ICC CT 2017 | India v Pakistan | 4th June, 2017 | Birmingham | India innings

[JibranAnsari]

Shadab should know he isnt bowling to poor batsmen in psl now , thats real cricket.

 

[princeuk]

Pakistan will be 19-3 by the same stage

 

[adzzy786]

It's not eid yet but they already slaughtering us

 

[chinaman00]

Someone earlier said this is the worst Pakistani attack ever. I think this is the worst bowling lineup in world cricket atm.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Everyone on this forum knows that Wahab shouldn't be in the team, Mickey and co. have no clue what they are doing.

Playing a legspinner vs India is not the best of ideas

 

[big_gamer007]

Pak mangement and Ramiz the idiot advised pak to select wahab.

M
Why do you guys listen to Rameez?

 

[Macho Mann]

absolutely terrible selection from the selectors

 

[Barragan]

Can't believe Sarfraz hasn't learnt from the WI series, where Shadab was whacked in the middle overs and picked up wkts in latter overs

Just use him in those latter overs and he'll be much more effective

 

[FlickedOffHips]

Keep steady and calm...eventually PAK will stumble and fall over. It's like watching every India/Pak game atm.

 

[fasihulhaq94]

lets put common sense in the bin and play shadab because he looks to attack and has big heart

 

[m.shah]

Horrible bowling from wahab

 

[castortroy]

Hopefully there will be rain the afternoon

We can barely chase 230 let alone 330 plus

 

[Ahonnoha]

This Pakistani teams reminds me of those amateur youngsters who get bullied when ever they come across professionals..

 

[IMMY69]

Wow this is absolute carnage.
We're being dismantled like a team of novices.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Everyone on this forum knows that Wahab shouldn't be in the team, Mickey and co. have no clue what they are doing.

Playing a legspinner vs India is not the best of ideas

 

[GLORY OF '92]

To be fair par is 330 but our batting.....

 

[JibranAnsari]

Both poor selections are turning out to be very expensive.

420/0 is a real possibility.

 

[big_gamer007]

Pak mangement and Ramiz the idiot advised pak to select wahab.

M
Why do you guys listen to Rameez?

 

[pillionrider]

I could vomit out a pitchmap that looks more disciplined and accurate than Wahab's.

If this is original, this is a legendary post

 

[darksher]

Pathetic approach from Pakistan at the start of the innings, this is what happens when you try to contain the batsmen so early in the innings instead of working on a strategy to get them out, they get their eye in, assess the conditions properly, acclimatize and then consolidate later when they become fully settled on crease, same happened to Pakistan courtesy Sarfraz's timid defensive captaincy.

 

[RobinJay]

How Wahab keeps getting into the playing 11 is beyond me. Match after match, series after series, his utter mediocrity gets exposed yet we persist with him again and again.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Why Malik over Hafeez?

 

[Pakistani Pace]

It's sad, but we are minnows now.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Dhawan always plays well in icc tourneys and goes missing on other occasions.

Malik comes along , I sense a wicket to fall now.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Both poor selections are turning out to be very expensive.

420/0 is a real possibility.

 

[big_gamer007]

Both poor selections are turning out to be very expensive.

420/0 is a real possibility.

Loool relax it's not that bad

 

[Shafi]

Our bowling is too poor. India will score over 450+ and defeat us at least by 200 runs

 

[Madplayer]

Patriotiguly commentinh now

 

[KingKhanWC]

Gangly is such a muppet

 

[ExplicitAI]

They're not in form, mate. Also bogeys like Yuvraj and Dhoni. Would be foolish to call our batting the best in this tournament.

Lol Indian batting is world class with the way they bat and their approach is modern, no matter what their form is, they always turn up. Personally think Rohit is better than Warner.

 

[jnaveen1980]

India is very good in the middle overs if they keep wickets in hand.

 

[fasihulhaq94]

Pathetic approach from Pakistan at the start of the innings, this is what happens when you try to contain the batsmen so early in the innings instead of working on a strategy to get them out, they get their eye in, assess the conditions properly, acclimatize and then consolidate later when they become fully settled on crease, same happened to Pakistan courtesy Sarfraz's timid defensive captaincy.

nothing I haven't heard before. We just have a mediocre team

 

[big_gamer007]

If this is original, this is a legendary post ��

Hahaha epic post you gotta love these match threads Pakistani posters are funny..

 

[Markhor]

Both poor selections are turning out to be very expensive.

420/0 is a real possibility.

Lol like that Sehwag/Dravid partnership in that 2006 Test or something where they got a 400+ opening stand.

 

[Saeed]

Pakistan gifted this match away the moment Sarfraz brought Imad to bowl the new ball. Fielding was quite bad too.

 

[HinderTheJinder]

Shadab bowled well until that missed chance

 

[shah_1]

Wahab averages almost 70 since 2016

How does he get to play for Pakistan? I rather have a youngster even he goes for run, at least there scope for improvement.

 

[boomboom6]

Where's Hawkeye when his boy Wahab is getting tonked as usual ??

 

[Slog]

I would bring on Amir and hope for control and wicket

 

[Hasan123]

We don't even look like getting a wicket

 

[JibranAnsari]

Lol like that Sehwag/Dravid partnership in that 2006 Test or something where they got a 400+ opening stand.

Yah looks to be very likely now

 

[desi_launda]

Rohit still in tuk-tuk mode.Dhawan suddenly has strike rate of 111

 

[Madplayer]

MOM shadab bowling now

 

[IMMY69]

Clearly no research gone into this game.
Stats show India score heavily against spin so what do we do? Open with Imad and pick three spinners...

 

[castortroy]

Failures like Shahzad, Hafeez and Malik going to all of a sudden become different players?

Mental midgets

 

[Zak_Fan]

Wahab is not even quick right now. Poor selection over Junaid.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Azhar ali will chase down whatever India give us

 

[gani999]

Can someone tell me why Pakistan has not selected Junaid for this match? He should have been an automatic choice.

 

[Macho Mann]

i believe micky arthur and not sarfraz is the boss who is taking every singe decision here from selection to game strategy etc, sarfraz needs to grow a pair here

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

This is why I said it made no sense that posters here were content with a few quiet overs in the first 10-15 overs. Containing Indian batsmen is pointless when your batting is clearly not a match. You need a bunch of wickets to restrict them to a low score. India generally plays slow at the top as the openers prefer to settle in and attack later on. The Indian bowlers aren't pushovers either, so chasing 300+ would be difficult for Pakistan.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Shadab and wahab remaining overs should be shared by azhar malik and hafeez.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This was not even a violent partnership like dickwella batted. 43 singles so far.

 

[Rayyman]

Guys stop wrist-slitting. Like I said before. Just need them under 320.

 

[ftbno1]

Ganguly said it at that time"it is wrong to give six overs to imad wasim initially. Shikhar will be sending thank you card to sarfaraz."

 

[EngrOmair]

Sarfaraz needs to get his mind running now bring in Amir for couple of overs and use Hafeez & Malik for another 10Overs let them bowl wicket to wicket.

 

[BD-fan]

Lmao and we have azhar opening for us....

What is Rohit SR even after a 50? Do you understand cricket? Ar you watching the game?

 

[Indiafan]

Nothing in the pitch for any bowler TBH

 

[IMMY69]

Thing is Indian openers can start cautiously and then hit big.
Our openers can only Tuk Tuk even when set

 

[HinderTheJinder]

Better from Shadab

 

[JibranAnsari]

Shadab is good for teams like west indies and ireland , cant see him succeeding against big boys.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is why I said it made no sense that posters here were content with a few quiet overs in the first 10-15 overs. Containing Indian batsmen is pointless when your batting is clearly not a match. You need a bunch of wickets to restrict them to a low score. India generally plays slow at the top as the openers prefer to settle in and attack later on. The Indian bowlers aren't pushovers either, so chasing 300+ would be difficult for Pakistan.

India is always great in middle overs if they keep wickets in hand. Because they are very good with single and twos.

 

[LegendInzi]

The gulf b/w two teams is appalling. One seems to be playing modern cricket. The other seems like bunch of hacks who were promised a club-level match and had to face this instead.

 

[Shafi]

Rohit can hit another double

 

[Hasan123]

Lol Ganguly asking about Yasir. Shows how much he follows Pak

 

[Markhor]

Failures like Shahzad, Hafeez and Malik going to all of a sudden become different players?

Mental midgets

Too much deadwood in this Pakistan team from Azhar, Shehzad, Hafeez, Wahab, Junaid (not playing today but shouldn't be in squad) and Fahim whose bowling isn't good enough for internationals.

Hell, there's still questions over whether Imad is good enough in the long run as he doesn't turn the ball much yet he's considered our premier all-rounder ! Shadab is still very raw.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good over Shadab

 

[castortroy]

Like pak will chase anything under 320 lol

 

[Slog]

Can someone make Ganguly shut up

 

[captain crook]

Ganguly is unbearable to hear

 

[Square Drive]

Cmon get a wicket...

 

[Macho Mann]

This is why I said it made no sense that posters here were content with a few quiet overs in the first 10-15 overs. Containing Indian batsmen is pointless when your batting is clearly not a match. You need a bunch of wickets to restrict them to a low score. India generally plays slow at the top as the openers prefer to settle in and attack later on. The Indian bowlers aren't pushovers either, so chasing 300+ would be difficult for Pakistan.

indian team got to fire up their run rate because of pathetic selection of wahab riaz and nothing else, until 19th over minus wahab's spell it was perfectly contained,

wahab selection has been a big blunder for the team honestly

and now pakistan doesnt have a bowler to finish his ten overs as wahab would not be given opportunity, what a terrible waste of space

 

[LegendInzi]

Excellent display of strike rotation.

Our hack Azhar Ali will spend first 15 overs 'blunting the ball' lol

 

[Markhor]

This was not even a violent partnership like dickwella batted. 43 singles so far.

That Dickwella fellow is miles better than any Pakistani opener we have in our squad.

He averages 38 at SR of 100 - we are crying out for someone like that.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Shadab is good for teams like west indies and ireland , cant see him succeeding against big boys.

Stop crying. 2 set batsmen playing for a team that plays spin better than anyone. Shadab will be a great all rounder IA. He's just 18

 

[SandyB]

India positives - running is back on point , given both openers were back from injuries .

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Runrate is good now. Should maintain that for another 10 overs

 

[Slog]

The gulf b/w two teams is appalling. One seems to be playing modern cricket. The other seems like bunch of hacks who were promised a club-level match and had to face this instead.

Honestly they are on a different level to our boys in every way

Very sad

 

[Fast Bowler]

Indian running between the wickets is just amazing!

 

[shah_1]

Yeh time agya..It's humiliating

Ganguly stating the obvious

 

[Crafty_Indian]

Pakistan desperately need two wickets at least.