*Official* - India in West Indies

[vcs]

That's a great ball. Hopefully Ishant can produce a few of those later.

 

[vcs]

Dravid needs to bat a bit more positively here, with so much time already being taken out of the game.

 

[vcs]

Finally Bishoo.

 

[centurymaker]

Dravid needs to bat a bit more positively here, with so much time already being taken out of the game.

He's already going for the draw it seems

 

[Rush]

He's already going for the draw it seems

Tbh if it was on day one on an absolute road against a Sri Lankan level test bowling attack, he'd still bat like he was going for the draw

 

[vcs]

Come on Dravid, score some runs. Rotate the strike.

 

[Rush]

Come on Dravid, score some runs. Rotate the strike.

It's getting frustrating, 6 runs in 7 overs. This is where you realise the importance of the likes of Sehwag.

 

[centurymaker]

Prince EWS and some others have said in the past that strike rates don't really matter...
yea right

 

[Dissector]

It doesn't look like India is interested in forcing a win by declaring today. Of course given the pitch and the Windies batting, a win may still happen if there isn't too much rain. If India take a few early wickets WI could easily collapse in under two sessions.

 

[Rush]

Prince EWS and some others have said in the past that strike rates don't really matter...
yea right

Utter nonsense.

 

[vcs]

Prince EWS and some others have said in the past that strike rates don't really matter...
yea right

There are occasions when a slow strikerate can actually help more.. like Dravid wearing down the attack in the previous Test and cashing in later.. but surely there are more situations in Test cricket where it is more beneficial to score quicker IMO.

 

[Bun]

bloody hell, we've lost so much time to rain and this pitch ain't. a paradise either..

better safe than sorry....

 

[Rush]

bloody hell, we've lost so much time to rain and this pitch ain't. a paradise either..

better safe than sorry....

That's my point.

 

[vcs]

bloody hell, we've lost so much time to rain and this pitch ain't. a paradise either..

better safe than sorry....

I agree. But the hard work of seeing off the new ball has been done IMO.. this should be cash in time. WI are bowling good lines and there's no point taking unnecessary risks. Still rotating the strike should not be a problem for batsmen of this class.

 

[vcs]

I think the target should be to get to 250+ by the end of the day's play (assuming all 39 overs are bowled), which will be plenty. At some point, WI might lose their discipline for a patch of 10 overs or so, which is when the batsmen must cash in to the tune of 50-60 runs.

 

[Rush]

What is this talk of playing for a draw from Sunny G ? For christ's sake! We need to be ruthless not just play for draws on the fifth day!

 

[Cruxdude]

Would love it if we make a declaration early tomorrow and then turn it on.

 

[Bun]

I agree. But the hard work of seeing off the new ball has been done IMO.. this should be cash in time. WI are bowling good lines and there's no point taking unnecessary risks. Still rotating the strike should not be a problem for batsmen of this class.

yeah not denying that.

so far arnd 195 overs have been bowled. had there been no rain. that's just over an hour into the third day.....

 

[Cevno]

Mukund repaid some of the Faith today

Will not criticise the criticisers after the first test yet ,though

 

[vcs]

If we get 90 overs at them, I think we'll win. Actually, I think Dhoni will go for the approach of putting up an unattainable score so that he doesn't even have to bother about stopping runs. That might require batting the first 10 or so overs tomorrow. A lot depends on how Bhajji bowls... can't expect the quicks to take all the wickets again.