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ICC World Cup 2023: India (326/5) continue their domination with a staggering 243-run win over South Africa (83)

In Indian conditions where pitches are widely varying in nature you have to have 5 good bowlers. Atleast 4 good bowlers. If they can bat that is a bonus. You shouldn't compromise on quality. Maharaja bowled well. But India could target others. If SA had two more better bowlers that could use this surface better India would not have scored 320 plus
Wonder if coetzee would do much here or same story? Like jansen.
 
Thing is this Indian team now has an aura, aura will work against all teams except perhaps Aussies who are mental giants at the big stage.
 
will you walk me through the logic here, how is Indian being tested equates to the world cup being sham or not? Your logic does not line up.
Because in a world tournament the true test of a great team is to be challenged at some stage, where they had to show fortitude and rescued a situation from disaster to win, rather then walking over all your opponents, that is not to say India aren’t a great team
 
Do you think SA do not have better options than Bavuma in ODI?

Reeza, for example?
Point is - He has done well in 30 odd games. Very few players have that kind of output in international cricket and yet this talk about his skin color.
 
Wonder if coetzee would do much here or same story? Like jansen.

Coetzee would ahve travelled. Their choice is correct. Shamsi is not an accurate bowler like Kuldeep. Also Shreyas Iyer has really destroyed him in the few earlier meetings. So he was a bti tentative bowling outside the leg defensively without trying to take wickets
 
Because in a world tournament the true test of a great team is to be challenged at some stage, where they had to show fortitude and rescued a situation from disaster to win, rather then walking over all your opponents, that is not to say India aren’t a great team
But if some team is class better than others, it does not have any influence on the quality of the tournament.
 
326 was scored on this pitch and it's not flat enough ?
Bro if you ask that question to south Africa team they would say it's perfect for the home side. Ofcourse india batters are monsters but imasking that question for the other semi final team. No team other than india want to play on this ground again in the semi final
 
This is a scary level of cricket tbh, probably needs 2000s Australia or 70s West Indies to beat this juggernaut.
Top class stuff but india have played like this before and not win the cup in the end 1 match at a time 2 to go
 
SA are not going to win the WC. Even if they make the final they will choke somehow.
They will be handicapped because of being such poor chasers. Even if heavy dew is forecast they will be forced to bat first. Again this tournament has proved that they are chokers, Pak lost because they had a bigger choker in Nawaz.
 
This World Cup has had so many games where teams have won by huge margins. Messes up your NRR but also provides you an opportunity to make up for it in any of your other games.
 
India beat Australia by 6 wkts

India beat Afghanistan by 8 wkts

India beat Pakistan by 7 wkts

India beat Bangladesh by 7 wkts

India beat New Zealand by 4 wkts

India beat England by 100 runs

India beat Sri Lanka by 302 runs

India beat South Africa by 243 runs


Invincible India!!!
 
Atleast at Wankhede you only have seam threat. At Eden Gardens jaddu, Kuldeep two more threats in addition to pace threat
 
Mate - they can just pick any opener from the saT20 league who has a good sr. Cant do worse than bavuma. Atleast give them a chance. Bavuma has been around a long time now- a serial bottler with no intent and puts pressure on his teammates.
Why are they averaging below Bavuma then?
 
Ind nrr through the roof wow ..there is a very good chance that aus can be at the 2nd position if they have 2 proper bashings..
 
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The ball was not even swinging that much. Awful performance
Mental block while chasing, nothing to do with conditions bro. 3 games chasing till now, and the frailties are there for all to see. Afghans too will fancy their chances if they bat first.
 
One semi final is confirmed between Australia and South Africa unless Australia loses to both BD and Afg lol.
 
Virat Kohli in his post match interview mentioning, how 'management gave him a plan to bat deep and let others bat around him'.

Not that there's a comparison of Babar with Kohli. But it's funny how at times Pakistani fans and even perhaps Indian fans can get impatient for their team's premier batter.
 
Would be great watching fakhar play this bowling
Didn't you seen that earlier 🤔🤔 be rest assured nothing new will happen, Fakhar will be in dugouts the moment he came in.

These Indian bowlers are clever, skills toh sabhi international bowlers ke paas hoti hai. Their flexibility to adjust according to the pitch is something which is making the difference
 
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