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Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]
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on 12/06/2023, 19:28:04 UTC
The match between Australia and India was an exciting one that showed off both sides skill. Australia performance was definitely outstanding, especially their bowlers who effectively dismantled India batting order. Their batters also showed amazing talent which greatly aided in their team victory. India on the other hand, had trouble getting going and showed deficiencies in both their bowling and batting lineups. Rohit Sharma had a lacklustre first innings but his tenacious second innings performance showed promise. India defeat may have surprised some people but it serves as a reminder of the match unpredictability and the value of a persistent effort.

It was a huge win for Australia as India was never in the game for all five days. In first innings Indian bowlers allowed Aussies to score 469 runs and in reply there batsmen just scored 296 runs giving Aussies a lead of 173 runs. I don't blame India, in fact Aussies are too good in test that they would have done same no matter who was the opponent. Indians teams just played IPL for 2 months and perhaps they are not ready for this format. Congrats to Australia for a well deserved victory.
After finishing the T20, India got enough time to practice and for professional cricketers, it is not a matter of playing T20 for two months in any league and not performing well in Test matches. In the final match against Australia, we saw the batting weakness clearly for India. In contrast, Australia were consistent. This match became very difficult for India in the first innings when India were all out after 173 runs in the first innings. If India could have equalized the gap of 173 runs in the first innings or could have been ahead by some runs, then they would not have to collect an additional 173 runs in the second innings, as a result of which India would have definitely been ahead in the second innings, but because of the deficit in the first innings, they were basically thrown out of the match.
India could have won the match if Rohit, Shubman Gill, Pujara and Kohli could have batted long in the first innings. None of the mentioned 4 could score 20. In the first innings low score create more pressure on India in the 2nd innings which led to them losing the match by such a huge margin. As long as Ajinkya Rahane was on the field in the 2nd innings, there was a chance that the match could have been a draw but after losing his wicket the all batsman lost to the bowling strategy of the opposition.
Atleast India should've managed to loss the match by less than 100 runs. This is a big loss for India, because in its recent test matches India have performed well. Even it won the last test series against Australia. It was the mistake of the players, because they should've taken it very serious. When one wasn't able to perform the other should've stood wicket and taken the match back to the track. Here everything happened in the opposite way, once wicket started to fall it continued.
After coming this far indies performance in final is below the standard,  they are among the strongest teams in the world with the worlds most famous league so everyone was expecting more from them. But the final was too one sided Australia was all over the game in balling and batting both they didn't allow india to stand up for even a day.