*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[OverratedSanity]

Not bad from Karthik. We've still got a shot.

What a test match.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Also, **** of Atherton

 

[Bijed]

Man, what a day. In all honesty I won't even mind that much if we lose tomorrow, it's been that enthralling today.

 

[StephenZA]

Great cricket....

 

[cnerd123]

Check out the balls faced

17
24
24
76
16
15
44

Really good from Karthik and exceptional from the Kaptain

This is still anyone's game, and it's definitely coming to an end tomorrow (weather allowing)

Hyped.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Man, what a day. In all honesty I won't even mind that much if we lose tomorrow, it's been that enthralling today.

Feel the same. Superb test. Won't be sad at all if England win. Been wonderful to watch.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Been a great test (not that I saw any of it before today) and cricket is the winner whatever the result. Sets the series up nicely too, might be more interest if it a good seesawing series.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Root just doesn't trust Rashid at all, does he. May as well have not played him and used himself for a token spin over at the end.

 

[Teja.]

Man, this reminds me of the atmosphere in the 4th innings during Mohali 2010. I st test of the series, India just settling into being called the best team in the world, Low target around 200, Kohli/SRT having scored a massive hundred in the 1st innings and in the form of their life, nobody else being able to lay bat on ball in the 4th innings and the score around 100/5.

Then Tendulkar got out, and 20 min later, we were 120/8 with odds at 15/1 Oz.

Then Laxman comes back from the dead and plays a mind bending knock on hunchback for us to win by 1 wicket.

Also **** y’all who’re going full Buddha about losing. I’ll probably be breaking some controllers/remotes when we lose.

 

[Chrish]

Reckon England has pretty much got this in the bag. My prediction: India will loose by at least 30 runs.

 

[vcs]

Epic test match, it really doesn't get much better than this. Hope the rest of the series lives up to this.

 

[Teja.]

In all earnest, Kohli should probably ship a Bharatratna if he gets us there.

 

[a massive zebra]

Illingworth is one. Probably not the only one.

Apparently this is a complete list of players who took longer than Stokes up to 2004.

Carl Hooper(WI) 90
Jacques Kallis(RSA) 53
Gary Sobers(WI) 48
Ray Illingworth(ENG) 47
Trevor Bailey(ENG) 47
Ravi Shastri(IND) 44

Perhaps there may be a couple more since then, but Hooper surely still holds the record. Quite surprised to see Trevor Bailey there as he actually has a pretty decent Test record. I guess he didn't have to bowl much as England had epic bowling resources at his time (Bedser, Tyson, Statham, Trueman, Laker, Lock, Wardle, Appleyard etc).

 

[harsh.ag]

Apparently this is a complete list of those that took longer than Stokes up to 2004.

Carl Hooper(WI) 90
Jacques Kallis(RSA) 53
Gary Sobers(WI) 48
Ray Illingworth(ENG) 47
Trevor Bailey(ENG) 47
Ravi Shastri(IND) 44

Perhaps there may be a couple more since then, but Hooper surely still holds the record.

Jayasuriya almost broke Hooper's record. 98 wickets in 110 games.

 

[Niall]

Would it be safe to say that tomorrows first session is crucial ?

 

[weldone]

For those who saw: How was Kohli's knock today? Confident and chanceless?

 

[OverratedSanity]

For those who saw: How was Kohli's knock today? Confident and chanceless?

Much more secure than the first innings.

 

[vcs]

I thought he was very good given how tricky the conditions were. Batted out of his crease and played it right under his eyes.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

For those who saw: How was Kohli's knock today? Confident and chanceless?

Sadly he looked in total control. He wins it tomorrow if he plays like that again.

 

[srbhkshk]

For those who saw: How was Kohli's knock today? Confident and chanceless?

Almost chanceless, he might have got beaten a couple of times by beauties from Anserson and Curran (always gonna happen with the quality of pitch and bowling), but was remarkably solid otherwise. No edges or catch chances so far.