Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[BitcoinsGreat]

England faces a target of 332 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand. Their aggressive approach and resilience give me confidence that they can chase down this target. While it promises to be a thrilling chase, there's also the possibility of India making a comeback. The runs on the board are defendable, and it's crucial for the bowlers, especially Bumrah, to take regular wickets. Ashwin has been relatively quiet this series, so Bumrah becomes the key bowler. If England can handle Bumrah and see him off, victory is likely for them.

According to the current situation, the England team had a very good chance to win and this time they were fully prepared against Indian pacers and spinners. Remember that, if England wins this match so they win the series, I know it's a series of 5 matches but when India can't win the first 2 matches and struggles in it of course in the next matches their performance will be the same.

[JSRAW]

Clearly, India's session by a mile but Jeez what a roller coaster!

Poms didn't hold for a bit and kept scoring at a ridiculous rate despite losing wickets but the last 2 quick wickets of Crawley and Bairstow made India the favorite now. England needs another heroic from skipper Stokes and he'll be against Bumrah after lunch and his tail is up with Bairstow's wicket.

[BitcoinsGreat]

In the 2nd Test match between India and England team, India team came to bat in the 1st innings and scored 396 runs in 112 overs. In the 1st innings, the batsmen of the India team batted very well. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 209 runs off 290 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal did a very good batting in the batting  For India team was able to score so many runs in the 1st Innings.

If England will win then they had a very great chance or opportunity would you like to say come to them and then they can also whitewash to Indian team but at the same time, 3 matches are still left after this match so India can at least win a match and they should because if they whitewashed so they whitewashed in their home.
Anyways England lost two quick wickets just before the lunch, making this match more tilted towards India.

[Publictalk792]

England faces a target of 332 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand. Their aggressive approach and resilience give me confidence that they can chase down this target. While it promises to be a thrilling chase, there's also the possibility of India making a comeback. The runs on the board are defendable, and it's crucial for the bowlers, especially Bumrah, to take regular wickets. Ashwin has been relatively quiet this series, so Bumrah becomes the key bowler. If England can handle Bumrah and see him off, victory is likely for them.

According to the current situation, the England team had a very good chance to win and this time they were fully prepared against Indian pacers and spinners. Remember that, if England wins this match so they win the series, I know it's a series of 5 matches but when India can't win the first 2 matches and struggles in it of course in the next matches their performance will be the same.

It's true that England has a good chance to win the match and maybe the series, but it's too early to say they will definitely win based on India's performance in the first two matches. India is a strong team and can analyze their weaknesses and improve their game. And now you can see the current situation of the match England has made 196 runs and have lost 6 wickets. They need 205 runs to win this test match. And I think England is going more weaker and they will not be able to win this match.

[libert19]

194-6, ok finally I have lost hopes on England. Ben Stokes just came on crease, and after him Foakes and Hartley can bat but still a huge chase left of 205 runs. Crawley's wicket was fatal blow to England.

Tbh you could hope on Stokes to play good innings and he's mighty player no doubt but even he's struggling against Bumrah

[noormcs5]

Excellent recovery from Afghanistan side in second innings. On stumps day 3, Afghanistan lead by 42 runs and they still have 9 wickets in hand. Ibrahim Zadran scored his first test hundred and is still on crease with Rehmat Shah. Sri Lanka need to get rid of them as quickly as possible to stop Afghanistan from extending lead beyond 250. Afghanistan openers have done a decent job, now it responsibility of middle order to capitalise on that early advantage. 

When the test was started, on that time in early Sri Lanka team played very well and at this time, they played much better than the old. First, they did bowling which didn't allow to Afghanistan to make 200 and all out on 198, and in the result of 198 they gave 439, and this target gave a very good lead to Sri Lanka but now the Afghanistan team came in the lead but the lead came was not any value because they had a lead of 8 runs which didn't have any value,

And they also left just 4 wickets and tomorrow is the last day of this test so the better thing for Afghanistan is that they take innings and draw it because if they declare so they can't do bowl well so the best decision is to draw the match for Afghanistan because at this time, the match was gone from the hands of Afghanistan.

[Patrol69]

It must be said that the Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly against the England batsmen on the fourth day. England have lost 5 wickets in the second session where they had one wicket yesterday which means England now have only four wickets left where they still need to score 200 plus runs to win. It is very difficult for England to score 200 plus runs against a strong bowling line-up like India with four late wickets. At this stage of the match I feel this match will go in India's favor and India is still in a driving position in this match. If the England batsmen don't hold on, they are likely to be all out quickly. If India wins this match, they will return to parity with England.

[Popkon6]

It must be said that the Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly against the England batsmen on the fourth day. England have lost 5 wickets in the second session where they had one wicket yesterday which means England now have only four wickets left where they still need to score 200 plus runs to win. It is very difficult for England to score 200 plus runs against a strong bowling line-up like India with four late wickets. At this stage of the match I feel this match will go in India's favor and India is still in a driving position in this match. If the England batsmen don't hold on, they are likely to be all out quickly. If India wins this match, they will return to parity with England.

England team is now facing huge pressure after losing six wickets. England had plenty of chances to keep this match under control, but the team is now under pressure due to the fall of extra wickets. Stokes (captain) and Foakes (WK) are the two batsmen currently at the crease and if they can perform well today, they can definitely lead their team to victory. Now England team needs to collect 189 runs, so far England team has collected 210 runs for 6 wickets. The two batsmen who are performing in the current position are likely to go if they can perform for a long time.

[vennali]

The last 2 dedicated batsmen remain for England and the partnership is crucial if they still have any hopes left to get a result in the match. Really good chances for India to win the match and level the series. Can't take away the credit to this English lineup that managed to win the first test in India though. Not an easy task but they have bought their own set of spinners and making it work.

In the other test between New Zealand and South Africa, New Zealand made a massive total of 511 in the first innings and now, The South Africans have come in to bat but are crumbling to the Kiwi quicks as the score stands at 80/4.

[Haunebu]

All eyes on Stokes at the moment who can change things drastically as long as he doesn't get out. Am still expecting the Indians win by 100+ runs though through Bumrah and Ashwin.

Also, Rachin freaking Ravindra! What a class act. 240 runs despite coming against a weak South African side is still something special.

[libert19]

Stokes gone, it was sad to see him getting run-out though, with him goes the remnant chances for England to win this match.

[roksana.hee]

Day 2 - South Africa trail by 431 runs. 431 runs is a good lead for the New Zealand team. Rachin Ravindra is the protagonist of the executive score. Also, he gains a double century for his career. 240 runs from 366 balls. South African's team did fight against Rachin Ravindra. His batting was very attractive against South Africa. I hope next inning he will do a double again. Best of luck.

[elevates]

7 gone 2 more to go and the lower order is not just trying to bore everyone. Mukesh Kumar again being costly and has been removed by Rohit in the second innings. He is not going to get another chance as he got this time. I feel Bharat would be now saying bye-bye forever, he does not bat well, is not a good WC, and does not take any calls for DRS. If anyone out of the two batters gets out then it is the end of this test as the last two batters are bowlers.

[Bd officer]

Sri Lanka played brilliantly in their first innings and their run tally went up nicely.  But Afghanistan failed to complete their first innings in just two innings.  Now Afghanistan will have to show their best bowling performance to have a chance to get back into the match.  They will need their bowlers to stick to the right line and length and keep the Sri Lankan batsmen under pressure.  If Afghanistan improve their bowling they can turn the match around.  Hopefully, their bowling unit will be consistent and composed allowing them to stop the Sri Lankan players.

Afghanistan team bowled out for 198 runs in first innings and in second innings they are 199/1. There is excellent recovery from Afghanistan team in second innings and now they have a lead of 42 runs. Afghanistan must try to retain wickets and should not start losing wickets on 4th day. Sri Lankans must be worried that they are not getting wickets in second innings and they will definitely attack Afghanistan tomorrow. It will be interesting to see who will dominate first session of tomorrow play.

While the top-order batsmen performed well in Afghanistan's second innings, the middle-order batsmen failed. Ibrahim Zadran and Noor Ali Zadran and Rahmat Shah performed very well. Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 114 runs and Noor Ali Zadran was dismissed for 47 runs and Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 54 runs. Anyway, so far in the second innings, Afghanistan has collected 280 runs by losing 8 wickets and so far Afghanistan has managed to give a lead of 39 runs. Now 4th day of second season game is going on I think Afghanistan will be all out today. Sri Lanka is going to win this test match easily.

[noormcs5]

It must be said that the Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly against the England batsmen on the fourth day. England have lost 5 wickets in the second session where they had one wicket yesterday which means England now have only four wickets left where they still need to score 200 plus runs to win. It is very difficult for England to score 200 plus runs against a strong bowling line-up like India with four late wickets. At this stage of the match I feel this match will go in India's favor and India is still in a driving position in this match. If the England batsmen don't hold on, they are likely to be all out quickly. If India wins this match, they will return to parity with England.

Now, you can say that England had a much low chance of winning today's match because at this time, the England team lost 8 wickets and they needed 124 runs if they played too slowly so it could be a chance but overall maybe this match is going to the hands of India, the first match was won by England and second, maybe Indian team. Ben Stokes was the last hope of us but he was also out early by run out and the player who runs out him is Sheryas Lyer. Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir  is in the ground and if  both of them out so they will lose this match.

I think India is a true winner on this day 04 of this Visakhapatnam test and they will successfully level the series 1-1 with England. This will be much needed win for the Indian team as they would never wanted to lose back to back test against the England team.

[cryptoWODL]

India won the second test match between India and England by 106 runs against England which they probably deserved in their first match too but they failed to win the first match. Jasprit Bhumra smashed England's batting line-up in the first innings of the second Test match.
Similarly, in the second innings too, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandra Ashwin crushed England's batting lineup both of them took three wickets. The Test series between India and England is now tied at one point due to India's victory in this second Test match.

[virasog]

Today there was a 1st test between New Zealand vs South Africa. RSA selected Field and New Zealand went for bat. They have collected total 269-2 in 92 overs. This is a lots if runs. When 2 wickets gone at 39 runs, i thought maybe rest of batsman will also out within 250 something. But i wonder how Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra struggle in the whole match and both of them hit the century. Kane Williamson is legend but newcomer Rachin Ravindra proves that he is also going be a gem in upcoming days. Waiting for tomorrow when we can see how much run New Zealand can made. I expect them to score around 400 runs and then it'll be interesting to watch how RSA manage to bat

What a day of today at the test of New Zealand vs South Africa. Kane Williamson didn't make many runs today but yesterday he completed a century and he wasn't able to take more runs., but he was not able so what happened because Rachin Ravindra is also in the line.

In  Mount Maunganui Racin Ravindra's bat is start and what a start that is. Yesterday he completed his century but today he made a double century, it will be a rule to make a double 100 in test cricket as the first Jaiswal made a double century and now Rachin Ravindra made it. In the test, everyone can make 200 but in the ODI only Maxwell can make it with broken leg on World Cup 2023 against Afghanistan.

[BitcoinsGreat]

194-6, ok finally I have lost hopes on England. Ben Stokes just came on crease, and after him Foakes and Hartley can bat but still a huge chase left of 205 runs. Crawley's wicket was fatal blow to England.

Tbh you could hope on Stokes to play good innings and he's mighty player no doubt but even he's struggling against Bumrah

England's team played very well but on the spot, they also lost their wickets back to back. At one moment England's team were on the losing of 6 wickets and only 4 wickets were left, which can be a cause of their loss. The batsmen of England can't play at Visakhapatnam. They should need to make 205 in 4 wickets and thankfully they didn't have the pressure of overs because one day is still left for this test but England lost all their wickets and lost this test match.

[elevates]

A convincing victory by India in the second test of 106 runs. The star of this win is Bhumrah, Jaiswal and Gill and for me it was all because of Bhumrah that India. Till yesterday it looked that England had the slight upper edge but today the Indian bowling was perfect. Ashwin started with wickets and Bhumrah ended it. A great comeback by the Indian team in this series, three more matches left both teams have won 1 match each.

[Swordsoffreedom]

A convincing victory by India in the second test of 106 runs. The star of this win is Bhumrah, Jaiswal and Gill and for me it was all because of Bhumrah that India. Till yesterday it looked that England had the slight upper edge but today the Indian bowling was perfect. Ashwin started with wickets and Bhumrah ended it. A great comeback by the Indian team in this series, three more matches left both teams have won 1 match each.

Although they lost the first match, they managed to win the second match. They have performed well. Especially Jiaswal batted brilliantly in the first innings. He was able to collect 209 runs in the first innings.

If the Indian bowlers did not perform well in the second innings, they could not have won. Bumrah in particular bowled well in this match. He took 6 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings. Also, although Aswin could not take any wicket in the first innings, he took 3 wickets in the second innings.