What would be a challenging target for India? At the moment, England are 109/4, with two of their best batsmen at crease (Joe Root and Ben Stokes). Either they can get to 250-300, or they can get bundled out for less than 200. Anything can happen from here on. Among the Indian bowlers, Mohammed Siraj has been the pick, as he nabbed two very important wickets (Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope). 

Given the fact that Lhuan-dre Pretorius is just 19 years old, it was a magnificent achievement by him to score a test hundred on debut. But on the other hand, it was made against the weakest test nation at the moment. And also, let's not forget the fact that South Africa at one point was struggling at 181/6, before the partnership between Pretorius and Corbin Bosch pulled them out of trouble.

Exciting match ongoing between Nepal and Netherlands, and at the moment the match is evenly posed. The Dutch have made 105/4 after 11 overs, and out of that 73 runs have been contributed by Michael Levitt. He has in fact stabilized the innings. At one point they were 45/4. The partnership between Levitt and Saqib Zulfiqar has rescued the Dutch.

Even now, the CONMEBOL qualifiers look interesting. Brazil is at 4th place with 22 points, but then we have Uruguay and Colombia at 5th and 6th positions respectively with 21 points each. Even the 7th placed Venezuela is not that far behind, as they have 18 points. That said, it looks like Brazil will be able to secure a direct qualification spot.

Both the Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad have been massive disappointments in this season. LSG a little bit less than SRH perhaps. Ishan Kishan is likely to open the batting for SRH along with Abhishek Sharma, as Travis Head is unavailable for this match. On the other hand, LSG will be having a near full strength squad.

I would still blame Shubam Dubey. He should have been aggressive right from the beginning. You can't afford too many dot balls, when the required run rate is more than 10 runs per over. Dubey took too much time to settle down, and as a result a lot of pressure was applied on Riyan Parag at the other end. And this resulted in Parag getting out.

Lucknow Super Giants managed to get to 200, but then for Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya picked up 5 wickets. I would say that there is a slight edge for MI here. Their batsmen are in form, and for LSG the bowling lineup lacks experience. It is going to be a close match, but MI has an upper hand as of now.

PCB selecting unknown faces in the squad is not the problem. But not giving enough opportunities and dumping them after a single tour is the real issue here. There is no lack of talent in Pakistan. But the PCB has been notoriously incompetent in grooming this talent.

Social media is mad for Samson and not for Nair? That's not fair. Nair scored 779 runs, at an average of 389.50 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He almost singlehandedly took Vidarbha to the final. In case of Samson, he refused to represent Kerala at the VJT and that was given as one of the reasons for his omission. But Nair's omission proves that performing in VJT also doesn't matter much for team selection.

Next week, we have a test series between Pakistan and West Indies coming up. This is going to be one of the most irrelevant bilateral series, as both the teams are currently at the bottom of the points table in ICC World Test Championship. West Indies is at the rock bottom, while Pakistan is one rank above them. And talking about the momentum, Pakistan has won two of their last 5 matches, while West Indies have won one out of their last 5.

I was looking at the test bowling averages for Indian bowlers:

Jasprit Bumrah: 19.42
Mohammed Siraj: 30.87
Prasidh Krishna: 26.00
Mohammed Shami: 27.71
Shardul Thakur: 28.38
Ravindra Jadeja: 24.10
Ravichandran Ashwin: 24.00
Washington Sundar: 25.20

Out of these bowlers, Siraj is the only one with a >30 average. I am not sure how he is able to find an automatic spot in the playing XI every time. Perhaps close relations with Kohli and Rohit helps.

Rishabh Pant just got out, and that takes the advantage away from India. He made 61 from just 33 balls, smashing the Australian bowlers without any mercy. Right now India has a lead of 132 runs. In order to solidify their advantage, they need to take that lead to at least 200. Bumrah has returned to the Indian camp after his MRI scan. There is still no word from the Indian dressing room whether he will be able to bowl or not.

Indian bowlers (apart from Jasprit Bumrah) are looking pathetic out there. Travis Head is treating them with disdain. Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep seems to be in poor form, while the pitch is not providing any support for Ravindra Jadeja. Maybe Rohit need to use Nitish Kumar Reddy more often. If India are unable to break the partnership between Smith and Head, then there is a good chance that the Aussies will get to a mammoth total and India will lose the match by an innings.

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Well... India needs another 218 runs, while New Zealand needs 6 more wickets. Even at the moment, I think New Zealand has the upper hand. Washington Sundar and Virat Kohli are at the crease, and they need to stay there if India wants to save the match. And Mitchell Santner is just unplayable. So far, he has picked up 10 wickets in this match. But the advantage for India is that Ajaz Patel from the other end has proved to be very incompetent.

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Sri Lanka ended the third day with a lead of 82 runs, with just 4 wickets remaining. To have any chance of remaining alive in this match, they need to get the lead to at least 150. Not going to be an impossible task, as their lower order is not that bad. On top of that Shoaib Bashir has been disappointing so far in this innings.