Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

Ben Stokes picks a ball and gets Rohit. Anderson picks Gill, Gill's shot rather looked lazy to me, and him smiling after looked like he gave away his wicket, idk. Comment your opinion.

Both were good balls.

Ben Stokes picking up the ball was a bit of a surprise package for Rohit and we have seen countless times that after break batters need to concentrate again, that's a good time to pick a wicket and the ball did just enough to take the top of the timber.

Jimmy just did his usual thing and the ball reversed for once, Gill's lack of footwork didn't help his cause either.

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[AirtelBuzz]

Ben Stokes picks a ball and gets Rohit. Anderson picks Gill, Gill's shot rather looked lazy to me, and him smiling after looked like he gave away his wicket, idk. Comment your opinion.

After Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill took their team to a strong position after both of them got out now Padikal and Sarfraz Khan are batting well for Indian team. Cricketer Sarfraz Khan who recently made his Test debut for India completed the second half-century of his Test career. The Indian team scored 386 runs for three wickets in their first innings which means they are ahead of England by 158 runs. We thought maybe England would play well in the last Test match but they might lose the fifth Test against India too it shows in their performance.

[Bureau]

I liked the approach of Sarfaraz Khan reminds me of Panth. Devdutt Padikkal's debut game and he is going to get his first 50 in international cricket. Except for a few debutants, all these newcomers have been very good with their performance as a batter and as a bowler. This series saw so many new players debuting in test cricket which is not common with other teams. The amount of talent depth that BCCI has in its kitty does not surprise me as there are still new faces that can be introduced by BCCI in the next series. India is going good and is on the right path to get a good lead for the opposition of batters.

[Out of mind]

The fifth Test match of India vs England batting on the first day, the England team scored 218 runs and got all out. England team's batting performance was very poor in today's match due to which they could not score much, and they got out easily. But in the second innings on Day 2, India are batting and the way they are batting is really interesting. India has already managed to complete the target set by England to give them a huge lead, and they have lost four wickets at the moment. With India playing so well today they will be able to score 500 plus runs and if they score this England will never be able to complete the team and lose the match. We have seen that out of four matches, England won only one match and India won three matches. So the fifth Test match is also in India's possession, at the moment India has collected 377 runs with the loss of four wickets and has given a lead of 159 runs.

[Minor Miner]

Ben Stokes picks a ball and gets Rohit. Anderson picks Gill, Gill's shot rather looked lazy to me, and him smiling after looked like he gave away his wicket, idk. Comment your opinion.

After Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill took their team to a strong position after both of them got out now Padikal and Sarfraz Khan are batting well for Indian team. Cricketer Sarfraz Khan who recently made his Test debut for India completed the second half-century of his Test career. The Indian team scored 386 runs for three wickets in their first innings which means they are ahead of England by 158 runs. We thought maybe England would play well in the last Test match but they might lose the fifth Test against India too it shows in their performance.

Every batsman in the Indian squad is batting very well. Rohit and Gill scored centuries. Jaiswal scored 57 runs and Sharfaraz got out with 56 runs. And now Devdutt Padikkal is unbeaten with 45 runs. Jadeja has just come to the crease. India collected 379 runs after losing 4 wickets. The Indian team has already managed to take a big lead of 161 runs.

England's batting looked like the pitch was completely spin friendly. But England's bowlers are not able to make any advantage on this pitch. We do not expect the England team to bowl so badly. India's batting looks like they will collect 500 runs very easily in the first innings. India will take a lead of at least 280-300 runs. And I have considerable doubts whether England will be able to muster up to 300 runs in the second innings.

[FinePoine0]

Team India is best suited to play cricket as they have performed very well so far in this fifth Test match today.  The two batsmen Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill performed very well forming a partnership, both of them scored centuries. Rohit Sharma scored 103 runs off 162 balls and Shubman Gill scored 110 runs off 150 balls. Collecting these two batsmen has given India a 181-run lead over England so far. In today's match, the England team could not put any pressure in terms of bowling, the Test game is mainly about protecting the wicket and performing for a long time. Which the Indian team performed but the England team failed to protect the wicket and perform for a long time.

[libert19]

Padikkal and Sarfaraz both made fifty and got out and after tea break. Padikkal got couple edges and got lucky but Sarfaraz Khan played good, I liked his straight lofted drive and upper cut, now names might not be correct but you know which shots I'm talking about.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Anderson to complete his 700th wicket, it's been good while now, don't you think? Also i have observed that he's not been as destructive in other tests as he was in 2nd.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Padikkal and Sarfaraz both made fifty and got out and after tea break. Padikkal got couple edges and got lucky but Sarfaraz Khan played good, I liked his straight lofted drive and upper cut, now names might not be correct but you know which shots I'm talking about.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Anderson to complete his 700th wicket, it's been good while now, don't you think? Also i have observed that he's not been as destructive in other tests as he was in 2nd.

Indian batting unit has the complete freedom to go with what they really wanted to and the lead is over 200 so there has to be some miracle of India has to lose this match from this situation.

I expected Stokes to bowl but getting a wicket of centurion in the very first ball he bowled in years is interesting. And he almost picked another one too in the next over.

At this moment 8 wickets down and so far spinners are taking the wickets, Jimmy may aim the tailenders to reach the milestone especially Siraj can be a good candidate.

[JSRAW]

Well, 5 down at the end of the day would've been great but lost 3 extra wickets, The 217 lead is healthy but India could've finished the game by out batting England completely.

The last 3 wickets of Jurel, Jaddu and Ashwin look bad here. Jurel should get the benefit of the doubt but Jaddu and Ashwin's dismissal looks bad and it felt like Ashwin forgot how to bat, not a good outing with the bat on his 100th test match.

[Essential10]

Rohit and Shubman Gill's 171-run stand for the second wicket led India to a big total. Shubman Gill could not stay on the pitch for long after Rohit Sharma got out. Sarfaraz Khan & Devdutt Padikkal added 97 runs for the fourth wicket. Debutant Devdutt Padikkal scored 65 runs in today's match, Sarfraz Khan also scored 56 runs. India team score is now 443/8 and India has lead by 225 runs. 13 more overs will be bowled today. The match is completely under India's control, there is a 100% chance that India will win this match. We may see England's second innings batting at the first station tomorrow.

[ZAINmalik75]

The fifth Test match of India vs England batting on the first day, the England team scored 218 runs and got all out. England team's batting performance was very poor in today's match due to which they could not score much, and they got out easily. But in the second innings on Day 2, India are batting and the way they are batting is really interesting. India has already managed to complete the target set by England to give them a huge lead, and they have lost four wickets at the moment. With India playing so well today they will be able to score 500 plus runs and if they score this England will never be able to complete the team and lose the match. We have seen that out of four matches, England won only one match and India won three matches. So the fifth Test match is also in India's possession, at the moment India has collected 377 runs with the loss of four wickets and has given a lead of 159 runs.

Indian team has shown a great response through his quality batters to be honest after dismissal of Jaiswal i wasn't expecting thier top order to scored such brilliantly after so many failures of thier top order in recent matches of the test series, anyway it's a great indication for indian team because thier few batters were facing trouble and now they regain thier form which will be a positive point for them in upcoming world cup. Anyway indian side scored a decent solid target and also they have edge on thier opponent through his quality spinners so I am sure thier opponent will not be able to chased down required target also thier opponent already lose the series so I am sure they will not take it seriously. Hope it will be 4-1 victory for indian team on thier home land

[HelliumZ]

Well, 5 down at the end of the day would've been great but lost 3 extra wickets, The 217 lead is healthy but India could've finished the game by out batting England completely.

The last 3 wickets of Jurel, Jaddu and Ashwin look bad here. Jurel should get the benefit of the doubt but Jaddu and Ashwin's dismissal looks bad and it felt like Ashwin forgot how to bat, not a good outing with the bat on his 100th test match.

Ashwin 0, Ravichandran Ashwin was dismissed for zero runs on the way to 500 runs in India's first innings, which is the only record of zero runs. However, the performance of the Indian batsmen in this innings is commendable.
However, Jaspreet Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav have been able to make a partnership of 45 runs so far. If India declares an innings of 500 runs then it is very likely that India will win by dropping an innings.

[libert19]

India closes the day with 473-8, with 255 runs lead, I feel match has already slipped from England's hands.

[tsaroz]

Well, 5 down at the end of the day would've been great but lost 3 extra wickets, The 217 lead is healthy but India could've finished the game by out batting England completely.

The last 3 wickets of Jurel, Jaddu and Ashwin look bad here. Jurel should get the benefit of the doubt but Jaddu and Ashwin's dismissal looks bad and it felt like Ashwin forgot how to bat, not a good outing with the bat on his 100th test match.

Ashwin 0, Ravichandran Ashwin was dismissed for zero runs on the way to 500 runs in India's first innings, which is the only record of zero runs. However, the performance of the Indian batsmen in this innings is commendable.
However, Jaspreet Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav have been able to make a partnership of 45 runs so far. If India declares an innings of 500 runs then it is very likely that India will win by dropping an innings.

India is killing it. Though the performance of the lower batting order had not been as good as the top ones but the real batsmen had done their job for India. India is in lead of 255 runs in the end of 2nd day. A century from Rohit Sharma and Shubham Gill and a fifty for Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal and Sarfaraz Khan.
India would be trying to get quick runs on the morning session tomorrow either being all out or declaring at 300+ lead. And letting England bat trying to get some wickets in the day. It would be extremely difficult for England to win it or drag it to draw. This could even be the shortest test of the tournament if England performs similar to their first innings.

[HelliumZ]

India closes the day with 473-8, with 255 runs lead, I feel match has already slipped from England's hands.

England were all out for just 218 runs in their first innings compared to a lead of 473 runs i.e. 255 runs for India to win with an innings to spare.
If Kuldeep, Jadeja and Ashwin spin properly on the third day, then England will be all out before 200 runs. Because the current England squad is not a big opponent for Kuldeep Jadeja and Ashwin.

[Iranus]

India closes the day with 473-8, with 255 runs lead, I feel match has already slipped from England's hands.

England were all out for just 218 runs in their first innings compared to a lead of 473 runs i.e. 255 runs for India to win with an innings to spare.

England's performance in every test match on Indian pitch was very poor. India has created a spin friendly pitch. They have been able to take advantage of home matches. But England is an experienced team. They really needed to come to India with full preparation. England's players have played badly in every match. The batsmen could not bat well. Every batsmen's performance is very erratic. At the same time England team is not getting good bowling from the bowlers. On this pitch, England lost 10 wickets and collected only 218 runs, and now India team lost 8 wickets and collected 473 runs. India took a huge lead of 255 runs.

If Kuldeep, Jadeja and Ashwin spin properly on the third day, then England will be all out before 200 runs. Because the current England squad is not a big opponent for Kuldeep Jadeja and Ashwin.

In the first innings, none of England's batsmen could last long at the crease against the spin of Kuldeep and Ashwin. Zak Crawley scored the highest 79 runs for the team. Besides, no other batsman could collect even 30 runs. India can probably take a lead of 280 runs. I doubt if England team can muster up to 280 in the second innings.

[JSRAW]

The fifth Test match of India vs England batting on the first day, the England team scored 218 runs and got all out. England team's batting performance was very poor in today's match due to which they could not score much, and they got out easily. But in the second innings on Day 2, India are batting and the way they are batting is really interesting. India has already managed to complete the target set by England to give them a huge lead, and they have lost four wickets at the moment. With India playing so well today they will be able to score 500 plus runs and if they score this England will never be able to complete the team and lose the match. We have seen that out of four matches, England won only one match and India won three matches. So the fifth Test match is also in India's possession, at the moment India has collected 377 runs with the loss of four wickets and has given a lead of 159 runs.

Indian team has shown a great response through his quality batters to be honest after dismissal of Jaiswal i wasn't expecting thier top order to scored such brilliantly after so many failures of thier top order in recent matches of the test series, anyway it's a great indication for indian team because thier few batters were facing trouble and now they regain thier form which will be a positive point for them in upcoming world cup. Anyway indian side scored a decent solid target and also they have edge on thier opponent through his quality spinners so I am sure thier opponent will not be able to chased down required target also thier opponent already lose the series so I am sure they will not take it seriously. Hope it will be 4-1 victory for indian team on thier home land

I think they were consistent enough in this series.

Jaiswal: 2 double 100s + 3 50s and a total of 712 runs
Gill: 2 100s + 2 50s (which include 91 run out dismissal), a total of 452 runs
Rohit: 2 100s and 1 50 and a total of 400 runs

Again, when the tail starts wagging in test cricket, it's genuinely a treat to watch for the batting side and an extremely frustrating period for the bowling unit.

Kudos to the Kuldeep-Bumrah duo for stitching a valuable partnership. The scorecard and lead are looking good now.  

[libert19]

India is killing it. Though the performance of the lower batting order had not been as good as the top ones but the real batsmen had done their job for India.

Sometimes top order plays good, sometimes lower order plays good but as long as either of them plays well, team is gold.

India would be trying to get quick runs on the morning session tomorrow either being all out or declaring at 300+ lead. And letting England bat trying to get some wickets in the day. It would be extremely difficult for England to win it or drag it to draw. This could even be the shortest test of the tournament if England performs similar to their first innings.

I don't think there would be any need to declare, Kuldeep-Bumrah may be able to gather 20-30 runs and one of them will fall, even if that doesn't happen, go biggie, at least have fun and get out instead of declaring at this point.

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India vs England Fifth Test match England team was bowled out for only 218 runs due to batting failure of England team. India started batting with a lead of 218 runs, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma also batted well. Yashasvi Jaiswal did not score much and got out after scoring 57 runs. However, Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma both batted responsibly Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma both got centuries. The current score of the Indian team is 473 runs for 8 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav if these two players can get some runs, then India will give a bigger lead to England.

[onecall123]

India closes the day with 473-8, with 255 runs lead, I feel match has already slipped from England's hands.

England were all out for just 218 runs in their first innings compared to a lead of 473 runs i.e. 255 runs for India to win with an innings to spare.
If Kuldeep, Jadeja and Ashwin spin properly on the third day, then England will be all out before 200 runs. Because the current England squad is not a big opponent for Kuldeep Jadeja and Ashwin.

India is on the path to another morale-boosting win and series victory. The England side seems to have given up and can't change their fortunes with their current approach. Despite being better by every measure, England is lagging behind in this series. The pitch is favorable for batting, and Indian batters are finding it easy, while England's batters are struggling. It's likely that England will continue to struggle in their second innings, as you said.