ICC CT 2017 | India [193/2] beat South Africa [191] by 8 wickets to qualify for the semi-finals

[ahmedwaqas92]

not trying to sound pro Azhar/Shehzad but had this been any of the latter two...People would've ripped them apart

 

[GOAT999]

Ashwin is an average LOI bowler ganguly praising him as if he's some living legend

 

[MMHS]

May be 1 more from BK won't been a bad idea .... he is not going to do much with older ball.

 

[pak4life]

not a bad start for SA if they don't lose any wickets otherwise they are doing a Pakistan.

 

[captain crook]

not trying to sound pro Azhar/Shehzad but had this been any of the latter two...People would've ripped them apart

But these two can make up for the low start.Our no hopers have no hope.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

May be 1 more from BK won't been a bad idea .... he is not going to do much with older ball.

He's great in death overs

 

[captain crook]

Ashwin is an average LOI bowler ganguly praising him as if he's some living legend

Gangulatriot

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Amla 13 off 33

Somebody tell him this is not test cricket.

 

[King Kong]

May be 1 more from BK won't been a bad idea .... he is not going to do much with older ball.

He has improved his death bowling by leaps and bounds. He is needed at the end.

 

[ads101]

not a bad start for SA if they don't lose any wickets otherwise they are doing a Pakistan.

If this was Pakistan people would be cursing them lol. SA aren't scoring even 4 an over.

I think SA are behind here, 300 will be hard with this start.

 

[MMHS]

He's great in death overs

May be, my memory is a bit short - can't recall beyond last match

 

[Zak_Fan]

Saffas doing a Rohit-Dhawan. Can cost them dearly.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

May be, my memory is a bit short - can't recall beyond last match

He's improved a lot in the last one year, people who follow Indian cricket closely know this

 

[JaDed]

Spoiled the over with that boundary.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Saffas doing a Rohit-Dhawan. Can cost them dearly.

Amla being more tuk tuk than Misbah ever was. Sad decline

 

[roshanrocks]

South Africa, to be honest have made a very nice and sweet launch pad.

 

[Hasan123]

Finally a boundary for De Kock

 

[captain crook]

Actually not a bad start for SA.. Quinton and Amla doing just what is required..

 

[JaDed]

Amla will come back good,even if he takes time,we need to get his wicket.

 

[Imran Hasan]

Nah its not Amla's day! He is really struggling there.

 

[MMHS]

He's improved a lot in the last one year, people who follow Indian cricket closely know this

I do follow Indian cricket - last 1 years seen him bowling lost against Kiwis, against who our lot day before yesterday also ..

It's not about only death overs - he is bowling well to Kok with new ball, one more over could have got him out. Still he could have been used in 2+2 spells.

 

[GOAT999]

The difference between the south African openers and ours is that the safs might have had a slow start but they don't throw it away like selfie shehzad

 

[King Kong]

If India can restrict SA to around 210 in 40 overs, no matter how many wickets SA have in hand, I have firm hopes on Bumrah and Bhuvi restricting them to 290.

 

[ExpressPacer]

While Amla is certainly a good batsman, let me remind all delusional fans that much like other modern day batsmen, Hashim Amla does NOT possess the ability to make up for his dot balls and constant blocking.

Don't let the IPL bashing fool you.

Not only is he wasting deliveries but is also putting one of their best batsmen, De Kock under pressure.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Amla will come back good,even if he takes time,we need to get his wicket.

He has to start accelerating soon, otherwise India will win without much problem

 

[Hasan123]

Pathetic innings from Amla so far.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Luck..... Luck...... Luck......


Saffas could have easily been 3 down by now.

 

[captain crook]

Almost a wicket. 2nd time Pandya dropped a cught and bowled chance. Last time he did this, Gunthilaka put India to sword

 

[Hasan123]

While Amla is certainly a good batsman, let me remind all delusional fans that much like other modern day batsmen, Hashim Amla does NOT possess the ability to make up for his dot balls and constant blocking.

Don't let the IPL bashing fool you.

Not only is he wasting deliveries but is also putting one of their best batsmen, De Kock under pressure.

Agreed. Could cost SA the game.

 

[roshanrocks]

Hardik drops a return catch...ouch!

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Pathetic innings from Amla so far.

And people say Amla is better than Kohli in ODIs, laughable really

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Should be both out.

Could cost India

 

[King Kong]

Dropped! This is Amla's day.

 

[MMHS]

Pathetic innings from Amla so far.

Bowling has been good actually - a little aggressiveness could have ended like PAK match - 64/3 after 12.

 

[Sunzi]

Dropped.

Amla living a charmed life here - needs to cash in.

 

[King Kong]

Both should have been back to pavilion by now.

 

[Zak_Fan]

At least 4 missed runouts and a dropped catch so far. Not to mention all those plays and misses.

 

[Sunzi]

16 off 40

 

[Imran Hasan]

Both the opener now got life.

 

[LastManstanding]

India has been lethargic in the field this tournament.

 

[Hasan123]

And people say Amla is better than Kohli in ODIs, laughable really

Exactly.

 

[Zak_Fan]

This is reminding me of the Lanka match now. Great performance, but nothing going our way.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Cautious start is fine but they're really lagging now.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Indian fielding and catching has been poor in this tournament so far.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Good Jesus

What a

 

[JaDed]

At least 4 missed runouts and a dropped catch so far. Not to mention all those plays and misses.

This only shows we are on way to lose,similar things happened in Lankan match and see Amla hits a

 

[roshanrocks]

RSA 52/0 (14.0 Ovs) CRR: 3.71

Quite a slow start from South Africa. When do they plan to accelerate?


and..............:

 

[Imran Hasan]

 

[Hasan123]

Bowling has been good actually - a little aggressiveness could have ended like PAK match - 64/3 after 12.

Bowling has been good. But 16 off 40 is unacceptable

 

[Sunzi]

Chikka though.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

I do follow Indian cricket - last 1 years seen him bowling lost against Kiwis, against who our lot day before yesterday also ..

It's not about only death overs - he is bowling well to Kok with new ball, one more over could have got him out. Still he could have been used in 2+2 spells.

Bhuvi has a career economy rate of of less than 5 runs per over and he continuously plays on 300 vs 300 tracks. If you look at his last 30 odi performances, he has barely gone above 6 runs per over a handful of times. Also he was by far the best death bowler in IPL, he'll have a bad day or 2, can't perform in all matches, don't know which match against the kiwis you are talking about because he hasn't played an odi against kiwis since 2014

 

[Hasan123]

Greame Smith advocating for ABD to come in next. Not a bad idea, but won't happen.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Pandya is a useless bowler. Better give the ball to yuvi.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Amla has wasted nearly 50 balls already. He should get out for team's sake

 

[Executioner]

It feels like Shehzad and Imrul Kayes batting in the crease

 

[MMHS]

Bowling has been good. But 16 off 40 is unacceptable

He'll cover up if he can stay till 35 overs. Don't think SAF backs their other batsmen against 20 overs of A & J.

 

[Hasan123]

Amla drop may prove costly.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

pandya releasing all the pressure. But no he can't be dropped

 

[Zak_Fan]

Amla having to bat like a hack in order to score.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Happening now !!

 

[flawed_genius]

Pandya is more worried about his hair rather than the rubbish he is bowling.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Good start. Need to pull back with quick wickets else we might be chasing 350+

 

[ExpressPacer]

At least 4 missed runouts and a dropped catch so far. Not to mention all those plays and misses.

And India are supposedly one of the best fielding sides..

 

[JaDed]

Pandya is defn the worst bowler,and his performance against Bangla or Pak means nothing,if one cannot see the batsman moving that early in the crease rather stop bowling.

 

[dauntless]

We need to accelerate now!
#protea fire

 

[Executioner]

India have bowled well but fielding looks so ordinary. They were the best fielding unit in Asia some 2-3 years back.

Not sure what happened?

 

[ExpressPacer]

Teams have started out batting at the pace of snails in this Champions Trophy. Good to see the competition between bat and ball being raised again!

 

[FlickedOffHips]

good point by sanjay about pinch hitters potentially having big utility in these conditions. Pandya would be perfect for it.

 

[JaDed]

Of all the English accents South African is defn the best or its Smith's voice.

 

[AFM]

Beautiful batting

 

[Zak_Fan]

India have bowled well but fielding looks so ordinary. They were the best fielding unit in Asia some 2-3 years back.

Not sure what happened?

They didn't have Yuvi, Jadhav and Bumrah all those years.

 

[IAJ]

Lovely batting by Saffers here, now it is time to play more positively and then explode in the last 12-13 overs

 

[GOAT999]

Pandya is defn the worst bowler,and his performance against Bangla or Pak means nothing,if one cannot see the batsman moving that early in the crease rather stop bowling.

I know people started rating him as the best all rounder and etc but honestly pakistani batting is a joke and especially against I
Pakistan even if Kohli was to bowl he would have picked up a 5 wicket haul this guy is just someone who you would call into get some quick overs in certainly not a 10 over bowler.

 

[Hasan123]

Jadeja into the attack

 

[ExpressPacer]

Of all the English accents South African is defn the best or its Smith's voice.

Agreed.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Really miss Raina and Rahane in the field.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Milking jadeja for singles

 

[ExpressPacer]

Of all the English accents South African is defn the best or its Smith's voice.

Pakistani's who can speak English end up having American-ish accents in a few years. Look at Ramiz Raja, IK or even Ahmed Shehzad lol.

 

[Hasan123]

Amla and De Kock rotating the strike with ease now

 

[JaDed]

QDK average against Left arm spin 221