India defeat England by 246 runs and go up 1-0 in 5 match series

[Abdullah719]

India 455 & 204
England 255 & 87/2
England require another 318 runs to win.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Session count is 7-5 going into the last day so all outcomes are possible. Kohli has been a good captain so far but has a tendency to panic so England will be looking to win the first session and a meltdown may ensure.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Heavy roller may be used.

First session will be hard work.

If pacers do their bit, it would make it easier.

 

[Syed1]

India's game to lose..

 

[Sin Nombre]

Useless Kohli. He is a poor slip fielder and needs to realize that.

 

[JaDed]

Can't drop those.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Root dropped off Ash.

Now Ash takes Duckett.

You can't drop catches on this pitch where blockathon is possible.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Average delivery.

How can you get out to this delivery Duckett.

lol.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Duckett goes immediately against Ashwin, as expected. No surprise there.

That Root drop might still prove critical.

 

[Sin Nombre]

You can't drop catches on this pitch where blockathon is possible.

You can drop catches against Duckett but need to hold on to Root and Bairstow. Those are the 2 key wickets.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Agree with this comment on cricinfo. Good fielder at point/gully but he is such a liability in the slips. No soft hands.

Aravindhan Vadi: "I have the most admiration for Kohli the player, captain and batsman but we have to accept that Kohli's catching at slips is among the worst. It's not just this match or series but a long term defect. Really hope he can improve that soon."

 

[Sin Nombre]

Ali looked out there. Dharma strikes again. Sigh, no reviews left.

 

[Protea Fan]

That was awful.....that guy duckett is a walking wicket

How can he play for national team with such abysmal technique

 

[aloo paratha]

Ali looked out there. Dharma strikes again. Sigh, no reviews left.

Hitting outside the line lol, miles outside...

 

[Sin Nombre]

And Root escapes. Good review though there was a sound.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Rod Tucker & Dharmasena Playing with people's emotions

 

[Belawal2014]

And Root escapes.

Escapes? There was no edge whatsoever..

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ali looked out there. Dharma strikes again. Sigh, no reviews left.

No.

 

[anindo]

Kohli should not be in any close catching position. He is an excitable character at the best of times and on top of that he is constantly thinking of how he can tinker with the field so he is hardly concentrating on the ball.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Just saw the dropped catch of Kohli.

Shocking.

That was easy man.

Chalo then. Focus.

 

[aloo paratha]

No.

Escapes? There was no edge whatsoever..

Ignore him lol, talking from his heart rather than his brain.

 

[karthikc]

[MENTION=134809]sensible-indian-fan[/MENTION] Why is Kohli so poor in slip fielding? Any reasons or he has to move away from there?

 

[Sin Nombre]

Escapes? There was no edge whatsoever..

There was a sound and a slight murmur on snicko. Looked like daylight in the slomo though.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Team India would have went for the win regardless of the pitch

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ignore him lol, talking from his heart rather than his brain.

Escape doesn't mean he is out.

Escape also means he is lucky to not nick it.

Happened again in the same over.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

[MENTION=134809]sensible-indian-fan[/MENTION] Why is Kohli so poor in slip fielding? Any reasons or he has to move away from there?

Has to move away. Has been rubbish for as long as I remember.

 

[aloo paratha]

Ok now that one was plumb...

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Plump out?

That looked out.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ok now that one was plumb...

Umpires call it seems.

 

[Sin Nombre]

DRS of course thinks that was umpire's call.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

If we had any reviews left, we would have lost it reviewing this.

 

[aloo paratha]

Umpires call it seems.

Yeah, personally I would've given that out but I'm not the umpire so I don't matter lol

 

[Syed1]

If we had any reviews left, we would have lost it reviewing this.

You are funny when a match is in the balance

 

[karthikc]

Over rate is 10 overs in 30 minutes

 

[Protea Fan]

apparently it was uphill task for eng to save this

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Yeah, personally I would've given that out but I'm not the umpire so I don't matter lol

Haha.... #DRSGems #DontComplain #TechIsbest #ButUmpireMoreBest

You are funny when a match is in the balance

lol....

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Cook Alone played out a session, what a legend. Best captain + cricketer in the world.

 

[Syed1]

England's run rate is 1.39.

Azhar Ali would be proud.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Shorten length Ash.

Not quite there.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Jaddu is tight but not threatening.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Jaddu takes Moeen now.

Boom.

 

[karthikc]

Sir Jaddu does it lol

 

[street cricketer]

Root will get himself in trouble with his backfoot play..

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

2 more prior to lunch.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

The pitch still ain't turning barring the odd ball or the rough for lefties.

Should give pommies a good turner. Would be fun.

 

[Sin Nombre]

2 more prior to lunch.

One Root is enough. Unless the overrate continues at this pace and we have 40 overs by lunch and then 2 more indeed.

 

[Zeshan547]

At this rate india can bowl 120 overs in 6 hours play, does playing rules allow this? Or india can only bowl 90 overs?

 

[Belawal2014]

The pitch still ain't turning barring the odd ball or the rough for lefties.

Should give pommies a good turner. Would be fun.

Like nas said, the odd ball turning is MUCH more difficult then every ball turning because then, you can play for the turn only.

 

[Belawal2014]

India should wrap this up pretty quickly, methinks. By Tea time max.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

At this rate india can bowl 120 overs in 6 hours play, does playing rules allow this? Or india can only bowl 90 overs?

I had the same question. I think 98 overs is the max you can bowl in a day. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Like nas said, the odd ball turning is MUCH more difficult then every ball turning because then, you can play for the turn only.

Only on theory.

When the odd ball comes once in 2-3 overs, its not a big deal.

You keep that out and you can stay in. Plus the longer you stay, the more set you get.

The frequency of odd ball turning matters.

Put a turner here and let's see if they survive 81 overs in 4th innings let alone lose just 4 wickets.

 

[Zeshan547]

If england by some miracle manage to draw this, then actual series count will be 0-0 but moral victories count will be 1-1

 

[anindo]

At this rate india can bowl 120 overs in 6 hours play, does playing rules allow this? Or india can only bowl 90 overs?

They can bowl as many as they can in the allotted time. 90 is the minimum.

 

[Belawal2014]

Only on theory.

When the odd ball comes once in 2-3 overs, its not a big deal.

You keep that out and you can stay in. Plus the longer you stay, the more set you get.

The frequency of odd ball turning matters.

Put a turner here and let's see if they survive 81 overs in 4th innings let alone lose just 4 wickets.

The odd ball is definitely more frequent than just one in 2-3 overs

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ashwin was a bit unlucky. Could have had 4 wickets by now any other day (Root and Moeen).

But last couple of overs, he could have been a bit better.

It seems like offies can get more from this pitch for a rightie than leftie.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

The odd ball is definitely more frequent than just one in 2-3 overs

Maybe but not enough to make it hard to stay.

But then if I think about it, how many beatens did a left hander have against offie today? 1 or 2 I guess.

It was the righties who got a few to turn.

Anyways, gotta be patient and work the game. England have fought really well.

 

[street cricketer]

Boom!

 

[cricket.mad]

Wow..what a ball!!

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant Jayant

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Yesssss
Shabba boys .

 

[street cricketer]

I have a strange feeling Rashid will resist the most ala Dubai..

 

[jeetu]

England 115/5 (86.0 ov)
England require another 290 runs with 5 wickets remaining
Min overs remaining 64

Joe Root (rhb) 25
Jonny Bairstow (rhb) 0

 

[Messiah]

England has done very well here. India is lucky they won the toss. Tbh expected much better from Indian spinners. The so called best spinners in the world struggling to knock out a team like England who just got owned by minnow Bangladesh. What has the standard of spin bowling come to

 

[street cricketer]

Shameeyyyyy!

 

[Belawal2014]

Will be over quicker than I thought.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Root gone.

Shamayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[Belawal2014]

That's plumb!

 

[Belawal2014]

I have a strange feeling Rashid will resist the most ala Dubai..

He's got grit, gotta give him that.

 

[karthikc]

Shami..You beauty..what late swing

 

[Messiah]

Good bowling

 

[jeetu]

England 116/6 (87.5 ov)
Min overs remaining 62.1
Adil Rashid (rhb) 0
Jonny Bairstow (rhb) 1

 

[Belawal2014]

Gotta give props to England though for they way they've started this series. All heart and determination but India are Kings at home.

 

[Zeshan547]

Should england counter attack, because they are losing anyway, so it will be better to go down fighting and score some psychological points?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Adil Rashid gone.

Shamayyyy....

 

[samplepiece]

Should england counter attack, because they are losing anyway, so it will be better to go down fighting and score some psychological points?

Not a pitch for attacking cricket. You can survive a little longer by blocking but thats all.

 

[samplepiece]

Get one more in the next 9 minutes and we may not need the lunch break.

 

[jeetu]

England 129/7 (90.4 ov)
England require another 276 runs with 3 wickets remaining

Last 10 ovs 19/3 RR 1.90
Min overs remaining 59.2
Jonny Bairstow (rhb) 10

To bat - ZS Ansari, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Majrekar 10 mins back....when praising pacers.....great bowling on a dusty spinning pitch.

Now praising Shami.....great bowling on a dead pitch.

Yesterday....he said Amla/ABD were doing blockathon on a great turning pitch (far tougher than this pitch) in Delhi.

These commies know nothing. Hehe.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Very poor performance from england middle order.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Jayant when he bowls quick is very hard to play.

Why bowl slow then.

Just bowl fast.