Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Swordsoffreedom]

India has already lost 5 wickets after meeting the target of 246 runs. Although the batsmen of the Indian team have batted well due to which they are batting to give a good lead so far. Srikar Bharat and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease at the moment will surely score good runs. If India can give a lead of 250+ on the second day then there is definitely a chance of winning, and if they give England less than that then there is a chance of India losing. If batsmen like KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal present at the crease can form a partnership then win is possible. At the moment the Indian team has given a lead of 67 runs, they can definitely collect a good score if they perform well in the end.

Yashasvi Jaiswal made 80 runs today and he is only playing well in India and other country pitches his hands cannot six or four with their bat even though he was out at under 30 runs and on foreign pitches he going to waste the balls, he played well just a time against Australia in India and after that match, he playing well in today's match and Afghanistan series he also don't play, I know Afghanistan series was also playing at India but he also not performed well on that but he played good in his country pitches, and as he performed in his country pitch if he played like that in all so we can see him at World Cup, but before World Cup we have IPL so we can check his performance on that.

England should have kept Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid in the squad for this Test match. The pitch was completely spin friendly. The Indian bowlers utilized this opportunity very well. Despite having experienced bowlers like Mohammad Siraj and Bumrah in the Indian squad, the Indian captain has used his spin bowlers. And they succeeded. If Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid were in England's squad, maybe the Indian batsmen would not have batted so well. Because these two bowlers are very experienced. And they are capable of bowling well on Indian pitches too.
However, India have already taken a lead of 175 runs. I think the chances of the match being a draw are very low. England will probably concede a humiliating defeat in this match.

[Haunebu]

The current Indian lineup was expected to bat deep and they have proven that in style. Jadeja and Axar are helping India push past the 200+ runs lead which could have probably reached 250+ runs if Ashwin hadn't gotten run out.

Also, West Indies messed up as usual. Carey, Cummins and Khawaja played well. Luck was on Carey's side when he survived thanks to the bails not falling though.

[MusaPk]

In the first match, Australia defeated West Indies by 10 wickets. That is why we all thought that in the second match too we will see the dominance of Australian players. But we haven't seen enough good performances from the Australian players.

Apart from Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey, none of Australia's top-order and middle-order batsmen can bat better. Due to the bad batting of the top order, the team faced big problems at the beginning of the innings. At the end of 41 overs, Australia managed to collect 207 runs after losing 7 wickets. Australia is still behind West Indies by 104 runs.

Pat Cummins and Usman Khawaja are now at the crease. If the pair of these two batsmen is prolonged, Australia may be able to collect 260-280 runs.

Good recovery by WI in their first innings after losing half of the batting lineup for just 64.  There is 149 runs partnership between Hodge and Joshua that did the job for WI. In reply Aussies also lost half of there batting line for just 54 runs. I don’t understand the logic of declaring the innings or 289 runs. West Indies must try to score over 300 runs in there second innings to remain in the contest.

[noormcs5]

It's been a tough day for England in Hyderabad. India is currently at the top, 175 runs ahead of England at the end of Day 2. This isn't particularly surprising or exciting. England struggles in these conditions, lacking a quality spinner to capitalize on the opportunity. There's no variation, and it seems unlikely to change the situation at this stage. It's all over but bat ruling, therefore India will continue their batting on Day 3.

As you know yesterday, the Indian team was doing balling and they did very good bowling and due to their bowling, they all out the England team in just 246 runs in the first day. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets, and those two wickets were the wickets of Ben Stokes and Rehan Ahmed, and Ben Stokes was the most important wicket picked by Jasprit Bumrah because, at the end of this innings, he was the only player in their team who is the batsmen otherwise whole team was out, and if Ben Stokes was not out so Jacks was out.

At the end of the second day's play, India trailed England by 175 runs. The two batsmen who are unbeaten on the wicket now both have good batting skills and it will not be a surprise if these two batsmen score centuries. India are leading by 175 runs so far and it is being said that this wicket pair may add another 100 runs. If this wicket pair can score another 150 to 200 runs, then India will have a chance of winning this match by an innings. Since they still have three wickets in hand, I think that India will be able to collect several more runs. Day by day this Test match is getting tougher for England. Perhaps the equation of this match will be more difficult for England on the third day.

Joe Root took 2 wickets for Yashasvi Jaiswal and Srikar Bharat, and these both wickets are important for England because if Jaiswal was not out so it would be a dangerous fear thing for England bowlers but when we have Joe Root so what is danger or fear from Indian team. Jaiswal played very well in this match, he was too close to his century just 20 runs more needed for a century but it's bad luck is also here, and he made 80 runs at 74 runs, and now we are come Bharat, and he played not too well but if he standing for some more time so maybe he can make 60 or 70 runs.

[MusaPk]

As you know yesterday, the Indian team was doing balling and they did very good bowling and due to their bowling, they all out the England team in just 246 runs in the first day. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets, and those two wickets were the wickets of Ben Stokes and Rehan Ahmed, and Ben Stokes was the most important wicket picked by Jasprit Bumrah because, at the end of this innings, he was the only player in their team who is the batsmen otherwise whole team was out, and if Ben Stokes was not out so Jacks was out.

India are rock solid on there home ground and its evident from current test match stats. England were bowled out for just 246 and Ben Stokes was the highest run scorer with 70 runs. India on day 2 stumps are 421/7 and they lead by 175 runs. There is unbeaten 63 runs partnership between Jadeja and Axer Patel. Indians are in position to take lead to 250, even with 200 runs lead India will be in commanding position for rest of the match.

[JSRAW]

The current Indian lineup was expected to bat deep and they have proven that in style. Jadeja and Axar are helping India push past the 200+ runs lead which could have probably reached 250+ runs if Ashwin hadn't gotten run out.

True, England are lucky that Anna got run out otherwise things could have been more depressing for them as he's a proper batter on turners. 

200 lead looks like an almost done deal and at the same time Jaddu should be a little selfish as well, he has a good chance of scoring 100 here and should not throw this opportunity as Test 100s never come easy. He has a bad habit of throwing his wicket the next day whenever he sees off a day brilliantly.

[Compromise me]

As you know yesterday, the Indian team was doing balling and they did very good bowling and due to their bowling, they all out the England team in just 246 runs in the first day. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets, and those two wickets were the wickets of Ben Stokes and Rehan Ahmed, and Ben Stokes was the most important wicket picked by Jasprit Bumrah because, at the end of this innings, he was the only player in their team who is the batsmen otherwise whole team was out, and if Ben Stokes was not out so Jacks was out.

India are rock solid on there home ground and its evident from current test match stats. England were bowled out for just 246 and Ben Stokes was the highest run scorer with 70 runs. India on day 2 stumps are 421/7 and they lead by 175 runs. There is unbeaten 63 runs partnership between Jadeja and Axer Patel. Indians are in position to take lead to 250, even with 200 runs lead India will be in commanding position for rest of the match.

India played a brilliant innings in the match against England in which they showed excellence especially in both bowling and batting.  India set a huge target in front of England by scoring 421 runs in this innings.

 The Indian team bowled out the entire England team for 246 runs with a smart bowling performance.  In this match India gave a solid and dominant performance, improving their position in the inning.

[Bitcoin Smith]

The current Indian lineup was expected to bat deep and they have proven that in style. Jadeja and Axar are helping India push past the 200+ runs lead which could have probably reached 250+ runs if Ashwin hadn't gotten run out.

True, England are lucky that Anna got run out otherwise things could have been more depressing for them as he's a proper batter on turners. 

200 lead looks like an almost done deal and at the same time Jaddu should be a little selfish as well, he has a good chance of scoring 100 here and should not throw this opportunity as Test 100s never come easy. He has a bad habit of throwing his wicket the next day whenever he sees off a day brilliantly.

I hope he will score his ton tomorrow, after looking at England bowling attack they look helpless, and I can't tolerate watching 5 game series if these are their front line bowlers from a country where cricket is originated. Finally, a part timer Joe root is the best of their spin bowling attack. I hope this match won't last beyond 3rd day because the result is so obvious but what England can do better if they want to fight back?

As of now, this series looks 5-0 to me.

[dezoel]

India are rock solid on there home ground and its evident from current test match stats. England were bowled out for just 246 and Ben Stokes was the highest run scorer with 70 runs. India on day 2 stumps are 421/7 and they lead by 175 runs. There is unbeaten 63 runs partnership between Jadeja and Axer Patel. Indians are in position to take lead to 250, even with 200 runs lead India will be in commanding position for rest of the match.

India played a brilliant innings in the match against England in which they showed excellence especially in both bowling and batting.  India set a huge target in front of England by scoring 421 runs in this innings.

 The Indian team bowled out the entire England team for 246 runs with a smart bowling performance.  In this match India gave a solid and dominant performance, improving their position in the inning.

In first two days we have completely control of India in this match today nothing positive for the English bowlers and their young spinners suffer badly just Jack Leach have something good, but this was not enough with Joe Root also done good job as he uses his experience and take few important wickets 200+ is enough for the India to have big won in this first match of the series with most chances we will have this match ended in three days because situation is completely under control for the Indian team and England batsmen can't do anything against these spin bowlers.

Now just Jadu's century is important thing otherwise India can declare their inning at any time this 63 runs partnership is going to be vital for them with still we can expect 50+ runs from them as both are playing impressive batting.

[DanWalker]

The current Indian lineup was expected to bat deep and they have proven that in style. Jadeja and Axar are helping India push past the 200+ runs lead which could have probably reached 250+ runs if Ashwin hadn't gotten run out.

True, England are lucky that Anna got run out otherwise things could have been more depressing for them as he's a proper batter on turners. 
200 lead looks like an almost done deal and at the same time Jaddu should be a little selfish as well, he has a good chance of scoring 100 here and should not throw this opportunity as Test 100s never come easy. He has a bad habit of throwing his wicket the next day whenever he sees off a day brilliantly.

I hope he will score his ton tomorrow, after looking at England bowling attack they look helpless, and I can't tolerate watching 5 game series if these are their front line bowlers from a country where cricket is originated. Finally, a part timer Joe root is the best of their spin bowling attack. I hope this match won't last beyond 3rd day because the result is so obvious but what England can do better if they want to fight back?
As of now, this series looks 5-0 to me.

If Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali were in the squad then probably we would not have seen such bad bowling by England and India would not have been able to take such a big lead. However, the match would have been very competitive had it not been a spin-friendly pitch.

They will play 5 matches in this series. And with such an inexperienced squad, it is much more difficult to defeat a strong team like India on Indian soil. England's batting order is not weak. But they failed to play well in the first innings. If the pitch in the upcoming matches is not spin friendly then I think we will see a good innings from England. And the matches will also become more competitive.

[Essential10]

Australia vs West Indies
West Indies bowlers continue to bowl brilliantly today in the second Test match between Australia and West Indies. In the first innings of this test match West Indies batted first and collected 311 runs which was a very good score for them.

Australia came out to bat in their first innings today and lost their seven valuable wickets for just 182 runs. Usman Khawaja is still batting for Australia and is unbeaten on 48 runs. Alzarri Joseph of the West Indies team has shown great all-round skills in this test match. Alzarri Joseph scored 32 runs off 22 balls while batting and while bowling he took three wickets today but another three wickets were taken by his teammate Kemar Roach.

Can we then assume that the West Indies team is going to win this Test match against Australia and the series is going to draw 1-1.

In the first innings, West Indies managed to add 45 runs on the second day. The way West Indies came back from 5 wickets down in the first innings is truly commendable. Australia started to bat in their first innings and lost one wicket after another, losing 5 wickets to score 54 runs. Khawaja kept one end and he scored 73 runs. Also Alex Carey collect on 65 runs, Cummins unbeaten collect 64 runs. Australia declared their innings trailing by 22 runs after the team score reached 289-9. Last hour, West Indies lost a wickets collect  thirteen runs in the second innings. It's only been two days of the game, I think the game is at fifty-fifty positions. When tomorrow's game is over, it's pretty predictable who will win.

[Haunebu]

200 lead looks like an almost done deal and at the same time Jaddu should be a little selfish as well, he has a good chance of scoring 100 here and should not throw this opportunity as Test 100s never come easy. He has a bad habit of throwing his wicket the next day whenever he sees off a day brilliantly.

Agreed. Jadeja is playing so well after quite sometime which is why it would be great to see him score a century especially after seeing Jaiswal and Rahul get pretty close to the mark earlier on.

Also, Rahul is flying high these days thanks to his consistently great performances in all formats. What a player!

[Justin999]

In India vs England 1st test, i couldn't imagine india would paly so excellent. I mean every player of them did excellent performance. KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal all of these three player scored more than 80+ runs and Ravindra Jadeja still not out. And he also got 3 wickets. Maybe we could, Such a brilliant all-rounder to make 1st century from his bat tomorrow. And india's total collection is 427 run and still 3 wickets in hand. Ben stoke from England did 70 runs and all played as below avarage. Well I'm excited about watching india, how high they can make as target...

[Sithara007]

In India vs England 1st test, i couldn't imagine india would paly so excellent. I mean every player of them did excellent performance. KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal all of these three player scored more than 80+ runs and Ravindra Jadeja still not out. And he also got 3 wickets. Maybe we could, Such a brilliant all-rounder to make 1st century from his bat tomorrow. And india's total collection is 427 run and still 3 wickets in hand. Ben stoke from England did 70 runs and all played as below avarage. Well I'm excited about watching india, how high they can make as target...

Well.. it was expected. Indians are almost invincible while playing at home. Only team that can challenge them in India is Australia. But even they struggled last time when they visited India. And this time England was without experienced bowlers. Only Mark Wood was there as the pacer, and he looked exhausted. Spin was handled by Jack Leach and the inexperienced duo of Tom Hartley/Rehan Ahmed, with Joe Root chipping in. But none of them were able to trouble the Indian batsmen. India looks set for a 500 plus total.

[ThemePen]

In India vs England 1st test, i couldn't imagine india would paly so excellent. I mean every player of them did excellent performance. KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal all of these three player scored more than 80+ runs and Ravindra Jadeja still not out. And he also got 3 wickets. Maybe we could, Such a brilliant all-rounder to make 1st century from his bat tomorrow. And india's total collection is 427 run and still 3 wickets in hand. Ben stoke from England did 70 runs and all played as below avarage. Well I'm excited about watching india, how high they can make as target...

That was really an excellent performance by Indian team. The main thing which I was noticing that no one Indian player go above 100 runs means no one made century and the wholw score went above 400+ runs. Means this is showing that every player is playing hos role. The score is not depending on one player. Mostly we see that one player played well in the team and pull the score to high but here case is different three players made 80+ runs. Overall India played really well. Still they have three wickets remaining.

[Nrcewker]

In India vs England 1st test, i couldn't imagine india would paly so excellent. I mean every player of them did excellent performance. KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal all of these three player scored more than 80+ runs and Ravindra Jadeja still not out. And he also got 3 wickets. Maybe we could, Such a brilliant all-rounder to make 1st century from his bat tomorrow. And india's total collection is 427 run and still 3 wickets in hand. Ben stoke from England did 70 runs and all played as below avarage. Well I'm excited about watching india, how high they can make as target...

I think India will play till lunch today. They will try to add more 80-100 runs and will declare their innings.Moreover they will also need to make the England team all out before tomorrow in order to win the match. It will be really exciting to watch the match according to me. If Jadeja plays well like this then definitely he will make his century complete. He just needs a good partnership now. Today’s innings will be really fun.

[HelliumZ]

The current Indian lineup was expected to bat deep and they have proven that in style. Jadeja and Axar are helping India push past the 200+ runs lead which could have probably reached 250+ runs if Ashwin hadn't gotten run out.

Also, West Indies messed up as usual. Carey, Cummins and Khawaja played well. Luck was on Carey's side when he survived thanks to the bails not falling though.

Getting run out in a Test match is really sad especially if Ravichandran Ashwin had not been unfortunately run out in yesterday's match then Jadeja+Ashwin pair would have added several more runs to the Indian score. But now Jadeja and Axar Patel have a partnership of 63 runs which has helped the Indian team to score 400 plus runs and give a lead of 175 runs. But if Jadeja and Axar Patel can remain unbeaten in the first session on the third day today, I think they will be able to give a lead of 250 runs very easily.

[Patrol69]

With England's first innings runs and India's brilliant start in contrast, it has been a tough challenge for England's bowlers to keep them within a few runs in the first innings. Since India have lost just one wicket so far and have set batsmen on the wicket, it is expected that India's first innings total will cross 350 plus. If India can score 350 plus runs in their first innings then India will be 100 runs ahead of England at the end of the first innings and in the next innings England will have to score twice as many runs as the first innings but in the first test match against India England will have to target 200 plus runs. The equation I talked about is a difficult one for England because they have to bowl well along with batting well. The plus point for India is if they can finish with a 100 run lead then the second innings and this match will be much easier for them.

India's batting is better than England in this test match. England scored only 246 runs in the first innings as India fell under the spin attack.On the other hand, when India came out to bat first, their captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed for just 24 but from there Jaswal has been batting patiently till now he is unbeaten on 76 runs.At such a stage, India has collected a total of 119 runs, in return for one wicket, India still needs to collect 127 runs.

At the end of the second day's play, India trailed England by 175 runs. The two batsmen who are unbeaten on the wicket now both have good batting skills and it will not be a surprise if these two batsmen score centuries. India are leading by 175 runs so far and it is being said that this wicket pair may add another 100 runs. If this wicket pair can score another 150 to 200 runs, then India will have a chance of winning this match by an innings. Since they still have three wickets in hand, I think that India will be able to collect several more runs. Day by day this Test match is getting tougher for England. Perhaps the equation of this match will be more difficult for England on the third day.

India's performance is very good and they are collecting runs in the first innings which England can do in two innings.  While England lost all their wickets by 246 runs, India scored 421 runs but they still have three wickets left to play. so it is assumed that India will cross 500 runs in the first innings itself. so India is very likely to beat England by a huge margin in this Test match. India plays very well, it is their regular activity but in today's match they are collecting more runs than expected. this will give India a super win

If India can get off to a good start on the third day and play till the middle of the third day then India will be ahead by enough runs. And with this substantial run lead, India will have a great chance to chase down England. As per the aggressive counter bowling by the Indian bowlers in the first innings, it can be assumed that the second innings is going to be more difficult for the England batsmen. It is normal for a team to bat as smoothly as they can in the first innings but not at all in the second innings because the behavior of the wicket is different and it becomes very difficult for the batsmen to bat on that wicket. It must be difficult for the England batsmen to deal with the counter attack that India's first bowlers have. 
Let's see if India can beat England by innings.

[Sithara007]

Anyone following West Indies vs Australia? A lot was talked about Tagenarine Chanderpaul before this series. But so far has has turned out to be a big disappointment. In the first test, he got out for 6 and 0. And in the second test he made 21 and 4. He has made a total of 31 runs from 4 innings. Two decades ago, Ramnaresh Sarwan had a similar disastrous tour of Australia. Tagenarine's struggles remind me of that era. Anyway, West Indies has performed better than what was expected from them so far in the second test.

[Bureau]

Anyone following West Indies vs Australia? A lot was talked about Tagenarine Chanderpaul before this series. But so far has has turned out to be a big disappointment. In the first test, he got out for 6 and 0. And in the second test he made 21 and 4. He has made a total of 31 runs from 4 innings. Two decades ago, Ramnaresh Sarwan had a similar disastrous tour of Australia. Tagenarine's struggles remind me of that era. Anyway, West Indies has performed better than what was expected from them so far in the second test.

I am not following the test series as the result for the second test would be similar to the first. After you pointed out that West Indies has played better in this test, I check the scoreboard and saw them having a lead of 120 rus. The first innings was better than the the first test, first innings. Anyways the outcome would be same as Australia will be able to win the second test comfortably.