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There are doubts whether the India A team could perform as well in the 2nd innings as they did in the first innings. The team India A fell behind in the beginning and the team  Australia has advanced a lot. Looking at the condition of the team, it is easy to predict that Australia A will win this match. But it cannot be confirmed until the match is over. India A team has seen a batting disaster from the start and currently no one has been able to put up any big partnership in the 2nd innings or even get their own score cross 20 except Dhruv Jurel. If Dhruv Jurel and Nitish Kumar Reddy manage to score big then this match can only create a competitive situation. Although the chances are very low but anything is not impossible in cricket.
Yes India A is struggling in the 2nd innings after poor start. Australia A is ahead making it hard for India A to catch up. But cricket is unpredictable so India A still has hope. Their batting is worrisome except for Dhruv Jurel strong performance. For India A to recover Dhruv Jurel and Nitish Kumar Reddy must work together and score a lot. It is unlikely but cricket has seen amazing comebacks. Australia A is likely to win but do not count India A out yet. So let's see what they both will do? Because account to the current situation India A is leading with 65 runs and they have lost 5 wickets. So they have to try more if they will give a lead of 200+ runs so they can make a chance of win but it is looking little bit difficult.
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Today's match is between India A and Australia A.  In which I was seeing Australia A win.  India A's batsmen have scored only 161 runs which is a shame.  Their batsmen should have set a target of at least 300, which would have proved difficult for Australia A.  But the performance of the Australia A bowler was very high due to which he would start taking wickets and runs less when under pressure.  Australia A batsmen have scored 53 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 17 overs and their game will continue.  In which the game has been stopped due to stumps. But I have full hope that India A will lose this match.

Australia losing wickets in the early morning of the 2nd day and this makes it very difficult to predict as who will win this test match. Australia are 85 for 5 now and they still trail by 72 runs. All hopes for Australia now rest with Marcus Harris as he is only set batsman playing at 39. If he can play a big innings and other players give him a partnership, Australia may reach the Indian total, else they may go out early.

I think the key to this match is anyone from any team playing a big inning and that will take the game in their favor. I think even in the 2nd innings it will be low scoring totals from both teams.


In the first innings, Australia A team was able to score 223 runs against India A team, but India A team came down to bat in the first innings and got all out by scoring only 161 runs. As a result, India A team is far behind Australia A team and this is the reason why Australia team again invited India A team to bat. Where India could not do well against Australia in the second innings. At the end of the second day's play and in the second innings, India A team managed to score only 75 runs for 5 wickets. With only five wickets left in hand, if India are not able to form a big partnership from here then they will be all out in very few runs which will result in a very low target for Australia A in the second innings which will be a must win target for Australia A.
There are doubts whether the India A team could perform as well in the 2nd innings as they did in the first innings. The team India A fell behind in the beginning and the team  Australia has advanced a lot. Looking at the condition of the team, it is easy to predict that Australia A will win this match. But it cannot be confirmed until the match is over. India A team has seen a batting disaster from the start and currently no one has been able to put up any big partnership in the 2nd innings or even get their own score cross 20 except Dhruv Jurel. If Dhruv Jurel and Nitish Kumar Reddy manage to score big then this match can only create a competitive situation. Although the chances are very low but anything is not impossible in cricket.
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Today's match is between India A and Australia A.  In which I was seeing Australia A win.  India A's batsmen have scored only 161 runs which is a shame.  Their batsmen should have set a target of at least 300, which would have proved difficult for Australia A.  But the performance of the Australia A bowler was very high due to which he would start taking wickets and runs less when under pressure.  Australia A batsmen have scored 53 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 17 overs and their game will continue.  In which the game has been stopped due to stumps. But I have full hope that India A will lose this match.

Australia losing wickets in the early morning of the 2nd day and this makes it very difficult to predict as who will win this test match. Australia are 85 for 5 now and they still trail by 72 runs. All hopes for Australia now rest with Marcus Harris as he is only set batsman playing at 39. If he can play a big innings and other players give him a partnership, Australia may reach the Indian total, else they may go out early.

I think the key to this match is anyone from any team playing a big inning and that will take the game in their favor. I think even in the 2nd innings it will be low scoring totals from both teams.


In the first innings, Australia A team was able to score 223 runs against India A team, but India A team came down to bat in the first innings and got all out by scoring only 161 runs. As a result, India A team is far behind Australia A team and this is the reason why Australia team again invited India A team to bat. Where India could not do well against Australia in the second innings. At the end of the second day's play and in the second innings, India A team managed to score only 75 runs for 5 wickets. With only five wickets left in hand, if India are not able to form a big partnership from here then they will be all out in very few runs which will result in a very low target for Australia A in the second innings which will be a must win target for Australia A.
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2 nd day of unofficial test game was played today and in 1 st day Australia team dismissed all wickets of India A team in 1 st Inning and Indian A team grabbed only 161 runs in 31 overs and this was the worst effort of Indian A team and they played same like past game and they failed in this game and again they showed poor effort in 1 st turn. But they showed some better struggle in bowling and 2 nd day, Indian A bowlers took down all batsman of Australia team to 223 runs but Australia batsman effort is good than the effort of Indian A team. Both teams played their 1 st turn and 2 nd turn of Indian A team playing their turn and they grabbed 75 runs and they lost 5 wickets. I don't think that Indian A team will win this game and Dhruv and  Reddy are on pitch to play is they hold their wicket and will score good runs for team than they have some chance to beat Australia A team. But their chance to win is very very low.

The final match of the series between India A and Australian A teams is in progress and the first game has already been won by the Australia A and so far I am looking for Australia to win this last game because India has got the lead of just 11 runs that does not have any importance. With only 5 wickets left for the Indian team, i don't think they can make a big lead in this innings to give a tough target to the Australian A team.

However, if we look at the pitch then a little target is also sometimes valuable in the MCG ground, because there is very bad pitch condition for the batsmen. Not even a little bit of flat pitch is there that is why batsmen are struggling to play easily and they can't maintain a look at the wicket conditions. This may favour India if they get a bit of a reasonable lead.
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Not that New Zealand has won the only Test match against India. New Zealand toured India and played three consecutive Test matches against India in which India lost all three. It is natural to criticize such a performance by India as they had ample opportunity to turn around where they have always failed. It has been seen in every match that Indian batsmen can do well in the first innings but they fail in the second innings. New Zealand have won all three of these matches against India and have beaten India by huge margins in all three matches so this series is considered a historic one.
New Zealand is a dedicated and superior team which I witness for most of them.  Because it's because of their good sportsmanship that doesn't disappoint people.But there is no doubt that India is not weak. But New Zealand hard work defeated them in every match.  He has scored very few runs in his matches which has cost him the entire series.If India played with all their hard work and tried to play well, they could have taken down New Zealand.  But their batsmen were scoring less runs due to the fear of New Zealand.  Their bowling was too weak to hold New Zealand to victory.Although I sincerely hope that if the Indian batsmen can't do anything, their bowling is good enough to win the match. But nothing like that was seen in comparison to New Zealand.
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Given the unpredictable performance of India A, it is likely that India A will fail to do well against Australia A in this match as well. However, if India A's bowlers can prevent Australia A from scoring 108 runs tomorrow, then India A may have some opportunities. But the question here is, can India A make their bowling line-up suicidal? I think it is very important for India A to try hard to draw this series.
2 nd day of unofficial test game was played today and in 1 st day Australia team dismissed all wickets of India A team in 1 st Inning and Indian A team grabbed only 161 runs in 31 overs and this was the worst effort of Indian A team and they played same like past game and they failed in this game and again they showed poor effort in 1 st turn. But they showed some better struggle in bowling and 2 nd day, Indian A bowlers took down all batsman of Australia team to 223 runs but Australia batsman effort is good than the effort of Indian A team. Both teams played their 1 st turn and 2 nd turn of Indian A team playing their turn and they grabbed 75 runs and they lost 5 wickets. I don't think that Indian A team will win this game and Dhruv and  Reddy are on pitch to play is they hold their wicket and will score good runs for team than they have some chance to beat Australia A team. But their chance to win is very very low.
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Today's match is between India A and Australia A.  In which I was seeing Australia A win.  India A's batsmen have scored only 161 runs which is a shame.  Their batsmen should have set a target of at least 300, which would have proved difficult for Australia A.  But the performance of the Australia A bowler was very high due to which he would start taking wickets and runs less when under pressure.  Australia A batsmen have scored 53 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 17 overs and their game will continue.  In which the game has been stopped due to stumps. But I have full hope that India A will lose this match.

Australia losing wickets in the early morning of the 2nd day and this makes it very difficult to predict as who will win this test match. Australia are 85 for 5 now and they still trail by 72 runs. All hopes for Australia now rest with Marcus Harris as he is only set batsman playing at 39. If he can play a big innings and other players give him a partnership, Australia may reach the Indian total, else they may go out early.

I think the key to this match is anyone from any team playing a big inning and that will take the game in their favor. I think even in the 2nd innings it will be low scoring totals from both teams.

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The weakest point for India was their batting line-up while their batting line-up is better than the batting line-up of the strongest teams in the world. New Zealand is a strong team in all other formats, including Tests, but if Bangladesh or any other team had performed like this instead of India, things might have been accepted. But it is hard to accept that India have lost three consecutive Test matches on Indian soil. In the third match, India had many good chances to win but India failed to capitalize on those opportunities. If they had batted in T20 style with such a small target of runs, they might have won this match but they lost this match while playing against time.
Yes India loss in Test series at home was surprising. They have strong team that can bat well but they struggled against New Zealand. Losing three matches in row on their own soil is unexpected. New Zealand is strong team in many formats including Test cricket. However India performance was disappointing. In third match India had many chances to win but did not take them. If they had batted more aggressively like in T20 cricket they might have won. The target was small but India cautious approach led to defeat.
Not that New Zealand has won the only Test match against India. New Zealand toured India and played three consecutive Test matches against India in which India lost all three. It is natural to criticize such a performance by India as they had ample opportunity to turn around where they have always failed. It has been seen in every match that Indian batsmen can do well in the first innings but they fail in the second innings. New Zealand have won all three of these matches against India and have beaten India by huge margins in all three matches so this series is considered a historic one.
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Yes India loss in Test series at home was surprising. They have strong team that can bat well but they struggled against New Zealand. Losing three matches in row on their own soil is unexpected. New Zealand is strong team in many formats including Test cricket. However India performance was disappointing. In third match India had many chances to win but did not take them. If they had batted more aggressively like in T20 cricket they might have won. The target was small but India cautious approach led to defeat.

Not only the Indian national team but also their A team is struggling in batting these days. We have the 2nd and the final unofficial test match between India A and Australia A today. In this match, they have again failed in the batting and have made only 138 runs with 8 wickets down. They lost the previous test match too when they made only 107 runs in the first innings and today also they were having a hard time batting first.  I think they would have preferred to bat in the second but it was Australia A who chose to field first.

Where everyone failed in batting today, it is only Dhruv Jurel who is batting at 77 and is still playing. I doubt if he can complete his century as he is short of partners. Only two wickets are left.

Today was the first day of the second test match and so far both teams are going equal, the pitch is not so good for batting meanwhile good for the bowling that is why India has lost all their wickets early at the low score of 161 and now the India A team also doing well as they have picked 2 wickets when Australia reached to just 53 runs but I think Australia A will give the target of more than 250 because they can steady the game, I am pretty sure about this. Let's see what's going on and what more awesome things we find in this game of test before we see the India Australia test series.
Today's match is between India A and Australia A.  In which I was seeing Australia A win.  India A's batsmen have scored only 161 runs which is a shame.  Their batsmen should have set a target of at least 300, which would have proved difficult for Australia A.  But the performance of the Australia A bowler was very high due to which he would start taking wickets and runs less when under pressure.  Australia A batsmen have scored 53 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 17 overs and their game will continue.  In which the game has been stopped due to stumps. But I have full hope that India A will lose this match.
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Given the unpredictable performance of India A, it is likely that India A will fail to do well against Australia A in this match as well. However, if India A's bowlers can prevent Australia A from scoring 108 runs tomorrow, then India A may have some opportunities. But the question here is, can India A make their bowling line-up suicidal? I think it is very important for India A to try hard to draw this series.

I am still hoping good for the Indian A team because this is the pitch of Melbourne and some days before there was the match between Pakistan and Australia in which both teams were facing problems in batting because the pitch is totally made for bowling and now the pitch is exactly behaving or set whatever you would like to say as in Pakistan match.

The pitch is bowling pitch and if in this stage, India will perform amazing and good bowling, no one can beat them in this ground. Australia A vs India A, the match is in the pressure mode for both teams. Australia A may seem to be at some advantage at the current stage but things can change pretty quickly if India takes some quick wickets tomorrow early morning.
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After long wait second unofficial test match among India A squad against Australia A squad is begun today and previous first match was finished few days ago and in this match Australia A squad performance was unbelievable and they defeated against strong squad India A squad. First day of second test match was played today also first inning was finished by India A squad. Australian bowling inning performance was impressive in first day and they destroyed all batter of India A squad for only 161 scores. Just middle order batters succeeded to express their best strength and also build long inning. Dhruv Jurel single batter just collected 80 scores of total scores 161. If Indian A bowlers will deliver same performance like their batters them their squad will face very bad defeat because Australia A squad is in full form and have great chance to get victory in this match.

The last game was won by the Australia A team which is why still I am thinking that this time too Australia will get the win, India A have to improve their batting then I think there may be more chances for them to win the game but so far Australia is leading the game, it is the Australian home ground and they have played a lot of matches there, the biggest advantage is this and yeah Australia is in advantage. We can Australia has chased 40 percent of the target today and tomorrow I hope Australia will convert their trail into the lead. The Australia A team trail by 108 runs.

In the first innings of India, they have lost their back to back 4 wickets and after that one or two players came who made at least 30 scores each and then also lost their wickets, such an poor performance. I was surprised that KL Rahul, who is such a big name of the Indian cricket has out on 4 by the A team of Australia. It proves that it is very good choice to leave KL Rahul out of the Indian main squad, he is not a pro player any more, he is not a game changer any more for the Indians. KL Rahul is now history.
Given the unpredictable performance of India A, it is likely that India A will fail to do well against Australia A in this match as well. However, if India A's bowlers can prevent Australia A from scoring 108 runs tomorrow, then India A may have some opportunities. But the question here is, can India A make their bowling line-up suicidal? I think it is very important for India A to try hard to draw this series.
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Look, the Indian batting line-up is very strong but they could not perform consistently against New Zealand which resulted in a surprise Test series defeat by New Zealand. This is probably the first time I have seen Indian team lose three Test matches in a row against a team. In the third Test match between India and New Zealand, the Indian batsmen were unable to win despite a small target, mainly due to poor batting performances. The Indian team's top order batsmen and lower order batsmen performed worst in the third Test match. I was surprised by the batting performance of veteran Virat Kohli, who did not perform well in either of the two innings of the third Test match.
Indian batting lineup was strong now they are strong on papers as things are completely change in recent time they were on their lowest level in series against New Zealand at home their next two challenges are going to be more challenging them while they will visit Australia and England.

Even now their new generation players are facing problems to play spinners which is the biggest concern for them with pitches selection is also going against them suddenly while we will have good Indian team in all formats things are taking quick changes which are surely going to create problems for them for having better performance at home and away now it's time for them to bring changes into their domestic system because this will surely bring good changes for them in test format which is now biggest challenge for the selectors.
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After long wait second unofficial test match among India A squad against Australia A squad is begun today and previous first match was finished few days ago and in this match Australia A squad performance was unbelievable and they defeated against strong squad India A squad. First day of second test match was played today also first inning was finished by India A squad. Australian bowling inning performance was impressive in first day and they destroyed all batter of India A squad for only 161 scores. Just middle order batters succeeded to express their best strength and also build long inning. Dhruv Jurel single batter just collected 80 scores of total scores 161. If Indian A bowlers will deliver same performance like their batters them their squad will face very bad defeat because Australia A squad is in full form and have great chance to get victory in this match.

The last game was won by the Australia A team which is why still I am thinking that this time too Australia will get the win, India A have to improve their batting then I think there may be more chances for them to win the game but so far Australia is leading the game, it is the Australian home ground and they have played a lot of matches there, the biggest advantage is this and yeah Australia is in advantage. We can Australia has chased 40 percent of the target today and tomorrow I hope Australia will convert their trail into the lead. The Australia A team trail by 108 runs.

In the first innings of India, they have lost their back to back 4 wickets and after that one or two players came who made at least 30 scores each and then also lost their wickets, such an poor performance. I was surprised that KL Rahul, who is such a big name of the Indian cricket has out on 4 by the A team of Australia. It proves that it is very good choice to leave KL Rahul out of the Indian main squad, he is not a pro player any more, he is not a game changer any more for the Indians. KL Rahul is now history.
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Today was the first day of the second test match and so far both teams are going equal, the pitch is not so good for batting meanwhile good for the bowling that is why India has lost all their wickets early at the low score of 161 and now the India A team also doing well as they have picked 2 wickets when Australia reached to just 53 runs but I think Australia A will give the target of more than 250 because they can steady the game, I am pretty sure about this. Let's see what's going on and what more awesome things we find in this game of test before we see the India Australia test series.
After long wait second unofficial test match among India A squad against Australia A squad is begun today and previous first match was finished few days ago and in this match Australia A squad performance was unbelievable and they defeated against strong squad India A squad. First day of second test match was played today also first inning was finished by India A squad. Australian bowling inning performance was impressive in first day and they destroyed all batter of India A squad for only 161 scores. Just middle order batters succeeded to express their best strength and also build long inning. Dhruv Jurel single batter just collected 80 scores of total scores 161. If Indian A bowlers will deliver same performance like their batters them their squad will face very bad defeat because Australia A squad is in full form and have great chance to get victory in this match.
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The weakest point for India was their batting line-up while their batting line-up is better than the batting line-up of the strongest teams in the world. New Zealand is a strong team in all other formats, including Tests, but if Bangladesh or any other team had performed like this instead of India, things might have been accepted. But it is hard to accept that India have lost three consecutive Test matches on Indian soil. In the third match, India had many good chances to win but India failed to capitalize on those opportunities. If they had batted in T20 style with such a small target of runs, they might have won this match but they lost this match while playing against time.
Yes India loss in Test series at home was surprising. They have strong team that can bat well but they struggled against New Zealand. Losing three matches in row on their own soil is unexpected. New Zealand is strong team in many formats including Test cricket. However India performance was disappointing. In third match India had many chances to win but did not take them. If they had batted more aggressively like in T20 cricket they might have won. The target was small but India cautious approach led to defeat.
Look, the Indian batting line-up is very strong but they could not perform consistently against New Zealand which resulted in a surprise Test series defeat by New Zealand. This is probably the first time I have seen Indian team lose three Test matches in a row against a team. In the third Test match between India and New Zealand, the Indian batsmen were unable to win despite a small target, mainly due to poor batting performances. The Indian team's top order batsmen and lower order batsmen performed worst in the third Test match. I was surprised by the batting performance of veteran Virat Kohli, who did not perform well in either of the two innings of the third Test match.

Both the Indian batting line and the bowling line are good but they are really sad for them on their home ground against New Zealand. Moreover, they have not won a single match out of the three matches, which is surprising, but they have lost at home. Here I will say that the problem in India was mainly the bowling problem, due to which the New Zealand team had a good bowling line, due to which India was able to easily control them. India was not able to meet the small target in the 3rd Test match, which is even more painful for them. Basically, I think this match was unfortunate for India and fortunate for New Zealand. Basically, the experienced batsmen also did not perform well in this Test match, besides, the bowling line did not do so well. Overall, I think there are a lot of mistakes in India's game. However, Virat Kohli is not doing well in the commentary and now he is batting with frustration in every match, due to which he is not able to score good scores for the team.
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The weakest point for India was their batting line-up while their batting line-up is better than the batting line-up of the strongest teams in the world. New Zealand is a strong team in all other formats, including Tests, but if Bangladesh or any other team had performed like this instead of India, things might have been accepted. But it is hard to accept that India have lost three consecutive Test matches on Indian soil. In the third match, India had many good chances to win but India failed to capitalize on those opportunities. If they had batted in T20 style with such a small target of runs, they might have won this match but they lost this match while playing against time.
Yes India loss in Test series at home was surprising. They have strong team that can bat well but they struggled against New Zealand. Losing three matches in row on their own soil is unexpected. New Zealand is strong team in many formats including Test cricket. However India performance was disappointing. In third match India had many chances to win but did not take them. If they had batted more aggressively like in T20 cricket they might have won. The target was small but India cautious approach led to defeat.
Look, the Indian batting line-up is very strong but they could not perform consistently against New Zealand which resulted in a surprise Test series defeat by New Zealand. This is probably the first time I have seen Indian team lose three Test matches in a row against a team. In the third Test match between India and New Zealand, the Indian batsmen were unable to win despite a small target, mainly due to poor batting performances. The Indian team's top order batsmen and lower order batsmen performed worst in the third Test match. I was surprised by the batting performance of veteran Virat Kohli, who did not perform well in either of the two innings of the third Test match.
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Yes India loss in Test series at home was surprising. They have strong team that can bat well but they struggled against New Zealand. Losing three matches in row on their own soil is unexpected. New Zealand is strong team in many formats including Test cricket. However India performance was disappointing. In third match India had many chances to win but did not take them. If they had batted more aggressively like in T20 cricket they might have won. The target was small but India cautious approach led to defeat.

Not only the Indian national team but also their A team is struggling in batting these days. We have the 2nd and the final unofficial test match between India A and Australia A today. In this match, they have again failed in the batting and have made only 138 runs with 8 wickets down. They lost the previous test match too when they made only 107 runs in the first innings and today also they were having a hard time batting first.  I think they would have preferred to bat in the second but it was Australia A who chose to field first.

Where everyone failed in batting today, it is only Dhruv Jurel who is batting at 77 and is still playing. I doubt if he can complete his century as he is short of partners. Only two wickets are left.

Today was the first day of the second test match and so far both teams are going equal, the pitch is not so good for batting meanwhile good for the bowling that is why India has lost all their wickets early at the low score of 161 and now the India A team also doing well as they have picked 2 wickets when Australia reached to just 53 runs but I think Australia A will give the target of more than 250 because they can steady the game, I am pretty sure about this. Let's see what's going on and what more awesome things we find in this game of test before we see the India Australia test series.
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Yes India loss in Test series at home was surprising. They have strong team that can bat well but they struggled against New Zealand. Losing three matches in row on their own soil is unexpected. New Zealand is strong team in many formats including Test cricket. However India performance was disappointing. In third match India had many chances to win but did not take them. If they had batted more aggressively like in T20 cricket they might have won. The target was small but India cautious approach led to defeat.

Not only the Indian national team but also their A team is struggling in batting these days. We have the 2nd and the final unofficial test match between India A and Australia A today. In this match, they have again failed in the batting and have made only 138 runs with 8 wickets down. They lost the previous test match too when they made only 107 runs in the first innings and today also they were having a hard time batting first.  I think they would have preferred to bat in the second but it was Australia A who chose to field first.

Where everyone failed in batting today, it is only Dhruv Jurel who is batting at 77 and is still playing. I doubt if he can complete his century as he is short of partners. Only two wickets are left.
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The weakest point for India was their batting line-up while their batting line-up is better than the batting line-up of the strongest teams in the world. New Zealand is a strong team in all other formats, including Tests, but if Bangladesh or any other team had performed like this instead of India, things might have been accepted. But it is hard to accept that India have lost three consecutive Test matches on Indian soil. In the third match, India had many good chances to win but India failed to capitalize on those opportunities. If they had batted in T20 style with such a small target of runs, they might have won this match but they lost this match while playing against time.
Yes India loss in Test series at home was surprising. They have strong team that can bat well but they struggled against New Zealand. Losing three matches in row on their own soil is unexpected. New Zealand is strong team in many formats including Test cricket. However India performance was disappointing. In third match India had many chances to win but did not take them. If they had batted more aggressively like in T20 cricket they might have won. The target was small but India cautious approach led to defeat.
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Rishabh Pant didn't batted comfortably. If he had settled in, and batted for a few hours, then we could agree on that. But he came with his guns blazing and was trying to smash each and every ball out of the park. Luck was on his side and he managed to survive for 57 balls. But then, I would not say that he was comfortable out there. The pitch was not suitable for international cricket, and there is no doubt regarding this. It gave the spinners an undue advantage. The only difference this time was that it backfired on the Indians as Mitchell Santner and Ajax Patel roasted them.
Yes you are right Rishabh Pant batting style was very aggressive but it did not look like he was comfortable. He tried to hit every ball as far as possible depending on luck instead of playing carefully. Even though he managed to stay in for 57 balls it was clear he was struggling. Condition of pitch was not good enough for international cricket. It helped spin bowlers too much. Usually this would help India but surprisingly Mitchell Santner and Axar Patel used spin to India disadvantage. Pant batting plan and pitch conditions together led to unexpected result.
Yes ,you are right. Pant was the only person who played well from Indian side . He played well in both innings and made half centuries in both innings.  Shubman Gill played excellent in first inning and he made 90 runs which made made some interesting but after that Indian bowlers could not perform well and also Indian team did not play well in second inning and all team out by making only 121 runs. Rishab Pant made 60 runs in 59 balls and Sunder made 38 runs in 36 balls . But performance of all team of India was poor in second inning except Pant.Virat Kohli made only 5 runs in two innings of this match and Indian fans had great expectations from that player and that player will do well in next matches,that is expected.
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