Anyone really surprised.ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
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Anyone really surprised.You can get away with it in 20 overs but not 50, that’s a lot of overs. Exactly the situation now, lose a few wickets even halfway through the innings and if the middle order aren’t offering anything it’s very difficult to build any momentum. Let’s see how they do today
Can see India struggling in the semi final. They do rely on a big score from Rohit or Kohli
It’s possible, but I doubt it
Yeah, ofcourse, get them both and very little chance we put up a strong score. Dhawan is a huge miss for us.
A recurring theme for us this WC has been an inability to get the other team’s best player out. Happened with Aus and Smith, NZ and Kane, and I can see it happening today with Kohli. He’s guaranteed to make a century here.
Made worse by our selection after it. Pant should be in the side instead of shankar and our 4-7 should be flexible based on the situation
Wow. What a review.
Good review
Well tbf take out Kane Williamson from the NZ lineup or Waner & Finch from the Aus lineup and their batting will also look very average.
I think India had the perfect balance with Dhawan opening and Rahul at #4(he looked comfortable at that position), but Dhawan got injured and thus they had to move people around. I don't understand why they have Shankar in their team though, they have enough all-rounders, why not go for a pore batsman? Especially considering the lower middle order lacks any big hitters once Pandya gets out.
Be lucky to get 250 from here
Two utterly pointless players. Offer absolutely nothing in 100 overs.
There was a clear noise.
Dhoni better contribute today
Bring in Pant and Jadeja and, all of a sudden, we improve massively in all departments.
2 useless players did nothing, I.am.shocked.
We have Pant/Jadeja but rather play these two clowns.
We have Pant/Jadeja but rather play these two clowns.
He will. 20 of 70 balls
Our batting is a mixture of 2 world class players and 3-4 below average hopefuls and have beens.
If India get above 250, they should win, can't see the WI chasing that down.
Think he will do well today. A handy 50 at least
High time Shankar (and even Jadhav) is dropped. Pant has to have soem game time before the sf. Having said that I also feel people overrate Pant. He is another hit and miss batsmen.
Picked Shankar but not Shaw whos clearly 1000 times more talented.
Over rate? He just had a phenomenal series against Australia with the bat and didn't he become the first Indian keeper to score a hundred there?
A loss would do good for India IMO. Right now the reasoning behind the team selection seems to be if it aint broke dont fix it. There is nothing else that justifies the inclusion of Shankar in the squad. I can understand why Jadhav is in the squad as he can play as an anchor in the #4 position, taking singles and rotating strike while the big hitters attack on the other side. But Jadhav, who can’t hit big at #6 makes no sense. Promote Jadhav to #4 and bring in Pant at #6. By the looks of things, India’s biggest enemy this WC is going to be their team selection strategy
Rapid start for him.
Don't get me wrong I am a huge fan of Pant (Being a Delhi fan makes that even more) but he can be very inconsistent too. He can easily blast a 100 by no time and he can also easily play a reckless shot and give away his wicket. Anyways I will still prefer him to Shankar or Jadhav.
Kohli trolling asking for a cap
So far, all we've seen is that he's very consistent. And only 20 years old.
His ODI record is nothing to write home about yet.
You are right but I don't think a loss would change much. The Afghan game should have been a wake up call in itself. Our batting is way too one dimensional but the selectors have been too thick to understand that. Pant should have been groomed and asked to make number 4 position his own but they were experimenting with Rayudu, Pandey, Shankar and Karthik and barring Karthik none of them have any hitting ability so this mess was going for long but even then the selectors did not feel the need to change anything. I think they will draft in Pant at the last minute and put extra pressure on him.
On another note, Roach is becoming a brilliant bowler and his growth reminds of Steyn.
His 4 ODIs?
Hope
How did he survive. Twice?
Hope(less)
Tactical move by Windies to not dismiss Dhoni there.
What the hell is this review for?
Wtf is this nonsense?
fecking hell Shai Hopeless