India cricket Discussion and predictions [self-mod]

[Bureau]

NCA reports Iyer is having back stiffness and might miss the third series and we all know what this stiffness meant to be and finally the team management make some changes that they were reluctant to do.

Another huge miss will be Virat will not be available until 4th test so the real test for Indian middle order is there in this series and I hope KL Rahul will come back and give some strength if he swaps Shreyas spot but interested to see who is going to be the WK batsman because management made it clear KL will not be WK for this series and Bharat didn't do well in the 4 innings to consider him giving chances further.

A few news outlets are speculating that Pujara might be called for the rest of the series. He recently scored a century in the ongoing Ranji trophy and is in good nick to be part of the team. Jadeja won't be playing the rest of the matches anymore due to his injury the same goes for Iyer. Kohli has withdrawn from the remaining test as he has not confirmed it to the selection committee and the team management. I do not think Bharath would be replaced he will continue to be part of the team in the third test although he has been very bad with wicketkeeping and batting.

[libert19]

Another huge miss will be Virat will not be available until 4th test so the real test for Indian middle order is there in this series and I hope KL Rahul will come back and give some strength if he swaps Shreyas spot but interested to see who is going to be the WK batsman because management made it clear KL will not be WK for this series and Bharat didn't do well in the 4 innings to consider him giving chances further.

KS Bharat didn't do much in second test that there could be harm in his replacement, so Dhruv Jurel can be surely given a chance, he'll certainly do equivalent to Bharat if not better.

For Jadeja, Washington can be added, and Sarfraz for middle order strength.

[pakhitheboss]

Pathum Nissanka joins the elites with the innings of a lifetime. He creates history y becoming the only Srilankan batter to achieve the double century feet.



What suprised me the most is that out of the top 10 players, four are Indian and in the top we have Rohit. Those were the days when Rohit could single handedly defeat the opposition team. Good to see a Srilankan on that list after so many years as they were once, one of the finest cricket team 10 years back.

KS Bharat didn't do much in second test that there could be harm in his replacement, so Dhruv Jurel can be surely given a chance, he'll certainly do equivalent to Bharat if not better.

For Jadeja, Washington can be added, and Sarfraz for middle order strength.

I also feel Jurel should be given a chance as Bharat should be dropped because of his performance in test cricket. When India has an option of another wicket keeper then why not use it.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Another huge miss will be Virat will not be available until 4th test so the real test for Indian middle order is there in this series and I hope KL Rahul will come back and give some strength if he swaps Shreyas spot but interested to see who is going to be the WK batsman because management made it clear KL will not be WK for this series and Bharat didn't do well in the 4 innings to consider him giving chances further.

KS Bharat didn't do much in second test that there could be harm in his replacement, so Dhruv Jurel can be surely given a chance, he'll certainly do equivalent to Bharat if not better.

For Jadeja, Washington can be added, and Sarfraz for middle order strength.

Also, management mentioned that Ishan Kishan can be called if he resumes playing cricket and I feel he is the best WK who resembles Pant's batting style, and he can be a dangerous middle order batsmen too which he showed in the recent T20 series but the mental break-down is okay or not which is still a big question.

Dhruv Jurel should be given chance if Management is not calling their prime players for that position or else it is just unfair to select him and just drop for no reason.

[Bureau]

The final match of the U19 World Cup 2024 will be played today. Both teams have played extremely well in the entire tournament. But, the semifinal between Australia and Pakistan showed the weak batting of Australia. They were struggling to get 180 runs on the scoreboard to win the semifinal game. India has been quite dominant in the entire tournament and has a strong batting depth. As per the bookies India is the favourite to win, which I do belief. Still it is the finals and it will be a game of pressure and skills.

[pakhitheboss]

^ The target for India is 254 runs, Australia was not looking good in the middle over. Ollie Peake came and increased the run rate to get them to a decent total. I think that this is a good target and it would take some struggle by the Indians to chase the target. If India's openers and middle order do not fail like they did in the semifinals then it would be easy for India to defeat Australia. The bowler who can get wickets in the first power play is Straker as he was impressive against the Pakistani team. If India-U19 wins today then it would be the sixth time that they will win the U19 WC which is will be the maximum number of times by any country.

[Bureau]

The current situation of the Indian-U19 team is looking similar to what the men's team experienced earlier. India has already lost 6 wickets in the 30th over with a score of 115 runs. It is not looking good as the asking run rate is going up, not a pleasant site to watch. Never expected to see a repeat performance of the previous World Cup.

[pakhitheboss]

The current situation of the Indian-U19 team is looking similar to what the men's team experienced earlier. India has already lost 6 wickets in the 30th over with a score of 115 runs. It is not looking good as the asking run rate is going up, not a pleasant site to watch. Never expected to see a repeat performance of the previous World Cup.

I felt I saw the repeat telecast of the Mens ODIWC 2023 finals again today. The only difference was that the Australian-U19 team did not lose any game in the tournament whereas the men's team did lose a few games in the early game. The problem of getting choked in an important ICC tournament has extended to the U19 team too. Again the Indian batting completely collapsed and none of the batters were able to get the team back. Again another World Cup has gone off the hands of the Indian team because of bad batting.

[libert19]

Playing defensive plus losing wickets is recipe for disaster. That's what happened in men's wc and yesterday too, I know I praised Adarsh Singh for playing defensive in gambling thread, but eventually it brought pressure unto himself and others, run rate was climbing and other batters were forced too hit the ball and in doing so, they lost wickets. Look at how Abishek Murugan played, he played close to 100 SR and helped India make third 50 fastest, had early batters showed similar aggressiveness, India would have likely won.

Upon losing wicket, going into shell is quite frequent phenomenon I have observed with Indian batters, specially in high stakes games and they need to sort that out.

Also, I feel had India batted first, they would have done better in this match.

[Bureau]

^ Not all batters can play defensive, they need to play thier natural game. When Virendra Sehwag started playing defensive his career got over. Rohit trying to play defensive these days and he is not able to get runs. The opening to middle order of Indian U19 team is not made of defensive batters. They generally bat according to the requirements of the game. What they did on the final day was getting choked in a similar way like the men's team did to.

[pakhitheboss]

2023 World Cup = True
2024 U19 World Cup = True
2024 T20 World Cup = Loading..

 

[Bureau]

The third test between India and England has begun with India winning the toss and elected to bat. 3 wickets have gone before the lunch and the situation is not looking good. Rohit is still batting with Jadeja and both are trying to hold on to thier wickets. The bowling of the English team is looking good and it looks like they might get a couple of more wickets before lunch.

[pakhitheboss]

Amazing debut by Sarfaraz Khan got his fist 50 in just 48 balls. Rohit playing a captains knock today got his century and most probably Jadeja will get his century today. Shubhman Gill played his natural game today as he got out for duck. Sarfaraz playing in a similar fashion as how Panth used to bat in test cricket. He is constantly hitting the ball out of the boundary, it looks as if this is his natural game. Good comeback by India after losing early wicket today, they have only lost 4 wickets and have 306 runs on the scoreboard. The way Khan is batting I guess they will reach 350 by the end of day 1.

[Bureau]

^ Unfortunately he got run out after scoring his maiden 50 on debut because of Ravindra Jadeja's call. His younger brother is also a cricketer and recently he was a member of the U19 World Cup squad. His name is M Khan and he made two centuries in the tournament and also took wickets as a spin bowler. The first innings is over for him and in the second innings if he plays in the same manner then he will be sealing his position in the test team. Ultimately it would help him to secure his position in the ODI team also.

[pakhitheboss]

Getting 2 wickets on a track that is good for batting before the end of day 2 is impressive. I was not expecting early wickets on this track as Ben Duckett is looking impossible to stop. He has already got his century and now he is planning for another one it seems. Bhumrah has not been able to get any wickets for now but he will as he always does. India batted well to get 445 runs in the end Jurel was good with the bat and he has been good behind the wickets too. I guess Bharat might be said goodbye if this debutant performs better than him. So far he is doing good and better than Bharat as per my understanding of cricket.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Getting 2 wickets on a track that is good for batting before the end of day 2 is impressive. I was not expecting early wickets on this track as Ben Duckett is looking impossible to stop. He has already got his century and now he is planning for another one it seems. Bhumrah has not been able to get any wickets for now but he will as he always does. India batted well to get 445 runs in the end Jurel was good with the bat and he has been good behind the wickets too. I guess Bharat might be said goodbye if this debutant performs better than him. So far he is doing good and better than Bharat as per my understanding of cricket.

2 wickets according to the game is not enough but considering the batting track it's okaish, but already they got over 200 with 8 wickets in hand the score from India looks too small and the impressive things about ENG is they are scoring at 6 RPO which disturbs the bowling strategies so Rohit and bowling unit has to come up with new strategies to tackle or India might be given huge trail if they manage to bat for complete 3 sessions tomorrow.

Bumrah will surely make an impact if ball starts to reverse.

[pakhitheboss]

^ 126 runs lead by India without Ashwin is just bowling at its best on a batting pitch. Jaiswal got his second hundred in this test series and most probably would replace Gill as an opener with Rohit. Gill is now insecure as the position he is batting is meant for Kohli. Till he comes back Gill can enjoy that spot after that he might struggle to find a spot in the team. He might struggle to be part of the T20WC team too, I feel. The third test match is now being dominated by the Indian team. I am confident they would easily surpass 445 runs this time.

[Bitcoin Smith]

^ 126 runs lead by India without Ashwin is just bowling at its best on a batting pitch. Jaiswal got his second hundred in this test series and most probably would replace Gill as an opener with Rohit. Gill is now insecure as the position he is batting is meant for Kohli. Till he comes back Gill can enjoy that spot after that he might struggle to find a spot in the team. He might struggle to be part of the T20WC team too, I feel. The third test match is now being dominated by the Indian team. I am confident they would easily surpass 445 runs this time.

Don't let white ball cricket confuse you, Kohli always comes to bat at no.4 in the test format and no.3 was Pujara but going forward Gill was assigned and so far he is inconsistent but last match century and again at 65 looks like team India will be happy to continue playing him further in this series.

About Indian bowling, yes they did pretty amazing from the stage where ENG finished day 2 and come up with better strategy than waiting for things to happen. Good to see Siraj utilised properly in this match but in the first test he hardly bowled so it reduced the workload of Bumrah.

Now India has to bat for another 60 overs then Target will be over 500 even if they score at very slow run rate.

[Bureau]

Don't let white ball cricket confuse you, Kohli always comes to bat at no.4 in the test format and no.3 was Pujara but going forward Gill was assigned and so far he is inconsistent but last match century and again at 65 looks like team India will be happy to continue playing him further in this series.

About Indian bowling, yes they did pretty amazing from the stage where ENG finished day 2 and come up with better strategy than waiting for things to happen. Good to see Siraj utilised properly in this match but in the first test he hardly bowled so it reduced the workload of Bumrah.

Now India has to bat for another 60 overs then Target will be over 500 even if they score at very slow run rate.

Indian bowling was quite good without Ashwin they still managed to get the English team out and have a good lead. Gill has not been inconsistent he is again going to get his century for the second time in this test series. He is taking time to get set and he has been playing very defensively I agree as he is not that kind of a batter. I am enjoying how Kuldeep has been playing today and with the way he is going he might get his half-century. After him, we have Sarfaraz Khan and he did get his half-century after his debut in the second innings he would be eyeing his century. The concern is Patidar he was brought in as a replacement of Iyer and he is batting far worse than Iyer.

[LucyFurr]

^ Another run out, this time Gill got out when he was on 91 and we can't blame Kuldeep either cause Gill dived too early so that he couldn't get into crease.

Patidar is a replacement for Kohli so when Kohli walks in, he will be out of XI and Sarfraz is the one brought in the place of Iyer where he played brilliant in the first innings.

Another good news is ASH will be joined in Day 4 of 3rd test so no issues either and India will go for kill soon and let the ENG to bat.