India tour of England 2025 - 5 Tests

[BasketballHooper]

Maybe but we need to pick those 5 wickets in a stipulated overs. It's a race against time and rain.

The main thing is to get Stokes and Smith out. The others should be fairly easy to deal with.

 

[Fenil]

The main thing is to get Stokes and Smith out. The others should be fairly easy to deal with.

That's obvious but Woakes has a good record against us though he has been offcolor in this series so far.

 

[BasketballHooper]

Stokes goes down !!!!!

 

[Kamboh]

India winning after lunch

 

[BasketballHooper]

Let's go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Fenil]

 

[Kamboh]

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Congratulations

 

[icyman]

India need to find an answer to Jamie Smith- he is quickly becoming a thorn in their path. The problem for India also is that Jamie Smith bats in the lower order; given his current scoring, he can add 100-150 runs with the tail. Those are ominous signs when you have them on the mat at say, 90/5 and Smith takes the games away.

From an Indian bowling perspective, while we managed the wickets without Jasprit, it is still a matter of concern that you lead spinner isnt able to make inroads. Jadeja's batting might have saved him for Lord's but a deeper introspection is the need of the hour. We can't have him ambling in, rolling his arm over and then doing it all over again, without any substantial return. I am well aware that his replacements might not fare any better; I am willing to take this risk as opposed to extending the already longer rope for Jadeja (read:noose for Kuldeep/other spinners).

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Any chance of a green top for next test at lords?

Bazzball era had the flattest of pitches in England.

Also would be a good test for Gill in an overcast Green top maybe against a Jofra Archer or even Gus Atkinson.

 

[BasketballHooper]

Any chance of a green top for next test at lords?

Bazzball era had the flattest of pitches in England.

Also would be a good test for Gill in an overcast Green top maybe against a Jofra Archer or even Gus Atkinson.

I would love to see a green top but I don't think England will go with anything but a flat pitch once more.

 

[Supreme General]

Any chance of a green top for next test at lords?

Bazzball era had the flattest of pitches in England.

Also would be a good test for Gill in an overcast Green top maybe against a Jofra Archer or even Gus Atkinson.

Look at Lords 2022 v South Africa for us on a green top at the home cricket under Bazball

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Same here

My prediction a duck is loading

 

[BasketballHooper]

Same here

My prediction a duck is loading

They'll get rid of most of the grass.

 

[icyman]

They wouldn't keep that much amount of grass. England themselves, might not be able to handle it against Bumrah.

 

[Kamboh]

England Playing XI for the 3rd Test: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir.
Source: NDTV Sports