England vs India, 3rd Test Trent Bridge - 18-22 Aug - Match Thread

[Mosher]

50 up for Pujara. Keep tiring the  bowlers. 

[Turning_track]

50 for Pujara.

[Laaloo]

1 minute ago, Mosher said:

50 up for Pujara. Keep tiring the  bowlers. 

He's also tiring us down

[PSB_Zone]

Rahane back in form , Now pujara, Pandya discovered his bowling ...This team is building back the self blf ...Good signs

[Khota]

15 minutes ago, Turning_track said:

I was speaking about the 1st wicket partnership, where they've crossed 50 thrice in 6 innings. But after the fall of 1st wicket, we've been unable to contain the damage thankfully this time it didn't happen.

True. But also came real close to winning the first test. The importance of first wkt cannot be underestimated. Anyway this so far is a great effort all around.

[ViruDilSeKhelo]

Pujara is a joke of a player who can only play one way. Lol who comes it with a 200 run lead or something and bats at a SR of 30 odd? I wish he was caught on 40 odd like he should have been. We should have put someone else at 3 when we saw our lead. I know time is in our favour but it's about demoralising the opponent when they are down. Of course people will say he is grinding them by his dots..yeah a little. 

[ViruDilSeKhelo]

MS is a true skipper, he put VVS down below everyone when we were going fast for the declaration - even bhajji came above VVS.

[Sgattick10]

55 runs in 2 hrs 

[Lannister]

9 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

We should bat 35 more overs and declare and try to get them 3 down today.

We should target 500 lead and give our bowlers 10-15 overs today. 

[raki05]

Let's not wait for Pujara century for declaration. Guy was 26 on 26 than took 100 balls to score further 16 runs. 

[putrevus]

Kohli is the best batsman ever from India . When in form he does carry the team and that is his greatest attribute.

[Deleted_User_1]

2 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Kohli is the best batsman ever from India . When in form he does carry the team and that is his greatest attribute.

Sachin who?

[Khota]

5 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Kohli is the best batsman ever from India . When in form he does carry the team and that is his greatest attribute.

kohli is the best but let us not downplay the importance of gavaskar, tendulkar, dravid and laxman. Those are building blocks of Indian cricket and Kohli is a beneficiary of the foundation laid by these great players. They were all very very good.

[gattaca]

8 minutes ago, raki05 said:

Let's not wait for Pujara century for declaration. Guy was 26 on 26 than took 100 balls to score further 16 runs. 

It still 3rd day lot of time left. Let’s tire Anderson and broad out. Will help us next few matches. They are protected by cloud covers and us throwing wickets. We should grind them to ground.

Edited August 20, 2018 by gattaca

[gattaca]

8 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Kohli is the best batsman ever from India . When in form he does carry the team and that is his greatest attribute.

Come on. That’s very narrow view we won in SA, Australia, West Indies and England  because of past batsman.

[Ankit_sharma03]

26 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

Lol someone asked a question on cricbuzz if India has ever won a 5 match series overseas after being 0-2 in the series 

 

Aisi baat to sirf kapil dev kr sakta hia 

[WeStMiDz]

Next session could be fun. England operating declaration bowlers like Joe Root with the likes of Hardik and Pant to come 

[putrevus]

Just now, Khota said:

kohli is the best but let us not downplay the importance of gavaskar, tendulkar, dravid and laxman. Those are building blocks of Indian cricket and Kohli is a beneficiary of the foundation laid by these great players. They were all very very good.

I never downplayed their importance but none had them had  Kohli's ability to put team on their shoulders.Gavaskar had it but Kohli with his superior limted overs ability is better overall.  Kohli is the best overall batsman who can be relied upon to score when he is in form in any format.Any batsman can go thru rough patches but what he does when in form is the most important thing.

 

 

[chewy]

COmmies saying India want to bat whole day to wear down bowlers and pitch

 

so expect similar grind 2nd session

[raki05]

4 minutes ago, gattaca said:

It still 3rd day lot of time left. Let’s tire Anderson and broad out. Will help us next few matches. They are protected by cloud covers and us throwing wickets. We should grind them to ground.

Agreed, we need to tire them but still doesn't justify 30 SR when you already have lead of 170 and by the time pujara came to bat it was above 230. I am all for grinding in case life depends on it like lords test where ball was swinging miles on all 5 days.But this looks like a bit selfish. Rahane score in first inning was much better than pujara.