Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[vella85]

I thought that once Smith and Labuschagne went out that it was over for Australia getting a lead of 400 runs as the middle to tail order have been terrible in the series but finally the middle order performed well and put Australia in a strong position to win this test match. However I still give India a chance to win as long as the two batsman at the crease right now are able to form a big partnership. If they can form a 100+ run partnership then I think India can go on and win the match but if Australia get a quick wicket or two in the morning session then I can't see India playing out the day for a draw. I think we will see a result with one team winning.

[Sithara007]

Rishabh Pant is scoring runs almost at a rate of one run per ball. The advantage is now with India and they need another 157 runs to win, with 7 wickets in hand. 51.5 overs remain now, and that should not be a concern. If India manages to win this test match (and thereby the series), then it is going to be historic. The Australian captain looks like he doesn't know what to do.

[JSRAW]

Rishabh Pant is scoring runs almost at a rate of one run per ball. The advantage is now with India and they need another 157 runs to win, with 7 wickets in hand. 51.5 overs remain now, and that should not be a concern. If India manages to win this test match (and thereby the series), then it is going to be historic. The Australian captain looks like he doesn't know what to do.

I was nervous throughout Pant's inning and at the same time enjoyed the counter attack..
 
Sadly he got out on 97. Poor guy got out on 90's 3 times in test format in his short career. He loves to live by sword and die by sword in the test cricket. One of the reason i prefer him in the longer format, he has capability of take away game from the opposition. I think they should always select him in the squad as a pure batsman when touring in SENA countries, especially in the Australia as he averages more than 50 there.

Tim Paine and his squad looked helpless when he was batting, they were very defensive against him.

262/4 ( Pujara- Vihari) Last batting pair for India, not sure if Jadeja is going to bat or not. I would say Vihari is batting for his spot now, if he fails here then he's going to get lot of criticism even from his fans.

5 day Test cricket is here to stay at least for some..

https://twitter.com/tommorris32/status/1348459762808020995

On Pant

https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha/status/1348468646377529346

[Sithara007]

Cheteshwar Pujara is gone, and what this means is that the tail has started for India (Jadeja in all probability is not going to bat). Hanuma Vihari is having a batting average of around 30, and I don't think that he has the capability to stay there with the tail-enders and score the required runs. It was Rishabh Pant who changed the course of the game, and once he got out momentum shifted again to Australia.

[ene1980]

Cheteshwar Pujara is gone, and what this means is that the tail has started for India (Jadeja in all probability is not going to bat). Hanuma Vihari is having a batting average of around 30, and I don't think that he has the capability to stay there with the tail-enders and score the required runs. It was Rishabh Pant who changed the course of the game, and once he got out momentum shifted again to Australia.

I did not expect Rishabh Pant to play like this because i thought he was injured and now the tail end players are in the crease, Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin is in the crease and India still need 119 runs to win and how long they can play depends upon their will to draw the match as they still have 30 more overs.

[bryant.coleman]

Less than 30 overs remaining now. Can they do it? The partnership between Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin has faced 87 balls till now and they look quite comfortable out there. Pat Cummins is struggling, and Nathan Lyon looks toothless with his ordinary spin. And there are rumors that Jadeja will bat, if it is required to save this match for India. I hope that may not be needed.

[Btc_1856]

Less than 30 overs remaining now. Can they do it? The partnership between Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin has faced 87 balls till now and they look quite comfortable out there. Pat Cummins is struggling, and Nathan Lyon looks toothless with his ordinary spin. And there are rumors that Jadeja will bat, if it is required to save this match for India. I hope that may not be needed.

Now there are only 13 overs left in the match and I think most of the members have injured and very tough to bat, now Ravichandran Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari are in perfect touch with bat in order to draw the match both the team members are struggling to win the match. Already Jadeja padded up and has a chance to BAT, let's wait and see in what way this test match lead in the end.

[eaLiTy]

10 overs remaining in the day and hopefully India could draw the match from this situation. Hanuma Vihari is playing a long innings to save the match and the commentators are telling that he is also injured not sure about that, if he is also injured what will be the team composition in the next match. Ravichandran Ashwin is playing his part and now Paine dropped a catch and India needs some luck as well to survive these last few overs.

The funny aspect is that Ravichandran Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari are communicating in Tamil and the Aussie players are trying their best to irritate them as well and a word battle is also going on in this match  .

[JSRAW]

10 overs remaining in the day and hopefully India could draw the match from this situation. Hanuma Vihari is playing a long innings to save the match and the commentators are telling that he is also injured not sure about that, if he is also injured what will be the team composition in the next match. Ravichandran Ashwin is playing his part and now Paine dropped a catch and India needs some luck as well to survive these last few overs.

The funny aspect is that Ravichandran Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari are communicating in Tamil and the Aussie players are trying their best to irritate them as well and a word battle is also going on in this match  .

Yeah, Hamstring problem. Got hurt when he was taking single, that's why he's not taking any singles. Brave efforts from the Indian team, everyone is injured and still putting a good fight.. less than 40 balls to go.

IMO in next game Mayank is going to replace Vihari.

[7788bitcoin]

Paine dropped a catch and India needs some luck as well to survive these last few overs.

Tim Paine dropped three catches this morning and they dropped a total of four catches today alone and they cannot win matches dropping matches and India is putting up a bold fight and now less than 5 overs and even if Australia is able to pick a wicket now is it possible to take 5 more wickets. Jadeja will be coming out to bat next even though he is injured and this is going to be a draw until you see a hat trick .

[Juggy777]

Paine dropped a catch and India needs some luck as well to survive these last few overs.

Tim Paine dropped three catches this morning and they dropped a total of four catches today alone and they cannot win matches dropping matches and India is putting up a bold fight and now less than 5 overs and even if Australia is able to pick a wicket now is it possible to take 5 more wickets. Jadeja will be coming out to bat next even though he is injured and this is going to be a draw until you see a hat trick .

@7788bitcoin I’m really surprised that they’re dropping so many catches, because Australian player’s often have high standards when it comes to fielding. Also I strongly feel that this match is going to end in an draw, and the credit for this goes to the Indian team as they gave their 100% to secure this draw.

Source:

https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/31647/aus-vs-ind-3rd-test

[romero121]

Paine dropped a catch and India needs some luck as well to survive these last few overs.

Tim Paine dropped three catches this morning and they dropped a total of four catches today alone and they cannot win matches dropping matches and India is putting up a bold fight and now less than 5 overs and even if Australia is able to pick a wicket now is it possible to take 5 more wickets. Jadeja will be coming out to bat next even though he is injured and this is going to be a draw until you see a hat trick .

@7788bitcoin I’m really surprised that they’re dropping so many catches, because Australian player’s often have high standards when it comes to fielding. Also I strongly feel that this match is going to end in an draw, and the credit for this goes to the Indian team as they gave their 100% to secure this draw.

Source:

https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/31647/aus-vs-ind-3rd-test

This could've been a win for India, if there is more ten overs in the second innings. Indian team made a big comeback, and Australian team were highly confident of winning the match with the home ground advantage.

[JSRAW]

~snip~

Another testing time for the middle order. Don't mind losing the game but they should fight till the end and show some character.

Well said. Rohit is a great replacement on top. He isn't getting out in single digits like Shaw which leads to less pressure on the remaining batsmen. It's up to Rahane and Pujara now to stabilize the innings.

They resemble Marnus and Smith somewhat. If these two form a great partnership, India will have a much better chance of drawing or winning this one.

However, if Jadeja isn't available to play as mersal pointed out above, chances of India winning this one are minimal in my opinion.

Finally they did it.... Its still 1-1 and decider is on Brisbane, Australia is fav but i wouldn't write India off now.

Yesterday winning or draw were looking a dream for Indian fans but the way they put up the excellent show of grit on 5th day against the quality bowlers, not to mention with injured team. When Pant was batting i was thinking may be, may be there is a chance of winning the game but still I am extremely proud.

We are not going to see Vihari for quite some time in the Indian squad (Brisbane -due to hamstring) ( Home series - due to 5 bowlers setup) but he earned a mad respect for sure from his teammates and Test cricket lovers. I have repeated many times that whenever pressure comes he always show his classy game, that's why he needed when India playing in the SENA countries, he didn't made enough runs in this series but he played a key role in this draw along with Pant, Pujara and Ashwin.

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[Vishnu.Reang]

Paine dropped a catch and India needs some luck as well to survive these last few overs.

Tim Paine dropped three catches this morning and they dropped a total of four catches today alone and they cannot win matches dropping matches and India is putting up a bold fight and now less than 5 overs and even if Australia is able to pick a wicket now is it possible to take 5 more wickets. Jadeja will be coming out to bat next even though he is injured and this is going to be a draw until you see a hat trick .

Tim Paine has to be the worst captain in the history of Australian cricket till date. He is like a double handicap for the Australian team. He doesn't contribute with the bat, and then his captaincy decisions are not great. Once Cheteshwar Pujara got out, he should have attacked Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin with the top bowlers. But after a few overs, he was asking Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green to bowl. This allowed Vihari and Ashwin to settle down. When Paine woke up from his slumber, it was already too late.

[ene1980]

Finally they did it.... Its still 1-1 and decider is on Brisbane, Australia is fav but i wouldn't write India off now.

Yesterday winning or draw were looking a dream for Indian fans but the way they put up the excellent show of grit on 5th day against the quality bowlers, not to mention with injured team. When Pant was batting i was thinking may be, may be there is a chance of winning the game but still I am extremely proud.

I thought Australia would win the match from the situation they were in and they took the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane quite cheaply in the morning session and i thought it was a matter of time that they will pick the rest of the wickets but when they started dropping crucial catches especially Pant before he even started scoring runs and that changed the match in my opinion and the entire burden goes to Tim Paine for dropping those and not taking advantage of the new ball.

[onrise]

Finally they did it.... Its still 1-1 and decider is on Brisbane, Australia is fav but i wouldn't write India off now.

Yesterday winning or draw were looking a dream for Indian fans but the way they put up the excellent show of grit on 5th day against the quality bowlers, not to mention with injured team. When Pant was batting i was thinking may be, may be there is a chance of winning the game but still I am extremely proud.

I thought Australia would win the match from the situation they were in and they took the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane quite cheaply in the morning session and i thought it was a matter of time that they will pick the rest of the wickets but when they started dropping crucial catches especially Pant before he even started scoring runs and that changed the match in my opinion and the entire burden goes to Tim Paine for dropping those and not taking advantage of the new ball.

It was OZ game till ystd as they needed only couple of quick wickets at the start of the today's session and they would have easily wrapped up tail enders. But after losing Rahane easily, Pant stood up to the challenge and this made India confident that they could end up drawing the test. Also, Pujara, Vihari and Aswin did well to stand on the pitch for long time to ensure they do not give up easily their wickets and resulted in the draw. Overall, India would be happy with the result.

With this test drawn now all eyes on the decider probably if any team could make it win or else series would end in a draw.

[covfefe_]

Finally they did it.... Its still 1-1 and decider is on Brisbane, Australia is fav but i wouldn't write India off now.

Yesterday winning or draw were looking a dream for Indian fans but the way they put up the excellent show of grit on 5th day against the quality bowlers, not to mention with injured team. When Pant was batting i was thinking may be, may be there is a chance of winning the game but still I am extremely proud.

I thought Australia would win the match from the situation they were in and they took the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane quite cheaply in the morning session and i thought it was a matter of time that they will pick the rest of the wickets but when they started dropping crucial catches especially Pant before he even started scoring runs and that changed the match in my opinion and the entire burden goes to Tim Paine for dropping those and not taking advantage of the new ball.

It was OZ game till ystd as they needed only couple of quick wickets at the start of the today's session and they would have easily wrapped up tail enders. But after losing Rahane easily, Pant stood up to the challenge and this made India confident that they could end up drawing the test. Also, Pujara, Vihari and Aswin did well to stand on the pitch for long time to ensure they do not give up easily their wickets and resulted in the draw. Overall, India would be happy with the result.

With this test drawn now all eyes on the decider probably if any team could make it win or else series would end in a draw.

Was calling it a comfortable draw after the 4th day but with the loss of Rishab Pant and Pujara back to back, felt like Australia could get this game out of India. But Hanuma Vihari and Ashwin played a real test, playing safe and taking no risks. They weren't even running for runs unless it was completely safe. Last test is going to be an interesting one.

[Timelord2067]

Why does Australia continue to pin it's hopes on players like David Warner, out for a duck (or close to it) then he's hurt his arm/shoulder fielding a mediocre slow ball.

I picked up odds of ~3.4:1 for the third test ending in a draw.

[onrise]

How do you all see the Smith case who purposely erased the batting guard mark of Rishabh Pant after the drinks break. Like anyone seen this before happening or its just heat of the moment and should be ignored. Can any action be taken on Smith or will he be given warning by either ICC/Australian board to behave and play in the spirit of the game.

[Haunebu]

How do you all see the Smith case who purposely erased the batting guard mark of Rishabh Pant after the drinks break. Like anyone seen this before happening or its just heat of the moment and should be ignored. Can any action be taken on Smith or will he be given warning by either ICC/Australian board to behave and play in the spirit of the game.

Heat of the moment? Bullshit. He knew damn well what he was doing and he probably forgot about the bail camera and thought that he could get away with it since his face is hidden. Pathetic stuff which I didn't expect from Smith.

He is an amazing batsman, but his sportsmanship and character sucks. Warner is way better in comparison.

Smith and Paine's unethical crap, Kohli missing along with the racist Oz crowd couldn't stop the Indian team from losing this one which is why India achieved something phenomenal here.