India vs England | India win 5th Test against England by an innings and 75 runs in Chennai

[Sin Nombre]

Good to see guys other than kohli contributing in this mammoth total. Nair is the find of this series.

Jayant Yadav is the find of the series, not even up for debate that.

 

[JaDed]

Thats what Sri Lanka did to us. Scored 952 for 6

Worst years of Indian cricket those were,unpredictable boring cricket and getting randomly thumped by Lanka,Pakistan in stupid triangle,quandrangle tournaments.

 

[Aman]

Posters are forgetting this is England and not Saffers/Aus that would post a total ,does anyone remember Rajkot? On this flat pitch all we would have is a blockathon by English they are not going to setup anything.

Exactly, India already have more than enough runs to win by an innings, Kohli is only making it easier for England by reducing the number of overs they need to survive. Such a poor reading of the game by Kohli, doesn't even feel like he's trying to win but is just trying to stick it to the English.

 

[Statsman]

Why are we not declaring again? Didn't Kohli say we will not chase personal milestones?

 

[Sin Nombre]

Declaration should happen now. Need at least 8-9 overs at England tonight.

 

[Indiafan]

Need to declare after this over and have a crack at them. C'mon Kohli please don't decide to wait for Nair's 300.

I thought Kohli said personal milestones were out of the system?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

726 is the highest ever indian team score. Lets break it first.

 

[Aman]

India deserve for this to backfire on them, hope England hold on with 1 or 2 wickets.

 

[Moh@n]

LOL so now they want Nair to have a go at his 300. Pathetic really.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Honestly this is the opposite of attacking captaincy.

There is a time and place for grinding.

We are wasting time even after getting 700 and grinding England to dust.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Just look at nair's strike rate for this inning. 77.38

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Kohli oscillates between gun captaincy and unbelievably poor captaincy.

Not just this decision but over his career, I have seen the same.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Not sure why people are crying over this. This is a flat pitch.

 

[Ab Fan]

Exactly, India already have more than enough runs to win by an innings, Kohli is only making it easier for England by reducing the number of overs they need to survive. Such a poor reading of the game by Kohli, doesn't even feel like he's trying to win but is just trying to stick it to the English.

Agreed. Really no point in stretching the inning further. Dont think someone like Nair who is at his third test deserve to be stretched further to get a triple something which no Indian bar Sehwag got.

 

[Aman]

Honestly this is the opposite of attacking captaincy.

There is a time and place for grinding.

We are wasting time even after getting 700 and grinding England to dust.

Forget 4-0, it's about psychologically destroying the English... Because 800/6 does that, not 0-4...

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Nair has been a beast since he reached his 100.

He has been scoring so fast but yet is operating in such a cruise mode that its gone unnoticed mostly.

 

[JaDed]

Our bowlers must be so refreshed after all the rest they had,also so much for personal milestones out of the bag.

 

[Statsman]

Very disappointing. Should have declared 10 overs ago.

 

[transitional]

At least this will make sure Rohit Sharma is going to the bottom of the pecking order.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Our bowlers must be so refreshed after all the rest they had,also so much for personal milestones out of the bag.

Hehe....all talk only.

Ghanta it is true.

Chalo Nair ji get that 300 now.

 

[Aman]

Not sure why people are crying over this. This is a flat pitch.

That's the damn point!

It's silly to waste overs in pursuit of individual and team records.

Kohli is all talk.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

6 runs to go. Let the people cry and not celebrate this youngster's achievement.

 

[Varun]

Who is this Karun Nair, and where has he come from?

 

[Aman]

11 overs left in the day, 2 will be lost in the changeover.

 

[JaDed]

Jadeja should rotate the strike idiot looking for his 50

 

[transitional]

I dont think 200 lead was enough. Even if they make 250, it is tough to chase 50 in 7-8 overs. They are scoring at 15 per over, so better to get them in now.

 

[street cricketer]

Now does Jadeja want to get to his 50 to do his sword celebration?

 

[Zak_Fan]

Once the lead went past 200...every over we play is one less over to negotiate for England today.

If you have just 10 overs...and bowl pacers for 2 overs each...spinners will have just a 3 over spell each to have a crack at England.

If you have 14 overs, then spinners will have a 5 over spell each to have a crack at England.

During the end of the day, every over's worth gets magnified.

Maybe England would still crumble but the declaration hasn't been done on time.

The last 50 runs haven't taken long at all. Took something like 4-5 overs I guess, which isn't going to give England any better chance of drawing this game.

Look at things now, we lead by 265, we won't need to bat again, and England will end up playing 10 overs today. Given all that, I believe we have more than made up for those few lost overs.

 

[arehaan]

Just waste of time very poor batting by Jadeja failing to read game situation

 

[JaDed]

Umesh Yadav, who batted 11 in the last Test, is padded up. If he comes in as nightwatchman, Virat Kohli wins the real quiz. #IndvEng


someone tweeted this )

 

[Ab Fan]

Let's not declare it and bat tomorrow too.That will be even more fun but to be honest, it won't go as a fair memory many years down the line.

 

[Zak_Fan]

These extra 70 runs are worth more than 5 or 6 overs we may have lost.

 

[street cricketer]

Kohli will probably wait till Moeen gets his double too.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

295* Nair

 

[JaDed]

Kohli will probably wait till Moeen gets his double too.

) some gem quotes coming out with this mind boggling strategy,wonder if Rahul missed his chance for 400 today.

 

[Sin Nombre]

The next over has to be the last one.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

One more over gone.

Jaddu takes single last ball.

Seriously, 8 overs left.

2 lost in changeover.

6 overs Eng will face assuming Nair gets to 300 in this over.

Wow.

 

[Statsman]

Stop with the lame celebrations. You are wasting time Sir.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Those who are crying here are forgetting that nair is also adding runs quickly to that total. This will be like a fourth inning total to england. If we can't get them all out in 90 overs then we don't deserve to win this test anyway. So stop crying and enjoy his inning.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Ok, this must be the last over.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

These extra 70 runs are worth more than 5 or 6 overs we may have lost.

Not really.

Cos those runs are ELASTIC but overs are not.

With 200 runs lead, we were safe. If needed, we could have slogged that towards the end of tomorrow.

But the overs won't be got back. Plus every over to a tired England side would feel like 2 normally.

We lost more than 5-6 overs actually. Should have given them 15 overs to bat.

 

[Aman]

Both Smith and Kohli have been very disappointing in the last 2 Tests.

 

[Statsman]

One more over gone.

Jaddu takes single last ball.

Seriously, 8 overs left.

2 lost in changeover.

6 overs Eng will face assuming Nair gets to 300 in this over.

Wow.

He is taking it easy with singles. Will take a couple of overs, this. Mind boggling.

 

[JaDed]

This is like one of those double hundreds by Rohit Sharma,Sehwag which i never throw into an argument with any poster here and neither gets a mention.

hopefully Jaddu doesn't take a single now.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Another over gone. le sigh.

 

[street cricketer]

Kohli, Pujara and Vijay need to take a long hard look at themselves in the mirror after the match for not reaching a 50 here.

 

[transitional]

Its kind of stupid of Jadeja to go for a 50.

 

[Statsman]

Those who are crying here are forgetting that nair is also adding runs quickly to that total. This will be like a fourth inning total to england. If we can't get them all out in 90 overs then we don't deserve to win this test anyway. So stop crying and enjoy his inning.

England team is tired right now and wouldn't want to bat at this hour of the day. Having them at 20/2 or even 30/1 will have a good psychological effect but we are forgoing that opportunity.

 

[JaDed]

Not really.

Cos those runs are ELASTIC but overs are not.

With 200 runs lead, we were safe. If needed, we could have slogged that towards the end of tomorrow.

But the overs won't be got back. Plus every over to a tired England side would feel like 2 normally.

We lost more than 5-6 overs actually. Should have given them 15 overs to bat.

Exactly that should had been the strategy,I mean this could had been done at 250 of Nair,now if its done it will be like Sachin's 194

 

[Swanny]

Just enjoy this match folks. The series is already won. It's a flat pitch Eng will probably score 270-1 tommorrow anyways.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

He is taking it easy with singles. Will take a couple of overs, this. Mind boggling.

Another over gone now.

 

[transitional]

Jadeja just consumed strike for 10 balls to go for a 50. You dont get to make 300 every day!!! Jadeja will get lot of chances to make 50s in much more critical situations. Why go for stupid 50 now!!

 

[Indiafan]

I dont think any team wanting to win a match ever makes 700+

 

[Zak_Fan]

Nair has 4 balls. Now or never.

 

[Aman]

England should dry it up, every over they keep India out there for is only making it easier for them.

 

[JaDed]

How funny it would be if Nair gets out before the triple

 

[Statsman]

Annnnd another over gone. Crowd should be booing this.

 

[Statsman]

We will now waste time with the next batsman coming down slowly.

 

[Zak_Fan]

God.... he decides to take a single now ! Shouldn't fault Kohli if he misses out on a 300 now.

 

[Aman]

So India will have 6 overs at England?

England have 96 overs to survive..

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Who is this Karun Nair, and where has he come from?

Where are you from? Anyone who's followed Indian cricket closely most likely knows who Karun Nair is.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Jaddu Nair will on strike

 

[Aman]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In bed watching India V England. Great batting from Karun. But India should've declared 40 mins ago & had an hour at England. Agree ?</p>— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaneWarne/status/810801830779240448">December 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Statsman]

Astounding. Another over!

 

[Aman]

Another over gone

 

[transitional]

Stupid jadeja - either take single or block 2 balls.. Why go for a six

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

How selfish can Jaddu be?

Damn.

Why would you not take a single and give Nair the shot at 300?

Mind boggling captaincy, game awareness by players.

As Aman says, with such rubbish tactics, India deserves to draw this.

I used to criticize Dhoni for such nonsense and if Kohli does it, the same treatment should apply. Even Dhoni would have taken better decisions here.

 

[Indiafan]

Nair is just trolling kohli now

 

[Zak_Fan]

Now I am getting annoyed. Just declare.

 

[Aman]

How selfish can Jaddu be?

Damn.

Why would you not take a single and give Nair the shot at 300?

Mind boggling captaincy, game awareness by players.

As Aman says, with such rubbish tactics, India deserves to draw this.

I used to criticize Dhoni for such nonsense and if Kohli does it, the same treatment should apply. Even Dhoni would have taken better decisions here.

I hope England hold on with 1 or 2 wickets, it would be fitting.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Another over gone.

Greed leads to this.

 

[JaDed]

If adil gets Nair at 299 would it be some sort of record?

 

[Aman]

I will lose it if he gets out on 299.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I hope England hold on with 1 or 2 wickets, it would be fitting.

As an Indian fan, I hope it doesn't happen and we win comfortably.

If it happens and we fall short by a wicket or two, Kohli and Indian management will learn a great lesson. It will pain a LOT.

 

[Aman]

Was that a drop?

 

[Zak_Fan]

Nair is so selfish.

 

[JaDed]

Done declare,Nair should himself walkoff FGS,this is as big as it will ever get for him.Remarkbly poor from Kohli but i get it its big moment for Nair.

 

[Aman]

So England have 5 overs to survive?

 

[Statsman]

Kumble taking photos. They are really trollin.

So we walk off when Nair makes 300. Kohli should not be speaking of personal milestones.

 

[Indiafan]

Guys, do you think the lead is enough to declare now?