Apparently Kettleborough has umpired India's last five eliminations from ICC events. Top lad.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
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Well that was good fun.
Already nervous about tomorrow...
Already nervous about tomorrow...
That's harsh, on the field he behaves like a serial winner, its something I admire. Off the pitch everyone has good things to say about him. Imo he's a great professional.
Man, I am bummed about this loss. 
What separates the good from great at this level is the mindset. Rohit and Kohli got good deliveries. Rahul out to a nothing shot, the less said about DK the better, Pant lost patience, same with Pandya. Despite his complete drop in ability there’s one thing all youngsters can learn from Dhoni and that’s staying in the game. Take it deep as possible and you have a chance
What?
After beating India today, saying they do not deserve sounds a bit silly. I understand they have been fortunate in the group stages but today's win proves they definitely deserve to play in the finals let alone sf. Also, Pakistan did not qualify because of their own mistakes. Getting bundled out for 105 against Windies and then losing to Ind and Australia the way they did, are the reason they are not playing the semis.
What's the weather forecast at Birmingham?
What absurd logic is this. So if NZ win the WC, Pakistan should win it because they beat NZ. Also, since AUS lost to India and India is out Aus should be too?
Again -- why not play the games?
Kohli bottled it. Rohit got a great delivery. Rahul is the master of easy runs.
There's also no way that Dhoni batted well. Kept on leaving the balls to ensure that Jadeja got the pressure more and more. It's incredible that Ganguly was praising him whilst he was doing that shit. Expected India to not win the final but I think we bottled it today.
Congrats to NZ. Let's hope Guptill turns it on in the final.
Light rain and a gentle breeze, with the chance of rain increasing as the afternoon wears on. Friday has a good chance of being dry and there may be a bit of sun!
Also even if Guptill had missed the direct hit even then I expected NZ to win.
Knowing that he should be promoted up the order, Pandya was sent out there to save Wickets? Not sure how would Pandya do that. Dhoni is an anchor now, not a finisher, the batting order was wrong from Indian team.
I know Dhoni didn’t bat well but it’s the mental strength of up and coming players I’m talking about, not losing concentration and giving it away. Agree with with what you say about to much pressure on Jadeja. I’m also hoping NZ go on to win it
I thought so too. But I think it was Gangulys commentary that was selling me a dream. He believed in Dhoni so much, that I thought he was playing well, even though clearly it was a poor innings
Yes not having reserve days was a lame decision and Pakistan fans have the right to moan about that as they were hard done but that was not the sole reason you lot finished 5th. You should have played better against WI.
Ganguly's commentary was just incredible
Such obvious bollocks. It was like Gary Neville on rooney when it was obvious to others that Rooney has finished as a player. Think it was against Spurs or something.
Ganguly kept on saying he's a calculator too for some reason.
Both NZ and Pakistan have been shit. Same goes for England. Australia and India dominated the tournament. The latter two deserve to win it.
We are out in SF. We deserve jack shit. Ffs.
You can dominate all you want. Means diddly squat if you don’t get to the final. Whoever wins it will deserve to whether people like or not.
Bollocks.
We don't deserve anything. We bottled it today and calling NZ shit after that makes us look even more shit. England may have lost couple of games int he group stages but if they win when it matters then they completely deserve to win the cup and same goes for NZ.
Some People like to bite, don't they.
There's no Messi equivalent in cricket. Kohli's the best ODI bat but not leagues ahead of the Williamsons of this world.
*waits for some clown to call Indian fans delusional now after di Maria angel post*
Kohli has an average of 29 in knockouts. Pathetic stuff. Have I said shastri needs to be sacked?
99% of the time Kohli is leagues ahead of all other ODI batsmen
Kohli should go too. Shastri is only there because of him
I assume you mean as a captain?
Next World Cup is in India. Look forward to seeing Shaw, Gill, Iyer, Samson and Pant being part of the rebuilding phase. From such a huge talent pool India’s middle order was embarrassing this tournament
He's not like Messi who's leagues ahead of everyone else. Williamson and Rohit aren't much behind.
Never thought it would happen but I have never been into cricket this much in last 3-4 months to the fact that I started enjoying that more than football. Damn i will miss the WC. Back to watching Woodward and co. disappoint us.
Of course it matters, theres one fecking KO round. We had just a one month tournament, dominated the entire group stages and played a two day ODI to get knocked out.
Look forward to see Dhoni and DK again.
Been accustomed to see my team disappointing at OT this season. Nothing has changed in that aspect.