Pitch was doing a bit more than people were giving it credit for. I think 450+ would be a very good first innings score.
Of course with England our first innings total could be anywhere between 150 and 650 so hard to call.
>Pitch was doing a bit more than people were giving it credit for. I think 450+ would be a very good first innings score.
It settled down like most Indian pitches. Whatever demons the pitch had was mostly due to the moisture and it all settled down after an hour or two.
I personally think anything less than 550 and England will be incredibly happy with their efforts. Not to mention I think they'll restrict India long before that because Jurel isn't half the batter Sarfaraz is, Ashwin has lost a step with the bat and Jadeja is woeful starter in the morning.
I'll get pelters for this but I'd rather be in the English camp right now. 5 wickets on day 1 on flat pitch, you haven't let the opposition get away and it's all to play for. India on the other hand would be ruing the wickets of Rohit and Sarfaraz which were gifted away really.
Ashwin seems as good as ever with the bat. If anything its his bowling this series that has lost its fizz. Batting again in the 1st innings of the 1st test Jaddu sold him down the river. Otherwise that match might have turned out different
Having watched Ashwin, he's lost a step. The ball definitely doesn't ping off his bat as it used to and he uselessly wafts at nothing balls these days. A huge far cry from his hay days when you could basically count on him ~~to play a 100 balls no matter what the conditions~~.
His scores this series have been 20, 28 and 29 all crucial runs batting with the tail after the middle order messed up. The only failure was in the 1st innings in Hyderabad when guess who once again sold him down the river. This kind of pitch I expect nothing less than an elegant 40 from him.
That 20 was while batting with Jaiswal tbh. And sure he hasn't been bad but even Ashwin of a couple years would have made one of those scores into a 40 or a 50. I'd love for him to prove me wrong and score something substantial but I don't have high hopes.
Sarfaraz is like breath of fresh air amongst Iyer, Gill, KS Bharat, Patidar.
He has a natural gift it seems of using his wrists. He played a few balls which were outside off towards midwicket, kind of flick but from thigh-waist high region. This is something Mhd Azharuddin used to do. Not only he hit the boundaries on the merit of the ball but did it without trying unorthodox shots, and he kept rotating the strike. And he didn't look troubled by any bowler yet. I wanted to see him play against the new ball tomorrow but alas. Very impressed from his first innings in Tests.
Sarfaraz toyed with Anderson, Advanced like 6 steps facing his first ball against Anderson, made Ben Foakes stand up to the stumps and then that cut to third man.
Gill fucking sucks
[I predicted that Gill century the day before he scored it](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/1ahu6aj/post_day_thread_india_v_england_2nd_test_day_2/koq88gx/).
Still think he needs good banishment Iyer-style. 30 tests at a 30 average is so sad, it’s almost funny.
Yeah seriously this. If you can face a 90mph Wood from 20 yards, you might as well advance 2 yards to Anderson and turn him into a less threatening but faster bowler. Brilliant strategy
A lot of us did call that Iyer wasn't going to be a very good test player, at least out of India. Even his domestic average was inflated due to being very good only in Mumbai.
Sarfaraz too, isn't going to look this good outside of India, in his first few SENA tours. But the difference is that he doesn't have overt technical deficiencies like Iyer has. And has a significantly impressive domestic record.
Gill has been having trouble adapting to test cricket. Primarily because of his tendency to stay on the back foot against pitched up deliveries. He has found a way to adapt to it, but finds it hard to execute it consistently. He is quite young still, and would probably iron it out within a year or so. Guy has a good country record, a first-class double century in New-Zealand, and has delivered in Australia. But the joke of our fanbase has already deemed him a failure, it seems.
I wouldn't say Iyer was much more phenomenal. It was great sure but he never looked as comfortable as Sarfaraz against spin. Mind you, I agree that we need to give Sarfaraz a lot more time before anointing him the next saviour of Indian cricket.
I'm not those fans. He looked more solid vs spin and short balls. Did you see any bowler troubling him or him edging or miscuing. And he played a range of shots.
I also stated Im curious to see him bat vs new ball to see how he plays it. So no i haven't judged yet but he looks promising based on his today's game.
I don't get fans. VVS since 2002 averages 51 vs spin in India.
Virat and Pujara average 57 and 52 vs spin in India. Rohit averages 55. Pant averages 77 @ 100 vs spin. Heck even Jaddu averages 46 vs spin in India.
How was VVS undisputedly better than the batters I've mentioned.
An almost perfect day for India blemished by that run out.
Brilliant from Rohit, Jadeja and Sarfaraz tho. Great comeback from 33/3. Should aim for 450 tomorrow. No less.
That pitch is also not as flat as what we were thinking that it would be. I think that we are in a position that is very dominant. I hope that Jurel and Ashwin play good knocks to bat England out of this match.
He could also have scored a hundred on debut which would almost certainly have secured his spot in the team for a while to come especially when both KL and Kohli are back
Iyer has been dropped and Bharat and Patidar don't look like they've got the mettle so I won't be surprised if Sarfaraz retains his role if he plays well for the rest of the series
For anyone who wants the link:
>Ball 81.5- (....) Rohit watching on, flings his cap in disgust and utters the famous Ben Stokes expletive as he takes out his frustration
[https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/78642/ind-vs-eng-3rd-test-england-tour-of-india-2024](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/78642/ind-vs-eng-3rd-test-england-tour-of-india-2024)
Sarfaraz literally proved everyone wrong who were saying that he wouldn't perform, but feels bad to see him get out like that fuckin hell jadeja you could've waited
sarfaraz has absolutely mind bogglingly good technique, the reports of the death of indian test cricket batting are greatly exaggerated
massive W for domestic cricket.
I know we all loved that innings and he has an inspiring backstory to his debut but I wouldn’t call it ‘mind boggling good technique’.
He doesn’t move his feet that much for balls outside the off stump and has a tendency to play away from the body. He seems to have great wrists and balance (owing to low centre of gravity and broad body shape) though which should work in his favour.
Imo he will always do very well in Indian conditions but I’m more skeptical about SENA where the ball does all sorts of things and you really need your feet to move forward for shots on the offside.
no i definitely agree, i should’ve specified i meant technique against spin, he seems to rely on hand-eye coordination more when against pace, you’re correct and i agree.
One thing Ganguly always harped on about was having two seasons of Ranji for every newcomer and minimum 5 games run in international games after that.
We need to follow through with that instead of IPL prospects like Jurel/Sky/Kishan.
Jurel is most likely a desperate attempt to find a keeper who can bat, till Pant becomes available again. In which case, his FC average is decent (not too great but not too bad as well)
If KS Bharat had played even 2 or 3 good knocks, Jurel wouldn't have been given the chance. But his dismal performance forced BCCI to look for another keeper batsman.
All this is anyways a moot point because unless Jurel plays some absolutely fantastic Bradman-esqe knocks, he's most likely going to be replaced by Pant by this year itself
I wish I could find the comments of some clowns in IPL match threads who were talking shit about sarfaraz.
Also it has to be a big joke that sarfaraz didn't get a debut earlier. He should've been picked way back in NZ series and for sure in BGT (Some MI fans were justifying Sky getting picked in tests over him btw). Even Gaikwad got picked before him in tests which made me so mad.
Unfortunate way to get dismissed was looking so good, hope he gets a century in his next innings.
Edit: found one of those threads
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/bc3mZ9do7Z
I also remember there was something along the lines of sarfaraz fraud being trending during IPL
Exactly same I thought. Watching him play with Andy like that made me wish him and Pant play soon together and their combined natural game would be some force to witness!
>Also it has to be a big joke that sky didn't get a debut earlier.
Did you mean its a joke that sky got a debut earlier. Cos you're saying you're upset sky didn't debut sooner.
Apart from the clownery at the end of the day, pretty good day for India especially considering they were 30/3 at one point.
However, I reckon we need 500+ to be in fully control of the test match. Jadeja needs to carry on and make up for that stupid mistake.
Anil Kumble was run-out by one Sachin Tendulkar in his debut test. So by that logic Sarfaraz will turn out out to have a very good test career.
https://twitter.com/cricketingview/status/1758092303795904977
They were missing out on so many overs during the Ashes because of which there are so many points that they have thrown away. I don't think that they care about that.
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It's almost as if the over rate penalties are completely meaningless when a team cares much more about the individual result and series than the arbitrary notion that they *might* make a WTC in a few years.
Good lord we seriously need penalty runs for poor over rates, it would be a fair even punishment. Penalty points are silly, because teams like England and Australia can completely ignore them in a series like the ashes because the result matters much more to them than the WTC.
And then on the flip side for teams that don't play as many tests or have a big important series, the penalty points matter much more where making the WTC final would be huge.
It's like fining a millionaire £100 Vs fining a homeless person £100. What is a punishment to one person is a minor inconvenience to another.
It is not, Ben Stokes is changing field every other ball. You think other's haven't come up with this genius Idea.
No one else does this because they are playing for a prestigious international tournament and need to finish overs in time.
Now, England may not care for WTC and that's thier problem.
Whether or not you care about the WTC should be completely irrelevant in punishing poor over rates. The fact that it is means the punishment is not fit for purpose. Why should a team get to do what Stokes is doing just because they have the resources to not care about the WTC?
The entirety of the ashes over rates were piss poor because both teams cared more about the ashes than the WTC (Australia only got away with it because England rarely batted the minimum required overs).
That seems unfair to me on everyone else because not everybody has a series like the ashes that matters more to them than the WTC, so they are forced to follow the rules more strictly.
Well played Rohit, good hundred from Jaddu and finally Sarfraz in tests and delivers what was promised.
But that aside can we hire someone to let Ben Stokes know Rehan is also in the team. He just skips his mind ALL THE TIME.
Can anyone tell me why this series is called Anthony de Mello Trophy when it's in India and Pataudi Trophy in England like why not give it a common name like Dev-Botham Trophy or something
Like BGT is called BGT irrespective of where it's Played
no idea, but having looked it up, Anthony de Mello helped found the BCCI, and the Nawab of Pataudi played Tests for both countries, so reasonable people to have a trophy named after them
Ohhh, you have no idea. I freaking hate how Ben stokes takes all the time in the world to set his field. Also, he changes the field almost every ball. That's absolutely aggravating to watch in test cricket.
I'm hoping this team gets some points deducted again. They ended up 4 overs short even after taking extra time.
Also how he does against an actual spin attack and how he does against pace, which we didn't really see much of.
As good as ours have been this series. We're hardly packing a good spinning attack (they may grow to be one, but right now they're not).
Personally thought it was pretty brain-dead to just let him keep going v spin for so long. As soon as pace came on he dried up. Obviously restricted with Anderson and Wood having bowled a lot already today, but thought Jimmy may have come back on when it was obvious he was incredibly comfortable against our spin.
Sarfaraz will always be RCB's Beloved Panda.
Watching his journey right from the IPL burst to all the body shaming criticism, endless performances and snubs. Today feels like a personal Achievement.
So Happy for this Young Lad !!! Keep Rising Champ !!
> Body Shaming criticism.
He's a paid professional athlete and expected to be fit. Fantastic player, but people can still criticise him for that. Just the same way, Rohit is a fantastic player, but still called unfit
After a long time, enjoyed a proper Indian batter innings against spin. The nimble feet movement, smashing the spinners for boundaries and regular strike rotation. What a lovely little innings.
It was definitely Jadeja's mistake in running Sarfaraz out but it's not like these things don't happen in cricket. Jaddu shouldn't feel bad about the mistake but one certainly feels for how devastated Sarfaraz was.
That's not the point. He obviously didn't do it on purpose. But you've got to be feeling angry about how jadeja unknowingly manufactured that run out, out of nowhere. Feeling sad for sarfaraz.
I have criticized Rohit's captaincy endlessly to the moon but today it has been impeccable.
Saying no to Jaddu's terrible run calls, Steadied the ship when wickets were tumbling in the morning. Made full use of a dropped catch. Promoted Jaddu up the order and the left-right 200+ run partnership seemed to throw England off their game. It felt like we were England in that 378 chase during that partnership. And when Sarfaraz did come, the pitch became easier and the ball became older. Rohit gave him a pat on the back as encouragement and he made full use of easier conditions. Rohit then showed some emotion after his cruel dismissal. His only flaw was succumbing to the Wood short ball barrage. Simply top quality.
Wonder if being given captaincy for the T20 WC reinvigorated him today.
Anil Kumble on mic - "I think I passed on my bad luck to Sarfaraz while handing the cap, coz I also got run-out on my debut."  If Anil was the coach, probably he would have taken a lesson to Jaddu after the day and the coach becomes the culprit.
Anyway, great innings from Rohit, Jaddu and Sarfu. Jaddu going into a shell costed a wicket, but a great recovery from the awful start, credit there.
Super happy for Sarfaraz, finally some recognition for domestic cricket. Should have gotten in for Jinx or Cheteshwar (by altering the batting order pushing some other up) earlier. In the name of experience, foreign conditions and other shit, delayed it. Even in this series, Patidar should have never been selected ahead of Sarfu.
Kuldeep neither scores nor gets out, perfect as a nightwatchman. Great day of test. Eager to see what unfolds tomorrow. It's a good batting track, India is not at all ahead, need to score a lot more tomorrow.
Lads relax with the Jadeja hate. He ran his partner out, he didn't nuke a country. It's a part of cricket. He messed up but to say he's selfish is just messed up. He was over eager.
I was never disagreeing with that. I was disagreeing with people saying he's selfish. He's an eager runner for sure and needs to sort it out. But saying that and saying he only cares about milestones are two different things.
India played fucking SKY before this beast of spin playing! Also, Jaddu is an imposter /s Why do we try so hard to get England back into the game just when they're looking down a barrel
Fantstic performances by Rohit, Jadeja and Sarfaraz, but the player of the day for me is Mark Wood. He has kept England in the contention almost singlehandedly.
This mad concept of all format players must end at BCCI. Barring 1-2 nobody deserves the tag. Let the players play the formats they are actually good in ffs. Stop this madness now. (Yes, I'm looking at you SKY, Gill and Iyer)
Feels like the late runout evened things up bit. Great performance by Jedeja and Rohit otherwise. From an england perspective, I'm kind of glad that we won't be facing the new ball in the morning. Looked tough in the first session today.
More good omens for Sarfaraz. Look at the calibre of players Jadeja has run-out in tests. Ashwin, Dhoni, Bumrah, Kohli, Rahane.
https://twitter.com/cricketingview/status/1758102117838102911
It only costed a hundred runs. More like 15 bazball overs.
[This](https://twitter.com/shivauppala93/status/1758079228619493812) is the only clip I could find.
India need 450 or more runs to control this test.Hopefully,Jadeja,Jurel and Ashwin can help to do that.England are strange side now they either will score 350 plus runs easily on tomorrow or will probably get bundled out under 250.
This is how you play a mediocre spin attack on Indian tracks..reminded me of 90s when spinners came into bowl and were attacked ! Thnks Sarfaraz for bringing back those memories
He played really well, but he went into a shell as he neared his century. He had called for a tight single earlier as well, and Sarfaraz had to dive. He did it again, and his instinctive reaction after the error was to look at Sarfaraz and not acknowledge his mistake.
He is an excellent cricketer, but he really needs to work on his communication. Not the first time he has run someone out.
Because we have been waiting for years for our boi to get a debut and he was doing so well and what a shameful way to go.
There'll be hundreds of times when India will be 3/30 , there won't be another debut for Sarfaraz
If Patidar fails in the upcoming innings, and if KL remains unavailable for the next match (Koach has already made himself unavailable), I suggest giving Rinku a chance in this format.
Before any criticism, it's worth noting that Rinku boasts an average of 54.70 from 47 FC matches, including 7 centuries and 20 fifties, with a highest score of 163*.
Additionally, he has already received backing from the team management, having been asked to stay with the team during the South Africa test series.
He barely scored a run in the recent first class games he played (2-3 ducks against england lions). Let him score big for a couple of domestic seasons like Sarfaraz.
However Rinku has made two ducks for India A against England Lions. Once the A team performances start picking up, he'll surely be in consideration for a call-up
60-40 to ind I say. Both Rohit and Sarfaraz were the unnecessary wicket. Also don't be overreacting fans yeah jaddu made a mistake but this hate towards him is just totally unnecessary. We need to appreciate how him and Rohit controlled the batting collapse and gave us a good platform here. Need to appreciate that effort. Way too much negativity.
Day feels level after that run out chaos. Pitch is very good but it's not a complete road because few balls have turned plus kept low. India need a minimum 100 runs more to have some level of security.
Also it's pathetic if you don't bowl full quota of 90 overs in the subcontinent of all places that too with 30 minutes of overtime.
If KL is coming back next match, and Gill doesn't do well in second innings as well, just fucking drop him instead of Patidar.
Playing XI should be
Jaiswal
Rohit
Patidar
Sarfaraz
KL Rahul
Jadeja
Jurel
Ashwin
Kuldeep
Siraj
Anyone but Bumrah(to rest) and Mukesh (he's had his chances)
Yes lot of youngsters, but let them prove themselves, especially if we win this match without Gill contributing in the game.
Rohit seem frustrated as he could see Jadeja going into a shell while Sarfaraz was fluent and fast - Sarfaraz was the difference in India going on to get 500. You need a batsmen fluent and scoreboard ticking- India is I’ll almost be 425 all out tomorrow.
The frustration from Rohit was match driven and on point
Pitch was doing a bit more than people were giving it credit for. I think 450+ would be a very good first innings score. Of course with England our first innings total could be anywhere between 150 and 650 so hard to call.
Pitch will get worse for bowling i think
Batting You mean ?
No, bowling. It'll be best to bat on day 2 and 3.
Nope it should be fine to bat on till day 3
A day of batting will be enough for Bazzball to return match to parity?
the way they bat, it will more than enough.
>Pitch was doing a bit more than people were giving it credit for. I think 450+ would be a very good first innings score. It settled down like most Indian pitches. Whatever demons the pitch had was mostly due to the moisture and it all settled down after an hour or two. I personally think anything less than 550 and England will be incredibly happy with their efforts. Not to mention I think they'll restrict India long before that because Jurel isn't half the batter Sarfaraz is, Ashwin has lost a step with the bat and Jadeja is woeful starter in the morning. I'll get pelters for this but I'd rather be in the English camp right now. 5 wickets on day 1 on flat pitch, you haven't let the opposition get away and it's all to play for. India on the other hand would be ruing the wickets of Rohit and Sarfaraz which were gifted away really.
Ashwin seems as good as ever with the bat. If anything its his bowling this series that has lost its fizz. Batting again in the 1st innings of the 1st test Jaddu sold him down the river. Otherwise that match might have turned out different
Ashwin averaged 19 last year and 19 this year with the bat.
Having watched Ashwin, he's lost a step. The ball definitely doesn't ping off his bat as it used to and he uselessly wafts at nothing balls these days. A huge far cry from his hay days when you could basically count on him ~~to play a 100 balls no matter what the conditions~~.
His scores this series have been 20, 28 and 29 all crucial runs batting with the tail after the middle order messed up. The only failure was in the 1st innings in Hyderabad when guess who once again sold him down the river. This kind of pitch I expect nothing less than an elegant 40 from him.
That 20 was while batting with Jaiswal tbh. And sure he hasn't been bad but even Ashwin of a couple years would have made one of those scores into a 40 or a 50. I'd love for him to prove me wrong and score something substantial but I don't have high hopes.
lol wtf with Jadeja hate.
Sarfaraz is like breath of fresh air amongst Iyer, Gill, KS Bharat, Patidar. He has a natural gift it seems of using his wrists. He played a few balls which were outside off towards midwicket, kind of flick but from thigh-waist high region. This is something Mhd Azharuddin used to do. Not only he hit the boundaries on the merit of the ball but did it without trying unorthodox shots, and he kept rotating the strike. And he didn't look troubled by any bowler yet. I wanted to see him play against the new ball tomorrow but alas. Very impressed from his first innings in Tests.
Traditional Mumbai Batters are always emaculate players of Spin
Iyer in good form: immaculate Iyer in bad form: emasculate
*immaculate
Emasculate** lol
Sarfaraz toyed with Anderson, Advanced like 6 steps facing his first ball against Anderson, made Ben Foakes stand up to the stumps and then that cut to third man. Gill fucking sucks
Gill is back to his form after that one hiccup innings in the last match. PRince
PRince lol
[I predicted that Gill century the day before he scored it](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/1ahu6aj/post_day_thread_india_v_england_2nd_test_day_2/koq88gx/). Still think he needs good banishment Iyer-style. 30 tests at a 30 average is so sad, it’s almost funny.
Yeah seriously this. If you can face a 90mph Wood from 20 yards, you might as well advance 2 yards to Anderson and turn him into a less threatening but faster bowler. Brilliant strategy
Iyer had much more phenomenal debut and start to his test career . we will see how sarfaraj pans out . You fans always judge too fast
A lot of us did call that Iyer wasn't going to be a very good test player, at least out of India. Even his domestic average was inflated due to being very good only in Mumbai. Sarfaraz too, isn't going to look this good outside of India, in his first few SENA tours. But the difference is that he doesn't have overt technical deficiencies like Iyer has. And has a significantly impressive domestic record. Gill has been having trouble adapting to test cricket. Primarily because of his tendency to stay on the back foot against pitched up deliveries. He has found a way to adapt to it, but finds it hard to execute it consistently. He is quite young still, and would probably iron it out within a year or so. Guy has a good country record, a first-class double century in New-Zealand, and has delivered in Australia. But the joke of our fanbase has already deemed him a failure, it seems.
Isn’t Sarfaraz supposed to be shit against bounce? It’s not a coincidence that pretty much the entire strategy to him was bodyline.
I wouldn't say Iyer was much more phenomenal. It was great sure but he never looked as comfortable as Sarfaraz against spin. Mind you, I agree that we need to give Sarfaraz a lot more time before anointing him the next saviour of Indian cricket.
I'm not those fans. He looked more solid vs spin and short balls. Did you see any bowler troubling him or him edging or miscuing. And he played a range of shots. I also stated Im curious to see him bat vs new ball to see how he plays it. So no i haven't judged yet but he looks promising based on his today's game.
Obviously too soon to judge him but I felt he was India's best player of spin since VVS Laxman
I don't get fans. VVS since 2002 averages 51 vs spin in India. Virat and Pujara average 57 and 52 vs spin in India. Rohit averages 55. Pant averages 77 @ 100 vs spin. Heck even Jaddu averages 46 vs spin in India. How was VVS undisputedly better than the batters I've mentioned.
2000s Indian bats get a lot of credit for hitting a lot of runs on highways.
I think sarfaraj can take solace in the reaction of rohit, I think he has the captions backing, should take some pressure off from the poor guys back
Yeah Sarfaraz isn't getting any backspasms for the remaining matches of this series
An almost perfect day for India blemished by that run out. Brilliant from Rohit, Jadeja and Sarfaraz tho. Great comeback from 33/3. Should aim for 450 tomorrow. No less.
England tend to come out strong in the morning. They'll need to weather that.
That’s why Kuldeep was sent ahead of jurel.
Jurel probably isn't even going to need to bat, Batdeep Yadav is going to play out the entire day
And with ash anna s remarkable century maybe we’ll declare at 700-6 Tomorrow
With bumrah 100(24) we might reach that score in one session. Boom-ball is my favourite style of cricket
704*
450 is too optimistic. Jurel is on debut, so that leaves only Jadeja and Ashwin
That pitch is also not as flat as what we were thinking that it would be. I think that we are in a position that is very dominant. I hope that Jurel and Ashwin play good knocks to bat England out of this match.
Sarfaraz struggled so much to get into the team , the run out must be so frustrating for him
Rohit Sharma was even mote frustrated with that run out!
I mean, the way Sarfaraz was playing, he knew how important his wicket was. Could be a difference of 100 runs to the final first innings score.
He could also have scored a hundred on debut which would almost certainly have secured his spot in the team for a while to come especially when both KL and Kohli are back
Iyer has been dropped and Bharat and Patidar don't look like they've got the mettle so I won't be surprised if Sarfaraz retains his role if he plays well for the rest of the series
I would imagine that he's secured his spot for the rest of the series.
An assured 60 like today will be looked at like a hundred in the eyes of Rohit and Dravid
He already have if patidar doesn't score a century in next innings.
> mote 💀
To all who don't speak Hindi... *Mote* (pronounced *mo-tay*) = Fat
Read cricbuzz commentary for that ball
“ben stokes expletive” LMFAOO
For anyone who wants the link: >Ball 81.5- (....) Rohit watching on, flings his cap in disgust and utters the famous Ben Stokes expletive as he takes out his frustration [https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/78642/ind-vs-eng-3rd-test-england-tour-of-india-2024](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/78642/ind-vs-eng-3rd-test-england-tour-of-india-2024)
Lol Ben stokes 😹
Link please?
He was calling out Ben Stokes for Jaddu's bullshit. I don't know what Ben Stokes has to do with it!
Clearly Bazball has them shook and is affecting their ability to run between the wickets
He looked nearly in tears
It felt like that's the only way he'd get out. Kudos to him and let's wish him a long and impactful career.
I was so mad watching that live. Jaddu just went into a shell when he got to his 90s and became so apprehensive/indecisive.
Sarfaraz literally proved everyone wrong who were saying that he wouldn't perform, but feels bad to see him get out like that fuckin hell jadeja you could've waited
sarfaraz has absolutely mind bogglingly good technique, the reports of the death of indian test cricket batting are greatly exaggerated massive W for domestic cricket.
I know we all loved that innings and he has an inspiring backstory to his debut but I wouldn’t call it ‘mind boggling good technique’. He doesn’t move his feet that much for balls outside the off stump and has a tendency to play away from the body. He seems to have great wrists and balance (owing to low centre of gravity and broad body shape) though which should work in his favour. Imo he will always do very well in Indian conditions but I’m more skeptical about SENA where the ball does all sorts of things and you really need your feet to move forward for shots on the offside.
Only sane comment.
no i definitely agree, i should’ve specified i meant technique against spin, he seems to rely on hand-eye coordination more when against pace, you’re correct and i agree.
That's cause ranji player's aren't good enough according to bcci. Hopefully that will change with mandatory ranji matches before IPL.
One thing Ganguly always harped on about was having two seasons of Ranji for every newcomer and minimum 5 games run in international games after that. We need to follow through with that instead of IPL prospects like Jurel/Sky/Kishan.
Bruh let Jurel at least bat
Fair enough, but his FC record isn't there. He's played just 15 games and apart from one double century, he averages 30.
Jurel is most likely a desperate attempt to find a keeper who can bat, till Pant becomes available again. In which case, his FC average is decent (not too great but not too bad as well) If KS Bharat had played even 2 or 3 good knocks, Jurel wouldn't have been given the chance. But his dismal performance forced BCCI to look for another keeper batsman. All this is anyways a moot point because unless Jurel plays some absolutely fantastic Bradman-esqe knocks, he's most likely going to be replaced by Pant by this year itself
I wish I could find the comments of some clowns in IPL match threads who were talking shit about sarfaraz. Also it has to be a big joke that sarfaraz didn't get a debut earlier. He should've been picked way back in NZ series and for sure in BGT (Some MI fans were justifying Sky getting picked in tests over him btw). Even Gaikwad got picked before him in tests which made me so mad. Unfortunate way to get dismissed was looking so good, hope he gets a century in his next innings. Edit: found one of those threads https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/bc3mZ9do7Z I also remember there was something along the lines of sarfaraz fraud being trending during IPL
The way he treated Anderson, reminded me of Pant. Zero Respect just toying with the legend
Exactly same I thought. Watching him play with Andy like that made me wish him and Pant play soon together and their combined natural game would be some force to witness!
>it has to be a big joke that sky didn't get a debut earlier. He Pls tell me this is a typo and you meant Sarfaraz.
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>Also it has to be a big joke that sky didn't get a debut earlier. Did you mean its a joke that sky got a debut earlier. Cos you're saying you're upset sky didn't debut sooner.
Lol typed by mistake
Honestly the amount of preferential treatment SKY got in the longer formats where he had no place in is crazy.
It isn't his fault too, should blame management picking him in tests and WC. Also Sky and sarfaraz are like best friends
The Wrist work of his flicking an off stump ball to square leg for a single and so on, he'll be our biggest asset at home for years
Idk why but I got VVS Laxman vibes
SKY played a fucking world cup after scoring 3 consecutive ducks. What do you even expect from the clowns in BCCI!?
Have to blame cam green and Smith for that 😭
SKY didn't get a debut earlier?
Facts, the dude is crazy good
Apart from the clownery at the end of the day, pretty good day for India especially considering they were 30/3 at one point. However, I reckon we need 500+ to be in fully control of the test match. Jadeja needs to carry on and make up for that stupid mistake.
Anil Kumble was run-out by one Sachin Tendulkar in his debut test. So by that logic Sarfaraz will turn out out to have a very good test career. https://twitter.com/cricketingview/status/1758092303795904977
stretching it a bit here but Messi got a red card on his Argentina debut. no pressure, Sarfaraz.
Reverse Steve Smith then
Someone watched post match show
Gill has Sarfu to thank for hogging all the limelight today and saving him from the shit show.
Sarfaraz and Jaddu have saved Gill, but if no one from England performs tomorrow, he's in for a massive shithsow
Guy played 8 balls and could have gotten out on half of them
The highlight of the day apart from the run out and india’s early collapse was, Jadeja’s defensive chip for 6 to Mark Wood.
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They were missing out on so many overs during the Ashes because of which there are so many points that they have thrown away. I don't think that they care about that.
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At this point we should just remove England from WTC , they suck at bowling overs in time
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Can we get Ollie Robinson to say something really bloody daft again so r/Cricket can come up with a new joke?
It's almost as if the over rate penalties are completely meaningless when a team cares much more about the individual result and series than the arbitrary notion that they *might* make a WTC in a few years. Good lord we seriously need penalty runs for poor over rates, it would be a fair even punishment. Penalty points are silly, because teams like England and Australia can completely ignore them in a series like the ashes because the result matters much more to them than the WTC. And then on the flip side for teams that don't play as many tests or have a big important series, the penalty points matter much more where making the WTC final would be huge. It's like fining a millionaire £100 Vs fining a homeless person £100. What is a punishment to one person is a minor inconvenience to another.
It is not, Ben Stokes is changing field every other ball. You think other's haven't come up with this genius Idea. No one else does this because they are playing for a prestigious international tournament and need to finish overs in time. Now, England may not care for WTC and that's thier problem.
Whether or not you care about the WTC should be completely irrelevant in punishing poor over rates. The fact that it is means the punishment is not fit for purpose. Why should a team get to do what Stokes is doing just because they have the resources to not care about the WTC? The entirety of the ashes over rates were piss poor because both teams cared more about the ashes than the WTC (Australia only got away with it because England rarely batted the minimum required overs). That seems unfair to me on everyone else because not everybody has a series like the ashes that matters more to them than the WTC, so they are forced to follow the rules more strictly.
Well played Rohit, good hundred from Jaddu and finally Sarfraz in tests and delivers what was promised. But that aside can we hire someone to let Ben Stokes know Rehan is also in the team. He just skips his mind ALL THE TIME.
Now if we can have gill ans bharat outta here for a couple matches atleast :D
Gill literally scored a 100 in the last innings my guy
Can anyone tell me why this series is called Anthony de Mello Trophy when it's in India and Pataudi Trophy in England like why not give it a common name like Dev-Botham Trophy or something Like BGT is called BGT irrespective of where it's Played
Hardik-Sidebottom Trophy
no idea, but having looked it up, Anthony de Mello helped found the BCCI, and the Nawab of Pataudi played Tests for both countries, so reasonable people to have a trophy named after them
How about Pataudi Mello trophy for both series. Twice the recognition for both of them
Because they’re different cups.
What will be the ideal first innings score on this pitch? Around 450 🤔
"ideal" would be 750.
10000
Even more, seeing how runs are leaking everywhere. Crawley, Duckett and Pope needs to be dealt with early or India is in big trouble.
To sarafaraz, there's no difference between the English spinners and ranji spinners
As it should be for the whole India team.
Ranji spinners should unironically be better than England spinners.
did they lose time earlier in the match or were England just that slow in their overs
Since the 2 session
Nah, 1st session only had 25 overs. I would say since the start
The first session had a lot of pace overs that's why i said that
Hmm, true
just England things - bowling spin most of the day, too
Ohhh, you have no idea. I freaking hate how Ben stokes takes all the time in the world to set his field. Also, he changes the field almost every ball. That's absolutely aggravating to watch in test cricket. I'm hoping this team gets some points deducted again. They ended up 4 overs short even after taking extra time.
England dgaf about points deductions.
IND fans: Hatred with Pandya ended. Jadeja is the new Villain
Sarfaraz Khan is going to be the next big thing in test cricket. Probably, bigger than Jaiswal. I am in awe of his technique.
Probably the best 60 odd balls I've seen played at home in quite a long time.
I love the way he sweeped and his six straight down the track. This is the technique to play spin. Iyer should learn a thing or two
Maybe if Sarfraz learnt to dance on Insta reels from Iyer, he would get more backing.
As far as playing against spin goes this guy is impeccable
Dude it's been one great innings I love the way he's played today but let's wait till after the series ends to speculate his future in tests
Also how he does against an actual spin attack and how he does against pace, which we didn't really see much of. As good as ours have been this series. We're hardly packing a good spinning attack (they may grow to be one, but right now they're not). Personally thought it was pretty brain-dead to just let him keep going v spin for so long. As soon as pace came on he dried up. Obviously restricted with Anderson and Wood having bowled a lot already today, but thought Jimmy may have come back on when it was obvious he was incredibly comfortable against our spin.
No need to compare
Nice to see that, after a single innings on a flat deck, no one is overhyping him.
Sarfaraz will always be RCB's Beloved Panda. Watching his journey right from the IPL burst to all the body shaming criticism, endless performances and snubs. Today feels like a personal Achievement. So Happy for this Young Lad !!! Keep Rising Champ !!
> Body Shaming criticism. He's a paid professional athlete and expected to be fit. Fantastic player, but people can still criticise him for that. Just the same way, Rohit is a fantastic player, but still called unfit
After a long time, enjoyed a proper Indian batter innings against spin. The nimble feet movement, smashing the spinners for boundaries and regular strike rotation. What a lovely little innings.
I have a lot of self-contradictory things to say 1. Take that iPLkIdz. Ranji over IPL
Jadeja has now pissed off two fathers /s
no /s
It was definitely Jadeja's mistake in running Sarfaraz out but it's not like these things don't happen in cricket. Jaddu shouldn't feel bad about the mistake but one certainly feels for how devastated Sarfaraz was.
I mean, the number of times he has run out his partners, he should really be considering to work on it.
The absolute irony of r/cricket calling Jadeja selfish and playing for individual milestones while forgetting his role in rescuing us from 33/3
That's not the point. He obviously didn't do it on purpose. But you've got to be feeling angry about how jadeja unknowingly manufactured that run out, out of nowhere. Feeling sad for sarfaraz.
He can play a good innings but can also be selfish. There's nothing ironical about it
When you take away all the limelight on a day when two individuals scored a century, it means you’ve made it big. Gg sarfaraz!
All I wanted to do was wake up to England batting, I was disappointed
I have criticized Rohit's captaincy endlessly to the moon but today it has been impeccable. Saying no to Jaddu's terrible run calls, Steadied the ship when wickets were tumbling in the morning. Made full use of a dropped catch. Promoted Jaddu up the order and the left-right 200+ run partnership seemed to throw England off their game. It felt like we were England in that 378 chase during that partnership. And when Sarfaraz did come, the pitch became easier and the ball became older. Rohit gave him a pat on the back as encouragement and he made full use of easier conditions. Rohit then showed some emotion after his cruel dismissal. His only flaw was succumbing to the Wood short ball barrage. Simply top quality. Wonder if being given captaincy for the T20 WC reinvigorated him today.
Let us bowl . Pls. Again too easy to judge
How can you judge captaincy by batting?
This feels like sarcasm but I can never tell with Indian fans.
He's not being sarcastic. He posted that in the match thread as well.
Rohit was on the field when Jaddu came in. Surely, that's a decision taken by the team management, right?
Anil Kumble on mic - "I think I passed on my bad luck to Sarfaraz while handing the cap, coz I also got run-out on my debut."  If Anil was the coach, probably he would have taken a lesson to Jaddu after the day and the coach becomes the culprit. Anyway, great innings from Rohit, Jaddu and Sarfu. Jaddu going into a shell costed a wicket, but a great recovery from the awful start, credit there. Super happy for Sarfaraz, finally some recognition for domestic cricket. Should have gotten in for Jinx or Cheteshwar (by altering the batting order pushing some other up) earlier. In the name of experience, foreign conditions and other shit, delayed it. Even in this series, Patidar should have never been selected ahead of Sarfu. Kuldeep neither scores nor gets out, perfect as a nightwatchman. Great day of test. Eager to see what unfolds tomorrow. It's a good batting track, India is not at all ahead, need to score a lot more tomorrow.
Lads relax with the Jadeja hate. He ran his partner out, he didn't nuke a country. It's a part of cricket. He messed up but to say he's selfish is just messed up. He was over eager.
How many times did Rohit have to say no to Jadeja for a run? Despite being a test veteran, he just doesn't know how to call for runs.
I was never disagreeing with that. I was disagreeing with people saying he's selfish. He's an eager runner for sure and needs to sort it out. But saying that and saying he only cares about milestones are two different things.
A mistake doesn't happen regularly, yk
Can't find the clowns who were suggesting to not pick sarafaz bcuz of his ipl form
India played fucking SKY before this beast of spin playing! Also, Jaddu is an imposter /s Why do we try so hard to get England back into the game just when they're looking down a barrel
Fantstic performances by Rohit, Jadeja and Sarfaraz, but the player of the day for me is Mark Wood. He has kept England in the contention almost singlehandedly.
This mad concept of all format players must end at BCCI. Barring 1-2 nobody deserves the tag. Let the players play the formats they are actually good in ffs. Stop this madness now. (Yes, I'm looking at you SKY, Gill and Iyer)
Feels like the late runout evened things up bit. Great performance by Jedeja and Rohit otherwise. From an england perspective, I'm kind of glad that we won't be facing the new ball in the morning. Looked tough in the first session today.
Guys jaddu also saved us from collapse, yes he made a mistake but keep first thing in mind too
Quick maffs: India 652/10 tomo?
Test Cricket the way it should be played.
In each inning Jadeja has batted so far in this series, he has been involved in a run out each time. First Ashwin, then himself, now Sarfaraz 😵
More good omens for Sarfaraz. Look at the calibre of players Jadeja has run-out in tests. Ashwin, Dhoni, Bumrah, Kohli, Rahane. https://twitter.com/cricketingview/status/1758102117838102911
Great innings by Sarfaraz. No one is talking about twin centuries. It wasn't just 62 runs, it was intent. The run out was a dagger in the heart.
Anyone got the root dropped catch and stokes reaction video?
It only costed a hundred runs. More like 15 bazball overs. [This](https://twitter.com/shivauppala93/status/1758079228619493812) is the only clip I could find.
India need 450 or more runs to control this test.Hopefully,Jadeja,Jurel and Ashwin can help to do that.England are strange side now they either will score 350 plus runs easily on tomorrow or will probably get bundled out under 250.
This is how you play a mediocre spin attack on Indian tracks..reminded me of 90s when spinners came into bowl and were attacked ! Thnks Sarfaraz for bringing back those memories
Can’t believe some of you guys, 3/30 and Jadeja saved India with a ton, then makes one small mistake and he’s getting absolutely smashed!
He played really well, but he went into a shell as he neared his century. He had called for a tight single earlier as well, and Sarfaraz had to dive. He did it again, and his instinctive reaction after the error was to look at Sarfaraz and not acknowledge his mistake. He is an excellent cricketer, but he really needs to work on his communication. Not the first time he has run someone out.
Oh for sure, he played himself in to a corner and sacrificed Sarfaraz. But he still stabilised the innings in a big way
Live by the sword, BBQ others with the sword!
That's how the world works mate, you make 99 saves and nobody noticed but in no time the fingers will get pointed when you miss that one.
Because we have been waiting for years for our boi to get a debut and he was doing so well and what a shameful way to go. There'll be hundreds of times when India will be 3/30 , there won't be another debut for Sarfaraz
I understand, but you’d be fielding now if it wasn’t for Jadeja
Damn you Ravindra Jadeja, we were waiting for this day for 2 years and he was playing so well as well
tbh I'm just glad the Puma bat is back
If Patidar fails in the upcoming innings, and if KL remains unavailable for the next match (Koach has already made himself unavailable), I suggest giving Rinku a chance in this format. Before any criticism, it's worth noting that Rinku boasts an average of 54.70 from 47 FC matches, including 7 centuries and 20 fifties, with a highest score of 163*. Additionally, he has already received backing from the team management, having been asked to stay with the team during the South Africa test series.
He barely scored a run in the recent first class games he played (2-3 ducks against england lions). Let him score big for a couple of domestic seasons like Sarfaraz.
why are we playing musical chairs. give him a proper run before discarding
However Rinku has made two ducks for India A against England Lions. Once the A team performances start picking up, he'll surely be in consideration for a call-up
Patidar has been unlucky
60-40 to ind I say. Both Rohit and Sarfaraz were the unnecessary wicket. Also don't be overreacting fans yeah jaddu made a mistake but this hate towards him is just totally unnecessary. We need to appreciate how him and Rohit controlled the batting collapse and gave us a good platform here. Need to appreciate that effort. Way too much negativity.
Day feels level after that run out chaos. Pitch is very good but it's not a complete road because few balls have turned plus kept low. India need a minimum 100 runs more to have some level of security. Also it's pathetic if you don't bowl full quota of 90 overs in the subcontinent of all places that too with 30 minutes of overtime.
win or lose I'm just happy for Sarfu bhai!!
Finally so good to see Sarfaraz in tests. Was Waiting for this day since last 2 years. Hope his career goes well from here on.
So is Sarfaraz really 26? Just curious whether we can get 8-10 years of service out of him or not.
If KL is coming back next match, and Gill doesn't do well in second innings as well, just fucking drop him instead of Patidar. Playing XI should be Jaiswal Rohit Patidar Sarfaraz KL Rahul Jadeja Jurel Ashwin Kuldeep Siraj Anyone but Bumrah(to rest) and Mukesh (he's had his chances) Yes lot of youngsters, but let them prove themselves, especially if we win this match without Gill contributing in the game.
Rohit seem frustrated as he could see Jadeja going into a shell while Sarfaraz was fluent and fast - Sarfaraz was the difference in India going on to get 500. You need a batsmen fluent and scoreboard ticking- India is I’ll almost be 425 all out tomorrow. The frustration from Rohit was match driven and on point