{"id":2284,"date":"2018-08-08T22:04:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T22:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cricketbettingblog.com\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2018-08-08T22:04:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T22:04:05","slug":"king-kohli-set-to-be-top-indian-batsman-again-in-2nd-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cricketbettingblog.com\/hi\/blog\/king-kohli-set-to-be-top-indian-batsman-again-in-2nd-test\/","title":{"rendered":"King Kohli set to be Top Indian Batsman again in 2nd Test!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lets face it, if it wasn&#8217;t for England winning the Test match, Virat Kohli would have easily won the man of the match award (rather that England&#8217;s Sam Curran) for his first innings century, as his knock was imperious and fully underlined his credentials of being the best batsman in the world at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Such was Kohli&#8217;s dominance, it looks hard to see past him repeating the feat and again being Top Indian batsman in the 2nd Test, starting at Lord&#8217;s on Thursday (9th August).<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wlbetrally.adsrv.eacdn.com\/I.ashx?btag=a_5001463b_3635c_&amp;affid=4000764&amp;siteid=5001463&amp;adid=3635&amp;c=\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Such was the quality of the innings, it would have been worthy of taking the man of the match award every day of the week under normal circumstances &#8211; but such was the all out action and up and down nature of the 1st Test, meant these weren&#8217;t normal circumstances. It was a bonkers, thoroughly enjoyable match.  <\/p>\n<p>Going into Thursday&#8217;s 2nd Test match, and it&#8217;s no surprise to see that Kolhi is the favourite in the betting to be Top Indian Batsman, he is as short as 7\/4 with some bookmakers, with Betway having him at 2\/1. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are here! Let&#39;s start our preparation for the 2nd Test. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ENGvIND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ENGvIND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p9giJ6180z\">pic.twitter.com\/p9giJ6180z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1026758094188101632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 August 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, and this might sum up the rest of India&#8217;s batsmen at the moment, Cheteshwar Pujara is the second favourite in the betting, at 9\/2, and he isn&#8217;t even confirmed as in the team &#8211; although common consensus is that he will play.<\/p>\n<p>Kolhi&#8217;s India team will be looking to level the series at 1-a-piece at Lord&#8217;s on Thursday, and they are 9\/5 to win the Test. Joe Root&#8217;s England side are 21\/20, with the Draw at 10\/3.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s main selections dilemma seems to be who to leave out for Pujara to probably come back in, while trying to decide whether to go in with 2 spinners or not.<\/p>\n<p>England have brought in youngster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/england\/content\/player\/887207.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ollie Pope<\/strong><\/a>, in place of t he dropped Dawid Malan, and have put him in the line up at No.3, despite him batting at 6 for his county side. <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/betway.com\/indiacricket\/?s=bw201105&#038;mid=81732\" title=\"Betway India Cricket Welcome Offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betwaypartners.com\/affiliate_media\/51fc18d41430a9bd.gif?fid=89632&#038;si=62061&#038;ai=452649\" alt=\"Betway India Cricket Welcome Offer\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>England&#8217;s only other selection issue is the spinner conundrum as well, as they decide whether replace Ben Stokes with either Chris Woakes in a like-for-like swap, or recall Moeen Ali and go with the twin spin option. <\/p>\n<p>Given the way Sam Curran performed at Edgbaston, Joe Root now knows he has a third seam bowler he can reply on, which opens the door slightly more for a Moeen recall &#8211; although I expect England will probably play safe and go with Woakes.    <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lets face it, if it wasn&#8217;t for England winning the Test match, Virat Kohli would have easily won the man of the match award (rather that England&#8217;s Sam Curran) for his first innings century, as his knock was imperious and fully underlined his credentials of being the best batsman in the world at the moment. 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