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Pant was really entertaining today, may be IPL bidders gave him 27 CR judging him from his test career. Because, no way anyone would pay such amount if they saw him in T20.

Yeh that true he played really good and the more surprising things were when Australian bowlers were in true colors and continuously departing thier main player at that critical time he played ordinary innings of half century with 180+ strike rate like playing t20. Anyway indian team took 140+ lead which I believe should be extend to Atleast 300 to lower Australian chances to victory also bumrah look tired or may be injured as he leave stadium while game so they has to be more careful if supposed bumrah got out too

300 looks impossible as Jadeja-Sundar is last batting pair on crease, 200-220 should be good imo.

Anything over 210 would be a good total imo but the fitness of Bumrah for the 4th inning will be the deciding factor of India's victory because of he is unable to play then even 300 would not be enough against this mighty Aussie.

Regarding Pant he was really exceptional, he is the only player able to play those shots while everyone is struggling to get bat on the ball.

Again the story of Kohli remains same.

I was watching an analysis why he is failing is because of his trigger points which he move sideways with his back foot instead of moving backwards.

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Quote from: virasog on January 04, 2025, 08:19:31 AM

The problem for the Indian batting continues. Now Virat Kohli started to come on the forth number after two wickets down but still no improvement. The management letting him down in numbering because he is not in form and at the same time, if the early batsmen will make a good and strong start then he could play slow & steady and can score well. The problem is now he is not able to handle the pressure while at the same time, the opening batsmen also losing their form that creates pressure and as I said Virat is not able to play with full freedom.

It seems to me that there are some internal issues behind India's poor performance. The way the batters are performing against Australia, it feels like they have forgotten how to bat. I will blame both the coach and Kohli for Kohli’s poor form. Why isn't Kohli working on his weaknesses? This is the biggest question for me. If you look at Kohli’s recent dismissals, you can see the proof of his weaknesses. It is well known to even a young cricket fan that Kohli’s wicket is guaranteed if the ball is bowled outside the 4th or 5th stump. The Australian bowlers are targeting his weak spots and Kohli keeps getting out. Don’t Gautam Gambhir or Kohli himself notice this? Or are they ignoring it?

There is also a significant lack of confidence. Every player in India’s XI is well-proven in international cricket, and they should have been playing with confidence in the first few matches. But since the incidents involving Siraj and Jaiswal, it feels like India is heading towards controversy and losing their confidence. After this series, we might see major changes in the Indian squad. It could be the coach or some big name.

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What a performance from Rahmat Shah and debutant Ismat Alam as they score 120 runs for 7th wicket partnership which give huge lead to them while they were on verge of losing this second test match at the Bulawayo now leading by 171 runs and 4 wickets in hand which give them good control in this game while Zimbabwe which was having good performance in first two days now struggling on third day while their bowlers fail to take wickets which is surely disappointment for them.

Afghanistan started their inning on 46 for 3 with trailing by 40 runs lost 2 quick wickets which give them more setback, but then we have two partnerships which bring them into game now we will be having good fight on fourth day of play.

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India is playing without Rohit Sharma and I am pretty sure if Rohit were a part of the team then he would have not scored too.

Rohit Sharma is not a part of the team, which is such a bad thing. India removed their captain from the team and in his place, Bumrah took the captaincy. By the way, if somehow India wins this game, I am sure in the next series Rohit Sharma will be a part of squad but not the captain. Who knows, he might be rested if his performance doesn't improve.

It's not bad thing; Rohit was a walking wicket, it's better that he himself stepped down.

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Pant was really entertaining today, may be IPL bidders gave him 27 CR judging him from his test career. Because, no way anyone would pay such amount if they saw him in T20.

Yeh that true he played really good and the more surprising things were when Australian bowlers were in true colors and continuously departing thier main player at that critical time he played ordinary innings of half century with 180+ strike rate like playing t20. Anyway indian team took 140+ lead which I believe should be extend to Atleast 300 to lower Australian chances to victory also bumrah look tired or may be injured as he leave stadium while game so they has to be more careful if supposed bumrah got out too

300 looks impossible as Jadeja-Sundar is last batting pair on crease, 200-220 should be good imo.

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Quote from: libert19 on January 04, 2025, 04:26:41 AM

Anyway, on speculations of Rohit Sharma retiring. He's not retiring, it's just he's out of form so he decided to step down from this match instead of dragging team down with an inclusion of an out of form player.

Interview: https://youtu.be/ck-0Ni15jP4

That's a great news for Rohit fans as they were really Impatient from such rumors surrounding by different Media channels and cricket expert, but now things got finally clear. Well for me especially burden of captaincy really have bad impact on his form because now he is not only responsible of his performance but team too and that's why his performance graph were continuously falling downward. I believe if management has took such burden from him then definitely things will become more positive for him.

Quote from: libert19 on January 04, 2025, 04:26:41 AM

Pant was really entertaining today, may be IPL bidders gave him 27 CR judging him from his test career. Because, no way anyone would pay such amount if they saw him in T20.

Yeh that true he played really good and the more surprising things were when Australian bowlers were in true colors and continuously departing thier main player at that critical time he played ordinary innings of half century with 180+ strike rate like playing t20. Anyway indian team took 140+ lead which I believe should be extend to Atleast 300 to lower Australian chances to victory also bumrah look tired or may be injured as he leave stadium while game so they has to be more careful if supposed bumrah got out too

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Quote from: Cheema02 on January 04, 2025, 06:29:59 AM

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.

The problem for the Indian batting continues. Now Virat Kohli started to come on the forth number after two wickets down but still no improvement. The management letting him down in numbering because he is not in form and at the same time, if the early batsmen will make a good and strong start then he could play slow & steady and can score well. The problem is now he is not able to handle the pressure while at the same time, the opening batsmen also losing their form that creates pressure and as I said Virat is not able to play with full freedom.

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Quote from: Jewan420 on January 03, 2025, 01:53:06 PM

The most controversial issue in cricket right now is the India vs Australia Test series. The umpiring controversy, the players' on-field fighting and sledging, the heat in the Indian team's dressing room and Rohit Sharma's absence from the playing XI in the last match and the record of spectators at the ground. This Test series is now the biggest topic of discussion in world cricket.

India and Australia have ended their first day in the last match of the series, overshadowing all the discussions. On the first day, India continued their failure like in other matches. On the first day, they gave Australia a lead of only 185 runs in the first innings, which I think is a very small target for Australia. India will have to do a good bowling innings to equalize the series and win the last match, but there is no Indian XI to support Bumrah.

Then India will have to take a big lead and set a big target for Australia to win, which is about 350+ runs. India must come out on the second day with the right plan, just like Australia is doing. The Australian bowlers are taking wickets of the Indian batsmen in such a way that it seems like the Australians have memorized the Indians. Kohli seems to have forgotten to get out differently.

Controversies and on the field issues have never been new in cricket as we have long history of things like these around this game with in this series we have some serious complaints about few outs from Indian side which is surely big problem because due to use of latest technology and having many things still having complaints like these are surely big question mark on ICC and use of this technology.

Indian team is also having many internal problems which are coming out recently as we have Gautam Gambhir as new coach and also back to back lost of many test matches at home and in Australia which are surely needed some strict action from the management for future and also needed to have all clear before next assignment because things like these surely can bring deep impact in long run on team performance.

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Even though they drew the first Test match, Afghanistan is going to lose the second match. The Afghanistan team was able to collect only 157 runs in the first innings. The bowlers also could not bowl well. As a result, the Zimbabwe team was able to take a lead of 86 runs. And the Afghan batsmen are not able to do well in the second innings either.

Afghanistan lost their fifth wicket for 69 runs in the second innings. No top-order batsman could survive at the crease for long. Rahmat Shah is still unbeaten on 37 runs. Rahmat Shah and Shahidullah are batting now. I do not think the Afghan team will be able to give a target of even 100 runs in this match. It is almost impossible for Afghanistan to win this match.

Afghanistan is batting well in the sixth wicket partnership. The team is slowly moving towards a big total. Afghanistan lost their fifth wicket for 69 runs. And before the lunch break, Afghanistan's total was 125/5. Afghanistan has already managed to collect 56 runs from the Rahmat Shah -Shahidullah partnership. Rahmat Shah is batting very responsibly. He has been at the crease for a long time. Rahmat Shah's collection is 68 runs from 137 balls.

Afghanistan has been able to take a lead of 39 runs. I would say that if Afghanistan can give a target of more than 220, then they will win this match. If they give a target of 200, then the chances of Afghanistan winning are low. However, looking at Afghanistan's batting, I don't think Afghanistan will be able to give a target of more than 150 runs.

But he is not playing well in terms of runs which can be judged from his runs and first innings target. As the target of 157 runs was given in the first innings and the opposing team scored 243 runs. Which is due to too much pressure and their lack of interest. Afghanistan is not playing well in this match which clearly shows that Zimbabwe team is stronger than Afghanistan. If Afghanistan target above 300 in this second innings then they can win this match otherwise Zimbabwe will score few runs in their batting and win the match.

If they bowled well, if you look at the first innings, Zimbabwe has 83 extra runs over Afghanistan, so Afghanistan will have to make 83 runs first and set a target for the second innings, which will be very difficult for them. I will say frankly that this match will be won by the Zimbabwean team.

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Quote from: hafiztalha on January 03, 2025, 03:07:34 PM

2 nd test game was started between South team and Pakistan team. 1 st test game was won South Africa team and lead this test series. In 2 nd test game, South Africa team scored 316 runs in 1 at turn and their turn is contuining and chance of South Africa team is very good. Ryan is a good player and he scored 176 runs and not dismissal. Temba was dismissed but he played very well and made 106 runs in 179 balls. Stubbs and Wiaan both played very poor and Stubbs scored 0 runs and Wiaan scored 5 runs. Total 4 wickets of South Africa team was dismissed. Agha took down 2 wickets and let's what happen and who will win game.

I think South Africa should declare their innings now otherwise it will come harder for them and maybe they won't get enough time if Pakistan bats well too. Because as much time they are taking to make these runs, Pakistan will take double time and at the same time, they will try to get as many runs as they can, which may cause the game to end without any result.

They are so close to touching 500 runs but I think the score now 471 runs that they have made is enough and they should go for bowling now and see if they can pick up some of the Pakistan wickets.

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On the second day, the Australian team batted to meet the Indian team's target but they batted under a lot of pressure from the start. India had given a target of only 185 runs. In order to meet this target, the Australian team lost six important wickets, but so far they have not been able to reach the target. However, I think Australia may be able to meet the target given by India but they will have to lose more wickets and will not be able to give much lead. If the Australian team is unable to give India a lead today, then the hope of winning will be very low. Rather, if Australia loses in the fifth Test match and India wins, then the series result will turn into a draw, so the Australian team will have to bat well to win the series.

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.

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Quote from: Iranus on January 04, 2025, 03:33:36 AM

Even though they drew the first Test match, Afghanistan is going to lose the second match. The Afghanistan team was able to collect only 157 runs in the first innings. The bowlers also could not bowl well. As a result, the Zimbabwe team was able to take a lead of 86 runs. And the Afghan batsmen are not able to do well in the second innings either.

Afghanistan lost their fifth wicket for 69 runs in the second innings. No top-order batsman could survive at the crease for long. Rahmat Shah is still unbeaten on 37 runs. Rahmat Shah and Shahidullah are batting now. I do not think the Afghan team will be able to give a target of even 100 runs in this match. It is almost impossible for Afghanistan to win this match.

Afghanistan is batting well in the sixth wicket partnership. The team is slowly moving towards a big total. Afghanistan lost their fifth wicket for 69 runs. And before the lunch break, Afghanistan's total was 125/5. Afghanistan has already managed to collect 56 runs from the Rahmat Shah -Shahidullah partnership. Rahmat Shah is batting very responsibly. He has been at the crease for a long time. Rahmat Shah's collection is 68 runs from 137 balls.

Afghanistan has been able to take a lead of 39 runs. I would say that if Afghanistan can give a target of more than 220, then they will win this match. If they give a target of 200, then the chances of Afghanistan winning are low. However, looking at Afghanistan's batting, I don't think Afghanistan will be able to give a target of more than 150 runs.

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Quote from: noormcs5 on January 04, 2025, 04:35:13 AM

Rohit Sharma is not a part of the team, which is such a bad thing. India removed their captain from the team and in his place, Bumrah took the captaincy. By the way, if somehow India wins this game, I am sure in the next series Rohit Sharma will be a part of squad but not the captain. Who knows, he might be rested if his performance doesn't improve.

Four months ago, everyone was saying Rohit Sharma was one of the best players and at the same time, 6 months ago this captain gave the trophy (T20 World Cup) to India after 11 years. Now the captain is not in the team.

Rohit Sharma not being in team is surprising and disappointing. Removing him as captain and replacing him with Bumrah makes people wonder about team leadership and plan. If India wins this match Rohit might be included in team for next series but it is unlikely he will be captain again. His performance will be closely watched and if he does not do better he might be given a break. And this is right and strange that just few months ago Rohit was considered one of India best players and led team to win T20 World Cup after 11 years but now he is not captain anymore.

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What a sizzler between India-Australia. I expected this one to be a rollercoaster due to which I didn't place a bet on either team and it turned out that I was completely right. Both teams are giving us a show.

If India can give a target of 180+, they have the advantage. If not, advantage Aussies.

Quote from: noormcs5 on January 04, 2025, 04:35:13 AM

Four months ago, everyone was saying Rohit Sharma was one of the best players and at the same time, 6 months ago this captain gave the trophy (T20 World Cup) to India after 11 years. Now the captain is not in the team.

You are mixing stuff up here. Rohit is still a great T20 player, but his performance has gone down the drain in tests which is why he dropped himself.

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Quote from: virasog on January 03, 2025, 10:39:39 AM

India is playing without Rohit Sharma and I am pretty sure if Rohit were a part of the team then he would have not scored too.

Rohit Sharma is not a part of the team, which is such a bad thing. India removed their captain from the team and in his place, Bumrah took the captaincy. By the way, if somehow India wins this game, I am sure in the next series Rohit Sharma will be a part of squad but not the captain. Who knows, he might be rested if his performance doesn't improve.

Four months ago, everyone was saying Rohit Sharma was one of the best players and at the same time, 6 months ago this captain gave the trophy (T20 World Cup) to India after 11 years. Now the captain is not in the team.

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Pant was really entertaining today, may be IPL bidders gave him 27 CR judging him from his test career. Because, no way anyone would pay such amount if they saw him in T20.

Anyway, on speculations of Rohit Sharma retiring. He's not retiring, it's just he's out of form so he decided to step down from this match instead of dragging team down with an inclusion of an out of form player.

Interview: https://youtu.be/ck-0Ni15jP4

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Another low-scoring test. We are at half of the 3rd innings after the end of the 2nd day. We are likely to see the result of the 5th test on day three or at the first session of day four. I feel like the Australians are taking revenge now. Usually, India makes unplayable wickets when Australia visit them. But this time, Australia made a wicket where everyone was unplayable. It's not like they are taking any benefit from the wicket, but it does not look good when they do not make a sporty wicket. The result of this match still looks 50/50. Any team can win from this point. India has to win this match to make this series draw. Australia has to win or draw to win the series.

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Even though they drew the first Test match, Afghanistan is going to lose the second match. The Afghanistan team was able to collect only 157 runs in the first innings. The bowlers also could not bowl well. As a result, the Zimbabwe team was able to take a lead of 86 runs. And the Afghan batsmen are not able to do well in the second innings either.

Afghanistan lost their fifth wicket for 69 runs in the second innings. No top-order batsman could survive at the crease for long. Rahmat Shah is still unbeaten on 37 runs. Rahmat Shah and Shahidullah are batting now. I do not think the Afghan team will be able to give a target of even 100 runs in this match. It is almost impossible for Afghanistan to win this match.

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Quote from: Jewan420 on January 03, 2025, 01:53:06 PM

India and Australia have ended their first day in the last match of the series, overshadowing all the discussions. On the first day, India continued their failure like in other matches. On the first day, they gave Australia a lead of only 185 runs in the first innings, which I think is a very small target for Australia. India will have to do a good bowling innings to equalize the series and win the last match, but there is no Indian XI to support Bumrah.

Then India will have to take a big lead and set a big target for Australia to win, which is about 350+ runs. India must come out on the second day with the right plan, just like Australia is doing. The Australian bowlers are taking wickets of the Indian batsmen in such a way that it seems like the Australians have memorized the Indians. Kohli seems to have forgotten to get out differently.

India has one last chance to win this game. So far, they are in a perfect lead, but the problem is that they have lost too many wickets. Six wickets down at 141 runs shows that they are still struggling in the batting department.

Coming to the Indian bowlers, they did magical work in the first innings. Getting rid of the entire Australian team for 181 runs isn't an easy task. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and all the other bowlers played well and got wickets.

Anyway, now we want consistency from the Indian team in all other departments of the game. A lot of responsibility now rests on the shoulders of the remaining four batsmen to take them to a good lead. It looks like Australia will chase a small total easily but after seeing their first innings, both sides are in danger as anything can happen, and none of the team is confident about their players. Let's see what will happen.

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Quote from: Bitcoinsummoner on January 04, 2025, 01:56:25 AM

In the second innings, India can't perform well right now. In 2nd inning, the Indian top-order batsman is already back in the pavilion and their score isn't quality. Only Rishabh Pant got 61 from only 33 balls. India's recent score is 133/6. It's not a winning score for India. India needs to save their wicket. I can't be amazed to see the Indian recent score.

I definitely expected that India team could not perform well in the first innings of this last match, it is true, but they will definitely perform well in the second innings. But India team lost six wickets within 141 runs. However, the fall of top 6 wickets has put more pressure on India team, Rahul, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and Nitish Reddy are the main batsmen of India team.
They got out and made India team very weak, but Australia team should take this match seriously if they win the last match, the players of Australia team will benefit the most.

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Quote from: Bitcoinsummoner on January 04, 2025, 01:56:25 AM

In the second innings, India can't perform well right now. In 2nd inning, the Indian top-order batsman is already back in the pavilion and their score isn't quality. Only Rishabh Pant got 61 from only 33 balls. India's recent score is 133/6. It's not a winning score for India. India needs to save their wicket. I can't be amazed to see the Indian recent score.

India's top order is not in good form. In the previous matches we have seen Jaiswal perform well. But in this match Jaiswal also could not play well. He has scored a total of 32 runs in two innings. Also we have not seen a good performance from KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. Only Rishab Pant has batted a little decently in two innings. Rishan Pant has managed to score a total of 101 runs in two innings.

At the end of the second day, India has managed to score 141 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. It seems that it will be very difficult for India to score more than 200. India will probably lose all its wickets in the first session tomorrow. Although there are still experienced batsmen like Jadeja at the crease.

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