England vs India | 1st Test | Edgbaston | Aug 1-5, 2018 | Day 3 Thread

[shariqnoor]

This reminds me of when Kami came in and played a great counter attacking innings to win the test match for Pakistan from 92/5 against South Africa. We were chasing a similar target. Karthik should do the same.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Cannot believe that Malan is still in the slips.You would have thought that Root had learned.

 

[AFM]

Watch out England. Sobers in next

 

[Titan24]

Watch out England. Sobers in next

They are already shivering

 

[Oligochaetes]

Karthik knows it's the last innings of his test career. Poor guy is totally stressed out.

 

[Titan24]

Karthik knows it's the last innings of his test career. Poor guy is totally stressed out.

You are expecting Pant to debut next match?

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Karthik knows it's the last innings of his test career. Poor guy is totally stressed out.

Is Wriddhiman Saha returning in the next match?

 

[Titan24]

Is Wriddhiman Saha returning in the next match?

No he is out for months I guess. Pant is there though but would be really harsh debut for youngster

 

[Belawal2014]

Why isn't Pujara playing?

 

[InziRules]

Is Wriddhiman Saha returning in the next match?

Pant needs to start, no matter how unfair it'd be to him

 

[Titan24]

Why isn't Pujara playing?

Poor county stint. Azhar scored more runs in 1 county match than what pujara did in 4-5 I guess

 

[ManFan]

Suddenly, no [MENTION=146612]BlackShadow[/MENTION] in sight.

 

[Titan24]

Pant needs to start, no matter how unfair it'd be to him

If he debuts I am inky expecting a big bashing towards him from the Indian fans who wanted him in the team as he is most likely gonna struggle in these conditions and he lacks experience to tackle them

 

[mkyawar]

Kartik needs to go one day mode.

 

[Belawal2014]

Poor county stint. Azhar scored more runs in 1 county match than what pujara did in 4-5 I guess

I see...I would have still backed him at #3..

 

[Oligochaetes]

You are expecting Pant to debut next match?

Yeah....Kohli and Shastri can do anything..

So a lot of pressure on Karthik to perform this particular inning

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Stay on topic please

 

[Oligochaetes]

100 more to get....

 

[mak36]

Why isn't Pujara playing?

Poor county stint. Azhar scored more runs in 1 county match than what pujara did in 4-5 I guess

6 matches and averaged 14.33

 

[mkyawar]

advantage india. Below 100. Have a feeling that Kartik will score some runs with his life on the line

 

[Titan24]

6 matches and averaged 14.33

Yes exactly that must be the reason

 

[InziRules]

Less than 100 needed.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Karthik is already on 14...

 

[Titan24]

advantage india. Below 100. Have a feeling that Kartik will score some runs with his life on the line

On this pitch couple of wickets are never too far away

 

[mkyawar]

Karthik is already on 14...

Last time he was the highest scorer . Advantage india with him kohli still there

 

[BlackShadow]

100 up, but no real batting left.

 

[Adijazz1706]

:100 up for India, just 94 to get now

 

[Arham_PakFan]

India’s total reaches 100.They have the upper hand now,psychologically.

 

[AFM]

Someone tell Bairstow to stand up to the stumps.

 

[Sam99]

Someone tell Bairstow to stand up to the stumps.

Should have done against anderson and curran imo.

 

[BlackShadow]

Last time he was the highest scorer . Advantage india with him kohli still there

I know you have a great record with jinxes, but it's not a real thing, all in your mind.

 

[gani999]

Yeah....Kohli and Shastri can do anything..

So a lot of pressure on Karthik to perform this particular inning

Should India lose this one, it will be KL Rahul or Rahane who will be getting the axe. They'll probably play Kuldeep as an extra bowler for the next game

 

[Snowflake]

Pandya with air-pods in and trying to look all chill! The cringe is so real with this one

 

[KhanPredator]

Cannot believe that Malan is still in the slips.You would have thought that Root had learned.

Your right there, i was going to say the same thing. Root is a good captain imo, he also needs to have that third man much finer

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England needed 280-300.

 

[BlackShadow]

Pandya with air-pods in and trying to look all chill! The cringe is so real with this one

All good as long as he is not posing with grapes.

 

[Titan24]

Should India lose this one, it will be KL Rahul or Rahane who will be getting the axe. They'll probably play Kuldeep as an extra bowler for the next game

So India will go with 6 bowlers? And Ashwin and Pandya will be 4 and 5 down? Now thats some thin batting lineup

 

[Markhor]

Just got back home. Holy crap what a match !

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Why did they send Ashwin in if they wanted someone to go and have a crack at the bowlers.

Ashwin made 13 off 15 so surely that was the case in his promotion as they wanted someone to go up and take the bowlers on and score a quick 25-30 runs.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Are they going to get another 8-9 overs in?

It is already time for stumps?

 

[DeadBall]

Pandya with air-pods in and trying to look all chill! The cringe is so real with this one

Probably getting himself ready with some upbeat music. Many sportsmen do it.

 

[Sam99]

Karthik looking better but i would drop him for his wicketkeeping.

 

[BlackShadow]

Why did they send Ashwin in if they wanted someone to go and have a crack at the bowlers.

Ashwin made 13 off 15 so surely that was the case in his promotion as they wanted someone to go up and take the bowlers on and score a quick 25-30 runs.

This is the rate Ashwin normally scores at. He is supposed to be sounder technically, hence the promotion.

 

[Oligochaetes]

How many over for the day?

 

[gani999]

So India will go with 6 bowlers? And Ashwin and Pandya will be 4 and 5 down? Now thats some thin batting lineup

Vijay, Dhawan, Kohli, Rahane, Karthik, Pandya, Ashwin, Ishant, Shami, Kuldeep, Umesh. That's four batsmen, one wk, one all rounder and five bowlers.

 

[mkyawar]

People are acting as Karthik batting is like Rahat ali. The guy opened in England and scored runs . He is a fighter even though not the prettiest batsman on show

 

[Oligochaetes]

Will they send in night watchman ishant next? Is he padded up?

 

[Oligochaetes]

Vijay, Dhawan, Kohli, Rahane, Karthik, Pandya, Ashwin, Ishant, Shami, Kuldeep, Umesh. That's four batsmen, one wk, one all rounder and five bowlers.

That's a funny XI. Never gonna happen.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Broad has tested Kohli all day today.

 

[Snowflake]

All good as long as he is not posing with grapes.

Just that comparison validates my point :

To be honest, such antics would be totally fine if one had any performance to back it up. He's had a pretty ordinary test so far which just makes all this show look so fake!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

This is the rate Ashwin normally scores at. He is supposed to be sounder technically, hence the promotion.

Sounder technically than even Karthik who is a specialist wk/batter?

I think he could be better...

 

[BlackShadow]

India playing for time now.

 

[BlackShadow]

Sounder technically than even Karthik who is a specialist wk/batter?

I think he could be better...

4 Test hundreds and looking good in some away tours has helped his reputation.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

4 Test hundreds and looking good in some away tours has helped his reputation.

Oh yes.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Rashid is here. Will be interesting

 

[gani999]

That's a funny XI. Never gonna happen.

With Kohli and Ravi at the helm anything is possible.

Don't forget that this is only a bench-testing series for God knows what.

 

[mkyawar]

Time for Curran . Can see Karthik getting lbw to him

 

[BlackShadow]

6 overs left. Hopefully we won't lose another wicket today, and bright sunshine will welcome us tomorrow.

 

[Oligochaetes]

6 overs left. Hopefully we won't lose another wicket today, and bright sunshine will welcome us tomorrow.

That many? It's already late...how's the light?

 

[InziRules]

Last over of the day

 

[BlackShadow]

That many? It's already late...how's the light?

Yeah right, we may see an early finish. I don't mind that.

 

[Oligochaetes]

84 to get...with Sobers yet to arrive.. is India on top? Slightly?

 

[BlackShadow]

Amazing application from Kohli. His work ethics on and off field are simply outstanding.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Stumps.India will need 84 tomorrow with 5 wickets left.

 

[TeamPak95]

Enthralling test match cricket.

 

[Oligochaetes]

It's stumps. We can all relax now

 

[Oligochaetes]

Karthik played well... stayed till the end of the day

 

[mkyawar]

Anything can happen. England’s bowlers will come back fresh with the bowl moving around and cloud cover

 

[jnaveen1980]

What an amazing Test match.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

What a match

 

[Buffet]

Eng is 2 wickets away from a win here. Runs with tails normally don't come in chasing for a win.

 

[Sadevdesai]

As long as Kohli is still batting .... Indians can win this match !!!!!!

 

[Buffet]

Fantastic match. Hopefully other matches in series go like this.

 

[Sam99]

Anything can happen tomorrow. Maybe Anderson and Broad comes with clouds or kohli scores another match winning knock.

 

[Varun]

The first hour tomorrow is going to be ABSOLUTELY crucial.

Either we lose Karthik and open up the tail, lose Kohli and go into a downward spiral, or score a crucial 25-30 and make some headway into the total.

 

[The_Odd_One]

It is nicely balanced at this point. England are 2 wickets away to win this one. India just need another 30 runs without losing one more wicket to win this one.

 

[Joginder_Sharma]

Can't believe I am reliving Indian batting's 1 man army era again, especially in alien conditions. Sachin then, Kohli now. BTW I don't know who to drop b/w Vijay, Dhawan or Rahul, all 3 of them have been pis poor since the SA series. Rahane still deserves his chance. 1 thing is for sure, need Pujara in there definitely, he may not score runs but has the ability to play balls which can come in handy.

 

[cricketindiafan]

If only target had been 160, if only there was better application..so many ifs

Need some bright sunshine when llay starts tomorrow. Where's the heatwave disappeared? It was in 30s till last Friday

 

[WengerOut]

Vijay, Pujara and Rahane are in terminal decline. Pujara was never an overseas condition player. Rahul is stuck in a rot. So that is 4 out of top 5 batters not upto the mark.

 

[Hasan123]

I thought the Poms would have won had they got 250 plus. But to be competitive they needed close to 200 . They have been competitive.

Game could still go either way despite Kohli being at the crease. I have noticed a trend when a team had to restart the following day when a chase is on they have collapsed. I expect India to win from here but England can win if they get a wicket early.