Hard work and talent is a pre requisite for being successful but luck is always the decider. You may work hard as much as you want but if you don't have luck factor you won't be successful.
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Hard work and talent is a pre requisite for being successful but luck is always the decider. You may work hard as much as you want but if you don't have luck factor you won't be successful.
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That's not in your control and if you are going against someone for being unlucky, it's just someone being foolish..
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Something fishy going on here. Southee needs to bowl and bowls need to be changed all the time. Some tampering is in play here.
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Luck is a great leveller and no one say they have mastered it.
In recent concluded t20 world cup, toss factor was high. Morgan, babar, Williamson had all luck until semi levelled it. Finch got lucky one more time and it will level out some other day.
It's just cringe when someone says rohit brought luck, him becoming captain is sign of luck etc..
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Not seen any reverse swing or significant deviation off the pitch though.
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At 51/5 I thought our goose was cooked. Clutch partnership between Iyer and Ashwin, good contribution by Saha.
A bit of bad luck with that Ashwin dismissal but relieved that it didn't lead to another collapse.
What to say about Pujara and Rahane? Most secured jobs in the world, zero accountability. Mayank's technique is no more suited for the rigors of test cricket. Jadeja was due a failure, so don't mind his dismissal, he did his bit on day one.
A bit of bad luck with that Ashwin dismissal but relieved that it didn't lead to another collapse.
What to say about Pujara and Rahane? Most secured jobs in the world, zero accountability. Mayank's technique is no more suited for the rigors of test cricket. Jadeja was due a failure, so don't mind his dismissal, he did his bit on day one.
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They don't have Pant.
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visiting team highest score to chase a game at kanpur is 85, India hold upper hand even with this score on board
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It may or may not swing, but I don't understand how come ball is going out of shape so so many times just when Southee is bowling. In the first inning, nothing was happening, and then the ball change and suddenly Southee started swinging and got plenty of wickets. No problem with that, it happens, but ball shouldn't need to be changed so many times just when Southee is bowling.
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Very defensive captainship from Kane when India was 5 down with 50 runs. He should have attacked more with close-in-fielders.
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Tampering is a very serious accusation though in the aftermath of the Cape Town debacle, I doubt New Zealand would be stupid enough to try it in front of Indian television.
It may just be weak umpiring given that these home umpires aren't used to officiating in Test cricket.
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Match is slipping away from nz hands.
Kane is very defensive here.
Kane is very defensive here.
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Good point. You are probably right. I won't expect NZ to do it and I have not seen ball change so frequently. The ball simply does not go out of shape so frequently.
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Look at the hand grenades the Kiwi pacers have been bowling both innings.
Now look at Ishant's innocuous pies, as if his role is to play the visiting batsmen into form. I liked Ishant of 2014-18 but this is pure torture now. Would Prasidh have done any worse? At least he could have learnt from this experience. Can't believe we are playing Pujara, Rahane, Ishant and Saha in the same XI that too in 2021. Where is the young talent?
Now look at Ishant's innocuous pies, as if his role is to play the visiting batsmen into form. I liked Ishant of 2014-18 but this is pure torture now. Would Prasidh have done any worse? At least he could have learnt from this experience. Can't believe we are playing Pujara, Rahane, Ishant and Saha in the same XI that too in 2021. Where is the young talent?
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Thats a fair point, when you explain it like that makes sense. look am not blaming him for his bad luck with tosses etc, rather look at how we won inspite of loosing so many tosses in england.
Well, hopefully bat first or last, hope we come out on the right side come bombay test.
but gotta get this test first, lead of 250 + will ensure that we have close in fielders when we bowl...but gotta get there first...
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Somerville has not bowled badly despite not getting wickets.
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Very little in it for spinners, turn from footmarks and low bounce is ok but way too slow, gives batsmen enough time to adjust. Wish we had a better pacer than Ishant. Why must Shami miss a home test? Had he played alongside Umesh, doubt Kiwis would have scored 200 in their first innings.
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Southee has bowled magnificiently the whole match, mom material already
jameieson is a star for the future
Hope ishant,. yadav and co bowl with fire in the second dig
jameieson is a star for the future
Hope ishant,. yadav and co bowl with fire in the second dig
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Kane needs to stop singles to pick up wickets instead of waiting for declaration.
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MoM will be either Shreyas or Axar.
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New Zealand spinners have disappointed. Better they play Wagner next match.
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They should play four pacers and one spinner in last test
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Somerville action was praised a lot in first innings. Think he could have bowled lot more in second innings , rachin was preferred strange tactics by kane
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They are playing tuk tuk instead of attacking. Need to score 35-40 runs then give NZ 5-7 over to bat
lol, not so long ago some were praising them for being the true no.1 team in world.
They're the no.1 team in world, only if the game is played in English conditions.
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Great performance by Team India . The tail has really wagged from being 51/5 to this stage . Good innings by Saha under pain. India should declare now and give some 4 - 5 overs to NZ
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Should have accelerated before declaration.
Just Dravid things...
Just Dravid things...
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Young is unlucky .he was too late for taking review
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Poor umpiring this. Biased home umpires tbh. Wasn’t gonna hit even the 5th stump (if there was one)
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NZ should have reviewed in time . When ball is low it’s really diff to judge
Just try to beat Bangladesh first, mate.
NZ paying for leaving Wagner out. Southee and Jamieson just didn’t have enough gas left to break through into the lower order.
Feel for Young, it was a bad call not to review, but when you know the umpire’s are looking for any excuse to send the batsmen walking it’s important not to burn a review.
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1st wicket was stroke of luck/poor judgement from the nz batsmen, especially the non striker, and for the dude above going on about 'biased home umpiring ' one of the umps is not a home ump...take a different seat champ
All of the umpires are Indian, check the scorecard.
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ok, i stand corrected on that.
Still - nothing ever to suggest that umpiring was favourable to home team and biased, at best it was an umpiring mistake. just like a few in tihs match.
my point was to get over the pathetic tired narrative, mate.
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India ended day four on a high after half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer and Wriddhiman Saha allowed them to set New Zealand a target of 284 before Ravichandran Ashwin struck late to get the scalp of Will Young.
Shreyas Iyer again stole the show in his debut Test match with his knock of 65 helping India in a position of command on day four of the Kanpur Test. Starting the day at 14/1, another brilliant morning session from the New Zealand pacers put the hosts in a spot of bother, with 5 wickets down and the lead only hovering around the 100-run mark.
But Iyer and Ashwin (32) steadied the ship for India before the lower-order also chipped in with some invaluable runs. The day started with Kyle Jamieson snaring the wicket of Pujara on 22. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane would then follow suit, after looking tetchy in his brief stay at the crease. Ajaz Patel trapped him plumb in front of the stumps for 4.
A brilliant over from Southee would bring him two wickets in an over. The first one to go would be Mayank Agarwal, who edged one to Latham to a delivery that was shaping away from him. He would then trap Jadeja with a prodigious inswinger, as he failed to contribute a single run to the scorecard.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Iyer would then counter-attack, as India headed to lunch at 84/5.
The duo would continue in the same vein in the second session before the introduction of Jamieson brought an end to Ashwin's crucial knock of 32. Trying to put a wide delivery away, Ashwin would end up chopping the delivery onto his own stumps. Iyer would then embark on a crucial partnership with Wriddhiman Saha, as the game was quickly drifting away from the visitors.
Iyer would bring up a half-century as his brilliant match continued while upping the ante by playing some adventurous shots. He would be dismissed on 65 by Southee just on the stroke of tea but not before a vital stand of 64 runs with Saha. For his part, the veteran wicketkeeper-batter also played his part, nudging the ball around and rotating the strike regularly.
The final session would be a story of great frustration for the visitors as they failed to break the partnership between Saha and Axar Patel. But to their credit, despite not being able to find the breakthroughs, they did not let the Indian batters cut loose and up the scoring rate at a rapid pace. In the meanwhile, Wriddhiman Saha would reach a gritty half-century, again proving his dogged abilities as a batter.
After a short water break in the 79th over, the two batters finally started to up the scoring rate as it became clear that a declaration was near. It would finally come after 81 overs, with India's score at 234/7 and the lead at 283 runs. With light quickly dwindling, it would be a tricky proposition for the New Zealand openers to counter the final few overs of the day.
And Ashwin delivered exactly the breakthrough that India required, trapping Will Young for 2. The opener was denied a review by the umpires as time had run out and replays showed that the delivery would have been missing the stumps. The visitors now find themselves in a spot of bother ending on 4/1 and needing 280 runs to win on the final day.
India on the other hand, will be confident of taking the nine wickets required for a victory on a pitch that is assisting their spinners.
Shreyas Iyer again stole the show in his debut Test match with his knock of 65 helping India in a position of command on day four of the Kanpur Test. Starting the day at 14/1, another brilliant morning session from the New Zealand pacers put the hosts in a spot of bother, with 5 wickets down and the lead only hovering around the 100-run mark.
But Iyer and Ashwin (32) steadied the ship for India before the lower-order also chipped in with some invaluable runs. The day started with Kyle Jamieson snaring the wicket of Pujara on 22. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane would then follow suit, after looking tetchy in his brief stay at the crease. Ajaz Patel trapped him plumb in front of the stumps for 4.
A brilliant over from Southee would bring him two wickets in an over. The first one to go would be Mayank Agarwal, who edged one to Latham to a delivery that was shaping away from him. He would then trap Jadeja with a prodigious inswinger, as he failed to contribute a single run to the scorecard.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Iyer would then counter-attack, as India headed to lunch at 84/5.
The duo would continue in the same vein in the second session before the introduction of Jamieson brought an end to Ashwin's crucial knock of 32. Trying to put a wide delivery away, Ashwin would end up chopping the delivery onto his own stumps. Iyer would then embark on a crucial partnership with Wriddhiman Saha, as the game was quickly drifting away from the visitors.
Iyer would bring up a half-century as his brilliant match continued while upping the ante by playing some adventurous shots. He would be dismissed on 65 by Southee just on the stroke of tea but not before a vital stand of 64 runs with Saha. For his part, the veteran wicketkeeper-batter also played his part, nudging the ball around and rotating the strike regularly.
The final session would be a story of great frustration for the visitors as they failed to break the partnership between Saha and Axar Patel. But to their credit, despite not being able to find the breakthroughs, they did not let the Indian batters cut loose and up the scoring rate at a rapid pace. In the meanwhile, Wriddhiman Saha would reach a gritty half-century, again proving his dogged abilities as a batter.
After a short water break in the 79th over, the two batters finally started to up the scoring rate as it became clear that a declaration was near. It would finally come after 81 overs, with India's score at 234/7 and the lead at 283 runs. With light quickly dwindling, it would be a tricky proposition for the New Zealand openers to counter the final few overs of the day.
And Ashwin delivered exactly the breakthrough that India required, trapping Will Young for 2. The opener was denied a review by the umpires as time had run out and replays showed that the delivery would have been missing the stumps. The visitors now find themselves in a spot of bother ending on 4/1 and needing 280 runs to win on the final day.
India on the other hand, will be confident of taking the nine wickets required for a victory on a pitch that is assisting their spinners.
I didn’t say the umpires were biased. They might be, or they might just be hopeless. But either way, my point stands - when the umpires have itchy trigger fingers, you have to be careful about when you use your reviews.
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Game should be over tomorrow.
This target should be too much for New Zealand.
This target should be too much for New Zealand.
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Kiwis gave a good fight but obviously our spinners are just too good.
Also winning after losing the toss in India is just too difficult.
Also winning after losing the toss in India is just too difficult.
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NZ can still draw this as I don't think the wicket is that tough to survive when you compare to the past day5 Indian wickets.
Lot of hard work to do for the Indian spinners.
Lot of hard work to do for the Indian spinners.
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It’s slipped away for NZ. 3.5 very competitive days in the Test match, but not enough quality to keep India under pressure in the end. A decent effort on the whole though.
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New Zealand generally can't win Tests in Australia and India. Some type of mental block perhaps.
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I don’t think they are a million miles from that fabled win. Just a couple of key moments on Day 4 needed to go their way and they could already be progressing towards winning this match. It’s that mental barrier and self belief like you say.
and that only happened after india rested every decent batsman we have while not dropping either of the 2 jokers who basically play for the other team. Full strength india with rohit, pant, kl and kohli crush nz.
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Fans like you will never learn. NZ have hammered us in ICC ODI, T20 and Test tournaments recently. They are giving much better fight in India whereas India did nothing in NZ and was struggling to reach even 200. They are also missing Boult and Conway. These two helped NZ win WTC final against India.
Pujara did make a big contribution to us winning one of the biggest Tests in Indian history, Gabba Jan 2021. Without his 4th innings India would have lost that Test. He wore out the Aussie pacers.
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Fans like you will never learn. NZ have hammered us in ICC ODI, T20 and Test tournaments recently. They are giving much better fight in India whereas India did nothing in NZ and was struggling to reach even 200. They are also missing Boult and Conway. These two helped NZ win WTC final against India.
India is missing six first choice players while Nz is missing one in Boult.
Conway hasn't done zilch in subcontinent.
Its Nz vs Ind F.
Fans like you will never learn. NZ have hammered us in ICC ODI, T20 and Test tournaments recently. They are giving much better fight in India whereas India did nothing in NZ and was struggling to reach even 200. They are also missing Boult and Conway. These two helped NZ win WTC final against India.
India doesn’t think NZ can put up a fight in India. That’s why they have rested so many top players.
So this 1 fifty will cancel out all his failures? Well done. How dearly Rahane wants that 1 fifty at his home ground!You were saying)
You have a very hard time understanding you said something stupid. You called him “useless” and he proceeds to make the match safe for India by scoring an unbeaten sixty.
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