West Indies vs India | 2nd Test | Bridgetown | June 28-Jul 02 2011

[Bhaijaan]

Rock solid defence

 

[Bhaijaan]

Class shot for just 2 runs, very slow outfield

 

[ace58]

They should just bat out 50-60 overs. Too risky to go for the kill with this batting line up.

 

[Bhaijaan]

dravid is

bring in bhajji now

 

[Bhaijaan]

Take that

Kohli

 

[Bhaijaan]

follow your instincts kid, go for your shots

 

[skittles]

THATS what I want to see from Kohli. This should be a fun

 

[Bhaijaan]

what a shot that was, superb

 

[KFC_Zinger]

yaar draw ke liye na khelo

 

[Bhaijaan]

very slow out field,

 

[KFC_Zinger]

Bishoo used to land it perfectly before Raina and Bhajji went after him.....Tony cozier

) ) ) )

 

[pun500]

common be more aggressive

 

[Bhaijaan]

:4 laxman

 

[Bhaijaan]

Lead over 200 now

 

[skittles]

We will declare when VVS gets the 100 he should have had in the first innings

 

[Bhaijaan]

50 for Laxman as well

 

[pun500]

now is the time last hour before stumps, bright sunshine , tired bowlers, lead over 200 in rem 15 odd overs time to go fast and get the lead to 260-270 once we reach 300 we are done

 

[skittles]

^ There are 19 overs left, RR in last 10 has been 3.8 rpo. If we keep up the same RR, we should get another 70-80 runs easy, lead of 270-280.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Some good test match cricket here. Ball reversing.

 

[pun500]

^ There are 19 overs left, RR in last 10 has been 3.8 rpo. If we keep up the same RR, we should get another 70-80 runs easy, lead of 270-280.

not 19 light will fade + slow over rate

 

[Bhaijaan]

Lead 211

I think we have enough

 

[skittles]

not 19 light will fade + slow over rate

chiiiillll maaaan....we should get close to that many..pretty clear skies. new ball soon!

 

[Statsman]

not enough yet FC

some 10 overs of slogging will help here, 50-60 runs more and 270 is near impossible for the Windies on Day 5...

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ball of the match :4

 

[mithun_minhas]

That Fazeer Mohammed guy is very critical of West Indies cricket. I think he is not able to accept the fact that Windies cricket is trash now.

 

[pun500]

240 ahead need another 70-80 in quicktime and we can declare

 

[wasi90lk]

this test should be a draw, unless west indies collapses.

 

[SameerP]

That Fazeer Mohammed guy is very critical of West Indies cricket. I think he is not able to accept the fact that Windies cricket is trash now.

lol I thought he was Indian? This is the first time I heard him commentating. Anyway I don't think anyone will like the fact that their team goes on from dominating cricket for decades to being one of the worst

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Draw written all over it, approach was too slow.

 

[AlizeeFan]

I think India played bit slow yesterday. Had they added another 50 runs with even by giving away 2-3 wickets more, they might have thought about declaring. Anyways today India should bat for an hour and try to score 70+ runs and then declare after that. They might get 60-70 overs in the rest of the day. Let us see what happens.

 

[anshu1]

India could have won the match had they batted fast and declared in the last session yesterday..This will be a draw.

 

[kashmiri_lad]

I don't think India played too slow..
If you go by the last three Indian innings of this series, apart from Dravid, Laxman and Raina, no batsman has scored and on top of that there have been collapses...
So, if India would have upped the rate and in process lost couple of wickets, India would have been shot for a below par score...
This way they cannot lose this match...and since we have an hour of early start today, India can go all out and get those 60-70 runs...and they have full three sessions..
If they are not able to get the Windies in three sessions then they don't deserve to win...
So, there you go....

 

[anshu1]

No dude, expecting a team to wrap up in 3 sessions is asking for too much. A side with 5 bowlers may also find it not the easiest. Effectively we are playing with just 2 bowlers, Ishant and praveen..Lets hope some magic happens today...WI batsmen are quite capable of getting themselves out though, so I am pinning my hope on them )

 

[kashmiri_lad]

No dude, expecting a team to wrap up in 3 sessions is asking for too much. A side with 5 bowlers may also find it not the easiest. Effectively we are playing with just 2 bowlers, Ishant and praveen..Lets hope some magic happens today...WI batsmen are quite capable of getting themselves out though, so I am pinning my hope on them )

Yeah..But expecting them to score quickly yesterday was not advisable IMO...Could have back fired for us...
Also, since its a Windies line up..and that too...last day..
If DHONI can keep the pressure right from the start and not worry about the score till lets say end of Second Session, then at least we would be happy that INDIA did their bit...Rest all luck

 

[Bhaijaan]

Best batting performance of the series

 

[Badsha]

Draw.

 

[cricketfanfirst]

I don't think India played too slow..
If you go by the last three Indian innings of this series, apart from Dravid, Laxman and Raina, no batsman has scored and on top of that there have been collapses...
So, if India would have upped the rate and in process lost couple of wickets, India would have been shot for a below par score...
This way they cannot lose this match...and since we have an hour of early start today, India can go all out and get those 60-70 runs...and they have full three sessions..
If they are not able to get the Windies in three sessions then they don't deserve to win...
So, there you go....

Yes, good observation. We have seen few times in the past, how India folded up meekly in the last innings, so it was better to go with the cautious approach, since we already are up in the series.

Today, we would need quick 60 runs or so in 45 mts to 1 hour and declare it and let's try our best to wrap WI, though it would be difficult to achieve

 

[Bhaijaan]

The first thing we want today is no rain

 

[Fireworks11]

Declare over night. Back yourself to win.

 

[cricketfanfirst]

The first thing we want today is no rain

The weather forecast for today is good and hopefully it sticks to the forecast.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Kohli is out of test team

 

[Bhaijaan]

Laxman should be told to get his ton soon, the moment that happens -DECLARE

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Yes, score fast and try for a good fight man...look for a victory...

 

[Bhaijaan]

Laxman is just so much better than these youngsters :/

Why do people talk abour retirments

 

[Bhaijaan]

Sacrificed his wicket

what a man

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Hard luck for laxman BUT now we need to play fast...Atleast try for a victory.

 

[cricketfanfirst]

MS is showing intent, good to see...Even, if we get all out for another 25 to 35 runs or so, it would be a teasing one for WI...

 

[sazz]

Hi everyone,

Looks like the match will end in a draw.

 

[pun500]

bhajji should have been sent in

 

[Bhaijaan]

Dhoni out

 

[sazz]

Chalo Dhoni bhayiya out.

 

[sazz]

5 wicket haul for Edwards.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Hook from Bhajji

:4 beast

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Koi baat nahin...jaldi se runs marna chahiye aur delcare karna chahiye....Try for a victory atleast...WI is no way going to score round 300 runs in 80 overs today (atleast highly unlikely any).

 

[pun500]

yea we need 300 thats it raina better man up and throw his bat too

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Hook from Bhajji

:4 beast

come on F_C, u r underestimating our smasher..... He will bring some fun while he lasts...

 

[Bhaijaan]

what an attempt that was from bhajji LMAO )

 

[Bhaijaan]

come on F_C, u r underestimating our smasher..... He will bring some fun while he lasts...

I love his batting

 

[Bhaijaan]

Not enogh runs this morning :/

 

[Bhaijaan]

:4 Raina

 

[Bhaijaan]

Love it when commies call it IPL mode when our youngies play their shots

 

[AlizeeFan]

Not enogh runs this morning :/

I want to see Indian team leaving at least 75 overs for WI. That will make match interesting and then only we can get a result.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bhajji kaise shot maar rahe ho

 

[shahidafridi123]

declared

 

[Bhaijaan]

Brave declaration this

Like

 

[shahidafridi123]

Windies need 281 to win

 

[Bhaijaan]

I want to see Indian team leaving at least 75 overs for WI. That will make match interesting and then only we can get a result.

So we a minimum 85 overs to bowl out the Windies

 

[AlizeeFan]

Oh my, that was unexpected. Declaring at 280. Well if they wanted to declare at this time, then should have tried to score quickly earlier.

Anyways, good decision. WI will certainly feel that they can win this match, if they manage to play whole day.

Is it the first time when India declared with a lead less than 300?

 

[Bhaijaan]

I haven't seen such an attacking declaration from India before. Well done

 

[shahidafridi123]

So we a minimum 85 overs to bowl out the Windies

Last innings Windies were all out in 73.5 overs.

 

[Bhaijaan]

WI will be in confusion now as this isn't at all an impossible tasl

 

[AlizeeFan]

I haven't seen such an attacking declaration from India before. Well done

Are you watching the match words on cricinfo?

 

[cricketfanfirst]

It is a sporting declaration. WI, is given a teasing target....

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

Is today last day?

 

[shahidafridi123]

Last ball of the innings, Windies need 2, Bishoo takes a single to reach his maiden century

 

[shahidafridi123]

Is today last day?

Yup

 

[AlizeeFan]

Last ball of the innings, Windies need 2, Bishoo takes a single to reach his maiden century

jaja, pahle last ball to Sachin ka sapna dekhte the aur ab Bishoo. Batting standard gir raha hai aap logon ka

 

[Fireworks11]

Laud MSD for the decleration. Love it. That's the spirit.

: "Always play to win, never for a draw....losing doesn't matter"

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

Why the hell they were playing slow then 269 in 102 overs

 

[KingKhanWC]

Windies should go after this target. You never know.