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

jnaveen1980 said:
What I meant to say was it was not an obvious lbw. That is why it was not overturned. At the end of the day umpire's call benefitted England more.
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So in real time of watching it you personal thought ball was missing stumps?
 
Dunno why people are harping on about umpires call. Gill and Rohit were umpires call if i remenber correctly. One reversal for Pant and it becomes lucky India.
 
Lower orders are often the difference when it comes to away series between the big teams.
 
OMB said:
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not for you. "perhaps" was a face saving exit door. For a while I felt it was rank turner,,now I know what it was.
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Chennai was defo a rank turner mate. But due to consistent bounce, runs could have been scored.

3rd test had inconsistent turn and pink ball made it skid too much.

Conditions werent easy.

Batting just made the pitches look unplayable landmine.

Thank god for Pant.

If not for him and Sundar, these bozos would have made this pitch (which is much much easier) look the same.
 
Amjid Javed said:
The 3rd umpire cudnt do anymore with pant decision according to DRS rules. Question is why did onfield umpire not give it out. How exactly were they thinking ball was missing stumps.

Not once have i blamed 3rd umpire here. People need to learn to read.
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You are abusing the umpire for pant decision.

Some indian fans abusing the umpire for rohit and gill decision.

All of you are wrong.

Moreover those decisions cancel out each other. Atleast in this game.

If anything, we all gotta team up and blame the nonsense called umpires call.
 
Pathetic umpiring...Rohit would have completed 150 if not for that bad decision by umpire... India would have been in a much better position.
 
These so called home umpires are favoring england so much for some reason...BCCI should investigate
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
You are abusing the umpire for pant decision.

Some indian fans abusing the umpire for rohit and gill decision.

All of you are wrong.

Moreover those decisions cancel out each other. Atleast in this game.

If anything, we all gotta team up and blame the nonsense called umpires call.
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The Gill one was made to look worse as he has a habit of planting his front foot and playing around it with his bat so can see why it was given. Looked plumb in live action.

Rohits was a poor decision.

Pants was poor aswell, god knows where the umpire was thinking the ball was going.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Chennai was defo a rank turner mate. But due to consistent bounce, runs could have been scored.

3rd test had inconsistent turn and pink ball made it skid too much.

Conditions werent easy.

Batting just made the pitches look unplayable landmine.

Thank god for Pant.

If not for him and Sundar, these bozos would have made this pitch (which is much much easier) look the same.
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Inept show by Indian middle order created this pitch argument. Sure even in the past Indian line up has struggled on absolute turners. But these pitches are not anywhere close to it. 23 year old Pant and 21 year old Sundar showed it. T
 
What a day of cricket. What a test match. Pant high class innings under pressure put india in commanding position. Well played sundar too.
 
Amjid Javed said:
The Gill one was made to look worse as he has a habit of planting his front foot and playing around it with his bat so can see why it was given. Looked plumb in live action.

Rohits was a poor decision.

Pants was poor aswell, god knows where the umpire was thinking the ball was going.
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Ashwin would have gotten a bagful more wickets if we are going to start crying about umpire's call. He lost many to umpire's calls in his career.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Where you watching game on radio? :)))

It wasnt a plumb lbw but the ball certainly looked like it was hitting the stumps.
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It was not obvious like you sound. There were a lot more other decisions that looked even plumber ball ended up going over the stumps or marginally grazing the stumps.
 
Sundar has defn taken his lucky test cricket call in Aus with both hands...

Washi- Pant have played with each other and somehow continue to do so under pressure..
 
JaDed said:
Sundar has defn taken his lucky test cricket call in Aus with both hands...

Washi- Pant have played with each other and somehow continue to do so under pressure..
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I never rated Washi as a test player when he made debut. I thought it was cringeworthy to include a T20 guy. He has definitely been a surprise package.
 
Questions must be asked about Indian umpiring. I hope Michael Vaughan takes this up on Twitter along with the support from other cricket lovers.
 
BreadPakoda said:
Questions must be asked about Indian umpiring. I hope Michael Vaughan takes this up on Twitter along with the support from other cricket lovers.
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Never seen so much crying about an umpire's call. Good thing Vaughan and all commentators are praising the umpiring
 
3 things need to be sorted out in cricket ASAP

1) Umpires call
2) Soft signal ( why the heck they give soft signal out when the action happened on the boundary!! )
3) Boundary checking. Just make it simple. Ball hits the hoarding or cross it, make it a boundary
 
WengerOut said:
3 things need to be sorted out in cricket ASAP

1) Umpires call
2) Soft signal ( why the heck they give soft signal out when the action happened on the boundary!! )
3) Boundary checking. Just make it simple. Ball hits the hoarding or cross it, make it a boundary
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Moment you take away umpire's call you will see batsmen average coing down rapidly
 
Sir-fraz said:
Again have you seen indian test series? These guys usually win the toss and bat first, score huge and avoid the tough batting on spinning wickets.

Eng has won 3 tosses out of 4 here. And still failed to capitalize.

Last time this happened was vs Aus and they had a tough time winning that series.
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England players are poor players of spin (not the poorest) They have batted first 3 times but the pitch has been spinning from ball one in this series due to rank tuners. Indian batsmen have been better further aided by England poor spin bowling attack.

But what sort of agenda are you trying to spread by saying Indians are poor players of spin? Would like to know.
 
Smbhayi said:
Just bcs of YK is a good player of spin means current Pak players also good players of spin?
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YK was great player of spin same as many Indians I can name here from past and present. Pakistan also remain one of the best players of spin but not as good as Indians who remain the best.
 
Daredevil Pant switches gears to rescue India in crucial final Test

ARishabh Pant masterclass revived India from a difficult position and set up a big first-innings lead over England at stumps on day two of the final Test in Ahmedabad.

India ended the day at 294/7, a healthy lead of 89, having at one point looked in danger of being bowled out for a lot lesser. That was thanks to Pant, who scored a brilliant 101, and his century partnership with Washington Sundar – their partnership frustrated and tired England out under a scorching Ahmedabad sun.

India went into stumps elated and confident, and the mood was strikingly different from what it was in the morning session when England put up a fight. India resumed the day on 24/1, with Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara looking to extend their overnight stand.

But the England bowlers had begun confidently. They ploughed away and had their reward when Pujara was trapped in front by Jack Leach for a 66-ball 17. The wicket triggered a mini-slide. Virat Kohli, the Indian captain, was dismissed for nought, undone by a Ben Stokes short delivery that he edged behind.

Ajinkya Rahane walked out with the intent to attack, and scored a 45-ball 27, putting on a 39-run stand with Rohit. The partnership helped peg England back, but the evergreen Anderson had the decisive say at the stroke of lunch when, with a hint of away movement, he had Rahane caught by Stokes at slip.

England had taken three huge wickets in the morning, and India were precariously placed at 80/4. On resumption, Rohit walked out with Pant, and there ensued a period of attrition. Rohit and Pant wouldn’t get lured into a dangerous shot, and the straight bat was presented to everything the England bowlers threw at them.

Their partnership of 41 suggested India had turned a corner, but England, as they had all day, claimed another wicket at a crucial time. Stokes got one to dangerously dart back in, and Rohit was trapped in front just a run short of a half-century. He reviewed, but replays suggested the bails would be clipped, and the wicket stood on the umpire’s call.

When R Ashwin, whose century had rescued India in a similar situation earlier in the series, was sent back for 13 – Leach had his second wicket – India looked in trouble at 146/6. It was then that the young duo of Pant and Sunder got together.

They saw things through to tea, and on resumption, ensured they weren’t lulled into a false shot. They put away the poor deliveries when they could, making England chase leather out in the dry, scorching heat, and the longer England were made to stay out there, the more tired they became.

Stokes manfully bowled over after over, but Pant and Sundar began opening up and playing their shots as England’s intensity dropped, and soon, they had shifted gears completely. Defence turned into attack in a flash, and having taken 82 deliveries to bring up his half-century, he took just a further 33 deliveries to reach three figures. En route, he played some outrageous shots, including a reverse-sweep of Anderson that forced a smile from the veteran bowler, and a daring sweep for six when he was on 94 to bring up three figures.

India’s lead soared, and despite Pant being dismissed for 101 – he pulled Anderson straight to mid-wicket and was furious with himself – the scoreboard kept ticking as Sundar carried on with Axar Patel for company.

Sundar brought up his third Test fifty, and Patel also finding the fence a couple of times, India were in a solid position by the time stumps were drawn. England will hope to nip the three remaining wickets out quickly on the third morning, but India, at this stage, have a certain advantage.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2054930
 
Wow young guns, Rishabh and Washi....awesome....what a treat to watch....sukoon to watch jim grump get his come uppance - Rishabh charging him first ball with the cherry...ah awesomeness, next ball flat batting his grumpiness over to the cover fence and then that diamond crazy reverse sweep that even had jim grump give an expression....ah priceless....way to go....
 
Pakhs said:
Indians remain the best players of spin bowling in Cricketing world this fact can not be denied.
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Hmmm....disagree, thatis just a myth...i feel when faced with quality spin ona turning wicket our guys are duds...cue Pune 2017, eng 2012 series, our overall record against mo ali etc...
 
Pakhs said:
England players are poor players of spin (not the poorest) They have batted first 3 times but the pitch has been spinning from ball one in this series due to rank tuners. Indian batsmen have been better further aided by England poor spin bowling attack.

But what sort of agenda are you trying to spread by saying Indians are poor players of spin? Would like to know.
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When did i say poor? I said they are not thqt good at playing spin, especially compared to the past players.

But still both sides failed to apply themselves and capitalize on easy batting conditions.
 
 
Pakhs said:
Indians remain the best players of spin bowling in Cricketing world this fact can not be denied.
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No they are not. I think currently Pakistani players, sri Lankans, play much better spin. Even our legends like kohli, pujara are very average against spin . Only rohit is good against spin and Pant is emerging

In last few years we barely prepared spinning tracks at home so this weakness was not apparent.
 
Indiafan said:
No they are not. I think currently Pakistani players, sri Lankans, play much better spin. Even our legends like kohli, pujara are very average against spin . Only rohit is good against spin and Pant is emerging

In last few years we barely prepared spinning tracks at home so this weakness was not apparent.
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Rahane was saying lack of match practice at home pitches.
"It has been a while. You need practice to play spin bowling. We haven't played so many games in India the last three years."
 
King_Kohli said:
Rahane was saying lack of match practice at home pitches.
"It has been a while. You need practice to play spin bowling. We haven't played so many games in India the last three years."
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Can't believe I'm saying this but Rahane's attitude sucks. Has got excuse for his every failure.
 
MP2011 said:
Can't believe I'm saying this but Rahane's attitude sucks. Has got excuse for his every failure.
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You misunderstood.
He was saying the reason why our batsmen struggling to spin at home conditions.
 
Bowling all rounders are so important in Test cricket. Sundar has played some great cricket with the bat in the short span he has been around.

When Jaddu comes back, Indian lower order batting will become even more potent.
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
Hmmm....disagree, thatis just a myth...i feel when faced with quality spin ona turning wicket our guys are duds...cue Pune 2017, eng 2012 series, our overall record against mo ali etc...
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So maybe England are best players of spin? What sort of agenda are you trying to spread here?
 
Indiafan said:
No they are not. I think currently Pakistani players, sri Lankans, play much better spin. Even our legends like kohli, pujara are very average against spin . Only rohit is good against spin and Pant is emerging

In last few years we barely prepared spinning tracks at home so this weakness was not apparent.
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Lol wish that was true but its not by a long way. Over the last 5 years any old spinner even on flat tracks has skittled Pakistan and SL. Recently Shamsi was causing problems even in T20 against Pakistan and he has getting wicket by beating batsmen rather than traditional T20 dismissals.
 
King_Kohli said:
You misunderstood.
He was saying the reason why our batsmen struggling to spin at home conditions.
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No, I'm talking generally about him, not just this quip. Before this test, he belligerently told reporters that there is nothing wrong with his batting and that he has contributed whenever team required it from him. Someone show him his stats over last few years.
 
Pakhs said:
Indians remain the best players of spin bowling in Cricketing world this fact can not be denied.
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Technically best? Sure.

We score 40 out of 100 while others score 30.

Best as in we can do things which others can't?

Sure if the year is pre 2010.

Not a hard concept to grasp mate.
 
The biggest advantage India have is our batsman don't have to face our spinners.

Swap spinners and the results will get very very very messy.
 
India opener Rohit Sharma feels wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant is "more than ready" to fill the void created after former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's retirement.

Considered one of the greatest finishers in modern-day cricket, Dhoni was also the master tactician behind the stumps and after Pant's heroics on the second day of the fourth Test, Rohit feels Pant is ready to follow the footsteps of the former captain.

The swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman single-handedly put India in command on the second day of the fourth Test against England with his third century in Test cricket.

On being asked if Pant was ready to fill the void created by Dhoni's retirement, Rohit in the virtual press conference replied," He seems to be doing a job for us, so he's more than ready I guess!"

Having started cautiously, Pant took the English bowlers to the cleaners in the final session to take the game away from the visitors and put the hosts in the driver's seat.

Rohit defended Pant's approach in Test cricket saying that the wicket-keeper batsman has his own style of batting and one must back him. The opening batsman also revealed the team has given the license to Pant to play his natural game.

"Pant has his own style of batting. Of course, there have been messages from the team management on how he needs to approach the game but you know he seems to be batting in his own style which seems to be fine," said Rohit on Friday.

"He is getting the job done and that's more important for us and you saw in this innings as well. The first half of his innings he was quite respectful and then once we got to 200 he just wanted to take on the bowlers," he further said.

"You need those kinds of players in your team who are not afraid to take on the bowlers and who are ready to grab the chances with both hands. You should have a mix of players in your squad," Rohit added.

With wickets tumbling around him, Pant took 82 balls to reach his first fifty runs. But the next 50 came off just 33 balls as he decided to send the English bowlers on a leather hunt.

Rohit explained how Pant's style of hitting has put India on top after being four down with 80 runs on board in the morning.

"Pant is courageous enough to take chances. There will be times when he will play shots and get out but I don't want anyone to get upset. As he is the kind of player who will play like that and get the job done for the team. Like today we were on backfoot and suddenly within a span of one hour we were in the drivers' seat," said Rohit.

"You need players like Pant and management completely understands this and we are ready to take those chances with him and he has been given that freedom to go on and express himself," he added.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...s-dhonis-retirement-feels-rohit-sharma/728681
 
 
Pakhs said:
Indians remain the best players of spin bowling in Cricketing world this fact can not be denied.
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Yes, domestic Indian players probably can do. Not the international ones. Especially 3,4,5 have been dreadful against spin and lost a few tests thanks to their game against spin. Agarwal is good against spin. Rahul is also good. Not the current lot.
 
Pakhs said:
England players are poor players of spin (not the poorest) They have batted first 3 times but the pitch has been spinning from ball one in this series due to rank tuners. Indian batsmen have been better further aided by England poor spin bowling attack.

But what sort of agenda are you trying to spread by saying Indians are poor players of spin? Would like to know.
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You prove that you don't know the meaning of rank turners with this statement.
 
I don't know why the big guns of Indian batting are struggling at home.
How else do you explain Pant, Ashwin and Sundar doing well? While Kohli, Pujara Rahane falling like nine pins. Rohit is an exception.
Cant be the pitch or spin playing ability.
 
OMB said:
I don't know why the big guns of Indian batting are struggling at home.
How else do you explain Pant, Ashwin and Sundar doing well? While Kohli, Pujara Rahane falling like nine pins. Rohit is an exception.
Cant be the pitch or spin playing ability.
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You have to be positive while playing Test cricket. I feel that Kohli, Rahane and Pujara go into shells in trying to play defensively and saving their wickets. In Test cricket where there is some assistance for bowlers, its only a matter of time before they get a good delivery that gets them.
Playing like Sundar and Pant is better because, they can score rapidly and put pressure back on the bowlers. The success of Rohit is partly due to him playing attacking shots. He does not mind clearing the fence in the first 5 overs of a Test match.
 
guna said:
You have to be positive while playing Test cricket. I feel that Kohli, Rahane and Pujara go into shells in trying to play defensively and saving their wickets. In Test cricket where there is some assistance for bowlers, its only a matter of time before they get a good delivery that gets them.
Playing like Sundar and Pant is better because, they can score rapidly and put pressure back on the bowlers. The success of Rohit is partly due to him playing attacking shots. He does not mind clearing the fence in the first 5 overs of a Test match.
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This is Covid-19 effect. Lot of people have lost their groove
 
Kohli, Pujara, and Rahane seems to be walking wicket on current ongoing series. We will be slaughtered in England by both NZ(wtc) and England.
Rahane is poor man’s Asad Shafique. He will score in one innings and goes missing in next 10.
Pujara have regressed so much that he can’t even score runs at home, which was supposed to be his zone.
Kohli is more interested in social media than scoring runs. He is worst out of Fab4 at this point. Heck I wouldn’t even put him in Fab4 anymore. I can’t even remember when was the last time he scored a test century.

We really need to start executing succession planning to avoid any embarrassment. If it wasn’t for Rohit and Pant, we would be getting our arses kicked by England at home, similar to 2012. If England weren’t rotating players, we probably would be losing this series big time. Kohli needs to go! He can’t bat can’t catch and his captaincy isn’t exactly inspiring to warrant his selection.

When will BCCI learn that youngsters need to blood in. Every single innings of this series have shown us that our middle order is very weak and always prone to collapse.
 
You have to stay focus and keep the pressure on. Taking 4 wickets or 6 wickets does not mean job is done. ENG messed up by letting off the pressure after 80-4.

Now they about to get wrecked by Axar in 2nd innings. Final is useless, they should just hand the trophy to most pts team.
 
BDfanforever said:
You have to stay focus and keep the pressure on. Taking 4 wickets or 6 wickets does not mean job is done. ENG messed up by letting off the pressure after 80-4.

Now they about to get wrecked by Axar in 2nd innings. Final is useless, they should just hand the trophy to most pts team.
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Getting first 4 wickets were always going to be easy. Kohli-Pujara-Rahane are walking wicket. Our real middle orders are Pant-Ash-Sundar-Axar who are going to outscore those 3. England are a bowler short as well which is making even harder for them.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
The biggest advantage India have is our batsman don't have to face our spinners.

Swap spinners and the results will get very very very messy.
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Even Pujara has regressed so much man

Used to dominate Swann and Lyon on turners

Now makes Rahane look better :facepalm:
 
Napa said:
Rohit, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Pant, Ashwin and Sundar. I hope at least one of them gets a century!
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Had given up hoping when Ashwin got out then Pant came through in style.
 
Great knock by Sundar as well

We must find a way to keep him in the squad even overseas
 
Saurav said:
Great knock by Sundar as well

We must find a way to keep him in the squad even overseas
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Hoping Sundar also gets a century, he will probably come out swinging as there isn't much batting left on the other end. I suppose England is going to start the day with a lot of short pitched stuff to pose an injury risk to the Indian bowlers. Ashwin got hit on his right hand index finger but seemed okay.
 
Napa said:
Hoping Sundar also gets a century, he will probably come out swinging as there isn't much batting left on the other end. I suppose England is going to start the day with a lot of short pitched stuff to pose an injury risk to the Indian bowlers. Ashwin got hit on his right hand index finger but seemed okay.
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Don't think he's the type to go bang bang

Plus Axar can bat .I hope they bat through first hour and then slog
 
 
Saurav said:
Don't think he's the type to go bang bang

Plus Axar can bat .I hope they bat through first hour and then slog
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I remember the 6 followed by the 4 off Cummins which brought India's remaining runs required down from 49 off 44 balls to 39 off 32 balls :)
 
Slog said:
Is it just me or is this not very impressive. He didn’t connect cleanly and got lucky it didn’t go to a fielder
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How he went after Anderson and Stokes was overall extremely impressive. This stroke itself is not impressive in isolation, but he was playing ridiculous shots against Anderson and did not allow him to bowl well with the new ball.


Many think that he slogs, but he is a very intelligent batsman and takes calculated risks. Sometimes it won't pay off, but he has played 6-7 great knocks already in his short career. Many don't play that many in their entire career. Not talking about tons. There are many meaningless tons with dead matches.

It could be the second series changing batting from Pant.
 
Napa said:
I remember the 6 followed by the 4 off Cummins which brought India's remaining runs required down from 49 off 44 balls to 39 off 32 balls :)
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Yes but those were not slogs.If he gets loose ball he'll put it away
 
India reached 294-7 thanks to a stunning 115-ball century from Rishabh Pant, who helped the hosts establish an 89-run lead, after surviving a big lbw shout from Bess shortly before tea.

Bess finished without reward, with figures of 0-56 in 15 overs pointing to a lack of threat from the 23-year-old off-spinner. He bowled with a lack of control at times, throwing in far too many full tosses, and will want to get among the wickets on Saturday morning and put a bad Friday behind him.

He was recalled for this contest in Ahmedabad having been left out for the second and third Tests, both of which England lost after making a winning start to the series in Chennai.

England spin coach Jeetan Patel said Bess had "needed a break" and was "jaded" by his experience of that opening match.

But Patel trusts Bess is capable of troubling batsmen again, and said of his disappointing performance so far in this match: "It's no real one thing, it's just a fact it didn't work out for him today.

"There's still room for him to improve, like everyone in this group, but Bessy's still very young. He's still learning how to bowl red ball at Test level which is very difficult. He'll be better for these experiences going forward.

"There's some things with Bessy that we'd like to get into. He's got time after this Test match to get back and look at that, but right now he's got a job to do and that's getting those three wickets tomorrow.

"He would have liked to have bowled a lot better today and liked to have given a lot more to the group, and it didn't work out for him. They played him very well. They sat on him and looked for balls to score off when they could.

"Right now he will be quite down and quite tired, but the beauty of this game is the fact there is another opportunity tomorrow."

Ben Stokes, by contrast, was hailed as England's 'Superman' by Patel.

Stokes took 2-73 in 22 overs to follow up his 55 with the bat on Thursday, and at stumps he appeared exhausted, having been running in amid searing heat.

"Stokesy's your man. He's the guy you want to go to for anything really," Patel said. "He's almost like a Superman with this sort of stuff. He really does enjoy the tough battles.

"He bowled a lot of overs today. He almost bowled the whole first session and he got some crucial wickets for us on the way.

"He's pretty cooked as you can imagine, but he's a warhorse and he loves it. He loves when it gets tough and he loves when it gets hot and tiring, and that's when he stands up most. Hopefully we see the best of him again tomorrow."

Patel said Pant's innings was "pretty special" but claimed the match was "still quite in the balance".

"He came out after that tea break and took it to us," Patel said of Pant's effort. "Hats have to go off to how they played that."

https://www.outlookindia.com/websit...england-spinner-misfires-against-india/376279
 
Slog said:
Is it just me or is this not very impressive. He didn’t connect cleanly and got lucky it didn’t go to a fielder
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In the context of the game it was impressive.. not otherwise..
 
Slog said:
Is it just me or is this not very impressive. He didn’t connect cleanly and got lucky it didn’t go to a fielder
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It hit the middle of his bat. He was always planning to hit that over the slips, you can see his bat direction

But what people are pointing out, is the audacity of the shot, reverse against Anderson with a new ball
 
Buffet said:
How he went after Anderson and Stokes was overall extremely impressive. This stroke itself is not impressive in isolation, but he was playing ridiculous shots against Anderson and did not allow him to bowl well with the new ball.


Many think that he slogs, but he is a very intelligent batsman and takes calculated risks. Sometimes it won't pay off, but he has played 6-7 great knocks already in his short career. Many don't play that many in their entire career. Not talking about tons. There are many meaningless tons with dead matches.

It could be the second series changing batting from Pant.
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Pant has a good defensive technique. He used to lose balance for each shot. Nowadays he is very stable.
 
BDfanforever said:
Surprisingly Pant has not found his rhythm in ODI yet. He is always hacking there. This is where Dhoni was legendary.
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If he uses Dhoni's approach he will also be consistent. All Dhoni did after he became the captain was tuk tuking till 48th over and exploding in the last 2 overs. Pant will never do that.
 
Buffet said:
How he went after Anderson and Stokes was overall extremely impressive. This stroke itself is not impressive in isolation, but he was playing ridiculous shots against Anderson and did not allow him to bowl well with the new ball.


Many think that he slogs, but he is a very intelligent batsman and takes calculated risks. Sometimes it won't pay off, but he has played 6-7 great knocks already in his short career. Many don't play that many in their entire career. Not talking about tons. There are many meaningless tons with dead matches.

It could be the second series changing batting from Pant.
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Indiafan said:
It hit the middle of his bat. He was always planning to hit that over the slips, you can see his bat direction

But what people are pointing out, is the audacity of the shot, reverse against Anderson with a new ball
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Didn’t see rest of the game : highlights so was just talking this particular delivery. I don’t think he’s 100% in control
 
There is not a lot of difference between Moeen and Bess. Both bowl full tosses and long hops from time to time. But Bess is seriously worse in that. Moeen is reasonably accurate for longer period. Bess bowls a freebie every over. Moeen can actually counterattack.
 
A lead of 100-120 is big... England will have to bat out off their skin to get to 275-300 as then only they will be able to post 150+ total.
 
OMB said:
I don't know why the big guns of Indian batting are struggling at home.
How else do you explain Pant, Ashwin and Sundar doing well? While Kohli, Pujara Rahane falling like nine pins. Rohit is an exception.
Cant be the pitch or spin playing ability.
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Kohli is just out of form. Dude has been in great form for 3 years. Now it's his time to be a mere mortal. Rahane is a glorified hack. He scores once in a blue moon but for some reason people treat him as if he's Mr.Dependent. Pujara is probably still nursing Cummin's blows.
 
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FearlessRoar
Pakistan reach 64/3 in reply to South Africa's 615 at the end of Day 2 of the second Test, trailing by 551 runs
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The Bald Eagle
Lahore Qalandars (209/6) defeat Islamabad United (121) by 88 runs to end their unbeaten run in PSL X
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The Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle
BouncerGuy
Karachi Kings (175/7) defeat Quetta Gladiators (119/9) by 56 runs in a one-sided encounter in Match 8 of PSL X
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The Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle
FearlessRoar
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Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan hit fifties as Pakistan reach 143/4 at the end of Day 1 of the first Test against West Indies
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