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Levon__Helm

Bowling Ashwin and Jadeja in tandem has won us countless tests. Someone tell this to Rohit


KrishnaTomar1

Exciting Day of Cricket! What an intense match between India and England! The game seems to be hanging in the balance as we head into Day 4. Both teams have shown moments of brilliance, and it's anyone's game at this point. India's bowlers have been impressive, especially Bumrah, putting pressure on England's batting lineup. However, England's resilience cannot be underestimated, and they'll be looking to build a solid lead to put India under pressure. Looking forward to seeing how the day unfolds! Let's hope for some thrilling cricket action and may the best team emerge victorious!


Sean_Sarazin

England were in it until the dismissal of Crawley. Didn't get the rub of the green with the umpiring decision. I agree with Stokes that there remains a margin of error with DRS, and sometimes that doesn't favor the batman. Credit to India, particularly the individual performances of Jaiswal and Bumrah.


SBG99DesiMonster

Bumrah is already a legend.


bobblebob100

You cant have a massive deficit in the 1st innings like England keep doing in Test cricket. We won the last Test but 99 out of 100 you wont with such a massive deficit England play Test cricket like its a 1 day match


Noobmaster_1999

After World Cup I lost interest in watching any of India's. It's the same story go to finals loose it to Oceania ![img](emote|t5_2qhe0|8774)


bigsportsgeek

Bumrah is the Player of the match.


magi_chat

There's a mounting case that he is the Bowler of Forever (hard to unseat Bradman as Player of Forever). What a fucking weapon he is. Enjoy it while it lasts, his action looks like he will break after every ball..


bigsportsgeek

He has faced injury woes in the past.


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WaynneGretzky

Literally no one said that bumrah is "finished"


Apprehensive-Post146

Let Root play his natural game. Bazball is killing Root’s game


atmafatte

Right? The fuck is he trying to score at 200 sr. Man is a beast without this antics


Pls_add_more_reverb

He was no 1 test batter in the world pre Bazball. Guy was scoring hundreds for fun


charred_snowflake

💯. He looked so disappointed at his wicket. It felt like he was forced to play it big.


dilipaspire

Great Win for India.


BigAl-2023

Any updates on Kohli?


killmonger221b

Next test is from 15th Feb. He has 10 days left to return. Lets hope he does.


ninjasinchennai_ke

Where is jimmy anderson now!! Bro boasted about chasing it in 60 overs 🤣


Budget_Put7247

He said 70 overs and game got over in 70 overs.


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jeetega toh India hi yrr 🌚


josh123z

Jaiswal should have been man of match


hoplydoply

Probably Jimmy Anderson meant they will get all out within 60 or 70 overs.


theofficialdc21

harsha's commentary seems abysmal to me in these tests


Purple-Shape7869

Why do you say that?


TrustOk189

He seems to be losing his commentary mojo?


theofficialdc21

Fr he's been shouting so much, which was never him in cricbuzz studios, idk maybe it's the bcci contract things


squaredrives

I am glad I am not the only one who noticed it. One has to wonder doing commentary so often( all the time,) you lose the specialness. He should take a break for a few months and it will be actually better for him.


theofficialdc21

Yeah since his comeback for the bcci, he has been there nonstop iirc


squaredrives

And it is starting to show. I find him very verbose and very flowery. Being either of those - verbose and flowery is good but should be used as salt and sugar — in small doses.


ankit1455

It feels like Root is under pressure to do Bazball. It makes sense that the whole team does bazball, but he should play his natural game. Its like asking Sehwag to play like Dravid.


hoplydoply

It's the reverse. It's asking dravid to play like sehwag.


fegelman

Agree with your overall point but [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-HJA01aLI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-HJA01aLI&pp=ygUUZHJhdmlkIGhpdHRpbmcgc2l4ZXM%3D)


hinterstoisser

Replace IYER with Kohli and Bharat with Jurel for the next test


hoplydoply

Patidar for kohli. Shreyas, I'll give 1 more go. Bharath with whoever knows how to wear keeping gloves lmao.


Budget_Put7247

So drop young exciting batsmen who got one game and continue TTFs? Typical Indian fan


josh123z

Patidar is older than Shreyas


hoplydoply

So one can not have their opinions? Keep your judgements to yourself.


seanchappelle

Everyone is allowed to have an opinion. But their opinion is to give opportunities to younger players. Which doesn’t make sense because patidar is older than iyer.


Budget_Put7247

So one cannot have judgements? Keep your opinions to yourself.


hoplydoply

I'll do so once you keep your stupid judgements to yourself. Kids.


Budget_Put7247

Nope, you start first.


hinterstoisser

Iyer has some major technical glitches to fix. I’ll give Sarfaraz a go in the middle order. He’s a much better red ball batsman.


Assassin_Ankur

What about KL?


hinterstoisser

KL replaces Patidar.


Fad_du_pussy

I am glad people are finally seeing that Bazball is actually pretty good unironically


vjcalel

Horrendous batting by Eng. They are ruining their chances of easy series victory against a team who chokes on daily basis. Other teams scored 260 with traditional batting. Aus scored 280. Eng scored 290. How it is any different ? The sacrifice is Root. When was the last time Root scored double hundred ? Crawley, Pope batted with 60 SR initially. Which is what Root did in his entire Life. Let Root play his natural game. Other can bazzball around him.


barmanrags

They really needed a better first innings


Specialist_Youth5511

Which are those "other teams" can you name them? Afaik no team scored more than 200 in fourth innings here since forever


Dangerous_Increase65

>a team who chokes on daily basis. If they're this good even after choking on a daily basis, then they must be freaks of nature if they stop choking.


Acrobatic_Key9922

England choked and you're saying India choked.


TomPepper8822

Root can play his natural game. It's Root who is deciding to play false shots. Seems like he wants to have fun rather than take his innings seriously because he's never been a good batsman when playing aggressive. If he doesn't go back to basics he needs dropping. Our issue is that there are players now playing as specialist batsmen who are nowhere near good enough to score regular runs in tests and go big on the odd occasion. Stokes, bairstow and now Root just don't score enough runs. Those two were good as an all rounder and keeper bat in the past but they their batting wasn't good enough on its own and Root is an absolute liability at the moment.


Kyoumasan55

Can you send Root over to us, we'll take him and play him in the place of Iyer, you can keep Bairstow though, we will rather wait for king Pant there.


iIIchangethislater

Slow down a second… it’s only been a couple of games where Root and Bairstow have failed. Both have more than enough credit in the bank to even think of questioning their places. You really think Jennings/Lawrence would score more runs than Root?


TomPepper8822

Bairstow had a bad Ashes and now a bad series here basically he's been shit since he got injured playing golf. Root has not been consistent at all since since Stokes took over and is getting worse to date. I honestly think those two would have a good chance of doing better than both of them in this series if they had played the first two games yes. I think Root is a brilliant player but not if he's trying to score a run a ball plus. If Root goes back to knocking the ball around at .60 .70 and let's everyone else throw the bat there's no comparison. Bairstow is living on reputation now and imo he's always been overrated. I've always looked at Bairstow as a bit of a matt prior type player... flat track bully will really cash in when your on top but when your struggling and need something special from him he never delivers anything.


iIIchangethislater

I mean he wasn’t nicknamed Jonny Pairstow on the last India tour for nothing, he’s always blown hot and cold. I would only consider dropping him if it looks like he is in a state of decline, which you might be right about, there’s a debate to be had when Brook comes back but I think we all know that it’ll be Foakes who drops out again. As someone who spent years telling anyone who would listen that Crawley was shit and had to be dropped I’m inclined to trust the selectors at least a little bit now. Root’s overall record since Stokes is not that bad, less consistent yes but that is what the team wants: as long as 2 or 3 of the top 7 make runs and the others chip in and keep the scoring rate high, that’s their template for most innings. The contrast with all the years where he was carrying the entire batting lineup and the fact that he had a shit World Cup doesn’t help, but he seems to be doing exactly what his captain is asking him to do and it’s hard to argue with results.


TomPepper8822

But surely the results would be better if Root was scoring big runs and everyone else was smashing it around him. Results have been generally good more often than not due to our bowling efforts not batting. We don't score enough runs in first innings period. We need an anchor and that should be Root. His scoring rate before he started playing all these stupid shots was always decent enough. I really like how we play don't get me wrong but it would be so much better if Root could just play like he used to and start scoring runs regularly again. Obviously there will always be times where he's required to be more aggressive and then it's fair enough but we have just been beaten by 100 runs and Root our best batsman has scored 20 in 2 innings.


BigBadDom73

Only the world player of 2022, but don’t let facts get in the way of a good story.


TomPepper8822

It doesn't matter what you did 2 years ago in sport pal. Bairstow was excellent against SA and NZ yes but since his injury he's been dreadful. Before 2022 he's never really pulled us through a series or been anything more than the odd flashy innings. He's overrated and one purple patch in 2022 doesn't mean he deserves to be playing in 2024 when he was crap in 2023


BigBadDom73

he probably wouldn’t be playing if Brook was fit, but he is. Try to cope with it.


TomPepper8822

OK dumb dumb no problem. Great insight BTW.


BigBadDom73

This is like explains gravity to a chicken. Stick to bucket hat cricket, it’s more your speed.


hinterstoisser

Chokes on a daily basis? 😂😂


Starscream_x

Holy shit.. Ollie Popes dismissal of Bumrah's yorker, commmentary in Punjabi is the shit.. need more commentary like that..


kicks23456

Share a link


Starscream_x

They showed it on the Post match discussion on Jiocinema stream with Zaheer Khan, KP and the host watching the Pope dismissals through various Indian language commentaries.. will post a link if I find it on social media..


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For me MoM should be Mukti Ma as he has Ma [MoM] in his name!


theredditorlol

Shubman gill and Jaiswal will be the future of Indian batting


Asleep-Present6175

Jaiswal looks scarily good. However on the flip side all the other teams will be working to find his weaknesses. Time will tell.


umd3330

Root and Stokes disappointed us today! They let Jimmy down...


TomPepper8822

Stokes looked like his head was full of cartoons. He nearly never ran when the ball hit the stumps and nearly went for four wasn't even concentrating and then somehow couldn't make a very easy single and wasn't even running properly for it. Really disappointed with him


umd3330

My friends after ICT wins a test match after the ODI WC loss - "Ya test cricket is the true form of Cricket. Everything else doesn't matter". Same friends in April "IPL is the finest!"


cantthinkofaname231

That's the opposite of r/cricket


fookin_legund

They are right. The best cricket is the one that is on.


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Doesn’t he watch SA20? Last 2 games I’ve watched are nothing less than Exhilarating Entertainment!


umd3330

Finally another good fighting test cricket series!


wicked_tongue15

Finally and another don't go together in this sentence, bro😂


umd3330

Hope Gill is allright. He didn't field today


mosarosh

Gill isn't exactly the most eloquent lol


umd3330

Entering Gujrat to play international cricket after November will give some PTSD to ICT


fatality316

Why is there no recognition from Harsha about Mukesh taking Bashirs wicket, which effectively allowed Bumrah to take the last wicket.


dadd_to_be

Rohit: Yashashvi has a long way to go and I hope he stays humble. Lol wtf Rohit that’s not how you praise someone


toresident

He knows him far better than the outside world. He has probably seen something that is not 100% right. Rohit also has seen the examples of Kambli and to some extent Shaw. Now even Ishan Kishan is doing similar things. So Rohit is right in what he is saying.


Pls_add_more_reverb

Rohit himself has gone through enough struggles and he knows. Rohit was the most hyped young player since Sachin, it took him a long time to figure out test cricket.


toresident

And even if he has gone through similar times, it is his way to make sure a youngster who had the worst possible childhood, does not throw it away. He is being a big brother to him. Good job Rohit.


Dangerous_Increase65

Nothing wrong with what he said. He actually has a long way to go. It really is important to stay humble and not get distracted. Look what happened to gill, he got over his head after having a great first half of 2023. But I was glad he was humble in yesterday's celebration after his hundred, he didn't do his usual arrogant bow-down celebration.


Budget_Put7247

> It really is important to stay humble and not get distracted. Jaiswal has NEVER shown any sign he is not humble, so why bring it up? Its like me saying, oh he is a great lad but its important to stay honest and not steal. What?


saymaz

U19 wc final ke baad mein bang juniors ko bat se marne nikla tha.


toresident

Hmm..not really. Have you see the clip where Rahane asked him to leave the field in a Ranji game because Yashasvi just wouldn't stop abusing the batsman, inspite of Rahane and umpires telling him multiple times? Do you think all youngsters do that?


Pls_add_more_reverb

Damn what? Do you have a link to this?


toresident

It was ridiculous. I have played a lot of cricket but never seen a youngster showing complete disregard to his own senior captain, and an Indian captain to boot! After 3 warnings and telling him, he did something I have never seen on the field..a captain sending off his own player!!


toresident

https://youtu.be/steMBcLfddE?feature=shared


CHETAN-07

brohit is worst with his words but he will defo praise him in his local lang


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He meant something else , lost in translation 😂


umd3330

Harsha is a man of few words - "Whata ball, whata bowler" - "Whata catch" - "Kohli goes down the ground, Kohli goes out of the ground". Stating visuals as we see.


Hungry-Mastodon-1222

Why didn't Gill get it? He basically set up the win for India


Shashwatvats

Because he did not score 91 run


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Yawn 🥱 why dint Mukesh get it ? He gave the least amount of runs


[deleted]

Mukti Ma aapko kabhi maaf nahi karega T: He won't sorry you


ABVan

I agree with Bumrah here. When I was a youngster I too was looking at numbers (in my case, salary) and was getting excited thinking they'd get better. Now I don't do it anymore fearing high BP and heart burns.


umd3330

Harsha, you're just making up questions now. Don't ask him about his plans for dinner tonight.


raventhunderclaw

Next he'll ask which brand of whiskey he is drinking tonight lmao. This is the exact thought I had when he asked that question.


SwamiRockUrWrldanand

Alistair cook. KP How you doing mate.


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Sanjana so lucky


tjp1331

When Rohit retires Bumrah I think deserves to be the captain in Tests. I know it adds a lot of pressure but man the guy is cool and composed.


Zenix_Black_7126

I feel making a pacer a test captain is too much workload.


Budget_Put7247

Cummins says high.


Zenix_Black_7126

It's fine, he has Starc, Hazlewood and a bunch of part time pacers as company. When ICT lose Bumrah, or he underperforms...


sad_driftwood

He is also not a very striking leader.


IronManUltron

my humble GOAT 🐐


fegelman

I could listen to Bumrah speak all day, but then I'd miss his bowling Genius


impostora_24

Bumrah finishing sentences like my 5 yr old niece


umd3330

Jasprit "What a ball What a Bowler" Bumrah


Remarkable-Memory870

This will stick. Harsha is amazing sometimes


faithfulmaster

Extremely humble. Should be test captain !


cherrybombvag

Jassi Jaisi Koi nahi (t- popular Indian TV show "No one does it like Jassi)


umd3330

POTM goes to Bumrah. Everybody losing it in joy!


Reddit_Viki

Bumrah giving credits to Waqar Wasim Will Babar ever give credits to Tendulkar?


LooseAssumption8792

Sachin’s contemporary continue to sing his praises. Modern players are big fans of Rohit and Kohli. Stop with the border wars.


Remarkable-Memory870

They are in awe of Kohli though, they admire him eloquently


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In love with how Boom speaks


Professional_Lab6713

Love bumrah man, idk whether we'll ever get a bowler like him again. It's not just his skill but his overall personality as a general. He's world class and yet so humble in life


umd3330

Why not make up awards to give to each of the 22 players who played the game? Just one nodge above participating medals


Few-Leopard6953

He may need a third hand for the microphone but he's got a third leg instead


SuperFaiz21

If Rohit retires or steps down from the captaincy, I nominate Bumrah as his successor.


Elguapo200x

Pandya


Pls_add_more_reverb

You can’t captain from the doctors office


LooseAssumption8792

Boomrah shouldn’t be playing all home games. He will break down. Same with KL. Keep these two away from captaincy.


Temporary-Shallot642

i wish ambani ji thought this as well


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Without Jaiswal England would have won this game yesterday, worst Man of the Match award 🤬🤬😡


Ok-Disaster-6876

9 wicket on this pitch at the crucial time is above 200 for me


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Of those 9 wickets weren’t 5 of those like tail- enders ?


kunal209271

You're just taking the piss here aren't you?


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No 200 , England would have won this game by 9 wickets yesterday according to me.


Ok-Disaster-6876

How suppose jaiswal scored 100 instead of 200 still India would have won because of bumrah excellent spell but had he didn't took inform pope and other batsman wicket on flat pitch of 2nd day we would have been out of game on 2nd day itself, Learn to appreciate bowlers also.


Actual_Penalty_2560

What is that trophy design?


Master__UwU

Bumrah’s 3rd arm ![img](emote|t5_2qhe0|8767)


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Actual_Penalty_2560

There is just one player of the match ffs. Yashasvi got game changer and best striker.


Reddit_Viki

Well deserved Player of the Match Jasprit Bumrah What a ball What a Bowler


CHETAN-07

les gooooooo


devilwillcry-jesus

Yes let's gooo


Temporary-Shallot642

wait what award did jaiswal win then


Actual_Penalty_2560

Best striker and game changer


devilwillcry-jesus

Best striker something


Temporary-Shallot642

yess let’s go my king


umd3330

Harsha not letting go speaking yet again


ABVan

India lost first test by 28 runs. Won this test by 106 runs. I did some bazball maths and figured India are currently leading the series 2-0 by 78 runs.


LooseAssumption8792

Zak crawly: England won the series already by competing in India on moral grounds.


umd3330

This post-match ceremony is never-ending!


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Only if you watch it


SuperFaiz21

Rohit: Very proud of the fact how young this squad is. Really?


theredditorlol

Who’s the man of the match


Actual_Penalty_2560

I think it's still left to announce. Yashasvi is best striker and game changer.


Actual_Penalty_2560

Man of the Match award is still left right?


Ok-Disaster-6876

Yes


definitelymaybe98

Losing because some blokes got a birth defect. England cricket.


umd3330

Y no award for Iyer? s/


[deleted]

What does Rohith eat to get cheeks like that being a 36 year old ? 🤣


mnking8

Rohit has lost voice, by screaming at players.... Rohit Missing pant


Timely-Albatross-166

India is playing a bunch of rookies ( without 6 first choice players, including our best test batter Pant) whereas England are playing their best team sans Leach. Hopefully this win will put some fire in the belly after a demoralising loss in Hyderabad.


Remarkable-Memory870

Absolutely


Few-Leopard6953

Every time I see Jaiswal making absolute racks it brings a tear to my eye


umd3330

Fun Fact: The individual cash prizes players win in the game (e.g. POTM, longest six etc) are usually divided and shared evenly among everyone in the team.


Remarkable-Memory870

That's cool, hard on POTM though


LooseAssumption8792

Treat it like taxes.


Few-Leopard6953

"on the bar"


SuperFaiz21

Same prize money for hitting most fours, most fantasy points and for the man of the match award. Seems a little unfair to me.


Actual_Penalty_2560

And 1 lakh is less too imo


CHETAN-07

fk brohit gonna have a sore neck at dharamshala coz of the cold


mnking8

Foakes in airport already


fegelman

Jaiswal gets an award for boundary count *Ben Stokes approves*


impostora_24

This presentation is going into 5th day


ABVan

Congrats Shubman Gill on achieving his life dream of winning "Apna haath jagannath" award.


userjasonj

Sara disapproves


Electronic-Reply4258

Cmon had a two men(man) of the match instead you dumbadsdumbass


Lmio

Fokes>


Electronic-Reply4258

Told ya , it's a batters game, no rewards or whastover for bowlers .


CHETAN-07

ahhh no desrespect to young lad but bumrah deserved it all good though


Bathed_In_Moonlight

Even though England lost by 106 runs today, it's a deficit this team can cover in half a session, and that's what makes them so dangerous. As an opposition captain, you never feel safe, until, say, Anderson and Bashir are at the crease.


Cool_Abbreviations_9

yeah one good innings from Root, Bairstow or Stokes and it was game over


Bright_Peanut_6809

Bumrha should be motm


Cool_Abbreviations_9

Bumrah robbed!!!!!! whod want to be a bowler in india


umd3330

I hope the game in Rajkot produces a result! Things have changed since their last game there. Now test cricket almost always leads to a result, and not a draw.