Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[virasog]

As of now, he is only the bowler who was able to get wickets and now Bairstowe with Root are slowly forming a partnership. Out of these two Jonny Bairstow is batting well they both have a 43-run partnership. Ashwin anna came to the rescue and broke this partnership by taking the wicket of Bairstow. Indian bowlers are doing great in the first session on day 1. England have now lost 4 wickets and have scored only 111 runs so far. What will happen after lunch would be interesting to watch.

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow tried to form a strong partnership but they were broken by Ravichandran Ashwin. You see the England team's 111 runs fell by four wickets but it is now 5 wickets for 112 runs. India's young player Akashdeep may have made his debut today and he has already made a splash in the debut match as he has already taken three wickets to England's five wickets.

The lunch break is underway in the first innings of the fourth Test match between England and India. England have lost five wickets before the lunch break so I don't know how long they will be able to stay at the crease after the lunch break. Indian spin bowlers dominated the second test match and the third test match but in today's match we saw the dominance of a fast medium bowler from the start.

What happened with the England batting line up today is something beyond understanding. There is no one from their side who is looking to stay on the wicket and keep the scorecard steady for some time. Zak Crawley was looking good but he was bowled by Akash Deep at 42. Same goes for Jonny Bairstow who was bowled by Ashsin at 38. These players had a start but they fail to capitalize on them. Now Joe Root is playing at 31 and lets hope he can make 50 or 100 today. The England team needs him to play a long innings today if the England need to make some reasonable total on the scorecard.

India seems to have other plans as they are in a hurry to dominate this match too. Akash was bowling well as he got 3 wickets but I do not understand why he is not back into his spell. He only bowl 7 overs and he got three wickets. England would want him to bowl more overs and get more quick wickets.

[elevates]

What happened with the England batting line up today is something beyond understanding. There is no one from their side who is looking to stay on the wicket and keep the scorecard steady for some time. Zak Crawley was looking good but he was bowled by Akash Deep at 42. Same goes for Jonny Bairstow who was bowled by Ashsin at 38. These players had a start but they fail to capitalize on them. Now Joe Root is playing at 31 and lets hope he can make 50 or 100 today. The England team needs him to play a long innings today if the England need to make some reasonable total on the scorecard.

India seems to have other plans as they are in a hurry to dominate this match too. Akash was bowling well as he got 3 wickets but I do not understand why he is not back into his spell. He only bowl 7 overs and he got three wickets. England would want him to bowl more overs and get more quick wickets.

Earlier on the wicket had moisture the ball was hard and that is the reason England lost 5 wickets. The spinners were able to utilize those cracks with new ball in the first session. Now the condition have again changed due to the fact that ball is no longer new. Joe Root who hasn't scored in this series is looking comfortable and might get to his half century. The partnership between Floakes and Root is slowly progressing well which is a good sign for England. If they lose another wicket now the they will be in trouble. Deep has been brought back into the attack now.

[libert19]

Bairstow looked good as he ever did until he once again went for a sweep shot, and got out . Root is looking in touch too, he's refraining from risky shots and it's serving him well, as he just completes his fifty.

Akash Deep has taken 3 wickets, but I'm not that impressed if I'm being honest, will reserve my judgement until he plays few more matches.

[onecall123]

Bairstow looked good as he ever did until he once again went for a sweep shot, and got out . Root is looking in touch too, he's refraining from risky shots and it's serving him well, as he just completes his fifty.

Akash Deep has taken 3 wickets, but I'm not that impressed if I'm being honest, will reserve my judgement until he plays few more matches.

The Indian bowlers dominated the first session of Day 1, but it seems like the England batters are fighting back in the second session and aiming to finish the day on a high note. We can expect a typical Joe Root knock to continue, with hopes of converting it into at least a century.

Akash Deep, making his debut, is already leaving a strong impression and deserves praise for his performance.

[rojan]

India vs England 4th Test match started at JSCA International Stadium Complex Ranchi. England team came to bat and scored 198 runs for 5 wickets in 61 overs. It seems that we can enjoy a very tough match between England and India team. In this 4th Test match, any  We have to enjoy the game of both teams to see which team will win.Zak Crawley is out with 42 runs in 42 balls.Ben Duckett is out in 11 runs in 21 balls.Joe Root is out with 67 runs in 154 balls.

[cryptoWODL]

Half of the team is out and looks like before tean they will lose all thier wickets. Indian bowling attack without Bhumrah has been so far doing great. The pitch was looking good for batting earlier now it is looking good for spinners. Ben Stokes got out because the ball stayed very low. Not a good sign when India comes to bat.

Now the only headache for the Indian bowlers is none other than Joe Root who has been at the crease for a long time and has already settled down at the crease which is why he is slowly making his way towards the century. Meanwhile, Joe Root and Foakes put together a strong 86-run partnership as they try to play in such a way that they look like they can get through the day with ease.

Akash Deep's bowling performance has been interesting to me so far as he has taken three wickets for just 47 runs in 13 overs with an economy rate of 3.6. The first round is not over yet, maybe he can get more wickets if he continues his consistent good bowling. Indian bowling line-up looks strong today apart from Jasprit Bhumra.

[JSRAW]

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Akash Deep has taken 3 wickets, but I'm not that impressed if I'm being honest, will reserve my judgement until he plays few more matches.

You are being too hard on debutant. He bowled incredibly in the first session and was all over Crawley, even beating him 2 times on his defense and both times hit the timber. Crawley got lucky that it turned out to be a no ball in the first instance.

Classic Joe Root is back and inching towards the first ton of the series without any risk, that's a highlight of his inning.

[pakhitheboss]

Classic Joe Root is back and inching towards the first ton of the series without any risk, that's a highlight of his inning.

Yup! He is back and he is going to be a pain for Rohit Sharma.  The damm pitch changes itself from session to session. First 5 wickets before lunch then till tea nothing and now after tea it is again helping bowlers. I reckon Root will not get out whereas the nonstrikers will keep losing wickets. Not much batting left in the English lineup now.  

[fuguebtc]

Classic Joe Root is back and inching towards the first ton of the series without any risk, that's a highlight of his inning.

Yup! He is back and he is going to be a pain for Rohit Sharma.  The damm pitch changes itself from session to session. First 5 wickets before lunch then till tea nothing and now after tea it is again helping bowlers. I reckon Root will not get out whereas the non strikers will keep losing wickets. Not much batting left in the English lineup now. 

Right now England is batting in the 1st innings of the match. And I have to say that they have not done a very good job as a team. Joe Root is still there when I am making this post. He has been the backbone of the team in this innings. They have only got 260 and they have already lost 7 wickets already. Things are not looking very good for England. I think they will be happy if they can get anywhere near 330. It is possible if Joe Root is still there in the middle till the end. But it certainly looks very tough at this moment.

I don't understand why India is not utilizing Kuldeep Yadav more. Is he injured or something?

[BALIK]

Classic Joe Root is back and inching towards the first ton of the series without any risk, that's a highlight of his inning.

Yup! He is back and he is going to be a pain for Rohit Sharma.  The damm pitch changes itself from session to session. First 5 wickets before lunch then till tea nothing and now after tea it is again helping bowlers. I reckon Root will not get out whereas the non strikers will keep losing wickets. Not much batting left in the English lineup now. 

Joe Root with a great performance today despite poor performance in the previous match. Also my bowling on the pitch seems to help. Batsmen are having a lot of trouble to score runs. Even then, Joe Root is batting responsibly.

England team batted 84 overs. England collected 279 runs losing 7 wickets. Joe Root remains unbeaten with 103 runs. Root collected 103 runs from 219 balls. Although not seeing better bowling from Jadeja and Ashwin today, Mohammad Siraj and Akash Deep bowled well enough. Akash took 3 wickets and Siraj 2 wickets.

[JSRAW]

England kept India out for a full day, that didn't happen much in this series. Except for the 1st session, everything went England's way and Root saved the day for Poms, he was simply brilliant but for India's POV, tail wagging in the end was disturbing.

Umpiring was atrocious throughout the day and they even messed up plumb lbw, even 3rd umpire looked in a bit of a hurry but you can't blame on-field umpiring much if you burn all your reviews.

Ashwin is having a quiet series, which is painful to see and one of the reasons Indians will feel the heat in this match.

[jasonjm]

On the first day of the 4th test between India and England, ENG scored 302/7 at the end of day one. ENG started positively, but debutant Akash Deep ended the party by picking up 2 wickets in one over. Root stabilized the inning with Bairstow, but the latter could not convert his start into a massive inning. Overall, today was a Root show all along with some cameos. Akash Deep picked up 3 wickets. Day 2's first session will be of utmost importance for England to score over 400 in the first innings. At the moment, India is ahead after day 1.

[Sithara007]

On the first day of the 4th test between India and England, ENG scored 302/7 at the end of day one. ENG started positively, but debutant Akash Deep ended the party by picking up 2 wickets in one over. Root stabilized the inning with Bairstow, but the latter could not convert his start into a massive inning. Overall, today was a Root show all along with some cameos. Akash Deep picked up 3 wickets. Day 2's first session will be of utmost importance for England to score over 400 in the first innings. At the moment, India is ahead after day 1.

Joe Root is still there and we can expect England to reach at least 350 in the first innings, if there are no miracles from the Indian bowlers. Personally I believe that the Indian selectors did a blunder here, by allowing two seamers in the playing XI. Also, if there need to be two seamers, then I would have rather gone for Akash Deep and Mukesh Kumar, rather than going for the useless Mohammed Siraj. Siraj picked up two wickets, but he was very expensive early on. And now Indians need to deal with the 8th wicket partnership between Joe Root and Ollie Robinson. They have already added 62 runs till now. These are very valuable contributions.

[pakhitheboss]

England kept India out for a full day, that didn't happen much in this series. Except for the 1st session, everything went England's way and Root saved the day for Poms, he was simply brilliant but for India's POV, tail wagging in the end was disturbing.

Umpiring was atrocious throughout the day and they even messed up plumb lbw, even 3rd umpire looked in a bit of a hurry but you can't blame on-field umpiring much if you burn all your reviews.

Ashwin is having a quiet series, which is painful to see and one of the reasons Indians will feel the heat in this match.

Thanks to Root England are back in the game, I won't be surprised if continues in the same way tomorrow. What I like the most is Ollie Robinson gave him the support that was lacking in the earlier series by the English bowlers. I saw for the first time Jaiswal bowling in an international game and he did quite well than the regular bowlers. DRS was gone because Sir Jadeja as usual forced Rohit to take the last one and it proved that it was unnecessary. Under pressure, Rohit is a bad captain as he always makes mistakes with fielding and choice of bowlers

Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of IPL 2024 due to his ankle injury. I came across a post on Reddit about it not sure if it is true.

[libert19]

Joe Root is still there and we can expect England to reach at least 350 in the first innings, if there are no miracles from the Indian bowlers. Personally I believe that the Indian selectors did a blunder here, by allowing two seamers in the playing XI. Also, if there need to be two seamers, then I would have rather gone for Akash Deep and Mukesh Kumar, rather than going for the useless Mohammed Siraj. Siraj picked up two wickets, but he was very expensive early on. And now Indians need to deal with the 8th wicket partnership between Joe Root and Ollie Robinson. They have already added 62 runs till now. These are very valuable contributions.

Yes, Siraj was expensive early on but you look on overall economy, no? Inning haven't finished yet and his ER is already coming on par with other bowlers. Also, both wickets he took were important (Foakes and Hartley), although I don't think those were peachy deliveries — the ball Hartley got out on looked beauty at first but in slow motion replay, it rather looked liked Hartley didn't judge ball proper.

[Haunebu]

England are putting up a decent fight at the moment courtesy of Root who clearly stopped forcing himself to use the Bazball approach which turned out to be the right decision because Bazball is overrated.

Akash was brilliant while the spinners didn't have a great day. The English innings would have probably concluded by now if Bumrah was still part of the lineup.

[Sithara007]

Yes, Siraj was expensive early on but you look on overall economy, no? Inning haven't finished yet and his ER is already coming on par with other bowlers. Also, both wickets he took were important (Foakes and Hartley), although I don't think those were peachy deliveries — the ball Hartley got out on looked beauty at first but in slow motion replay, it rather looked liked Hartley didn't judge ball proper.

The wicket of Foakes was important. I agree. But what about Hartley? We are talking about a lower order batsman. Anyway, England has reasons to be happy. Crossing the 300 mark itself is a big achievement, and they still have 3 wickets remaining. If they can get past 350, then the Indian dressing room will be quiet. And don't forget the fact that England won the first test. So far in this series, the team batting first have won everytime. Things will be a bit more clear by end of the day's play tomorrow.

[Bitcoin_people]

England vs India 4th Test match in the first innings, England team batted and collected 302 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. England's great batsman Joe Root's batting performance in today's match was really interesting and he managed to score a wonderful century. Joe Root is unbeaten on day 1 with 106 runs, surely he will try to do better on day 2. If he can add more runs for the team then surely England can score big. But India's bowling line-up is currently very good and strong, Akash Deep bowled brilliantly and Mohammad Siraj's brilliant bowling performance was beautiful. If England can bat well going into the second day, it will surely be a tough fight for India and they will have a chance to win the fourth Test match.

[WatChe]

The wicket of Foakes was important. I agree. But what about Hartley? We are talking about a lower order batsman. Anyway, England has reasons to be happy. Crossing the 300 mark itself is a big achievement, and they still have 3 wickets remaining. If they can get past 350, then the Indian dressing room will be quiet. And don't forget the fact that England won the first test. So far in this series, the team batting first have won everytime. Things will be a bit more clear by end of the day's play tomorrow.

Both Root and Robinson are well set on the crease with unbeaten 57 runs partnership. England main target will be to get 350 runs tomorrow and if they are able to get there then they will be in good position. The good thing coming out from India is that there young players are performing. Today Akash Deep makes debut from India side and in his first innings he got 3 wickets, if he can get one or two more wickets then he might become Indian main pacer for upcoming matches.

[AirtelBuzz]

Both Root and Robinson are well set on the crease with unbeaten 57 runs partnership. England main target will be to get 350 runs tomorrow and if they are able to get there then they will be in good position. The good thing coming out from India is that there young players are performing. Today Akash Deep makes debut from India side and in his first innings he got 3 wickets, if he can get one or two more wickets then he might become Indian main pacer for upcoming matches.

England team has come this far only because of Joe Root's patient and intelligent batting performance.When England lost five wickets for 112 we thought maybe England would be all out by 250 but from there Joe Root took England a long way. He is still unbeaten on 106 runs, maybe tomorrow is going to be better for him. England will look to bat more patiently and intelligently in their second innings tomorrow as they look to take their team score closer to 400 runs.If the England team is able to score 400 runs then they will be in a very ripe place.