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

Much depends on thsee two batting now and jayanth yadav. .at least a minimum of 80 runs required here for India
 
Need at least 100 runs more and to bat late into the post-lunch session. Last session is the trickiest here and the pitch is still very good at the moment.
 
Pitch is very flat, England will score a ton of runs
 
Very soft dismissal for Ashwin again. Sigh.

Always throws away his wicket after setting himself up for a big score.
 
Somehow felt stokes will get a breakthrough and he did damn Ash stopping missing your centuries.
 
Ashwin is a sensational player in tests. He does not get the opportunity to bat due to India's insane top order in ODIs but in tests, he is a real firefighter.
 
street cricketer said:
That was a very obvious offside trap set by Cook for him. Should have known better.
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Which is why he still doesn't make the team as a pure batsman. No proper batsman should be taking such an obvious bait with so much time to play in the test. Let Stokes bowl out the 5 overs of his negative line.
 
India 316/7 (98.1 ov)
India lead by 33 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Ravindra Jadeja (lhb) 48 (101)
Jayant Yadav (rhb) 13 (12)
 
Jadeja has never faced > 100 balls in test cricket. 102 and counting this innings, probably his all time career best knock after Lords 50 in 2014.
 
Looking somewhat pitch has somewhat flattened out WTH is BCCI doing with our turners???
 
Pitch is the easiest to bat between the second and fourth hours of play which is why India needs to at least prevent England from getting the best of the conditions.
 
Good time for Jaddu's knock considering we are missing Saha here,but won't expect any such knocks from him for another year now.
 
JaDed said:
Looking somewhat pitch has somewhat flattened out WTH is BCCI doing with our turners???
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Heavy roller and cooler weather impact? With a bit of play and sun it should start turning more in 2nd and 3rd sessions. We should make sure we bat till half an hour post lunch.
 
AamchiMumbaikar said:
Heavy roller and cooler weather impact? With a bit of play and sun it should start turning more in 2nd and 3rd sessions. We should make sure we bat till half an hour post lunch.
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Yup hoping the same,don't want Cook to settle down.Hate that England always get the winter time of the year to tour us and they don't get exhausted or say dehydrated like other teams.
 
England and Stokes back to bowling a negative line again.

Hopefully Jadeja doesn't make the Ashwin mistake.
 
Indiafan said:
And I hope we bowl the same if wicket does nothing
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Agreed.

Main thing right now is to let England continue with this negative line and not bite.

Make them spend another 30 overs in the field and hope that the last session is again good for the bowling side.
 
Btw, what a knock this is from Jadeja..

Nicely supported Ashwin and after his fall took the lead and making sure to put India into a strong position.
 
Sin Nombre said:
Agreed.

Main thing right now is to let England continue with this negative line and not bite.

Make them spend another 30 overs in the field and hope that the last session is again good for the bowling side.
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30 more overs will be a lead of 150+ so very handy
 
Stupid approach of not trying to take wickets of tail here. Bowl 10 bouncers and make their stay uncomfortable.
 
Sir Ravindra Jadeja is all set to score his first "international" hundred! (while he has scored 300s for fun in domestic cricket :)) )
 
Buffet said:
Stupid approach of not trying to take wickets of tail here. Bowl 10 bouncers and make their stay uncomfortable.
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Cook is a defensive captain and his standard tactic to break partnerships (in this series) is by bowling a negative line.

That said, it is not a real tail with both of them having outstanding first class records. Jadeja of course hasn't shown temperament for test batting before.
 
From BBC

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

When India are in the field, they give their fast bowlers the ball and they have a licence to charge in. When England are in the field, their fast bowlers have to keep it tight - the role India's spinners do. There's a different mentality.
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Love this change of attitude under Kohli
 
If Ashwin and Jadeja show more consistent then we probably have the best lower middle order in test cricket!
 
Sin Nombre said:
Cook is a defensive captain and his standard tactic to break partnerships (in this series) is by bowling a negative line.

That said, it is not a real tail with both of them having outstanding first class records. Jadeja of course hasn't shown temperament for test batting before.
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Patience game is fine with real tail trying to slog, but it's not the right approach here. Stupid way to go about it in my opinion. Giving easy single and having all men on boundary when you need to take last 3 wickets. At least make them uncomfortable or make them take risk. These two have been happily taking singles and I don't see what Cook is trying to do here.

Eng was in huge advantage, now India has some advantage and it may end up with even a bigger advantage for India if you don't try to pick up wickets. Those 2 wides when tail is batting was bad to see.
 
Fast bowlers should go all out with some chin music here. Not sure why Eng didn't even try that. Last two wickets have added freaking 160-170 runs.
 
If you look at Jadeja's first class record both with bat and ball, you can compare it with ATG alrounders of world cricket! (Really! And if you remove the international stats from that it looks even more impressive) Guy never stood up to expectation levels! Still he has age in his hands to live up to it! He should be determined. (And moreover he is probably India's best ever ground fielder!)
 
If these 2 show the same application in the post lunch session, England could be looking at a deficit of 125.
 
Buffet said:
Fast bowlers should go all out with some chin music here. Not sure why Eng didn't even try that. Last two wickets have added freaking 160-170 runs.
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I don't think that is possible for more than 2-3 overs apiece on this pitch but certainly something worth trying for England.

India need to bat the entirety of the post-lunch session and then they will have a par score and a decent advantage again.
 
Buffet said:
Fast bowlers should go all out with some chin music here. Not sure why Eng didn't even try that. Last two wickets have added freaking 160-170 runs.
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Some credit should go to the batters (as you call them tailenders) who looked determined better than top order batters. And chin music won't work on Indian pitches, after few balls (as ball will lose the hardness even quicker if many bouncers are bowled) it will sit up nicely to be pulled to the boundary! Good line and length was needed.
 
Sin Nombre said:
I don't think that is possible for more than 2-3 overs apiece on this pitch but certainly something worth trying for England.

India need to bat the entirety of the post-lunch session and then they will have a par score and a decent advantage again.
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Well, at least try something to make their stay uncomfortable. Giving easy singles and hoping for a bad shot is not the way to go.
 
Cook's captaincy has been exposed on this tour I'm afraid.
 
If you discount the Indian lower order's performance, batting from both sides has been below par by a long shot. Luckily for us, our lower order has got us close to the par score on this pitch.
 
RamLakhan said:
Some credit should go to the batters (as you call them tailenders) who looked determined better than top order batters. And chin music won't work on Indian pitches, after few balls (as ball will lose the hardness even quicker if many bouncers are bowled) it will sit up nicely to be pulled to the boundary! Good line and length was needed.
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I give these lower order batsmen a huge credit for pulling India out of trouble here, but as an opposition you have to try to pick up wickets and not wait for mistakes. I saw stokes bowling several wides . That's not a good sight when lower order batsmen are batting.
 
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Cook bhai has lost the plot. He should let Jadeja slog with boundary riders pulled in. 20 runs for a wicket is a good trade.
 
Boi said:
Cook's captaincy has been exposed on this tour I'm afraid.
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I would disagree.

His defensive captaincy is the reason why England have been so competitive in this series and could still win this test and the series.

He has prevented Indian batting from running away with the match. They are all used to scoring quickly, somewhat similar to the Aussies.
 
And Woakes with the negative line bowling now. Jadeja needs to ride this out. Time passing is good for India.
 
Indian lower order has safely negotiated the toughest sessions so far in this test match (late evening and early morning) which top orders from both sides were unable to do. Finally this could prove decisive to the outcome of this match!
 
I like that we have kept England in the field for 120+ overs in one of the innings of each test match so far. Longer the better.
 
Interesting that the two frontline English pacers haven't picked up a wicket yet. Shami and Yadav certainly looked more threatening.

Is the attack too reliant on Broad or is it just defensive captaincy?
 
This will be well deserved 100 if Jadeja gets up there! And this can really change his stance as a batsman in international cricket!
 
Sir needs to get back to leaving the ones wide of the off stump even though I liked the 4 boundaries in the over more than a Belgian chocolate ice cream.
 
street cricketer said:
Interesting that the two frontline English pacers haven't picked up a wicket yet. Shami and Yadav certainly looked more threatening.

Is the attack too reliant on Broad or is it just defensive captaincy?
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Yes this is one more factor between the two sides along with late order batting which is proving significant! I always believed that Indian seamers need to click (both at home and overseas) for India's better Test Prospects!
 
I dont think Batty is putting many revs on the ball. Every bowler is trying to contain here.
 
Quite honestly, what was the need to get into the slogging mode? They do not have enough lead, nor do they have too many wickets in hand.

Should have carried patiently till tea at the least.
 
We could have taken a 150 run lead if these 2 kept on going...

Koi baat nahi....Now Umesh and Jayant have to focus and get runs...Keep batting till you die...or England dies...
 
Not sure why India wants to hit or get out here. Why not simply bat as long as possible?
 
Very strange change of gears from Jadeja.

Did Kohli tell him to attack? Very bizarre. India need another 50 runs here and need to ensure England don't get to bat before tea.
 
Gabbar Singh said:
Oh Ravi. :(
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Rush of blood! I think this was Jadeja's best chance to get to 100 and also gain confidence as a batsman! Will he go back to his old habits now (inconsistency and unreliable) or will take this itself as a confidence-booster? I always felt he could bat at No.6 as pure batsman (but he grew in the opposite direction - as frontline bowler!)
 
When a Rajput gets bored.. something happens. Not necessarily good.. just pure madness
 
I would've liked them to bat slow and steady to consume more time. Our aim must be to make England bat the majority of its innings when the wicket is difficult to bat on. Knowing Kohli, he would've probably instructed Jadeja to counterattack and make England feel the pinch of the lead.

Oh well, it was good while it lasted.
 
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sensible-indian-fan said:
Koi baat nahi....Now Umesh and Jayant have to focus and get runs...Keep batting till you die...or England dies...
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What do you mean koi baat nahi.. That was utterly stupid.
All the hard work put in, opposition basically dwindling away in confidence, and there isn't a substantial lead to fall back on..

He should have carried on batting sensibly.
 
Lol Umesh and Shami are compulsive sloggers. These guys won't like to defend 4 balls in a row. Innings might end anytime soon.
 
samplepiece said:
Rashid has bowled well to get 2 wickets but we have gifted him 4. The Pujara wicket was utter madness.
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Jadeja wicket is worse.

England were completely listless in this post lunch session and just waiting for something to happen. Could have batted England out of the game.
 
Stark said:
What do you mean koi baat nahi.. That was utterly stupid.
All the hard work put in, opposition basically dwindling away in confidence, and there isn't a substantial lead to fall back on..

He should have carried on batting sensibly.
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To be fair.. I think India have got a fair lead now and as a cricket fan, things were getting pretty boring. Lead is now over an 100. Im expecting some more interesting cricket from India from here on.
 
Stark said:
What do you mean koi baat nahi.. That was utterly stupid.
All the hard work put in, opposition basically dwindling away in confidence, and there isn't a substantial lead to fall back on..

He should have carried on batting sensibly.
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True...but compared to Jaddu's usual standards, this was an unbelievable knock.

Just looking at the bright side. Lead of 100.

Yes, it was a silly shot and it can be frustrating but then Jaddu could have done that in 20s leaving us totering.

I would be more annoyed with this shot from an Ash or Jayant than Jaddu. But hopefully Jaddu learns from this mistake though I don't expect him to sadly.
 
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