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Yes, finally South Africa won this match by a huge margin of 7 wickets. Bangladesh team's poor batting performance is the biggest reason for the defeat of Bangladesh team in the first test match between Bangladesh and South Africa. I wonder why a player keeps playing the same format over and over for years and still doesn't improve. Watching their game, it seems as if they have just entered the cricket field, as a result of which they were dismissed for 0 runs on the first ball and returned to the pavilion.

The batting performance of Bangladesh team batsmen is such that if two batsmen of their team are batting well, everyone else is ready to bat badly. Not only the South Africa series we have seen in many series before that Bangladesh is losing because of their batting performance. The recent Bangladesh cricket team was whitewashed in the Test series against India on Indian soil. Still they did not correct their mistakes from that failure.

IMO the only difference between Smith and  Rachin would be that, at times, with all his ridiculous geniuses Smudge looks ugly and funny due to his trigger movements and antics but Rachin is just pleasing to the eyes and similarly quick on his feet be it a front foot or back foot.

Akash actually didn't bowl that badly, yeah he was expensive but a majority of his boundary balls were a result of the outside edge.

I think both have enough juice to play as a pure batsman and I want to see them playing in India regularly along with Jaddu-Ash.

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The New Zealand team had a great start, and the end didn't go well. Anyhow, the better start made the New Zealand team reach 259 runs. India had opened the innings, but the start isn't good, and I'm sure the India team is going to struggle. Spin bowlers have dominated the day, and Ashwin holds the record for taking the highest number of wickets in the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. For now the winning opportunity is found high with India, but the bowling of New Zealand will be good, and the scenario could change in the upcoming days.

The batting performance of the New Zealand team in the second test match was not so good, but these two batsmen Rachin Ravindra and Conway brought good scores for the team. India bowled out New Zealand for 269 runs, although in today's match I would say their bowling performance was good. However, even though India went into bat in this match, they had already lost one of their wickets early on. Tim Southee has bowled very well, of course he will try to bowl stronger on the second day to put India under pressure. Moreover, in New Zealand, the team has already put a lot of pressure on the Indian team, India scored 16 runs in 11 overs and lost 1 wicket.

I was thinking Axar Patel would have been better choice than Washington but boy did he shut me up, Ravindra and Blundell's dismissals were absolute delight to watch as well.

Also, I feel like Rachin is backbone of kiwis currently, you get him out early, high chances they won't be making much.

Pakistan spin bowling is very impressive in third and final match of series all out England team at 267 runs. England middle order failed to deliver but the wickets keeper bastmen Jamie Smith played a important inning of 91 runs, unfortunately missed a well deserved century by 9 runs short but his performance reached england total 260 plus a fighting total in test match. Pakistan bowling is magnificent especially Sajid khan bowling performance is outstanding picked 6 important wickets by giving 128 runs economy rate is high more then 4 run per over. Noman ali aslo bowl well picked 4 crucial wickets and Zahid Mahmood also pick a wicket of Jamie Smith. Now Pakistan playing current score is 23 runs with out loss of any wicket and trail by 244 runs. England needs to quick wickets if they restricted Pakistan under 250 runs then their chances of winning this series is high.

India vs New Zealand, 1st day of 2nd test too went interesting. New Zealand batting first was all out for 259. Their start was not bad as they had 197 for 3 wickets at a time. But they lost the rest 7 wickets making just 62 runs. All the later 7 wickets for Washington Sundar, 5 of them bold and one lbw. It was a great day for Washington Sundar who made his personal best figure on bowling. Another player to take rest of the 3 wickets was Ravichandran Ashwin.
India batting at the evening too lost Rohit Sharma at duck. They are trying to play slow and keep the wickets for the day as the day is nearly over.

Today the match is going on between Pakistan and England. This is the third match between them and the England batsmen playing the first innings.  In which Crowley and Duckett, batting first, have makes 6 runs in 3 overs. England batsmen have not started so well. Due to which he has scored so few runs in his first 3 overs.  Pakistani bowler Ali got his first success from the wicket of Crowley on the last ball of the 14th over.The batsman had scored 29 runs off 43 balls and lost the wicket in an attempt to hit a six.After that, England batsmen have scored 247 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 64 overs while batting very badly. If they continue like this in the next overs, the target will reach 350.  Which Pakistan can easily fulfill.The to hard work of the Pakistan bowlers has not allowed England to score runs due to which they will not get such a difficult target.

Ashwin-Sundar duo are decimating the Kiwis thanks to which India are in full control of the game now. If India ends up posting a big total in the first innings, it's pretty much game, set and match in their favour.

Ravindra was the big hurdle after Conway departed and him falling triggered a domino effect. Switching Kuldeep with Sundar turned out to be a brilliant change.

Bangladesh were looking like on Verge of defeat before end of day 3 but the only barrier were mehdy Hasan miraz because he were undefeated at 80+ so things look like he will easily mange it but on the other hand south African know the value of that wicket so they try every tactics to get them and surprisingly they get them too even before a few runs left of his stunning century and thus the only hope of Bangladesh got departure so things got clear for south African and they has to chased a very low target with huge number of wickets in hand and 2 days left to filled the required. To be honest if Bangladesh scored lead of more than 200 then definitely it Gona be a nail biting match as they took three wicket of south African before allowing them to match the small Target of 100 around. Hope things will be different if they bat decent in second test match

This Ravindra is a different beast against India just like Smith etc. If they don't get him early, New Zealand will 100% post a big total. Ashwin is back doing his thing, but the other bowlers really need to step up.

Akash is performing worse than Siraj at the moment. Looks like Ashwin-Jadeja will end up sharing all the wickets between them in the first innings.

Balanced first session for both teams. India would've liked it if they managed to chip in for one more but the Kiwis batted well, especially Conway. 

Singles on mid-off-on were annoying af but that's what happens when batters aren't hesitant to step out, Still, Rohit and bowlers should focus and try not to offer easy singles as sometimes, it gets irritating when there is a right-left batter combo on the crease. 

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Well done Bangbros! You are making the WTC point table interesting. 

Irrelevant: There should be no doubt that Shakib is a legend from a cricketing point of view. There is no denying Shakib's contribution in bringing Bangladesh cricket to the world stage. I don't know what is the situation in his country, why he has spread hatred towards him. I don't want to comment on Shakib personally. But cricketer Shakib should have been allowed to play his last match on his country's soil. I am a big fan of Shakib Al Hasan. Through him I love Bangladesh cricket and always support Bangladesh in cricket court.

Relevant: In the end Bangladesh could not come back in the match, but they performed well in the second innings. Especially Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Jaker Ali. Relying on their two batsmen, Bangladesh got the opportunity to bowl in the second innings and they did not lose by an innings. Bangladesh obviously lost the match but made a nice comeback in the second innings after the first innings collapse and at one point looked to change the outcome of the match but they failed to get to a reliable place. Mehdi Hasan Miraj certainly played well, he missed the century by just 3 runs. His collection at the time of dismissal was 97 off 191 balls. Hopefully Bangladesh will come back strong in the second match and win the last match against South Africa to level the series.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat and they got off to a good start with 55 for 1 in 17.2 overs with Devon Conway and Will Young still unbeaten. It is expected that a repeat of the first test may be possible in the second test even though the Indian team has many talented players and they will not repeat the same mistake in the second test. In fact, the Indian team's embarrassing record of 46 runs in the first innings in the first Test affected them negatively psychologically which resulted in them losing by a huge margin. In the second Test, the Indian team started the game after completing adequate preparations and looked quite energized. But the Indian team will be under a lot of pressure in this test as they lost the first test and they will especially try to equalize by winning the second test.

Yes, as a cricketer, he deserves respect, and the government should have tried to do its best to provide him with security, bring him back home, and let him play. But because the Government changed, most of the political leaders were against him, fueling the protestors, so Shakib could not return to the country. Shakib fans also protested in Mirpur, but that will not change anything.

Back on topic, I won't say Bangladesh played too badly in the second innings; Miraz helped them score 300+ runs and set a 100+ target. Otherwise, they could have lost this match by an inning, as they had already lost it in the first inning.

New Zealand vs India 2nd Test match is taking place today and in this match New Zealand team has started batting. We saw that in the first match, New Zealand performed exceptionally well, especially in bowling, bowling India out for 46 runs. Today as they are batting first India can put New Zealand under a lot of pressure if they put in a good bowling performance. Moreover, this match is very important for India as they need to level the series result, which New Zealand is already leading in the series with one match win. If the opening batsmen can put up a good batting performance for the New Zealand team today, then surely I think they can give a big target.

KL, Siraj and Kulli are out  

KL and Siraj are understandable but poor Kuldeep. Every time our batters shit the bed, bowlers take the hit and the team goes back to strengthening their batting lineup. However, Washi is not a bad option, considering he made daddy ton in Ranji recently.

Kiwis have a golden chance to create a history in this series.

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Akash following Lala's (Hair transplant)  . Babu as well.

Pakistan vs England match is exciting to watch. And you are right Pakistan made smart changes to their team and their spinners played really well in second test. After losing first match Pakistan bounced back strongly. This match is important for both teams so I expect tough competition. Pakistan recent win gives them advantage. Their spinners are playing exceptionally well which could cause problems for England batsmen. Pakistan determination makes me think they might win again.

Pakistan vs England

So are you ready for the match?
Pakistan makes changes in the squad in the second test match which helped team a lot and spinners are changing the team performance well. So the match will start soon and I hope Pakistan will continue their performance and they will surprise again. They played really well in the second test match. Unfortunately they lost the first match but they make a great comeback in the second match and this match is important for both teams so let's see what they both will do.? I hope Pakistan will win.

There is a possibility of 72 hours of rain from this side if the rain comes and makes this match a draw then maybe Bangladesh will be saved from another defeat for the time being. But Bangladesh have to be praised because they did much better in the second innings than the first innings and took a lead of 81 runs. Mehdi Hasan Miraj is the highest run scorer and if he had not batted well then Bangladesh would have been defeated with an innings to spare. But as a Bangladeshi supporter I am waiting for the rain so that it rains for 24 hours and for the next two days so that the game cannot start. Only rain can save this match from defeat.