Australia vs India | 1st Test | Adelaide | Dec 6-10, 2018 | Day 4 Thread

[DeadBall]

Indians going full ****** or bust. perfect situation for hacks Rohit and Pant.

 

[TM Riddle]

Pant you beauty!

 

[Justcrazy]

pant is a Must for 2019 WC , very aggressive hitter , just what India needs in the lower order

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Mahesh Babu can do anything, we're talking about mere mortals here.

Lmao. Best post in the thread. )

 

[Itachi]

What happened to mamba red

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies looking to wrap this up fast , but I have a feeling Indian Tail will wag here

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Disgraceful wicket. So much turn and bounce, wow. It feels as if India is playing in India, not in Australia.

If it wasn't for this wicket, India would have completely neutralised Lyon and smashed him .

 

[Justcrazy]

India is looking to get quick runs here

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Rahane's gotta blitz for his hundred now. Just start playing shots.

 

[desi_launda]

Lead of 318 should be enough

 

[Sachin136]

Lead of 318 should be enough

It should be, but this was still a very strange strategy. They should've calmed down after Pant got out.

 

[Justcrazy]

India 322 runs ahead

 

[Justcrazy]

Lead of 318 should be enough

Its more than enough , Aussies likely to be all out within 250 maximum

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies lost the game when they lost too many wickets on day 2 . After getting India for 250 they should have taken a lead of at least 50 - 75 runs lead

 

[Justcrazy]

Australia need 323 to win the Test

 

[desi_launda]

Target is 323 for Australia.Ashwin is the key,India should win if he gets 3-4 wickets

 

[BDfanforever]

Lyon took 6 wickets, Ashwin will probably take 8 wickets on this turning pitch.

 

[TheSensible]

When has it ever? lol

By bar one of the worst tails of any top 5 countries. You get to 5 wickets down and India can't manage a double digit addition to runs anymore.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Australia might actually win this...lol

 

[JattMaula]

Worst tail in whole goddamned world!

 

[Justcrazy]

If Aussies can survive rest of the day with two down , they will have a chance , if India get 4 wickets . India will be in driving seat. Also , it would be interesting to see how much India attack , its possible they will have a semi attacking field , would not like to leak too many easy runs up front.

 

[world cup captain]

Barring an Ashwin special, I expect Australia to win this especially if they attack from the word go. Kohli the captain will most likely choke this up after an Aussie attack.

 

[BDfanforever]

India has only 3 test batsman: Kholi, Pujara, and Rahane. Rest are mediocre.

 

[Justcrazy]

Ishant to start the proceedings here

 

[Justcrazy]

India has only 3 test batsman: Kholi, Pujara, and Rahane. Rest are mediocre.

Most Teams are like that. The bottamline is that Indian Test Batsmen have been good . Across the world Teams have struggled against swing and spin.

 

[desi_launda]

No ball by Ishant

 

[Justcrazy]

ishant gets a wicket of No Ball !!

That was a beauty , Finch lucky to be still there.

 

[Suleiman]

It should be, but this was still a very strange strategy. They should've calmed down after Pant got out.

Agreed. It's still day 4, and it's still Australia..

 

[Romali_rotti]

IF Aus somehow wins this, this would be one of the greatest chases of all time....Indians bowling real well here..

 

[Justcrazy]

5 from first over

Lot of things happening in the first over .

This should be really excitting if Aussies can bat long enough , possibly could go down the wire

 

[Sachin136]

When has it ever? lol

By bar one of the worst tails of any top 5 countries. You get to 5 wickets down and India can't manage a double digit addition to runs anymore.

In terms of averages, India has the best tail out of the top teams over the last 2 years. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...6;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

 

[ILcricket]

losing 4 wickets for 4 runs , we have given hosts a chance . That no-ball wicket adds to it .

 

[Suleiman]

Damn we had to wait more than a decade to see an Asian country win even 1 test in Australia (??). India have this 60-40.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

This is still India's game.

Expect Australia to lose by 100+ runs

 

[Varun]

This always happens, doesn't it? We are in a reasonable position overnight only to suffer some sort of collapse early the next morning.

Looking at the scorecard, Rahane scored 70, Pujara too. Pant scored a brisk 30 - why couldn't everybody else chip in a little bit?

 

[Varun]

Anyway, hopefully this total is good enough.

But if they get to 75/1 or something then game on.

 

[Justcrazy]

Indian bowlers not giving much away , they will make Aussies work hard for each run

 

[Justcrazy]

This always happens, doesn't it? We are in a reasonable position overnight only to suffer some sort of collapse early the next morning.

Looking at the scorecard, Rahane scored 70, Pujara too. Pant scored a brisk 30 - why couldn't everybody else chip in a little bit?

Brother , India despite that are favourites here , They do not have batsmen to score that many runs , Australia does not have any pujara

 

[ILcricket]

pitch has slowed & that is why the 3rd innings had the highest score . This is not going to be easy .

 

[Justcrazy]

Both Indian bowlers have bowled very good lengths here

 

[Adijazz1706]

India has only 3 test batsman: Kholi, Pujara, and Rahane. Rest are mediocre.

Australia have none

 

[ILcricket]

something special needed from bowlers to win this .

 

[Justcrazy]

Tight bowling By Indians here

 

[Justcrazy]

Good shot by Finch

 

[Justcrazy]

Shami is on attack

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin gets the breakthrough

 

[BDfanforever]

Wrong decision. There was no glove involve.

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin would be big threat here

 

[dravidthewall]

All depends on ashwin...he hast to take most of the australian wicket.9 more to go

 

[Justcrazy]

last session to start . Decisive session now.

 

[Justcrazy]

This match has ingredients of a thriller.

 

[TheSensible]

Amazing field setup on that slip. Kohli will never learn. He doesn’t have a single tactician’s bone in his body. All he does is reacts to what has already happened instead of trying to create opportunities.

 

[JaDed]

We are losing this, what a disaster ,similar to how we screw up in first test in every away series, if we lose this Kohli has TO STEP DOWN.

 

[Justcrazy]

two down

 

[Sachin136]

We are losing this, what a disaster ,similar to how we screw up in first test in every away series, if we lose this Kohli has TO STEP DOWN.

If we lose this then Kohli should probably step down. Good thing that there is no way we're losing it.

 

[Justcrazy]

We are losing this, what a disaster ,similar to how we screw up in first test in every away series, if we lose this Kohli has TO STEP DOWN.

India will win this , you are too negative. Aussies batting is poor.

 

[Mainul]

India will win

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin is deadly weapon for Kohli

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies need a very big partnership to come back

 

[Justcrazy]

27 more overs possible. Lot of game left today.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Bye bye Khawaja... Mamba_Red your fellow Pakistani Australian has failed..

 

[Justcrazy]

three down

 

[Adijazz1706]

Good to see the back of Khwaja, surely Australia have players better than him and the Marsh bros

 

[Sachin136]

Very strange shot from Khawaja. Doesn't make sense when you're chasing 320.

 

[Peshwa]

Bye bye Khawaja... Mamba_Red your fellow Pakistani Australian has failed..

Lot of similarities between Khwaja and @mamba_red
Both are Pakistanis pretending to be an Australian...

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies playing loose shots under pressure here

 

[TM Riddle]

Good to see the back of Khwaja, surely Australia have players better than him and the Marsh bros

With Smith and Warner banned, he's their best batsman atm.

 

[Kaptan]

The amount of pace Bhumra generates with that short run up is mind blowing. Never seen that before.

 

[TM Riddle]

Lot of similarities between Khwaja and @mamba_red
Both are Pakistanis pretending to be an Australian...

Usman seems well integrated though. Seems quite chilled and Aussie types from what I have observed so far.

 

[TM Riddle]

Very strange shot from Khawaja. Doesn't make sense when you're chasing 320.

He was channeling his inner Pakistani

 

[TM Riddle]

God this Bhogle kid is so annoying.

 

[Mainul]

Go India go, crush the Aussies

 

[Kaptan]

Ashwin is bowling trash. No control.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Can Australia chase this? Looks highly unlikely at this moment. A 100 run partnership might convince me though..

 

[ILcricket]

Pitch has really slowed down . Will need a special effort to win this .

 

[Justcrazy]

I do not see a draw here , India firmly ahead now , 80 - 20 in favour of India

 

[ILcricket]

84/3 . We need to break this pair today .

 

[ILcricket]

15 overs left in the day . Aus would be around 120 mark at close & if just 3 down , will be in a position to win this .

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin bowling a really long spell here

 

[Justcrazy]

Back to back maidens by india