nitinveer

What an innings by Butler! Specially against quality spin attack without any dew and with no support from the other end apart from Powell. He himself was struggling to time the ball start of the innings and in the end, exhausted!! The 200+ matches really need to stop! It has become so boring to watch these matches!

What a massacre from SRH!! I know RCB bowling has been pretty ordinary from the inception but this is disgusting to say the least! It's so difficult and hard to be RCB fan right now!!

For all the humiliation, embarrassment, ridicule the RCB fans had to endure for 15+ years, this comes as a great achievement and satisfying closure for supporting the team! What a win! Finally Ee sala cup namdu!!

Yeah this despite a single rank turner/dust-bowl pitch used in the entire series + some key players missing in Indian team + England winning toss 3 times and batting first on good pitches.

What a bowling performance by India and meltdown from England. I hope India bats only once and win by an innings to end this fantastic series!

I hope this is applicable to all players in future and BCCI follows the same rule. Iyer did not play Ranji claiming back spasms but went to KKR pre camp which seems to have pissed off BCCI.

Great win Jurel and Jaiswal were great! special mention to Gill although I didn't think he would survive. Patidar has been disappointing! He seems to have so much potential however the occasion seems to get to him. I hope Sarfaraz comes good although Dharamshala will be fast bowling friendly. I think Bumrah, Siraj and Akashdeep will play if it is seamer friendly pitch along with Ashwin and Jadeja. If KL is fit, he will replace Patidar.

That was a great test match! Excellent batting and then bowling. Piling on the pressure on England! So far, no rank turners but I hope at least Ranchi turns by the end of day 1 to see how bazzball fares! It's not guaranteed that Rohit will win toss always and England will crumble.

For the first time in this series, it looks like India have bowled well entire session with control and building pressure. This without Ashwin and Jadeja only bowling one over!.

Yeah if the pitch is spinning, I am not sure why we need second fast bowler! Why is Washington Sundar is ignored is beyond me; I know his bowling needs work in tests but he won't get better till given chance.

Interesting! Iyer is mentioned as he is supposed to be "best player of spin" in subcontinent which I believe he has proved previously but now out of form/touch. I am not sure how Dhruv Jurel plays or keeps but this makes sense! Where is Ishan Kishan? would have been perfect in this series.

Based on reports, it seems Virat may not be available for the whole series. KL will be back next test so Patidar won't get chance unless they plan to replace Iyer which they won't. I hope Bharat gets replaced too as his batting even in subcontinent is poor and keeping which was supposed to be good has not clicked either. If Shami is back there is no problem for fast bowler replacement.

ThereChampion bowler Bumrah!! Taking 6 wickets on that docile pitch with skill and reverse swing! Great to watch. Now if India bats sensibly, there can be some hope tomorrow.

Same goes for Gill. Giving wicket to Anderson on flat pitch when bowl is neither swinging nor reversing should be a crime! The last two wickets - Axar and Bharat's were pretty ordinary late in the day. These guys need training on temperament and situation awareness I think.

So are the people concerned with Sony's lineup in 2024 and beyond are now satisfied after first state of play or need to wait till February 6 on the follow-up?