Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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India-Afghanistan 2nd T-20 is about to start soon. I hope Afghanistan performs really well in this encounter and surprises everyone to make the series more entertaining since a whitewash is expected and boring.

I feel they have better chances if they bowl first since they have some explosive batsmen especially lower down the order.

In the first t20 match, Afghanistan did try to perform well. I thought Afghanistan had given a pretty decent target. Of course, when the appointment is in India, anything under 170 is not very safe. And India also proves that very well.  India was able to win the match without any problems in the end. I just expected a better bowling performance from Afghanistan. Afghanistan did get the first week as quickly. But they were unable to do much after that. I think Afghanistan seriously missed the bowling of Rashid Khan. With him, I believe they had a better chance to defend the target. But at the end of the day, it is what it is and you cannot say that as an excuse.

If Afghanistan had batted a little better in the first T20 match of India vs Afghanistan, maybe they would have won the first T20 match against India. Because the bowling line of Afghanistan is very good but in the first T20 match against India we did not see that good bowling from Afghanistan. If Afghanistan want to win against India then they must improve both batting and bowling otherwise they can never win against India.  In the second T20 match like the first T20 match, they will have to try and try to bowl Afghanistan better. If Afghanistan want to win the second T20 match against India they must bowl well and restrict India to few runs otherwise Afghanistan cannot win the second T20 match.

[Sithara007]

Team India will be playing with 2 pace attack bowling side in my opinion so they went with the back up options they already have and this is happening in India the player will be there to replace if someone got injured. I am worried about Bhuvi, he is doing extraordinary in the Ranji since his comeback and he is one of the few bowlers who can swing both sides with high accuracy still haven't been provided an opportunity is a bit disappointing.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar made a comeback to first-class cricket very recently, when he helped Uttar Pradesh to bowl out Bengal for 188. He was playing in Ranji after a long gap of 6 years. Bhuvneshwar returned figures of 22-5-41-8, with Yash Dayal picking up the remaining 2 wickets. He looks to be in prime form, but the selectors have mostly ignored him for national team selection. They are after their favorites such as Avesh Khan. BTW, in the same math Uttar Pradesh got bundled out for just 60. Mohammed Kaif (Mohammed Shami's brother) picked up 4 wickets.

[Jateng]

When was the last time the West Indies performed well against Australia while playing in Oz? I remember a tour two decades back when Ramnaresh Sarwan had his career almost destroyed as a result of poor performance there. And then he got into some ugly spat with McGrath as well. Australian bowlers are deadly while bowling at home. Only a very few opposition batsmen have been successful against them. On top of that, this time West Indies doesn't have a lot of experienced players in their squad.

I also think that West Indies may not win the Test series against Australia but surely West Indies players can give their best if they want to. Because Australia team has some great batsmen and bowling both their batting and bowling are very good so it is expected that Australia will easily win the test series against West Indies. But as the game of cricket is a game of uncertainty if West Indies players can perform well then surely they can turn around in T20 against Australia because West Indies play T20 very well. Let's finally see how well the West Indies team can perform against Australia

I think Australia after winning the World Cup has become a formidable team they win against any team in the wolrd. Their outstanding performance in the Test matches against Pakistan demonstrates their batting power and helps them secure victories. Australian team balanced strength in both batting and bowling, the upcoming series against the West Indies appears promising and beat him if consistency played like against recently test series. Australia is set to qualify for the World Test Championship as long as they maintain their dominance and win against west Indies.

[Sithara007]

I think Australia after winning the World Cup has become a formidable team they win against any team in the wolrd. Their outstanding performance in the Test matches against Pakistan demonstrates their batting power and helps them secure victories. Australian team balanced strength in both batting and bowling, the upcoming series against the West Indies appears promising and beat him if consistency played like against recently test series. Australia is set to qualify for the World Test Championship as long as they maintain their dominance and win against west Indies.

It is only natural that the team with the best 4-day domestic cricket setup in the world (Sheffield Shield) is dominating test cricket. County cricket of England and Plunkett Shield of New Zealand comes next, but they rank lower. Quality of Ranji Trophy cricket in India has seen some improvement in recent times, but the problem is that there are too many teams taking part (38 in total) and the national players almost never participate in these matches. For example, Bhuvneshwar Kumar recently played a match for Uttar Pradesh, after a long gap of 6 years. 

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India-Afghanistan 2nd T-20 is about to start soon. I hope Afghanistan performs really well in this encounter and surprises everyone to make the series more entertaining since a whitewash is expected and boring.

I feel they have better chances if they bowl first since they have some explosive batsmen especially lower down the order.

In the first t20 match, Afghanistan did try to perform well. I thought Afghanistan had given a pretty decent target. Of course, when the appointment is in India, anything under 170 is not very safe. And India also proves that very well.  India was able to win the match without any problems in the end. I just expected a better bowling performance from Afghanistan. Afghanistan did get the first week as quickly. But they were unable to do much after that. I think Afghanistan seriously missed the bowling of Rashid Khan. With him, I believe they had a better chance to defend the target. But at the end of the day, it is what it is and you cannot say that as an excuse.

If Afghanistan had batted a little better in the first T20 match of India vs Afghanistan, maybe they would have won the first T20 match against India. Because the bowling line of Afghanistan is very good but in the first T20 match against India we did not see that good bowling from Afghanistan. If Afghanistan want to win against India then they must improve both batting and bowling otherwise they can never win against India.  In the second T20 match like the first T20 match, they will have to try and try to bowl Afghanistan better. If Afghanistan want to win the second T20 match against India they must bowl well and restrict India to few runs otherwise Afghanistan cannot win the second T20 match.

You are posting this all on wrong place, please go to proper thread and post your views about T20i which are currently playing between India and Afghanistan.

I think Australia after winning the World Cup has become a formidable team they win against any team in the wolrd. Their outstanding performance in the Test matches against Pakistan demonstrates their batting power and helps them secure victories. Australian team balanced strength in both batting and bowling, the upcoming series against the West Indies appears promising and beat him if consistency played like against recently test series. Australia is set to qualify for the World Test Championship as long as they maintain their dominance and win against west Indies.

It is only natural that the team with the best 4-day domestic cricket setup in the world (Sheffield Shield) is dominating test cricket. County cricket of England and Plunkett Shield of New Zealand comes next, but they rank lower. Quality of Ranji Trophy cricket in India has seen some improvement in recent times, but the problem is that there are too many teams taking part (38 in total) and the national players almost never participate in these matches. For example, Bhuvneshwar Kumar recently played a match for Uttar Pradesh, after a long gap of 6 years.  

There is no doubt about this if any country having the best domestic set up they can rule the sport its apply for the all and currently India is having good development but sadly being a big country sometime create more problems for them like we have in India they need to work on to redevelop and bringing more interest for the players with money is enough, but now they need to work on even this is not easy but still they can bring changes which will bring more strength and positivity as they have well established things which are not available in any other Asian country.

[roksana.hee]

There is no doubt about this if any country having the best domestic set up they can rule the sport its apply for the all and currently India is having good development but sadly being a big country sometime create more problems for them like we have in India they need to work on to redevelop and bringing more interest for the players with money is enough, but now they need to work on even this is not easy but still they can bring changes which will bring more strength and positivity as they have well established things which are not available in any other Asian country.

India's well-established foundation is a solid advantage that sets it apart in the Asian context. Harnessing this strength to implement strategic changes can indeed bring about positive outcomes. It's a challenging journey, but with concerted efforts and a focus on holistic development, India has the potential to emerge as a powerhouse in the world of sports.

[fuguebtc]

I think Australia after winning the World Cup has become a formidable team they win against any team in the wolrd. Their outstanding performance in the Test matches against Pakistan demonstrates their batting power and helps them secure victories. Australian team balanced strength in both batting and bowling, the upcoming series against the West Indies appears promising and beat him if consistency played like against recently test series. Australia is set to qualify for the World Test Championship as long as they maintain their dominance and win against west Indies.

It is only natural that the team with the best 4-day domestic cricket setup in the world (Sheffield Shield) is dominating test cricket. County cricket of England and Plunkett Shield of New Zealand comes next, but they rank lower. Quality of Ranji Trophy cricket in India has seen some improvement in recent times, but the problem is that there are too many teams taking part (38 in total) and the national players almost never participate in these matches. For example, Bhuvneshwar Kumar recently played a match for Uttar Pradesh, after a long gap of 6 years. 

Of course, Australia is going to be the best team in test cricket because they have the best setup in domestic cricket. But I think this is going to matter less and less in the future. Especially because shorter formats of cricketers getting more and more popular. I already do not think that just cricket should be a thing in this day and age. But for some reason, ICC believes that it is going to be good to keep test cricket alive. But nothing is as long as just cricket is alive, having a good domestic setup is going to be great for every test-playing nation. And Australia is doing that the best.

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There is no doubt about this if any country having the best domestic set up they can rule the sport its apply for the all and currently India is having good development but sadly being a big country sometime create more problems for them like we have in India they need to work on to redevelop and bringing more interest for the players with money is enough, but now they need to work on even this is not easy but still they can bring changes which will bring more strength and positivity as they have well established things which are not available in any other Asian country.

India's well-established foundation is a solid advantage that sets it apart in the Asian context. Harnessing this strength to implement strategic changes can indeed bring about positive outcomes. It's a challenging journey, but with concerted efforts and a focus on holistic development, India has the potential to emerge as a powerhouse in the world of sports.

In last one-decade Indian cricket is going on another planet with their team is doing amazing in all formats, but sadly their domestic set up is still miserable which is not helpful with they need some revolutionary changes which can bring more investment and better things for the long run even this all is not easy but still all is possible because they are having enough sources for bringing huge changes, but they are having no strategy or mind-set for this all which is surely the biggest problem.

Corruption is their main problem with many cases are happened, but still political influence is not going to have any solution now they need to study about Cricket Australia, and they jump into new vision of their system which will bring good and positive changes and their stars also needed to play these domestic games as well.

[roksana.hee]

It's true that Indian cricket has witnessed remarkable success on the international stage in the last decade. However, your concern about the state of the domestic setup is valid. Developing a strong domestic structure is crucial for sustaining long-term success. I hope Indian cricket will possibly set up their domestic atmosphere soon.

[JSRAW]

Team India will be playing with 2 pace attack bowling side in my opinion so they went with the back up options they already have and this is happening in India the player will be there to replace if someone got injured. I am worried about Bhuvi, he is doing extraordinary in the Ranji since his comeback and he is one of the few bowlers who can swing both sides with high accuracy still haven't been provided an opportunity is a bit disappointing.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar made a comeback to first-class cricket very recently, when he helped Uttar Pradesh to bowl out Bengal for 188. He was playing in Ranji after a long gap of 6 years. Bhuvneshwar returned figures of 22-5-41-8, with Yash Dayal picking up the remaining 2 wickets. He looks to be in prime form, but the selectors have mostly ignored him for national team selection. They are after their favorites such as Avesh Khan. BTW, in the same math Uttar Pradesh got bundled out for just 60. Mohammed Kaif (Mohammed Shami's brother) picked up 4 wickets.

Lol

He played his last test in 2018 and then came his injury. During that time Shami, Ishant, Bumrah and to some extent, Yadav(home) were at their peak as well. Hardik was also in the Test mix. So tell me how was Bhuvi supposed to get a place on the team? It's not like he was bad but other players were performing exceptionally well and he had a habit of picking up injuries every now n then so it also didn't help him.

Recently England Lions played a warm up match against India A. Bharat and Jurel both were part of the playing XI and interestingly the latter was keeping behind the wicket.

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It's true that Indian cricket has witnessed remarkable success on the international stage in the last decade. However, your concern about the state of the domestic setup is valid. Developing a strong domestic structure is crucial for sustaining long-term success. I hope Indian cricket will possibly set up their domestic atmosphere soon.

Indian cricket is only IPL as of now as they have only won twice the ICC ODI World Cup and as for the T20 format, they have won once. The problem with Indian cricket is that it is player centric and not team centric, have you ever heard that this Indian team is the best? It will always be like the cricket player was the reason for the team winning the cup. The problem remains the same with the teams playing in the Indian subcontinent, all of them are always praising a single player or two while Australia does not do it and that is the reason they are successful in winning ICC trophies.

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I think Australia after winning the World Cup has become a formidable team they win against any team in the wolrd. Their outstanding performance in the Test matches against Pakistan demonstrates their batting power and helps them secure victories. Australian team balanced strength in both batting and bowling, the upcoming series against the West Indies appears promising and beat him if consistency played like against recently test series. Australia is set to qualify for the World Test Championship as long as they maintain their dominance and win against west Indies.

It is only natural that the team with the best 4-day domestic cricket setup in the world (Sheffield Shield) is dominating test cricket. County cricket of England and Plunkett Shield of New Zealand comes next, but they rank lower. Quality of Ranji Trophy cricket in India has seen some improvement in recent times, but the problem is that there are too many teams taking part (38 in total) and the national players almost never participate in these matches. For example, Bhuvneshwar Kumar recently played a match for Uttar Pradesh, after a long gap of 6 years.  

Of course, Australia is going to be the best team in test cricket because they have the best setup in domestic cricket. But I think this is going to matter less and less in the future. Especially because shorter formats of cricketers getting more and more popular. I already do not think that just cricket should be a thing in this day and age. But for some reason, ICC believes that it is going to be good to keep test cricket alive. But nothing is as long as just cricket is alive, having a good domestic setup is going to be great for every test-playing nation. And Australia is doing that the best.

op I agree with you because of the way Australia performed in the Test series against Pakistan it is certainly expected that Australia is going to be the best team to play Tests. Since the start of the 2023 World Cup, Australia has performed brilliantly and they have returned home as champions. As soon as the World Cup ended, India played a T20 series, but India won that series. But if we talk about the test series against Pakistan then no doubt Australia batsmen batted well and bowled well due to which they won the three test series against Pakistan. If this win can be maintained and play well, Australia will definitely be the best team in Test cricket in the future.

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op I agree with you because of the way Australia performed in the Test series against Pakistan it is certainly expected that Australia is going to be the best team to play Tests. Since the start of the 2023 World Cup, Australia has performed brilliantly and they have returned home as champions. As soon as the World Cup ended, India played a T20 series, but India won that series. But if we talk about the test series against Pakistan then no doubt Australia batsmen batted well and bowled well due to which they won the three test series against Pakistan. If this win can be maintained and play well, Australia will definitely be the best team in Test cricket in the future.

I don't think even India is actually as good as Australia in the test format to be honest.  Because Australia is the best team when it comes to test cricket in my opinion. Of course India wins matches when they play home matches against almost any team. However Australia is probably the only team that has the most consistent performance in the test format against any team and in both home and away matches. And in recent times australia is also playing really well. I personally don't think Australia is actually the most powerful team in the world right now. I think that might be India. But Australia is better when it comes to team performance. And in test format team performance is the thing that counts the most.

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I don't think even India is actually as good as Australia in the test format to be honest.  Because Australia is the best team when it comes to test cricket in my opinion. Of course India wins matches when they play home matches against almost any team. However Australia is probably the only team that has the most consistent performance in the test format against any team and in both home and away matches. And in recent times australia is also playing really well. I personally don't think Australia is actually the most powerful team in the world right now. I think that might be India. But Australia is better when it comes to team performance. And in test format team performance is the thing that counts the most.

Okay 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/team-series-results/border-gavaskar-trophy-6

[MusaPk]

Okay 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/team-series-results/border-gavaskar-trophy-6

Indians have a good test record in Australia because they have some genuine test players like kohli and sharma in there squad. Shubman Gill is new addition in there test squad who is young and can play for many years to come. It's unfair to say that India is not as good as Australia in test format. Aussies might have some edge but as you showed the stats, India have good command over Australia in test.

[JSRAW]

Okay 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/team-series-results/border-gavaskar-trophy-6

Indians have a good test record in Australia because they have some genuine test players like kohli and sharma in there squad. Shubman Gill is new addition in there test squad who is young and can play for many years to come. It's unfair to say that India is not as good as Australia in test format. Aussies might have some edge but as you showed the stats, India have good command over Australia in test.

India is only piss poor in knockouts be it WC or WTC. They lost both finals against Australia, so they only have an edge in Knockout games.

Otherwise, in tests particularly, Indians have beaten them fair and square for about a decade now. This might change in the upcoming BGT trophy because the Indian batting lineup is entering into transition mode. A fair amount of young blood is coming but they need experience.

People always forget that in the last 7-8 years, India has been the only team to taste any sort of success in away tours and ridiculously dominating at home.

[savetheFORUM]

I don't think even India is actually as good as Australia in the test format to be honest.  Because Australia is the best team when it comes to test cricket in my opinion. Of course India wins matches when they play home matches against almost any team. However Australia is probably the only team that has the most consistent performance in the test format against any team and in both home and away matches. And in recent times australia is also playing really well. I personally don't think Australia is actually the most powerful team in the world right now. I think that might be India. But Australia is better when it comes to team performance. And in test format team performance is the thing that counts the most.

Everyone is going with his own method of judgement about teams with overall things are never been on same level like Indians having their own system for going into this and other countries are having their own system of statics recently we have Indians performance was good in Australia, and they won few series as well which is giving good advantage to them but still things are not favorable for them overall because they are having no performance like we have from Australia in all countries which is big advantage for them.

Australians are having world's best system which is giving them players which are able to perform in all conditions and environments and Indians are lacking into this which is surely a problem for them and if we check overall performance then also Australians are best in business.

[JSRAW]

I don't think even India is actually as good as Australia in the test format to be honest.  Because Australia is the best team when it comes to test cricket in my opinion. Of course India wins matches when they play home matches against almost any team. However Australia is probably the only team that has the most consistent performance in the test format against any team and in both home and away matches. And in recent times australia is also playing really well. I personally don't think Australia is actually the most powerful team in the world right now. I think that might be India. But Australia is better when it comes to team performance. And in test format team performance is the thing that counts the most.

Everyone is going with his own method of judgement about teams with overall things are never been on same level like Indians having their own system for going into this and other countries are having their own system of statics recently we have Indians performance was good in Australia, and they won few series as well which is giving good advantage to them but still things are not favorable for them overall because they are having no performance like we have from Australia in all countries which is big advantage for them.

Australians are having world's best system which is giving them players which are able to perform in all conditions and environments and Indians are lacking into this which is surely a problem for them and if we check overall performance then also Australians are best in business.

Why would you say that?

In the Last 2 year, Australia played 2 away and 3 home series. India has played 1 home and 4 away series.

Australia's last 5 Test Series : 2 Away series and 3 Home series

Away series against India: Australia lost
Away series against England: Draw
Home series against PAK: Australia Won
Home series against Windies: Australia Won
Home series against SA: Australia Won

India's Last 5 Test Series : 4 Away series and 1 Home series

Away Test series against ENG : Draw
Away Test series against BAN : India Won
Away Test series against SA : Draw
Away Test series against WI : India won
Home Test series against Aus : India Won

[JunaidAzizi]

Australians are having world's best system which is giving them players which are able to perform in all conditions and environments and Indians are lacking into this which is surely a problem for them if we check overall performance then also Australians are best in business.

Yeah, you are right every person has their own opinion and judgment about the teams but if looking at the statistics we found Australia the best team in the test format. Australia and India played Many matches and mostly Australia won the matches.
Today I saw a video on YouTube which was a few months ago but it's not a big deal because nothing gonna change that much that causes one team and the other down. In the video, I saw that Australia has a win rate of 47.50% while India has 30.15% which shows that Australia is better than India. There are many other things in the video here I am giving the link of the video so you can confirm it or any other person wants to check.

[WatChe]

Yeah, you are right every person has their own opinion and judgment about the teams but if looking at the statistics we found Australia the best team in the test format. Australia and India played Many matches and mostly Australia won the matches.
Today I saw a video on YouTube which was a few months ago but it's not a big deal because nothing gonna change that much that causes one team and the other down. In the video, I saw that Australia has a win rate of 47.50% while India has 30.15% which shows that Australia is better than India. There are many other things in the video here I am giving the link of the video so you can confirm it or any other person wants to check.

Test importance is declining because of too much T20 otherwise test is the proper cricket. Right now Australia is number 1 test team while India is number 2 in test format with little point difference. Australia are number one in test because they pay much attention to this format. There is BBL going on in Australia but there players including Warner were playing test series against Pakistan. While Pakistan main bowler Haris Rauf preferred playing BBL instead of Test series and result is 3-0 victory for Australia.