India beat Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one-off Test match

[JattMaula]

India vs Bangladesh | The Only Test | Hyderabad | Feb 9 -14, 2017


India Squad

V Kohli*, R Ashwin, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, A Mukund, KK Nair, HH Pandya, CA Pujara, AM Rahane, KL Rahul, WP Saha†, I Sharma, M Vijay, J Yadav, UT Yadav

Bangladesh Squad

Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Liton Das, Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mominul Haque, Mosaddek Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Subashis Roy, Taijul Islam, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed

 

[sundries]

Slept at 5 and have woken up for the game .. Don't know why I am so excited about this Match .. Wasn't this excited for any of the India-England tests ..

 

[aloo paratha]

Slept at 5 and have woken up for the game .. Don't know why I am so excited about this Match .. Wasn't this excited for any of the India-England tests ..

Because It'll probably be more competitive.

 

[sundries]

Because It'll probably be more competitive.

But now with India batting first I doubt that ..

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Imrul finally dropped.

 

[R0H1T]

Any news on DRS

 

[Rayyman]

Bangladeshi attack is very weak. Only Shakib will give India any sort of trouble.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Rahul had feast time in last test. Will it be back to famine again ???

 

[starbuck]

Imrul finally dropped.

He is injured

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Rahane seems loose as a batsman. Once he is in he looks million dollar. But he should be given a stern warning. People are waiting in the wings.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Rahul had feast time in last test. Will it be back to famine again ???

Got the answer

 

[aloo paratha]

Lol what a poor dismissal.

 

[Statsman]

Rahul is more inconsistent than Rohit Sharma.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Rabbi got a maiden of his first over. Nice bowling.

 

[R0H1T]

Why doesn't Vijay take strike facing the new ball, Rahul is more prone to brain fades than Sehwag in a rut

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bangladesh going with 2pacers. India with 3.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Haha what an appeal

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Rahul had feast time in last test. Will it be back to famine again ???

Yeah ,next innings. He*is out.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Mushfiqur thought it was a nick.

 

[troodon]

Terrible team selection by Kohli.

You drop in form players for out of form ones.

Ishant Sharma? What wrong did Jayant do?

Karun Nair should have been playing.

Batting looks extremely weak.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

India 4/1.*ov 3.

 

[Executioner]

India showing Bangladesh how test cricket is to be played.

If Bangladesh was batting they would be 30/1 after 4 overs

 

[R0H1T]

India showing Bangladesh how test cricket is to be played.

If Bangladesh was batting they would be 30/1 after 4 overs

Two wickets, I'm willing to be Umesh & Kumar would pluck a couple in the early overs if they don't stray too much off line/length on this track. It isn't as easy as it looks first up, especially with the grass cover.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

India showing Bangladesh how test cricket is to be played.

If Bangladesh was batting they would be 30/1 after 4 overs

Huh !!

 

[Executioner]

Wonder what score will India declare at? 600 might be enough for innings victory.

India's no. 9 (Jadeja) is a better test batsman than Riad, and I think Jadeja is a substandard batsman in intl cricket given his ability.

 

[roshanrocks]

Feeling bad for Nair. Scores a 300 and then dropped for the next game, that too for a player who has been out of form lately. I hope Rahane bats really well and justifies his selection.

Good bowling by Taskin so far. He is pumped up after getting Rahul out

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Wonder what score will India declare at? 600 might be enough for innings victory.

India's no. 9 (Jadeja) is a better test batsman than Riad, and I think Jadeja is a substandard batsman in intl cricket given his ability.

Nice try man !!

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

TBH , Indian batting lineup looks very weak..How the heck did they beat England 4-0 !!

 

[Executioner]

Huh !!

Our batsmen don't know how to differentiate between tests and ODIs. Everyone tries to go for their shots and eventually end up giving their wickets away to mediocre deliveries. Funnily enough, KL Rahul's dismissal is similar to how BD falters, giving away wickets trying to play a loose shot against a loose delivery that didn't deserve a wicket.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Imrul finally dropped.

Imrul not dropped,injured.

Mahmudullah should be dropped from out test team. He is a burden of our test team and he is wasting a*place of*very good talents like mosaddek,nazmul and nurul.

 

[roshanrocks]

Wonder what score will India declare at? 600 might be enough for innings victory.

India's no. 9 (Jadeja) is a better test batsman than Riad, and I think Jadeja is a substandard batsman in intl cricket given his ability.

Unbelievable pessimism! Or some kind of jinx! I cant really make out..

You bowlers are doing well... be optimistic...lol

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

First boundary comes from rabbi. Poor delivery .

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Good start from Bangladesh.

 

[Executioner]

Two wickets, I'm willing to be Umesh & Kumar would pluck a couple in the early overs if they don't stray too much off line/length on this track. It isn't as easy as it looks first up, especially with the grass cover.

Definitely not an easy wicket. It seems there is a bit of uneven bounce(and pace). TBH as a BD fan I am not too dissappointed about bowling first, first 2 hours the pace bowlers will be difficult to handle. Particular both Taskin and Rabbi, they get good bounce.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Unbelievable pessimism! Or some kind of jinx! I cant really make out..

You bowlers are doing well... be optimistic...lol

It's not pessimism.its true. Riyadh is nothing in test cricket. He is worse than awshin,the test batsman

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bd bowlers are loosing their grip. Run are now coming at ease

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Ind 18/1 ov 7. Good last over for india.

 

[Executioner]

Unbelievable pessimism! Or some kind of jinx! I cant really make out..

You bowlers are doing well... be optimistic...lol

There is a difference between doing well in patches and doing well overall in a match. With Bangladesh you always expect the unexpected. Bangladesh is one side who can be the better team 80% of the match and still lose it. We have shown that in the tests NZ, against India in WT20s, against England in the 1st ODI.

My expectations will increase when we will have more matured cricketers.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Mominul should have dived to get the catch

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Mominul should have dived to get the catch

No he should've been deeper. Impossible from that position

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

4-5 years ago India could've waited for the spinners to come and dominate. Nowadays it is not the case

 

[R0H1T]

Definitely not an easy wicket. It seems there is a bit of uneven bounce(and pace). TBH as a BD fan I am not too dissappointed about bowling first, first 2 hours the pace bowlers will be difficult to handle. Particular both Taskin and Rabbi, they get good bounce.

Yeah makes me wonder wth was Virat thinking, could've easily bowled first with 3 pacers here.
Now unless the bowl reverses, bowling second our pacers will get (much?) less out of this track.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Misjudged short ball,still got the boundary.

 

[roshanrocks]

There is a difference between doing well in patches and doing well overall in a match. With Bangladesh you always expect the unexpected. Bangladesh is one side who can be the better team 80% of the match and still lose it. We have shown that in the tests NZ, against India in WT20s, against England in the 1st ODI.

My expectations will increase when we will have more matured cricketers.

We had that phase before... we were so used to losing from winnable positions that we became pessimists as well. Totally understand!

Nowadays its a bit opposite for us, we are 'hopeful' that someone will put their hand up and perform..if not top order then tail....

But it wont take much for us supporters to get back to our pessimism phase... haha

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

It is a slow pitch.Only bowler in India I would worry about will be Jaddu

 

[Ab Fan]

Why is India going with three pacers if its a slow pitch?

Not sure of the plans although I am not watching the game anyways.

 

[abhayjj]

It's good to play against bangladesh. It's nice change having a new competitor.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Taskin's lacking rhythm. Body seems tight. Really bending his back to extract pace.

 

[MMHS]

They call Mushi wicket keeper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Mushfiq stupid didn't go for the catch. Pujara edged but got lucky.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

That was Musfiqurs catch. Should've gone for it. The more I see this guy the more I hate him. Such an annoying and useless cricketer and captain.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Mushiqur is my most hated cricketer

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

It*was*not first slip catch. Mushfiq stupid.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Kohli seems to be one trick pony captain ala Arsene Wenger as coach. No tactical flexibility according to opposition or condition

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Bad move to bring Sarkar on. Yes, you wanna make use of the new ball with a seamer but if you don't have a third one, it's best to stick with your main bowlers and maintain the pressure the opening bowlers built. They should bring on the spinners now.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Only half an our and bd*bowlers all are loosing grip and line and length. It's now*India's turn to pile 600 runs in 1.5 dats and declare

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Sarkar in bowling now!!!! You must be kidding :-o

 

[Executioner]

We had that phase before... we were so used to losing from winnable positions that we became pessimists as well. Totally understand!

Nowadays its a bit opposite for us, we are 'hopeful' that someone will put their hand up and perform..if not top order then tail....

But it wont take much for us supporters to get back to our pessimism phase... haha

Several senior Indian fans have the same point. They mention how in the 90s and early noughts India had similar issues as us. Tendulkar used to score a lot of runs but the remaining players wouldn't support him much.

This usually happens when you are a young team, but over-time the players become matured.

Unfortunately for us, we are in that phase where we will be creating many oppurtunities where we create a good oppurtunity but when we start believing we could win we then start losing the plot because of the pressure of expectation. We are neither that bad to expect a loss, and not matured enough to win matches from clutch situations.

 

[abhayjj]

it's time for Vijay to improve his average. His average doesn't tell how good player he is in tests.

 

[Executioner]

That was Musfiqurs catch. Should've gone for it. The more I see this guy the more I hate him. Such an annoying and useless cricketer and captain.

He is a vastly improved batsman and a decent keeper. Check the stats for recent times as opposed to the past.

He even scored almost 200 runs in the first test in NZ before getting injured. He is Bangladesh's best batsman in the sense that he can play any kind of bowling, situation, and condition.

and even though it was keeper's catch, you seriously can't expect a 5 foot keeper to grab that.

 

[R0H1T]

Several senior Indian fans have the same point. They mention how in the 90s and early noughts India had similar issues as us. Tendulkar used to score a lot of runs but the remaining players wouldn't support him much.

This usually happens when you are a young team, but over-time the players become matured.

Unfortunately for us, we are in that phase where we will be creating many oppurtunities where we create a good oppurtunity but when we start believing we could win we then start losing the plot because of the pressure of expectation. We are neither that bad to expect a loss, and not matured enough to win matches from clutch situations.

It's also about the test culture, we had Sunny, Vishwanath, Vengsarkar, Azhar & SRT aside form Kapil to look up to. I doubt you'll get that chance, not saying that Bangladesh will not get better but it might take a lot longer with the ODI & T20 forms dominating today. Heck aside from SA/Eng/Ind there aren't many good test batting lineups today, obviously excluded Aus because of their long history of batting collapses in the last 5yrs or so & Pak will likely shed their two most experienced batters soon enough.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Overbowl your seamers and you pay the price. The captain's ruining all the hard work.

 

[Executioner]

It's also about the test culture, we had Sunny, Vishwanath, Vengsarkar, Azhar & SRT aside form Kapil to look up to. I doubt you'll get that chance, not saying that Bangladesh will not get better but it might take a lot longer with the ODI & T20 forms dominating today. Heck aside from SA/Eng/Ind there aren't many good test batting lineups today, obviously excluded Aus because of their long history of batting collapses in the last 5yrs or so & Pak will likely shed their two most experienced batters soon enough.

Not sure you can even call England a world class batting side after they gave 19 of their wickets to an 18 year old batting-allrounder(who ironically averages 2.5 with the bat in 4 tests )

 

[Executioner]

Time to remove Rabbi and bring on Taijul

 

[Executioner]

The scorecard won't tell you how many chances BD have created

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

The scorecard won't tell you how many chances BD have created

You start to sound like Amir supporters

 

[JattMaula]

Miraz is getting the drift. 3-4 Inch deviation at minimum.

 

[Indiafan]

Kohli seems to be one trick pony captain ala Arsene Wenger as coach. No tactical flexibility according to opposition or condition

Wait what? He has never played the same team twice in test so dunno what you are even talking about. Here again he made an unconventional move to play 3 seamers

 

[Indiafan]

The scorecard won't tell you how many chances BD have created

Maybe we should petition the ICC to include this from next match?

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

BD have bowled well but we have done well in the first hour where the bowler were likely to get some help.

Mehedi has started well

 

[Ab Fan]

Pujara consistent as hell in Asia..

Continues to maintain that.

 

[roshanrocks]

66-1 : 17

Seems like India have picked up the pace with their scoring.

Spin at both ends now.. will be an interesting phase. India will look to not lose another wicket until lunch

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Wait what? He has never played the same team twice in test so dunno what you are even talking about. Here again he made an unconventional move to play 3 seamers

Unconventional .Yes. But right one ?? Not sure

What I meant by one trick pony is he attacks all the time and not patient enough.

 

[Ankit007]

Lolzzz what was that... As per [MENTION=130260]Executioner[/MENTION] this was a chance so he should be out

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

Unconventional .Yes. But right one ?? Not sure

What I meant by one trick pony is he attacks all the time and not patient enough.

Being attacking all the time is a one trick pony? 25+ years of following cricket gone waste there

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Being attacking all the time is a one trick pony? 25+ years of following cricket gone waste there

There are phases where you have to slow down and defend.

 

[Executioner]

Lolzzz what was that... As per [MENTION=130260]Executioner[/MENTION] this was a chance so he should be out

When did I say it should be out?

It was our fault not to grab the chance.

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

There are phases where you have to slow down and defend.

Watch his captaincy more closely and don't just follow scores.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Watch his captaincy more closely and don't just follow scores.

OK sir.

 

[JattMaula]

Unconventional .Yes. But right one ?? Not sure

What I meant by one trick pony is he attacks all the time and not patient enough.

Brother just watch kholi's yesterday interview. He talks about patience in test cricket.