Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[usekevin]

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.

The standard of the team India is not comparable one to Bangladesh and Pakistan.Because today match itself will say the Bangladesh team they can play the test match like the One day game.This was the influence of the new coach Gambhir,his approach to the game was totally different.Because of his game the KKR had won the IPL cup after a long gap.This triggered the team BCCI to add the Gautam Gambhir as the head coach in all format.Because no team will think to create a history of playing the test matches like T20 game.Team India made many records in a single day.They have made the fastest 50,100,150,200 in the World Test matches,my opinion is this was the plan of head coach Gautham Gambhir.

[HelliumZ]

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.

For proper Bangladesh Test cricket should be made for two days instead of five days because Bangladesh play two days test is enough and any country can win with Bangladesh in two days. In the first three days of the second Test between Bangladesh and India, the match was stopped due to continuous rain and if two days are available, Bangladesh cannot even draw, then there is no need for Bangladesh to give a five-day test, but two days are enough for Bangladesh.

[Publictalk792]

The standard of the team India is not comparable one to Bangladesh and Pakistan.Because today match itself will say the Bangladesh team they can play the test match like the One day game.This was the influence of the new coach Gambhir,his approach to the game was totally different.Because of his game the KKR had won the IPL cup after a long gap.This triggered the team BCCI to add the Gautam Gambhir as the head coach in all format.Because no team will think to create a history of playing the test matches like T20 game.Team India made many records in a single day.They have made the fastest 50,100,150,200 in the World Test matches,my opinion is this was the plan of head coach Gautham Gambhir.

Yes team India performance is better than Bangladesh and Pakistan as we have seen. Bangladesh now plays test matches like one day games. I appreciate coach Gautam Gambhir new ideas. He successfully led KKR to IPL win becoming head coach for all formats. Gambhir changed India test cricket approach playing test matches like T20 games and setting records. Like you mentioned in one day they achieved fastest 50, 100, 150, and 200 in test cricket history. This shows Gambhir smart coaching.

[DanWalker]

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.

For proper Bangladesh Test cricket should be made for two days instead of five days because Bangladesh play two days test is enough and any country can win with Bangladesh in two days. In the first three days of the second Test between Bangladesh and India, the match was stopped due to continuous rain and if two days are available, Bangladesh cannot even draw, then there is no need for Bangladesh to give a five-day test, but two days are enough for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh team is very weak in Test format, this is nothing new. Bangladeshi players have very little patience. And I would say they are not diligent enough. Playing big innings in Test format is a very difficult task for Bangladeshi players. The performance of this team is very erratic.

However, since we saw excellent performances from Bangladeshi players in the two Test matches against Pakistan a few days ago, we expected this series against India to be very competitive as well. But the two matches against India were completely one-sided. The team lost the first match by a big margin. But we all thought that the second match would be a draw. Bangladeshi batsmen batted like stupids.

[noormcs5]

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.

Since we had the first few days of this match affected by the rain, it was obvious that this match would end up in a draw but the Indian team had other plans. Bangladesh's 2nd innings was a mess, they were all out at 146 runs and that was the major cause of their loss. Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam has made a 50 but that did not help the team's cause as other players were unable to save their wickets on the last day.



Also we should give credit to the brilliant bowling by the Indian team. Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, all of them took three wickets each and played a major role in putting a big dent in this Bangladesh innings.

[laijsica]

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.

For proper Bangladesh Test cricket should be made for two days instead of five days because Bangladesh play two days test is enough and any country can win with Bangladesh in two days. In the first three days of the second Test between Bangladesh and India, the match was stopped due to continuous rain and if two days are available, Bangladesh cannot even draw, then there is no need for Bangladesh to give a five-day test, but two days are enough for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh team is very weak in Test format, this is nothing new. Bangladeshi players have very little patience. And I would say they are not diligent enough. Playing big innings in Test format is a very difficult task for Bangladeshi players. The performance of this team is very erratic.

However, since we saw excellent performances from Bangladeshi players in the two Test matches against Pakistan a few days ago, we expected this series against India to be very competitive as well. But the two matches against India were completely one-sided. The team lost the first match by a big margin. But we all thought that the second match would be a draw. Bangladeshi batsmen batted like stupids.

You are correct. Bangladesh team has failed to show good performance in test matches in previous years but they were quite energetic during the tour of Pakistan but could not maintain that consistency. The Test series loss against India dropped Bangladesh to seventh position in ICC Test Championship points. India's series win has put them at the top of the points table with 74.24 from 11 matches. Australia is second and Sri Lanka is third.

Like you I expected Bangladesh team to be able to put up a good performance but they disappointed the visitors and I noticed that they lacked fighting spirit and the skill of experienced players was disappointing. In the rain-interrupted Test match, the Indian team batted in the T20 style early on and overpowered the Bangladeshi bowlers which led to their victory.

[Fuso.hp]

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.

Bangladesh could not use their brains in the way that India used their brains in the second Test match. If Bangladesh could have used their intelligence properly against India, then Bangladesh would never have been defeated in the second Test match. We know that Bangladesh is not favorite against India, but nature created many opportunities for Bangladesh to draw this match but Bangladesh could not use that opportunity. Now my question is how did Bangladesh win two test matches against Pakistan with such a poor performance. After winning two Test matches against Pakistan on Pakistani soil, Bangladeshi fans had some expectations that Bangladesh might do well in the Test Championship. But with the way they performed against India, it seems that the second Test win against Pakistan might be their last win after that.

[cryptoWODL]

You are correct. Bangladesh team has failed to show good performance in test matches in previous years but they were quite energetic during the tour of Pakistan but could not maintain that consistency. The Test series loss against India dropped Bangladesh to seventh position in ICC Test Championship points. India's series win has put them at the top of the points table with 74.24 from 11 matches. Australia is second and Sri Lanka is third.

Like you I expected Bangladesh team to be able to put up a good performance but they disappointed the visitors and I noticed that they lacked fighting spirit and the skill of experienced players was disappointing. In the rain-interrupted Test match, the Indian team batted in the T20 style early on and overpowered the Bangladeshi bowlers which led to their victory.

An interesting fact about the Bangladesh team is that they do not have a consistency of good performance but they have a consistency of bad performance. Watching a poor performance in every match of a country creates a state of annoyance among the fans. The game of Bangladesh can never create excitement in the audience, only disappointment. If you look closely at the second Test match between Bangladesh and India, you will see that while the Indian batsmen are batting well, the Bangladeshi seem not to know how to bat. And the experienced players of Bangladesh team perform like reckless batting, they may forget how to bat defensively while batting.

And one of the main problems in the Bangladesh team is that if they play against a big team, they become mentally weak and lose confidence. As a result, even though they have talent, they cannot develop their talent, That is, they cannot reflect their talent on the cricket field. Bangladesh team players should come out of this problem and match themselves properly.

[JSRAW]

Update
- As of now, India are in a comfortable position but they shouldn't be complacent in the next home series against the Kiwis and look to strengthen their position. Last time they ran away with 1 draw test (because of bad light) when they were 9 down.

- Australia needs to win BGT against India, otherwise, they are in a tough situation because they have an away tour against SL and the Lankans are in some form.

- SL should do alright against Australia at home but they need to channel all their energy towards Proteas in an away series. They successfully won against SA in 2019 so one could hope for a tight competition.

- Proteas could be worthy candidates for the finals if they win against Bangbros in an away series. After that, they are playing 2 home series against SL and PAK.

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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.

And it's going strong and it should continue, unless the Kiwis surprise everyone. If I am not wrong then Windies and South Africa will also travel here in 2025.

Indian fans should enjoy it while it lasts because such streaks are meant to be broken. I would guess that once Ash-Jaddu takes retirement or some freaky fightback from any touring team (both are obvious guesses tho, no rocket science). I'd be a happy person if we cross the 20-21 mark, saying it because Aussie got 2 good runs and we should at least double it, anything above is a bonus.

[Haunebu]

And it's going strong and it should continue, unless the Kiwis surprise everyone. If I am not wrong then Windies and South Africa will also travel here in 2025.

Indian fans should enjoy it while it lasts because such streaks are meant to be broken. I would guess that once Ash-Jaddu takes retirement or some freaky fightback from any touring team (both are obvious guesses tho, no rocket science). I'd be a happy person if we cross the 20-21 mark, saying it because Aussie got 2 good runs and we should at least double it, anything above is a bonus.

I don't see the Kiwis winning against India on their turf since they have been on a downtrend recently in literally every format. Am not expecting any wonders from the Lankans or the Proteas either.

Only England or Australia could properly trouble them, but I don't know when they either of them will be touring India next. Also, Rohit's belly fat continues hogging all the attention.

[LDL]

Bangladesh team is very weak in Test format, this is nothing new. Bangladeshi players have very little patience. And I would say they are not diligent enough. Playing big innings in Test format is a very difficult task for Bangladeshi players. The performance of this team is very erratic.

However, since we saw excellent performances from Bangladeshi players in the two Test matches against Pakistan a few days ago, we expected this series against India to be very competitive as well. But the two matches against India were completely one-sided. The team lost the first match by a big margin. But we all thought that the second match would be a draw. Bangladeshi batsmen batted like stupids.

Assuming that Bangladeshi players do not have the patience and there are no players in Bangladesh who have the patience to play long innings. But in the last match, Bangladesh players cannot bat patiently for only two days. It is not worth analyzing in any way. We believe that all the countries that are not qualified to play Tests except Bangladesh will do better than Bangladesh if they are brought here to bat. Bangladeshi batsmen have been batting for so long, but they are not able to create the mindset of a Test game, it can be called an extreme failure. I will not blame the Bangladeshi bowlers because the Bangladeshi bowlers have enough qualification and quality but the batsmen are not fit to play Test at all.

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Since we had the first few days of this match affected by the rain, it was obvious that this match would end up in a draw but the Indian team had other plans. Bangladesh's 2nd innings was a mess, they were all out at 146 runs and that was the major cause of their loss. Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam has made a 50 but that did not help the team's cause as other players were unable to save their wickets on the last day.

I would say, no, not only the 2nd innings but also the entire series, which was a mess. What did they actually achieve from this test series except for some personal achievements like a hundred and two fifties? Is this how a test-playing national team plays in a condition that is very similar to their own backyard? We know every home team get some advantage from their ground, but the Indians didn't even need any special help from the ground. Bangladesh played some worse cricket again, and it is not the first time, nor the last time. It was bullshit to watch how they gave out wickets.

[Nalain420]

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.

If you compare Bangladesh's performance with the first match, it was worse.  But his perform was not enough to win the match.  The reason for India perform is that they win the match by a huge margin.  There has been an advantage in this as well, if the game was played, Bangladesh would have been defeated.  If they played with good pace in every over, they would have got a chance to play more.  Yes and anyway in India match we should mostly know that India will win.  No, I don't think Bangladesh play well in the first innings, but they played better than the first match.  In the first innings of this match, they set a target of only 233, which was a very easy target for India.  India could have achieved this target even in 20 overs.  If Bangladesh were to wreak have in the second innings and overwhelm the Indian batsmen, India decision in the first innings would have led them to defeat.  But the India team is also strong due to which they took this decision.

[noormcs5]

Anyone watched the Test match between Australia Under-19 and India Under-19 team that was won by the Indian team. This was the 1st unofficial Test that was played in Chennai. I think both teams played a close game but it was India who in the end won by just 2 wickets. These under 19 matches gives us a hint of the promising players that may play for the international side sooner or later.

One of those emerging player is Vaibhav Suryavanshi who made a century in the Indian team first innings. He did this in only 62 balls.
Then we have Mohamed Enaan who has six taken wickets in an innings. From Australian Under 19 team I was impressed with Vishwa Ramkumar. He took 4 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the 2nd innings. Getting 7 wickets in a match is a big confidence booster for him.

[Compromise me]

Anyone watched the Test match between Australia Under-19 and India Under-19 team that was won by the Indian team. This was the 1st unofficial Test that was played in Chennai. I think both teams played a close game but it was India who in the end won by just 2 wickets. These under 19 matches gives us a hint of the promising players that may play for the international side sooner or later.

One of those emerging player is Vaibhav Suryavanshi who made a century in the Indian team first innings. He did this in only 62 balls.
Then we have Mohamed Enaan who has six taken wickets in an innings. From Australian Under 19 team I was impressed with Vishwa Ramkumar. He took 4 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the 2nd innings. Getting 7 wickets in a match is a big confidence booster for him.

Indians are on top in all formats and at every level of competition. We saw Indian players in IPL which are performing well and they are selected on their performance and they performed well on International Level and Indian team won the World Cup 2024 and Indian U19 cricket team is also following the same path and they are doing good effort for the country and in the future they will be next Rohit and Virat Kohli. We know everyone is unique with unique capabilities but we are expecting best players from Indian U19 team which will play the next T20 World Cup in the place of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.Australian U19 team did not play bad bad luck was in the favour of Indian U19 team and that team won the match by 2 wickets.

[virasog]

Anyone watched the Test match between Australia Under-19 and India Under-19 team that was won by the Indian team. This was the 1st unofficial Test that was played in Chennai. I think both teams played a close game but it was India who in the end won by just 2 wickets. These under 19 matches gives us a hint of the promising players that may play for the international side sooner or later.

One of those emerging player is Vaibhav Suryavanshi who made a century in the Indian team first innings. He did this in only 62 balls.
Then we have Mohamed Enaan who has six taken wickets in an innings. From Australian Under 19 team I was impressed with Vishwa Ramkumar. He took 4 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the 2nd innings. Getting 7 wickets in a match is a big confidence booster for him.

India's Under 19s team has won the game against Australia Under 19s at Chennai. It was the first unofficial test match that has owned by India. In the first innings, the team India has not get the lead of many runs, they got the lead of just three. Also their batsmen did not performed good in the second innings but by chance, they won the game otherwise Australia Under 19s team was so close to the win that they could have achieved it. However, hopefully, Australia perform well next time. Australia lacked by just two wickets otherwise they were winning the game and also from the start they were looking strong.

[Sithara007]

India's Under 19s team has won the game against Australia Under 19s at Chennai. It was the first unofficial test match that has owned by India. In the first innings, the team India has not get the lead of many runs, they got the lead of just three. Also their batsmen did not performed good in the second innings but by chance, they won the game otherwise Australia Under 19s team was so close to the win that they could have achieved it. However, hopefully, Australia perform well next time. Australia lacked by just two wickets otherwise they were winning the game and also from the start they were looking strong.

Age group and women's cricket is where SENA nations still hold an advantage over India. But recent results indicate that this scenario is changing. India simply whitewashed the series. They won the ODI series by a margin of 3-0, and are now leading the test series by 1-0. Nevertheless, the first test was a close contest. India scraped through by a razor thin margin of two wickets. Mohamed Enaan, the 17-year old spinner from Kerala was the pick of the bowlers for India. He took a total of 9 wickets in this match.

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Bangladesh team is very weak in Test format, this is nothing new. Bangladeshi players have very little patience. And I would say they are not diligent enough. Playing big innings in Test format is a very difficult task for Bangladeshi players. The performance of this team is very erratic.

However, since we saw excellent performances from Bangladeshi players in the two Test matches against Pakistan a few days ago, we expected this series against India to be very competitive as well. But the two matches against India were completely one-sided. The team lost the first match by a big margin. But we all thought that the second match would be a draw. Bangladeshi batsmen batted like stupids.

Bangladesh has never been ideal team in test format just because of this we are having test result in just two days which is telling us all story about their quality in this format but due to their recent success in Pakistan we have some hype even many are missing Pakistan is always having internal issues due to players grouping and many other factors which bring them down as now they are having 8th rank in World Test Championship, and we are having no chance for their better rank in coming matches as well because things are not suitable for them to have good performance against quality teams.



As we are having huge decline in test matches by many teams now changes are essential for the future of this format because if ICC and big boards are fail to do changes then surely we can expect this format having huge problems in near future for the rest of boards other than top 3 which can handle this all conditions.

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I would say, no, not only the 2nd innings but also the entire series, which was a mess. What did they actually achieve from this test series except for some personal achievements like a hundred and two fifties? Is this how a test-playing national team plays in a condition that is very similar to their own backyard? We know every home team get some advantage from their ground, but the Indians didn't even need any special help from the ground. Bangladesh played some worse cricket again, and it is not the first time, nor the last time. It was bullshit to watch how they gave out wickets.

Still we are Bangladeshi we hope that Bangladesh team will play well this time but no they disappoint us again and again.  I will also agree with you that Bangladesh team's achievement in this match is only one century and one half century which was more likely the personal achievement.
Before the start of this series, I heard many people saying that in the Indian series they can perform like the Pakistan series or that there is a possibility of seeing a good performance from Bangladesh in this series.  I told them earlier that Indian team and Pakistan team are not same, comparing India and Pakistan to predict the result of this series is absolutely stupid and that's it.

[Swordsoffreedom]

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.

Since we had the first few days of this match affected by the rain, it was obvious that this match would end up in a draw but the Indian team had other plans. Bangladesh's 2nd innings was a mess, they were all out at 146 runs and that was the major cause of their loss. Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam has made a 50 but that did not help the team's cause as other players were unable to save their wickets on the last day.

Also we should give credit to the brilliant bowling by the Indian team. Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, all of them took three wickets each and played a major role in putting a big dent in this Bangladesh innings.

Okay, first of all, how do they lose a match, a test match where almost 3 days have already passed not being played.? How do you lose in two days? At this point, it is like Bangladesh wants to lose. I understand that the performance from India was really good but it was also not that good for which it was impossible to at least get a draw out of this match. India is obviously a far better team compared to Bangladesh. But Bangladesh is also a good team and they have been playing cricket for a long time. So they should at least be able to get a draw in a situation like this right?

Bangladesh did show a good performance against Pakistan and that had given us some hope. But it looks like they will still face a lot of problems going forward. Especially against big teams.