Rishabh Pant (101) puts India in control, close Day 2 on 294/7 with lead of 89 runs over England

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[Napa]

Rohit, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Pant, Ashwin and Sundar. I hope at least one of them gets a century!

 

[Buffet]

India getting bowled out cheaply here will make it very interesting given India has to bat last here.

 

[WengerOut]

India 200 AO

 

[Devadwal]

This pitch is perfect for a test match .there is some help for Pacers,turn for spinners & Batsman can make runs also

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Hmmm....Zim just toasted Afghanistan inside 2 days..... pitch anyone?

 

[Sanzcool]

Score 500 plus and kill the game

 

[dravidthewall]

gutt feeling that pujara will score centuary. Hes long due of his century. If he done so india will be in driver seat

 

[jiduguravindra]

Hmmm....Zim just toasted Afghanistan inside 2 days..... pitch anyone?

Pitch assisted to pacers. Nothing wrong about the pitch just poor t20 style batting from afg.

 

[dravidthewall]

I am not watching the match. How is the pitch behaves on day 2 guys?

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Pitch assisted to pacers. Nothing wrong about the pitch just poor t20 style batting from afg.

ok thanks.....And what about this pitch?

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Stokes bowling fulltosses, looks like picking only one pacer wasn't a good move.

 

[Devadwal]

Slow start . score not going anywhere

 

[MP2011]

Swann mentioning how the ball was kept dry during his times so that Jimmy could extract maximum reverse swing out of it. Basically the one with driest hands was the one who used to work on ball, apparently Cook was the one with that trait.

Swann himself used to sweat most, so he was kept as far away from the ball as possible.

 

[MP2011]

Pujara all at sea against Leach.

 

[MP2011]

Pujara's batting has gone completely to dogs, neither he is comfortable against pace, nor against spinners.

 

[Ab Fan]

India should post 350 in 1st inning.

 

[Devadwal]

India should post 350 in 1st inning.

250 bhi muskil lag re h bro

 

[Devadwal]

Gone

 

[MP2011]

Pujara given LBW.

 

[MP2011]

Pathetic from Pujara, absolutely pathetic. He has eaten away a review as well.

 

[dravidthewall]

Ohh interesting phase of match ... All depends on king kohli

 

[Devadwal]

Poor poor review .this is plumb as it can get

 

[James]

Leach seems to have Pujara’s number, keeps getting on top of him and taking him out.

 

[Buffet]

Poor batting against spin from both sides.

Can Eng take lead here?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

India should post 350 in 1st inning.

This team does not have the batting to do that.

 

[Devadwal]

Pujara should dropped from team ,his game so regressed in past 1 year .i know he performed well vs Australia still m not convinced how he play spin these days

 

[Devadwal]

Virat gone & here goes hope of getting lead . England will take lead around 40-50

 

[Ab Fan]

Kohli OUT too.. England favourites in my opinion unless Rishabh Pant plays a masterclass

 

[James]

Another duck for Kohli. An underrated sub-plot of this series is how England have kept Kohli relatively quiet.

 

[Buffet]

Eng with a chance here. India will be batting last here and Leach is really bowling well.

 

[Ahmed216]

England couldn't take advantage of winning the toss which will cost them this game eventually

 

[Buffet]

Rahane is walking wicket agasint spin. Just need to bowl well to him.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Eng with a chance here. India will be batting last here and Leach is really bowling well.

I don't have much confidence in the England batsmen putting up any kind of score in the second innings.

 

[Aman]

Kohli seems to have lost that hunger and edge that made him a run machine.

Now he's all talk, can't excuse the ** that comes with him when he isn't scoring.

 

[Abhilash93]

Kohli's first innings scores this series : 11, 0, 27, 0.

Second innings scores: 72, 62, DNB.

Isn't it harder to score in the 2nd innings on Indian pitches ?!

 

[Aman]

Another duck for Kohli. An underrated sub-plot of this series is how England have kept Kohli relatively quiet.

Kohli's averaged something like 20 for the last year or so.

 

[Buffet]

I don't have much confidence in the England batsmen putting up any kind of score in the second innings.

If they put even 200 runs to chase, it will be very interesting. Eng is playing with an extra batsman.

 

[Aman]

I don't have much confidence in the England batsmen putting up any kind of score in the second innings.

Hopefully India don't mess this up, we have zero chance against Aus in the Final.

Will take a miracle for us to beat them.

 

[Ahmed216]

Hopefully India don't mess this up, we have zero chance against Aus in the Final.

Will take a miracle for us to beat them.

Why do u think so? They have their worst captain in history and midgets like wade green head etc in their line up

 

[Buffet]

Hopefully India don't mess this up, we have zero chance against Aus in the Final.

Will take a miracle for us to beat them.

Why not? Just play well and any team can be beaten. Aus is not playing in Aus.

 

[Aman]

Kohli out to Stokes 5 times? Bunny?

 

[Rajdeep]

Reminder, this is virtually a knock out semi final game in an ICC event. If India loses...they are out of WTC.

And we all know how India chokes in ICC knockout matches.

Will we choke here as well?

2015 Quarter final Sydney
2016 Semi final Mumbai
2017 Final London
2019 Semi Final Manchester

2021 Gujarat ???

 

[Aman]

Why not? Just play well and any team can be beaten. Aus is not playing in Aus.

Mental midgets against them.

They could line up WA for a Test and we'd lose.

This generation of cricketers views the Aus team in the same ilk as the ABs and crumble when they face them on the big stage.

 

[Buffet]

Inda is uselessly trying to play too slow and tire out bowlers here. Just play normal cricket.

 

[Robert]

Hopefully India don't mess this up, we have zero chance against Aus in the Final.

Will take a miracle for us to beat them.

Where’s the final? This India side is beatable. I think the Kiwi test side is the best in the world, now you have your new big man.

 

[Buffet]

Mental midgets against them.

They could line up WA for a Test and we'd lose.

I am not sure if Aus is better in Eng conditions. Yah, the mental issue is there, but Aus outside Aus is not the same team.

 

[Robert]

Kohli out to Stokes 5 times? Bunny?

Kohli is averaging 28 for the series. One innings to go, mind.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Where’s the final? This India side is beatable. I think the Kiwi test side is the best in the world, now you have your new big man.

The final's likely to take place at the Rose Bowl, not confirmed yet.

 

[Aman]

I am not sure if Aus is better in Eng conditions. Yah, the mental issue is there, but Aus outside Aus is not the same team.

Still man, I saw it first hand in Aus. Team played like absolute crap and didn't give a fair account of themselves.

Just hoping Conway is in the team by then.

 

[Buffet]

Still man, I saw it first hand in Aus. Team played like absolute crap and didn't give a fair account of themselves.

Just hoping Conway is in the team by then.

Aus in Aus is a different team. I won't read much into how NZ did in Aus.

 

[Ab Fan]

Hopefully India don't mess this up, we have zero chance against Aus in the Final.

Will take a miracle for us to beat them.

You supporting India for this match?

 

[Rajdeep]

If India reach finals, they will give Kiwi's the phainta they deserve and take revenge of semi final 2019. Cant wait

 

[MP2011]

Another duck for Kohli. An underrated sub-plot of this series is how England have kept Kohli relatively quiet.

Kohli is totally past it as a batsman.

 

[Ab Fan]

Kohli is going through a bad phase and he should be back to his best sooner. But don't think as a test batsman, he is even in the league of Ponting, let alone Tendulkar.

 

[Buffet]

Kohli is going through a bad phase and he should be back to his best sooner. But don't think as a test batsman, he is even in the league of Ponting, let alone Tendulkar.

He will suddenly score 3-4 tons.

 

[MP2011]

I think the Kiwi test side is the best in the world.

They're not even the best home side in world!

 

[Rajdeep]

He will suddenly score 3-4 tons.

Nah...he is finished. I am surprised he is still in top 10 rankings. In present form, he is not even top 15 test batsman in the world.

The only place he is scoring tons is in Instagram. First cricketer with 100M followers and all that.

Who cares about scoring on field anyway.

 

[Robert]

Poor Ben looks done in. England badly need another seamer. Broad or Stone instead of Bess would make a big difference here.

 

[MP2011]

He will suddenly score 3-4 tons.

Will be really happy if he does. But don't think he has it in him any longer now. He is distracted by way too many distractions in his personal life to be that focused on his cricket like he was earlier.

 

[MP2011]

Jimmy comes back to bowl just before lunch.

 

[MP2011]

What a peach from Jimmy! Rahane was like a toy with whom Jimmy played with!

 

[MP2011]

Poor bowling from Bess, releasing all the pressure exerted from the other end.

 

[Ab Fan]

England seems to be missing Moeen. They should have picked one more spinner.

 

[MP2011]

Jimmy gets Rahane once again!

 

[Ab Fan]

Anderson has become a beast for all-conditions since [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] started praising him.

 

[Rajdeep]

Rahane out at the stroke of lunch. Great session for England.

 

[Robert]

Jimmy! Ben!

 

[Ahmed216]

Rahane should be dropped. Asad shafiq level batsman.

 

[Buffet]

Eng with a great chance here. Just need to bat well in 2nd inning.

 

[MP2011]

Except for Rohit and Pant & Ashwin to some extent, we are pedestrian as far as our batting is concerned. Only the totally inept English batting and our bowling has kept us ahead in this series.

 

[Varun]

Anderson is a legend.

 

[Rajdeep]

Poor Ben looks done in. England badly need another seamer. Broad or Stone instead of Bess would make a big difference here.

Why Eng is so poor in reading the pitch? Last game when more spinners needed, they had extra seamer. Here seamers are doing well and they only have Anderson and Stokes.

 

[Robert]

England seems to be missing Moeen. They should have picked one more spinner.

I think Moeen is second best spinner behind Leach, but what we need here is another quick bowler to help Anderson and Stokes.

 

[MP2011]

And this is same Rahane who was loudly proclaiming before this test that there is nothing wrong with his batting!

Pathetic batsman with pathetic attitude!

 

[Rajdeep]

Rahane should be dropped. Asad shafiq level batsman.

Whan an insult to Asad Shafiq.

 

[James]

Great session from England to keep them in the series. Leach bowling it on a sixpence, Stokes full of heart, Anderson brilliant.

Agree that Bess was a pointless recall and it should be Broad or Stone playing instead of him. Conventional swing through the air with the older ball and we have chubby Dom Bess coming on to bowl his full tosses lol.

 

[Varun]

And this is same Rahane who was loudly proclaiming before this test that there is nothing wrong with his batting!

Pathetic batsman with pathetic attitude!

He has a habit of getting to the stage of almost getting dropped, then scoring a crucial career saving 55.

No wonder he averages 40.

 

[Robert]

Why Eng is so poor in reading the pitch? Last game when more spinners needed, they had extra seamer. Here seamers are doing well and they only have Anderson and Stokes.

Good question. I think the pink ball seduced them into picking all the seamers in the third test, and then they expected this one to be another ploughed field and chose two spinners and an extra batsman. Stone in for Bess was the correct option.

 

[Slog]

Is it time to start worrying about Kohli form?