Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[WatChe]

India is playing very fine so far, they needs to continue the momentum in the second innins too, means I think maybe India will go for declare their innings after scoring 200 or at max 250 but I think they need to target 350 once again since at this stage I think Shubman Gill needs to belive on their bowlers that they are able to take all 10 wickets, but let's see what strategy will Shubman Gill follow.

Indians have got a lead of 178 runs in first innings and still two days left in this test. A traget of 350 will be a safe and to give that target India need to score just 225 runs in second innings. Sri Lankans are not in a position to win this game but their is slight possibility to draw this match if India allow Sri Lanka to play 3 sessions. Meanwhile it was a good day for 25 years old Sonal Dinusha, who was able to score his maiden test century and that too at a time when his team needed someone to score runs.

[Mahdirakib]

Even 350 would have been enough if you ask me and India should have declared earlier considering the draw issue. The Lankans are reeling at 99/5 thanks to Suthar and the others bowling well. Bumrah isn't even needed for these tests.

Sri Lanka eventually made a little comeback in the first innings. I thought Sri Lanka would lose this match by an innings when they lost their 5th wicket, but the big partnership between Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha had changed the equation. India is going to start the 2nd innings with a lead of 178 runs, the match is completely in favour of India now. The pitch condition could be difficult to bat on the final two days. A target of 320+ runs could be more than enough to secure a victory.

[Bitcoin_Budha]

India is playing very fine so far, they needs to continue the momentum in the second innins too, means I think maybe India will go for declare their innings after scoring 200 or at max 250 but I think they need to target 350 once again since at this stage I think Shubman Gill needs to belive on their bowlers that they are able to take all 10 wickets, but let's see what strategy will Shubman Gill follow.

Indians have got a lead of 178 runs in first innings and still two days left in this test. A traget of 350 will be a safe and to give that target India need to score just 225 runs in second innings. Sri Lankans are not in a position to win this game but their is slight possibility to draw this match if India allow Sri Lanka to play 3 sessions. Meanwhile it was a good day for 25 years old Sonal Dinusha, who was able to score his maiden test century and that too at a time when his team needed someone to score runs.

Today Sri Lanka was bundled out in just 80 overs with 2 days remaining. I am expecting India will be given around 400 to 425 runs as a target and around 120 to 130 overs because they are having enough sources to bowl them out again on the last day of the test, so now it is all about the Indian team and how they will work out for their win in this first test at Galle.
Sinners did an impressive job. Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja were in control after an early breakthrough from Mohammad Shami. Shami, the 6th wicket partnership gives some work to do for the Indians, but still they are having a good three days of this test match.
The weather is also going to play an important role because Galle always has rains, which already have enough lost time, and the last two days are also going to be problematic due to rains.

[UmerIdrees]

India is playing very fine so far, they needs to continue the momentum in the second innins too, means I think maybe India will go for declare their innings after scoring 200 or at max 250 but I think they need to target 350 once again since at this stage I think Shubman Gill needs to belive on their bowlers that they are able to take all 10 wickets, but let's see what strategy will Shubman Gill follow.

Indians have got a lead of 178 runs in first innings and still two days left in this test. A traget of 350 will be a safe and to give that target India need to score just 225 runs in second innings. Sri Lankans are not in a position to win this game but their is slight possibility to draw this match if India allow Sri Lanka to play 3 sessions. Meanwhile it was a good day for 25 years old Sonal Dinusha, who was able to score his maiden test century and that too at a time when his team needed someone to score runs.

Sometimes I think that Shubman Gill would not go for this thing maybe he will declare the innings early and at the same time to decalre the innings is more good option compared to score and get huge lead cause the main motive is to win match.

At the same time, Shubman Gill mind set as a test captain is like that to take 20 wickets no matter how good you bat, these were said by Shubman Gill (in Past around 1  or more years ago).

[Bitcoin Smith]

Even 350 would have been enough if you ask me and India should have declared earlier considering the draw issue. The Lankans are reeling at 99/5 thanks to Suthar and the others bowling well. Bumrah isn't even needed for these tests.

Sri Lanka eventually made a little comeback in the first innings. I thought Sri Lanka would lose this match by an innings when they lost their 5th wicket, but the big partnership between Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha had changed the equation. India is going to start the 2nd innings with a lead of 178 runs, the match is completely in favour of India now. The pitch condition could be difficult to bat on the final two days. A target of 320+ runs could be more than enough to secure a victory.

A target of 250 to 275 should be more than enough to win a test game in the 4th innings, and India already got a lead of 178 so they will go for something like 400 before thinking about declaring. Ideally, letting SL bat in the last 15 overs of the day should be a good move.

But let's see if Indian batters can hold their ends on day 4.

[JunaidAzizi]

Just think about how Pat Cummins feels about this defeat by the Bangladesh team. The first match went in the name of Bangladesh with 9 wickets in hand, creating huge pressure on the Australian team. Pat Cummins himself did not make good runs, scoring 9 and 8 runs in both matches.

In the first match, the Bangladesh team delivered an unbelievable performance against the Australian team, which will be remarkable for a long time. In the next match, Australia will put in a die hard performance just to draw the series, but the Bangladesh team is on another level, defeating every team that comes in their way. This time, Australia is handed to them, and the vibes that come from the team show that they will be the winners of this series with 2-0.

[vs2014]

India clearly holding its stronger position as they made a massive score, 462 in their first innings. Devdutt Padikkal's incredible
167 runs helped india a lot to hit such milestone. Meanwhile sri lanka's batting has also done for the first innings where they were bowled out for 284 runs only but i like the way how sri lanka came back from 90-5 situation and then Sonal Dinusha's century was a blessing for them. If thet top order batters had responded well then maybe then they could have scored valuable runs to challenge india. But indian bowlers did best job to control the game and showed how effective they are in such situation. If everything remain normal then India has high chance to win as sl already trail by huge runs

[JSRAW]

Even 350 would have been enough if you ask me and India should have declared earlier considering the draw issue. The Lankans are reeling at 99/5 thanks to Suthar and the others bowling well. Bumrah isn't even needed for these tests.

Sri Lanka eventually made a little comeback in the first innings. I thought Sri Lanka would lose this match by an innings when they lost their 5th wicket, but the big partnership between Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha had changed the equation. India is going to start the 2nd innings with a lead of 178 runs, the match is completely in favour of India now. The pitch condition could be difficult to bat on the final two days. A target of 320+ runs could be more than enough to secure a victory.

A target of 250 to 275 should be more than enough to win a test game in the 4th innings, and India already got a lead of 178 so they will go for something like 400 before thinking about declaring. Ideally, letting SL bat in the last 15 overs of the day should be a good move.

But let's see if Indian batters can hold their ends on day 4.

Think 320+ looks more reasonable target because we have 6 sessions left and you don't want to give too much time to opposition because it's a funny game.

It's a rain effected match so you have to take this into account as well. 160-180 overs of game and Indian target would be to bat atleast 50-60 overs and score atleast above 150 extra runs, if you touch 200+ it's good too. After that, have a crack on SL for good 100-120 overs with option of 2 new cherries in hand ( cut overs if rain is there).

Although, don't think SL would last this long, considering their first innings but better safe than sorry.

[Bitcoin Smith]

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Think 320+ looks more reasonable target because we have 6 sessions left and you don't want to give too much time to opposition because it's a funny game.

It's a rain effected match so you have to take this into account as well. 160-180 overs of game and Indian target would be to bat atleast 50-60 overs and score atleast above 150 extra runs, if you touch 200+ it's good too. After that, have a crack on SL for good 100-120 overs with option of 2 new cherries in hand ( cut overs if rain is there).

Although, don't think SL would last this long, considering their first innings but better safe than sorry.

Except that one partnership between Niroshan Dickwella and Dinusha there is not much of a fight given by SL, I thought they really pulled the game 180 but then started folding again. I expect pitch to be even more assisting in the final session so India is like probability of 80% to win the game. But as you said, cricket is a funny game, and we can expect the unexpected especially after bangbros pulled such a win.

[libert19]

Completely irrelevant to the match but ground looks really cool, gives ambient vibe. It's time for SL to hold a WC again, their cricket may be in shambles but nation deserves a high profile contest and since India being neighbors, no question about the crowd.

[Bitcoin_Budha]

Completely irrelevant to the match but ground looks really cool, gives ambient vibe. It's time for SL to hold a WC again, their cricket may be in shambles but nation deserves a high profile contest and since India being neighbors, no question about the crowd.

Test cricket still has enough beauty, but outside the top 3, it's losing passion. People are not interested in going to the stadium and watching 5 days of cricket; they are not having enough time. Even countries like New Zealand and South Africa are not having enough fans in the grounds in the last few years.
Sri Lanka is facing too many problems just because of this. I am not expecting they will have enough fans to watch the test with their team performance also not being good. One thing is pretty good: they are having good grounds, which always give good views while watching games on television.
India can't help them in this case, but this test match is now entering an interesting phase. I am sure 400 could be okay to chase with 120 to 130 overs remaining.

[Cointikka]

Except that one partnership between Niroshan Dickwella and Dinusha there is not much of a fight given by SL, I thought they really pulled the game 180 but then started folding again. I expect pitch to be even more assisting in the final session so India is like probability of 80% to win the game. But as you said, cricket is a funny game, and we can expect the unexpected especially after bangbros pulled such a win.

I was expecting this duo to bat much longer than they did yesterday. If they had, then it would be a different score on the scoreboard. The Indian batters are struggling, and the pitch is favouring the spinners. Already 5 wickets are gone, but the lead is now over 300, which will be tough for the SL batters to chase. This match is slowly going out of the hands of SL team.

[HelliumZ]

Sri Lanka has been able to put a lot of pressure on India in the second innings, especially if they had not scored 462 runs in the first innings, then India might have lost this match. So far, India has given a lead of 366 runs, that is, if they can bat until they are all out, they might take a lead of 400 runs, which is impossible for Sri Lanka to collect in the second innings.
However, the way the Indian bowlers were able to put pressure on Sri Lanka in the first innings, the Indian bowlers will be able to put more pressure on them in the second innings, due to which the lead that has been taken, that is, 366+ runs, is not possible for Sri Lanka to achieve in the second innings, therefore, there is no chance of this match being drawn for now, that is, India will win.