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Can India defend a target of 371 runs against England in the 1st Test at Headingley?

Can India defend a target of 371 runs against England in the 1st Test at Headingley?

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India have a big score on the board and with Bumrah available in the arsenal, they have a big chance to go 1-0 up in the five match Test series

But the question is can Bazball prove others wrong again in absence of one of the pioneer Jonny Bairstow?
 
It should be a tricky chase but England have the batting to chase it down.

Hoping for an exciting Day 5.
 
Sourav Ganguly's Blunt Message To Indian Bowlers Seeking 'Support' For Jasprit Bumrah

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is hoping that fellow pacers will contribute more in the ongoing Test series against England and release pressure from pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah so that he can be available for all five matches of the tour. Bumrah was India's standout bowler and helped the side to bundle out hosts for 465 in their first innings on Day 3. He returned with the figures of 5-83 in 24.4 overs. Despite being injury-prone and also managing his workload on the tour, he bowled the second-most overs for India, Mohammed Siraj bowled the most - 27 overs - for the visiting side.

Former BCCI president lauded Bumrah's adaptability to contribute in all formats of the game for the country. However, the legendary left-handed batter pointed out a lack of support from fellow pacers including Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna and Siraj.

Krishna bagged three wickets while Siraj got hold of two scalps but both of them leaked more than hundred runs which reduced India's first-innings lead to just six runs.

Ganguly believes Bumrah's presence in India's playing XI will keep them alive in the five-Test crucial series on challenging English conditions.

"Such a pleasure to watch Bumrah bowl in all formats of the game .. hopefully he will get support from the other end so that he can play 5 tests .. it will keep India in the series .. @bcci @Jaspritbumrah93," Ganguly wrote on X.

After the end of play on Sunday, Bumrah credited his belief to play for India for more than a decade despite his injury struggles due to his unorthodox action.

"I always wanted to play for India. I played for India on my belief. I have played every format on my belief. I have always heard 'no' from people. First they said 'you won't be able to play'; then they said 'you will last only six months'; then they said 'you will last only eight months', and just like that I have spent ten years in international cricket listening to all this. I have played the IPL for 12-13 years.

"Even now people keep saying this injury will be it. Keep waiting, I will not think about that. I will keep doing my work. Every three-four months there will be headlines but, let's see, I will play till it is in my destiny. I prepare my best, and leave the rest to god. Whatever barkat (abundance or good fortune) god has given me, I try to carry it forward, and try to take Indian cricket forward."

On Day 4, India will resume their second innings from 90/2 with captain Shubman Gill, who scored a career-best 147 in the first innings, unbeaten on 6 while opener KL Rahul is not out on 47. India are leading by 96 runs.

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Jasprit Bumrah was India's standout bowler and helped the side to bundle out hosts for 465 in their first innings on Day 3.
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Devadwal said:
Only rain can saved England. We are winning if there no rain :kp
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wicket is so flat and England wont stay there for a long time as they mostly play attacking shots so yeah either they will lose their wickets playing such shots or they will chase the target... 50/50 for now!
 
Cricket Warrior said:
wicket is so flat and England wont stay there for a long time as they mostly play attacking shots so yeah either they will lose their wickets playing such shots or they will chase the target... 50/50 for now!
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Whats % chance of rain tomorrow. I don't want any rain interruption. :kp
 
Devadwal said:
Less than 50% is alright. I think we will get minimum 70+ overs :kp
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yeah enough to get result of this Test but in this case India would be on a driving seat as they can get some help due to overcast conditions so 60-40 in the favour of India.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
yeah enough to get result of this Test but in this case India would be on a driving seat as they can get some help due to overcast conditions so 60-40 in the favour of India.
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Never trust England weather and a GF . Both They can change anytime , simply unpredictable . :kp
 
If england go on a defensive then India will win probably. Defense is not their forte. But England look a bit shaken.
 
I am predicting a draw with rain ahead. Indians missed a trick by wasting a good 10 overs with slow batting...
 
It will be tough. If the conditions are overcast, India have some chance. It all depends on how the first 10 overs go tomorrow. If India can nip out couple of wickets England will be under pressure.
 
I see entire day is cloudy.ball should nip through out the day .add few cracks , uneven bounce, rough outside wickets .definitely not an easy chase for ftb.
 
. 350 runs needed today on the 5th day. It is gonna be a hard chase for England.

They might end up on the loosing side...
 
India would hope that Jadeja does well today with bowl and pick wickets too. That will be only chance for India to win this test outside of Bumrah who as always is key to India’s bowling.

Rest of the pacers have been a huge disappointment and they also increase India’s tail in batting, which has troubled us in both innings.
 
Ab Fan said:
India would hope that Jadeja does well today with bowl and pick wickets too. That will be only chance for India to win this test outside of Bumrah who as always is key to India’s bowling.

Rest of the pacers have been a huge disappointment and they also increase India’s tail in batting, which has troubled us in both innings.
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Their is less hope in jadeja then their is in siraj. Atleast cry baby siraj has done something this test and picked up a wicket here and their
 
I do not think the pitch or India's 4th-5th bowlers threaten to take 10 wkts of Eng

It will be Bumrah, Siraj and Jadeja who can possibly create about 4-5 chances. If these are taken and come within first 1.5 sessions, Eng might decide to shut shop if RRR hits 5.5 levels in final session. i think there is about 50% chance of this happening

Alternatively if Eng batters do silly mistakes l, they might lose in a collapse but this seems lower probability now that most of the team is experienced and in reasonable form. Maybe 20% chance of this happening

If Eng see off first hour, they will be on way to winning the game. Ball will get soft between ovs 40-80 and set batters with positive mindset can score 200 runs in this phase on this wicket. About 30% chance of this outcome
 
pratiktc said:
I do not think the wicket or India's 4th-5th bowlers threaten to take 10 wkts of Eng

It will be Bumrah, Siraj and Jadeja who can possibly create about 4-5 chances. If these are taken and come within first 1.5 sessions, Eng might decide to shut shop if RRR hits 5.5 levels in final session. i think there is about 50% chance of this happening

Alternatively if Eng batters do silly mistakes l, they might lose in a collapse but this seems lower probability now that most of the team is experienced and in reasonable form. Maybe 20% chance of this happening

If Eng see off first hour, they will be on way to winning the game. Ball will get soft between ovs 40-80 and set batters with positive mindset can score 200 runs in this phase on this wicket
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England will win
 
All results are possible, but I trust Bumrah to deliver today.

May, he can get the 10-fer in todays match as few people have been pointing out the one thing that Bumrah lacks for now😁

Lets go Bumrah!!
 
England should put pressure early on and indian trundlers will start panicking.

Apart from ugliest action guy bumrah no one is capable of taking wickets.

England should play him carefully and beat others mercilessly.
 
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England should put pressure early on and indian trundlers will start panicking.

Apart from ugliest action guy bumrah no one is capable of taking wickets.

England should play him carefully and beat others mercilessly.
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I agree. Without Bumrah , this is no better than a trundling Pakistani attack.
 
Blame is on Indian team management also, why did they slowed down after the fall of Rishabh Pant? They slowed down for 9 overs before the new ball. That is the time to maximise the scoring and get to 350. Instead they were hanging around 325 by the time second new ball came. 30 mins of play wasted due to that and it’s not like they got any extra run for that. It was selfish batting.
 
The Bald Eagle said:
No I won't be that much cruel buddy....I even acted with restraint after BGT...but care more for other esteemed posters
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BGT was alive till last day and if Umpire didnt screw us we would have won that series. I personally refused to accept the official result of that tour and declared India winner in Rajdeep's statsbook. For me, last time India lost a test series against Aus was way back in 2014 when MSD was our test captain.
 
Shubham Gill will have a lot to learn to improve as captain. We are losing a good number of games before the team settles up well. This is a year of rebuilding the team now.

We don’t have quality in fast bowling and we missed the quality of the great Ravichandran Ashwin as well. The tail is pretty long too so we need an all rounder as well.
 
Congratulations to England for a fantastic win though. They were superb and their batting firepower is scary indeed. They deserved to win this test as they were better team.
 
pratiktc said:
I do not think the pitch or India's 4th-5th bowlers threaten to take 10 wkts of Eng

It will be Bumrah, Siraj and Jadeja who can possibly create about 4-5 chances. If these are taken and come within first 1.5 sessions, Eng might decide to shut shop if RRR hits 5.5 levels in final session. i think there is about 50% chance of this happening

Alternatively if Eng batters do silly mistakes l, they might lose in a collapse but this seems lower probability now that most of the team is experienced and in reasonable form. Maybe 20% chance of this happening

If Eng see off first hour, they will be on way to winning the game. Ball will get soft between ovs 40-80 and set batters with positive mindset can score 200 runs in this phase on this wicket. About 30% chance of this outcome
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Shut up shop? Don’t think England do that nowadays.
 
Bumrah looked very ineffective in the second innings. The entire pace-attack went missing. Not sure if Krishna's 2 wickets mean much when he concedes 92 @ 6.13 RPO.
 
there was alot of spin on offer, surprised jadeja only managed one wicket.
even though the pitch was flattish, there was some seam and swing movement, the indian bowlers (especially siraj) bowled way too short, they would've gotten the wickets had they bowled fuller.
 
You know what I find funny @Devadwal

Reading your posts, apprantly you did a heel turn cause PP is responsible for spreading indian propaganda and you are the warrior that will defend India and not let it slide.

Yesterday the entire forumn essentially clowned on India and its posters pretending to be ambassadors.

You had the perfect opportunity to stand your ground yet you ran away 🤣.

I told you that you were getting owned in every thread. Eventually it would come back to bite you.

1000028105.jpg :vk2
 
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mominsaigol said:
You know what I find funny @Devadwal

Reading your posts, apprantly you did a heel turn cause PP is responsible for spreading indian propaganda and you are the warrior that will defend India and not let it slide.

Yesterday the entire forumn essentially clowned on India and its posters pretending to be ambassadors.

You had the perfect opportunity to stand your ground yet you ran away 🤣.

I told you that you were getting owned in every thread. Eventually it would come back to bite you.

View attachment 155631 :vk2
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He went into hiding after the BGT loss too.

Only sings when his team wins. Complete snowflake.
 
Ice Man said:
He went into hiding after the BGT loss too.

Only sings when his team wins. Complete snowflake.
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Tbh, the BGT loss was surprisng for me. I thought India would win since Aus didnt really have a batter besides Head who's at his best vs India.

India has only neutralised head on doctored pitches such as UAE where they had an unfair advantage.

Even in 2024 wc, head was the only batter India couldnt neutralise and it required wickets falling at the other end for head to give his wicket away.

Who would have thought India would the team that would get smith back in form 🤣🤣 and beau Webster would a goat at no 6.

Bumrah Bradman is now responsible for

1) Ct 2017 Fakhar Zaman botch
2) 2023 wc Travis Head botch
3) Was helpless against Head and Smith throughout the entire series once the ball got slightly old cause he cant reverse swing.

Fraud stat padder starts hiding himself and waits for the new ball to get rid of these 2. Fortunately it didnt work on Steve smith, it worked on Head though tbf.

4) Brutally exposed against england yesterday and this time he couldnt even properly hide himself without making it so obvious :vk2.

Bumrah Bradman Fluked 2024 once against the biggest choking team in odi and t20 history that honestly gave their wickets away and panicked for no reason.

Terrific new ball bowler, but his lack of reverse swing, one note bowling with the old ball and toothpick stamina would get exposed eventually.

Not to mention he is 100% a chucker in the same way harbajan was a chucker. Its just that if I say hes a chucker people will ask for proof so I refrain from such discussions.

Axar Patel is another chucker btw. His bend almost as bad as Saeed Ajmal.
 
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