Poll: Predict the Outcome of the Forthcoming Test Series versus India?

[Saj]

With India bagging the one day series with one match still to play, how do you think Pakistan will cope in the longer version of the game in the 3 test series?

[rahulrulezz]

1-0 to India

[Boi]

1-0 to pakistan

[Luton Bad Boy]

3-0 to India, with an Innings defeat in each test match!!

[Uzzy]

1-0 or 2-0 to India.

With such a terrible show in the ODI's I feel we will see more of the same in the tests.

[lodge_boy]

2-1 to pakistan INSHALLAH WE WILL WIN IT!!!

[P4K1 #1]

1-0 to india.. 1 test match will end a draw thats gauranteed

[siddharth]

3-0 to India, with an Innings defeat in each test match!!
No wonder u r a bad boy :P

[UP]

I think it will be 1-1

[Amjid Javed]

2-1 to india.

Apart from Younis and Yousaf our batting lacks substance under pressure and unless these two bat like world winds we wont get totals to compete in the series.

[azfar wali]

2-1 to Pakistan

[ajk88]

Can't see this team even drawing against India.

3-0 India

[Raz]

3-0 Pakistan :D

[Genghis]

2-0 to India ... we will manage to hold out a draw somewhere in the series...

[12thMan]

probably 1-1. I suspect there will be problems with light unless the venues are all in south which might be little better. I doubt they will start the tests at 8:30 like they did in an ODI where the light gets bad at 4:15 pm. But one problem is who will be bowling for Paksitan and will the bowlers stay fit

[DM]

I think we'll win the first test, I think we'll win the second test and the third one I think will be won by us too. 3-0 to Pakistan

[Lightning]

1-1

[waqar_ahmad]

2-1 to pakistan. InshaAlah we will win

[nikred]

mostly 2-0 india or else atmost 1-0. lot depends on MOYO and yk.

[Easa]

2/1 to Pakistan.

I feel we'll do much better in the longer form of the game..

[IMD Walrus]

2-0 India atleast.

[infamous9383]

3-0 to India. Our batsman can't bat out long periods with exception of they YOYOs and our bowlers can't get their batsman out regularly.

People with the 3-0 prediction to Pakistan also had paksitan winning the series 5-0. INTERESTING.

[Rudi hater]

I said it before and will say it now. I knew India will beat us either 5-0 or 4-1 in ODI and in tests they will win 2-0.

More humiliation awaits us..we are crap at everything.

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

no AFRIDI eh...make that 2-0 confirmed....and one draw bc thats when moyo and yk will click together and be able to save the test...

[Shahid A]

2-0 to India

[pakcricketfan]

1-1

[Oxy]

2-0 India

Shiv Sena will stop play in 1 match causing a draw

[siddharth]

2-0 India

Shiv Sena will stop play in 1 match causing a draw
Oxy ,u too give up :O

[sehsan]

If all the pakistani bowlers remain fit then it would be
2-1 to pakistan, inshallah pakistan will fight back. We will definetly miss asif though.

[daddy]

i 'm being easy on pak,
pak will LOSE the seriess
probably by 2-0.

[Oxy]

Oxy ,u too give up :OSince Afridite has been dropped, my life isnt worth living...

[PlanetPakistan]

Only about 21% of the fans are predicting a series win for PAK and 70% are predicting a series win for IND.

All of this is happening on Pakpassion. :9:























My prediction : 1 nil India

[Oxy]

Only about 21% of the fans are predicting a series win for PAK and 70% are predicting a series win for IND.

All of this is happening on Pakpassion. :9:























My prediction : 1 nil India

You're just a 'Lyallpuri Lotaa' :P

[PlanetPakistan]

You're just a 'Lyallpuri Lotaa' :P
:)) ..

[thesaurusrus]

:)) ..

It seems amusing, any chance of a translation?

[JosheelaKaptan]

Indians will miss Asif. Coudnt have been a better time to settle some scores in Test matches too.. Bad that he chickened out..

[161]

wow people not very confident eh ...

i think we have a much better shot in the tests than in the one day series.

butt, hameed, yk, moyo and malik will all score huge versus india and i think we clearly have the fast bowling advantage over them.

as long as out keeping isn't disastrous .. i think we will be very competitive in the test series.

[inzidabest]

2 - 0 India
India will have to play really poor to allow Pakistan to win a test..its test cricket guys..test of abilities and mental strength..apara from Moyo, Akhtar and to some extent Younis khan..I dont see anyone having those traits...and good boy captains rarely succeed in test cricket...

[mooz]

i suspect India will win but Pakistan drew 1-1 here last time with just as weak a team, if not weaker. Maybe Shoaib will pull a 4-25 spell and bowl us to a win in one of the game.

[PlanetPakistan]

It seems amusing, any chance of a translation?
Faisalabd was once known as Lyallpur and lota is some one who jumps on to everyone's bandwagon.

[MarathaPride]

C'mon people....show some pride..show some vigor and passion. I am happy with the ODI results tho.. :P

[Zeenix]

This
3-0 to India, with an Innings defeat in each test match!!

[siimo]

Pak fans over reacting after losing the ODIs. As usual. I'm sure the test series wont be a one sided affair.

[desidudecool]

India is clear favorite,pakistan's batting does'nt look good.am just thinking how shoaib akhtar is going to bowl in test matches when hes getting tired after 4 overs in one dayers,he might break down and pakistan will have a nightmare... for that reason they should go with 5 bowlers ..just get arafat in .

[Luton Bad Boy]

I would like to change my original vote which was a 3-0 victory to India, with an innings defeat in each.......

I would now like to add the following changes:

- Innings defeat in each and plus 200-300 runs
- Tendulkar first to reach 401*
- Sreesanth to be MOS
- Dravid to accumulate more runs in each game then the whole of the Pakistan team put together in each innings.
- Shoaib Akhtar to get 'injured' during first day of first test
- Faisal Iqbal redeems himself by now making banana milkshake rather than lassi to help the team become more agile on the field
- Kaneria concedes 300 runs before he takes a wicket, unfortunately, his name wont appear in the wicket column but, the wicket will come via a run out from KANERIA with help from KAMRAN AKMAL

[siddharth]

Whats with this such low level of confidence . Test cricket is entirely different from ODIs . Bowlers are the key for the tests and pakistan is the better bowling side . So it won't be such a one sided affair . Or u guys are trying to be under dogs .

This early submission is very boring .C'mon guys ,lets light up the series . Other wise what is the fun in the so called series which is reffered as bigger than Ashes .

[DHONI183]

wow people not very confident eh ...

i think we have a much better shot in the tests than in the one day series.

butt, hameed, yk, moyo and malik will all score huge versus india and i think we clearly have the fast bowling advantage over them.

as long as out keeping isn't disastrous .. i think we will be very competitive in the test series.

What about Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman, Dhoni, Jaffer, Karthik????? Again, they have better batting line-up which can handle Pakistan bowlers very well but the concerning thing is we haven´t got batsmen who can even handle Sreesanth (except Yousuf and Younis) :O :O ............ How can we compete with them when we have a wicket-keeper who isn´t willing to hold onto a lollypop even???? Imagine if Kamran Akmal drops Rahul Dravid in a Test Match :> .... Spin will be a crucial factor on Indian tracks and they clearly have an edge over Pakistan in spin department..... Even Tendulkar is a better spinner than Danish Kaneria.. :| ..... Anil Kumble can cause Pakistan some big problems.
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My prediction:
2-0 to India.

[IMD Walrus]

India will have to play horribly badly and Pakistan out of their skins for Pakistan to win the series. They'll have to play out of their skins to even draw the series. We have a very good bowling line-up, which is as good as Pakistan's in India, and a batting line-up which is clearly superior. But stranger things have happened in cricket and Pak are no minnows.

[Saj]

A very difficult one to predict I think. I've gone for 1-1.

[deviously~fading~away]

2-0 to India. This is the first time that i have predicted that the Pakistani team will lose and the reason behind this should not be a suprise to anyone. We just look to demoralized right now & the Indian squad looks quite a formidable one.

[jackal786]

Why are you guys so pessimistic. Yousuf/Younis can bat all day against Indian bowling. But If these two fail , that's it.

[KB]

Losing a Test series at home to S.A on spinning surfaces does not augur well for the series in India.

Nevertheless if Pakistan re-discovers some spark, selects their team more intelligently and has some luck they may yet make a competitive series of it. But India certainly start as favourites.

First Test match is at Delhi, where the surface is usually very helpful to spinners. So the biggest favour Shoaib Malik can do for his team is win the toss and bat first, if it is a typical Delhi pitch.

The other thing is, if the surfaces are dry, then reverse swing may be a factor, something Pakistan must consider when selecting their team.

[DA_ANALYST]

Come On People!

Show Some Passion!!!!

2 Nil To Pak.

Can's See Indian Bowlers Taking 20 Wickets Too Many Times During The Series.

[IMMY69]

Losing a Test series at home to S.A on spinning surfaces does not augur well for the series in India.

Nevertheless if Pakistan re-discovers some spark, selects their team more intelligently and has some luck they may yet make a competitive series of it. But India certainly start as favourites.

First Test match is at Delhi, where the surface is usually very helpful to spinners. So the biggest favour Shoaib Malik can do for his team is win the toss and bat first, if it is a typical Delhi pitch.

The other thing is, if the surfaces are dry, then reverse swing may be a factor, something Pakistan must consider when selecting their team.


so true but also remember that we were without moyo for the first test match and we were fresh out of a 20/20 tourney and players were not in test match mode...

we drew the second test match and the batting looked far more stronger once moyo was back in..

also salman butt finally looks in good form and both younis khan and moyo are in very good form which bodes well for our batting line-up...
the likes of misbah and malik will only get better with experience...so i dont think its all doom and gloom, but comparing it to the saffie series is plain wrong

[nam]

Yes they will coz i dont think pakistani bowling attack have the fire power to dismiss strong batting line up twice in a test match..

except for shoaib (whose fitness still remains questionable) i dont see any other bowler who can trouble indian line-up..

- sohail is young bowler and havent seen much of him in tests..
- danish has been struggling off-late... and indians are better players of leg-spin (former legend imran khan says and i agree with him)
- umar has struggled on the whole ODI series
- Sami is back but we all know his stats in tests
- "young left arm spinner" :)) can be handy for me but i dont think malik will go in with two pacers and two spinners..

indians will definitely prepare dead pitches.. which will suit their spin duo of kumble and bhajja .. also it will suit their batsmen...

all in all bowlers have to win matches and pick 20 wickets in the game which doesnt seem very likely to me...

- Just an opinion

[Hash]

already a thread for predictions

[nam]

Its not a prediction its a comment.. and i think its valid,, and i feel it should be discussed..

[Hash]

Its not a prediction its a comment.. and i think its valid,, and i feel it should be discussed..

'India will win the series'....since the series hasn't happened yet it is a prediction. People are already discussing their predictions in the prediction thread.

[nam]

lol already merged... anyways 1-0 to india :p

[Hash]

Losing a Test series at home to S.A on spinning surfaces does not augur well for the series in India.

Nevertheless if Pakistan re-discovers some spark, selects their team more intelligently and has some luck they may yet make a competitive series of it. But India certainly start as favourites.

First Test match is at Delhi, where the surface is usually very helpful to spinners. So the biggest favour Shoaib Malik can do for his team is win the toss and bat first, if it is a typical Delhi pitch.
The other thing is, if the surfaces are dry, then reverse swing may be a factor, something Pakistan must consider when selecting their team.

bet Malik goes and bowls first now! :))

[Momo]

3-0 Pakistan :D

Got to admire your faith, Raz. :19:

[Hash]

I voted 3-0 but my serious prediction is 1-0 to Pakistan. I think we will win in Delhi and then draw the next two games.

Our test bowling is tronger than India....the only bowler we have to worry about is Kumble really. India have good ODI bowlers like RP Singh but test cricket is about getting 20 wickets not containing the opposition. A few of their batsman look vulnerable against the short ball as well and we have the bowlers to bowl that.

Our batting is not as bad as people are making out. Butt is getting into some good form, Yousuf is still in terrific form and Younis is always a phainty walla against India. In a test batting line up....to have three batsman fire and a couple others chip in with useful contributions is normally enough.


My prediction:

1st Test- Pakistan win by 109 runs or 5 wickets
2nd Test- Match drawn (high scoring first innings, we bat out the last day)
3rd Test- Match drawn (high scoring first innings, India bat out last day and fall 2 runs short of target with 1 wicket in hand)

[Momo]

My prediction:

1st Test- Pakistan win by 109 runs or 5 wickets
2nd Test- Match drawn (high scoring first innings, we bat out the last day)
3rd Test- Match drawn (high scoring first innings, India bat out last day and fall 2 runs short of target with 1 wicket in hand)

I agree with the bottom line of your prediction but I have some serious problems with details you have given:

1st Test - Pakistan win by 111 and not 109
2nd Test - Match drawn (but India bat out last day)
3rd Test - Match drawn (but Pakistan bat out last day)

Leaving the drawn matches aside, lets agree on the margin for the deciding first Test.
Na teri baat, na meri, Pakistan win by 110. Special discount for you! :)

[wicketKeeper]

2-0 to pakistan

[uzzy_k]

2-1 pak, inshallah, indians to win the dead rubber ;-) :P

[DHONI183]

2-1 pak, inshallah, indians to win the dead rubber ;-) :P

Why not predict a whitewash (Pakistan three India zero) ;-) :25: ??