Australia defeat India by 5 wickets in 1st ODI (Perth)

[Dr_Bassim]

Unless Sharma does something ballistic i would question his innings after 110 runs.

 

[#GreenRoars]

How much India can make in last 5 overs??

 

[carrom_ball]

Our death batting is a joke. Pathetic.

At least we got an upgrade from raydu

 

[#GreenRoars]

Need someone to do a mini Pranav Dhanawade.

Even a 10 percent of him would suffice

 

[eradicator]

Takes 150 balls, scores 136 runs.... LOSER

 

[samplepiece]

How much India can make in last 5 overs??

I think we can make 30 off last 4 without Sharmaji's help.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

It would be a travesty if india end up 290/2 in 50

 

[carrom_ball]

How much India can make in last 5 overs??

25

 

[RexRex]

Selfish play from the indian batsmen.They are rightly being flayed by Ch9 commies.

 

[BaaliSoda]

As I expected (posted in the warm up thread as well) our lower middle order is too weak for modern standards of LO cricket. We are in for yet another below par score after a pretty good top order work.

Even getting close to the score of 300 will be a big achievement from hereon.

 

[#GreenRoars]

What a shot by Dhoni

 

[Belawal2014]

What kind of phattu batting is this....

 

[Zak_Fan]

DHONIIIIIIIIIII !!

 

[rhony]

Thats why Aussies are the No.1 team. If they can't get wickets, they'll stifle you. Great death bowling despite that 6 by Dhoni just now

 

[Belawal2014]

aaaand he hits a six lel.

 

[carrom_ball]

Selfish play from the indian batsmen.They are rightly being flayed by Ch9 commies.

It is not selfish, just not capable, no power hitters down the order

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni

 

[CricketAnalyst]

As I expected (posted in the warm up thread as well) our lower middle order is too weak for modern standards of LO cricket. We are in for yet another below par score after a pretty good top order work.

Even getting close to the score of 300 will be a big achievement from hereon.

LOL what?

The top order is a bunch of selfish clowns who won't even let these guys bat, but the fault lies with the one who did not even get a chance rather than the ones who wasted balls?

 

[Zak_Fan]

Thats why Aussies are the No.1 team. If they can't get wickets, they'll stifle you. Great death bowling despite that 6 by Dhoni just now

Exactly, Aussies are number 1 for a reason. We shouldn't be too harsh on our players because they are taking on the best side in the world.

 

[samplepiece]

With the extra bounce, decent sized ground and 5 fielders outside the circle, its not that easy to go ballistic, specially after being off-form for a while.

 

[street cricketer]

Harsha Bhogle was saying that Dhoni used his time off to hit the gym. He wanted to build his muscle mass to pack more power into his shots. Looks like it's paying for now.

 

[BaaliSoda]

LOL what?

The top order is a bunch of selfish clowns who won't even let these guys bat, but the fault lies with the one who did not even get a chance rather than the ones who wasted balls?

I would think our top order batters played that long for that score mainly because of knowing how weak our lower middle order is in terms of hitting power(over the last 2 years).

 

[Aman]

300-310 isn't enough against this Aus side, they bat too deep.

 

[Justcrazy]

269 / 2

18 balls left !

 

[samplepiece]

300-310 is nothing against a team with Australia's batting strength.

We would win if we get to 300 though.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Going...going....gone

 

[#GreenRoars]

150 for Sharma, sorry India now you can't win this one

 

[Zak_Fan]

Harsha Bhogle was saying that Dhoni used his time off to hit the gym. He wanted to build his muscle mass to pack more power into his shots. Looks like it's paying for now.

Dhoni's body looks different now, seems very strong.

 

[Aman]

We would win if we get to 300 though.

No you won't, all the Aussies need to is one batsmen to anchor while the others can go about scoring quickly. The aussies don't rely on one or two batsmen scoring big, they rely on one batsmen scoring 60-70+ while the others score quick 30s.

 

[carrom_ball]

150 :AAG

 

[BaaliSoda]

A very fine inning from Rohit. 150 up for him.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Sorry Sharma Your 150 will be in vain.

 

[LastManstanding]

Rohit

 

[rhony]

300-310 isn't enough against this Aus side, they bat too deep.

Not many can score 300 against AUS. They are the No.1 in the world and will never let the game away from them. India's got to bowl well and make a match out of it.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

I would think our top order batters played that long for that score mainly because of knowing how weak our lower middle order is in terms of hitting power(over the last 2 years).

Self-fulfilling prophecy. I declare you are not good enough to play, so I play poorly and then you are at fault though you did nothing. Unless they get to play they can't be blamed.

 

[samplepiece]

Only 2 off Sharmaji's 9 ODI tons have been scores of less than 137.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Fantabolous catch. Dhoni

 

[Smbhayi]

India will win this one quiet easily here

 

[LastManstanding]

Cricinfo : Rohit is the fastest to 1000 ODI runs v Australia. 19 innings. Ahead of Tendulkar and Lara.

 

[Justcrazy]

dhoni gone

 

[BaaliSoda]

For a change MSD makes more than a run-a-ball two digit contribution (a rarity these days).

Faulkner gets MSD

 

[carrom_ball]

If India can score 25 more runs then India will win this, no way australia is chasing this

 

[Suleiman]

Needed Raina here, why the h was he dropped?

 

[Justcrazy]

jadeja starts with bang

 

[samplepiece]

290 up. Hurrah!

 

[rhony]

Great template of ODI batting by India. They are just continuing their WC form

 

[LastManstanding]

Needed Raina here, why the h was he dropped?

Coz he is rubbish outside Asia.

 

[rhony]

Needed Raina here, why the h was he dropped?

He failed against BD, SA and they thought his inability to play short balls in AUS will be a liability. He definitely needs a break.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Am i the only one who thinks India could have played a bit faster and been 330-8 instead of 300-4?

 

[#GreenRoars]

Lucky

 

[dashing_man]

india should have gotten at least 320

 

[rhony]

300 Up. Game ON!!!

 

[#GreenRoars]

Am i the only one who thinks India could have played a bit faster and been 330-8 instead of 300-4?

Yes, every one was saying the same thing. Thanks to Kohli.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Am i the only one who thinks India could have played a bit faster and been 330-8 instead of 300-4?

Nope. I I would have been happier with that too.

 

[BaaliSoda]

300 up, thank god (at one stage it looked like we wont get anywhere near this total)

 

[#GreenRoars]

Bang, massive

 

[rhony]

india should have gotten at least 320

Ofcourse they should have. While you are at it, why not 350? You seem to discredit the Aussie death bowling

 

[Shafi]

People's expectation is way too much. How much you want them to score in last 10 overs? 200 or 250.
The quality of cricket decreased so much that no body give a damn of a team scoring around 240 and defend it.

 

[samplepiece]

Am i the only one who thinks India could have played a bit faster and been 330-8 instead of 300-4?

Yeah, this will reduce our margin of victory by 30 runs.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Against this bowling attack, India should have gone for 330. But nevertheless, a good total.

 

[shah_1]

10 to 15 runs short considering the position they were in

 

[Zak_Fan]

If India had Shami, I would back us to win. But his absence makes this 60-40 In Australia's favor.

 

[rhony]

93 in the last 10 overs. This is after very good death bowling. Rohit's beast mode was a treat to watch

 

[#GreenRoars]

India do have a chance to win this game, just need early wickets.

 

[JaDed]

309 is ridiculous this should had been 340ish India needs to work on it LOI game.

 

[samplepiece]

61 off the last 5.

 

[JaDed]

If India had Shami, I would back us to win. But his absence makes this 60-40 In Australia's favor.

Don't think he has performed that well against Aussies.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Rohit bhai was sensational as always. Always wondered if he was Talent or Tailunt, in the last few years, he has proven himself to be a rare taltent.

 

[samplepiece]

309 is ridiculous this should had been 340ish India needs to work on it LOI game.

This ridiculous is our best score in Australia against Australia.

 

[rhony]

Rohit says 250 is a par score. Maybe the ball's not coming to the bat as much.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Well even if we lose this one atleast Rohits average is now at 41

 

[Suleiman]

309 is ridiculous this should had been 340ish India needs to work on it LOI game.

lol what standards

here we hope and pray to get to ~280.

 

[BaaliSoda]

310 as a target looks slightly better than 280+ that they looked like settling in for few overs before.

Pitch is pretty good for batting and there isn't much there for the bowlers.

Looking forward to the bowling effort of Sran.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Brilliant from commentator "Kohli played brilliantly but sacrificed his wicket for the team" )

 

[carrom_ball]

Rohit says 250 is the par score here, we are way ahead of that

 

[Nikhil_cric]

309 is ridiculous this should had been 340ish India needs to work on it LOI game.

Yep. With our bowling attack and their lineup. The might romp home in 40 overs

 

[Zak_Fan]

Don't think he has performed that well against Aussies.

He is a quality bowler though. Anyone with a ODI SR of 27 is amazing.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Well even if we lose this one atleast Rohits average is now at 41

Last time when the beast hit 150, India lost the game. Feeling same result this time too.

 

[ammytyagi]

Boland was not good in this match. Tried to yorker but bowled full toss many times & Sharma always hit six on that.

 

[MMHS]

Rohit thinks 240-250 a par score here, I thought 320-330 probably - let's see.