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Half an hour back, England was having a solid advantage. Now the situation has turned upside down and India is at the top. But as long as Joe Root is there, I am not going to discount the chances for England. Let's not forget the fact that he is in such a terrific form. Last month, he scored 426 runs from two test matches in Sri Lanka (and picked up two wickets as well). This is his 100th test and I am expecting something special.

India needs to break this partnership between Root and Sibley. They both are playing well and if they continue like this then they will easily cross 350. They need another 200 runs on board and the way root is playing I do not think it will be a difficult task.
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This is his 100th test and I am expecting something special.
I am counting on his ton. England need big inning from him and at least 350-400 runs on the board otherwise Indians going to take away the game far from their reach.
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Meanwhile lost the another bet on Babar, Again. Safe to say no century for him in this series.

Nowadays most of the teams are dependent on one or two players. India is dependent on Virat Kohli (although the situation is changing), England is dependent on Joe Root/Ben Stokes, Pakistan is like one-man army of Babar Azam, Steve Smith/Marnus Labuschagne for Australia, Kane Williamson for New Zealand.etc. The problem is that the team morale goes down whenever these players get out for low scores.

And sad to see Pakistan wasting the recovery they made yesterday. Expected Babar Azam to make a century, but he got out for 77. Keshav Maharaj and Anrich Nortje have taken all the wickets in the innings till now. And the good news for South Africa is that George Linde seems to be fit again to bowl.
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This is his 100th test and I am expecting something special.
I am counting on his ton. England need big inning from him and at least 350-400 runs on the board otherwise Indians going to take away the game far from their reach.
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Meanwhile lost the another bet on Babar, Again. Safe to say no century for him in this series.
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Half an hour back, England was having a solid advantage. Now the situation has turned upside down and India is at the top. But as long as Joe Root is there, I am not going to discount the chances for England. Let's not forget the fact that he is in such a terrific form. Last month, he scored 426 runs from two test matches in Sri Lanka (and picked up two wickets as well). This is his 100th test and I am expecting something special.
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What have you done Rory Burns!! It was such a good start for him and he literally threw away his wicket. He's going to kick himself for all day.

Ashwin strikes ofc.

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Still a good start for England. If they manage somewhere around 350, then they will be having a good chance of winning this match. Just now they lost their second wicket (Dan Lawrence out to Jasprit Bumrah). For England their chances will depend a lot on Dom Sibley and Joe Root. These two need to stick in and stay there at least till the end of the second session. The dismissal of Rory Burns was disappointing, as he was playing really well until then.
Very quickly England lost two wickets. The match now depends on Joe Root. If he can play a good inning, the England team will be able to collect a big total. If he gets out quickly, I think England will lose all their wickets before 250 runs. In the previous series, India defeated a giant team like Australia. Now their players are mentally cheerful.
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What have you done Rory Burns!! It was such a good start for him and he literally threw away his wicket. He's going to kick himself for all day.

Ashwin strikes ofc.

63/1

Still a good start for England. If they manage somewhere around 350, then they will be having a good chance of winning this match. Just now they lost their second wicket (Dan Lawrence out to Jasprit Bumrah). For England their chances will depend a lot on Dom Sibley and Joe Root. These two need to stick in and stay there at least till the end of the second session. The dismissal of Rory Burns was disappointing, as he was playing really well until then.
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Yes, this is confusing to know Ishant Sharma is being played in the first test instead of other younger ballers. I think the condition might suit his balling style, that might be the reason why he was chosen.
Ishant Sharma is a work horse and have enough experience playing in Indian condition while Jasprit Bumrah is making his debut playing Test in Indian conditions, so we can understand their logical conclusion in picking up the team. Shahbaz Nadeem was a surprise inclusion in the team as i did not see that coming but playing Ashwin and Washington Sundar in a team because it is their home ground Chennai and so they have the experience in bowling in that wicket.

Edit: Ashwin finally broken the partnership.
 Bumrah picking the second wicket  Cheesy
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What have you done Rory Burns!! It was such a good start for him and he literally threw away his wicket. He's going to kick himself all day.

Ashwin strikes ofc.

63/1
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Lawrence is gone too but still Pitch is flat so 350-400 should be on the card, another 100 for Root?

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The series between India and England started, India is playing with three spinners which was a surprise which means the pitch will start turning in the final days and luckily England won the toss and elected to bat first and they had a good start and if they can carry on with the momentum then it will be a great match and i expect England to be competitive as they had a great series against Sri Lanka.
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Anyone watching the 1st match between India vs England?

England won the toss and elected to bat first and the pitch looks flat so going to be high scoring test? Smiley
Tosses are so crucial in test cricket and India had poor history win tosses in test cricket. There are too much of speculations and expectations should take a back seat, but I just watching it. India side needed Siraz, who basically led the bowling attack for 2 tests in Australia and England seriously missing Broad. BTW! Until now everything is going quite well, hopefully this game's gonna be a thriller.
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Anyone watching the 1st match between India vs England?

England won the toss and elected to bat first and the pitch looks flat so going to be high scoring test? Smiley

Toss was going to be crucial and England won it. I was perplexed to find Shahbaz Nadeem in the playing XI. I didn't even knew that he was there in the squad. Also surprising to know that Ishant Sharma was preferred over some of the younger pacers. I don't even remember the last time I saw him in action (12 months ago, versus New Zealand perhaps?) and I have doubts regarding his fitness level.
Yes, this is confusing to know Ishant Sharma is being played in the first test instead of other younger ballers. I think the condition might suit his balling style, that might be the reason why he was chosen.
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Anyone watching the 1st match between India vs England?

England won the toss and elected to bat first and the pitch looks flat so going to be high scoring test? Smiley

Toss was going to be crucial and England won it. I was perplexed to find Shahbaz Nadeem in the playing XI. I didn't even knew that he was there in the squad. Also surprising to know that Ishant Sharma was preferred over some of the younger pacers. I don't even remember the last time I saw him in action (12 months ago, versus New Zealand perhaps?) and I have doubts regarding his fitness level.
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In recent press conference Kohli gave a thumbs up to Pant and hinted that he's going to play 1st match instead of Saha. He also going with Rohit-Gill, as expected. So looks like Batting line up is set with 6 specialists batsmen. Fight is for bowling slot, Ashwin, Ishant and Bumrah are fixed.

Sunder/Axar Patel (new name) Kuldeep are fighting for 2 slots if India going with 3 spinners.
I think Kuldeep or Sunder are much ahead in the race than Axar Patel. This is a turning track Axar Patel isn't the best turner. His strength is the variety that he has along with the pace. But yes putting Ashwin-sundar-Axar would give immense depth in batting to the team. It would be like playing with 9 batsmen or 10 batsmen considering even Bumrah can hit a 50 anytime  Grin . But yes top 6 are almost certain and I knew this right after the Aussie Tour. But I expect Rohit to hit some runs now. Considering the competition in the team he is no more a default choice in the playing XI for test matches. He was pretty ineffective in Australia too.
Lol Shahbaz Nadeem came out of nowhere and debuting ( Edit Correction : Not his first game) , he was not even in the squad. Thanks to injury of Axar, he got the chance. Don't know what's going to happen with Kuldeep if Nadeem performs.

Not Rohit but every player need to prove his worth in the team, competition become very tough in the Indian team due to last series win. No one can take their place for granted.

Anyone watching the 1st match between India vs England?

England won the toss and elected to bat first and the pitch looks flat so going to be high scoring test? Smiley
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Its good that England won the toss, match becomes good when host team lose the toss.
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Anyone watching the 1st match between India vs England?

England won the toss and elected to bat first and the pitch looks flat so going to be high scoring test? Smiley
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Most chances we are going to have rain interruption in coming days because forecast is we are going to have heavy rains in coming day in all over Pakistan its not good news for South African teams as they was good in first session but second steal by Babar and Alam in good way now we have to wait for all details how is this going in coming days very frustrating for visitors.

Pakistan needs to win this match, because the points they earn here can be crucial for the calculation of positions in the ICC World Test Championship. A home series against one of the teams outside the big-3 structure is their best opportunity to get some points. They need to take in to account the possibility of rain interruption, and it would be a good idea to step up the scoring rate, once they are in a comfortable position.
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BTW, anyone following the second test match between Pakistan and South Africa? Pakistan just lost opener Imran Butt. And the good news from South African side is that after facing much criticism, they included Wiaan Mulder in the playing XI for this match.
I’m looking forward to the match, the first session isn’t over yet. Pakistan has already lost 3 wickets for just 63 runs. The first 3 batsmen to be dismissed collected only 21 runs. South Africa has had a great comeback. I hope South Africa will be able to win this match.  I bet for South Africa in this match.

Pakistan managed to end the days play with same 3 wickets and were able to score 145/3. Due to rain interruption only 58 overs could happen in the day. Quite strange of rain in Pakistan currently as this is not the season. Let’s see if rest 4 days could match happen without any interruption. Azam and Alam partnership is crucial at this point, else if they lose couple of wickets early morning tomorrow then reach 250+ itself will be challenge for Pakistan.

Most chances we are going to have rain interruption in coming days because forecast is we are going to have heavy rains in coming day in all over Pakistan its not good news for South African teams as they was good in first session but second steal by Babar and Alam in good way now we have to wait for all details how is this going in coming days very frustrating for visitors.
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BTW, anyone following the second test match between Pakistan and South Africa? Pakistan just lost opener Imran Butt. And the good news from South African side is that after facing much criticism, they included Wiaan Mulder in the playing XI for this match.
I’m looking forward to the match, the first session isn’t over yet. Pakistan has already lost 3 wickets for just 63 runs. The first 3 batsmen to be dismissed collected only 21 runs. South Africa has had a great comeback. I hope South Africa will be able to win this match.  I bet for South Africa in this match.

Pakistan managed to end the days play with same 3 wickets and were able to score 145/3. Due to rain interruption only 58 overs could happen in the day. Quite strange of rain in Pakistan currently as this is not the season. Let’s see if rest 4 days could match happen without any interruption. Azam and Alam partnership is crucial at this point, else if they lose couple of wickets early morning tomorrow then reach 250+ itself will be challenge for Pakistan.
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This is my team for 1st match
Rohit
Gill

Kohli
Pujara
Rahane
Pant
Sundar
Ashwin
Kuldeep
Ishant
Bumrah

In recent press conference Kohli gave a thumbs up to Pant and hinted that he's going to play 1st match instead of Saha. He also going with Rohit-Gill, as expected. So looks like Batting line up is set with 6 specialists batsmen. Fight is for bowling slot, Ashwin, Ishant and Bumrah are fixed.

Sunder/Axar Patel (new name) Kuldeep are fighting for 2 slots if India going with 3 spinners.
I think Kuldeep or Sunder are much ahead in the race than Axar Patel. This is a turning track Axar Patel isn't the best turner. His strength is the variety that he has along with the pace. But yes putting Ashwin-sundar-Axar would give immense depth in batting to the team. It would be like playing with 9 batsmen or 10 batsmen considering even Bumrah can hit a 50 anytime  Grin . But yes top 6 are almost certain and I knew this right after the Aussie Tour. But I expect Rohit to hit some runs now. Considering the competition in the team he is no more a default choice in the playing XI for test matches. He was pretty ineffective in Australia too.
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Bangladesh scored 416 runs losing 8 wickets. Mehidy Hasan Miraz is still unbeaten on 92 runs. I think Bangladesh will declare the innings after Miraz scores a century. 416 runs are enough. If Bangladesh bowlers are able to perform their duties properly then Bangladesh will win this match. With the exception of Tamim Iqbal and Taijul Islam, each Bangladesh batsman has managed to score more than 25 runs.
What is the point in declaring at 400-450? Anyway, they were bowled out for 430, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz making 103. Lower order batted really well for Bangladesh, as they were 248/6 when Liton Das got out. This time no excuses for West Indies, as their bowlers were quite experienced (Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel.etc). And they are not at 57/2 and need another 173 runs to avoid the follow on.

At the end of the second day, West Indies managed to score 75 runs losing 2 wickets. West Indies team trail by 355 runs. And they need 155 runs to avoid the follow on. The middle order of Bangladesh team is always strong. But the open and lower order of Bangladesh team was very weak. But today's match is completely different. Everyone has been able to run. Mehidy Hasan Miraz batted at No. 8 and scored a great century. Which was really awesome.

Bangladesh scored 416 runs losing 8 wickets. Mehidy Hasan Miraz is still unbeaten on 92 runs. I think Bangladesh will declare the innings after Miraz scores a century. 416 runs are enough.
Thought about placing a bet but there is no odds for Bangladesh to place a bet. Should have placed the bet before the match started.

I made a bet of a small amount for the victory of Bangladesh. I don't want to risk a handsome amount of money with this team. Because this team is always unpredictable. They have also lost many easy winning matches.
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This is my team for 1st match
Rohit
Gill

Kohli
Pujara
Rahane
Pant
Sundar
Ashwin
Kuldeep
Ishant
Bumrah

In recent press conference Kohli gave a thumbs up to Pant and hinted that he's going to play 1st match instead of Saha. He also going with Rohit-Gill, as expected. So looks like Batting line up is set with 6 specialists batsmen. Fight is for bowling slot, Ashwin, Ishant and Bumrah are fixed.

Sunder/Axar Patel (new name) Kuldeep are fighting for 2 slots if India going with 3 spinners.
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