ICC T20 World Cup | India vs Pakistan | Super 12, Group 2 | MCG | 23 Oct | Pakistan innings

[Mamoon]

An absolute joke of a team. This is beautiful.

 

[Asif321]

Ifti looks better than Rizwan

 

[GreenBee]

Just run singles and settle nerves. 130-140 should be a good total.

 

[shaz619]

My my my my my )

Eid come early for you )

 

[Inswing]

Anything over 170 will be curtains for India i think

Can't even see a 70 here haha

 

[ezhil]

Mighty rizwan gone..

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Hopefully everyone is aware now how awful we are. Minnows in Australia for 3 decades

 

[m.shah]

This is a good toss to win for India

 

[imshally81]

My my my my my )

Welcome mamoon... We are expecting you.. But match isn't over yet

 

[mrtaim3]

No more swing

 

[msb314]

My my my my my )

We’ll deserved humiliation

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Well at least 20 in PP.

 

[Major]

Chacha well left Chacha baggs a 4

 

[Arsal_AK]

Great decision to send Iftikhar.

 

[saabir]

Iftikhar loves these conditions and Masood also played well in SA. These two need to build a partnership

 

[gani999]

Arshdeep, my word

Wonder which charlatan of a selector dropped him for the two games against Pakistan in Dubai that India lost!

 

[Kroll]

44444444444444444

 

[hamzie]

iftikhar and shan to take us to 170

 

[imshally81]

444...chacha on top here

 

[mrtaim3]

Ifti looks better than Rizwan

He has better technique

 

[msb314]

Eid come early for you )

More like Diwali

 

[ex-q-zit]

Nobody will talk about the toss now.

Definitely a good toss to win, I dread thinking what our scorecard would look in 2nd innings PP.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

This is a poor T20 pitch

I think the pitch is fine, there is some early swing which you would expect with the new ball. It is being made to look worse by the batsmen's fear fuelled approach.

 

[Ahmed216]

What an absolute rubbish innings from Rizwan, he had no clue what he was doing out there.

The ball is swinging sure, but you need to put off the bowlers off their lengths, specially the ones bowling gentle medium pace at 80 MPH.

Our boys just havent turned up today.

Rizwan with his dancing technique was always going to struggle here. Look at his feet

 

[Major]

well left chacha well left

 

[10sion]

Most expensive over so far.

 

[GreenBee]

Missing Rizwan-Babar partnership already.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Is it the pitch,Indian bowlers or Pakistani batsmen?

All 3.

 

[msb314]

Iftikhar looking not bad

 

[Oxfordchamp]

looks like good batting pitch

 

[Waleed93]

50% of our runs scored in this format this year have been scored by the openers.

 

[rhony]

Ifthikar hitting away all the mean tweets one shot at a time with vengeance

 

[ChTab]

We can't cross 150 mark here

We can't cross 120

 

[Asif321]

Ifti is key here

 

[Firebat]

Chacha will look really good for 20 runs and just as he looks like it's his day, he gets out cheaply.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

It's actually mind game when you play out first over a maiden any bowling lineup will take over you two attacking shots in first over will put bowler in under pressure

 

[10sion]

Shami to bowl the last over of powerplay.

 

[Suleiman]

Pyjama ranking #1 and #3

Only good for chasing 140-160 Vs lollipop attacks.

Both back in the hut now.

 

[fight_club]

Rizwan will not be successful as opener in Australia with his aweful techniqe batted like a tailender, Shan should open the innings here

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Shami to bowl

 

[ChTab]

This confirmed Babar is a pathetic soft player & Rizwan as well

 

[m.shah]

I think the pitch is fine, there is some early swing which you would expect with the new ball. It is being made to look worse by the batsmen's fear fuelled approach.

Don't think they could have done anything different

 

[Kroll]

Not sure why ppl were saying these bowlers are rubbish and trundlers, been anything that but suppose scaredy cat Pak batsmen making them look like the best of all time.

 

[Asif321]

Shami will trouble

 

[10sion]

looks like good batting pitch

Did you not watch the first 4 overs.

 

[Geil]

Pak batsmen looking really nervous, may be the big stadium and occasion getting to them, batsmen are sitting in the crease for medium fast swigging Indian bowlers

Ifti the only batsmen looking unfazed ad batting with real intent

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Can we make 32 in PP? Rizwan and Baber are too slow for T20. Hopefully they are out of top 10 soon.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Rizwan with his dancing technique was always going to struggle here. Look at his feet

He looked extremely nervous, not the usual Rizwan. All he was looking to do was survive, when usually he moves around and creates angles to hit the ball on the legside.

Our boys look mentally gone this early in the game, sorry to say. India has bowled well, but nothing spectacular.

 

[castortroy]

How many dot balls have pak played?

 

[D/DAhmed]

These openers are only good for tuk tuk in UAE conditions, absolute fraud batsmen. Rizwan has been looking like a tailender in these conditions since he got to New Zealand

 

[shaz619]

More like Diwali

I would have said that but I wont attack [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] beliefs

 

[Saj]

Awful batting from Rizwan today.

Looked absolutely clueless against the swinging ball.

No footwork or technique at all.

 

[Major]

As angry i am with the opener,s they have served us well, its the middle order that needs to step up today, we cant rely on our top order every time, especailly in a world cup

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Still 170 is par. So need a miracle

 

[Kroll]

4444444444444

 

[msb314]

Shan is so bad

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

444 by Masood

 

[adzzy786]

An absolute joke of a team. This is beautiful.

Why would you as a ‘Pakistani’ be happy about it? Or do you finally admit your our neighbour

 

[10sion]

Chacha will look really good for 20 runs and just as he looks like it's his day, he gets out cheaply.

right now getting to 20 wont be a bad thing.

And Shan hits a 4!

 

[imshally81]

444

Shan joins the party

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan luckily faces SA in less helpful conditions for seamers.

 

[Major]

See, all you needed to do was survive the first three overs and swing is over.

 

[Asif321]

Shan is better in these conditions as opener I guess

 

[shaz619]

Awful batting from Rizwan today.

Looked absolutely clueless against the swinging ball.

No footwork or technique at all.

What was he thinking playing the pull shot in the circumstances so early against a glorified cutter, buckled under pressure

 

[10sion]

Shan is so bad

He heard you.

 

[msb314]

Better from Shab

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

This is what Pak fans wanted, Pakistan's middle order will be tested.

 

[ex-q-zit]

This is why I was always advocating Shan to open. He picks the gap better than RizBar

 

[imshally81]

Outfield is really big.. But slow too

 

[hamzie]

Shan carry us never doubted you

 

[saabir]

Bhuvi and Arshdeep spell gone relief for Pakistan now they can score some runs

 

[Rana]

Masood doing ok I suppose

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Shan and Ifti looking noticeably more confident than the superstar openers.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shami is expected to be scratchy. But he can bowl very good ones in between

 

[GreenBee]

Beautiful batting pitch if bowlers can't swing.

 

[Kroll]

Awful batting from Rizwan today.

Looked absolutely clueless against the swinging ball.

No footwork or technique at all.

Look scared and Pak batsmen feet struck in treacle looks like.

 

[10sion]

Shan looks classy. But does he have it in him to be a beast?

 

[Major]

With Rizwan out, atleast the match will end in time, no more injury times

 

[Sherazkhalid]

man this ground is too big.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Big boundaries !! Who will hit our first 6 ?