ICC World Cup 2023: India (201/4) comfortably defeat Australia (199) by 6 wickets

[DandyFellow]

Cummins seems to be an average captain. He let Kohli and Rahul settle in before bringing in Zampa.
As a legspinner, Zampa needs some time to settle in. Pressure on Australia now.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Zampa is Australian version of Shadab Khan.

Lyon would have been better.

 

[Devadwal]

People's were calling for Zampa and he gave 13 over in single over while maxi conceded 9 runs in 4 over

 

[Nado_]

Yes good pitch where batsman are tested. It's not a minefield but tricky pitch

Exactly, well said

 

[7sins]

Cummins seems to be an average captain. He let Kohli and Rahul settle in before bringing in Zampa.
As a legspinner, Zampa needs some time to settle in. Pressure on Australia now.

Smith is way better captain

 

[7sins]

People's were calling for Zampa and he gave 13 over in single over while maxi conceded 9 runs in 4 over

He bring him in too late

 

[Savak]

KL Rahul is renowned for being one of the best players of Spin Bowling in India. The Indian team think tank has pulled off a master stroke by putting him in the middle order.

 

[Zerotohero]

Maxwell is a more intelligent spinner than Zampa.

Just my opinion.

Agreed Maxwell used variations unlike Zampa who depends on batsman to misread the delivery or make mistake

 

[Rajdeep]

He has been completely different player since Asia Cup'23.

Always had class but consistency is the issue.

Even in Asia cup, after that century against Pak...flopped in remaining games.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Zampa is Australian version of Shadab Khan.

Lyon would have been better.

Shadab still in beta version btw

 

[Devadwal]

He bring him in too late

That's the not the reason of conceding 13 runs

 

[DandyFellow]

India needs to be careful. Pressure on Australia now. A soft dismissal can change the complexion of the game.

 

[kron]

Cam Green with his innocent baby pace & nice juicy harmless length has just transferred the momentum towards the Indians who up until that over were going on Misbah template. This is why I don't have much confidence in Cummins's captaincy, he lacks the typical aussie killer instinct. Why the hell has he waited this long to bring Zampa back? 1/3 of the innings is over & both are already settled & relaxed. If they lose today it will be due to this dumb decision & of course the utter brain fade by Marsh & Carey.

To be fair to green he bowled decently

 

[Devadwal]

Zampa is Australian version of Shadab Khan.

Lyon would have been better.

No he is a quality spinner. Don't read much from 1 over

 

[pillionrider]

Gorgeous shots from Rahul especially the wristwork putting away the fulltoss.

But Rahul is one of those rare batsmen who looks depressed after he's played a good shot

 

[kron]

Yes good pitch where batsman are tested. It's not a minefield but tricky pitch

It's a fantastic pitch. But I do like the fact that india has a variety of pitches that offer something different in terms of the charactersic of the pitch and the way it behaves.

250 to 270 pitches are great.

 

[kron]

Gorgeous shots from Rahul especially the wristwork putting away the fulltoss.

But Rahul is one of those rare batsmen who looks depressed after he's played a good shot

Rahul in middle order has been solid. We shall see what he can do though in a pressure game.

 

[Ahmed216]

India cruising now. They've had it much easier than I expected after 3 down for 2

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Watch the match before that? Where your openers were blown away? Won't be lucky every time as your middle order and weak tail will get exposed next time.

Pakistan should win on any pitch to be honest. Especially with Saud and Hasan Ali inclusion. India have no chance with this team, lol.

 

[King_Babar]

KL Rahul has put more pressure on Aus than Kohli.

 

[Zerotohero]

Looks like Rahul turned a new leaf after the break. He is looking dependable like his Name sake coach.

 

[7sins]

Easy going match done and dusted good job india

 

[pillionrider]

Rahul in middle order has been solid. We shall see what he can do though in a pressure game.

Rahul is great if he has a Rohit or Kohli at the other end. I'm not confident of him being a one man show.

 

[Nado_]

Zampa bottling it!!

 

[7sins]

They are milking zampa for runs now

 

[Zerotohero]

Zampa bowling dollies, bowling looking very easy to handle. He is taking the pressure off and allowing India to ease into the target.

 

[Syed1]

Easy win now

 

[Devadwal]

KL Rahul has put more pressure on Aus than Kohli.

Yes but Kohli name is enough for apposition team for pressure if he is still on the crease even he has not score enough runs

 

[kron]

Rahul is great if he has a Rohit or Kohli at the other end. I'm not confident of him being a one man show.

Why is that? That is very weird. Lol

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Continue with starc

 

[kron]

Zampa bottling it!!

Not his fault. Would have been a different game if kohli was caught.

 

[Nado_]

I told you Aus relying too much on Zampa and this can be the downfall to their campaign. He’s decent but against the Asian sides he may not be ass effective

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Kohl

Not his fault. Would have been a different game if kohli was caught.

You still seem bitter about the catch instead of watching an ATG batsmen.

 

[Zerotohero]

Not his fault. Would have been a different game if kohli was caught.

Could have would have are part and parcel of the game.
Similar to what would have if Bumrah did not bowl that no ball or if Misbah did not scoop etc

 

[Devadwal]

Kohl


You still seem bitter about the catch instead of watching an ATG batsmen.

He will not forget untill The World cup is over

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Alright I've been quite for long enough.

This is an absolute farce! How do you recover after being 2-3? How do not continue with Hazlewood after he got 2 wickets in 4 overs? How do you drop a dolly catch and not even get a hand to the ball?

What a mockery of the game. Just hand India the world cup and stop wasting everyone's time.

I agree. The Aussies will turn into monsters in Bangalore where they will smash 450 against Pakistan , injure whatever remaining bowlers you have and bowl you out under 100

 

[mominsaigol]

India will win

 

[Savak]

Australias lack of potent spinning options to complement their pace attack will be their undoing in this ODI WC.

 

[Ash123]

Kohl


You still seem bitter about the catch instead of watching an ATG batsmen.

Please avoid @kron .
He is ruining a good thread

 

[pillionrider]

Alright I've been quite for long enough.

This is an absolute farce! How do you recover after being 2-3? How do not continue with Hazlewood after he got 2 wickets in 4 overs? How do you drop a dolly catch and not even get a hand to the ball?

What a mockery of the game. Just hand India the world cup and stop wasting everyone's time.

I think you should have continued to stay quiet

 

[Devadwal]

Please avoid @kron .
He is ruining a good thread

Not a all. All the view is very good for discussion .this is how discussion goes.

 

[VForVendetta]

To be fair to green he bowled decently

There's absolutely no logic behind bringing him. Hazel & Starc were chocking them, why did Cummins stop them after just 4 overs each? He let them settle, now Zampa comes & bowls to one of the best modern players of spin & gets his ass handed. These are the sort of dumb robotic decisions that we call out Babar for, so obviously Cummins should be criticized too. He handed the match back to Indians which his brilliant fast bowlers had almost pocketed.Smith, not Cummins should have been the skipper.

 

[Mp812]

nice steady batting. Babar and rizwan style

 

[Ash123]

Not a all. All the view is very good for discussion .this is how discussion goes.

So this is my view so I shared it

 

[Devadwal]

Atmosphere is looking great with every single there is big cheers .what Will happened when 120K people's cheering for India at ahemdabad against Pakistan

 

[kron]

There's absolutely no logic behind bringing him. Hazel & Starc were chocking them, why did Cummins stop them after just 4 overs each? He let them settle, now Zampa comes & bowls to one of the best modern players of spin & gets his ass handed. These are the sort of dumb robotic decisions that we call out Babar for, so obviously Cummins should be criticized too. He handed the match back to Indians which his brilliant fast bowlers had almost pocketed.Smith, not Cummins should have been the skipper.

Brother you csnt just keep forcing fast bowlers to bowl at full tilt for more than 4 over spells. Its too taxing on the body. It was the right call I feel I get what you are saying bur fast bowlers need rest too. Very hot out there.

 

[Srinath_cricket]

I told you Aus relying too much on Zampa and this can be the downfall to their campaign. He’s decent but against the Asian sides he may not be ass effective

Problem with Zampa is he's a defensive spinner. Not an attacking one. If Aus put 270-280 on a turning / 2 paced surface, then batsmen will get out trying to attack him. But when posed with totals like today, batsmen don't have the need to attack him, they just milk him.

 

[Nado_]

He is right, him and test match has a very long history.

Yeh achi wicket hai no ball ki wicket nahi hai

 

[kron]

So this is my view so I shared it

I dont see why anything I said was wrong at all. Is kohli not a failure in KO stages since 2011? Was he not dropped? Was he not lucky today?
Is his technique vs outside off still a weakness that can be exploited?

 

[Swashbuckler]

India has a game each in Chennai and Lucknow (similar conditions to Chennai), Pakistan and NZ play twice in Chennai, Australia later face Sri Lanka in Lucknow, SA once each in Chennai/Lucknow etc. Then I was looking at Dharamsala, Kolkata, the pace friendly venues, again all teams play twice there. Bengaluru and Mumbai being the high scoring venues, Hyderabad/Delhi (yesterday's game was a statistical outlier)/Pune similar, somewhat more even when it comes to bat/ball balance.

So all teams get a good balance of pitches, in terms of spin friendly, pace friendly, batting paradise, two paced wicket, high scoring, low scoring, medium scoring etc. Thorough test for all in the group stage in a variety of conditions. Don't know if this schedule was by design or an accident, but I really like the distribution of venues for all teams. India has a diverse variety of pitches and all teams will have to prove themselves in all these different conditions to get into knockouts. Evenly spread.

 

[Srinath_cricket]

Zampa is Australian version of Shadab Khan.

Lyon would have been better.

Had lyon been bowling we'd have legit seen a dismissal with forward short leg catching it . He would've absolutely enjoyed this surface and had our batsmen dancing.

 

[DandyFellow]

Feeling that a wicket might come soon.

 

[Nado_]

Maybe bring back green, he was getting variable bounce.

 

[deltexas]

Why is that? That is very weird. Lol

Klrahul is like misbah lol ! Only good when someone at the other end is playing well. But if the onus is just on him to win the game - he's like misbah, make some useless runs at the back end when the game is well lost. Misbah made an entire generation of Pak batsmen timid..

 

[DandyFellow]

Watching Aus Vs India but Cummins and Zampa reminding me of Babar and Shadab .

 

[kron]

Need to stop 1s and 2s

 

[Nado_]

Zampa puts some balls in the right spot

 

[Nado_]

And then a half track

 

[WCWinnerPakistan2019]

Agreed and may be surprise with Smith at other end to check

 

[Srinath_cricket]

Rahul in middle order has been solid. We shall see what he can do though in a pressure game.

This is as close to a pressure game as he can get. I understand ko is the real pressure game. But still this was as close to a high pressure game as it could get.

 

[Devadwal]

Not everyday india gonna lose 3 wicket for 2 runs . Australia missed big apportunity here

 

[Kriketer]

Atmosphere is looking great with every single there is big cheers .what Will happened when 120K people's cheering for India at ahemdabad against Pakistan

It will be pin drop silence there, you know why

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I dont see why anything I said was wrong at all. Is kohli not a failure in KO stages since 2011? Was he not dropped? Was he not lucky today?
Is his technique vs outside off still a weakness that can be exploited?

Yeah all is true.

But its also true that he is an ATG and its also true he is showing how he has the determination and grit to take his team home in a tough first game.

Not many teams would recover from 2-3 to be winning the match.

Sri Lanka were what? 9-6 in Asia Cup?

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Hot that fourth stump!!! So easy

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Australia badly need these 2 quick wickets if they eant to win

 

[pillionrider]

@Everyone.

Please don't disturb @kron.

He's busy listening to Finch wax eloquent on Kohli

 

[Devadwal]

It will be pin drop silence there, you know why

Possible but more chance of cheering due to history of 7-0 .btw looking for all the possible results

 

[7sins]

You have to praise kl Rahul here on such a difficult pitch I don't think he have given a single chance to get him out. Total control innings

 

[Nikhil_cric]

It will be pin drop silence there, you know why

Yeah. Watching Pakistan get smashed by 200 runs yet again , even Indians won't know how to react to such an anti climax

 

[Nado_]

Aus need to plan a wicket rather than go through the motions. But I would bring Green back he was getting varying bounce

 

[Devadwal]

92-3 can become 120-6 on this pitch. Be careful guys

 

[Dr_Bassim]

@MMHS I think you were right.

Barring a miracle, you cant drop Kohli on this pitch and expect him to give it away again.

 

[pillionrider]

Yeah. Watching Pakistan get smashed by 200 runs yet again , even Indians won't know how to react to such an anti climax

No Operation Snake eyes this time?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

No Operation Snake eyes this time?

Snakes lost his mojo sometime during 2015 World Cup. Miss the pre 2015 Snakes

 

[kron]

Yeah all is true.

But its also true that he is an ATG and its also true he is showing how he has the determination and grit to take his team home in a tough first game.

Not many teams would recover from 2-3 to be winning the match.

Sri Lanka were what? 9-6 in Asia Cup?

That's true. Home conditions and support also help

 

[Srinath_cricket]

Pakistan should win on any pitch to be honest. Especially with Saud and Hasan Ali inclusion. India have no chance with this team, lol.

Give the cup to Pakistan, I say.

Why even compete?

 

[Devadwal]

If we were chasing anything above 250 .then from 2-3 position we are never going to win any matches

 

[7sins]

Top class recovery from these 2

 

[DandyFellow]

It seems like dew is in. It can also explain why Zampa is struggling.

 

[kron]

@Everyone.

Please don't disturb @kron.

He's busy listening to Finch wax eloquent on Kohli

He needs to deliver in pressure games. If he does then sure. Wax eloquent on kohli all you want. I am yet to see him deliver in an odi wc ko game since 2011. If he does then sure. Great player becomes a true great.