I've never seen 7s with 8 wickets left on the last day

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not following this test, is the pitch still good to bat on ?

can't watch Duckett bat, it's truly painful viewing

one man and his dog betting on this game again

juc, can engerland hold on for a thai here

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These reviews are good for getting dips that reverse back.

England are going to need a pile of luck to get the draw.

When the ball hits the batsmen on the full how does ball tracking know how much it is going to spin?

Much as to be expected here. I took a small loss from an initial bet.

With regard to the game the team were not helped by the Selectors yet again. Dropping Stokes was as stupid as playing Duckett. Losing the toss consigned their fate.

The selectors have not thought about left and right hander combinations. You could see how important it was at times and made it difficult for the India bowlers with their lines.

India showed they were the better team in these conditions and Kohli was the difference between the two sides.

England " lost " the game when Hameed was run out or rather they lost any chance from that point on and the subsequent calypso collapso. That is why Duckett must go.

There is not a lot of difference between these two sides. Pujara got a century first go. Take that away and only Ashwin got a fifty and as I said the difference netween the sides was Kohli and his 248 runs. India won by 246...say no more a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!

Next Test should see Butler in at 7 maybe. I would put Jonny Barstad up to 4 or Stokes if you want a left hander. The Johhny at 5, Moen then Butler. I think that would give the top order the stability it needs and Ali and Butler could come in and play with freedom.

Much as I wanted Ansari to do well he adds very little at this stage. A SLA was needed but it is not him right now. There is no point in playing Batty either.

I don't know what Mohali will be like but I suspect there will not be much grass on a pitch that could be said to favour England. Let's hope we get a bloody minded curator!

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jtb, I've asked myself the same question. Had England won the toss, they would have had an early advantage but probably not as decisive as India's was. Be interesting if they win the toss in one of the remaining Tests.

Butler at 7 too low down......would be on a recovery mission no doubt...

Get him in at 4 or 5 and let him have a licence.

Play Stokes 6 or 7

Selection mistakes have been apparent for a while.

Bringing Ballance back in during the Summer made little sense. With 7 tests coming up in Asia we had to blood a player who is light on their feet, sweeps, reverse sweeps and rotates the strike with ease.

James Taylor is a huge loss in that regard...

So who was it to be? Vince, Buttler, Billings or Borthwick? Vince didn't take his chances. I know little of Borth apart from his stats. It had to be one of the other 2 imo.

Instead they chose Ballance plus Duckers instead of Hameed. They then dropped Duckers to 4. It took 7 innings before the brains trust moved him from outside leg stump to a middle and off stump guard....

I assume they wanted 3 spinners cos of the heat. The quicks can't bowl 20 in a day so they went for Ansari instead of any of the other quicks who would have outbowled him. Personally I would have gone with 4 quicks and bowled them into the ground if necessary but I'm a hard bastard..

The surprise that Rasher is now bowling well amuses me. Funny what a run in the side gives you!! They could have got 10+ tests into this lad but bottled it every time. In the Windies, at OT, the Oval etc.

Never mind, well played India. 3 to go. Great series already.

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looks like a proper bunsen this one

just get on whoever wins the toss as quickly as you can.