Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

I am really not surprised with this scorecard because when India has Shakib at 84 my thoughts were hardly they will touch the figure of 250 so same happen and if India has Momin then surely there are going to be just 180 to 190 on board because no other batsmen able to stay and give some resistance against these three bowlers which are really shocking for me because Bangladesh is having poor batting and now most chances we will have 350+ and another big defeat for them.

As few are saying there were chance for having better score but when you lost your top order and then middle order cheaply then mostly this is not happened lower order were completely outclassed with no one able to touch double figure and ODI hero Mehdi Miraz was also gone without any solid figure.

We can't expect Mehidy Hasan Miraz to rescue Bangladesh everytime when they are in trouble. Then why Bangladesh need the top and middle order batsmen? Only Mominul Haque scored enough runs yesterday, while their heavyweight players such as Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das failed to make significant contributions. I am not denying the fact that India is a tough opponent. But then, the match was being played at Mirpur and the pitch was prepared according to the instructions from the Bangladeshi management.

[kro55]

I am really not surprised with this scorecard because when India has Shakib at 84 my thoughts were hardly they will touch the figure of 250 so same happen and if India has Momin then surely there are going to be just 180 to 190 on board because no other batsmen able to stay and give some resistance against these three bowlers which are really shocking for me because Bangladesh is having poor batting and now most chances we will have 350+ and another big defeat for them.
As few are saying there were chance for having better score but when you lost your top order and then middle order cheaply then mostly this is not happened lower order were completely outclassed with no one able to touch double figure and ODI hero Mehdi Miraz was also gone without any solid figure.

We can't expect Mehidy Hasan Miraz to rescue Bangladesh everytime when they are in trouble. Then why Bangladesh need the top and middle order batsmen? Only Mominul Haque scored enough runs yesterday, while their heavyweight players such as Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das failed to make significant contributions. I am not denying the fact that India is a tough opponent. But then, the match was being played at Mirpur and the pitch was prepared according to the instructions from the Bangladeshi management.

I have no doubt that Miraz is a great player. But he is not yet experienced enough. So it is foolish to rely on his performance in every match. But if Miraz performs well, maybe Bangladesh would have been able to collect like 300. But I expected at least 40 runs from Miraz in the first innings.

Indian batsmen are not playing well. India lost two openers for 38 runs, and three wickets for 72 runs. Kohli and Rishab Pant are batting now. India will be in trouble if they don't get a big collection from this pair. Taijul Islam took three wickets for Bangladesh.

[rojan]

In 2nd test match Bangladesh vs India in this game today India came to bat again. But today India came to the field and lost 3 wickets. I think it's sad for India. Can India win today against Bangladesh? Now Indian fans are thinking about it.  Today they lost 3 wickets. But I think India will win today very easily.

[Shaha98]

In this second Test match, Bangladesh vs India today's batting phase is India.  Taijul Islam bowled India's 3 wickets.  Taijul Islam's bowling form has cemented itself in the minds of the Bangladeshi audience as the successor to a wide reputation as a result of the fall of three wickets.  India scored 86 runs in 36 overs and lost three wickets.  From this point of view, their pair is not able to survive on the field because the Bangladesh batsmen ended the Indian batting with a very good performance.

[Sithara007]

In 2nd test match Bangladesh vs India in this game today India came to bat again. But today India came to the field and lost 3 wickets. I think it's sad for India. Can India win today against Bangladesh? Now Indian fans are thinking about it.  Today they lost 3 wickets. But I think India will win today very easily.

LOL.. India also got in to a shitty position. They have lost two important wickets. Cheteshwar Pujara was looking good out there, but he also got out to Taijul Islam (who picked up all the 3 wickets to fall so far). Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant are batting right now and both of them are out of form and badly needs to score some runs today. Bangladeshi spinners are bowling in a rally tight line till now. Apart from Taijul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz have also done well till now. But India still have Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel to come.

[onecall123]

In 2nd test match Bangladesh vs India in this game today India came to bat again. But today India came to the field and lost 3 wickets. I think it's sad for India. Can India win today against Bangladesh? Now Indian fans are thinking about it.  Today they lost 3 wickets. But I think India will win today very easily.

LOL.. India also got in to a shitty position. They have lost two important wickets. Cheteshwar Pujara was looking good out there, but he also got out to Taijul Islam (who picked up all the 3 wickets to fall so far). Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant are batting right now and both of them are out of form and badly needs to score some runs today. Bangladeshi spinners are bowling in a rally tight line till now. Apart from Taijul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz have also done well till now. But India still have Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel to come.

With three strikes, Taijul Islam has dismissed India's top order. Just two days in, and the ball is spinning like crazy. Neither India nor the hosts look likely to get a significant score in their first innings. It's all over for India if Kohli and Pant don't perform well here! Bangladeshi spinners have bowled a tight line so far. I cannot comprehend how India could drop their best spinner on such a wicket, let alone for a pacer.

[JSRAW]

This was an excellent session for the Bangbros, they hardly leaked any runs and the top 3 are back in the stands, although depressing KL Rahul is walking wicket nowadays but still props to Taijul Islam and Mehidy.

I would still back India to get some lead because of a deep batting line up and if by chance Pant bats for another 20 overs then he could change the game singlehandedly and more importantly very quickly. Koach looking determined today, don't want to jinx it but maybe a ton is coming.

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Koach &uck! 

[jostorres]

The dilemma with Pakistan cricket team for decades is that they are unpredictable and inconsistent, there is no sincere effort done to overcome this issue of inconsistency. Time and again records are made against Pakistan but nothing happen. Despite losing three home series in a row there is hardly any disappointment on face of Babar.
Now Shahid Afridi is also given a role in PCB top management only because of his political affiliation with current party. I don't think Shahid Afridi is capable of handling any administrative posts after having awful stats.  

Here in test format, I am not giving them tag of unpredictable because their performance in last six test matches at home is near the worst which is surely not acceptable, and they are also having many other issues as well specially like player power and politicos influence which is surely killer for any sports which is happening right now in Pakistan case which is also having impact on their performance with chief selector is not following domestic cricket and bring young players on personal likes and dislikes which mean things could be worst in near future even I have feeling they will be winner in this coming series against New Zealand because Karachi and Multan both will be suitable for them and kiwis will clearly struggle here.

[pakhitheboss]

India's top batting order again failed in the first innings. KL Rahul has not scored much runs in any format of cricket for sometime now. Kohli again failed and this time Pujara too. Everything now depends on Panth and Iyer. I hope Panth delivers this time otherwise he might get dropped.

After taking 4 quick wickets and allowing India to only score 100+ runs Bangladesh are back in the game. The Bangladeshi bowlers are bowling brilliantly and I am sure they would be going after Panth.

Koach &uck! 

As expected 

[JSRAW]

Everything now depends on Panth and Iyer. I hope Panth delivers this time otherwise he might get dropped.

After taking 4 quick wickets and allowing India to only score 100+ runs Bangladesh are back in the game. The Bangladeshi bowlers are bowling brilliantly and I am sure they would be going after Panth.

Indian test batting starts from number 5 

This duo, after that Axar, Ashwin are there to bat. Unadkat and Yadav also know how to swing bat so they are typical tailenders.

And no! no one would drop Pant in test format. So far he's our best bat in the red ball cricket.

[ibuddy122505]

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And no! no one would drop Pant in test format. So far he's our best bat in the red ball cricket.

It only took Rishabh Pant 49 balls to reach his 11th Test fifty. When it comes to Test cricket, this guy is the definition of a beast. He always scores runs in a hurry. Congratulations on his brilliant half-century. Let's hope he converts it into a century. The Indian batting line-up is confident of making a big score at the moment.

[Minor Miner]

In 2nd test match Bangladesh vs India in this game today India came to bat again. But today India came to the field and lost 3 wickets. I think it's sad for India. Can India win today against Bangladesh? Now Indian fans are thinking about it.  Today they lost 3 wickets. But I think India will win today very easily.

LOL.. India also got in to a shitty position. They have lost two important wickets. Cheteshwar Pujara was looking good out there, but he also got out to Taijul Islam (who picked up all the 3 wickets to fall so far). Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant are batting right now and both of them are out of form and badly needs to score some runs today. Bangladeshi spinners are bowling in a rally tight line till now. Apart from Taijul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz have also done well till now. But India still have Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel to come.

With three strikes, Taijul Islam has dismissed India's top order. Just two days in, and the ball is spinning like crazy. Neither India nor the hosts look likely to get a significant score in their first innings. It's all over for India if Kohli and Pant don't perform well here! Bangladeshi spinners have bowled a tight line so far. I cannot comprehend how India could drop their best spinner on such a wicket, let alone for a pacer.

We don't get good performance from Kohli. But Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer are playing well enough. Their batting looks like they are batting in the ODI format. Pant collected 58 runs from 64 balls. And Iyer scored 29 off 34 balls. It is a spin-friendly pitch. I like the batting style of Pant and Iyer. If they can't score runs quickly, they won't be able to last long on such a pitch. India is still behind Bangladesh by 58 runs. It is expected that India will win this match if there is no batting disaster.

[pakhitheboss]

Rishab Panth is going strong today. He is batting at an average of 90+ which is agressive in test format. At this rate he will get his century today. Shreyas Iyer is playing with a cool head and not taking any risk. If these two batters can stay till the end of day 2 then we can expect a good score on the board and a good lead too.

[noormcs5]

In 2nd test match Bangladesh vs India in this game today India came to bat again. But today India came to the field and lost 3 wickets. I think it's sad for India. Can India win today against Bangladesh? Now Indian fans are thinking about it.  Today they lost 3 wickets. But I think India will win today very easily.

I am disappointed with the Indian top order batting performance. They lost 4 wickets at 94 runs only. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer  has given some hope and are now 168 with still four wickets down.

Since the first innings total made by Bangladesh is too small, even a bad start by the Indians won't hurt them and as single big partnership will make the look comfortable in this match.

[rojan]

In 2nd test match Bangladesh vs India in this game today India came to bat again. But today India came to the field and lost 3 wickets. I think it's sad for India. Can India win today against Bangladesh? Now Indian fans are thinking about it.  Today they lost 3 wickets. But I think India will win today very easily.

I am disappointed with the Indian top order batting performance. They lost 4 wickets at 94 runs only. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer  has given some hope and are now 168 with still four wickets down.

Since the first innings total made by Bangladesh is too small, even a bad start by the Indians won't hurt them and as single big partnership will make the look comfortable in this match.

In this match, we can see Taijul Islam of Bangladesh started a great performance. He scored 44 runs in 17 overs and took 3 wickets. Taijul Islam of Bangladesh took the wicket of India's strong batting. Bangladesh's all rounder Shakib Al Hasan batted and  Bowling did not do well in any match. India batting well in many ties. India need only 25 runs to win.

[Rana590]

Bangladesh has a lot of sectors to improve in the test format. No continuous performance from a batsman or bowler. Only Mominul got runs in this match but this was not sufficient and he is not regular performer at this time. Players like Shakib, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das should take responsibilities to improve overall situation of Bangladeshi test format. Let's see what happened after tea break.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

In 2nd test match Bangladesh vs India in this game today India came to bat again. But today India came to the field and lost 3 wickets. I think it's sad for India. Can India win today against Bangladesh? Now Indian fans are thinking about it.  Today they lost 3 wickets. But I think India will win today very easily.

I am disappointed with the Indian top order batting performance. They lost 4 wickets at 94 runs only. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer  has given some hope and are now 168 with still four wickets down.

Since the first innings total made by Bangladesh is too small, even a bad start by the Indians won't hurt them and as single big partnership will make the look comfortable in this match.

So now India is on lead of 2 runs and India managed to build a strong partnership between Rishab Panth and Shreyas Iyer  after loosing 4 wickets on less than 100 runs.
India is definitely winning this one but Bangladesh has to work on their batting skills on order to win the next one.

[JSRAW]

Pant hardly cares if you have champion spin bowlers in your team, he will dance on his feet and step out only to hit you for a one-handed six. You can't do anything about it doesn't matter if you field 5 fielders on the boundary. He'll live by the sword and die by the sword.

In 2nd session, Bangbros lost the advantage and if Pant bats for another session then we are looking for a big lead, it would be very handy for India as they are batting last on a rank turner.

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6th time this guy got out in the nervous 90s. Should have at least 11 test tons by now in just 33 matches. Poor guy

[Shaha98]

Bangladesh has a lot of sectors to improve in the test format. No continuous performance from a batsman or bowler. Only Mominul got runs in this match but this was not sufficient and he is not regular performer at this time. Players like Shakib, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das should take responsibilities to improve overall situation of Bangladeshi test format. Let's see what happened after tea break.

In fact, even if India fulfills the target with Bangladesh, what it will run from now on is additional income for India.  That's why I can say that Bangladeshi batsmen and bowlers need experience because Mominul alone is not enough for the team.  Although Mominul got out after scoring 84 runs, many of the other players could not score runs.  They were all out in one day which the Indian players made up for by four wickets.  That is why the players of Bangladesh should have gained experience and come down to the month.

[pakhitheboss]

6th time this guy got out in the nervous 90s. Should have at least 11 test tons by now in just 33 matches. Poor guy

He should have played with a little but of patience. There was no need for him to take any risk.

Iyer is still playing and all hopes are now on him. He needs to stick on the pitch and stay as long as possible. Meanwhile Ashwin needs to rotate the strike and go after those odd balls. The lead is only of 27 runs which needs to be of 200+ runs.