 195/4. Now they are 214/8. Just shows how quickly the situation can change in cricket, even in the longer format. Ravindra Jadeja is still there, but on the other end we have Jasprit Bumrah, with Siraj to come. The immediate priority for India right now is to keep the Australian lead in two digits. For that, they need to score another 23 runs.

[pakhitheboss]

Just unbelievable. When I made my previous post India were at 195/4. Now they are 214/8. Just shows how quickly the situation can change in cricket, even in the longer format. Ravindra Jadeja is still there, but on the other end we have Jasprit Bumrah, with Siraj to come. The immediate priority for India right now is to keep the Australian lead in two digits. For that, they need to score another 23 runs.

The lead is still 134 runs and if India is able to restrict the Aussies to 250 then there is a chance India might win the match. Australia has already lost 2 wickets and the bowlers are dominating the match let's see what Sir Jadeja does in this session.

[mersal]

Just unbelievable. When I made my previous post India were at 195/4. Now they are 214/8. Just shows how quickly the situation can change in cricket, even in the longer format. Ravindra Jadeja is still there, but on the other end we have Jasprit Bumrah, with Siraj to come. The immediate priority for India right now is to keep the Australian lead in two digits. For that, they need to score another 23 runs.

The lead is still 134 runs and if India is able to restrict the Aussies to 250 then there is a chance India might win the match. Australia has already lost 2 wickets and the bowlers are dominating the match let's see what Sir Jadeja does in this session.

Even though Indian bowlers picked two early wickets then the deadly duo again having 50+ partnership means India is going to be in the huge struggle in their second innings.even if India can OZ in 250 range still the score to chase will be near 400 so India have to create a record if they want to win this match and going for a draw is really not possible as well.

[7788bitcoin]

I love to watch him but at batting pitch i always fell asleep when he starts to defend, bat and bat. Although now he's started playing a shots, which is requirement as they are going bit slow.

If you are too defensive then you forget to score runs and in the end fall short. He was playing the long innings as he was trying to save the match from an innings defeat . The Indian middle order is filled with bowling all rounders and the tail end will throw the bat at anything and now Australia is in a good position and Pujara needs to play the long innings in the 4th innings to save the match.

[mersal]

I love to watch him but at batting pitch i always fell asleep when he starts to defend, bat and bat. Although now he's started playing a shots, which is requirement as they are going bit slow.

If you are too defensive then you forget to score runs and in the end fall short. He was playing the long innings as he was trying to save the match from an innings defeat . The Indian middle order is filled with bowling all rounders and the tail end will throw the bat at anything and now Australia is in a good position and Pujara needs to play the long innings in the 4th innings to save the match.

Another man is Rahane who can play long innings like Pujara so they can take the match as deep as possible but still looking for a draw is not possible with such an inexperienced batting line up from the middle so openers need to give a good start, hope Rohit will work it out this time while Gill already playing good so we can expect again from the last innings.

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Just unbelievable. When I made my previous post India were at 195/4. Now they are 214/8. Just shows how quickly the situation can change in cricket, even in the longer format. Ravindra Jadeja is still there, but on the other end we have Jasprit Bumrah, with Siraj to come. The immediate priority for India right now is to keep the Australian lead in two digits. For that, they need to score another 23 runs.

The lead is still 134 runs and if India is able to restrict the Aussies to 250 then there is a chance India might win the match. Australia has already lost 2 wickets and the bowlers are dominating the match let's see what Sir Jadeja does in this session.

Even though Indian bowlers picked two early wickets then the deadly duo again having 50+ partnership means India is going to be in the huge struggle in their second innings.even if India can OZ in 250 range still the score to chase will be near 400 so India have to create a record if they want to win this match and going for a draw is really not possible as well.

There are still two days left in the match so i don't think we are heading for a draw here. If Australia could play first two session tomorrow and can make another 200 runs, they will get lead of 400 runs. Will Australia will risk to declare on 400 runs or they will make more runs to secure their position ?

[SATWAT]

Just unbelievable. When I made my previous post India were at 195/4. Now they are 214/8. Just shows how quickly the situation can change in cricket, even in the longer format. Ravindra Jadeja is still there, but on the other end we have Jasprit Bumrah, with Siraj to come. The immediate priority for India right now is to keep the Australian lead in two digits. For that, they need to score another 23 runs.

The lead is still 134 runs and if India is able to restrict the Aussies to 250 then there is a chance India might win the match. Australia has already lost 2 wickets and the bowlers are dominating the match let's see what Sir Jadeja does in this session.

Even though Indian bowlers picked two early wickets then the deadly duo again having 50+ partnership means India is going to be in the huge struggle in their second innings.even if India can OZ in 250 range still the score to chase will be near 400 so India have to create a record if they want to win this match and going for a draw is really not possible as well.

There are still two days left in the match so i don't think we are heading for a draw here. If Australia could play first two session tomorrow and can make another 200 runs, they will get lead of 400 runs. Will Australia will risk to declare on 400 runs or they will make more runs to secure their position ?

Now we have no chance of draw because after very poor batting from Indian batting line up now they already 197+ both danger batsmen on crease so just 100+ could be ok for them mean any target above 325 is not easy in fourth inning against Australia its all mean now India is out of this match badly just because of very poor batting.

[onrise]

Just unbelievable. When I made my previous post India were at 195/4. Now they are 214/8. Just shows how quickly the situation can change in cricket, even in the longer format. Ravindra Jadeja is still there, but on the other end we have Jasprit Bumrah, with Siraj to come. The immediate priority for India right now is to keep the Australian lead in two digits. For that, they need to score another 23 runs.

The lead is still 134 runs and if India is able to restrict the Aussies to 250 then there is a chance India might win the match. Australia has already lost 2 wickets and the bowlers are dominating the match let's see what Sir Jadeja does in this session.

Even though Indian bowlers picked two early wickets then the deadly duo again having 50+ partnership means India is going to be in the huge struggle in their second innings.even if India can OZ in 250 range still the score to chase will be near 400 so India have to create a record if they want to win this match and going for a draw is really not possible as well.

There are still two days left in the match so i don't think we are heading for a draw here. If Australia could play first two session tomorrow and can make another 200 runs, they will get lead of 400 runs. Will Australia will risk to declare on 400 runs or they will make more runs to secure their position ?

Now we have no chance of draw because after very poor batting from Indian batting line up now they already 197+ both danger batsmen on crease so just 100+ could be ok for them mean any target above 325 is not easy in fourth inning against Australia its all mean now India is out of this match badly just because of very poor batting.

Draw could only happen if something like rain halts the match for whole day or so else the result is very much evident from here. Tomorrow OZ might play for half day and declare the innings and will ask India to bat. Would be interesting to see how many wickets India mange to lose tomorrow. 3 run out in an innings that too in Test match shows lack of communication and understanding between players and this is where also they lost the ground.

[JSRAW]

^^ Nah, result should come out.. Aussie team deserve result, game is almost looking out of the reach from the Indians but we still have 2 days to go and cricket is game of uncertainty.

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Any way Team India building their own injured XI now.

-Shami (Elbow fracture, back to India)
-Umesh (Calf injury, back to India)
-KL Rahul (Injured during practice, back to India)
-Rishab ( Elbow Injury, not fracture. updates are yet to come)
-Jadeja ( Thumb fracture, it was his bowling arm and reports are coming that he's has been ruled out from the series)
Apart from that....
-Ishant sharma is also out due to injury
-Bhuvi is also out

Haha don't know what's happening here.

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We might see 1 more debutant in Brisbane, may be Thakur or Natarajan. Every one will get a chance in this series... Sabko mauka milega