Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Haunebu]

India has pretty much won the third test at this point thanks to England messing up royally after Duckett's spectacular performance. Jaiswal continues shining while Patidar continues playing like crap.

India should declare after giving a lead of something over 400 since I don't expect this English side to chase such a big target down on Indian turf.

[libert19]

Jaiswal gets retired hurt and all the momentum gets lost, Patidar comes and throws away his wicket, don't think he'll get anymore chances, and after him comes Kuldeep, are they planning to teach him batting?

[HelliumZ]

Fairly good chance for India to set up a target over 500 and get England to bat over a day and a half and try to defend. Would be a tough task on day 5 pitch and against Indian spinners. Thinking far ahead, lets get back to the present. Rohit gets out early but Gill and Jaiswal stabilising the innings as India inches closer to 100 runs.

If India can bat in one of the three sessions tomorrow, India will lead by more than 450 runs, in which case the spinners will have an extra advantage in the next sessions. In this case, if Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ravichandran Ashwin spin attacks in succession, two sessions will be enough to bowl out England. In this case, India will not have to bowl on the fifth day but the win or loss will be confirmed on the fourth day itself.

[Compromise me]

Jaiswal gets retired hurt and all the momentum gets lost, Patidar comes and throws away his wicket, don't think he'll get anymore chances, and after him comes Kuldeep, are they planning to teach him batting?

Indian players started very well. Y Jaiswal did not perform well in the first innings, but in the second innings Y Jaiswal performed very well and completed his century he made 104 run .And in the first innings Rohit Sharma played a very good innings and completed his century and in the second innings Rohi Sharma did not play a good innings , Rohit Sharma made only 19 run and the lose wicket. And now Shaman Gill is playing and his score 65 run .Now let's see how shoman gill far this match is taken.

[jasonjm]

India is in a commanding position in this test match. I was expecting some show from English batters in the first session, but Indian bowling was too good for them, and after adding a few runs to the overnight score, they got out on 319 in the first innings. India responded brilliantly; Jaiswal batted with positive intent, and his partnership with Gill left England bowlers clueless. Jaiswal retired hurt after scoring a brilliant hundred. Gill also looks solid on 65. India has the ideal position to take the lead in this series. 

after him comes Kuldeep, are they planning to teach him batting?

He comes in as a nightwatchman.

[libert19]

after him comes Kuldeep, are they planning to teach him batting?

He comes in as a nightwatchman.

Despite watching cricket since long I didn't know about this, now that you mentioned the term, I searched it on Google, and now it all makes sense. Thanks.

[kro55]

Experienced players like Joe Root and Bairstow could not bat well. After the loss of Duckett's wicket, it has become difficult for England to take the lead in this match. England's batsmen should have batted more carefully. England lost their seventh batsman for 299 runs. The England team is still behind by a big margin of 146 runs. And it is not an easy task for England's batsmen to collect 46 runs at the moment. I think England will be trailing by around 100 runs at the end of the first innings. Indian bowlers are bowling very controlled now. It is difficult for England's batsmen to survive at the crease. There is no experienced batsman at the crease now.

England defiantly not in good position at the moment, 7 wickets down and still 141 to level India first innings total. If India can take a lead of 100 runs in first innings then it will be difficult for England to avoid another defeat in a row. Ben Duckett with 153 and Ben Stokes with 41 are two prominent scorers of England first innings. Impressive bowling from Siraj and kuldeep, they both got 2 wickets and rest of 3 bowlers got one wicket each.

Despite a great start, England managed to muster 339 runs. The team was behind by a big margin of 126 runs. Ben Duckett, Pope and Stokes batted slightly better. Also no other batsman can do better than Skodas. Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets. Also Jadeja and Yadav's bowling was good.

Jaiswal and Gill did not bat well in the first innings. But these two players batted well in the second innings. Jaiswal got out after collecting 104 runs. And unbeaten Gill collected 65 runs. India now lead by 322 runs. The team will provide more than a targets of 500 runs.

[jasonjm]

after him comes Kuldeep, are they planning to teach him batting?

He comes in as a nightwatchman.

Despite watching cricket since long I didn't know about this, now that you mentioned the term, I searched it on Google, and now it all makes sense. Thanks.

Happy to help 

[Justin999]

India have made a big amounts of run in 1st innings against England. Making 445 runs isn't easy at all but india have done it. Rohit & jadaje both have done their century in 1st innings. Sarfaraz Khan also made 62 which is worth enough as a new comer in international Matches although he played in IPL many times. And from England, Ben Duckett is one and only player who played as legend, his century has given England for another hope. 2nd innings also started and Yashasvi Jaiswal already have done his century but he get injured. But rest of players are in the field still

[onecall123]

Experienced players like Joe Root and Bairstow could not bat well. After the loss of Duckett's wicket, it has become difficult for England to take the lead in this match. England's batsmen should have batted more carefully. England lost their seventh batsman for 299 runs. The England team is still behind by a big margin of 146 runs. And it is not an easy task for England's batsmen to collect 46 runs at the moment. I think England will be trailing by around 100 runs at the end of the first innings. Indian bowlers are bowling very controlled now. It is difficult for England's batsmen to survive at the crease. There is no experienced batsman at the crease now.

England defiantly not in good position at the moment, 7 wickets down and still 141 to level India first innings total. If India can take a lead of 100 runs in first innings then it will be difficult for England to avoid another defeat in a row. Ben Duckett with 153 and Ben Stokes with 41 are two prominent scorers of England first innings. Impressive bowling from Siraj and kuldeep, they both got 2 wickets and rest of 3 bowlers got one wicket each.

Despite a great start, England managed to muster 339 runs. The team was behind by a big margin of 126 runs. Ben Duckett, Pope and Stokes batted slightly better. Also no other batsman can do better than Skodas. Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets. Also Jadeja and Yadav's bowling was good.

Jaiswal and Gill did not bat well in the first innings. But these two players batted well in the second innings. Jaiswal got out after collecting 104 runs. And unbeaten Gill collected 65 runs. India now lead by 322 runs. The team will provide more than a targets of 500 runs.

England 224/2 to 319/10, their last 8 wickets merely adding only 95 runs. It was a dreadful batting performance after such a promising start. Losing wickets of Joe Root and Ben Stokes was crucial. When wickets keep falling, you can't just defend and wait; you need to settle in and then play your shots. This isn't the proper cricket approach from England, but it's what happened. Of-course, Indian bowlers were outstanding. Until yesterday evening, no one expected India to take the lead. Mohammed Siraj particularly stood out after the Lunch interval, blowing away the English batting lineup. Kuldeep also bowled brilliantly. It was a superb day for India, and they finished with a commendable position. India will need to score a minimum of 260/280 runs in the second innings to take the overall lead to over 400 and register a win.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Happy to see Gill is getting some runs and contrasting approach from his 1st and 2nd innings that is really the difference brought the performance.

India is in a position that they can't lose this match from this point, so tomorrow they will come and starts scoring runs at fast pace and probably let England to survive for the 4 and half sessions which is not possible with bazball on 5th day pitch. I hope they don't mind missing Ash in batting but definitely his absence may hurt.

[Mahdirakib]

Fairly good chance for India to set up a target over 500 and get England to bat over a day and a half and try to defend. Would be a tough task on day 5 pitch and against Indian spinners.

India has already taken a lead of 322 runs with 8 wickets in hand. I won't say it is enough as the pitch still looks good for batting. But the condition of the pitch becomes difficult for batting on the day 4 or day 5 in test match (unless the pitch is completely in favour of batting). England may follow their Bazball mode from the start if India gives a target above 500, and allow them to bat one and a half days.

[MusaPk]

Happy to see Gill is getting some runs and contrasting approach from his 1st and 2nd innings that is really the difference brought the performance.

India is in a position that they can't lose this match from this point, so tomorrow they will come and starts scoring runs at fast pace and probably let England to survive for the 4 and half sessions which is not possible with bazball on 5th day pitch. I hope they don't mind missing Ash in batting but definitely his absence may hurt.

Gill scored a century at Visakhapatnam and going good in second innings. He need to bring consistency in his performance, if he keep playing like that then soon she will be axed from the team. Indian team got a lead of 126 runs in first innings and on stumps day 3 they are favourite for this test. In second innings, India score is 196 and they have still 8 wickets in hand. India will give target of over 400 run which won't be easy to chase.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Happy to see Gill is getting some runs and contrasting approach from his 1st and 2nd innings that is really the difference brought the performance.

India is in a position that they can't lose this match from this point, so tomorrow they will come and starts scoring runs at fast pace and probably let England to survive for the 4 and half sessions which is not possible with bazball on 5th day pitch. I hope they don't mind missing Ash in batting but definitely his absence may hurt.

Gill scored a century at Visakhapatnam and going good in second innings. He need to bring consistency in his performance, if he keep playing like that then soon she will be axed from the team. Indian team got a lead of 126 runs in first innings and on stumps day 3 they are favourite for this test. In second innings, India score is 196 and they have still 8 wickets in hand. India will give target of over 400 run which won't be easy to chase.

After that century, Gill started with no confidence at all in the 1st inning of this test match which really surprised me.

So far he gave performance in terms of numbers and won't likely he will be removed at all comparing the other middle order batsmen like Patidar who just keep giving his wickets away every time. I guess team will be tempted to add another new player too in the place of Patidar.

[Nazmul012]

In India vs England match, it seems all of j Indian batsman are in their forum and that's why the able to record a lots of runs. In 1st innings, Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit Sharma have done their century. Even Sarfaraz Khan did 62 runs which was also close enough. And Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal failed to runs in 1st innings but they already proved themselves again in 2nd innings where Yashasvi Jaiswal already done his century and Shubman Gill have done 66 and way to. Century. Although can't predict what will happened tomorrow. England performed avarage in my view cause Ben Duckett alone did more than 153+. I don't think he could do well again in 2nd innings. And this time, i predict that england will score lower runs than their 1st innings

[ThemePen]

Gill scored a century at Visakhapatnam and going good in second innings. He need to bring consistency in his performance, if he keep playing like that then soon she will be axed from the team. Indian team got a lead of 126 runs in first innings and on stumps day 3 they are favourite for this test. In second innings, India score is 196 and they have still 8 wickets in hand. India will give target of over 400 run which won't be easy to chase.

Getting a century in a test match is a big deal and shows he a good player. Shubham Gill has talent and can help the team do well in the future. In tis test match India did well in the first innings and is doing well in the second innings too. India has made 196 runs and 8 wickets left in the second innings and leading with 322 runs. This means they might win the test match. It's exciting to see what will happen next.

[Patrol69]

England won the first test match and India won the second test match now the third test match is going on where the third day's play is already over. 
The runs that India scored in the first innings England did not do their best in the first innings but they were all out earlier and India came back into batting in the second innings. In the second innings, India batted again and managed to score 196 runs for 2 wickets so far. India is still 322 runs ahead of England, the result of this match will be decided in two days, India may declare the innings by another 150 runs to decide the result of this match. If India declares the innings by 150 more runs, the target for England will be 470 plus runs. It will be difficult for England to score 470 runs against India. In the current position of India, the possibility of India going to this match is high.

[noormcs5]

Gill scored a century at Visakhapatnam and going good in second innings. He need to bring consistency in his performance, if he keep playing like that then soon she will be axed from the team. Indian team got a lead of 126 runs in first innings and on stumps day 3 they are favourite for this test. In second innings, India score is 196 and they have still 8 wickets in hand. India will give target of over 400 run which won't be easy to chase.

Getting a century in a test match is a big deal and shows he a good player. Shubham Gill has talent and can help the team do well in the future. In tis test match India did well in the first innings and is doing well in the second innings too. India has made 196 runs and 8 wickets left in the second innings and leading with 322 runs. This means they might win the test match. It's exciting to see what will happen next.

India is looking comfortable on the day 03 of the Rajkot test. They lead by 332 runs and still they have 8 wickets left in the 2nd innings. I think the Indian team will have to decide as to when they will declare this innings. I guess they will love to give a lead of 450 runs and declare the innings somewhere after the lunch and before the tea break and this will give them a little over 4 sessions to bowl the England team out.

Yashasvi Jaiswal was looking good but he had to retired hurt at 104 runs. Since then Shubman Gill has taken the role to keep the innings smooth but today I guess the intentions on the Indian batsmen would be to play hard at the ball and make as many runs as possible using fewer balls. They may tend to play the innings as a T20 one and not a test match one. By the way, Shubman Gill was out on a duck in the first innings, so maybe that's the reason he is playing cautiously here in the 2nd innings.

[Sithara007]

India is looking comfortable on the day 03 of the Rajkot test. They lead by 332 runs and still they have 8 wickets left in the 2nd innings. I think the Indian team will have to decide as to when they will declare this innings. I guess they will love to give a lead of 450 runs and declare the innings somewhere after the lunch and before the tea break and this will give them a little over 4 sessions to bowl the England team out.

Yashasvi Jaiswal was looking good but he had to retired hurt at 104 runs. Since then Shubman Gill has taken the role to keep the innings smooth but today I guess the intentions on the Indian batsmen would be to play hard at the ball and make as many runs as possible using fewer balls. They may tend to play the innings as a T20 one and not a test match one. By the way, Shubman Gill was out on a duck in the first innings, so maybe that's the reason he is playing cautiously here in the 2nd innings.

Actually they are three down. Yashasvi Jaiswal is unlikely to bat again, as he is suffering from back spasms. And in quick succession, they lost another wicket when Rajat Patidar was nabbed by Tom Hartley. As of now, their two strike bowlers (Hartley and Root) have picked up one wicket each. If James Anderson and Mark Wood can support them, then there is a chance that the target can be brought down to 400-450. Even 400 can be a near impossible task, given the spin-friendly conditions at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

[Bureau]

Actually they are three down. Yashasvi Jaiswal is unlikely to bat again, as he is suffering from back spasms. And in quick succession, they lost another wicket when Rajat Patidar was nabbed by Tom Hartley. As of now, their two strike bowlers (Hartley and Root) have picked up one wicket each. If James Anderson and Mark Wood can support them, then there is a chance that the target can be brought down to 400-450. Even 400 can be a near impossible task, given the spin-friendly conditions at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

Jaiswal won't be able to make a come back and that will not be an issue. Patidar getting out cheaply in the first and in the second innings will not help him in his career graph. Gill is batting well and he should be able to get his second century in this series which is a good sign. India already has a lead of 340 runs adding another 160 runs before day 4 ends will be sufficient for the Indian team. The bowling unit got a small setback due to Ashwin leaving the third test but Rohit was able to utilize Shiraj yesterday which helped the Indian side to make a comeback. I think the Indian team is now in a good position to control the outcome of this test match.