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Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]
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Sithara007
on 19/07/2025, 03:05:35 UTC
If test matches were decided on how many sessions each team has won, then for sure India would have won all three test matches but unfortunately, it is not like that.

Analysing only the two tests where the Indian team lost their way, it was their batting in the 2nd innings that let them down. In the first test, they made 364 runs in the 2nd innings and in the last test, they made only 170 runs in the 2nd innings again and lost the match. No matter how bad the wicket was, 192 should have been chased by the Indian team, they had some big names in the team but they collapsed badly.

I agree. 192 was chasable. After all the hard work in the first innings by KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja, it was a massive let down to get bundled out for 170 in the second innings. England didn't even had a quality spinner. Shoaib Bashir is miles away from achieving the sort of reputation that Jack Leach once held. So for England it was left to the pace-bowling quadrant of Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Brydon Carse to get the crucial wickets.