India (364 & 298/8 dec) defeat England (391 & 120) by 151 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Root looks dejected. Very bad body language.

 

[IMMY69]

India should be looking to declare soon

 

[gani999]

This is some brilliant tail-ender batting by Shami and Bumrah. They sure can wield the willow if required.

 

[Ab Fan]

All hail the IPL.

Bumrah has learnt his batting skills from IPL. All hail IPL.

 

[Nov15]

15 mins to Lunch. LoL

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Cmon guys...
fight on.....
lets get it to 250...(getting greedy are we ...)

 

[pillionrider]

All hail the IPL.

Bumrah has learnt his batting skills from IPL. All hail IPL.

Bruh don't ruin the moment

 

[RamLakhan]

15 mins to Lunch. LoL

They should definitely declare after that I guess

 

[pillionrider]

Shammmmmmi

 

[Ashmal]

We are still not out of the woods.

If you get in on this pitch,you can cause untold misery to the opposition.

Need to bat more overs.

ENG won't go for a win now....pretty sure.

They will play for draw....and looking at their body language a batting collapse seems inevitable

 

[Devadwal]

Four by shami .now pls relex

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

All hail the IPL.

Bumrah has learnt his batting skills from IPL. All hail IPL.

All hail IPL bro.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Just get the feeling bro ali might toss one up and our guys will go for it

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

A biff.. over Grumpy Anderson..

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Just get the feeling bro ali might toss one up and our guys will go for it

I called it!

 

[gani999]

Turns out that Indian tail enders have the highest partnership average in tests with an average of 21.47 runs per dismissal.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

It is pretty quiet here from usual suspects.

 

[Energy]

Indian batsmen giving a fight, and saving the match. Shami and Bumrah are fighters but not in the same league as Abid Ali and Imran Butt.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Another drop??

 

[Manunited18]

I'm speechless. Full credit to the Indian tail but the tactics from the England think tank have been awful!

 

[Varun]

Or go the other extreme and keep batting. If it's going to be a draw, make it a frustrating draw for England and then have them bat a pointless 30 overs.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Bumrah has played cover drive, straight drive, pull and sweep. Full range of shots lol.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Turns out that Indian tail enders have the highest partnership average in tests with an average of 21.47 runs per dismissal.

Across what teams/tests time frames?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Turns out that Indian tail enders have the highest partnership average in tests with an average of 21.47 runs per dismissal.

Haha what a troll....

Crazy

 

[MP2011]

It'll either be 1-0 India or 0-0, come Leeds.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

There seems to be nothing in the pitch.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Bumrah has improved his batting average from 3 to 4.6. Hopefully he can turn it around in ODIs and T20s as well where he is averaging 3 and 4 respectively.

 

[gani999]

I'm speechless. Full credit to the Indian tail but the tactics from the England think tank have been awful!

What should they have done, apart from holding on to dropped catches?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

It'll either be 1-0 India or 0-0, come Leeds.

Unless we screw up real bad...it does look like that.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Will we declare? 250 to chase in 60 overs. A carrot to dangle.

 

[gani999]

Haha what a troll....

Crazy

I'm serious
https://inshorts.com/en/news/indian...h an average of 21.47,for the team since 1932.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

What should they have done, apart from holding on to dropped catches?

They could have bowled straighter, at the stumps and mix it with very few short stuff, and bowl some slower ones, back of the hand or knuckles balls...

 

[Devadwal]

Four more

 

[MP2011]

Almighty heave from Shami, boundary scored.

 

[Devadwal]

That's biggie

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

 

[MP2011]

And even bigger, 6 from Shami and his 50.

 

[sharmaji]

Love you Shami !

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

ha ha haa haa.. 50 for Shami.. Awesome !!!!!

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Shami 50

 

[gani999]

Woohoo, 50 for Shami

He should give some batting tips to Pujara

 

[Nikhil_cric]

If Imdia declare now, England need a run rate of 4. Good. Good.

 

[MP2011]

This partenrship will scar England in times to come.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

255 plus lead.
Are we in Lords are we in Mumbai.. lol.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Yoo hooo....ali bro socked....
and eng will need 250 now.....
Shami.....who could have dreamt this.....

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Shami will try to biff one more i feel

 

[MP2011]

So India has had the upper hand in both the tests that have been played in this series so far.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Shami you beauty...
Wow whata knock.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Shami likes batting against England it seems.

 

[Devadwal]

Shami you beauty...
Wow whata knock.

Now we are safe ? Right

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Brother shami showing how mediocre brother Moeen should be treated

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

If Imdia declare now, England need a run rate of 4. Good. Good.

They should send Bairstow and Moeen as openers.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Brother shami showing how mediocre brother Moeen should be treated

Yep....
I guess Ali bro has 75 percent of his wickets against us ...
he's a dud against all others..

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Now we are safe ? Right

Yesssss

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

I feel Virat will declare with 60 overs to go. And Have a crack at England.

 

[MP2011]

We're yet to lose a test in England whenever we scored 300 in the first innings. That record will stay safe.

 

[Birdman]

Don't declare, and frustrate England.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Man how can this Lords pitch be so dead. Normally it is green and mean.

 

[MP2011]

Yep....
I guess Ali bro has 75 percent of his wickets against us ...
he's a dud against all others..

Only in England. He averages 48 against us in India. All his success against us has come at home.

 

[Abdurmirr]

Oh my oh my how this test has changed

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Who would have predicted this when Pant got out.

 

[MP2011]

Last over before lunch.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

I guess last over before lunch....who'd thought jazz boom and mo shami would be here?

 

[Devadwal]

What a dream session for us .

 

[MP2011]

That's lunch.

2/105 runs in this session.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

104 runs in a session with run rate of 4.04.. wow..

 

[OMB]

Lunch.
It is a foregone conclusion that this will be a draw, however still wish Kohli declares and we see Bumrah and Shami have a go at their batting.

 

[Robert]

Excellent batting by the Indian tail and terrible tactics by Root. Should have had four slips up and bowled straight. Now the match is gone for them.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Anderson has been very poor this innings. No rain, no swing.

 

[AMSS]

Thank you IPL

 

[arehaan]

So this looks like another drawn game unless there is a big England collapse

 

[pillionrider]

Smattering of an applause as Shami and Bumrah proudly walk off the field. The same crowd had gone wild when Bumrah was smacked on the head

A bit like one of the England fans here [MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION] who was ecstatic but then had to catch a train or something )

 

[Saurav]

Reminded me of Roach/Seales effort yesterday

 

[Rajdeep]

I think after watching our batsmen bat in third inning of 2nd test I can say that weather gods actually helped India in the 4th inning of 1st test.

Think we batted decently on 3rd innings of 2nd test. I am sure we would have scored remaining 157 runs as well in last game. Rain saved England back then.

 

[RamLakhan]

Can the declaration be kept quite and announced just before the start of next session? (Just to mess up opposition's plans)

 

[Joseph Gomes]

So this looks like another drawn game unless there is a big England collapse

Even 5 days aren't enough to escape boring draws in England.

 

[Robert]

Man how can this Lords pitch be so dead. Normally it is green and mean.

I did ask this at the beginning of the match, and was called a “whinging Pom”. It’s odd, given all the rain that has been about.

Looking forward, England’s best chances on have gone and the Indian spinners should deliver a 0-2 win on the drier tracks of September.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Michael Clarke would have declared and have a crack at England for last 2 sessions. Will Kohli do the same.?

 

[JattMaula]

We are saved. #thankushami

Somehow tailender runs are more satisfying than top order runs!

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

A bit of drizzle. Should declare to press on for the win at least from Indian perspective.