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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?

Frankly speaking, Gill is overrated in tests; specially in subcontinental conditions. Apart from that Australia series, he has not done anything worthwhile.

Such an ordinary performance in all 3 departments from India. In a same pitch, opposition tail enders made 100 runs on the same day morning and Indian batting couldn't survive 70 overs. The worst part is England bowling was so weak, if India planned strategically this would have been easy chase. Both Rohit and Dravid does not seem to have any plan B when opposition starts playing differently. Some of the field placing even for tail enders was so bizarre. The batting in both innings was so ordinary (which has been the case last 3 years), even more disappointed with first innings being when batters were throwing their wickets away and didn't understand why Jadeja and Axar went so defensive third day morning. It's so disheartening to see such formidable dominance built in last 12 years getting crumbled.

Agreed. With the situation where Jaiswal is going hard and striking well there was no need of that shot. England would be demoralised if India did not lose a single wicket by end of the day's play.

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It seems the Indian bowling lineup took it to their heart the way people spoke about them after last match so they wrote their own script after losing the toss!

It's been ordinary bowling effort from India. Rohit looks like is still in WC hangover and out of ideas! On a good bowling pitch, they have not bowled consistent line and length. Prasidh is highly overrated for sure.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Received my second gift! Thank you Santa @niks_flashbullet for another great gift! It's been a while I had a backpack without sponsor company logo on it https://imgur.com/a/Jexjz2n

This has to be one of the worst auction from RCB in recent times! Leaving out Hazzlewood, Harshal and Hasaranga and getting ordinary bowlers in place of them. The best spinner RCB has is Maxwell ( please do not bring up Karn Sharma) and the best day bowler is Topley/Siraj. Each one of the bowlers will get slaughtered in Chinnaswamy pitch. Yash Dayal is the only saving grace but even he will not play like he did for GT (This is the trend with RCB). What was surprising was RCB did not even bid for good bowlers or allrounders such as Thakur, Sakariya, Umesh or even Hasaranga or Mujib. What is the point of going after foreign fast bowlers when most of slots are already filled. Seriously both Cummins and Starc were overpaid by 2 times!!

LOL. It was my wife! Not sure what made her ask your name, she already knew about secret santa. Wish you and your family Merry Christmas and Happy New year! @niks_flashbullet

Crazy! Franchisees have gone mad! Even Cummins bidding was crazy!

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Exactly. On the day of news of Hardik Pandya transfer, Bumrah's social media post showed the disappointment and today SKY's tweet clearly showed disappointment again. SKY is currently captaining national team and Bumrah has done it in the past. It would have been still okay if Pandya was with MI all this time but that is not the case.

Unbelievable to say the least! Sharma can play IPL at least another 3 years easily and Pandya already has captaincy experience. The transfer and now this is turning into a mess!

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I also feel manipulation on viewer data! Currently 7.5Cr views on this cr*p match where Indian bowlers are getting hammered whereas WC Final highest number was 5.9Cr and Hotstar made WC free for mobiles.

A. The background music sounds amazing. B. That is most of the Indian movie trailers are made to reveal pretty much everything but there are some aspects which were not revealed/cleverly hidden I believe. Looking at the duration of the movie, screenplay hopefully is good and editing is on point otherwise it would turn out boring for the audience.