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

[Square Drive]

This is just lovely from Hasan.

 

[big_gamer007]

17 overs to go should get atleast 150 off them now

 

[Ankit007]

India is batting extremely slow... Need rohit to hit some soon now

 

[battler]

Match losing innings from Sharma

 

[Sunzi]

Finally some good news. Rain and umbrellas going up!

 

[BaaliSoda]

This is an Wajahatullah Wasti (90's nightmare) kinda inning from Rohit, so far. Gotta either hit out or get out and not put unnecessary pressure on Kohli.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Beautiful from hasan

 

[IMMY69]

Hasan bowling superbly

 

[troodon]

please get rohit out Pak.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This guy bowls slower than the clock suggests. Batsmen not able to time him

 

[Ellipsism]

6 overs and only conceding 21 runs on an absolute pancake. Excellent bowling.

 

[imshally81]

Why Amir again..

 

[Square Drive]

take wickets now,...show some courage

It's too late for that now.

We can take 2-3 quick wickets and they still have plenty of batting to come.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Thats why we need Hasan in middle and death overs.

Rightly done by Sarfraz not to give him first 8 overs. Would have gone for plenty in powerplay.

 

[Madplayer]

Rain again

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Rain returns!

 

[Rayyman]

Rain won't be for long

 

[big_gamer007]

Weather is Pakistan's best hope

 

[Square Drive]

What if rain makes it a 35 over game?

 

[Mamoon]

Indian government should give their approval for bilateral ties with Pakistan. Within a couple of years, they will smash our lead in head-to-head encounters.

 

[Shafi]

Why wasting Amir's quota?

 

[captain crook]

Good stuff.. Rohit is playing a wonderful innings

 

[imshally81]

Rain again... Blessing for us

 

[Boi]

Thats why we need Hasan in middle and death overs.

Rightly done by Sarfraz not to give him first 8 overs. Would have gone for plenty in powerplay.

Then why wasn't another pacer who can bowl with the new ball picked? If Hasan was to be a middle overs bowler then there's no need for Wahab.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Actual captain is Mickey here...

Yah if its bad then its the coach...

 

[CricVet]

if we had 3 bowlers of Hasan ali brain, we would be a far better team.

 

[HinderTheJinder]

Raining again

 

[LegendInzi]

Rain

 

[Pakistani Pace]

If rain reduces overs, will we be in a good position ?

 

[troodon]

ever since Dhawan got out, India strugled.

 

[Iffitheking]

Rain is the best chance for Pakistani

 

[CricFan2012]

Pakistan fixing the match?

Bowling spinners early on.

Bowling spinners against Kholi while he has a great average against them.

Selecting Wahab despite his horrible stats and performances.

 

[pakistani pride]

Indian government should give their approval for bilateral ties with Pakistan. Within a couple of years, they will smash our lead in head-to-head encounters.

Yeh like the last series in india? Right?
Take a break dude. This is an ultra flat track.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Pathetic from Rohit. This snail-paced inning will hurt our chances.

 

[Saeed]

Raining again, Rain is ruining a great match.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rain should stay around for at least an hour.

 

[Sane.Cricket.Fan]

Duckworth Lewis might make it easy for Pak now

 

[Pete Rose]

It's too late for that now.

We can take 2-3 quick wickets and they still have plenty of batting to come.

and thats because we were trying to bowl spinners up front.
defensive

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Hasan is pretty special

 

[shravan]

If the match is curtailed then it's game,set and match pakistan. All thanks to Rohit Sharma.

 

[Pakistani Pace]

Rain

Why u happy

 

[JibranAnsari]

You have yo question why hasnt hafeez bowled at all.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Strangely paced innings from rohit

 

[PakFan2010]

Good decision from Sarfraz batting second.

India's momentum will be lost.

 

[Saeed]

If rain reduces overs, will we be in a good position ?

If Azhar and co bat like they usually do, no.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hasan is pretty special

Yah great 5 fer in this match so far

 

[Boi]

DLS will be more favourable to India because they have so many wickets in hand.

 

[Madplayer]

Weather is Pakistan's best hope

Pakistan is winning this. Rain or no rain.

 

[yadunoe]

This will play in paid hands even though we restricted them nicely last few overs

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Then why wasn't another pacer who can bowl with the new ball picked? If Hasan was to be a middle overs bowler then there's no need for Wahab.

New ball bowlers havent done much in the first 10 overs in this tournament. Amir hardly swung the ball and it was mostly angle away from right hander for him.
Teams are picking batting heavy sides because 330 is par score in these conditions.
How many wickets in first 8 overs of first innings till now?

Should have picked Fahim over Wahab.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Rain is back again, it's killed the CT so far

 

[LegendInzi]

Yeh like the last series in india? Right?
Take a break dude. This is an ultra flat track.

Ultra flat track, maybe. But wait until you see our batters negotiate Indian bowlers.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pakistan cant score more than 200 against this world class one dat attack lately.

 

[Mamoon]

Yeh like the last series in india? Right?
Take a break dude. This is an ultra flat track.

Knew someone would bring that up. That series was a one-off, and Pakistan can still beat India every now and then. However, India are far ahead in every department which means that over the course of 20 odd matches, India will definitely win around 15.

For our sake, let's hope that the Indian government will continue to say no to bilateral series.

 

[BD-fan]

Rohit is playing too defensively. 300 is par on this wicket. Not so sure about the tactic of the Indian team here.

Rain threat. D/L will be favorable if they have wickets in hand.

 

[jnaveen1980]

How long before the rain is likely to stop

 

[troodon]

If the match is curtailed then it's game,set and match pakistan. All thanks to Rohit Sharma.

this is what happens when you select out of form players.

even in ipl, he sucked. Not one good innings.

 

[Madplayer]

If the match is curtailed then it's game,set and match pakistan. All thanks to Rohit Sharma.

Was thinking the same.

 

[Square Drive]

and thats because we were trying to bowl spinners up front.
defensive

Which was obviously a blunder.

No one said start off with a spinner (you could make a case for a couple of overs from Hafeez for Dhawan, but I would've started with Hasan).

But looking at the current situation, that's the way to go. Get the spinners done with right now.

 

[explayer]

he averages 107 against Pak.

he avgs 42 against pakistan not 107

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Pathetic from Rohit. This snail-paced inning will hurt our chances.

According to our expert analyst [MENTION=3327]Indiafan[/MENTION] saving wickets is more important than scoring runs at 6rpo.

 

[WC-Passion]

Rohit with a legendary innings here

 

[Sunzi]

Raining again, Rain is ruining a great match.

Ruining a great mis-match.

 

[chinaman00]

15 runs off the last 5 overs. Hassan Ali and Aamir putting in on the break.

 

[Syed1]

Aur khelao Wahab ko

[MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION]

 

[Square Drive]

Indian government should give their approval for bilateral ties with Pakistan. Within a couple of years, they will smash our lead in head-to-head encounters.

...And back to normal.

What happened to your pre-game vibes?

 

[Haz95]

Must say this is a beautiful test innings from Rohit.

 

[Macho Mann]

Whoever thought Sarfraz can be a good captain because of his proactive batting were cle arly delusional, leadership is different from primary, secondary or tertiary skill as a player and therefore you can't assume that a batsman or bowler can become a good captain based on their primary skill. I knew from day 1 that this guy isn't captaincy material and the signs are beginning to show.

sarfraz has done enough to show that he is a very good captaincy material he won us U19 WC and then reached quetta underdogs in PSL final

leadership is making the best out of pathetic team and thats what sarfraz is doing here

pakistan team honestly is very pathetic with two half decent bowlers like amir and hasan who cant even take wickets

talk about captaincy when you have good options available in the first place and PCB/micky is not deciding every bit of the game

 

[Sane.Cricket.Fan]

Knew someone would bring that up. That series was a one-off, and Pakistan can still beat India every now and then. However, India are far ahead in every department which means that over the course of 20 odd matches, India will definitely win around 15.

For our sake, let's hope that the Indian government will continue to say no to bilateral series.

I second that. It's a logical deduction

 

[Square Drive]

No we live in Canada. Staying up after Sehri. Speaking of Sehri. It's only been 3 hours aur roza lag raha hai

The stuff we do for our team.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

When do overs start getting reduced

 

[yadunoe]

Was thinking the same.

How so if you have wickets in hand and our batting is notoriously brittle

 

[CricFan2012]

Aur khelao Wahab ko

[MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION]

Phir our match lose karo

 

[Haz95]

If wahab wasn't selected, a lot could've been different. He's a Horrible selection...no wonder Sarfraz had to bowl Imad up front considering there's only two pacers for middle overs.

 

[Square Drive]

Rain now is good news. If it continues for around 2 hours before play resumes, it all gets much easier for us.

 

[letme alone]

good bowling ,ist easy with that condition

 

[CricVet]

Wahab is the only down side of the game so far apart from few fielding lapses. Only if he jad hasan's brain, he would be a great bowler.

 

[todfod 11]

320 should be enough for pakistan to loose..

 

[Madplayer]

Which was obviously a blunder.

No one said start off with a spinner (you could make a case for a couple of overs from Hafeez for Dhawan, but I would've started with Hasan).

But looking at the current situation, that's the way to go. Get the spinners done with right now.

It wont be a blunder if fast bowlers are able to restrict india in the final overs. I would say it was a master stroke if it happens. If not, then it would prove to be a blunder. He has saved fast bowlers for the last few overs, All depends on the final total India puts up.

 

[jnaveen1980]

D/L equation is preventing India from going nuts.