Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[YinShuiSiYuan]

It is too early to say but I have a feeling that anything above 400 runs would make it hard for Indian batters. Australia has lost 7 wickets but the they have already scored 422 runs. If the tail enders are able to add an extra 50 runs to the scoreboard then Australia would have a psychological advantage. Smith and Head batted like they won't be a next day. Just look at their SR, head has 93 and Smith has 45. That is very agressive batting by both of them. Expecting Australia's first innings to end today and India to start batting.

Indian ballers should stop Australia from making any more runs and take 3 wickets as quickly as possible because 430 is already a huge trail to follow,  India should start batting today so that can come back stronger in giving lead  and have time margin in hand .
Australia literally surprised everyone with their batting , India definitely didn't have this in mind before choosing to field first.

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[JSRAW]

Australia did lose 4 wickets but they won't be too unhappy with the scorecard. I reckon they have enough runs on the board and another 30-50 runs from here are bonus. 

Indians can only think about damage control and chasing the match, although today they did a fair job and didn't let Australia run away. Job is still not finished tho and they need to wrap up the tail otherwise it would hurt them badly.

[n0ne]

Australia did lose 4 wickets but they won't be too unhappy with the scorecard. I reckon they have enough runs on the board and another 30-50 runs from here are bonus. 

Indians can only think about damage control and chasing the match, although today they did a fair job and didn't let Australia run away. Job is still not finished tho and they need to wrap up the tail otherwise it would hurt them badly.

Day 2, By the end of session 1 Australia have scored 422/7. The tail end is building good partnership, Alex Carey have scored 22* runs and we can expect the innings of Australia to end around 500 runs. Even at this situation Australia is the favourite as the winning probability of India is just 12% which clearly shows that India should try hard to develop partnership. Today India will start the innings and it needs the focus should be much on standing wickets not on scoring big runs.

[MoonOfLife]

Australia did lose 4 wickets but they won't be too unhappy with the scorecard. I reckon they have enough runs on the board and another 30-50 runs from here are bonus. 

Indians can only think about damage control and chasing the match, although today they did a fair job and didn't let Australia run away. Job is still not finished tho and they need to wrap up the tail otherwise it would hurt them badly.

Day 2, By the end of session 1 Australia have scored 422/7. The tail end is building good partnership, Alex Carey have scored 22* runs and we can expect the innings of Australia to end around 500 runs. Even at this situation Australia is the favourite as the winning probability of India is just 12% which clearly shows that India should try hard to develop partnership. Today India will start the innings and it needs the focus should be much on standing wickets not on scoring big runs.

Alex Carey and Pat Cummins are batting very responsibly after losing the seventh wicket for 402 runs. Australia collected 453 runs after losing 7 wickets. And quite a good collection it is. Even if they fail to collect 500 runs, the Australian team will not face many problems. I don't think Australia's innings will stop before 480 runs. The two batsmen at the crease are batting very responsibly. The outcome of the match will depend on how the Indian batsmen bat today. Indian batsmen must play well.

[Haunebu]

469! Damn! India has their work cut out for them. I don't see them giving Australia a lead and they will probably trail behind them by a small margin. Head was the primary reason why they reached this score.

They lost 3 wickets within 100 runs and Head pulled them back up brilliantly along with Smith. Am pretty confident that the target would have been lower if Rohit went with Ashwin instead of Umesh.

[onecall123]

469! Damn! India has their work cut out for them. I don't see them giving Australia a lead and they will probably trail behind them by a small margin. Head was the primary reason why they reached this score.

They lost 3 wickets within 100 runs and Head pulled them back up brilliantly along with Smith....

Travis Head and Steve Smith were the standout performers for Australia, helping to reach 469 despite losing three wickets quickly. It's definitely not a bad target at all, and now the pressure is on the Indian batters because they'll take on the pace of the Australian bowlers.

.... Am pretty confident that the target would have been lower if Rohit went with Ashwin instead of Umesh.

Indian bowling line-up has been facing some criticism lately, especially since Ashwin's drop-off. Despite high expectations, their bowlers haven't been able to deliver what as expected.

[JSRAW]

Bhen Ch*d these guys don't take these WTC Finals seriously at all.

No practice matches before both finals, bas muh utha kar pahuch jayenge IPL se. Really pisses me off despite having so much talent and working their ass off in 2 full cycles they always let down everyone in the finals. Then they will say we lost because of bowling.

No Axar and Ashwin to bail you out so Koach and Puji need to step up big time.

[UmerIdrees]

Bhen Ch*d these guys don't take these WTC Finals seriously at all.

No practice matches before both finals, bas muh utha kar pahuch jayenge IPL se. Really pisses me off despite having so much talent and working their ass off in 2 full cycles they always let down everyone in the finals. Then they will say we lost because of bowling.

No Axar and Ashwin to bail you out so Koach and Puji need to step up big time.

The Super hero of IPL, Mr Gill , who was the most successful batsman in the home series IPL, Shubman Gill hammers highest IPL playoffs score, have you seen him how he got out in this final? He left the bowl which was coming straight to hit the middle stump. lol

The Indian team is tired of playing 2 consecutive months IPL and you have pushed them straight into the Test Final. Please have some mercy on them. They are not Robots, they need some time to do shopping with the money they earned in IPL 

[romero121]

India at the critical situation losing the wicket of Pujara. India have lost its third wicket at 50 runs. Second wicket had taken place same as that of Shubman Gill. Balls were completely misjudged and the ball hits the stump. Rahane have come to the crease, will Kohli and Rahane able to make good partnership to keep the Indian team at the better position. Australia bowlers are at their best, fast bowlers are doing well and there is good swing with the three bowlers (Green, Boland and Cummins).

[Sithara007]

Bhen Ch*d these guys don't take these WTC Finals seriously at all.

No practice matches before both finals, bas muh utha kar pahuch jayenge IPL se. Really pisses me off despite having so much talent and working their ass off in 2 full cycles they always let down everyone in the finals. Then they will say we lost because of bowling.

No Axar and Ashwin to bail you out so Koach and Puji need to step up big time.

Well.. Cheteshwar Pujara was the one who prepared really well for this match. But then he got out to Cameroon Green for just 14 runs. The good news for India is that Mitchell Starc once again looks wayward (picked the crucial wicket of Virat Kohli just now, thanks to an excellent catch from Steve Smith). Pat Cummins was also spraying the ball all around the wicket and it was Scott Boland who turned out to be the best bowler so far for the Australians. India need another 198 runs to avoid the follow on and the are four down at 71/4.

[noormcs5]

Bhen Ch*d these guys don't take these WTC Finals seriously at all.

No practice matches before both finals, bas muh utha kar pahuch jayenge IPL se. Really pisses me off despite having so much talent and working their ass off in 2 full cycles they always let down everyone in the finals. Then they will say we lost because of bowling.

No Axar and Ashwin to bail you out so Koach and Puji need to step up big time.

Well.. Cheteshwar Pujara was the one who prepared really well for this match. But then he got out to Cameroon Green for just 14 runs. The good news for India is that Mitchell Starc once again looks wayward (picked the crucial wicket of Virat Kohli just now, thanks to an excellent catch from Steve Smith). Pat Cummins was also spraying the ball all around the wicket and it was Scott Boland who turned out to be the best bowler so far for the Australians. India need another 198 runs to avoid the follow on and the are four down at 71/4.

Indian first and more important task is to save the follow on. Saving the match is the secondary target, the first mission would be to save the follow on and then see how the match progress. Indian has lost four wickets and I think the loss of Kholi would have created a lot of panic in the Indian dressing room.

Edit:- Rahane just survived as Cummins bowled a no ball and it was detected on the review, otherwise Indian would have lost another wicket.

[Haunebu]

Looks like India's ICC title drought will continue. India could have gotten close to the target or surpassed it if X-factor players like Pant, Axar and Ashwin would have been a part of the lineup, but that sadly didn't happen.

They could have restricted the Australians below 250 if they got Head early, but they messed up. One-sided match at this point.

[LittleBitFunny]

India at the critical situation losing the wicket of Pujara. India have lost its third wicket at 50 runs. Second wicket had taken place same as that of Shubman Gill. Balls were completely misjudged and the ball hits the stump. Rahane have come to the crease, will Kohli and Rahane able to make good partnership to keep the Indian team at the better position. Australia bowlers are at their best, fast bowlers are doing well and there is good swing with the three bowlers (Green, Boland and Cummins).

When Australia batted it felt like a batting-friendly pitch. But now the performance of the Indian batsmen seems to be a completely bowling-friendly pitch. India lost their fifth wicket for 142 runs. It was completely unexpected that India's experienced top-order batsmen would perform so poorly. But Ajinkia Rahane is still at the crease. He is quite an experienced batsman. With Rahane at the crease, India might be able to collect a decent total. But if India loses the wicket of Rahane, they will not be able to collect even 250 runs.

[Gulttam2a2]

India's condition on Day 2 of Test final is very poor. Australia built their huge mountain of runs. India's opening batsmen did not capitalize well. Gill and Rohit Sharma in the opening pair did not score big runs for India. The two opening batsmen went back to the dressing room very early which was very disappointing for India. Like Pujara and Kohli. Even the experienced batsman could not take advantage. Is India going to follow on then? If India wants to avoid follow on, they will have to score 270 runs, which seems impossible for India. No Indian batsman could stand in the face of Australia's bowling cannon.

[coinerer]

India at the critical situation losing the wicket of Pujara. India have lost its third wicket at 50 runs. Second wicket had taken place same as that of Shubman Gill. Balls were completely misjudged and the ball hits the stump. Rahane have come to the crease, will Kohli and Rahane able to make good partnership to keep the Indian team at the better position. Australia bowlers are at their best, fast bowlers are doing well and there is good swing with the three bowlers (Green, Boland and Cummins).

What a great performance from Australia. It is truly unbelievable how much pressure they put on a team like India. Australia set a target of 469 runs against India but meanwhile India lost 5 wickets for only 151 runs. I was very optimistic about India but now I see that India is going to lose the final test match. India is under a lot of pressure today. Because their best batsman is already out. So it doesn't seem possible for them to do anything better. a great player like Shubman Gill gets out with just 13 runs, it's really unfortunate.

[Swordsoffreedom]

India's condition on Day 2 of Test final is very poor. Australia built their huge mountain of runs. India's opening batsmen did not capitalize well. Gill and Rohit Sharma in the opening pair did not score big runs for India. The two opening batsmen went back to the dressing room very early which was very disappointing for India. Like Pujara and Kohli. Even the experienced batsman could not take advantage. Is India going to follow on then? If India wants to avoid follow on, they will have to score 270 runs, which seems impossible for India. No Indian batsman could stand in the face of Australia's bowling cannon.

None of India's first 4 batsmen can collect more than 15 runs. Rohit, Gill, Pujara and Kohli are all very experienced. In such an important match, the team has high expectations from the experienced batsmen. But experienced Indian batsmen played very badly. Now Rahane is at the crease as India's last hope.
India collected 151 runs losing 5 wickets. Rahane and Bharat are batting now. If these two batsmen fail to form a big partnership, the Indian team is going to face big problems. If India collect less than 350 then they are more likely to lose this match.

[LDL]

Bhen Ch*d these guys don't take these WTC Finals seriously at all.

No practice matches before both finals, bas muh utha kar pahuch jayenge IPL se. Really pisses me off despite having so much talent and working their ass off in 2 full cycles they always let down everyone in the finals. Then they will say we lost because of bowling.

No Axar and Ashwin to bail you out so Koach and Puji need to step up big time.

You are very sorry for India's poor batting performance today at WTC, I also did not watch today's match live but also saw the score occasionally on Cricbuzz. Shubman Gill, the most talked about batsman in the recently concluded IPL, performed badly in today's match which Indian cricket fans did not expect. However, despite Rohit Sharma, Pujara, Virat Kohli being expert cricketers in the Test squad, India seemed like an unknown weak team in today's match.

[Gladitorcomeback]

India's condition on Day 2 of Test final is very poor. Australia built their huge mountain of runs. India's opening batsmen did not capitalize well. Gill and Rohit Sharma in the opening pair did not score big runs for India. The two opening batsmen went back to the dressing room very early which was very disappointing for India. Like Pujara and Kohli. Even the experienced batsman could not take advantage. Is India going to follow on then? If India wants to avoid follow on, they will have to score 270 runs, which seems impossible for India. No Indian batsman could stand in the face of Australia's bowling cannon.

Australia batsmen did their job well.  despite of losing early wickets their fourth wicket big partnership make Australia team able to score 400+ Which is considered best score in the first inining. Smith and head both played well. Head wa playing like one day and same case we have seen in the second inining with Jadeja too. the strike rate of both is above 90.

India batsmen failed to save wickets and no one except jadeja scored well. Kohli and shubman gill which was considered best for this format and many indian hopes also failed to bring some partnership. Rehane is fighting against Australia bowlers but i think it's quite difficult for india to score 300 score in the first inining. So far Australia are on the top but this is cricket and anytime sentiment of Match can be changes. tomorrow will be real test for Indian batsmen to score runs without losing wickets.

[ZAINmalik75]

What a great performance from Australia. It is truly unbelievable how much pressure they put on a team like India. Australia set a target of 469 runs against India.

Really impressive piece of performance shown by the Australian batter as they smashed indian top bowler in this crutial full of pressure final, they way indian bolwer start by taking early on wicket I taught they will grab them but long partnership of smith and head runied the momentum which Carry on by indian pacer. But it's good for them as they dismissed them before 500, while from indian side Thier main batter look tired due to consecutive 2 month of IPL which result in quick early dismissal before adding any significant runs in this important match, curry India are in big big trouble the only thing they have to just hold the wicked and build big as possible partnership....

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Bhen Ch*d these guys don't take these WTC Finals seriously at all.

No practice matches before both finals, bas muh utha kar pahuch jayenge IPL se. Really pisses me off despite having so much talent and working their ass off in 2 full cycles they always let down everyone in the finals. Then they will say we lost because of bowling.

No Axar and Ashwin to bail you out so Koach and Puji need to step up big time.

The Super hero of IPL, Mr Gill , who was the most successful batsman in the home series IPL, Shubman Gill hammers highest IPL playoffs score, have you seen him how he got out in this final? He left the bowl which was coming straight to hit the middle stump. lol

The Indian team is tired of playing 2 consecutive months IPL and you have pushed them straight into the Test Final. Please have some mercy on them. They are not Robots, they need some time to do shopping with the money they earned in IPL 

Seriously that was too much for them, they have played long 2 months ipl and now this final . But you know final is a lot about pressure and tension plus there is alot difference between t20 and test matches .
They failed badly in batting and balling both hopefully in 2and innings Indians can come back stronger.