2015 World Cup Result : India trounce South Africa by 130 runs

[adnan yasin]

32-1 in 9 overs

 

[desi_launda]

Morkel in

 

[adnan yasin]

You should check out Amla's average against India, he loves Indian bowling, at least in the tests.

I know i m still thinking why india bat first actually

 

[siddharth]

Morkel the danger man in...

 

[ahanank]

India is scoring 280 minimum. That run-out was unfortunate, but even now, I don't expect this bowling attack to trouble India much.

You gotta look at India's bowling too.
This pitch is only gonna get better with time.
Their batting isn't as fragile as your parosis.

 

[adnan yasin]

Cut by dhawan...

poor delivery

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Nice 4 by Kohli

 

[desi_launda]

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Morkel will always give freebies

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I'm a neutral. I'd be perfectly happy for the best team to win.

But a game in which Steyn and Morkel and Philander go for more than 5 per over is not one that I want to see. So far I've watched 48 balls by Steyn and Philander, not even one of which has deviated off the seam. Zero.

So there are three options:

1) The bowlers are crap.
2) The pitch is crap.
3) The balls are crap.
4) The batsmen have played well. (but obviously that's too much to think of )

Edited

 

[Justcrazy]

Indians batting with a plan here.

 

[adnan yasin]

36-1 in 10 overs

one boundary and 5 dot balls

 

[Electron]

Indians are waiting for Tahir and playing too many tuk tuks currently. Not the right move.

 

[akki]

above 270 wud be enough in mcg pitch big ground....pressure situation...against...south africa are not world beaters...and people are underestimating indian bowling.....

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Zimababwe scored 270+ against South Africa, India should aim for at least 320. Come on

 

[adnan yasin]

Nice 4 by Kohli

u mean Left hand version of kohli

 

[Electron]

Not a bad start. If we had a half decent bowling attack, I would have been happy with this.

 

[adnan yasin]

Immuuu bhai now bowling

 

[mithun_minhas]

Tahir Bahi.

Pls take it easy on us poor folks.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Bro, think about my team. Thirrimaane, Dilshan, Sanga and now Rohit. My fantasy team got a royal phaintaa today. Three ducks in total.


Now Kohli and Raina are my only hope.

Thank God I didn't pick any lankan cricketers . That feels better

 

[adnan yasin]

Now sachin is taking a selfie

 

[dildilpak]

Playing sensibly so far

 

[adnan yasin]

loose delivery by imran .... but dhawan failed to pass cover fielder

 

[mithun_minhas]

Sachin Selfie )

 

[Justcrazy]

Tahir spell is crucial.

 

[coy0607]

They talk about Tendulkar like someone stepped down from the heavens.. move past him already

 

[Scorpion]

Sachin taking a selfie

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Good start by Tahir. Only a single off his over.

 

[Sandeep]

They talk about Tendulkar like someone stepped down from the heavens.. move past him already

You got to respect God

 

[Electron]

Thank God I didn't pick any lankan cricketers . That feels better

I was banking on their minnow bashing skills. What a bummer.

 

[Justcrazy]

SA would look for wicket here , they need to get more aggressive

 

[adnan yasin]

4 singles of the over so far

 

[Scorpion]

by

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Damn it Morkel. Half volley on the pads.

 

[MartyMsd]

That last ball down the leg is because of the **** poor pitch. I mean how can someone with the skills of Morkel bowll down the legs of some hack like Kohli. Surely modern cricket is dead.

 

[blackanhyellow]

Your welcome Indians for us bringing Dhawan back into form.

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhawan not playing rash shots , taking his time.

 

[Mp812]

SA would look for wicket here , they need to get more aggressive

They have just 1 wkt....that too a runout.....so much for phaaast great bowling

 

[Saeed]

Does Tahir still ran around the whole ground after taking a wicket?

 

[Sandeep]

Kohli is playing just like Devillers.. Lol.. similar shots today!

 

[adnan yasin]

India need to do that on consistent basis what they did in morkel over... single double.... an odd boundary will come once in 12-15 balls

 

[Electron]

This is high quality batting. Indians are not throwing this away.

 

[rollingstoned]

this is a flat pitch again, not one ball has moved yet. Saf have bowled well though.

 

[Justcrazy]

49 / 1

13 overs

 

[adnan yasin]

Does Tahir still ran around the whole ground after taking a wicket?

Yeah, What bangladesh do after winning against Afghanistan... Tahir do that after every wicket

 

[Sandeep]

this is a flat pitch again, not one ball has moved yet. Saf have bowled well though.

Didn't you realize MCG is flat when Australia smashed 342 against England last Saturday?

 

[mithun_minhas]

THe wicket looks flat now.

That little help SA pacers had is gone.

India should look to score over 300 to have a chance.

 

[Electron]

Dhoni will have to play a role today. I would like to see him promoted.

 

[Mp812]

Didn't you realize MCG is flat when Australia smashed 342 against England last Saturday?

Owned him

 

[desi_launda]

Didn't you realize MCG is flat when Australia smashed 342 against England last Saturday?

that was great batting...this is getting away due to a flat pitch

 

[Electron]

THe wicket looks flat now.

That little help SA pacers had is gone.

India should look to score over 300 to have a chance.

Is there something for the spinner? I am not watching the match, just following commentary.

 

[dildilpak]

this is a flat pitch again, not one ball has moved yet. Saf have bowled well though.

MCC is a flat pitch, no suprises there. Average score 280

 

[Sandeep]

Didn't realize! 34 (53).. What kind of batting is this, Dhawan?!

 

[adnan yasin]

3 singles of the over so far

 

[adnan yasin]

Didn't realize! 34 (53).. What kind of batting is this, Dhawan?!

He played too many dot balls in power play

 

[Justcrazy]

250 would be enough to choke SA here

 

[adnan yasin]

 

[adnan yasin]

Run rate of 4 in 15.1 overs

 

[Zaad]

India will make around 260+ today, and S.A will chase it down with no worries.

 

[Saeed]

250 would be enough to choke SA here

They only choke out in knock out stages. They have got this one if India scores below 300.

 

[adnan yasin]

* 14.1

 

[Junaids]

this is a flat pitch again, not one ball has moved yet. Saf have bowled well though.

EXACTLY.

Good batting against great bowling on a sporting pitch is surviving.

But if you can score 4 runs per over in the first 13 overs against Steyn, Philander and Morkel you know that it is not good batting - it is modern anti-cricket pitch conditions at play.

I'm going to wait until 20 overs and if there still hasn't been a single ball deviate off the seam I will give up and watch something more interesting, like paint drying.

And then the rest of you can carry on deluding yourself in peace, lying to yourselves that this isn't a dead wicket tailor-made for batsmen!

 

[adnan yasin]

Morkel is leaking a boundary in every over

 

[dildilpak]

Didn't realize! 34 (53).. What kind of batting is this, Dhawan?!

More importantly, he changed his natural game to play out the new ball. Appreciable

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Runs starting to flow. Really need a wicket here

 

[mithun_minhas]

Is there something for the spinner? I am not watching the match, just following commentary.

Just a little turn for Tahir Bhai. But he is a leggie and they normally spin more than offies.

 

[adarsh_bang]

Kohli and Hack-One looking good so far. Should aim for 280+

 

[jattafridi]

I hope India score 300

 

[adnan yasin]

61-1 in 15 overs

 

[Saeed]

Even though India is batting well, they could do with batting at higher ran rate.

 

[Electron]

I have a feeling that Kohli will leave this WC as a batting legend.

 

[Justcrazy]

61.1

15 overs

 

[Sandeep]

EXACTLY.

Good batting against great bowling on a sporting pitch is surviving.

But if you can score 4 runs per over in the first 13 overs against Steyn, Philander and Morkel you know that it is not good batting - it is modern anti-cricket pitch conditions at play.

I'm going to wait until 20 overs and if there still hasn't been a single ball deviate off the seam I will give up and watch something more interesting, like paint drying.

And then the rest of you can carry on deluding yourself in peace, lying to yourselves that this isn't a dead wicket tailor-made for batsmen!

Mate, why not reduce 20 to 15 and just go away now? I can't see you in pain!

 

[desi_launda]

Firdose Moonda has this update from the ground: "I'm no meteorologist but the storm clouds are coming. Yesterday's was mad - it rained heavily for about 20 mins and then went away."

 

[Mp812]

EXACTLY.

Good batting against great bowling on a sporting pitch is surviving.

But if you can score 4 runs per over in the first 13 overs against Steyn, Philander and Morkel you know that it is not good batting - it is modern anti-cricket pitch conditions at play.

I'm going to wait until 20 overs and if there still hasn't been a single ball deviate off the seam I will give up and watch something more interesting, like paint drying.

And then the rest of you can carry on deluding yourself in peace, lying to yourselves that this isn't a dead wicket tailor-made for batsmen!

Wish you luck trying to understand paint drying ...hopefully you understand that atleast my friend

 

[mithun_minhas]

I feel for Rohit.

This looks like the kind of pitch where he can destroy bowling attacks.

Too bad, he is out.

 

[Justcrazy]

India holding on to wickets

 

[adarsh_bang]

Morne is being taken care of. The most dangerous bowler.

Good that we haven't let any of the bowlers succeed so far.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Nice 4 after the bouncer!

 

[jattafridi]

Good batting from dhawan