Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[mm2543363580]

How many times? How many times this triplet will save top order's ass?
Freaking unbelievable and mighty impressed with Axar-Ashwin. India was in a dire situation but boy o boy they saved us again.
These guys deserve a big raise or some bonus IMO. Aussies will be disappointed, for obvious reasons and now they have to bat with just 1 run lead. I believe anything over 150 chase would be too tough at this deck.

True. It's happening way too often with India across all formats these days. Rahul and Pujara don't deserve any more chances in the test and ODI formats if you ask me. Ashwin and Jadeja are legendary all-rounders while Axar is on his way to becoming one.

Australia started off well in the 2nd innings and I am excited to see who ends up winning this match filled with a plethora of twists.

139/7. And from that, the score was 253/8. Axar Patel has become a better all-rounder with time. He along with Ravichandran Ashwin saved India from an embarrassing score. Australia is currently leading by 62 runs. But that lead could have been a lot bigger if Axar Patel and Ashwin were not there for India. Honestly, I am not very interested in test cricket. But this match is keeping my interest because I believe we are going to see a result from this test match. If somehow Australia ends up losing this one, I have to say that they would be throwing away a very good chance.

That's true Axar Patel is a savior for India today who along with Ashwin made this match reasonably good for India who in other case would have lost badly ,  now Australia is on lead and they have plenty of time to collect runs . This is going to be an interesting game for all cricket lovers.

[teosanru]

How many times? How many times this triplet will save top order's ass?
Freaking unbelievable and mighty impressed with Axar-Ashwin. India was in a dire situation but boy o boy they saved us again.
These guys deserve a big raise or some bonus IMO. Aussies will be disappointed, for obvious reasons and now they have to bat with just 1 run lead. I believe anything over 150 chase would be too tough at this deck.

True. It's happening way too often with India across all formats these days. Rahul and Pujara don't deserve any more chances in the test and ODI formats if you ask me. Ashwin and Jadeja are legendary all-rounders while Axar is on his way to becoming one.

Australia started off well in the 2nd innings and I am excited to see who ends up winning this match filled with a plethora of twists.

139/7. And from that, the score was 253/8. Axar Patel has become a better all-rounder with time. He along with Ravichandran Ashwin saved India from an embarrassing score. Australia is currently leading by 62 runs. But that lead could have been a lot bigger if Axar Patel and Ashwin were not there for India. Honestly, I am not very interested in test cricket. But this match is keeping my interest because I believe we are going to see a result from this test match. If somehow Australia ends up losing this one, I have to say that they would be throwing away a very good chance.

Axar Patel has actually proven to be the next Jadeja for the team now. I am no more afraid of what will happen after Jadeja retires or if he is no fitter because Axar is absolutely ready to take his place. Axar just needs to focus more on his bowling right now. Has to become consistent like Jadeja and more disciplined on his approach. He won't get a lot of chances in the team for sure. Because it's a rare thing that India will play with 3 spinners in the team especially when they play outside the subcontinent. So he will soon have to compete with Jadeja for a spot. So he has to make sure even during that time his form remains good.   

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How many times? How many times this triplet will save top order's ass?
Freaking unbelievable and mighty impressed with Axar-Ashwin. India was in a dire situation but boy o boy they saved us again.
These guys deserve a big raise or some bonus IMO. Aussies will be disappointed, for obvious reasons and now they have to bat with just 1 run lead. I believe anything over 150 chase would be too tough at this deck.

True. It's happening way too often with India across all formats these days. Rahul and Pujara don't deserve any more chances in the test and ODI formats if you ask me. Ashwin and Jadeja are legendary all-rounders while Axar is on his way to becoming one.

Australia started off well in the 2nd innings and I am excited to see who ends up winning this match filled with a plethora of twists.

139/7. And from that, the score was 253/8. Axar Patel has become a better all-rounder with time. He along with Ravichandran Ashwin saved India from an embarrassing score. Australia is currently leading by 62 runs. But that lead could have been a lot bigger if Axar Patel and Ashwin were not there for India. Honestly, I am not very interested in test cricket. But this match is keeping my interest because I believe we are going to see a result from this test match. If somehow Australia ends up losing this one, I have to say that they would be throwing away a very good chance.

Axar Patel has actually proven to be the next Jadeja for the team now. I am no more afraid of what will happen after Jadeja retires or if he is no fitter because Axar is absolutely ready to take his place. Axar just needs to focus more on his bowling right now. Has to become consistent like Jadeja and more disciplined on his approach. He won't get a lot of chances in the team for sure. Because it's a rare thing that India will play with 3 spinners in the team especially when they play outside the subcontinent. So he will soon have to compete with Jadeja for a spot. So he has to make sure even during that time his form remains good.   

Yeap I will also agree with you in this point. Although he is one of the senior among the youngsters, I see him ahead of Jadeja in some formats. Axar Patel's 74-run performance today may have helped India keep Australia close in win probability. And also, the others players   did not perform in batting as well today  and that's why their score wasn't reached to as expected.
Now if they could able to successfully stuck Australia at low score then I think there will be a good chance for winning to them

[Patrol69]

LOL.. after the disappointment with the first test, we have a very competitive match this time. Everything is even stevens, and none of the two teams are at an advantage after the second day of play. Australia had an excellent opportunity to restrict India to somewhere around 150, but then the partnership between Axar and Ashwin pulled things back for India. That said, Australia so far has a nice start to their second innings.

Australia have opened the second innings in a better way. A great pull back from Axar and Ashwin. Once the wickets fell, the innings have come to an end. Nathan Lyon had bowled well taking 5 wickets. Good break through by Todd Murphy who took seven wickets in the first match. As mentioned the match is very competitive, that we can't easily predict the outcome of the match.

The second Test match between Australia vs India is progressing evenly. After being defeated by India by a series margin in the first Test match, they came back a lot in this match. Australia went into bat in the first innings and managed to accumulate 263 runs for 10 wickets on the scoreboard. After being all out for 263 runs, India went into bat in the second innings. In the second innings, India went into bat and managed to accumulate 262 runs for 10 wickets and Australia lead by one run. In the second innings, Australia came down to bat again and managed to accumulate 61 runs for one wicket in 12 overs.  Hope this match will be a fighting match.

[Nrcewker]

Australia came down to bat again and managed to accumulate 61 runs for one wicket in 12 overs.  Hope this match will be a fighting match.

India needs to restrict Australia within 280 runs, if not then they have to taste the defeat. Moreover they need to do it as soon as they can. As including today more 3 days are left. They need to make Australia all out till tomorrow’s lunch time, then only Indian team will get sufficient time to chase. In my opinion India should start the bowling attack with the spinners itself from the start, already India have 3 great spinners, Shreyas Iyer can also spin part time. So a good spin attack can really annoy the Australian batsmen. My bet is on India for this match, still anything can happen. Let’s hope for the best.

[bitcoin_network]

LOL.. after the disappointment with the first test, we have a very competitive match this time. Everything is even stevens, and none of the two teams are at an advantage after the second day of play. Australia had an excellent opportunity to restrict India to somewhere around 150, but then the partnership between Axar and Ashwin pulled things back for India. That said, Australia so far has a nice start to their second innings.

Australia have opened the second innings in a better way. A great pull back from Axar and Ashwin. Once the wickets fell, the innings have come to an end. Nathan Lyon had bowled well taking 5 wickets. Good break through by Todd Murphy who took seven wickets in the first match. As mentioned the match is very competitive, that we can't easily predict the outcome of the match.

The second Test match between Australia vs India is progressing evenly. After being defeated by India by a series margin in the first Test match, they came back a lot in this match. Australia went into bat in the first innings and managed to accumulate 263 runs for 10 wickets on the scoreboard. After being all out for 263 runs, India went into bat in the second innings. In the second innings, India went into bat and managed to accumulate 262 runs for 10 wickets and Australia lead by one run. In the second innings, Australia came down to bat again and managed to accumulate 61 runs for one wicket in 12 overs.  Hope this match will be a fighting match.

The series between India and Australia is the Border Gabaskar Trophy.Basically this series consists of five test matches.India have already won the first Test match and lead by one nil in the five-match series.India has always been very strong on their soil and they dominate their country completely.In the second Test between India and Australia, Australia batted first and were all out for 263 for 10 wickets.India then went into bat and were bowled out for 262 runs behind Australia.Now Australia are batting in their second innings so far 61 runs for one wicket.Still unbeaten for Australia are
Travis Head*   39(40)
Marnus Labuschagne   16(19)

[Sithara007]

139/7. And from that, the score was 253/8. Axar Patel has become a better all-rounder with time. He along with Ravichandran Ashwin saved India from an embarrassing score. Australia is currently leading by 62 runs. But that lead could have been a lot bigger if Axar Patel and Ashwin were not there for India. Honestly, I am not very interested in test cricket. But this match is keeping my interest because I believe we are going to see a result from this test match. If somehow Australia ends up losing this one, I have to say that they would be throwing away a very good chance.

India is fortunate to have so many allrounders - Axar, Ashwin and Jadeja. If they can have one pace-bowling allrounder as well (similar to Sourav Ganguly two decades back, or Vijay Shankar or Venkatesh Iyer in the recent past), then they can become almost impossible to defeat when they play in SENA nations as well. But then, the importance of pace has gone down over the years. Now spin and medium pace are preferred, especially due to the proliferation of T20 leagues. Apart from Cameroon Green and Ben Stokes, we don't have too many pace bowling allrounders in international cricket these days.

[GigaBit]

How many times? How many times this triplet will save top order's ass?
Freaking unbelievable and mighty impressed with Axar-Ashwin. India was in a dire situation but boy o boy they saved us again.
These guys deserve a big raise or some bonus IMO. Aussies will be disappointed, for obvious reasons and now they have to bat with just 1 run lead. I believe anything over 150 chase would be too tough at this deck.

True. It's happening way too often with India across all formats these days. Rahul and Pujara don't deserve any more chances in the test and ODI formats if you ask me. Ashwin and Jadeja are legendary all-rounders while Axar is on his way to becoming one.

Australia started off well in the 2nd innings and I am excited to see who ends up winning this match filled with a plethora of twists.

139/7. And from that, the score was 253/8. Axar Patel has become a better all-rounder with time. He along with Ravichandran Ashwin saved India from an embarrassing score. Australia is currently leading by 62 runs. But that lead could have been a lot bigger if Axar Patel and Ashwin were not there for India. Honestly, I am not very interested in test cricket. But this match is keeping my interest because I believe we are going to see a result from this test match. If somehow Australia ends up losing this one, I have to say that they would be throwing away a very good chance.

Axar Patel has actually proven to be the next Jadeja for the team now. I am no more afraid of what will happen after Jadeja retires or if he is no fitter because Axar is absolutely ready to take his place. Axar just needs to focus more on his bowling right now. Has to become consistent like Jadeja and more disciplined on his approach. He won't get a lot of chances in the team for sure. Because it's a rare thing that India will play with 3 spinners in the team especially when they play outside the subcontinent. So he will soon have to compete with Jadeja for a spot. So he has to make sure even during that time his form remains good.  

Yeap I will also agree with you in this point. Although he is one of the senior among the youngsters, I see him ahead of Jadeja in some formats. Axar Patel's 74-run performance today may have helped India keep Australia close in win probability. And also, the others players   did not perform in batting as well today  and that's why their score wasn't reached to as expected.
Now if they could able to successfully stuck Australia at low score then I think there will be a good chance for winning to them

Just to be remember that, Ravichandran Ashwin, who consider as a bowler in match but played a major role in several international matches for India. He added 37 runs for the team in conditions where some good players could not score runs in this test match. The current scoring trend of both teams address that the score will be lower but that will depend on the dominance of the bowlers. If Australia can be stopped quickly then India team can take the advantage quickly. We can get a better idea after today's condition of the match. If the Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne partnership can be broken quickly, it could be good for India team.

[coinerer]

Australia came down to bat again and managed to accumulate 61 runs for one wicket in 12 overs.  Hope this match will be a fighting match.

India needs to restrict Australia within 280 runs, if not then they have to taste the defeat. Moreover they need to do it as soon as they can. As including today more 3 days are left. They need to make Australia all out till tomorrow’s lunch time, then only Indian team will get sufficient time to chase. In my opinion India should start the bowling attack with the spinners itself from the start, already India have 3 great spinners, Shreyas Iyer can also spin part time. So a good spin attack can really annoy the Australian batsmen. My bet is on India for this match, still anything can happen. Let’s hope for the best.

Australia played very well on the first day and left behind a team like India and the second match started Australia batting now but doubt Australia can score more than India today but Australia are trying hard enough to beat India. India have played very well in T20s and ODIs, but they are still a bit behind in Test matches to stay on top. But since India have good bowlers and batsmen, they can be expected to control the Test match also

[noormcs5]

Australia came down to bat again and managed to accumulate 61 runs for one wicket in 12 overs.  Hope this match will be a fighting match.

India needs to restrict Australia within 280 runs, if not then they have to taste the defeat. Moreover they need to do it as soon as they can. As including today more 3 days are left. They need to make Australia all out till tomorrow’s lunch time, then only Indian team will get sufficient time to chase. In my opinion India should start the bowling attack with the spinners itself from the start, already India have 3 great spinners, Shreyas Iyer can also spin part time. So a good spin attack can really annoy the Australian batsmen. My bet is on India for this match, still anything can happen. Let’s hope for the best.

Australia played very well on the first day and left behind a team like India and the second match started Australia batting now but doubt Australia can score more than India today but Australia are trying hard enough to beat India. India have played very well in T20s and ODIs, but they are still a bit behind in Test matches to stay on top. But since India have good bowlers and batsmen, they can be expected to control the Test match also

Australia is not in deep trouble as they have lost 6 wickets for 95 runs only. The Australia batting lineup collapsed on this first session of the day 3 of this test match.

Marnus Labuschagne , Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb and Pat Cummins all out without troubling the scores. Australia were 95-4 and now they are 95-7. No one expected this collapse. A disappointment batting performance by the Aussie batsmen.

Now, Indian are favorite to win this test match. Perhaps they will win it today. 

[Haunebu]

What the blazing hell! Observed Australia packing up for around 61/1 and woke up sometime earlier and felt shocked to see them score 40 more runs while losing around 6 wickets since then.

It's like Australia gave up completely thanks to the crazy spin duo of Ashwin and Jadeja. Wonder how India will manage without these two in the future.

Edit: They lost their remaining wickets pretty quickly. This game went from an interesting contest to a one-sided affair within a matter of hours. Crazy!

[ilovealtcoins]

Australia came down to bat again and managed to accumulate 61 runs for one wicket in 12 overs.  Hope this match will be a fighting match.

India needs to restrict Australia within 280 runs, if not then they have to taste the defeat. Moreover they need to do it as soon as they can. As including today more 3 days are left. They need to make Australia all out till tomorrow’s lunch time, then only Indian team will get sufficient time to chase. In my opinion India should start the bowling attack with the spinners itself from the start, already India have 3 great spinners, Shreyas Iyer can also spin part time. So a good spin attack can really annoy the Australian batsmen. My bet is on India for this match, still anything can happen. Let’s hope for the best.

Australia played very well on the first day and left behind a team like India and the second match started Australia batting now but doubt Australia can score more than India today but Australia are trying hard enough to beat India. India have played very well in T20s and ODIs, but they are still a bit behind in Test matches to stay on top. But since India have good bowlers and batsmen, they can be expected to control the Test match also

Was Australia's performance good in the first innings? I don't think so. The Indian team lost the seventh wicket for 139 runs. India would have lost all the wickets by 170-180 runs if Australia's bowlers could have done some controlled bowling. But the Australian bowlers cannot do well. And the performance of Australia's batsmen in the second innings was terrible. Australia lost their eighth wicket for 110 runs. And I don't see any chance of Australia winning this match. A target of at least 250+ was required to win against India.

[Vaskiy]

What a session. Australia have faced 19.1 overs scoring just 52 runs losing 9 wickets. Yesterday at the end of day 2 Australia was quite good with 63/1 and today the performance from Jadeja is really awesome taking 7 wickets for 42 runs. Today's session is completed by Jadeja and Ashwin. Lets see what India can do now.

[NicNacCoin]

What a session. Australia have faced 19.1 overs scoring just 52 runs losing 9 wickets. Yesterday at the end of day 3 Australia was quite good with 63/1 and today the performance from Jadeja is really awesome taking 7 wickets for 42 runs. Today's session is completed by Jadeja and Ashwin. Lets see what India can do now.

Day of Jadeja
12.1/1/42/7 means 12.1 overs, 1 maiden, 42 runs ,7 wickets...
What more could happen in an innings for a Test match.  Collecting 7 wickets against a strong team like Australia for just 42 runs will truly be a record in history. Ravindra Jadeja took 10 wickets in a Test. The day was indeed for Ravindra Jadeja. Australia proved to be a much weaker team and they allowed India a lead of just 114 runs. India will definitely win this match if no other forces work.



In the screenshot above Australia's run machine of 95 runs may have been stopped by an alien and the wicket digits were activated. Four wickets fell for 95 runs. This is where Australia's biggest failure was, they couldn't hold the game in defensive mood during the batting disaster.

[WatChe]

What a session. Australia have faced 19.1 overs scoring just 52 runs losing 9 wickets. Yesterday at the end of day 3 Australia was quite good with 63/1 and today the performance from Jadeja is really awesome taking 7 wickets for 42 runs. Today's session is completed by Jadeja and Ashwin. Lets see what India can do now.

Apart from Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne there is no Australian player that is able to reach double figure. India Need just 115 runs to grab the series. Just like other countries struggle on Australian pitches, the same is happening with Australia in this tour. The series so far is dominated by Ashwin and Jadeja bowling. Haven't seen Australian batting so helpless.

[Vaskiy]

What a session. Australia have faced 19.1 overs scoring just 52 runs losing 9 wickets. Yesterday at the end of day 3 Australia was quite good with 63/1 and today the performance from Jadeja is really awesome taking 7 wickets for 42 runs. Today's session is completed by Jadeja and Ashwin. Lets see what India can do now.

Day of Jadeja
12.1/1/42/7 means 12.1 overs, 1 maiden, 42 runs ,7 wickets...
What more could happen in an innings for a Test match.  Collecting 7 wickets against a strong team like Australia for just 42 runs will truly be a record in history. Ravindra Jadeja took 10 wickets in a Test. The day was indeed for Ravindra Jadeja. Australia proved to be a much weaker team and they allowed India a lead of just 114 runs. India will definitely win this match if no other forces work.



In the screenshot above Australia's run machine of 95 runs may have been stopped by an alien and the wicket digits were activated. Four wickets fell for 95 runs. This is where Australia's biggest failure was, they couldn't hold the game in defensive mood during the batting disaster.

Atleast when they weren't able to defend, they should have gone for some big shots. Australia is putting pressure with the spinners and taken the wicket of Rahul. Target is reachable, but we can't predict the outcome. Earlier Australia have defended against India for 93 in the fourth innings in the past.

[Rigon]

Apart from Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne there is no Australian player that is able to reach double figure. India Need just 115 runs to grab the series. Just like other countries struggle on Australian pitches, the same is happening with Australia in this tour. The series so far is dominated by Ashwin and Jadeja bowling. Haven't seen Australian batting so helpless.

So far India need 101 runs to win this series. But India will not be under any pressure to win this series. Hope they can easily win this series with Australia. No one expected Australia to perform so badly in Tests. A very strong team like them were bowled out for just 113 runs which is a very embarrassing performance for Australia.

[JSRAW]

Tbh this Australian inning reminds me of our 36 all out accident, we played some braindead cricket there and the Aussies just returned the favor. Ofc bowling was good in both matches but dumb batting helped in a big way.

Aussies had an advantage when they came out to bat but lost the plot. 150 could've been a great target for a nice contest, it's still a tricky chase but you'll back the Indian team to cross the line.

Also good to see KL taking care of the Australian lead singlehandedly by scoring 1 run.

[noormcs5]

What the blazing hell! Observed Australia packing up for around 61/1 and woke up sometime earlier and felt shocked to see them score 40 more runs while losing around 6 wickets since then.

It's like Australia gave up completely thanks to the crazy spin duo of Ashwin and Jadeja. Wonder how India will manage without these two in the future.

Edit: They lost their remaining wickets pretty quickly. This game went from an interesting contest to a one-sided affair within a matter of hours. Crazy!

This match was totally turned around by the Indian team in their favor. In the future, when we will see the scorecard we shall believe it was another easy win for India but believe me it was not a one sided win. India's team really fought back hard in this match at one time, it seems that India batsmen will fall short of the Australian first innings target of 263.

Remember there are four test matches to be played and we have just completed the first two matches.

With this win, India has won the first two test matches and technically they can not lose this test series and Australians cannot win this test series. High chances are that India will be able to win one out of the remaining two test matches, if not both.

[MoonOfLife]

Apart from Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne there is no Australian player that is able to reach double figure. India Need just 115 runs to grab the series. Just like other countries struggle on Australian pitches, the same is happening with Australia in this tour. The series so far is dominated by Ashwin and Jadeja bowling. Haven't seen Australian batting so helpless.

So far India need 101 runs to win this series. But India will not be under any pressure to win this series. Hope they can easily win this series with Australia. No one expected Australia to perform so badly in Tests. A very strong team like them were bowled out for just 113 runs which is a very embarrassing performance for Australia.

Like the first Test, India continued to dominate the second match. In the second innings, due to Jadeja's excellent bowling, the Australian batsmen could not survive at the crease. Jadeja picked up three wickets in the first innings, but in the second innings, he managed to pick up 7 wickets. With the help of Jadeja, Ashwin, and Axar Patel's excellent performances, India managed to defeat Australia easily. Australian batsmen cannot survive on such a spin-friendly pitch.