Indian team strategy on day 3 and day 4

[Trichromatic]

Having conceded 100 runs extra with poor fielding and some inept bowling, it's now upto Indian batsmen to do their job.

 

They are trailing by 474 runs by the end of day 2. First target would be to avoid follow on. They should look to bat session by session or may be hour an hour. I think conceding a lead of 100+ would mean make it difficult for India to save the match. If they have to survive in the game, they will have to ensure that they don't lose more than 5 wickets by the end of the day.

 

Batting too slow might be another concern. This English bowling line up with chip in with wickets here and there, but batsmen will have to be positive and make that they score 85 runs every 25 overs and not 70 run. It will be long catching up game if they bat too slow. Getting those 20-30 runs extra will be lot easier in first inning than in 2nd inn on this pitch.

 

Gambhir, Vijay and Pujara will be key tomorrow and one of them will have to ensure that they bat for long.

[Lannister]

The main priority is to preserve wickets, don't lose more than 2 and try to add 300 to today's score. Day after tomorrow we can score at a much faster rate and end the day's play by a lead of 150. Its very simple. 

[Laaloo]

Score a lot of runs

Edited November 10, 2016 by laaloo

[Ankit_sharma03]

A lot would depend on Vijay and Pujara, they should score big. If gambhir hangs in their it would help other batsman due to left right combination

Edited November 10, 2016 by Ankit_sharma03

[sandeep]

Just bat normally - more we bat in the 1st dig, less we have to do in the 2nd to save/win the game.  

 

England have put us under pressure by batting well - but if we are able to respond and match them, that will put pressure right back on them, not just in this game, but going forward as well.  I remember Justin Langer acknowledging how much pressure they were under in the 2003 India-Aus series, because they knew that our batting was going to put up big numbers.  

[bowl_out]

Play out the day.. don't worry about the follow on or result

[mancalledsting]

Aim to bat until session two day 4. Every batsmen should aim to enjoy this good batting track and use it to inflate their averages. Make sure England have to fight to get every wicket and don't give away any freeby wickets by trying to 'dominate'. If England fail to bowl us out cheaply and we bat long, they'll lose their confidence as they'll feel it as a huge missed opportunity. Chance to also give England bowlers some mileage and fatigue for the rest of the series.

Edited November 10, 2016 by mancalledsting

[MCcricket]

First session don't loose and wkts, then cash in on ,older ball, better conditions, n after tea should be even better, singles are important n keep the strike rotation

[sandeep]

Grind baby grind.  If England is bowling defensively, tire them the phuck out.  I'm happy with the day's outcome so far.  Although would have loved to see Pujara get a nice daddy hundred.  Equally happy if Vijay gets it.  

 

More of the same tomorrow until we cross 500.  Then, once we get there, we can start slapping around the pommies a bit.  

[fineleg]

The real concern is - can Kohli get a big score (Rahane also needs to be less flamboyant and dig in)

Typically in Indian pitches - Kohli gets a big score mostly in dead rubber Tests and not when the series is alive. Can he change that around?

Edited November 11, 2016 by fineleg

[velu]

we are playing for a aggressive  draw

 

[Laaloo]

5 minutes ago, velu said:

we are playing for a aggressive  draw

 

I'll take that over a tame draw

[WeStMiDz]

2 hours ago, UnknownGenius said:

Simple

 

Wipe out the deficit by tea time. And the bat aggressively post tea session for about 20 overs and score 100.

 

Leave England to play 8 overs Day 4 evening.

Over optimistic strategy. 

 

We don't really have the firepower down the order to score at 5 an over when the ball is soft and England are executing well to plans. 

 

An aggressive draw seems to be the most realistic option. Get to parity tomorrow and then make some inroads (hopefully with spin) on England's lineup on the last day to create some doubts for the tests ahead.

[Cricketics]

Only 1 strategy. Keep England on field for 80 out of 90 overs. If we do that, it will mean we have kept them on field for 180 overs and have wiped the trail of. We will be in good position to beat the tired English team. 

[SUMO]

just play on merit and concentrate hard...pitch not that easy to bat as score board suggest
if next 3 hrs (till drinks seession 2) goes like the day 3 ... then we can look to bring urgency 

[fineleg]

The only strategy is to keep England run rate down to 2.5 if possible in 1st session Day-5. (Sure take wickets, but that does not seem to be happening so keep RR down). Do not allow  England to score more than 75-80 runs in Day-5 1st session. That is a herculean task and I dont know if we have dicsciplined bowlers?

 

You need extremely disciplined bowling and fielding and bowling to the field to get that. They will want to score at 4.0 Run rate, so its a challenge to keep them 2.5 and the quick scoring batsmen will come out for England.

 

Only by keeping run-rate down and prolonging time for Eng batting on Day-5, India have any chance to save the Test.

Edited November 12, 2016 by fineleg