Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

If you want to see what kind of politics is played between the State Association and BCCI then IND vs BAN is a fine example and one of the major reasons Test matches hardly bring audience to the Stadium.

Management and senior players were against playing at the venue as it was not fit to host a test match but BCCI couldn't do anything because there is retarded rule of "Rotation Policy" and UPCA has the blessing of Rajiv Sukla.

Need serious reform on the rotation policy and test matches must be restricted to only 6-10 Stadiums only.

A single day of rain washout means millions of USD in losses for the media rights holders. Viacom purchased the media rights for Indian home matches (September 2023 – March 2028), for a total of ₹5,963 crores. Given the fact that there are around 30-40 days of play by the Indian team at home, that translates to around $5 million per day. Who will compensate Viacom for the loss of revenue? Ideally the UPCA should be asked to reimburse this amount, as they are the main culprits here.

There are quite a few lobbies within every state board and in this case, Rajiv Shukla's influenced the decision. He's been there for ages, like a real survivor and doesn't matter who is heading the BCCI. Be it Congress, BJP, Shard Power or Srinivasan.

Now, he's saying that we will upgrade the stadium.
UPCA in talks to upgrade Green Park stadium, says Rajiv Shukla

Look at his take

"Sometimes it happens, though we all pray to Lord Indra, that it should not rain, but, you know, it happens. And it happens throughout the world. So, why unnecessarily Kanpur and Green park are being blamed for something which is in nature's hand?" Shukla, who has previously served as the president of the association, said on the sidelines of the second Test.

And this ..

The rule should be simple: if you can't provide basic facilities, you shouldn't get the test match or any international fixture.

"This is the first time in 80 years that it has rained so much that we were not able to host the match for two days. But history suggests that no match has been abandoned here. There are lot many venues in the world where because of the rains, matches have been abandoned. Because when this ground was being built, stadium was being built, then those technologies were not available

Just one more wicket and it will be all done for Bangladesh. They are leading by 80 runs and so far Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja has taken 3 wickets each. BTW, Jadeja's test tally has now gone up to 303 wickets, at an average of 23.85. Now compare this to Mohammed Siraj, who has 76 wickets to his name at an average of close to 30. And guess who gets maximum media attention among these two? Same with Ashwin as well. 527 wickets at an average of 23.65, but Bumrah gets a lot more attention (164 wickets at 20.51).

Lol, let's compare once a generation (Jaddu) talent to a workhorse (Siraj), that will solve the problem. I'm not sure if Siraj gets more limelight than Jaddu.

Indians have been searching for a seamer like Bumrah for so long hence the attention and rightly so. Ashwin was always underrated in this team but not because of Bumrah. It's the Batriarchy influence on Indian cricket (Kohli-Rohit and earlier Dhoni) or in general because it's a batter game.

It's Batriachy vs Bowlshoviks and the former takes the cakes always.

[Nothingtodo]

I expected Bangladesh to compete better against India after their recent Pakistan series win, but it looks like I was expecting too much. They are leagues apart in the test format.

Bangladesh and Pakistan have become teams of equal quality but India has been at the highest position in Tests till now so it is easy for us to compete with India in Tests for Bangladesh but for a team like Bangladesh it is very very difficult to do. We as a supporter of Bangladesh expect a lot from Bangladesh but in reality Bangladesh cannot perform as per the expectations of the supporters.

[Insanity]

I expected Bangladesh to compete better against India after their recent Pakistan series win, but it looks like I was expecting too much. They are leagues apart in the test format.

Bangladesh and Pakistan have become teams of equal quality but India has been at the highest position in Tests till now so it is easy for us to compete with India in Tests for Bangladesh but for a team like Bangladesh it is very very difficult to do. We as a supporter of Bangladesh expect a lot from Bangladesh but in reality Bangladesh cannot perform as per the expectations of the supporters.

You are absolutely right, the performance of Bangladesh team players is very low as per expectations. I have seen in many matches of Bangladesh cricket team where the players of Bangladesh team perform badly in most of the matches. So I think Bangladesh team should be seriously considered in order to improve the playing quality of Bangladesh team. So that the Bangladesh team can correct their mistakes and compete with strong teams and achieve something good.

[Popkon6]

The Bangladesh team players have very little experience as they are only there to trouble the Bangladesh team fans in the Test match games. Because I don't think any gambler will bet based on the Bangladesh team's performance, usually many gamblers who bet on these test matches are sure to lose. 

Bangladesh team can't perform well with the Indian team, why should they lose by a wide margin again and again, they have been performing badly. In this test match, no player in the squad of Bangladesh team could perform patiently for a long time, all the players failed. Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque are many other players who have basically performed poorly.

[ibuddy122505]

I expected Bangladesh to compete better against India after their recent Pakistan series win, but it looks like I was expecting too much. They are leagues apart in the test format.

Bangladesh and Pakistan have become teams of equal quality but India has been at the highest position in Tests till now so it is easy for us to compete with India in Tests for Bangladesh but for a team like Bangladesh it is very very difficult to do. We as a supporter of Bangladesh expect a lot from Bangladesh but in reality Bangladesh cannot perform as per the expectations of the supporters.

That’s the truth. India played smart cricket when needed, and fortune favors the brave. I haven't seen many teams win a rain-affected Test, but India managed to turn things in their favor, showing why they’re at the top in Tests. As for Bangladesh, they played as expected. It's rare to see them put up a real fight in this format, and their fans are probably used to it by now.

[As-Soon-As]

I expected Bangladesh to compete better against India after their recent Pakistan series win, but it looks like I was expecting too much. They are leagues apart in the test format.

Bangladesh and Pakistan have become teams of equal quality but India has been at the highest position in Tests till now so it is easy for us to compete with India in Tests for Bangladesh but for a team like Bangladesh it is very very difficult to do. We as a supporter of Bangladesh expect a lot from Bangladesh but in reality Bangladesh cannot perform as per the expectations of the supporters.

That’s the truth. India played smart cricket when needed, and fortune favors the brave. I haven't seen many teams win a rain-affected Test, but India managed to turn things in their favor, showing why they’re at the top in Tests. As for Bangladesh, they played as expected. It's rare to see them put up a real fight in this format, and their fans are probably used to it by now.

India team is strong in their own home ground, but on the field they are the best and they have won this series with full skill. But the Bangladesh team cannot perform well in any challenging full moments, in this case the Bangladesh team is failing again and again. Bangladesh team has the strength of bowling in the squad, but the weakness of batting is the most. Only Sadman Islam and Mushfiqur Rahim performed marginally better on the final day of the second match.
 Apart from these two batsmen, no other batsman could perform for a long time and score runs, their performance is questionable by Bangladeshi fans.  Why Bangladeshi batsmen have survived for a long time in the national team despite performing so poorly.

[HelliumZ]

The Bangladesh team players have very little experience as they are only there to trouble the Bangladesh team fans in the Test match games. Because I don't think any gambler will bet based on the Bangladesh team's performance, usually many gamblers who bet on these test matches are sure to lose. 

Bangladesh team can't perform well with the Indian team, why should they lose by a wide margin again and again, they have been performing badly. In this test match, no player in the squad of Bangladesh team could perform patiently for a long time, all the players failed. Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque are many other players who have basically performed poorly.

Where Bangladesh and India play, it is natural that most bets will be on India. The second test was played for three days because of rain, so most people thought that the match might be abandoned or a draw, but Bangladesh could not even imagine that they would be defeated like this.
It has been mentioned by many Bitcoin users that Bangladesh does not have the mentality of playing Tests.  So there is no point in making unnecessary comments about Bangladeshi players.  If Bangladesh continues to play Test matches throughout the year, the Bangladeshi players will not gain any experience.  Because none of the test playing style or attitude adjusts to the Bangladeshi players.

[Rabata]

I expected Bangladesh to compete better against India after their recent Pakistan series win, but it looks like I was expecting too much. They are leagues apart in the test format.

Bangladesh and Pakistan have become teams of equal quality but India has been at the highest position in Tests till now so it is easy for us to compete with India in Tests for Bangladesh but for a team like Bangladesh it is very very difficult to do. We as a supporter of Bangladesh expect a lot from Bangladesh but in reality Bangladesh cannot perform as per the expectations of the supporters.

That’s the truth. India played smart cricket when needed, and fortune favors the brave. I haven't seen many teams win a rain-affected Test, but India managed to turn things in their favor, showing why they’re at the top in Tests. As for Bangladesh, they played as expected. It's rare to see them put up a real fight in this format, and their fans are probably used to it by now.

India team is strong in their own home ground, but on the field they are the best and they have won this series with full skill. But the Bangladesh team cannot perform well in any challenging full moments, in this case the Bangladesh team is failing again and again. Bangladesh team has the strength of bowling in the squad, but the weakness of batting is the most. Only Sadman Islam and Mushfiqur Rahim performed marginally better on the final day of the second match.
 Apart from these two batsmen, no other batsman could perform for a long time and score runs, their performance is questionable by Bangladeshi fans.  Why Bangladeshi batsmen have survived for a long time in the national team despite performing so poorly.

Bangladesh will not win the Test match against India, it was already predictable, so there is no reaction to the loss the match for Bangladesh. But the performance of the Bangladesh team is boring for the test cricket fans. They were way behind India in both Test matches. Every cricketer in India goes through a lot of test before taking them to the team but I don't know the Bangladesh team is serious in this concern or not. Bangladesh is not very good in test cricket but they can perform a bit better in T20 format. If it was against any team other than India then the chances would have increased. Not win but If Bangladesh can take the game to a competitive stage on Indian home ground against India, it will be a credit for them.

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Bangladesh will not win the Test match against India, it was already predictable, so there is no reaction to the loss the match for Bangladesh. But the performance of the Bangladesh team is boring for the test cricket fans. They were way behind India in both Test matches. Every cricketer in India goes through a lot of test before taking them to the team but I don't know the Bangladesh team is serious in this concern or not. Bangladesh is not very good in test cricket but they can perform a bit better in T20 format. If it was against any team other than India then the chances would have increased. Not win but If Bangladesh can take the game to a competitive stage on Indian home ground against India, it will be a credit for them.

I think Bangladesh will perform worse in the T20 series than what they did in the Test match. Because most of the experienced players who were previously in Bangladesh have now retired from the T20 format and the performance of the new players of Bangladesh in the squad is not very good, so I think Bangladesh will be whitewashed by Indians in the T20 format as well. What is noteworthy here is that the matches will be played in Indian stadiums, so definitely India is going to win the T20 series as well.

[Fuso.hp]

Bangladesh's performance in the second test match is better than nothing. India defeated Bangladesh by a big margin in the match where the game was not played for almost three days due to rain. The way the Indian batsmen batted yesterday, it felt like it was not a Test match at all but a big match of IPL. The game between the two teams was fine until the first innings, most likely India declared the first innings ahead of Bangladesh by fifty runs. But it must be said that Bangladesh performed very poorly in their second innings. The batsmen are in no rush here on the fifth and final day. If the Bangladeshi batsmen had batted relaxedly and declared the innings shortly before the end of the day, they would not have lost this match. The batting of the second innings of the second Test match seemed to be too much for them to return home.

[noormcs5]

I expected Bangladesh to compete better against India after their recent Pakistan series win, but it looks like I was expecting too much. They are leagues apart in the test format.

Bangladesh and Pakistan have become teams of equal quality but India has been at the highest position in Tests till now so it is easy for us to compete with India in Tests for Bangladesh but for a team like Bangladesh it is very very difficult to do. We as a supporter of Bangladesh expect a lot from Bangladesh but in reality Bangladesh cannot perform as per the expectations of the supporters.

We should not compare the Indian cricket team with the Bangladesh or the Pakistan cricket team, both won't be able to beat India easily. We have seen recently in the test match series between India and Bangladesh and how well the Indian team have dominated the two test matches. India won the first match with 280 runs and the 2nd test match by 7 wickets. Bangladesh team had no clue on how to tackle the Indian team. Next Bangladesh and India will next play the T20 series and we may see the same results.

[Mahdirakib]

Poor Bangladesh team, they don't even have the capability to survive in a two day test match against India. Almost 3 days of the second test match hasn't been played for the rain. I was thinking that the match will end as a draw. But India knows it very well that Bangladesh performance is pathetic in test format. It was a great decision from them to play it like a T20 match in the first innings. Bangladesh will be whitewashed in the T20 series as well.

[Nrcewker]

Poor Bangladesh team, they don't even have the capability to survive in a two day test match against India. Almost 3 days of the second test match hasn't been played for the rain. I was thinking that the match will end as a draw. But India knows it very well that Bangladesh performance is pathetic in test format. It was a great decision from them to play it like a T20 match in the first innings. Bangladesh will be whitewashed in the T20 series as well.

Don’t underestimate the Bangladesh team. I know they are not skilled enough like the Indian players, but they are not bad either. Indians have the home ground advantage. They have played many IPL games here in the stadium and on the pitch. Moreover, the Indian team had experienced players, which helped them to attack at the right time.

I am doubting the outcomes of the T20 series, as the Indian team that was announced for the T20 series is completely new. Many will be debuting for the Indian team. Hence, the match will be very competitive.

With this win, India continues to top the WTC leaderboard.

[Sithara007]

Don’t underestimate the Bangladesh team. I know they are not skilled enough like the Indian players, but they are not bad either. Indians have the home ground advantage. They have played many IPL games here in the stadium and on the pitch. Moreover, the Indian team had experienced players, which helped them to attack at the right time.

I am doubting the outcomes of the T20 series, as the Indian team that was announced for the T20 series is completely new. Many will be debuting for the Indian team. Hence, the match will be very competitive.

With this win, India continues to top the WTC leaderboard.

What is left to underestimate? They have been a full member of the ICC for the last 25 years. Receives around $30 million per year from the ICC. And despite all this, they perform much worse than some of the associate nations such as Netherlands and Scotland. And the less talked about their domestic cricket structure, that better. Still the domestic structure is heavily focused around the city of Dhaka and is dominated by the clubs that are based in that city. There is hardly any organized cricket structure outside Dhaka.

[Cheema02]

I expected Bangladesh to compete better against India after their recent Pakistan series win, but it looks like I was expecting too much. They are leagues apart in the test format.

Bangladesh and Pakistan have become teams of equal quality but India has been at the highest position in Tests till now so it is easy for us to compete with India in Tests for Bangladesh but for a team like Bangladesh it is very very difficult to do. We as a supporter of Bangladesh expect a lot from Bangladesh but in reality Bangladesh cannot perform as per the expectations of the supporters.

We should not compare the Indian cricket team with the Bangladesh or the Pakistan cricket team, both won't be able to beat India easily. We have seen recently in the test match series between India and Bangladesh and how well the Indian team have dominated the two test matches. India won the first match with 280 runs and the 2nd test match by 7 wickets. Bangladesh team had no clue on how to tackle the Indian team. Next Bangladesh and India will next play the T20 series and we may see the same results.

Yes, there is no doubt that India is a strong team in test cricket and the way they have performed in Test cricket and outclassed performance. I think the main reason for this performance is their captain Rohit Sharma who have coolness like MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have the passion. I give his capitals 100 out of 100 the way he performed in this test match he not only won the two day test match he also whitewashed Bangladesh. Indian team cahse down the easy target by just lost of three wickets. Its very pride for Indian the way they finished and won the Test match in two days and turned the Test match into a T20 match.

[Haunebu]

Don’t underestimate the Bangladesh team. I know they are not skilled enough like the Indian players, but they are not bad either. Indians have the home ground advantage. They have played many IPL games here in the stadium and on the pitch. Moreover, the Indian team had experienced players, which helped them to attack at the right time.

I am doubting the outcomes of the T20 series, as the Indian team that was announced for the T20 series is completely new. Many will be debuting for the Indian team. Hence, the match will be very competitive.

Bangladesh were overestimated in the test format by some people which is just silly since India haven't lost a test series against an away team on their turf for a long, long time as @JSRAW pointed out recently.

However, I do agree with you about not underestimating them in the T20 format since it's a very unpredictable format. I still don't think India will lose the series, but it could be a lot more competitive as you mentioned.

[Tony116]

Don’t underestimate the Bangladesh team. I know they are not skilled enough like the Indian players, but they are not bad either. Indians have the home ground advantage. They have played many IPL games here in the stadium and on the pitch. Moreover, the Indian team had experienced players, which helped them to attack at the right time.

I am doubting the outcomes of the T20 series, as the Indian team that was announced for the T20 series is completely new. Many will be debuting for the Indian team. Hence, the match will be very competitive.

Bangladesh were overestimated in the test format by some people which is just silly since India haven't lost a test series against an away team on their turf for a long, long time as @JSRAW pointed out recently.

However, I do agree with you about not underestimating them in the T20 format since it's a very unpredictable format. I still don't think India will lose the series, but it could be a lot more competitive as you mentioned.

Bangladesh team is always weak in Test format. Bangladesh is far behind compared to teams like India. But since he performed well against Pakistan in the last series. Bangladesh won the Test match in Pakistan's home series. Even the Bangladesh team won both test matches. And everyone was very surprised to see the performance of Bangladesh in this series. This is why India took this series very seriously. They have formed their best squad. And India performed well against Bangladesh. Naturally, the Bangladesh team could not show any surprises in this series. India managed to win both the matches easily.

[Learn Bitcoin]

That was a easy win for India. India be like, why do we need five days if we can defeat a team only in two and a half day? LOL. Congratulations team India. Yeah, it is true that some of us were overestimated Bangladesh. But, that was for some reason. Every team try to improve and play better than before. But it seems like this terms does not apply for team Bangladesh as they are doing worst. But as a supporter, we still have to support the team. Yet again, we will expect some better cricket from them. Let's see if they can at least win one match against India in T20 format.

[Compromise me]

I expected Bangladesh to compete better against India after their recent Pakistan series win, but it looks like I was expecting too much. They are leagues apart in the test format.

Bangladesh and Pakistan have become teams of equal quality but India has been at the highest position in Tests till now so it is easy for us to compete with India in Tests for Bangladesh but for a team like Bangladesh it is very very difficult to do. We as a supporter of Bangladesh expect a lot from Bangladesh but in reality Bangladesh cannot perform as per the expectations of the supporters.

That’s the truth. India played smart cricket when needed, and fortune favors the brave. I haven't seen many teams win a rain-affected Test, but India managed to turn things in their favor, showing why they’re at the top in Tests. As for Bangladesh, they played as expected. It's rare to see them put up a real fight in this format, and their fans are probably used to it by now.

India team is strong in their own home ground, but on the field they are the best and they have won this series with full skill. But the Bangladesh team cannot perform well in any challenging full moments, in this case the Bangladesh team is failing again and again. Bangladesh team has the strength of bowling in the squad, but the weakness of batting is the most. Only Sadman Islam and Mushfiqur Rahim performed marginally better on the final day of the second match.
 Apart from these two batsmen, no other batsman could perform for a long time and score runs, their performance is questionable by Bangladeshi fans.  Why Bangladeshi batsmen have survived for a long time in the national team despite performing so poorly.

As we know Indian International test cricket team is not like a Pakistani International test cricket team which will play bad against low ranking team . Indian players are best all the World and they proved that in all situations and they won the test series easily against Bangladeshi team which won the test series against Pak  cricket team . Bangladeshi team is not good team but Pakistani cricket team is playing bad as comparison to Bangladeshi team and they have to note their weaknesses and they have to hard work. Pakistani players are not focusing on their physique and they are eating bad thing which are dangerous to their physical and mental health.

[ZAINmalik75]

Poor Bangladesh team, they don't even have the capability to survive in a two day test match against India. Almost 3 days of the second test match hasn't been played for the rain. I was thinking that the match will end as a draw. But India knows it very well that Bangladesh performance is pathetic in test format. It was a great decision from them to play it like a T20 match in the first innings. Bangladesh will be whitewashed in the T20 series as well.

Yep after victory against Pakistan especially in test format really shock many of us and from till now exception from them has been raised but they hasn't continue his momentum and rhythm against India which really push them down. To be honest after India innings declaration things were completely in Bangladesh hand to just divert results in thier favor from defeat to draw and the only things were required was to stay long and rotate strike but unfortunately they failed and unable to done that things which results in thier defeat with 2-0 and thus they lose the series too. Now Indian team are in great position to play Test Championship and may be possibly won that important achievement too and with that Rohit will register his name in indian great captain after dhoni