Indians are able to swing a lot more under lights as compared to others bowlers and then they have two gun spinners.
IN Asia cup Pandya and Kishan bailed us out. That has to be the job of Iyer/Rahul/SKY/Gill.
Not really, they may have a hard time chasing 300+ against a good bowling side.
Knockout matches are altogether different. Let's hope everyone will step up.
Totally agree. People underestimate the pressure of a chase in a WC ko game.. bat 1st in a ko game- put runs on the board and then bowl and field well..
India has done extremely well and they are a formidable unit but i dont think they would have done as well outside India. We are in an era where all major teams are dominant in their own countries but put them in foreign conditions and they struggle. Perhaps it’s do with players playing a lot at home due to league cricket and the homogenization of pitches across the world. Look at the last 4 world cups and they’ve all been won by the hosts.
And that's why I think if qdk scored a quickfire 50 or 100 taking on the ind bowlers - it would have been a good test for ind to see how they responded out of their comfort zone. But didn't expect an absolute wallop
Except for Pakistan, most of other serious teams have decent exposure to Indian wickets. Other than crowd, dont think India holds any home advantage in terms of familiarity.
It is also because Rohit's bowlers back his aggressive plan with performance. Meanwhile our 140K+ "phaast bowlers" and so called spin bowlers have nothing in their tank if/when the captain tries to be aggressive. As we know, aggressive field placements without bowlers performing will fail spectacularly.
Great post.
I maybe wrong but I think India will have one bad match, The Final
The same batting and BOWLING lineup will look ORDINARY in the semifinal
It is better to make semi's and lose than to pray for other teams to lose to make the semi's. Indian bowling has been at the top since the start of 2023. Spin or pace they have been on the top since the start of this year. So no, India will do well in the semi's with the ball, it will be the batting which might fail, if at all India lose in the knockouts.
It's not better.
I stopped watching yesterday after 4 SA wickets fell. I couldn't bear too good kind of performances. It scared me.
Two series wins in Aus ?
No they haven’t! Most of these players haven’t played a Ranji game in two years. They practice in the nets and play ipl on pitches that differ from these. They do get exposure during test matches but given how global ipl is there are others just as experienced on these pitches as these players. Heck done ipl international players have seen their home team ground more than some in the Indian cricket team.
Very good post
Nope in 2019 India were the best team in group stages. England scraped through and at one point England looked like they would not even make it to the semi's. India lost only one game in 2019 and were at the top of the table. India were very good until the semi-finals where the team bowled well but the batting collapsed.
Before you can see off srinath and then smack the rest. Although venky did well vs us.
Excellent first point.... I filtered the bowling stats from Jan 2022 to the start of this WC by removing matches in Asia.... and Indian bowling falls to middle of the pack!
They can only include Abrar if some other player is injured and ICC approves the replacement.
Shadab will come back at 7 in place of Agha. That is why they didn't ask ICC for Shadab to be replaced
Would love seeing what you have to say after they play a KNOCKOUT game and lose as always
Thank you
like in infamous 2019 semis against NZ. The chances are less this time. It was damp overnight conditions/rain in 2019 which led to top order collapse.
And what about the other 8 ICC tournaments that India has lost since 2013? Do you have an illogical excuse for that as well?
In India super stardom is attributed forcibly
The day Shami and Siraj do not perform- they will be called terrorists and told to go to Pakistan
Everybody has a tough time chasing 300. Indian team isn't an exception. One of Rohit or Kohli has to stay until 40th over for a 300 chase. Others aren't capable of doing it by themselves
When they don’t perform they will be dropped like Munaf, Zaheer, Irfan , Yousuf.
Chinese care a lot about football, you have no idea lol.
Nobody gives a flying walenda about where they come from. Is it even cricketing related? DO they have special blood just because they follow a different ideology. Are you suggesting religion gives you better performers? They are representing India. End of story.
Thats also because aus has been playing longer.
Why visit Bangalore lol. Traffic will suck the life out of you. You should visit beaches of GOA and attend a party there. Visit Himachal for its beautiful mountain ranges.
Indian subcontinent consists of India, PAK and Bangladesh. With so many sects/ehtnic identities/regions/religions, the divide between people is huge unlike a pan identity countries like US or UK. when there is no pan culture identity, the unification factor like American pride or UK pride would be difficult to attain. The class difference makes the people on the right side of the class system make it appear than they may deserve. Having said that, Dhoni won 3 world championships not because of the system but despite the system.
Australia won two World Cups without losing a match. Murphy's Law be damned.
