Very different from last match isnt it. England have fought very well, and the tables have turned. India look more fragile against pace and spin.
Its going to be tricky cause if it assists the pace bowling, then India still look vulnerable and if its very spin oriented then again India looki more vulnerable. England have had consistent performance from swann and cook. If they want to win this, then beside cook and KP, the likes of bell and trott will have to perform.
For India all players will have to perform. The batsmen in particulalry as they leave very little for the bowlers to do. Dont think India will play 3 spinners. Very hard to manage that, and it turned out that bhajji was underbowled in Mumbai, and ashwin who changed his lines every ball bowled more.
Again the likes of tendulkar, gambhir sehwag and dhoni in particular are under scanner. If they flop and India lose, we could see their last test match. Atleast from a perspective of all the poor performances India have had post WC.
Players to watch out for:
India - Pujara and Kohli
England - KP, cook and Swann.
Let the match begin
3rd Test match
posted on 8/12/12
nd lets be honest here, he has only been able to bat for this long because there is no pressure. if he scores 0 or 100, its not going to have an effect on him. once that neccesity comes in, ie an allrounders tag, his true colours will be found out. remember he was in pressure to pick up wickets in the this whole series. he failed miserably.
posted on 9/12/12
9 more!!
posted on 9/12/12
8 more!
posted on 9/12/12
7 more!!
posted on 9/12/12
8-3
As I said yesterday, 120 would have been a tough total to chase. Even if it was 80 it may have been a contest.
Good job we got the wicket early
posted on 9/12/12
Awww.... now it's 7 more to min
posted on 9/12/12
Win*
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posted on 9/12/12
I seen it was 3 fa.........did the skipper give the tail a bit of a go did he...
Not a bad idea instead of damaging one's average......and ego!!.
posted on 9/12/12
Great win for England. Looks like they have finally overcome this policy of making average spinners look good.
As for India, they have to go all out attack. Drop a batsman and promote Ashwin. Hope Yadhav is fit cos Khan, Sharma and Dinda will struggle to get in the Bangladesh team on current form.