India reach Stumps on 338-7 in the 5th Test after Pant's stunning 146

[sweep_shot]

I didn't expect Kohli to have such a long lean patch.

There was a time when he was looking good to overtake Tendulkar.

Things can change very quickly in cricket.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Good positive batting from both Iyer and Pant. Playing negative will only get batsman out.

 

[Varun]

Looks very gloomy.

 

[Robert]

I forgot this was on.

England going on with four medium pace swingers. Hmmm. Potts has got Kohli though.

 

[James]

Wow Billings, what a catch

 

[MP2011]

Looks very gloomy.

Happened last year too. In all 4 tests when we were batting it was overcast all through. When England came into bat, it was all sunny.

 

[MP2011]

Jimmy has always been our tormentor in chief. Today is no different.

 

[sweep_shot]

India - 101/5.

If rain stays out, England should win this.

 

[Firebat]

India - 101/5.

If rain stays out, England should win this.

Don't judge until both sides have batted on the pitch...

 

[Champ_Pal]

India - 101/5.

If rain stays out, England should win this.

Easily.

 

[Ab Fan]

All hopes again on best Indian test batsman on current form- Rishabh Pant

 

[MP2011]

All hopes again on best Indian test batsman on current form- Rishabh Pant

God save our test team if Pant is our best test batsman.

 

[MP2011]

And Dravid was saying he is absolutely satisfied with our preparation for this test! Shows his clulessness.

 

[MP2011]

Can Lord Thakur belt a half century out of nowhere like he did last year?

 

[Ahmed216]

As a fan of cricket i miss kohli of old. Why hasnt he been able to make a comeback? Is he over trying?

 

[Champ_Pal]

God save our test team if Pant is our best test batsman.

Everyone thought that t20 will be Pant's strong suit. But surprisingly Tests proved to be his strongest format.
The so called Test specialists have been atrocious.

 

[MP2011]

As a fan of cricket i miss kohli of old. Why hasnt he been able to make a comeback? Is he over trying?

His priorities in life have undergone a sea change.

 

[Firebat]

Billings' fantastic catch to get rid of Iyer.

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[Champ_Pal]

As a fan of cricket i miss kohli of old. Why hasnt he been able to make a comeback? Is he over trying?

It could be his reflexes slowed down a bit. He is a front foot player who likes to meet the ball with the full face of the bat. That kind of batting only works if you have quick feet and hands.

 

[Manunited18]

Mighty mighty england!

 

[Ab Fan]

God save our test team if Pant is our best test batsman.

The man who plays with some intent atleast and is an amazing match winner.

 

[Ab Fan]

Iyer is not suited to Test Cricket.He is playing international cricket from last 3-4 years and his technical weaknesses are exposed. He needs some time away to fix it. If you keep playing all games, you won't get the time to solve this problem.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Iyer is not suited to Test Cricket.He is playing international cricket from last 3-4 years and his technical weaknesses are exposed. He needs some time away to fix it. If you keep playing all games, you won't get the time to solve this problem.

I am surprised he even made it to the Test squad. He is not a Test match player and his form in T20's has also been very poor.

 

[Manunited18]

For me that was out! Pant has got away with one!

 

[Champ_Pal]

For me that was out! Pant has got away with one!

It was Jadeja. Not Pant.

The ball clearly bounced man.

 

[Moeey]

waht terrible weather here. awful conditions. you need so much luck with conditions. this country is a joke.

 

[Moeey]

Don't judge until both sides have batted on the pitch...

depends what conditions england gets to bat on. if it is sunny tomorrow then they will be fortunate. these conditions are a joke.

 

[Champ_Pal]

waht terrible weather here. awful conditions. you need so much luck with conditions. this country is a joke.

They had to plug in this decider somewhere.

 

[Rajdeep]

Where is the rain? Indian players need it in plenty

 

[Manunited18]

Not much swing, it's seam thats causing Indian flat track bullies the problem. Then again Indian seamers will also thrive in these conditions so stop complaining!

 

[Champ_Pal]

Not much swing, it's seam thats causing Indian flat track bullies the problem. Then again Indian seamers will also thrive in these conditions so stop complaining!

As long as it stays cloudy when England bats, Indian fans would be fine.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Whenever the Sun has peaked out, batting looks easy. The moment Sun hides, it becomes difficult for batsmen.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Not much swing, it's seam thats causing Indian flat track bullies the problem. Then again Indian seamers will also thrive in these conditions so stop complaining!

It has swung more in the afternoon. But it was mainly seam movement which has hurt our batting most of the time.

 

[Ashmal]

If we win, we would be the undisputed best team of this generation and best team on current form with test series wins in Australia, England, Sri Lanka and West Indies and not lost anything at home.

Australia drew in England, yet to beat India and lost last time in South Africa in the sandpaper series and also have lost home series to India and South Africa.

New Zealand, England, South Africa and Pakistan are clearly behind.

So Australia's recent wins in Pak and SL don't count

 

[Ahmed216]

Clouderson is finding it hard now

 

[Moeey]

So Australia's recent wins in Pak and SL don't count

no. we are trash and sl is beyond trash. but australia is a gun side indeed.

 

[Moeey]

Not much swing, it's seam thats causing Indian flat track bullies the problem. Then again Indian seamers will also thrive in these conditions so stop complaining!

indian batsmen are awful. that much is clear. except one or 2 players and maybe thakur who can hit big.
its the conditions. it needs to stop being cloudy and drizzly. its a farce. joke weather.

 

[Villager6964]

No no they can't let them score more than 200 here

 

[Villager6964]

Spin against hack pant won't work

 

[Justcrazy]

Pant man handling Leech here

 

[Rajdeep]

Say whatever but Shastri is a brilliant commentator. His voice is vert good for commentary...makes the game lively. I think after Benaud, Lawry and Greig, I would put Shastri as the best ever commentator.

 

[Justcrazy]

52 runs in partnership so far , Pant is a different player in test.

 

[Justcrazy]

Indian lower order is no mug with bat , they have won lot of games . Underestimating them is a big folly.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Say whatever but Shastri is a brilliant commentator. His voice is vert good for commentary...makes the game lively. I think after Benaud, Lawry and Greig, I would put Shastri as the best ever commentator.

I would put Nasser Hussain and Rob Key ahead of Shastri. Both are very entertaining.

 

[Ahmed216]

Say whatever but Shastri is a brilliant commentator. His voice is vert good for commentary...makes the game lively. I think after Benaud, Lawry and Greig, I would put Shastri as the best ever commentator.

If its about voice he cant beat mark nicholas. Made for broadcast

 

[MP2011]

At least we reached 150.

 

[MP2011]

Tony Greig had such a great voice as did Tony Cozier.

 

[Moeey]

52 runs in partnership so far , Pant is a different player in test.

who? thakur is pretty good ok
shami can hit now?
bumrah? lmao

thats the tail?

 

[Justcrazy]

England need to break the partnership otherwise this will be a reasonable total.

 

[Justcrazy]

who? thakur is pretty good ok
shami can hit now?
bumrah? lmao

thats the tail?

You remember in Australia and last year in England , Indian tail won games for them.

 

[Moeey]

You remember in Australia and last year in England , Indian tail won games for them.

yes but they had sundar etc playing at the time. now its just bumrah shami and siraj.

 

[Ab Fan]

Rishabh Pant in test cricket is making a strong case to be in an Indian all time test XI. The number of great knocks he has played away from home in overseas conditions is phenomenal simply.

 

[MP2011]

yes but they had sundar etc playing at the time. now its just bumrah shami and siraj.

These 3 are generally hopeless with bat. However these 2 (Shami & Bumrah) demoralised England so much with their bat in one of the tests last summer that England eventually lost that test.

However that was an exception rather than a norm.

 

[Moeey]

These 3 are generally hopeless with bat. However these 2 (Shami & Bumrah) demoralised England so much with their bat in one of the tests last summer that England eventually lost that test.

However that was an exception rather than a norm.

thats what i said. cant rely on them. they are tail enders.

 

[MenInG]

Thread is about England v India ONLY

 

[Zerotohero]

50 for Pant

 

[Ab Fan]

Well played Rishabh Pant! Another 50 in pressure situation from 98/5.

Back when I was a kid, one of the early matches I can recall was India vs Australia where Australia were 99/5 and from there Gilchrist came and hit a blitzering 100 with Hayden supporting at other end and Australia just took the game by the scruff. I felt pretty sad and disappointed that day watching the game.

Rishabh Pant is perhaps the closest to Gilchrist in test cricket and he has showed it again.

 

[MenInG]

Thread is about England v India ONLY

.

 

[RamLakhan]

Well played Rishabh Pant! Another 50 in pressure situation from 98/5.

Back when I was a kid, one of the early matches I can recall was India vs Australia where Australia were 99/5 and from there Gilchrist came and hit a blitzering 100 with Hayden supporting at other end and Australia just took the game by the scruff. I felt pretty sad and disappointed that day watching the game.

Rishabh Pant is perhaps the closest to Gilchrist in test cricket and he has showed it again.

He will be even more effective if he gets to play more with openers/top order batsmen! At the moment India doesn't have proper batters who can hold their end...

 

[MenInG]

Tea

 

[AZulfi]

Virat Kohli has now gone 72 innings in international cricket without scoring a hundred….his last being 136 vs BD in Kolkata in Nov 2019!!

Still a fantastic record. The only batsman who averages 50 plus in all three formats (well almost in tests)

 

[Ab Fan]

Credit to Jadeja as well. He has improved his batting a lot.

 

[Moeey]

Virat Kohli has now gone 72 innings in international cricket without scoring a hundred….his last being 136 vs BD in Kolkata in Nov 2019!!

Still a fantastic record. The only batsman who averages 50 plus in all three formats (well almost in tests)

he is struggling for form. i think he will come back. eventually.

 

[MP2011]

88 runs partnership between these 2. Great going. They need to be there for another 70-80 runs at least.

 

[MP2011]

he is struggling for form. i think he will come back. eventually.

Lol, that's being said for last 3 years about him.

 

[Justcrazy]

Brilliant partnership here , England looking helpless

 

[Justcrazy]

Well played Rishabh Pant! Another 50 in pressure situation from 98/5.

Back when I was a kid, one of the early matches I can recall was India vs Australia where Australia were 99/5 and from there Gilchrist came and hit a blitzering 100 with Hayden supporting at other end and Australia just took the game by the scruff. I felt pretty sad and disappointed that day watching the game.

Rishabh Pant is perhaps the closest to Gilchrist in test cricket and he has showed it again.

Pant is a giant in Test cricket , he has played more than one match winning innings

 

[Moeey]

Lol, that's being said for last 3 years about him.

he should stop playing t20. he will be good in tests.

 

[Varun]

Delicious innings by Pant.

 

[MP2011]

he should stop playing t20. he will be good in tests.

He should stop playing cricket altogether. Period.

 

[Moeey]

He should stop playing cricket altogether. Period.

who will replace the great man? what talent is there? its best to stick with kohli. he has the experience and ability to play vs pace.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Since his debut, nobody has scored more runs at a higher average than Pant has. The only ones who average higher are the likes of Rohit and Jadeja. Puts the likes of Pujara, Vihari, Rahane and even Kohli to shame.

What a blessing young brother Pant is. Anyone who criticises him has really no credibility

 

[MP2011]

who will replace the great man? what talent is there? its best to stick with kohli. he has the experience and ability to play vs pace.

You won't know it unless you try it.

But I know very well that he won't be dropped such is his vice like grip (still) on Indian cricket.

 

[Saj]

100 partnership - superb from Pant and Jadeja.

Shows why it's crucial to have guys who can score big in the middle-order.

 

[Varun]

Why is Manjrekar always there when I tune in?

 

[MP2011]

100 partnership up.

Great work, these 2.

 

[Ahmed216]

100 partnership up.

Great work, these 2.

Not surprised at all. These two are the best in tests for India

 

[Ab Fan]

Pant has that extra second of time which allows him to really take on the bowling and play his drives with ease.

Jadeja perhaps doesn't have that extra second and hence it is important for him to leave deliveries well and he has done it pretty well this game.

 

[Ab Fan]

Broad has been toothless vs top teams in last 2-3 years with bowl. Still a second fiddle to Anderson.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pant looking good for another hundred.