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

[marlonbrowndo]

Should get hasan on in place of Imad

 

[Madplayer]

Pak has won already if they get kohli out before 40 runs

Kohli either scores below 20 or over 80. No in between for him.

 

[Hamza_]

Actual captain is Mickey here...

Scripted captaincy

 

[Pete Rose]

sarfaraz, like most pakistani captains before him, is thinking about the last ten overs.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Rohit will get out soon.

 

[LegendInzi]

Hahah no dot ball. Single every ball or a boundary. Art of batsman ship. Hope the lallus Shahzad etc are learning standing nearby

 

[Pete Rose]

Actual captain is Mickey here...

sure whatever works for you.

 

[Arsal_AK]

After this, nobody can argue that Sarfraz is any better than Azhar when it comes to captaincy.

 

[Shafi]

Sarfraz captaincy is worse than Azhar. Carry on same bowlers against Kohli to settle

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Easy milking here....

 

[imshally81]

Is M Hafeez playing?

 

[Pakistani Pace]

Why spinner

 

[ExpressPacer]

We're giving them too many singles. Why bring on spinners man?

 

[CricVet]

This 150 something -1 can turn into 200odd all out in Ind Pak game. Unlikely but I am too optimistic. Pak still nervy but hopefully a couple of wickets will ease it.

 

[castortroy]

Why are they still bowling spin

Talk about putting no pressure on kholi

 

[Rayyman]

Bring on Amir or Hasan.

 

[imshally81]

Why spinner

Then who? Riaz?

 

[Savak]

Cannot bowl a dot ball to save their lives. A scoring shot of every delivery of every over.

 

[Square Drive]

They're absolutely milking Imad.

 

[Itachi]

Pakistan may win this match.

But captaincy is poor. That anyone should admit.

 

[sam_ahm]

This is extremely poor captaincy from Sarfraz, first of all he shouldn't have opened the bowling with Imad and now if ever there was a time to bowl Wahab it was now when Kohli is new at the crease, but once afain he brings Imad on to let Kohli settle down.

On wickets like tgese you need to attack with fast bolwers with the new ball and when the batsman is new and try to pick up wickets, else 350-360 is always on the cards.

Very poor captaincy.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan has to get Kohli out early. Once he is set he will play ground shot through impossible angles with writ adjustments.

 

[Sane.Cricket.Fan]

Just need one more wicket. And we're into the tail.

LOL..

the Indian tail doesn't start after a certain Mr. Ravindra Jadega

 

[marlonbrowndo]

I would've thought kohlis record against us would be better

 

[Pakistani Pace]

Then who? Riaz?

Amir.

 

[Ellipsism]

They're absolutely milking Imad.

Useless cricketer, absolute tool.

 

[Hasan123]

Kohli is settled in now. Poor captaincy.

 

[castortroy]

They have allowed kholi to set without any pressure

Massive score comig here

 

[ExpressPacer]

single py single what the hell

 

[Indiafan]

Pak are making it too easy for Kohli, baffling tactics considering Ali and amir have so many overs left, he can afford 1-2 overs of each and still have enough for death overs

 

[Greenshadow]

Sarfraz is basic. He decided his bowlers based on over slots rather than the match situation.

Pak cricket was finished years ago, we are truly minnows.

 

[darksher]

Completely innocuous bowling, no penetration whatsoever, allowing these two to accumulate, can't believe Sarfraz instead of looking to dismiss Kohli early in the piece has brought Imad to finish his bowling quota, that pretty much sums up his pathetic captaincy so far.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Pathetic captaincy from Sarfraz.Idiotic to continue with Imad against Kohli

 

[troodon]

Up the RR Rohit.

 

[Macho Mann]

Micky Arthur is just the guy for PCB to control every small bit of pakistan cricket from selection to game strategy to every small maneuver.

dropping sohail khan for wahab riaz just shows how favourite players of PCB are playing while deserving being left out

 

[Indiafan]

Pakistan may win this match.

But captaincy is poor. That anyone should admit.

If they win, all will be forgotten and this will be brilliant tactics

 

[zn426]

Not acceptable at all, same mistakes from Sarfraz. Aggression isn't going with odd decisions, it's choosing the right players at the right times. Should have opened with 20 overs of pace, instead it's been spin choke all the way through.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

a wicket will bring PAK back into this. Yuvraj and Dhoni are both past their best.

 

[CricFan2012]

Don't Pakistan coaches listen to the commentary or do their research before matches like these? How can you bowl spinners at this stage is beyond me

 

[imshally81]

Pakistan may win this match.

But captaincy is poor. That anyone should admit.

Seriously.. It's Mickeyz effects

 

[Sane.Cricket.Fan]

Why is Sarfaraz making it do easy for the Indian batsmen?

Fixing?

 

[Hasan123]

Bring on Hasan Ali or Amir. There is no use in saving them.

 

[reversehook]

those who are asking why they are bowling spin, bhai jaan thats what 160-1 after 29 overs does to you... you lose the plot... (if you had one to begin with)

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Shadab very impressive. Hasan should come on

 

[daytrader]

With no Faheem, Wahab getting tonked has put Sarfraz in a bit of a predicament. Not enough overs of pace left and he wants atleast 8 in the last 10 overs

 

[world cup captain]

An absolute blow out. India should have rested a few players to at least make it a bit close.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Sarfraz Ahmed has not done his homework and this unprofessional attitude makes me want to stop supporting or watching Pakistan cricket. VK is an absolute beast vs spin but to add to that, a nothing cricket vs seam bowling in England. This was the perfect time to bowl Hasan Ali. Absolutely disgusting. I'm at a loss for words here. Atrocious.

 

[castortroy]

A bit to late

Kholi is in.

340 coming here

 

[captain crook]

Amir in!

 

[Pete Rose]

Sarfaraz's bowling changes are driven by how to ensure he has 5 overs of aamir and hasan at the end. Nothing to do with who is batting now

 

[Zeshan547]

This is moyo and azhar level captaincy, I mean how can you be so poor, this takes some doing

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ganguly is ridiculous. We can never make 350 or 360 even from here. That is another 200 runs in 20 odd overs. 320 at best.

 

[adzzy786]

Amir back on

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good to see Amir brought back

 

[jnaveen1980]

Very formulaic captaincy finally right move

 

[Arsal_AK]

After feeding Kohli with Immad, getting him set, now he turns to his best bowler. Bravo!

 

[Hasan123]

Come on Amir

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Finally Amir is back.

 

[Sane.Cricket.Fan]

Finally Aamir vs Kohli?

 

[darksher]

Useless cricketer, absolute tool.

Pindi boy to be precise, just look at his getup with that hair band, such a sissy.

 

[Ellipsism]

Finally a good decision

 

[ExplicitAI]

If Pak thought picking Wahab due to his pace and batting ability merits his selection then they're totally wrong, he's a number 10,11 batsman at best and his wicket taking ability has died.

 

[Rayyman]

We can chase up to 380.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Too late.

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Amir should bowl from around the wicket with two slips.

 

[CricFan2012]

Ganguly is ridiculous. We can never make 350 or 360 even from here. That is another 200 runs in 20 odd overs. 320 at best.

Yaar even 250 will be enough for this Pakistani batting line up.

Azhar, Shehzad, Hafeez are in the top 4 and are snails

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Extremely poor captaincy, made kohli comfortable and now brings Amir. Very disappointed

 

[Ankit007]

Amir must ball all deliveries at same spot if he wants rohit

 

[troodon]

Rohit bhai, its not a Test match.

 

[Square Drive]

We can still do a good job and keep them below 300.

 

[imshally81]

Any sign of reversing?

 

[LegendInzi]

Just two dot balls in the last 3 overs by India. Too good

 

[Ellipsism]

Pindi boy to be precise, just look at his getup with that hair band, such a sissy.

The funny thing is the guy thinks he is something. With his attitude you'd expect him to back it up with performance, but alas...

 

[Haroon786]

India can afford to be defensive against Amir and still get 300.

 

[Macho Mann]

there is not one decent bowler in pakistan team except amir and hasan ali

 

[imshally81]

Great over

 

[captain crook]

Lol.. Rohit is playing a test match

 

[Indiafan]

Only 1 run, great bowling

 

[Mainul]

India should declare after 10 overs.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Sharma playing extremely slowly.