India v England | 3rd Test | Mohali | Nov 26-30, 2016 | Day 1

[battler]

India Team
M Vijay, PA Patel†, CA Pujara, V Kohli*, AM Rahane, KK Nair, R Ashwin, RA Jadeja, J Yadav, Mohammed Shami, UT Yadav.

England Team
AN Cook*, H Hameed, JE Root, MM Ali, JM Bairstow†, BA Stokes, JC Buttler, CR Woakes, AU Rashid, GJ Batty, JM Anderson.

England won the toss and elected to bat.

 

[Rafa]

How's the pitch? I hope it's a result oriented match.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Adv England, batting first.

Karun Nair makes his debut as Rahul is injured again.

 

[Buffet]

How's the pitch? I hope it's a result oriented match.

Gavaskar thinks batting will be "not easy" from day 2 onwards. Eng won the toss so they should be very happy to bat first in best conditions.

 

[Abdullah719]

Parthiv Patel opening the batting and keeping - interesting. Some changes for both sides.

 

[street cricketer]

Would've liked Bhuvi to have played ahead of Umesh, but the decision is understandable given the dry wicket.

 

[Statsman]

Good to see England win the toss. If they still can't win this then they have no excuses left.

 

[jattafridi]

Can England win ?

 

[JattMaula]

Can England win ?

Is that a trick question?

 

[Buffet]

Can England win ?

They have everything going for them here with winning the toss and Indians not having 2 openers. Eng needs to exploits it.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Indian hopes of winning this match lie with pacers. This first session is extremely important.

 

[Statsman]

Dropped.

 

[street cricketer]

That was really poor technique from Jadeja.

Why put him in the slips? He is outstanding in the outfield, not in the slips..

 

[Cricket-Pundit]

What is jadeja doing in the slips?

 

[Justcrazy]

Anderson keeps his place !

 

[Justcrazy]

Parthiv Patel opening the batting and keeping - interesting. Some changes for both sides.

He may not open , Pujara may be send up to open.

 

[Justcrazy]

Yadav bowling beautifully here , he looks to get get one here.

 

[HitWicket]

Anderson keeps his place !

Why wouldn't he...?

 

[JaDed]

Two Indian players who i absolutely dislike and have a severe bias against Rohit and Jadeja .

 

[Aman]

Cook 23 off 22

 

[JaDed]

The edges are gonna dry up and England are gonna put up a high total.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Beautiful bowling from Yadav.

 

[JaDed]

Ball coming to the bat now.

 

[Aman]

Both teams have a lot riding on this Test.

If England lose, this will be the second time they would have failed to make use of the advantages they've had (toss, dropped catches, India not at full strength).

India lose, then they will have drawn and lost a Test after having lost the toss, giving ammo to those who question their ability.

 

[JaDed]

Parthiv doesn't look that great at keeping,we are going to miss Saha's middle order grinding I feel incase we bat from second day.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Got the kid !

 

[JattMaula]

Yadav is bowling bombs today

 

[JaDed]

Dropped cook,Ashwin wTHH man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[JaDed]

Sham should slap the hell out of these fielders,ahh and so painful!

 

[King Kong]

Finally! Our pacers have been fantastic with the new ball in this series. They have bowled much better than what their wicket talley shows. Jadeja dropping Cook reminds of that harrowing series won by England last time around. Need to get Cook out before bringing the spinners in.

 

[street cricketer]

Cook is living a charmed life.

Can't blame him when you have pis* poor fielders. Ashwin should be embarrassed about it when he sees the replay..

 

[Buffet]

India is champion of dropping dollies.

 

[Cricket-Pundit]

Hahaha, Ashwin bhaiyya, ye kya kr diya

 

[King Kong]

Just as typed. Ashwin

 

[JaDed]

Two drops man,we need a fielding coach other than Sridhar!! Please get us one FGS BCCI!

 

[Buffet]

Cook can't play good pace bowling. Here Indians bowled well and he is in all kind of trouble.

 

[JaDed]

CSK making us proud with two drops! Still can't believe Ash's drop!

 

[JaDed]

Ash is soo terrible! omgg

 

[Cricket-Pundit]

Hahaha Ashwin again

 

[street cricketer]

Lol is all I can say..

 

[Aman]

Cook can't play good pace bowling. Here Indians bowled well and he is in all kind of trouble.

ATG opener

 

[Belawal2014]

Impressed by Indian pace bowling this series..Pak pacers can learn a thing or two..

 

[Muhammad10]

Indian fielders seeing Cook the same way our's are seeing Jeet Raval.

 

[JaDed]

India potential in test cricket is going to be nothing great if that's how we catch and field,no wonder the top two teams have been Aus and Saffers in recent years for extended time.

So disappointed for Shami.

 

[street cricketer]

Cook can't play good pace bowling. Here Indians bowled well and he is in all kind of trouble.

Guy gets squared up with his iffy technique against any good pace bowler. It's why he has a poor record in South Africa and Australia.

Fantastic against spin though.

 

[King Kong]

Is this a replica of 1st test? Can't believe it's exactly going that way whether it is toss, pacers bowling, dropped catches, Ashwin's fielding. Hope Ashwin's bowling will be different this time around.

 

[Zak_Fan]

We have lost the match with these two drops. Horrible.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Superb spell by Indian pacers. Cook dropped twice, unlucky Shami.

Ashwin is probably the worst fielder in this team, needs to focus on his fielding big time. Maiden to start with from offie.

 

[King Kong]

Should get at least 3 before lunch. 80-3 would be India's session.

 

[JaDed]

Superb spell by Indian pacers. Cook dropped twice, unlucky Shami.

Ashwin is probably the worst fielder in this team, needs to focus on his fielding big time. Maiden to start with from offie.

Fine with fielding coz he is slow,but catching MAN! easy to forgive a boundary than a dolly of opening batsman!

 

[JaDed]

Should get at least 3 before lunch. 80-3 would be India's session.

Remember in first test it was around 102-3 and they still made it big.And

 

[King Kong]

Bhuvi would have been more useful here than Umesh.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Need to get these 2 before lunch. Common boys.

 

[JaDed]

Root is picking up easy.

 

[King Kong]

Can't understand Kohli's obsession with Umesh. No different from Dhoni's with Ishanth.

 

[King Kong]

We don't deserve to be no.1 with that kind of fielding and run machines like Umesh.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Can't understand Kohli's obsession with Umesh. No different from Dhoni's with Ishanth.

What? He has bowled extremely well in all the matches. You are hating for no reason.

 

[JaDed]

Can't understand Kohli's obsession with Umesh. No different from Dhoni's with Ishanth.

Umesh has done really well also Bhuvi might not get the rhythm right straight away,maybe next test he can come in.

 

[street cricketer]

Can't understand Kohli's obsession with Umesh. No different from Dhoni's with Ishanth.

To be fair, he's bowled as well as he can. Need a bowler like him on a 2 paced wicket. Can't do much if the fielders are club level..

 

[JaDed]

We don't deserve to be no.1 with that kind of fielding and run machines like Umesh.

Have you just started seeing the match? He bowled a good first spell.

 

[JaDed]

Root gone Jayant remarkable,not even reviewing.Look at Cook's face )

 

[street cricketer]

Rahanesque shot from Root..

 

[King Kong]

What? He has bowled extremely well in all the matches. You are hating for no reason.

No. He just bowls 3-4 good deliveries and picks up a wicket at most. Leaks runs even while bowling well. Bhuvi would have done much better than here and in 1st test.

 

[JaDed]

Moen feet movement.

 

[King Kong]

Have you just started seeing the match? He bowled a good first spell.

Didn't see his first spell today. But saw him bowling in the 1st. Similar to this pitch.

 

[JaDed]

Ash gets Cook finally!!!! thank god u made it up for ur nonsense!

 

[King Kong]

Oof...I am relieved now.

 

[JaDed]

Wow on replay that was really bad shot from Cook!

 

[Buffet]

ATG opener

He is if pace attack is not a good one.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Fine with fielding coz he is slow,but catching MAN! easy to forgive a boundary than a dolly of opening batsman!

Dropped catch was an aberration. Ash needs to improve his overall fitness, even Kumble was better to him @ 35.

 

[JaDed]

Dropped catch was an aberration. Ash needs to improve his overall fitness, even Kumble was better to him @ 35.

True,Ash needs to get fitter as well.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Need to get these 2 before lunch. Common boys.

Mission accomplished.
Need to just dry up the runs now, wickets will fall if we keep it up.

 

[OS_89]

Shami must be livid.

 

[King Kong]

Is Jayant = Jadeja(accuracy)+Ashwin(batting)? 4 maidens in a row.

 

[Buffet]

Fantastic dip from Ashwin here.

 

[RamLakhan]

Adv England, batting first.

Karun Nair makes his debut as Rahul is injured again.

I suspect these injuries! (And Rahul always! His career at this critical stage is not shaping out properly whoever maybe the reason - himself or others!)

 

[RamLakhan]

That was really poor technique from Jadeja.

Why put him in the slips? He is outstanding in the outfield, not in the slips..

And Ashwin is in the outfield! Both are in their respective wrong positions!

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

I suspect these injuries! (And Rahul always! His career at this critical stage is not shaping out properly whoever maybe the reason - himself or others!)

He's someone who can be persisted with. Not sure why his body is so fragile! Fortunately for Rahul we don't have much competition for opening slots, Gambo and Dhawan are not future prospects.

 

[JaDed]

Moen India's nemesis

 

[Saeed]

Wow and At this rate we will get 350 by the end of day.