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England have an embarrassment of riches as far as lower order and batting (& bowling) depth is concerned.
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Rahul is as good as the 2 combined however is his keeping good enough. I think he is a decent keeper. If he can bat at 6 for India then Ashwin at 7 is fine in the long run
We have only that option,unless you want guys like Pandya
Ashwin is pretty dependable too
Should draw this.But they need to be more positive if Kohli wants a win
The scorecard doesn't reveal the true pressure India is in.
These 2 needs to be careful.
Ride out the storm and we will make hay.
An opening batsman cannot be a wicketkeeper in test cricket.
The problem isn't his batting position. He could easily bat at 6. The problem is that his keeping is probably not good enough
We need to play well to get a draw.
If we level the score, then pommies are in for a treat.
Hussain not amused![]()
Why..
You think the pitch will break much?
Good batting so far by India.
Kohli and Rahane can always bring up the run rate late this innings
Match is
70% Draw
25% India
5% England
Will India look to maybe Bat beyond englands total and try and force a collapse in the 3rd inns of the game.. if they keep batting as they are they should be level on scores come the end of day 4.
Really slow, attritional cricket going on. Not great to watch.
Another reason why Ian Chappell never believed in the concept of a night watchman.![]()
Still not our day ,lets see how tomorrow pans out better than getting rolled over to Moen though.
What are you talking about?
This is a fair pitch with perfect balance between bat and ball. Makes for exciting cricket.
Do you want easier tracks where Indian batsmen score runs and bowlers take wickets too easily?
Who's talking about the pitch? After Pujara got out England bowled negative lines and India rightly didn't take the bait. It's good cricket from both sides but didn't make for great viewing. In the first two sessions both teams were more positive.
I was saying now that both sides have piled on runs, this can be called a "good" pitch. Can't have those pitches where only WE pile on the runs.![]()
I was saying now that both sides have piled on runs, this can be called a "good" pitch. Can't have those pitches where only WE pile on the runs.![]()
There was a lot more turn in the pitch today. India batted really well to counter the disciplined bowling today. However, if England had batted today they would probably have got bowled out for under 300 and everybody would have said that the pitch is not fair and how everything depends on the toss.
Who's talking about the pitch? After Pujara got out England bowled negative lines and India rightly didn't take the bait. It's good cricket from both sides but didn't make for great viewing. In the first two sessions both teams were more positive.
Ashwin actually bowled quiet well in the 1st innings just had a look at his figures) It was fun criticizing him though
Dunno if you trolling or not....hehe
But nah didn't do well really.
Wasn't consistent enough.
No they didn't..
It's a pretty flat wicket and he bowled quiet a bit and kept the economy below 4 which was a decent effort, but Jadeja had the better day
Seamers bowled wide outside off stump. Moeen bowled round the wicket with six on the leg side. Those are negative lines. You won't get a wicket unless batsman takes a risk. Nothing wrong in it though. It was what the match situation demanded with the new batsman Kohli in.
A good performance would be economy of 3 or less....or atleast 3.25.
If he bowled well and England still smashed him, its ok.
But he wasn't accurate enough and gave away too many singles. Didn't tighten the screws during Moeen, Root partnership which hurt us in the end.
He has bowled much better in flatter Aussie pattas (talking from accuracy point of view only) where he used to go at 2 - 2.5 rpo (at start) when pacers used to leak at 5-6 rpo. Eventually team's bad bowling catches up with all and set batsmen smash everyone.
Seamers didn't bowl negatively. Virat Kohli was consistently dismissed outside the off stump (5th stump line) in England and they were basically repeating the plan (Broad and Stokes) waiting for Kohli to dab at one. Kohli left them well though apart from one full delivery he drove through the off side with a bit of a gap between the pad and the bat.
By his standards it wasn't great but if you don't look at him as this invincible force then it was okay, not good but not really bad either. It's a big series, probably felt the pressure; will do better in the 2nd innings
Only 3 Indian wickets the entire day.
Mishra is night watchman. No big loss.
India still have kohli, Rahane, Ashwin and Saha. Can easily add another 200 runs.
Pathetic pitch. Runs scored on this pitch should be marked with an asterisk.