First Test between India and England ends in a nail-biting draw

[Aman]

The best kind of victory there is.

Who started all the moral victory stuff anyway?

Think it came up in India's last tour of Australia.

 

[Sidilicious]

5 down!

Horrible Test for STB.

Didnt know that 100 runs in a test is considered a horrible test.

 

[Big Mac]

That looked like a bump ball to me.

*Waits for replays to prove him wrong*

EDIT: Replays have proved me wrong

 

[Aman]

You would know a thing or two about it.

6 down

 

[street cricketer]

India are gifting it here.

 

[Hasan123]

India choking big time ) ) )

 

[Aman]

Didnt know that 100 runs in a test is considered a horrible test.

Double with the ball too.

 

[street cricketer]

6 down

Trust in Sir.

 

[Suleiman]

LOL Saha gone as well.

Game is strikingly similar to the 1st in UAE now.

Eng scared us in that test too, but bad lights saved us.

 

[Big Mac]

Time for that Jaddu triple.

 

[Aman]

England left the declaration way too late and it will probably cost them.

 

[LastManstanding]

England left the declaration way too late and it will probably cost them.

You seem more disappointed than the English fans

 

[Big Mac]

LOL Saha gone as well.

Game is strikingly similar to the 1st in UAE now.

Eng scared us in that test too, but bad lights saved us.

Gifting wickets to Rashid to make sure he stays in the side for the rest of the series. Good to see Kohli learning from the best

 

[Slog]

Damn cook would be killing himself now

5 over are too low

 

[Big Mac]

Time to check the ICC ranking predictor to see what result we need in this series to go top of the rankings after we win 5-0 down under.

 

[street cricketer]

I wonder how Yadav will defend here.

A (attempted) six to the cow corner.

 

[Varun]

We are losing this.

 

[Saurav]

Trolling him.Will draw 7 down.Cook will be left wondering

Going to plan

 

[Sidilicious]

Double with the ball too.

Was poor with the ball, no doubt. But did more than his job with the bat.

So not that poor a game.

 

[Big Mac]

I wonder how Yadav will defend here.

A (attempted) six to the cow corner.

CricketAnalyst or whatever his name is will tell you that the higher the strike rate the better, therefore the best way to save this game is to hit everything for six.

His name says Analyst so he MUST be right.

 

[Sidilicious]

I wonder how Yadav will defend here.

A (attempted) six to the cow corner.

Anyone remember the 99 WC game against Zim. We had 3 to win of an over and a half with Robin Singh on the other side and Venky Prasad decides to go lbw.

 

[Big Mac]

I just checked the rankings predictor, Pakistan will win 5-0 in NZ and Australia which gives us 117 points. India have to win this series by more than one test to stay ahead of Pakistan so let's go England

 

[Hasan123]

India seem to have a mental block vs England, whilst England seem to have a slight mental block vs Pakistan.

Coinsidence? I think not

 

[Sidilicious]

Jadeja needs to tie his lace a few more times. Need to ensure that England dont get more than the 3 overs left.

 

[street cricketer]

Lol why are fans shouting "Kohli! Jaddu!" as if we need a six to win the game.

Can never trust our players. Can get carried away with all the chants!

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Real or moral victory coming up for england in the first test.

 

[Big Mac]

Lol why are fans shouting "Kohli! Jaddu!" as if we need a six to win the game.

Can never trust our players. Can get carried away with all the chants!

They're yelling "Jadoo! Jadoo!" because they need some magic to survive the next two overs.

 

[shaz619]

What an absolute shocking decision by Cook to declare so late

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

We need someone to do a Micheal Clarke here

 

[street cricketer]

Why are our players in Afridi mode.

Already gifted two wickets.

 

[Hasan123]

Having Botham on commentery when England is winning is the worst time to listen to commentery.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Having Botham on commentery, is the worst time to listen to commentery.

There....I fixed it for you

 

[Statsman]

Having Botham on commentery when England is winning is the worst time to listen to commentery.

How is England winning this?

 

[King Kong]

Come on Kohli. Get to 50.

 

[joly]

Cook's cowardly decision has cost Poms the match,India will be over joyous after playing some horrendous cricket for 5 days and still manage a draw

 

[King Kong]

Cook's cowardly decision has cost Poms the match,India will be over joyous after playing some horrendous cricket for 5 days and still manage a draw

Horrendous cricket? Are you for real. Scored almost 500 in response to England's 530.

 

[Hasan123]

How is England winning this?

I meant in general

 

[Hasan123]

There....I fixed it for you

He's still there

 

[Bilal7]

Cook is such a mediocre, cowardly captain. Misbah is so much better.

 

[Sidilicious]

Can we lose another wicket now?

I was enjoying the nail biting fight for survival. Now it looks more or less save. C'mon Jaddu, get out!

 

[Bilal7]

England have won all the moral victories in this test though. So much for the 5:0 predictions and the hype around the Indian spinners.

 

[Big Mac]

Cook is such a mediocre, cowardly captain. Misbah is so much better.

Misbah would have declared at the same time as Cook. The only difference is he'd have bowled India out in that time

Harsh to compare Cook with the best captain in the world though.

 

[street cricketer]

England have won all the moral victories in this test though. So much for the 5:0 predictions and the hype around the Indian spinners.

India won't be too keen on winning the moral victory series. Have won loads of them already.

 

[joly]

Horrendous cricket? Are you for real. Scored almost 500 in response to England's 530.

At home India is supposed to win 5-0 against any team resting 5-6 top players,this test has been nothing short of a nightmare for Kohli & Co

 

[Hasan123]

Indian team under Kohli is not going down without a fight.

 

[King Kong]

At home India is supposed to win 5-0 against any team resting 5-6 top players,this test has been nothing short of a nightmare for Kohli & Co

We were poor only on the first day. Took them too lightly. We recovered well for not losing this game.

 

[ethan hunt]

England could have easily given around 65 overs to India here.
Would have resulted in a famous win too in hindsight.

 

[Big Mac]

Kohli desperate to get to his fifty

 

[street cricketer]

Cook is such a mediocre, cowardly captain. Misbah is so much better.

Misbah would have declared exactly at the time Cook declared.

 

[street cricketer]

Would be funny if Cook decides to shake hands and Kohli declines saying he wants to get his fifty..

 

[joly]

We were poor only on the first day. Took them too lightly. We recovered well for not losing this game.

That's a Bermuda/Netherlands like attitude

 

[Big Mac]

Misbah would have declared exactly at the time Cook declared.

Misbah would have won the game though

 

[joly]

Misbah would have declared exactly at the time Cook declared.

Misbah would have reasons to do that as Yasir is the only bowler in the Pakistan team,what's England's excuse

 

[Big Mac]

Would be funny if Cook decides to shake hands and Kohli declines saying he wants to get his fifty..

Kohli will block the first three balls to make sure they can't lose the game and then go for the fifty.

 

[Nothing matters]

Cook is such a mediocre, cowardly captain. Misbah is so much better.

Lol Misbah would have fielders on the boundary here.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Last over of the test then...

 

[Big Mac]

Aww come on Kohli, refuse the handshake. There was time for Jadeja to get a single to get you back on strike.

 

[street cricketer]

Misbah would have won the game though

Wouldn't be surprised if you guys collapsed in the 3rd innings trying to go for quick runs. Have been a trend for you guys off late.

 

[Big Mac]

Wouldn't be surprised if you guys collapsed in the 3rd innings trying to go for quick runs. Have been a trend for you guys off late.

We like to make things exciting, Misbah is the ultimate entertainer

 

[joly]

Cook managed to keep kohli off from a 50 in exchange of some insanely stupid captaincy lol

 

[Sidilicious]

Kohli's batting today is huge positive. Only Rahane to fix his bating against spin, and Rahul to come back in place of Gambo.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Kohli is the best player against spin in this line up followed by Ash n Saha. Rahane, Vijay and Pujara need to tighten their game against turn and be more definitive in their pulls or forward defense.

 

[ethan hunt]

India has done well to earn a draw here against a superior opponent .

 

[street cricketer]

Kohli is the best player against spin in this line up followed by Ash n Saha. Rahane, Vijay and Pujara need to tighten their game against turn and be more definitive in their pulls or forward defense.

Wait what..Pujara is India's best undoubtedly.

 

[161]

Cook is an absolute chump.

This match was put on a platter for them everything went right from the toss to dropped catches.

But he decided to bat to slow this morning and delayed the declaration.

Another 15 overs with the ball and they could have won it.

 

[anindo]

At home India is supposed to win 5-0 against any team resting 5-6 top players,this test has been nothing short of a nightmare for Kohli & Co

England resting 5-6 top players??? Where do these ridiculous 5-0 expectations come from? Even the great Australian and West Indian teams were rarely expected to win 5-0 at home against a much weaker England.

 

[Zaz]

Surely cook n england couldve declared at lunch or just after giving themselves an extra 15 overs or so

 

[MenInG]

Good work by England. Always blame them but they have managed well.