Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Cheema02]

However, England is still leading the series 2-1. If India wins the last match, the series will be drawn. Otherwise, England will win the series.

The 4th test match is officially drawn now, however, the Indian dressing room would be happier with the outcome of the result as they were struggling till day 04, but they were able to save this game. Moving forward, the fifth test will be the utmost important for both teams. India has to win that test match at any cost. If the last test is drawn too, even in that case England will won the series. However, if the Indian team wins that test, the series will be level, so technically England cannot lose this series.

I think draw in this test match is a huge achievement for India as they started the second innings with a huge lead. Today england bowlers only picked two wickets and at the end of day India score is 425 runs with only loss of 4 wickets. India batted very well and after the first two wickets fell early, Three of their best batsmen scored well deserved centuries and it's a great achievement for India to draw test match. Ravindra Jadeja  and Washington Sundar played a responsible inning both scored well deserved century and remain unbeaten in second inning of the match. If the Test match had not been a draw, the England team could have won the match.

[JSRAW]

Haha they did it! This is draw but considering the situation, it feels like a win lol. Mighty efforts from the kl ( turning out to reliable bat in this series, Gill, he had no SENA tons before this tour and now has 4 tons which includes one 200. Jaddu is our best bat after pant since post Covid ( averaging above 40 with the bat in the last 4-5 years).

Washi! Have said this many times, i highly rate him as batter, all he needs is some fine tuning on his game awareness along with his fitness ( he picks bizarre injuries) and finally he got his maiden 100, should have been 2nd if not for Siraj.

Love the last minute drama from Poms  

Again Stokes is superman!

Once again, Ravindra Jadeja saved the match for India. When India was down at 0/2, I was almost sure that they would lose. Despite that, they batted for 143 overs, losing just 4 wickets against a quality England bowling attack. Washington Sundar deserves the special mention, for his courageous knock, and so does KL Rahul and Shubman Gill. BTW, this doesn't look good for England. Their bowling attack also looked teethless after the poor showing from the Indian bowlers.

well it's not like Indian bowlers did something extra ordinary on this track, we shouldn't forget that it was batting track except 1st day and only 24 wickets on the scoreboard. It would be interesting to see what rating this pitch gets from the ICC.

But one can argue that Indians were 0/2 and still England's bowlers failed to bowled them out and managed to take only 2 wickets in the next 142 overs, that's a lot. In modern cricket, not many teams can bat this much overs or 5 sessions just to save a match.

[Compromise me]

India did a very good job by batting throughout the day and not losing any wickets quickly. After KL Rahul and Shubman Gill played, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja batted with the same responsibility and both have made 60+ runs and continue batting.

England hasn't been able to take wickets in this innings. Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes who were successful in the first innings, failed in the 2nd innings. Liam Dawson bowled the most 42+ overs but he also remains wicketless. After this match is drawn, the series will still stand at 2-1 in England's favor.

Ravindra Jadeja once again doing the hard work for India along with Washington Sundar. In third test Jadeja was the last batsmen standing on the crease but he was unable to save the match for India but today due to his batting India will be able to draw the match. Only two wickets fell on day four which shows how resilient India batting is in second innings. India at the moment leading by 66 runs and 17 overs play left. If this match end in a draw then best thing India can do in this series is to draw it.

Shubman Gill and KL Rahul role is crutial in this match because these players made an excellent partnership which gave good support to Indian team to draw this match. Shubman Gill is a young player but always take responsibility of team and that is reason he earned huge respect all over the World and fans lose their hearts on his batting. He made century in this match and he is present captain of Indian team and we will see good reaction of that player in next match because Indian team will try to draw the series.Washington Sundar is also young player but he played with excellent responsibility and he made century in the middle order and Jadeja role is good but he is old player of that team.

[Crypto Library]

I think draw in this test match is a huge achievement for India as they started the second innings with a huge lead. Today england bowlers only picked two wickets and at the end of day India score is 425 runs with only loss of 4 wickets. India batted very well and after the first two wickets fell early, Three of their best batsmen scored well deserved centuries and it's a great achievement for India to draw test match. Ravindra Jadeja  and Washington Sundar played a responsible inning both scored well deserved century and remain unbeaten in second inning of the match. If the Test match had not been a draw, the England team could have won the match.

True, and also they didn't let the drama end.
I thought this match would decide who would win the Test series between India and England, but no, the Indians fought back and managed to draw the match. Although most people expected England to win the match.
I think the result of this series will be a draw because the Indian team can win the next match. However, even if the Indian team performs well again and again, but I dom't know butthe England team get through to win every time. If this happens in the 5th Test match, then England will win. There is no other way except for the Indian team to win the next match.

[Haunebu]

Wow! The Indians pulled off a proper miracle here. 0/2 to 425/4 is truly special and luck really moved away from England to India thanks to the dropped catches, misefielding etc etc.

It was hilarious watching players like Stoke behaving like absolute kids towards the end. Crybabies! Anyway, let's see if India can draw this series by winning the 5th test or not.

[BALIK]

Shubman Gill and KL Rahul role is crutial in this match because these players made an excellent partnership which gave good support to Indian team to draw this match. Shubman Gill is a young player but always take responsibility of team and that is reason he earned huge respect all over the World and fans lose their hearts on his batting. He made century in this match and he is present captain of Indian team and we will see good reaction of that player in next match because Indian team will try to draw the series.Washington Sundar is also young player but he played with excellent responsibility and he made century in the middle order and Jadeja role is good but he is old player of that team.

Right mate. India was able to draw the match because of these two batsmen. Because before any runs were added to the scoreboard, India lost the wickets of Jaiswal and Sai SUdarsan. Despite being under pressure, GIll and Rahul batted well. They built a big partnership. India collected a big 188 runs from this pair. And this streak was continued by Washington Sundar and Jadeja. Both scored centuries. India's target was to stay at the crease and draw the match. They succeeded. However, the match would have become more competitive if the Indian bowlers had bowled well in the first innings.

[LDL]

Wow! The Indians pulled off a proper miracle here. 0/2 to 425/4 is truly special and luck really moved away from England to India thanks to the dropped catches, misefielding etc etc.

It was hilarious watching players like Stoke behaving like absolute kids towards the end. Crybabies! Anyway, let's see if India can draw this series by winning the 5th test or not.

Something truly surprising happened where two of India's top order batsmen were dismissed early on before they could score a single run, and they lost four wickets to reach 425 runs, meaning India drew the match.
That is, cricket is an uncertain game where sometimes a match that was sure to lose changes its momentum and becomes a win. That is, this match was drawn despite being a sure to lose match. So it is not possible to say anything for sure about cricket. India drew this match with extraordinary skill.

[tsaroz]

Wow! The Indians pulled off a proper miracle here. 0/2 to 425/4 is truly special and luck really moved away from England to India thanks to the dropped catches, misefielding etc etc.

It was hilarious watching players like Stoke behaving like absolute kids towards the end. Crybabies! Anyway, let's see if India can draw this series by winning the 5th test or not.

Something truly surprising happened where two of India's top order batsmen were dismissed early on before they could score a single run, and they lost four wickets to reach 425 runs, meaning India drew the match.
That is, cricket is an uncertain game where sometimes a match that was sure to lose changes its momentum and becomes a win. That is, this match was drawn despite being a sure to lose match. So it is not possible to say anything for sure about cricket. India drew this match with extraordinary skill.

Starting to bat the second innings, India had only one mission to play it and elongate the game as long as possible and they succeeded on that. Even though Yashasvi Jaiswal and Yashasvi Jaiswal were duck, every other players had an impressive innings. Opener KL Rahul out in 90 while all other 3 players that bat, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja scored a century. More than century, the important part were the balls they faced. They took no risks as scoring was not really the prime intentions and played for whole 143 overs. That's about 3 ODIs by just 5 batsmen. English players were really frustrated by the resilience of Indian batsmen and it shows playing for draw could still be an interesting strategy in Test matches.

[CryptoYar]

Starting to bat the second innings, India had only one mission to play it and elongate the game as long as possible and they succeeded on that. Even though Yashasvi Jaiswal and Yashasvi Jaiswal were duck, every other players had an impressive innings. Opener KL Rahul out in 90 while all other 3 players that bat, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja scored a century. More than century, the important part were the balls they faced. They took no risks as scoring was not really the prime intentions and played for whole 143 overs. That's about 3 ODIs by just 5 batsmen. English players were really frustrated by the resilience of Indian batsmen and it shows playing for draw could still be an interesting strategy in Test matches.

India was facing tough odds aimed to play as long as possible in their second turn at bat and they did it brilliantly. Even after two early outs KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Ravindra Jadeja each scored over 100 runs but more importantly they faced huge number of balls showing amazing patience and wearing down frustrated England bowlers. This shows that intentionally playing for draw can still be smart and exciting tactic in Test cricket proving that determination and strategy can save seemingly lost match.

[Sithara007]

India was facing tough odds aimed to play as long as possible in their second turn at bat and they did it brilliantly. Even after two early outs KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Ravindra Jadeja each scored over 100 runs but more importantly they faced huge number of balls showing amazing patience and wearing down frustrated England bowlers. This shows that intentionally playing for draw can still be smart and exciting tactic in Test cricket proving that determination and strategy can save seemingly lost match.

In the end, things turned out well for India. From a position of 0/2, they managed to get to 425/4. And this means that they managed to score 425 runs with the loss of just two wickets. The absence of a quality spinner dragged England down. Shoaib Bashir was a disaster in the previous matches, and Liam Dawson proved that he is not that better either. A lot was expected from Jofra Archer, but it looks like he is a shadow of his former self. And the bowlers got hardly any support from the pitch as well.

[Mahdirakib]

What a big surprise from India. I have lost my both bets which I placed on India to win and England to win the match (on 1×2 betting option). Didn't expect the match to end as a draw. The commentators were saying that the match might end within day 4 when India lost the first 2 wickets in zero runs. Then they have made the most unexpected comeback, I never imagined to see something like that. It was a great batting performance from Indian players despite losing two wickets quickly.

[ibuddy122505]

What a big surprise from India. I have lost my both bets which I placed on India to win and England to win the match (on 1×2 betting option). Didn't expect the match to end as a draw. The commentators were saying that the match might end within day 4 when India lost the first 2 wickets in zero runs. Then they have made the most unexpected comeback, I never imagined to see something like that. It was a great batting performance from Indian players despite losing two wickets quickly.

Hey, no worries about the loss. Cricket’s full of surprises, right? Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Ravindra Jadeja played out of their skins to pull off an epic draw nobody saw coming! It’s wild how the same team that once struggled to chase 192 but smashed over 400 runs this time. England’s bowlers, though, gotta take a hard look in the mirror. That wasn’t their best day out there, especially with the Ashes on the horizon. Honestly, their bowling attack’s looking a bit shaky, and they’ve only got themselves to blame for this lose.

[3kpk3]

Honestly, the series would have been in India's favor if they won the last test where the margin was so small which is why the English should have been satisfied instead of behaving like imbeciles trying to not allow Jadeja and Sundar achieve their personal milestones.

Stokes, Trott, Archer, Crawley, Brook etc just embarrassed themselves globally for that silly act of theirs towards the end of the game. They'll probably throw childish tantrums if India wins the final test and draws the series.

[bryant.coleman]

Honestly, the series would have been in India's favor if they won the last test where the margin was so small which is why the English should have been satisfied instead of behaving like imbeciles trying to not allow Jadeja and Sundar achieve their personal milestones.

Stokes, Trott, Archer, Crawley, Brook etc just embarrassed themselves globally for that silly act of theirs towards the end of the game. They'll probably throw childish tantrums if India wins the final test and draws the series.

Agreed. England seriously misses someone like James Anderson, who knows how to behave on field. On the other hand, the Indian team now behave like gentleman, especially after the removal of Virat Kohli. Now only Siraj is there, who at times behaves like a monkey. But other senior members of the team know how to control him. That was not the case when Kohli was the captain. Boorish behavior was normalized under him.

[Haunebu]

Agreed. England seriously misses someone like James Anderson, who knows how to behave on field. On the other hand, the Indian team now behave like gentleman, especially after the removal of Virat Kohli. Now only Siraj is there, who at times behaves like a monkey. But other senior members of the team know how to control him. That was not the case when Kohli was the captain. Boorish behavior was normalized under him.

True. Kohli was easily the best Indian test captain so far, but his hilarious theatrics which influenced others like Siraj were always in poor taste. I respect Siraj a whole lot more now though after seeing his dedication in this ongoing series.

The final test will probably be a lot more entertaining now thanks to this particular controversy. Excited to see how this series ends.

[JSRAW]

Honestly, the series would have been in India's favor if they won the last test where the margin was so small which is why the English should have been satisfied instead of behaving like imbeciles trying to not allow Jadeja and Sundar achieve their personal milestones.

Stokes, Trott, Archer, Crawley, Brook etc just embarrassed themselves globally for that silly act of theirs towards the end of the game. They'll probably throw childish tantrums if India wins the final test and draws the series.

Agreed. England seriously misses someone like James Anderson, who knows how to behave on field. On the other hand, the Indian team now behave like gentleman, especially after the removal of Virat Kohli. Now only Siraj is there, who at times behaves like a monkey. But other senior members of the team know how to control him. That was not the case when Kohli was the captain. Boorish behavior was normalized under him.

Lol Anderson was biggest drama queen in this English team. GOAT bowler but special kind of crybaby, in Hindi the word "lugai" is more appropriate word for him.

Can't forget the lord's test, where he threw tantrums because Bumrah bowled 10 balls over with 4 no balls. England was supposed to win that test match but because of him, England lost the plot and only wanted a blood which resulted brainless tactics of short balls and bodyline bowling to Bumrah and Shami, they stitched a valuable partnership and rest is history.

[Fuso.hp]

What a big surprise from India. I have lost my both bets which I placed on India to win and England to win the match (on 1×2 betting option). Didn't expect the match to end as a draw. The commentators were saying that the match might end within day 4 when India lost the first 2 wickets in zero runs. Then they have made the most unexpected comeback, I never imagined to see something like that. It was a great batting performance from Indian players despite losing two wickets quickly.

In Test cricket, we are used to seeing things like this where both the teams bat well in the first innings but it is actually difficult for the batsmen to bat in the second innings and hence the runs in the second innings are comparatively less. When we saw India getting all out for comparatively less runs in the first innings and England scoring much more runs than India in their first innings, we thought that England would definitely win the fourth Test match but when India came out to bat in their second innings, something different happened. England batsmen batted so well in the second innings that England could not come out to bat in their second innings. This match was very important for India, their effort saved them from losing this match. If Team India can perform like this in the fifth Test match, then they can bring the series back to a draw, but in this case, the condition is that India must win the fifth Test match, but this is possible.

[noormcs5]

New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe

Another test match is going to start on 30th July between New Zealand and Zimbabwe. As we have just seen in the Tri-Nation series, New Zealand incredibly won that and without losing even a single game against a big team like South Africa, so to win this test match would not be a big deal. New Zealand to win for sure and once again it is hosting by Zimbabwe. The last time both teams faced each other in a Test match was in 2016, 2012, 2011, and 2006, and on all these occasions, New Zealand won the game with a considerable margin. So we can expect one-sided matches in this test series.

[virasog]

Honestly, the series would have been in India's favor if they won the last test where the margin was so small which is why the English should have been satisfied instead of behaving like imbeciles trying to not allow Jadeja and Sundar achieve their personal milestones.

Stokes, Trott, Archer, Crawley, Brook etc just embarrassed themselves globally for that silly act of theirs towards the end of the game. They'll probably throw childish tantrums if India wins the final test and draws the series.

Yesterday, the match between India and England got drawn, and I think it is genuinely because of the illness of the England team that they were playing with a defensive mindset, so that they would score as much as possible, and then they were thinking that they would get back-to-back wickets of the Indian team.

No one should take the Indian team lightly as they have plan B and they execute it to perfection. At the end of day 04, England looked quite comfortable, but they never knew what was coming their way on the last day.

[Farhan99]

Starting to bat the second innings, India had only one mission to play it and elongate the game as long as possible and they succeeded on that. Even though Yashasvi Jaiswal and Yashasvi Jaiswal were duck, every other players had an impressive innings. Opener KL Rahul out in 90 while all other 3 players that bat, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja scored a century. More than century, the important part were the balls they faced. They took no risks as scoring was not really the prime intentions and played for whole 143 overs. That's about 3 ODIs by just 5 batsmen. English players were really frustrated by the resilience of Indian batsmen and it shows playing for draw could still be an interesting strategy in Test matches.

Yep, The 4th test game of India against England gone crazy with wonderful centuries and runs scored by both teams. Both teams scored huge targets but unfortunately this test game expired drawn. India was to bat first with Yashasvi and Rahul who opened up with a fabulous partnership of 94 runs. The middle order's performance was remarkable with great runs but the final over got wiped out early so this innings came to an end at 358 runs.

England's batting blown up the minds with their perfect hitting and timing for boundaries. The first partnership was of 166 runs with 26 fours and one six then middle order leaded the innings further. India's strongest bowlers confused with dissatisfaction on their faces as England ended up at 669 runs which was almosy double of the the India's runs. India played its second innings and finished with 425 runs but after tremendous performance by England this game ended with a draw.