Result Prediction: India vs England test series 2016

[Iconoclast]

If Ashwin stays fit India will win easily.

 

Off topic but a 5 test series is overkill especially well the pitches are gonna be the same.

[tweaker]

17 minutes ago, Iconoclast said:

 

Off topic but a 5 test series is overkill especially well the pitches are gonna be the same.

If England does not give any resistance, then it will be a boring series.

[Sandeep99]

19 minutes ago, Iconoclast said:

If Ashwin stays fit India will win easily.

 

Off topic but a 5 test series is overkill especially well the pitches are gonna be the same.

No.. overkill is playing unlimited matches on dead phattas in the Arabian desert where even ghosts don't care to enter the stadiums. Indian matches are going to be interesting keeping everyone interested all the time.

[tweaker]

2 minutes ago, Sandeep99 said:

No.. overkill is playing unlimited matches on dead phattas in the Arabian desert where even ghosts don't care to enter the stadiums. Indian matches are going to be interesting keeping everyone interested all the time.

There will be good crowd in all the tests.

[Sandeep99]

Just now, tweaker said:

There will be good crowd in all the tests.

Absolutely, who doesn't love result oriented fast paced test matches which swing like a pendulum between two quality sides?!

[tweaker]

5 minutes ago, Sandeep99 said:

Absolutely, who doesn't love result oriented fast paced test matches which swing like a pendulum between two quality sides?!

Add a proactive captain Kohli who wants to make test more attractive, result oriented .He will also include crowds to cheer his team.

Edited October 26, 2016 by tweaker

[tweaker]

England is getting a good outing against Bangladesh. All there allrounders ie Stokes,Woakes Ali among wickets .

They will also contribute with bat.Cook still not in form ,he will find his bearing us 

[-Robin-]

5-0 thrashing of england

[Jimmy Cliff]

2-1 India or a 2-2 draw.

[Cricketics]

I am fine if we don't win 5-0 or 4-0. I just want to make sure that we don't let the Brits win even a single test. In fact, I have great hope in the trio of Kohli-Pujara-Rahane. These to me is the best Top-middle order in the world. And It is hard to imagine anyone with these three losing a test that easily. England will have to work really hard to win. I hope our bowling lives up to the expectations we have from them and if they do, then batting combined, we shouldn't lose a single test.

[Texy]

Jinx cannot open. Give Mandeep a chance. Against better team a 250 would not be enough. We need a fast start in ODIs. 

Edited October 29, 2016 by Texy

[tweaker]

Team selected for the England series ,Ishant Sharma back

Pandya in test squad

Rohit injured

 

Our spinners Ashwin & Jadeja should remain fit for the entire test series.England bats deep & if Ashwin has to bowl more & if he gets injured the bowler to replace him maybe Jayant Yadav who has not made his debut & only hope is that he turns out to be another Mehendi Hasan

[tweaker]

Most likely England squad for 1st test

 

Cook

Duckett

Root

Ballance

Bairstov

Stokes

MoeenAli

Woakes

Rashid

Ansari

Broad

 

The England side looks  very balanced with lot of allrounders ,a good wicket keeper batsman.

 

The England have 3 pacers who can bowl well with good pace,also can use reverse swing.

 

The spinning department have all varieties ie  off,leg,left arm.

 

The batting looks good with Cook,Root ,Bairstov& lot of allrounders to follow.

 

 

[coffee_rules]

It will be test pitches like SA series, no batting heroes, only bowling superheroes and India to win 4-0 with one match rained out.

Edited November 5, 2016 by coffee_rules

[tweaker]

At first it was meant to be a day off. Then it became an optional training day. But, by the time England left the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, every member of the squad had undergone not one but two full training sessions.

 

The positive - and entirely accurate - interpretation of such behaviour is that it reflects their determination to perform far better than they did on the last afternoon in Dhaka. The less positive - and also partially true - interpretation is that the first session really hadn't gone very well and they came to the collective realisation that improvement was required.

 

Certainly on-lookers didn't have to wait long to watch a batsman lose his wicket in the nets. And while they were coming to terms with the bounce and turn gained by the spinners, Jonny Bairstow - who enjoyed a much-improved series with the gloves in Bangladesh - was kicking the stumps away in frustration at a fumbled take. Gareth Batty also took a painful blow on the left arm that required treatment, but it is not thought to be a serious problem.

 

But, at the team meeting that followed, a couple of the players - notably Joe Root and Jos Buttler - expressed a wish to have another go and every member of the squad agreed. This England team is far from perfect, but there is something admirable about their willingness to confront their failings and their desire to improve.

 

"India pose a big threat, and we've just got to make sure we're prepared very well and try to prove a lot of people wrong that we can perform extremely well on this tour," Root said.

 

"But it's good to see everyone working extremely hard and doing everything they can to put their claim forward for that spot."

 

Nobody is under any illusions about the task ahead of England in India. They go into the series not just expected to lose, but with many predicting a whitewash. And anyone who witnessed them lose 10 wickets in a session in Dhaka would struggle to take issue too strongly with such pessimism. The weaknesses remain - the unsettled top-order and the issues in both bowling and batting against spin - and we are now at the stage where England must hope it all comes together on the night if they are to prevail.

 

It would be wrong to completely dismiss their chances, though. Their preponderance of allrounders provides unusual depth and, in Root and Alastair Cook, they have good quality batsmen. The likes of Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali have made fitful progress in recent times and, as England showed in 2012, when they came back to beat India having been thrashed in Ahmedabad, or in 2015, when they won the Ashes after being crushed at Lord's, there is a resilience to this modern England team that was not always there in the past.

 

"It was obviously a disappointing way to finish the series out in Bangladesh, but we've got some good time now to get ready and get our heads round what India are going to put up against us," said Root.

 

"You have to make sure you learn some of the lessons of that mad hour-and-a-half, but at the same time understand it's a completely new challenge, new surfaces and we played some really good cricket over there as well as that collapse.

 

Any firm decision on the XI for Rajkot will only be made after an inspection of the pitch. But, for now, it seems likely that England will retain an attack of three seamers and three spinners and that Buttler will replace Gary Ballance in the middle order. It is not a perfect solution - Buttler has played just one red-ball match since he was dropped a year ago - but it may be the least bad option.

 

While Haseeb Hameed looks perfectly capable of coming into the team as opener, Ben Duckett made a decent fist of the job in the final innings in Dhaka and Hameed is not a natural No. 4. Buttler's talent, if not his record, are not disputed and he is increasingly emerging as a leader of this generation of players. Still, it is a sign of how much the game has changed - and how quickly - that a man with so little cricket behind him is being considered for such a role.

 

It was noticeable that Root bowled a little more in practice on Friday. He also talked of having spent some time with Saqlain Mushtaq in an attempt to improve his spin bowling. It is hard to believe Root is ready to play a major part as a spinner, though, not least as his importance to England's batting is such that it seems foolish to risk exacerbating his long-standing back problem.

 

We can also expect confirmation over James Anderson's involvement in the tour in the next 24 hours or so. It is currently anticipated that he will be India in time for the second Test and available to play in the third. The management are determined not to risk compounding any injury issues he may have, but they are not in a position where they can manage without a bowler of his class, control and experience for long. Again, it says much for his character that he is, at his age and confronted by the prospect of unforgiving pitches (for his style of bowling, at least) and a daunting batting line-up, desperately keen to play.

 

The England squad are pretty much laughing off any suggestion that the tour could be abandoned. They will not be required to pay any hotel bills - the BCCI has a contract with the hotels accommodating England on this trip and cannot wriggle out of that obligation.

 

Source espncricinfo

Edited November 5, 2016 by tweaker

[maniac]

I will take a 1-0 to India with 4 drawn tests and everything a bonus from there on.

 

lets not behave like the ad agency that comes up with those stupid pungi bajao ads.

 

england is a world class team....let us not forget cook and broad have a lot of experience in these conditions.

 

root = kohli in tests

cook > Vijay,gambhir,dhawan

broad  > shami

stokes > pandya

jadeja = moeen ali

ashwin > rashid/batty/moeen Ali 

woakes < yadav  in sc conditions

ishant > Finn, bell etc

rahane > ballance 

baristow= Saha Saha the better keeper baristow the batter batsman

 

not a lot of difference between the sides

[tweaker]

3 hours ago, maniac said:

I will take a 1-0 to India with 4 drawn tests and everything a bonus from there on.

 

lets not behave like the ad agency that comes up with those stupid pungi bajao ads.

 

england is a world class team....let us not forget cook and broad have a lot of experience in these conditions.

 

root = kohli in tests

cook > Vijay,gambhir,dhawan

broad  > shami

stokes > pandya

jadeja = moeen ali

ashwin > rashid/batty/moeen Ali 

woakes < yadav  in sc conditions

ishant > Finn, bell etc

rahane > ballance 

baristow= Saha Saha the better keeper baristow the batter batsman

 

not a lot of difference between the sides

The deciding factor of this series may be runs scored & wickets taken by Stokes,Woakes,MoeenAli 

[express bowling]

3 hours ago, maniac said:

I will take a 1-0 to India with 4 drawn tests and everything a bonus from there on.

 

lets not behave like the ad agency that comes up with those stupid pungi bajao ads.

 

england is a world class team....let us not forget cook and broad have a lot of experience in these conditions.

 

root = kohli in tests

cook > Vijay,gambhir,dhawan

broad  > shami

stokes > pandya

jadeja = moeen ali

ashwin > rashid/batty/moeen Ali 

woakes < yadav  in sc conditions

ishant > Finn, bell etc

rahane > ballance 

baristow= Saha Saha the better keeper baristow the batter batsman

 

not a lot of difference between the sides

 

The differences  are Ashwin and  Jadeja.

 

Especially...if Ashwin is fit and we get turning tracks

[sandeep]

Fitness is going to be a key factor - Even at home - a 5 test series is not a joke.  Especially for the bowlers.  Ashwin is irreplaceable in our XI, we can handle any other injury but if he misses more than a test - it will have an impact.  Outside of that, I think we should win with some margin.  

 

It will be interesting to see how VK approaches games and sessions against an opponent that can actually contend and threaten to win a test.  Will he stay aggressive with his selections, his field placement?  Or will he get defensive?  He's on record saying that its a tricky balance to maintain.  As much as I want to pummel the pommies, I wouldn't mind them playing well and putting our team in pressure situations.  

[SLICKR392]

4-0 to us.