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Based on current scores, pitch and circumstances, it looks like England is about to level the test series.
1-1 on the cards after today's play.
Scorecard:
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Stumps - Day 3
India 327 & 117/7 (33.0 ov)
England 413
India lead by 31 runs with 3 wickets remaining
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Typical India. 
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Abhinav S wrote: No batsman except Gambhir entered double figures.
You missed Ashwin. Anyway by lunch the match should be over. 
.AK.
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Abhinav S wrote: No batsman except Gambhir entered double figures.
Just checked... looks Ashwin turned villain and made sure Gambhir is not the only one to be in double figures.
Abhinav S wrote: Great batting by the famed Indian batting order.
Great is a small word.
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Only positive of the second inning for India was Sachin didn't get bowled out. 
.AK.
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You are the man man! 
Super point.
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Funny bit was MSD saying the spinners disappointed him, so what about our batting - including his batting, not to mention his very poor keeping? 
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: so what about our batting
It might be as per his expectation? 
Nish Sivakumar wrote: his batting, not to mention his very poor keeping?
I like that.
As per me, find his replacement. He does not deserve to play in eleven, not atleast in tests.
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: He does not deserve to play in eleven, not atleast in tests.
I agree, if he was not captain he'd not be in the playing 11.
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If we loose this series, I am sure he will have to pay by his captaincy - this is how most of the countries take action after a series defeat.
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We also need to revise our expectations of our team. We are not a Top-4 team any longer and it's time the fans accepted that.
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: We also need to revise our expectations of our team
It's a mix of expectation and love for the country that speak together.
Nish Sivakumar wrote: We are not a Top-4 team any longer and it's time the fans accepted that.
Accepted. Yet, 'ye dil maange more...' (this heart asks for more...)
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: Yet, 'ye dil maange more...' (this heart asks for more...)
I understand
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I don't read CP articles nowadays, as I just don't get the time to do that. Specially if it's stuff like WPF that's now semi-obsolete (although we use it at work). If I get a chance to go through your article I will share my comments. The topic sounds interesting.
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Sure, no problem.
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: We are not a Top-4 team any longer
I would disagree with you on that comment. India are in a period of transition but I still see them in a top 4 with Aus/SA/Eng. Also let's not forget this series isn't over yet and India can still come away with a 3-1 win.
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TPFKAPB wrote: Also let's not forget this series isn't over yet and India can still come away
with a 3-1 win.
Highly unlikely. I see them chickening out, preparing flat wickets, and the remaining Tests will be draws. They won't dare give a turner when your spinners can bowl better than ours can
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: They won't dare give a turner when your spinners can bowl better than ours can
There's talk over here of doing that to the Aussies next summer, i.e. preparing turners and hitting them with Swann/Monty, I'd love to see it, but I don't think it will happen. 
Back to the current series, I think the next pitch will still be a turner. I think Dhoni still believes that this gives India the best chance against India, and to be fair to him the margin of defeat wasn't as great as it looked on paper, if India had got Cook or Pietersen out earlier it would have been a different story. Much the same as if in the 1st game if we had got Pujara out early it would have been a different result.
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True, the difference between the teams in both tests were 1-2 players.
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.AK.
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_AK_ wrote: Only positive of the second inning for India was Sachin didn't get bowled out.
True. Still humiliating for Sachin and his fans. I think the 3rd Test will be played on a very flat surface so that Sachin and other Indian batsmen can score some 100s, even though the match would probably end in a draw.
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I would have to agree that that is probably your best chance. England have only a few Batsmen in form at the moment so it is quite feasible you could out bat us at the moment.
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Just had a look at your Bio and the bit about P.G. Wodehouse. I love his books(only discovered him about 6 months ago), although a lot of his books follow the same sort of template I find them very good and cheerful. Quite sad he was only a Sir for 44 days, they should have knighted him a lot earlier. Is your style of writing similar?
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TPFKAPB wrote: Is your style of writing similar?
Well I was 19 at the time, and despite having a good command over the language I was still a non-native speaker. So while I did try to emulate his style, I don't know how good a job I did with that
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This is getting worse now as he is getting criticism by a lot more. This is not good but again he also need to see how long he want to drag this.
.AK.
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_AK_ wrote: he also need to see how long he want to drag this.
Probably a 200 or back to back century would help....
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: back to back century
I don't think he can play till dec 13 to achieve this. 
.AK.
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Neh. He will play all the 4 tests of this series. He got 4 innings to make his mark.
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I hope he gets those runs early as what is happening is obvious not good.
.AK.
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True. He is in a big soup currently.
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Media has got something which they can use for few weeks and this is something which will never go unnoticed so they are just fueling it.
.AK.
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_AK_ wrote: Media
Always use their power in wrong direction.
_AK_ wrote: which will never go unnoticed so they are just fueling it
TRP!!!
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Sandeep Mewara wrote:
Always use their power in wrong direction.
True but you can't blame them only, they are showing people are mostly interested in.
.AK.
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_AK_ wrote: they are showing people are mostly interested in.
Exactly. But they have the power to show what is right and not been seen by people.
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They have the power and somewhat their responsibility also is to show but money power is dictating terms everywhere.
.AK.
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_AK_ wrote: but money power is dictating terms everywhere.
True. Money, TRP and Junk is what driving these days... 
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