England Test Match Tour of India 2024

(02-02-2024 08:18 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  India v England 3rd Test - Visakhapatnam - Day 2 Close
India elected to bat
IND 396 (112 overs) Jaiswal 209 Gill 34 Patidar 32 Shreyas 27 Ashwin 20Axar 27 Anderson 3-47 Ahmed 3-65 Bashir 2-138
ENG 253 (55.5 overs) Crawley 79 Stokes 47 Bairstow 25 Pope 23 Duckett 21 Hartley 21 Bumrah 6-45 Kuldeep 3-71
IND 23-0 (5 overs) Jaiswal 15 no Rohit 8 no
India lead by 166 runs

Not too dissimilar to the 1st Test in terms of 1st innings lead. The fact that England will be batting in the 4th innings this time makes their task look much harder.
India not happy about having to bat in fading light, lots of time wasting from them.
Credit to Stokes yesterday for bowling the required overs within the scheduled close of play, he was rewarded with a wicket in the 92nd over of the day.

(03-02-2024 08:54 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(02-02-2024 08:18 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  India v England 3rd Test - Visakhapatnam - Day 2 Close
India elected to bat
IND 396 (112 overs) Jaiswal 209 Gill 34 Patidar 32 Shreyas 27 Ashwin 20Axar 27 Anderson 3-47 Ahmed 3-65 Bashir 2-138
ENG 253 (55.5 overs) Crawley 79 Stokes 47 Bairstow 25 Pope 23 Duckett 21 Hartley 21 Bumrah 6-45 Kuldeep 3-71
IND 28-0 (5 overs) Jaiswal 15 no Rohit 8 no
India lead by 166 runs

Target 399 for England a small chance, anyone else, no chance.

(04-02-2024 10:12 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  [quote='Boomerangutangangbang' pid='2843836' dateline='1706950465']
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India v England 3rd Test - Visakhapatnam - Day 3 Close
India elected to bat
IND 396 (112 overs) Jaiswal 209 Gill 34 Patidar 32 Shreyas 27 Ashwin 20Axar 27 Anderson 3-47 Ahmed 3-65 Bashir 2-138
ENG 253 (55.5 overs) Crawley 79 Stokes 47 Bairstow 25 Pope 23 Duckett 21 Hartley 21 Bumrah 6-45 Kuldeep 3-71
IND 255 (78.3 overs) Gill 104 Axar 45 Shreyas 29 Ashwin 29 Hartley 4-77 Ahmed 3 88 Anderson 2-29
ENG 67-1 (14 overs) Crawley 29 no Duckett 28
Target 399 runs

(04-02-2024 10:16 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(04-02-2024 10:12 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  [quote='Boomerangutangangbang' pid='2843836' dateline='1706950465']
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India v England 3rd Test - Visakhapatnam - Day 4 Session 2
India elected to bat
IND 396 (112 overs) Jaiswal 209 Gill 34 Patidar 32 Shreyas 27 Ashwin 20Axar 27 Anderson 3-47 Ahmed 3-65 Bashir 2-138
ENG 253 (55.5 overs) Crawley 79 Stokes 47 Bairstow 25 Pope 23 Duckett 21 Hartley 21 Bumrah 6-45 Kuldeep 3-71
IND 255 (78.3 overs) Gill 104 Axar 45 Shreyas 29 Ashwin 29 Hartley 4-77 Ahmed 3 88 Anderson 2-29
ENG 292-9 (69.2 overs) Crawley 73 Foakes 36 Hartley 36 Duckett 28 Bairstow 26 Ahmed 23 Pope 23 Bumrah 3-46 Ashwin 2-72
India won by 106 runs (Target 399)

You have to ask what's happened to all these star players in this match. Root seems to be getting out too easily, and Ronit Sharma also failed.

^^ Rohit has 90 runs in the series, his career average is 44. Root has 52 runs, & a career average of 49.

So in this series Ronit's now averaging 23 runs and Root 13 runs per innings.

India will be boosted by the return of Kohli. England need to realize that 1st innings runs are vital, the have fallen short in both matches to date.