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Australia [313/5] beat India [281] by 32 runs in the third ODI, India lead series 2-1

troodon said:
If Kohli gets out here, India will fold for under 200.

Same old pathetic story. It’s top 3 or bust. Have been that way since 2014-2015. No attempts were made to rectify that.
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We have won several matches due to Dhoni and Jadhav lately.
 
Sachin136 said:
We have won several matches due to Dhoni and Jadhav lately.
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which of those games were high scoring? dhoni is fine or 250 games as someone else will do the hitting but in a 300 game someone else can't do the hitting for him.
 
A genius player at peak of his powers. That dismissive slap through the cover against Jhye Richardson was just WOW.
 
i guess if the first 3 wickets had contributed a few more , this 1 could have been chased .
 
Cricinfo on Kohli's dismissal -"Zampa has the last laugh".

Never understood this concept. I mean, the bowler got beaten around all park, batsman scored 125 and just bcoz if 1 good ball...bowler had the last laugh?

Funny
 
Canford Cliffs said:
Cricinfo on Kohli's dismissal -"Zampa has the last laugh".

Never understood this concept. I mean, the bowler got beaten around all park, batsman scored 125 and just bcoz if 1 good ball...bowler had the last laugh?

Funny
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That 1 ball decided who wins the game so yes he had the last laugh.
 
This should be in theory atleast the final nail in the jadeja is an A/R in LoI's coffin, but sadly the csk quota will continue to hurt us.
 
jagatk said:
This should be in theory atleast the final nail in the jadeja is an A/R in LoI's coffin, but sadly the csk quota will continue to hurt us.
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He is taking the game deep like his boss, which basically means it is upto the guy at the other end to do the heavy lifting. Credit will have to be shared if it is a positive outcome.
 
That's it. Tuned in to watch one of the greatest to ever hold a bat perfrom. Wasn't disappointed. Don't care about the match result.
 
Cool story from India.

Our tail starts at No.4 and its been proven many many times by now. Once in a while our middle order wins us the game when there is not much score board pressure.

Mark it, England will knock us out in one of the elimination games in the worldcup. We will be chasing a mammoth 350+ score and our Top 3 will be out before 100 and the rest will pretend that they tried.

With our openers out of form, its a one man army. Back to 90's with a better bowling attack.
 
This spell by Zampa is interesting to me for game philosophy reasons. He went at 7 an over but picked up three vital wickets. I wonder how many Pakistani captains would accept a legspinner who has these type of figures. There will be days where Zampa won’t get wicket.
 
Pete Rose said:
This spell by Zampa is interesting to me for game philosophy reasons. He went at 7 an over but picked up three vital wickets. I wonder how many Pakistani captains would accept a legspinner who has these type of figures. There will be days where Zampa won’t get wicket.
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With a target of 300+, those figures are more than acceptable.
Under 300 then it becomes a problem.
 
No sympathy, who forced kohli and co to play jadeja, dhoni, jadhav. The last one is still OK of late. The other two are useless. And dhawan in auto selection mode. What is more shameful is jadeja' s attitude of saving himself from risky shots. This is actually story of India in a knockout if overconfidence is so rife.
 
So even a great innings by Kohli won't save India chasing a high score. It is a lesson for India for the next WC. Prepare early.
 
India have some serious problems to address before the world cup.Everyone knows they depend heavily on the top 3 but the problem has been that Rohit and Dhawan's performances have been quite mediocre.Middle order is terrible and they have a long tail.
Bumrah,Kohli,Kuldeep are match winners but the rest need to step up otherwise I won't be surprised if India even fails to qualify for the semi finals in the WC19.
 
Is today finally going to be the day we realise the futility of Dhoni and Rayudu in such situations.

I am at peace with the fact that Dhoni is not going anywhere. But if Pandya replaces Rayudu, I certainly believe that we will see a better performance with the bat.

Also, Jadeja as an AR should also be over by now.
 
Our middle order and tail will be relieved that the match is over. Who can pretend for 30 odd overs that they are trying to win? :facepalm:

Pandya and Rahul must be back in place of Jadeja and Rayadu.

Too late to replace Dhoni. We have to carry this geriatric patient for a few more months and hope that he announces his retirement.

Jadhav never gives you the confidence that he can score runs. He is good for 20-30 runs at best. His bowling is a bonus and his fielding his terrible.

Dhawan and Rohit needs to find form asap. May be in IPL. India cannot even beat srilanka if these 2 fail and the entire load is on Kohli to win.
 
"Team CSK scored 78 runs in 120 balls. Coincidence dhoni -26, Jadhav - 26, rayadu + Jadeja -26. "

From Crinfo
 
WengerOut said:
So even a great innings by Kohli won't save India chasing a high score. It is a lesson for India for the next WC. Prepare early.
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I am always impressed by how Dhawan picks up his game magically when the tournaments roll around
 
Guys, a cricket match took place today. Im not sure why there are references to the year 1971, wars and POWs.

Please keep the discussion solely related to cricket or threads will be closed.
 
Aussies are going to shock every team in coming WC - I can see that. This is an Aussie side playing with at least 5 changes awaiting in WC and yet they have out performed a full strength IND at home. It was their inexperience that cost the 2nd game but otherwise they would have been 2-1 by now, even the 1st game was closer than it looks on scorecard. For last few months Finch has been worse than Fakhar Zaman, which exposed the Aussie batting without their best 2 players, but today Finch performed and Aussies won it comprehensively (though scorecard is much closer, but Aussies were at one point 1/234 in 35 overs and IND 80/4 in 20).

I think, in WC if everyone is fit, Strac will comeback, one of Jhye or Josh will be there and they'll bring Mitch as well; add to that Warner & Smith, that's a totally different AUS team and they'll play in UK.

1. Warner
2. *Finch
3. Khwaja/Lynn (His List A Stats are too good to miss out)
4. Smith
5. Maxi/Handscomb/Head/Shaun
6. Mitch/Stoinis
7. Carey+
8. Cummins
9. Strac
10. Zampa/Lyon
11. Josh/Jhye/NC-Nile

In some games, they might drop the specialist spinner and play both Mitch & Stoinis, which should make the batting even stronger and deeper. Frighteningly good side, much underrated based on the bilateral results which Aussies give a damn about.

My hunch is, Aussies will confirm the SF with a game or two at hand.
 
MMHS said:
Aussies are going to shock every team in coming WC - I can see that. This is an Aussie side playing with at least 5 changes awaiting in WC and yet they have out performed a full strength IND at home. It was their inexperience that cost the 2nd game but otherwise they would have been 2-1 by now, even the 1st game was closer than it looks on scorecard. For last few months Finch has been worse than Fakhar Zaman, which exposed the Aussie batting without their best 2 players, but today Finch performed and Aussies won it comprehensively (though scorecard is much closer, but Aussies were at one point 1/234 in 35 overs and IND 80/4 in 20).

I think, in WC if everyone is fit, Strac will comeback, one of Jhye or Josh will be there and they'll bring Mitch as well; add to that Warner & Smith, that's a totally different AUS team and they'll play in UK.

1. Warner
2. *Finch
3. Khwaja/Lynn (His List A Stats are too good to miss out)
4. Smith
5. Maxi/Handscomb/Head/Shaun
6. Mitch/Stoinis
7. Carey+
8. Cummins
9. Strac
10. Zampa/Lyon
11. Josh/Jhye/NC-Nile

In some games, they might drop the specialist spinner and play both Mitch & Stoinis, which should make the batting even stronger and deeper. Frighteningly good side, much underrated based on the bilateral results which Aussies give a damn about.

My hunch is, Aussies will confirm the SF with a game or two at hand.
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Good Post. Aus, Eng and India looking strong contenders for the SF spot. NZ or Pakistan will be the 4th.

If Indian openers do not get thier form back before the WC, the indians will slip from the first group (likely to make SF) and enter the 2nd one.
 
MMHS said:
Aussies are going to shock every team in coming WC - I can see that. This is an Aussie side playing with at least 5 changes awaiting in WC and yet they have out performed a full strength IND at home. It was their inexperience that cost the 2nd game but otherwise they would have been 2-1 by now, even the 1st game was closer than it looks on scorecard. For last few months Finch has been worse than Fakhar Zaman, which exposed the Aussie batting without their best 2 players, but today Finch performed and Aussies won it comprehensively (though scorecard is much closer, but Aussies were at one point 1/234 in 35 overs and IND 80/4 in 20).

I think, in WC if everyone is fit, Strac will comeback, one of Jhye or Josh will be there and they'll bring Mitch as well; add to that Warner & Smith, that's a totally different AUS team and they'll play in UK.

1. Warner
2. *Finch
3. Khwaja/Lynn (His List A Stats are too good to miss out)
4. Smith
5. Maxi/Handscomb/Head/Shaun
6. Mitch/Stoinis
7. Carey+
8. Cummins
9. Strac
10. Zampa/Lyon
11. Josh/Jhye/NC-Nile

In some games, they might drop the specialist spinner and play both Mitch & Stoinis, which should make the batting even stronger and deeper. Frighteningly good side, much underrated based on the bilateral results which Aussies give a damn about.

My hunch is, Aussies will confirm the SF with a game or two at hand.
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Yeah Aus performed better against Ind than NZ. Warner, inform Finch, CA Lynn at the top, Smith to play Kholiesque role, with Stoinis and Max there to smash it at the end.

However, only Aus player who can contain Kholi was Mitchell Johnson, but Zampa seems to pick up a trick or two as well. I still remember Johnson spell against Kholi during WC 15.
 
Indians can't chase more than 280, 290. It's proved again. First they need to get rid of walking wicket Rayudu. I think he's exhausted his options.
 
Thomaskutty said:
With this defeat, that should be the end of Rayudu and Jadeja's WC ambitions.
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One would hope. But Rayudu is somebody's darling. Why? We don't know now. We will know in 40 years when CIA declassifies that explosive information
 
Shikhar Dhawan lost his form just before WC. India's batting is now dependent entirely on Rohit and Kohli. Bowling can't win you tournament in England.
 
Fans calling for India to axe Rayadu. I think they have nothing to lose by letting the young Shubman Gill bat at number 4 after Kohli. This could be a career defining, bold selection for the lad.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
Shikhar Dhawan lost his form just before WC. India's batting is now dependent entirely on Rohit and Kohli. Bowling can't win you tournament in England.
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There is still lots of time and cricket between now and the WC to get his form back. I am not too concerned about Dhawan.

Its Hackadu and Jadeja that will waste 2 spots in the XI.

Ideal 15

Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Vijay Shankar
Dhoni
Jhadhav
Pandya
Bhuvi
Kuldeep
Chahal
Bumrah

Backup Opener - Rahul
Backup MO Bat + WK - Pant
Back up pacer - Shami
Back up spinner - Jadeja

The fear is Hackadu might take Rahul's spot. And I would not mind us trying another spinner as the 2nd spinner for the remaining matches.
 
rhony said:
One would hope. But Rayudu is somebody's darling. Why? We don't know now. We will know in 40 years when CIA declassifies that explosive information
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Yeh, sometimes you can't help but feel there are people pulling strings. What do people see in Rayudu?
 
MMHS said:
Aussies are going to shock every team in coming WC - I can see that. This is an Aussie side playing with at least 5 changes awaiting in WC and yet they have out performed a full strength IND at home. It was their inexperience that cost the 2nd game but otherwise they would have been 2-1 by now, even the 1st game was closer than it looks on scorecard. For last few months Finch has been worse than Fakhar Zaman, which exposed the Aussie batting without their best 2 players, but today Finch performed and Aussies won it comprehensively (though scorecard is much closer, but Aussies were at one point 1/234 in 35 overs and IND 80/4 in 20).

I think, in WC if everyone is fit, Strac will comeback, one of Jhye or Josh will be there and they'll bring Mitch as well; add to that Warner & Smith, that's a totally different AUS team and they'll play in UK.

1. Warner
2. *Finch
3. Khwaja/Lynn (His List A Stats are too good to miss out)
4. Smith
5. Maxi/Handscomb/Head/Shaun
6. Mitch/Stoinis
7. Carey+
8. Cummins
9. Strac
10. Zampa/Lyon
11. Josh/Jhye/NC-Nile

In some games, they might drop the specialist spinner and play both Mitch & Stoinis, which should make the batting even stronger and deeper. Frighteningly good side, much underrated based on the bilateral results which Aussies give a damn about.

My hunch is, Aussies will confirm the SF with a game or two at hand.
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Me and you have said for months they will qualify for the WC. But we have posters on PP predicting the decline of Australian cricket yet they are running full strength Indian team at home very close. This is without Smith ,Warner ,Hazelwood,Starc,and Mitch Marsh!!!!!!!!!

Also Maxwell will certainly start. I don't think Lynn will go to the WC.
 
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