England beat India by 227 runs in the 1st Test in Chennai

[Buffet]

Adelaide and Chennai... India have just faced the perfect storm of Hazlewood and Anderson on 2 occasions. Rotten luck lol

Well, you can not do much, but they batted poorly in their first inning. Easy conditions to bat and they should have batter much longer.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

It's futile to even pray for rain in Chennai.

Let's pray infront of Rajnikanth.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

I still think India win in Australia was fluke no jokes apart. Aussies just underestimated india and got done for it, Aussies were still better team than India in their own home conditions.

 

[Dingolfy]

Why India dont go for green wickets they have a v good fast bowling attack. Spinners trap is something gora teams now learned how to do well on spin tracks.

We are way more worse when the ball moves and they have Anderson. I would say a bouncy wicket like Dharamshala would be better. How good are current English batsmen against short balls?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

And some fans were complaining that England played slow in their second inning.

 

[Manunited18]

This has to be one of the most dominant performances by a touring team to India, all rise to sir Jimmy Anderson

 

[lahoriyah1234]

King Kohli to score a 100 to keep his Kohlism alive.

 

[Buffet]

I still think India win in Australia was fluke no jokes apart. Aussies just underestimated india and got done for it, Aussies were still better team than India in their own home conditions.

Either you did not watch the series or you don't understand cricket.

 

[MP2011]

2 slots in our batting line-up are unnecessarily occupied by no good Rahane & Rohit.

 

[Dingolfy]

I still think India win in Australia was fluke no jokes apart. Aussies just underestimated india and got done for it, Aussies were still better team than India in their own home conditions.

You dont chase 300 plus runs in test cricket by Fluke.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

This is shameful performance. Big upset I would say. Beating Indian in India is not a easy task.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Other than Nadeem, what do you think he should have done? Its just the first test and three more to come.

In Australia too, India lost the first test while he captained. He must be doing something wrong in the dressing room behind closed doors

 

[guna]

Well, you can not do much, but they batted poorly in their first inning. Easy conditions to bat and they should have batter much longer.

India failed miserably in their first innings with the bat. Pitch was still playing good and 500 should have been scored. As usual, both captain and vice captain failed badly.

 

[MP2011]

I still think India win in Australia was fluke no jokes apart. Aussies just underestimated india and got done for it, Aussies were still better team than India in their own home conditions.

Lol, coming out of woodwork.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I still think India win in Australia was fluke no jokes apart. Aussies just underestimated india and got done for it, Aussies were still better team than India in their own home conditions.

Not sure about fluke but Australia dropped too many chances which is part of the game. If England wins this series it won't be called a fluke series win either.

 

[Dingolfy]

This has to be one of the most dominant performances by a touring team to India, all rise to sir Jimmy Anderson

I think England’s 2012 series was better. Most of our senior batsmen were DONE by then though.

 

[MP2011]

Either you did not watch the series or you don't understand cricket.

The latter I'd say.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

You dont chase 300 plus runs in test cricket by Fluke.

If a team can score 330+ in final after having horrific performance in the past few years can be fluke then why not chasing 300+ in test match ?

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Either you did not watch the series or you don't understand cricket.

Pulling legs mate relax.

 

[pillionrider]

Congrats England on ......


winning the toss


1-3 is not a bad tour of India

 

[MP2011]

Kohli never wins tosses.

At least the important ones, like overseas tests, ODI tourneys' knockout games, the list goes on.

 

[Mamoon]

All this nonsense of the timid Rahane replacing Kohli as captain should end. He can barely keep his own batting together and if he were the captain over the last 6 years, he wouldn’t have survived.

Captaining India is no easy task. What Kohli has achieved with this team while producing the individual numbers that he has is something that is beyond Rahane.

 

[Dingolfy]

In Australia too, India lost the first test while he captained. He must be doing something wrong in the dressing room behind closed doors

Indians won all the sessions in that Test except the pink ball burst from Hazelwood. I dont know what Rahane would have done different then.

 

[Manunited18]

Pants shot from Pant

Magnificent performance Joe and the boys, and to think Johnny Bairstow and Stuart broad are not even playing In this game.

 

[ethan hunt]

Ashwin is indias second best batsman against swing and spin.
Good pair at the crease for india

 

[Yk313]

Adelaide and Chennai... India have just faced the perfect storm of Hazlewood and Anderson on 2 occasions. Rotten luck lol

Wouldn’t count Adelaide in this.

Cummins and Hazlewood bowled great areas but there wasn’t as much elaborate movement nor variable bounce.

Some soft dismissals there that could have been avoided.

Conditions in this innings are difficult.

 

[guna]

2 slots in our batting line-up are unnecessarily occupied by no good Rahane & Rohit.

Rahane has booked his spot for 2 years after Aus series win. He is the most inconsistent player in the team.

Rohit now will be under a lot of pressure. Has not done anything and wasted chances in 5 straight tests now.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Not sure what James Anderson would do to our batting in a Day Night test and our tour in England later this year.

 

[ethan hunt]

The last thing india wants is to have ashwin break his bowling hand.

 

[pillionrider]

Not sure about fluke but Australia dropped too many chances which is part of the game. If England wins this series it won't be called a fluke series win either.

Don't think we called the KP-Cook win in India a fluke.

Fluke is a word used by fans of teams that win by fluke

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

All this nonsense of the timid Rahane replacing Kohli as captain should end. He can barely keep his own batting together and if he were the captain over the last 6 years, he wouldn’t have survived.

Captaining India is no easy task. What Kohli has achieved with this team while producing the individual numbers that he has is something that is beyond Rahane.

Yeah Rahane would have never won the series against the greats teams like West Indies, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Africa at home.

 

[jiduguravindra]

Not sure about fluke but Australia dropped too many chances which is part of the game. If England wins this series it won't be called a fluke series win either.

Didn't india drop catches. That labu guy alone got as many lives as undertaker has

 

[Dingolfy]

If a team can score 330+ in final after having horrific performance in the past few years can be fluke then why not chasing 300+ in test match ?

Are you talking about CT 2017? I was never one of those Indian fans who called that a fluke. Pakistan beat us fair and square then and it was no fluke. If anything, I would blame Kohli for deciding to bat second in a bloody final on a road.
And chasing 300 plus on a fifth day Gabba against the kind of bowlers Australia has is way more difficult than scoring 300 totals on ODI roads.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Magnificent performance Joe and the boys, and to think Johnny Bairstow and Stuart broad are not even playing In this game.

Stuart Broad, Moeen, Foakes, Woakes, Stone are their other players available in squad. What are the chances of Broad playing in a day night test?

 

[guna]

Ashwin needs to do a Sydney here. Kohli has to play the role of vihari.

 

[MP2011]

Rahane has booked his spot for 2 years after Aus series win. He is the most inconsistent player in the team.

Rohit now will be under a lot of pressure. Has not done anything and wasted chances in 5 straight tests now.

Yeah, as I said a champion team would have dropped Rahane years ago and should have never asked an out and out dud like Rohit to play test cricket.

 

[Manunited18]

I've always thought India lack quality at top of the order bar kohli, hone are the days when you had the likes of tendulkar Dravid laxman sehwag Ganguly

 

[Ab Fan]

All this nonsense of the timid Rahane replacing Kohli as captain should end. He can barely keep his own batting together and if he were the captain over the last 6 years, he wouldn’t have survived.

Captaining India is no easy task. What Kohli has achieved with this team while producing the individual numbers that he has is something that is beyond Rahane.

There is nothing beyond winning the test series in Australia with that team against a full strength Australian team that good.

I would even give away this series for that, let alone one win.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Didn't india drop catches. That labu guy alone got as many lives as undertaker has

Yes. India also dropped many catches.

 

[Dingolfy]

I've always thought India lack quality at top of the order bar kohli, hone are the days when you had the likes of tendulkar Dravid laxman sehwag Ganguly

Indian top order is pretty fine in India. And I would expect them to come back in coming tests strongly.

 

[Yk313]

How was Archer’s pace in the 1st innings?

He should be well rested in theory but still bowling a little on the slow side.

 

[MP2011]

3 back to back boundaries from Kohli.

 

[Manunited18]

Stuart Broad, Moeen, Foakes, Woakes, Stone are their other players available in squad. What are the chances of Broad playing in a day night test?

Broad will definitely come in for the next test as the tests are back to back, and Ben foakes will come in for joss after this test as buttler is only playing this test.

 

[Ab Fan]

Bess serving pies to Kohli.

 

[Mamoon]

Yeah Rahane would have never won the series against the greats teams like West Indies, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Africa at home.

Kohli is the reason why India won in Australia twice. He is the reason why Indian fast bowling has become world class.

It is not just about beating weak teams at home. Kohli has transformed the mentality of the Indian that went stale in Test cricket under the captaincy of Dhoni.

 

[King_Kohli]

Ohh my God.
What's going..

 

[MP2011]

Had Kohli batted like this in the first innings, we would have surely scored 500+ and the test would have been comfortably drawn.

 

[CricketCartoons]

3 back to back boundaries from Kohli.

England win the match, but Kohli wins hearts.

 

[Yk313]

I am not sure why Root cares about runs here. Just block singles and bowl spinners. So much turn and bounce is there. Wickets will come sooner or later.

I think Bess wants to make a game of Root’s emotions.

 

[Mamoon]

There is nothing beyond winning the test series in Australia with that team against a full strength Australian team that good.

I would even give away this series for that, let alone one win.

It was Kohli’s team and Shastri was providing all the inspiration in the dressing room with his tough talk and made the reserve players step up.

Rahane was just a puppet captain on the field.

 

[James]

Starting to think that Bess needs to improve his fitness before he can play a long series away from home in hot countries. He seems to be gassed on this tour already. Bowling cream pies all over the place and visibly blowing, looks knackered.

 

[King_Kohli]

No worries..
We will back and win this series.

 

[Last Monetarist]

This test isn't over by any means. Ashwin is no mug with the bat as we saw in Sydney.

 

[Slog]

Lol these spinners smh

 

[Manunited18]

After the conclusion of this test England will miss 2 of their best bats for the remainder of the series I think, Johnny bairstow and buttler

 

[Varun]

Ashwin is woeful against the short ball.

 

[MP2011]

Do you remember Ind vs NZ 2010 Ahmedabad test. Laxman and Harbajan with the help of tail played out 68 overs when India were 65/6 after Chris Martin's 5 wicket burst. Can Virat and Ashwin emulate that?" -- Harbhajan went and scored another hundred in the next Test match too

 

[Ab Fan]

It was Kohli’s team and Shastri was providing all the inspiration in the dressing room with his tough talk and made the reserve players step up.

Rahane was just a puppet captain on the field.

I know but the same team lost to 36-9 in first test.

I would say, dropping Prithvi Shaw and Saha and replacing them with Gill and "next Gilchrist", Pant was the difference.

 

[King_Kohli]

This test isn't over by any means. Ashwin is no mug with the bat as we saw in Sydney.

Surviving 60 overs not easy here.

 

[King_Kohli]

Ashwin already injured multiple times.
We need him for next test.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Don't think we called the KP-Cook win in India a fluke.

Fluke is a word used by fans of teams that win by fluke

Chal ab gusaa mat kaar.

 

[Robert]

Just woke up to considerable shock. Thought it would by 200-3 by now.

Ashwin is going to get shelled now, England will try to knock him out of the series. Ouch, smack on the helmet badge.....

 

[Manunited18]

Starting to think that Bess needs to improve his fitness before he can play a long series away from home in hot countries. He seems to be gassed on this tour already. Bowling cream pies all over the place and visibly blowing, looks knackered.

All part of the learning curve, his performance in the first innings was exemplary, needs to be backed, he offers alot as a cricketer

 

[Dingolfy]

Starting to think that Bess needs to improve his fitness before he can play a long series away from home in hot countries. He seems to be gassed on this tour already. Bowling cream pies all over the place and visibly blowing, looks knackered.

How did he fair in Srilanka which is equally hot?

 

[Ashmal]

Kohli is the reason why India won in Australia twice. He is the reason why Indian fast bowling has become world class.

It is not just about beating weak teams at home. Kohli has transformed the mentality of the Indian that went stale in Test cricket under the captaincy of Dhoni.

Wow....Kohli is such a great captain who could win games even when he's not playing

 

[guna]

Any chance of Jaddu playing this series? Without him, india has no chance against England. Ashwin needs another great spin partner and Nadeem simply is not good enough.

 

[ethan hunt]

3 full tosses in an over from bess.
Just land it in the right areas and let the pitch do it for you.

 

[Slog]

Why don’t Indian bowlers wanna west atm guards?

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Lol, coming out of woodwork.

big time ....

 

[Manunited18]

Just woke up to considerable shock. Thought it would by 200-3 by now.

Ashwin is going to get shelled now, England will try to knock him out of the series. Ouch, smack on the helmet badge.....

Lol, yep should bom him with rib ticklers

 

[Slog]

Any chance of Jaddu playing this series? Without him, india has no chance against England. Ashwin needs another great spin partner and Nadeem simply is not good enough.

Kuldeep

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Ashwin is in trouble

 

[Mobashir]

Physio more on the pitch than some india batsmen.

By the way, love how Kohli is scoring some tough runs for his team.

 

[Dingolfy]

Why don’t Indian bowlers wanna west atm guards?

Yup, absolute madness after what we have experienced in Australia.

 

[Ab Fan]

Two ATG cricketers are batting. Tighten your seat belts.

 

[Ashmal]

It was Kohli’s team and Shastri was providing all the inspiration in the dressing room with his tough talk and made the reserve players step up.

Rahane was just a puppet captain on the field.

Yeah...it was Kohli who was making the bowling and field changes via twitter

 

[Robert]

Starting to think that Bess needs to improve his fitness before he can play a long series away from home in hot countries. He seems to be gassed on this tour already. Bowling cream pies all over the place and visibly blowing, looks knackered.

And with Stokes hardly able to bowl these days too. Might have to bring in Moeen for the next test, this is a war of attrition.

Good job Clouderson is no good under sunshine and without the Duke ball.

 

[James]

How did he fair in Srilanka which is equally hot?

He did okay, but was again inconsistent. Remember that it was a consecutive tour in the bubble. Three back-to-back Tests now, across Sri Lanka and India. He looks done to me. Needs a match off to rest.

 

[Varun]

Congratulations in advance, England. [MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION] [MENTION=7774]Robert[/MENTION]

This game is OVER.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Surviving 60 overs not easy here.

As long as Kohli is in, India has a good chance. Ashwin will take heart from how he performed a couple of weeks ago against a tougher bowling attack.