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India lost not because Bumrah was not in the squad. India lost because of their poor batting. The team scored only 185 runs in the first innings. India's batting was even weaker in the second innings. India managed to score only 157 runs in the second innings. India could only give a target of 162 runs. It is very difficult to win against such a small target. So I don't think India could have done very well even with Bumrah in the squad in the second innings. The irregular performance of the batsmen is the main reason for India's defeat.

India had lost the series in one of the worst possible ways and yes, the reason for this loss is the Indian batting. In the first test game, Australia was close but India achieved the victory and celebrated it but it was their first and the last celebration in this series. After that, India played a tour match and won it. They were confident for the next second game in which Australia won it so easily even at the last innings Australia had to make 19 score. In the third game unexpected rain arrived, the match was drawn. In the fourth & fifth game, Australia won both of the matches with huge run rate that resulted in the series win.
Australia first reduced India by 4 runs i.e. India were all out for 185 runs but Australia were all out for 181 runs. But India fared worse in their second innings than the first innings, getting bowled out for 157 runs. If India could have performed better in the second innings, the match could have changed the momentum but Australia's bowling department did not allow India to do that. That is, India's bowling and batting have performed so badly in both sections that India could not show any achievements worth mentioning in this Test.

Talking about Pakistan, they did worse where South Africa were bowled out for 615 runs while Pakistan lost 6 wickets for 155 runs.
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Pakistan is batting already with the loss of 3 wickets. Another problem for the Pakistan team is that they lost one of the best players ever who can be a special option in all formats, the one and the only Saim Ayub. In the South Africa innings, he was injured while fielding and could not even stand in the ground. Then the player took him and then he went upstairs with the help of a chair. I hope he will be fine in the next few days. However, Shan Masood who is the captain did not score too and right now Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are batting and this is the crucial partnership from Pakistan team point of view.
On third day of second test match's first session completely belongs to South Africa which already put 615 runs on board and now putting Pakistan on their place with 155 for 6 all top order gone and Saim Ayub is already out with knee injury look like we will be having huge defeat for Pakistan which could be having no lesson for them as recently they are having worst results in test and T20i just ODI matches giving them some honourable results.

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan having good start, but we see well spirited bowling from South Africans with Kwena Maphaka took his first wicket when give catch to Verreynne currently Pakistan trailing by 460 runs most chances we will have an inning defeat for them with huge margin they can't achieve this target in two innings.
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One of the great comebacks we have watch in second test between Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan while visitors trailing by 14 runs as their 5 top order batsmen gone back then we have two best innings from them with Rahmat Shah 139 and debutant Ismat Alam 101 give huge lead to them and now have fair chance of winning this test and series as well Blessing Muzarabani having first 5 wicket haul in test matches as well with career best figures of 6 for 95.



Now in short time, we will have chase started by Zimbabwe things are going to be not easy but still we will be having entertaining end of this second test after having poor and bore end of first test match now winning target is 278 for Zimbabwe.
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India lost not because Bumrah was not in the squad. India lost because of their poor batting. The team scored only 185 runs in the first innings. India's batting was even weaker in the second innings. India managed to score only 157 runs in the second innings. India could only give a target of 162 runs. It is very difficult to win against such a small target. So I don't think India could have done very well even with Bumrah in the squad in the second innings. The irregular performance of the batsmen is the main reason for India's defeat.

India had lost the series in one of the worst possible ways and yes, the reason for this loss is the Indian batting. In the first test game, Australia was close but India achieved the victory and celebrated it but it was their first and the last celebration in this series. After that, India played a tour match and won it. They were confident for the next second game in which Australia won it so easily even at the last innings Australia had to make 19 score. In the third game unexpected rain arrived, the match was drawn. In the fourth & fifth game, Australia won both of the matches with huge run rate that resulted in the series win.
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Pakistan can somehow score 400 then that would be a big achievement for them.
Yes. I agree with you. If Pakistan collects 400+ runs then it will be the biggest achievement for Pakistan. On the other hand, On day 3 Afganistan couldn't perform well from the beginning but a few times later Rahamat Shah earned 139 runs from 275 balls and Afganistan collected 291/7. And the total lead for Afganistan is 205 runs. I hope Afghanistan left the innings from 250+ runs.

Pakistan lost the first three wickets very quickly. And these three are the most experienced and important players in the Pakistan squad. But Pakistan team does not get a better performance from them.

Pakistan played very well in the fourth wicket partnership. Pakistan lost their third wicket for 20 runs and their fourth wicket for 118 runs. Babar Azam got out after scoring 58 runs. Rizwan is still unbeaten with 42 runs. Pakistan's total is 4 wickets for 132 runs. Pakistan is behind by 483 runs. Rizwan, Agha Salman, Amer Jamal and Saim Ayub have the ability to play big innings. However, the performance of each of Pakistan's batsmen is very erratic. I will not be surprised if Pakistan loses all its wickets before 200, even if Pakistan collects 400+, it will not be surprising. It is impossible to give a prediction about the batting of this team's batsmen.
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Bumrah's absence sucked so bad, knew there was no chance India will be able to defend such low total without him, even with him possibly. This was just bad day to watch.

Now, on WTC finalists Australia vs SA, I'll be cheering for South Africa, Aussies are so good, it's good to see them defeated.

The consolation part is Burmah got the man of the series and he deserved it for his all in effort.

Some serious changes needed in the red ball format from now on which I am not saying Rohit and Kohli should retire but they should claim their spot from now on based on the merits not based on the star player fame.

And now they think about dropping Pujara and Rahane, the story would have been different if someone able to hold one side which will allowed the hitters to play better.

Let's see how things gonna change in this 2025.
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Bumrah's absence sucked so bad, knew there was no chance India will be able to defend such low total without him, even with him possibly. This was just bad day to watch.

India lost not because Bumrah was not in the squad. India lost because of their poor batting. The team scored only 185 runs in the first innings. India's batting was even weaker in the second innings. India managed to score only 157 runs in the second innings. India could only give a target of 162 runs. It is very difficult to win against such a small target. So I don't think India could have done very well even with Bumrah in the squad in the second innings. The irregular performance of the batsmen is the main reason for India's defeat.


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Now, on WTC finalists Australia vs SA, I'll be cheering for South Africa, Aussies are so good, it's good to see them defeated.

I had high expectations from India in this series against Australia. But India played very badly in this series. India won the first match of the series by a huge margin of 295 runs. But we saw poor performance from India in every match after that. The third match was delayed due to rain. So it was good that we were able to draw the match. Otherwise, India would have lost this match too. Australia and South Africa will face each other in the WTC final. South Africa is also a very strong team. I am looking forward to seeing a competitive match.
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Australia absolutely decimated the Indians in this edition of the BGT series and it was fitting to see Allen Border himself hand over the trophy to Cummins who is easily one of the best captains of all time.

On the other hand, South Africa are eating Pakistan for breakfast in the second test and I am excited to see them play against the Aussies in the WTC final later this year.
Yes, of course, Pat Cummins was a successful captain for Australia, especially under his leadership, they won the ODI World Cup and the BGT series. Moreover, it 100% confirmed the possibility of qualifying for the finals at the WTC.
Pakistan fans are finding it hard to accept that Pakistan will perform so poorly in bowling in the second Test. Pakistan's batting suffered a huge setback in the beginning of their innings, resulting in the team being completely devastated after losing three wickets for 20 runs. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are now trying to pull the team out of that disastrous situation.

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Australia absolutely decimated the Indians in this edition of the BGT series and it was fitting to see Allen Border himself hand over the trophy to Cummins who is easily one of the best captains of all time.

On the other hand, South Africa are eating Pakistan for breakfast in the second test and I am excited to see them play against the Aussies in the WTC final later this year.
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I don't think this pitch in Cape Town is bowling friendly. South Africa batted well on this pitch. Ryan Rickelton played a memorable innings of 259 runs. Temba Bavuma and Kyle Verreynne both scored centuries. As a result, South Africa managed to score a huge 615 runs. But looking at Pakistan's batting, it doesn't look like they will be able to score even 300 runs.

Even though the pitch is batting-friendly but still what an innings by South Africa. Three centuries by three different players. Ryan Rickelton
scored 259, which was an outstanding performance, but I think it would give much advantage to the team because they scored high and there is no pressure on bowlers. Temba Bavuma, who is the captain also scored a greatest century. Also a good  and important innings by Kyle Verreynne who made a proper 100. I think South Africa wouldn't need to bat again after making 615 in the first innings.  Smiley
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Pakistan in terrible position in second test. South African batsmen scored runs freely while the Pakistani bowlers were helplessly watching them scoring runs. Seems like South Africa will win this test too and march towards WTC final by doing a whitewash in this test series. The only hope left for Pakistan is Babar and Rizwan, if they both can score runs then Pakistan might avoid follow-on and draw the test. Keeping in view the present form of Babar Azam, it seems difficult that he will score some runs at this critical time. 

Pakistan is batting already with the loss of 3 wickets. Another problem for the Pakistan team is that they lost one of the best players ever who can be a special option in all formats, the one and the only Saim Ayub. In the South Africa innings, he was injured while fielding and could not even stand in the ground. Then the player took him and then he went upstairs with the help of a chair. I hope he will be fine in the next few days. However, Shan Masood who is the captain did not score too and right now Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are batting and this is the crucial partnership from Pakistan team point of view.

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Bumrah's absence sucked so bad, knew there was no chance India will be able to defend such low total without him, even with him possibly. This was just bad day to watch.

Now, on WTC finalists Australia vs SA, I'll be cheering for South Africa, Aussies are so good, it's good to see them defeated.
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India outstanding comeback in bowling was that they all out Australia at 181 runs and started their second inning with just 4-run lead. At the end of day 2, India lost 6 wickets at just 141 runs and led by 145 runs. Beau Webster debut player played an outclassed inning of 57 runs and reached team score to 180 runs. India's bowling performance was amazing. Prasidh Krishna picked three wickets in the first inning by giving only 42 runs, and Muhammad Siraj also picked the three crucial wickets and assisted India in bowling out Australia at 181 runs. India's batting line collapsed at 78 runs in a loss of 4 main wickets, and it was very difficult for them to cross the 200-run target in this test match. Australia is the favorite now to win the match if they restrict India to under 190 runs in the second inning of a test match.

India did not make good scores in both innings and this time too they are likely to lose the match but their bowling is also good as they bowled the Aussies at only 181.

It is the last match of this series and such an important game for India to win it becasue it helps them to draw the series and save them from the loss of the series. However, only a miracle can save India in this position. Australia clearly are looking stronger here.

India team performed badly in both batting and bowling, despite their efforts in this match, they failed. Because in the second innings, India team was helpless with only two bowlers, Boland and Pat Cummins, these two bowlers collected 9 wickets. But Australia team did a lot better in batting performance and Australia team won by losing only 4 wickets, this is the biggest failure for India team.
 In this whole innings, Australia team did the best and most important batting performance, India team lost this match due to the poor performance of the attacking batsmen of India team.


In the 5th match, although India batted a little better at the beginning, their batting and bowling were both bad later on. The Indian team lost the match against Australia due to bad batting and bowling, this is definitely a big failure for them. The Australian team performed well due to which they won the series. It was really interesting and the match was very aggressive. Cummins and Boland both had excellent bowling, they really succeeded in putting India under pressure very easily and India lost due to their failure in batting. Australia won the match by losing four wickets and getting 6 wickets, in short, the batting and bowling of the Australian team was excellent due to which they were able to win the series.

Agreed! The Indian batting and bowling lines are so bad. Australia beat India. It's a big failure for the Indian Cricket Team. Australia vs India, 5th Test at Sydney. India started batting first then the delivery their worst playing in 1st innings. They only collect 185 runs from all wickets. For the cheassing this figure Australia reach only 181 runs from all out. In the 3rd innings, India pick 157 runs from all out. For chasing this dream figure Australia easily touched it only left 4 wickets. In the ending innings, Travis Head and Beau Webster's combination of delivery won the toffee. I think this pitch is a bowling pitch. Congratulations to the victory team.
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I was looking at the test bowling averages for Indian bowlers:

Jasprit Bumrah: 19.42
Mohammed Siraj: 30.87
Prasidh Krishna: 26.00
Mohammed Shami: 27.71
Shardul Thakur: 28.38
Ravindra Jadeja: 24.10
Ravichandran Ashwin: 24.00
Washington Sundar: 25.20
Mukesh Kumar: 25.57
 
Out of these bowlers, Siraj is the only one with a >30 average. I am not sure how he is able to find an automatic spot in the playing XI every time. Perhaps close relations with Kohli and Rohit helps.
Fans hate Siraj due to his overboard antics but IMO these stats are misleading because they indicate career average and not Australia specific stats.

Bumrah is one of the greatest bowlers to play cricket. Siraj has a better run in Australia than Shami. Krishna and Mukesh are new and comparison with Thakur Saab is not good because Thakur was all rounder and can't bowl 30-35 overs in a match or long spell in 4-5 test match series.

You need a workhorse for this, very few bowlers are cut for such a workload. That's why Siraj gets a seat in the squad, Shami is also a workhorse and in the upcoming lot, the likes of Akasdeep and Mukesh fit the bill (Krishna is fragile)

Comparison with Jaddu, Ash and Sundar is not a fair argument because Spinners had no role in this series. Even Lyon didn't get to ball 50-60 overs in total by playing 5 test match series.

PS: We needed a Pujara badly and Shami ( outdue to injury) and also golden arm of Lord Thakur.
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India outstanding comeback in bowling was that they all out Australia at 181 runs and started their second inning with just 4-run lead. At the end of day 2, India lost 6 wickets at just 141 runs and led by 145 runs. Beau Webster debut player played an outclassed inning of 57 runs and reached team score to 180 runs. India's bowling performance was amazing. Prasidh Krishna picked three wickets in the first inning by giving only 42 runs, and Muhammad Siraj also picked the three crucial wickets and assisted India in bowling out Australia at 181 runs. India's batting line collapsed at 78 runs in a loss of 4 main wickets, and it was very difficult for them to cross the 200-run target in this test match. Australia is the favorite now to win the match if they restrict India to under 190 runs in the second inning of a test match.

India did not make good scores in both innings and this time too they are likely to lose the match but their bowling is also good as they bowled the Aussies at only 181.

It is the last match of this series and such an important game for India to win it becasue it helps them to draw the series and save them from the loss of the series. However, only a miracle can save India in this position. Australia clearly are looking stronger here.

India team performed badly in both batting and bowling, despite their efforts in this match, they failed. Because in the second innings, India team was helpless with only two bowlers, Boland and Pat Cummins, these two bowlers collected 9 wickets. But Australia team did a lot better in batting performance and Australia team won by losing only 4 wickets, this is the biggest failure for India team.
 In this whole innings, Australia team did the best and most important batting performance, India team lost this match due to the poor performance of the attacking batsmen of India team.


In the 5th match, although India batted a little better at the beginning, their batting and bowling were both bad later on. The Indian team lost the match against Australia due to bad batting and bowling, this is definitely a big failure for them. The Australian team performed well due to which they won the series. It was really interesting and the match was very aggressive. Cummins and Boland both had excellent bowling, they really succeeded in putting India under pressure very easily and India lost due to their failure in batting. Australia won the match by losing four wickets and getting 6 wickets, in short, the batting and bowling of the Australian team was excellent due to which they were able to win the series.
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India outstanding comeback in bowling was that they all out Australia at 181 runs and started their second inning with just 4-run lead. At the end of day 2, India lost 6 wickets at just 141 runs and led by 145 runs. Beau Webster debut player played an outclassed inning of 57 runs and reached team score to 180 runs. India's bowling performance was amazing. Prasidh Krishna picked three wickets in the first inning by giving only 42 runs, and Muhammad Siraj also picked the three crucial wickets and assisted India in bowling out Australia at 181 runs. India's batting line collapsed at 78 runs in a loss of 4 main wickets, and it was very difficult for them to cross the 200-run target in this test match. Australia is the favorite now to win the match if they restrict India to under 190 runs in the second inning of a test match.

India did not make good scores in both innings and this time too they are likely to lose the match but their bowling is also good as they bowled the Aussies at only 181.

It is the last match of this series and such an important game for India to win it becasue it helps them to draw the series and save them from the loss of the series. However, only a miracle can save India in this position. Australia clearly are looking stronger here.

India team performed badly in both batting and bowling, despite their efforts in this match, they failed. Because in the second innings, India team was helpless with only two bowlers, Boland and Pat Cummins, these two bowlers collected 9 wickets. But Australia team did a lot better in batting performance and Australia team won by losing only 4 wickets, this is the biggest failure for India team.
 In this whole innings, Australia team did the best and most important batting performance, India team lost this match due to the poor performance of the attacking batsmen of India team.

India eliminated from the Test Championship after losing the Test series to Australia and this was a big blow for them. Due to injuries, Bumrah could not bowl well and other bowlers could not bowl well. Not only bowling, but also batting did not show good performance. India, who won the toss and elected to bat, scored only 185 runs in the first innings and lost all their wickets. The Australian team also did not bat well in reply and lost all their wickets for only 181 runs. The second innings was even more disappointing for India as they scored only 157 runs which became an easy target for Australia.

I was disappointed with the batting of both the teams and the low runs in the Tests, there was not much excitement in the game, although this win has secured a place in the final of the Test Championship to be held in June for Australia. Australia's opponent in the Test Championship is South Africa and it is expected that both the teams will have a great fight to win.
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India outstanding comeback in bowling was that they all out Australia at 181 runs and started their second inning with just 4-run lead. At the end of day 2, India lost 6 wickets at just 141 runs and led by 145 runs. Beau Webster debut player played an outclassed inning of 57 runs and reached team score to 180 runs. India's bowling performance was amazing. Prasidh Krishna picked three wickets in the first inning by giving only 42 runs, and Muhammad Siraj also picked the three crucial wickets and assisted India in bowling out Australia at 181 runs. India's batting line collapsed at 78 runs in a loss of 4 main wickets, and it was very difficult for them to cross the 200-run target in this test match. Australia is the favorite now to win the match if they restrict India to under 190 runs in the second inning of a test match.

India did not make good scores in both innings and this time too they are likely to lose the match but their bowling is also good as they bowled the Aussies at only 181.

It is the last match of this series and such an important game for India to win it becasue it helps them to draw the series and save them from the loss of the series. However, only a miracle can save India in this position. Australia clearly are looking stronger here.

India team performed badly in both batting and bowling, despite their efforts in this match, they failed. Because in the second innings, India team was helpless with only two bowlers, Boland and Pat Cummins, these two bowlers collected 9 wickets. But Australia team did a lot better in batting performance and Australia team won by losing only 4 wickets, this is the biggest failure for India team.
 In this whole innings, Australia team did the best and most important batting performance, India team lost this match due to the poor performance of the attacking batsmen of India team.
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I was looking at the test bowling averages for Indian bowlers:

Jasprit Bumrah: 19.42
Mohammed Siraj: 30.87
Prasidh Krishna: 26.00
Mohammed Shami: 27.71
Shardul Thakur: 28.38
Ravindra Jadeja: 24.10
Ravichandran Ashwin: 24.00
Washington Sundar: 25.20
Mukesh Kumar: 25.57
 
Out of these bowlers, Siraj is the only one with a >30 average. I am not sure how he is able to find an automatic spot in the playing XI every time. Perhaps close relations with Kohli and Rohit helps.
Maybe back home Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can be held accountable for the air of inclusion in Mohammad Siraj's squad. A bowler must be held accountable for scoring runs at an economic rate of over 30 which does not reflect the bowling power and skill of a bowler. Today's match is a definite loss and Australia will win if they can add 25 runs in the conditions of the Test so far. Not only will India's bowlers be held accountable for their bowling, but some of the senior players, including Virat Kohli, will also be held accountable for their batting.
One thing is true that India's batsmen have played worst compared to India's bowlers, especially the senior players of their team. At the moment, India's senior players, i.e. the senior batsmen of their team, are not playing well. Despite having so many of India's best batsmen, only one batsman from their team scored a half-century. If Rishabh Pant had not scored 61 runs, India might have been all out for a much lower runs. The way Australian batsmen performed against India, I think Indian batsmen should learn from Australian batsmen how to bat well. We saw that in today's match too, the Australian cricket team won the Test match against India, meaning they won the fifth Test match against India.
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I was looking at the test bowling averages for Indian bowlers:

Jasprit Bumrah: 19.42
Mohammed Siraj: 30.87
Prasidh Krishna: 26.00
Mohammed Shami: 27.71
Shardul Thakur: 28.38
Ravindra Jadeja: 24.10
Ravichandran Ashwin: 24.00
Washington Sundar: 25.20
Mukesh Kumar: 25.57
 
Out of these bowlers, Siraj is the only one with a >30 average. I am not sure how he is able to find an automatic spot in the playing XI every time. Perhaps close relations with Kohli and Rohit helps.
Maybe back home Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can be held accountable for the air of inclusion in Mohammad Siraj's squad. A bowler must be held accountable for scoring runs at an economic rate of over 30 which does not reflect the bowling power and skill of a bowler. Today's match is a definite loss and Australia will win if they can add 25 runs in the conditions of the Test so far. Not only will India's bowlers be held accountable for their bowling, but some of the senior players, including Virat Kohli, will also be held accountable for their batting.
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I was looking at the test bowling averages for Indian bowlers:

Jasprit Bumrah: 19.42
Mohammed Siraj: 30.87
Prasidh Krishna: 26.00
Mohammed Shami: 27.71
Shardul Thakur: 28.38
Ravindra Jadeja: 24.10
Ravichandran Ashwin: 24.00
Washington Sundar: 25.20
Mukesh Kumar: 25.57
 
Out of these bowlers, Siraj is the only one with a >30 average. I am not sure how he is able to find an automatic spot in the playing XI every time. Perhaps close relations with Kohli and Rohit helps.
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