Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[UmerIdrees]

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.

The Indian team made their victory against Bangladesh. In the first innings, India did not score high and got the lead for just some runs. Then Bangladesh came to bat again and only one day was left, I was thinking too no chance for a result for this game but the Indian bowlers picked the wickets so quickly and did all out the Bangladesh team at 146 then their batters chased the target easily and won the game.

Jaiswal was the player of this historic match, he was near to his century but the target was chased otherwise I am pretty sure, he would be able to make it to 100.

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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.

This match was so thrilling and interesting among India Under 19s squad against Australia under 19s squad and both participated on One day competition previously and in this competition, India under 19s squad displayed their best ever strength to Australia under 19s and won this competition with all victory in one day matches. But in unofficial test match, Australia under 19s squad made high burden to India under 19s squad when India under 19s squad frequently lost their wickets in second inning. Australia under 19s squad made many mistakes in their second inning and their squad also managed low scores compare to their previous inning. Just 3 scores had difference among India under 19s squad and Australia under 19s in first inning but middle order batters of Australia under 19s showcased bad performance and did not collect high scores for squad and support them to secure victory. At end of match, India under 19s squad defeated Australia under 19s squad with just two wickets and Australia under 19s lost another match.

[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.

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.

Yes, you are absolutely right, especially Bangladesh doesn't want to learn anything from the game or even if they learn, they don't have any skills to use it in practice. They could have performed half as well against India as they did against Pakistan.  So what lessons have been learned from Pakistan and I don't see any effect of defeating Pakistan on India for now.
No regrets if Bangladesh loses with India or any other country but if they can correct the mistakes then we will get enough but never possible for Bangladesh to correct those mistakes.  If this continues, at some point the cricket crazy fans of Bangladesh will stop supporting Bangladesh.

[Rustam Meraj]

Yes, you are absolutely right, especially Bangladesh doesn't want to learn anything from the game or even if they learn, they don't have any skills to use it in practice. They could have performed half as well against India as they did against Pakistan.  So what lessons have been learned from Pakistan and I don't see any effect of defeating Pakistan on India for now.
No regrets if Bangladesh loses with India or any other country but if they can correct the mistakes then we will get enough but never possible for Bangladesh to correct those mistakes.  If this continues, at some point the cricket crazy fans of Bangladesh will stop supporting Bangladesh.

I completely agree that Bangladesh cricket team does not learn from its mistakes. They play poorly against strong teams like India unlike their good performance against Pakistan. To do better they need to fix their weaknesses and make smart game plans and improve player skills. If not fans will lose interest. Bangladesh fans love their team but they expect improvement. The team must take steps to get better.

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The Indian team made their victory against Bangladesh. In the first innings, India did not score high and got the lead for just some runs. Then Bangladesh came to bat again and only one day was left, I was thinking too no chance for a result for this game but the Indian bowlers picked the wickets so quickly and did all out the Bangladesh team at 146 then their batters chased the target easily and won the game.

Rohit was so confident in his bowlers that he told his teammates that if we could bowl them 80 overs, we could bowl them out twice. Bangladesh played 121 overs in both innings, scoring 379 runs in two. Imagine how poor their batting lineup is that the opponent team has this confidence that we can bowl them out within 80 overs. 

I saw a photo card somewhere on social media or in this forum. This proves how weak their batting lineup is, and the opponent did not even have to change their plan. Now we are looking forward to the T20I matches, and the result is almost obvious already. We are going to get whitewash there.

[Sithara007]

Rohit was so confident in his bowlers that he told his teammates that if we could bowl them 80 overs, we could bowl them out twice. Bangladesh played 121 overs in both innings, scoring 379 runs in two. Imagine how poor their batting lineup is that the opponent team has this confidence that we can bowl them out within 80 overs. 

I saw a photo card somewhere on social media or in this forum. This proves how weak their batting lineup is, and the opponent did not even have to change their plan. Now we are looking forward to the T20I matches, and the result is almost obvious already. We are going to get whitewash there.

At this point Bangladesh doesn't have quality batsmen who can survive and thrive against the lethal bowling combination of Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. India had the home advantage as well. Even then, the performance of the Bangladeshi batsmen were below what was expected from them. And the less talked about their bowling, that better. India got to 100 in less than 10 overs, as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma were simply smashing the bowlers all over the park.

[fullhdpixel]

Yes, you are absolutely right, especially Bangladesh doesn't want to learn anything from the game or even if they learn, they don't have any skills to use it in practice. They could have performed half as well against India as they did against Pakistan.  So what lessons have been learned from Pakistan and I don't see any effect of defeating Pakistan on India for now.
No regrets if Bangladesh loses with India or any other country but if they can correct the mistakes then we will get enough but never possible for Bangladesh to correct those mistakes.  If this continues, at some point the cricket crazy fans of Bangladesh will stop supporting Bangladesh.

I completely agree that Bangladesh cricket team does not learn from its mistakes. They play poorly against strong teams like India unlike their good performance against Pakistan. To do better they need to fix their weaknesses and make smart game plans and improve player skills. If not fans will lose interest. Bangladesh fans love their team but they expect improvement. The team must take steps to get better.

It's not all about learning from mistakes they are having no quality and depth which is the main problem for them, we need good investment in Bangladesh cricket which is not coming, and their management is also having no professionalism which bring revolutionary changes as Bangladesh is third most populated country in Asian cricket, and they can do much better than from their current level, but things are not happening as we were expected few years back.

BPL is bringing good funds with ICC is also giving $30 Million annually, but they are not working on their domestic setup which can bring good success and improvement in quality and technique which is need of time.

Now after Shakib Al Hassan we are having no quality all-rounder which can hold things in middle of the game and their batting is always pain in the ass against quality bowling.

[Mahdirakib]

Don’t underestimate the Bangladesh team. I know they are not skilled enough like the Indian players, but they are not bad either.

There is a big difference between the performance of Bangladesh in Test and ODI format. You can always underestimate them in test format. Don't forget to check their test statistics.

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 ~snip~

Some players of Bangladesh only play for themselves. They don't think about the team. There is also lack of proper bonding between the players. There were some senior players like Shakib, Mushfiqur, Mominul in the squad. Also some experienced players in test format like Shanto, Litton and Miraz. None of them showed responsibility during batting. They were unable to stand in front of Indian magic bowling squad.

[HelliumZ]

Some players of Bangladesh only play for themselves. They don't think about the team. There is also lack of proper bonding between the players. There were some senior players like Shakib, Mushfiqur, Mominul in the squad. Also some experienced players in test format like Shanto, Litton and Miraz. None of them showed responsibility during batting. They were unable to stand in front of Indian magic bowling squad.

Mehdi Hasan Miraj tries to devote himself enough as a all-rounder but Liton Das has been a regular in the team for several years but we are not getting good feedback from him. Nazmul Hasan Shanto, Liton Das, Zakir Hasan, in many cases Mominul Haque are in such bad off form in the current situation. They need to be held accountable in Test cricket and they need to be given temporary breaks as punishment at times. As senior cricketers, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan are sometimes out of form and they need to bring accountability.

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Mehdi Hasan Miraj tries to devote himself enough as a all-rounder but Liton Das has been a regular in the team for several years but we are not getting good feedback from him. Nazmul Hasan Shanto, Liton Das, Zakir Hasan, in many cases Mominul Haque are in such bad off form in the current situation. They need to be held accountable in Test cricket and they need to be given temporary breaks as punishment at times. As senior cricketers, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan are sometimes out of form and they need to bring accountability.

You are right Mehdi Hasan Miraj is working hard to become reliable all rounder but Liton Das is in team for long time without achieving good results. Other players like you mentioned Nazmul Hasan Shanto and Zakir Hasan and Mominul Haque are also having trouble playing well. If they want to fix this problem so players need to take responsibility for their performance. Giving temporary breaks to senior players who are not doing well including Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan can motivate them to improve. This will encourage players to work harder and use their skills effectively.

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Rohit was so confident in his bowlers that he told his teammates that if we could bowl them 80 overs, we could bowl them out twice. Bangladesh played 121 overs in both innings, scoring 379 runs in two. Imagine how poor their batting lineup is that the opponent team has this confidence that we can bowl them out within 80 overs.  

 

To be fair to Bangladesh, this time they managed to escape an inning defeat and young seamers gave some hope.

As far as batting is concerned, No team survives for long when Indian spinners get into their rhythm in a 3rd- 4th inning, it just gets too hard to bat for the visiting team. It happened plenty of times, even with Aussies, there are many instances when teams bundled up within 40 overs.    

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Some players of Bangladesh only play for themselves. They don't think about the team. There is also lack of proper bonding between the players. There were some senior players like Shakib, Mushfiqur, Mominul in the squad. Also some experienced players in test format like Shanto, Litton and Miraz. None of them showed responsibility during batting. They were unable to stand in front of Indian magic bowling squad.

Bangladesh players this mindset is having huge troubles for them as they are trying to give individually instead of team if they will try to give as team things can take good changes, and they can achieve better results as well.

Same case happening in current Pakistani cricket team, and they are going down day by day this is important while you are developing a cricketer you need to give him some lessons it's not all about captaincy or individual performance you need to be performed as team which will give you better results, and you will be able to have better performance as well.

In few countries, they are doing things like these from the early days of players career which helps him, and he is able to give best for his team instead of going through for personal records and achievements.

You can always underestimate them in test format. Don't forget to check their test statistics.

I can see that Bangladesh won at least one test match against all test playing nations except India and South Africa. Any country's stats will look like this in early days of test cricket and I do not have any second opinion about Bangladesh is about to transform from here to more stronger side in near future.

[Fuso.hp]

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.

The Indian team made their victory against Bangladesh. In the first innings, India did not score high and got the lead for just some runs. Then Bangladesh came to bat again and only one day was left, I was thinking too no chance for a result for this game but the Indian bowlers picked the wickets so quickly and did all out the Bangladesh team at 146 then their batters chased the target easily and won the game.

Jaiswal was the player of this historic match, he was near to his century but the target was chased otherwise I am pretty sure, he would be able to make it to 100.

India need to win a total of five Test matches to reach the final of the Test Championship. They had a home series against Bangladesh so they had already planned to ensure a 100% win in two matches but the second test match became a problem for them. Whereas the second test match came very close to being abandoned due to rain but the game started late but time was very short for both the teams and it was definitely challenging for both the teams to get the result of the game in this period. India thought they would declare first innings without batting and invite Bangladesh to bat just to save time. But they later batted in the first innings and batted few overs to leave Bangladesh behind.   

India batted in T20 style in two innings, on the contrary, Bangladesh gave away wickets to Indian bowlers instead of keeping wickets, due to which Team India won the second Test match against Bangladesh with a lot of time left in this short period.

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To be fair to Bangladesh, this time they managed to escape an inning defeat and young seamers gave some hope.

As far as batting is concerned, No team survives for long when Indian spinners get into their rhythm in a 3rd- 4th inning, it just gets too hard to bat for the visiting team. It happened plenty of times, even with Aussies, there are many instances when teams bundled up within 40 overs.    

India could have asked Bangladesh to bat again (follow On) in the first test, and the result could have been worse for Bangladesh. I agree that most visiting teams collapse against the Indian bowling lineup, especially when they play on their home ground. But it depends on the condition of that particular ground and the wicket. But, we expected something good from Bangladesh because we are neighbours of India and we are familiar with the conditions. So, they should have played some better cricket when they played in the subcontinent.

[hafiztalha]

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.

I agree this India team top in all series test, ODI and T20 on other our county team Pakistan they lost games to low ranks team and also they lost test series by Bangladesh team before start this series. India team easily won the 1 st game by big runs 280 and there is no comparison India to Bangladesh team and at this time, Bangladesh team don't have single chances to beat India team in all semis like test or other. Next T20 series will in between same team what do you think about this series again Bangladesh team will whitewash in this series if you ask me I say yes because Bangladesh team need a lot of practice and  hard work to improve in all lines then they some chance to beat monster team India. In 2 nd test game, some days are affected by rain but India again beat Bangladesh team by 7 wickets big margin. Let's see in T20 games how Bangladesh team will play and beat.

[Cheema02]

India team top in all series test, ODI and T20 on other our county team Pakistan they lost games to low ranks team and also they lost test series by Bangladesh team before start this series. India team easily won the 1 st game by big runs 280 and there is no comparison India to Bangladesh team and at this time, Bangladesh team don't have single chances to beat India team in all semis like test or other. Next T20 series will in between same team what do you think about this series again Bangladesh team will whitewash in this series if you ask me I say yes because Bangladesh team need a lot of practice and  hard work to improve in all lines then they some chance to beat monster team India. In 2 nd test game, some days are affected by rain but India again beat Bangladesh team by 7 wickets big margin. Let's see in T20 games how Bangladesh team will play and beat.

The way indian team batted against Bangladesh in the second test match won the test match in just the last two days, unbelievable performance. I think if Bangladesh does not perform well, then in the T20, India will whitewash him easily. The rest of the series between Pakistan and England started on 7 October in Rawalpindi. England has announced their playing XI. Ben Stocks is not part of the team due to injury. England have announced playing Xi with the inclusion of two spinners in their squad Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir. Shoaib Bashir is a dangerous sign for Pakistan because they performed very well in the recent test series, so I hope that England will put up a good match with Pakistan. Babar Azam's role will be very important in this test series for Pakistan, so Babar Azam will have to give a good performance and also the bowlers will have to do something extraordinary if they want to win this series in home ground. .

[Compromise me]

India could have asked Bangladesh to bat again (follow On) in the first test, and the result could have been worse for Bangladesh. I agree that most visiting teams collapse against the Indian bowling lineup, especially when they play on their home ground. But it depends on the condition of that particular ground and the wicket. But, we expected something good from Bangladesh because we are neighbours of India and we are familiar with the conditions. So, they should have played some better cricket when they played in the subcontinent.

Yes ,you are right. Indian team has good format and they are doing well in all formats but Bangladeshi International test is not learning from their mistakes. When Bangladeshi team played well against Pakistan team ,we expected that they will also play batter against India team but we found them as a loser. They are playing very bad against India team .

Indian team is best team and one should prepare well to win against India team but Bangladeshi team didn't change their habits and now they lose the series against India team .Indian team won the series by 2-0 . Indian International test did not look in pressure and they the match against Bangladesh team and they played like they were playing against Nepal team and Kenya team.

[ZAINmalik75]

Pakistan vs England
Well tomorrow we have Pakistan first match against england at home ground which is looking really excited as Pakistani team face terrible defeats in his recent test series again Bangladesh for a first time and that why management really done a lot work on them and also shuffle some of thier player which can deliver decent results.so to be honest currently everyone will expect and believe england Gona smashed them but believe me Pakistan team just need a click to get back into his right track also they have home ground advantage so may be this time they will divert results in thier favor.

[GigaBit]

Yes, you are absolutely right, especially Bangladesh doesn't want to learn anything from the game or even if they learn, they don't have any skills to use it in practice. They could have performed half as well against India as they did against Pakistan.  So what lessons have been learned from Pakistan and I don't see any effect of defeating Pakistan on India for now.
No regrets if Bangladesh loses with India or any other country but if they can correct the mistakes then we will get enough but never possible for Bangladesh to correct those mistakes.  If this continues, at some point the cricket crazy fans of Bangladesh will stop supporting Bangladesh.

I completely agree that Bangladesh cricket team does not learn from its mistakes. They play poorly against strong teams like India unlike their good performance against Pakistan. To do better they need to fix their weaknesses and make smart game plans and improve player skills. If not fans will lose interest. Bangladesh fans love their team but they expect improvement. The team must take steps to get better.

There is a big difference between Indian and Pakistani cricket. Pakistan's recent performance is not at all as expected while India is top in all aspects of cricket. Moreover, in today's match they are performing even better as the game is played at their own venue. If considered from any aspect of cricket then Bangladesh will not be equal to India in any aspect.

If Bangladesh played at their venue they might have a chance but even there the chances are low. Bangladesh cricket team needs reform. Otherwise, one should not expect much from this team. Moreover, because of the absence of the world's best all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in Bangladesh cricket, a kind of crisis has been created in their cricket. If the weak aspects of the team are not solved properly, then there is no possibility to be very optimistic about this team.

There is no alternative to reorganize the team to reverse the decline of Bangladesh cricket. The team needs good bowlers as well as batsmen. Against the Indian team, this team will have to give a very high target of 190 or 200 to win otherwise it is not possible for the weaker teams to beat India.

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Pakistan vs England
Well tomorrow we have Pakistan first match against england at home ground which is looking really excited as Pakistani team face terrible defeats in his recent test series again Bangladesh for a first time and that why management really done a lot work on them and also shuffle some of thier player which can deliver decent results.so to be honest currently everyone will expect and believe england Gona smashed them but believe me Pakistan team just need a click to get back into his right track also they have home ground advantage so may be this time they will divert results in thier favor.

England will play three test matches in this tour and this can really help them increase their rating in the ICC World Test Championship. They are currently in the number 4 spot and as i am hoping they can win all three test matches against Pakistan to move further up in the WTC.

I don't think the Pakistan team is in a position to give them any tough time. Pakistan have lost last 5 test matches they have played which include the recent two test loss against in the month of August. A team who can't perform against Bangladesh, it's hard for them to compete with a strong England team. Pakistan has home ground advantage, but does that really count?