India v England | 1st Test | Rajkot | Nov 9-13, 2016 | Day 1

[Abdullah719]

India Squad
M Vijay, G Gambhir, CA Pujara, V Kohli*, AM Rahane, R Ashwin, WP Saha†, RA Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, UT Yadav, A Mishra

England Squad
AN Cook*, H Hameed, JE Root, BM Duckett, MM Ali, BA Stokes, JM Bairstow†, CR Woakes, ZS Ansari, AU Rashid, SCJ Broad

England won the toss and elected to bat.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

How much time till this starts?

 

[R1ddlR]

Great to see Hameed opening the batting with Cook - really down to earth, well spoken lad and had a great first class season for Lanc's - bright future ahead.

Ansari retaining his place is a big boost too for his confidence, with Rashid in the squad i think he will miss out though.

My Ideal XII for ENG would be:

Cook
Hameed
Root
Duckett
Stokes
Bairstow (i would have picked Jos, but i know he already has missed out)
Ali
Batty * Replacing Woakes as this pitch would be useless to play 4 seamers on.
Rashid
Anderson
Broad

India XII:
Vijay
Gambhir
Rahane
Kohli
Pujara
Saha
Jadeja
Ashwin
Mishra
Umesh Yadav
Shami

Goodluck to both teams, i think India will win comfortably i feel.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Great to see Hameed opening the batting with Cook - really down to earth, well spoken lad and had a great first class season for Lanc's - bright future ahead.

Ansari retaining his place is a big boost too for his confidence, with Rashid in the squad i think he will miss out though.

My Ideal XII for ENG would be:

Cook
Hameed
Root
Duckett
Stokes
Bairstow (i would have picked Jos, but i know he already has missed out)
Ali
Woakes
Rashid
Anderson
Broad

India XII:
Vijay
Gambhir
Rahane
Kohli
Pujara
Saha
Jadeja
Ashwin
Mishra
Umesh Yadav
Shami

Goodluck to both teams, i think India will win comfortably i feel.

You would've picked Buttler over Bairstow who is among England's top 3 test batsmen??

 

[R1ddlR]

You would've picked Buttler over Bairstow who is among England's top 3 test batsmen??

I just feel they don't need a bairstow, they need a buttler for this series.. someone with the ability to change gears quickly, also puts the pressure off stokes to do so - allowing him to settle and play his game before tee-ing off.

 

[JattMaula]

US election.

Demonetization of India.

Test Match.


#busyday

 

[Bilal7]

Cook wins the toss and decides to bat!

 

[troodon]

For Haseeb Hameed, this is like home ground it seems reports cricinfo. His family hails from Gujarat India. His elder brother got married in Gujarat it seems.

I hope our bowlers don't make it too welcoming for him.

 

[troodon]

Cook wins the toss and decides to bat!

So England get to bat in the best of the conditions. No excuses as the pitch will take massive turn from Day -3.

 

[Bilal7]

So England get to bat in the best of the conditions. No excuses as the pitch will take massive turn from Day -3.

Yes, let's see how the hosts cope.

 

[troodon]

India going with spray ball machine Yadav. He has a knack of going at over 4rpo even in helpful conditions.

3 spinners were enough to bundle out England. Don't understand the point of 2 seamers. Indian batting looks weak on paper. Hoping Ashwin performs with bat too. Otherwise India can get into trouble.

 

[JaDed]

Will be interesting match Pujara,Rahane,Vijay have to stay in the crease.

 

[Abdullah]

Come on England!

 

[MMHS]

Going to be a close match I guess. Batting 2nd won't be easy here; but more importantly, I think batting in first 4 sessions is definitely an advantage. ENG might blow the good toss by being too cautious, but I believe, this is wicket where you score big & fast on 1st 4 sessions.

 

[JattMaula]

India playing 5 batters and England playing 10. #koitobachao

 

[Junaids]

Bad decision to omit Batty.

We still should do okay - we bowl fourth - but I would have liked our spinner with the most control.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Good bounce and carry.

 

[street cricketer]

Rahane

 

[MMHS]

India playing 5 batters and England playing 10. #koitobachao

True, that's a big concern. Normally, if you play less batsmen, it doesn't hurt you much if you can bat first. In fact, it's an advantage, if you can put 450 on 1st innings. But, if ENG puts 400 here, IND will be in trouble with that length of tail.

Cook dropped, might cost IND big time here.

 

[HitWicket]

Bad decision to omit Batty.

We still should do okay - we bowl fourth - but I would have liked our spinner with the most control.

Think the amount of right handers India have is what made the difference.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Cook sticking his bat out like an amateur. Can never play quality bowling.

 

[street cricketer]

Cook getting dropped first over brings back bad memories for me.

First over at the Rose bowl. Cook gives an edge but Jadeja drops a sitter. That is when everything started to go haywire for India in that series. India were thumped in that match and the 2 matches thereafter.

I hope Cook doesn't make big here, already dropped second time.

 

[MMHS]

Bad decision to omit Batty.

We still should do okay - we bowl fourth - but I would have liked our spinner with the most control.

Can you recall, I picked exactly this attack during the 2nd Test at Dhaka. 3 spinners & 3 pacers. Batty should have come instead ofAnsari, but there are 9 right handers in Indian line-up, therefore I think Adil/Ansari makes sense.

 

[street cricketer]

First signs look impressive for young Hameed.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Why is the pitch green?

Can someone explain?

 

[street cricketer]

Boycott wouldn't approve of that shot.

 

[street cricketer]

Why is the pitch green?

Can someone explain?

To hold it together.

 

[street cricketer]

Interesting approach this from Hameed. Normally a very conservative batsman.

Probably Bayliss wanted him to make some quick runs from the pacers.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

6-5 combo with Gambo as opener?

This is gonna be a tense first test.

 

[street cricketer]

Cook struggling here..

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Umesh is making Cook look like a fool. Debutant is playing well so far in this innings!

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Umesh and Shami...quality bowling.

Kohli is gonna build a pace attack for us in the coming years.

 

[street cricketer]

I feel ya Amir

 

[Big Mac]

Man, I need the cricket to cheer me up after watching BBC election coverage all night

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Will this pitch even turn a bit today?

 

[R1ddlR]

Will this pitch even turn a bit today?

i reckon we will see some turn by 30-40 overs.. ashwin will be warming his fingers shortly. glad they picked Mishra, has a good wrongun which i feel some of the england middle order/tail will struggle with.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Hahaha, feel the pain.

 

[MMHS]

Couple of regulation drops - I guess, IND also rotates their cordon too much. 1st, 2nd Slip, gully & short-leg are specialist spots; need to build 4 specialist there.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Oh God!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

hahaha that was so easy

 

[R1ddlR]

DROPPED - Hameed Dropped by Vijay.

 

[Aman]

Both openers dropped in the space of the first 6 overs

 

[R1ddlR]

Out of all 22 players in this match, 21 of them has a FC century - what a game.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

We are choking once again. Why do we struggle against England?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Strange from Kohli... just the 2 slips?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Out of all 22 players in this match, 21 of them has a FC century - what a game.

No big deal. England's spin attack is nothing compared to India's.

 

[MMHS]

Out of all 22 players in this match, 21 of them has a FC century - what a game.

And the only one is not No. 11 ........

 

[Protea Fan]

It's a massive ask of a 19 year old to make his Test debut in India

But generally england players to debut in india often end up being the goods

 

[Zak_Fan]

From now on, I'll keep a score of dropped catches so that I can develop my own system to calculate Umesh's bowling average.

 

[troodon]

Pitch already flattened out. No more assistance for pacers. Disastrous start for India.

Don't see any help for spinners in Day1. Hardwork for Indian bowlers.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Toss England drop drop drop drop England win ?? Nice symptoms

 

[jeetu]

I wouldn't be surprised if Modi's currency bomb yesterday has given some players sleepless night.

 

[troodon]

It's a massive ask of a 19 year old to make his Test debut in India

But generally england players to debut in india often end up being the goods

Don't worry. Our fielders will make sure this Haseeb guy scores at least a 50.

 

[R1ddlR]

cook on the way to a triple century.

 

[R1ddlR]

Ashwin has been introduced, let's see what this pitch has in it.

 

[JaDed]

wow terrible start!

 

[troodon]

No turn and slow pitch.

India will get a phainty here. Had many opportunities but choked.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ashwin get your rhythm right.

Flight will come out better.

 

[Big Mac]

Beautiful cover drive from Hameed

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Excellent shot.

That's the ball he needs to bowl but get it on good length.

 

[Aman]

No turn? Guess Ashwin and Jadeja are going to get quite a phainty.

 

[street cricketer]

England will like this pitch much better than what they got in Bangladesh.

It was a very good toss to win for England, India will have to be at their very best to win here. Pitch looks benign with not many tricks, best time to bat. India earlier beat teams even after batting second but they didn't have the batting depth of England. England can pile on the score here and if they get to 400, they have every chance of winning this. First things first though, India could do with holding onto their catches.

 

[street cricketer]

No turn? Guess Ashwin and Jadeja are going to get quite a phainty.

Thanks Aman.

 

[imshally81]

 

[imshally81]

Should be reviewed .....

 

[street cricketer]

Lol poor Cook..

Luck ran out for him.

 

[Big Mac]

Hameed with the wily veteran move there, saving the reviews for himself.

 

[Red Devil]

Lol awful umpiring.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Great bowling on a batta. England should have been 3 down by now.

 

[JaDed]

Cook lmao )

 

[JaDed]

Lol awful umpiring.

Review is available ,he should had taken it.

 

[Red Devil]

Review is available ,he should had taken it.

Yeah, but it was a poor decision nonetheless.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Should have reviewed

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Did Cook forget that there is DRS

 

[Thivagar]

Where is this Hammed guy originally from ?

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Poor umpiring. At least this time it's not dharmashena.lol

 

[HitWicket]

Where is this Hammed guy originally from ?

Bolton.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Did Cook forget that there is DRS

They thought about it, but decided against it.

 

[Thivagar]

Bolton.

Real origin like where his parents and great parents are from ?

 

[HitWicket]

Real origin like where his parents and great parents are from ?

Gujarat.