ICC World Cup 2023: India (410/4) advances to the semi-final as an unbeaten side with a victory over Netherlands (250) by 160 runs

[Devadwal]

Great catch .
Time for king now

 

[jnaveen1980]

Instead of guiding. Should have gone full blooded.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Gill is gone now. he should have converted this 50 into a 100. failed again

If he is 50 in 50 then you can blame him for that. He didn't tuk tuk there. He was being continually aggressive. Coudl have easily statpadded by taking singles.

 

[BouncerGuy]

kohli is in and the king has arrived. He might be breaking a record today.

 

[Ali Active]

Just realised Gill already has a double century

yeah but there was perfect opportunity for him again today

 

[kron]

Gill gone.
Job done on his part

 

[IndoorCricket]

everyone should score a 50 today. that would be great exercise for our team

 

[kron]

kohli is in and the king has arrived. He might be breaking a record today.

Tuk tuk his way to 100.

 

[pratiktc]

Bengaluru crowd have turned up for their icon. Hope Kohli gives them something to remember.

 

[kron]

Btw virat has never beaten Kane in a ko in any format. Will it break thos year?

 

[IndoorCricket]

Btw virat has never beaten Kane in a ko in any format. Will it break thos year?

Lol.. India never beaten Kiwis in KO's.

 

[globetrotter]

12 overs = 100 runs
50 overs = ???

 

[BouncerGuy]

12 overs = 100 runs
50 overs = ???

if they go like this then the final score will be 417.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Van meekeren is a decent bowler. Bowls at 139 kph

 

[Rajdeep]

Rohit double century loading

 

[jnaveen1980]

Can Rohit notch his 2nd 200 at this venue. I rather prefer whole batting unit having a hit.

 

[jnaveen1980]

India probably just needs 300 to defend

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think vander merwe played for RCB long back alongwith Kohli

 

[kron]

Lol.. India never beaten Kiwis in KO's.

2003 no?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Nobody has hit 50 sixes in world cup history. Highest so far is Gayle with 49 sixes. Second highest is Rohit who is at 47

 

[IndoorCricket]

2003 no?

2003 WC? I think not it was not semi's. Was there a Champions Trophy that year. That was the year I started watching cricket.

 

[Hitman]

2003 no?

It was a league match.

 

[Ab Fan]

Both Rohit and Kohli are in strong contention for player of the tournament award.

Alongside these two, you have Quinton de kock and Rachin Ravindra as other strong contenders among batsman.

 

[IndoorCricket]

Lol. What was that!! Repeat of England!!

 

[vodafone_lover]

I think vander merwe played for RCB long back alongwith Kohli

he did, you are correct !!

 

[IndoorCricket]

Rohit has soo much time to play shots. Its unreal!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

2003 WC? I think not it was not semi's. Was there a Champions Trophy that year. That was the year I started watching cricket.

It is not like they met like 10 times. Just 2000 CT final, 2019 WC semi final. That's pretty much it in ODIs.

 

[pillionrider]

Kohli feeling pressure batting with Rohit. He should just chill. No one is judging him because Rohit makes things look easy.

 

[vodafone_lover]

India probably just needs 300 to defend

Though they will score more than 350 today, 250 is the par score considering our bowling performance. I'm not under rating Dutch batting but our bowling is fantastic this year.

 

[IndoorCricket]

It is not like they met like 10 times. Just 2000 CT final, 2019 WC semi final. That's pretty much it in ODIs.

We had lost in WTC too. The discussion was in all formats.

 

[vodafone_lover]

Kohli feeling pressure batting with Rohit. He should just chill. No one is judging him because Rohit makes things look easy.

seems like you didn't seen him batting earlier, he will bat like this till the time ball started looking football to him and then he will start striking his run rate. Strike rate will be 100+ for sure at the end of his inning

 

[BouncerGuy]

Kohli is playing too many dot balls here. Sharma might be under pressure here to take charge.

 

[pillionrider]

seems like you didn't seen him batting earlier, he will bat like this till the time ball started looking football to him and then he will start striking his run rate. Strike rate will be 100+ for sure at the end of his inning

I'm talking about the desperation to strike boundaries. That is un-Kohli-like at this stage of his innings. He also did it vs England with Rohit at the other end.

 

[jnaveen1980]

We had lost in WTC too. The discussion was in all formats.

Couldn't care less about one off test. That has no meaning. Real achievement in tests is series wins.

 

[vodafone_lover]

Kohli is playing too many dot balls here. Sharma might be under pressure here to take charge.

Sharma is not Zimbabar who always plays like he is under pressure, he'll play like this way or that way only

 

[jnaveen1980]

I'm talking about the desperation to strike boundaries. That is un-Kohli-like at this stage of his innings. He also did it vs England with Rohit at the other end.

He has terrible record on this ground lol Unusual to have poor record on this good batting wicket.

 

[IndoorCricket]

Sharmaji gone!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rohit's stay ended. That is how he plays these days.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pretty unselfish guy Rohit is.

 

[jnaveen1980]

In a way it is good for India. Everyone gets a hit and adapts to different situation.

 

[pillionrider]

Maybe Kohli will calm down now. It's back in his territory now. India need him to bat long, in his style.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Maybe Kohli will calm down now. It's back in his territory now. India need him to bat long, in his style.

Whenever he bats with Rohit these days he plays uncharacteristically. All these funky shots come out when he is at the non striker end.

 

[pillionrider]

Hope Kohli finishes off his centuries record today before the knockouts. Don't need that monkey on his shoulder

 

[Ab Fan]

Looked like Rohit and Kohli were focussing on playing explosive knocks more than long innings today. Rohit is gone, let see what Kohli has to come up with. He hasn't got his timing right because he is trying to dominate more.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Netherlands is one of the best strategical team in thsi world cup. They have plans and stick to it.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Looked like Rohit and Kohli were focussing on playing explosive knocks more than long innings today. Rohit is gone, let see what Kohli has to come up with. He hasn't got his timing right because he is trying to dominate more.

All these talk of (Hafeez & Vaughan) selfish 100 probably got to him?

 

[kron]

13 off 21 kohli Boring player now.

 

[Suleiman]

that was another free 200 up for grabs for Gill and/or Rohit.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Iyer suits Kohli better as he runs better than Rohit. He can focus on his 1s and 2s

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pressure got the better of rohit. too many dot balls brings rohit's wicket

 

[IAJ]

Why didn't India bowl first in order to practise batting second under lights? Could be crucial if they lose teh toss in SF.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pressure got the better of rohit. too many dot balls brings rohit's wicket

Not really. Rohit nowadays doesn't focus on playing long. He just wants to stay positive right through his innings. Pretty unselfish.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why didn't India bowl first in order to practise batting second under lights? Could be crucial if they lose teh toss in SF.

If Netherlands get bowled out for 150. You will have nothing to practice against.

 

[globetrotter]

It seems Indian batters will not play to their full strength to save energy and Wednesday’s semifinal

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think SKy can score a 100 if he has one of those days.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Kohli doesn't seem to be stopping. He is walking down every ball.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Kohli has played some delightful shots in this short inning till now.

 

[Ab Fan]

Top 3 are scoring today. They will fail in semis and leave it to KL Rahul to win a must win knockout game in extreme pressure situations

 

[Ab Fan]

Lol fans shouting RCB so that Indian Kohli turns into RCB Kohli

 

[jnaveen1980]

All these players are very good to watch.

Lol fans shouting RCB so that Indian Kohli turns into RCB Kohli

On this ground RCB kohli is very different from India kohli.

 

[battler]

Top 3 are scoring today. They will fail in semis and leave it to KL Rahul to win a must win knockout game in extreme pressure situations

I think SKY will play a clutch knock at his home ground wankhede

 

[BouncerGuy]

Kohli is looking comfortable now. May be he was feeling a bit under pressure when Rohit was there. But now he is looking like a man on a mission.

 

[globetrotter]

Why didn't India bowl first in order to practise batting second under lights? Could be crucial if they lose teh toss in SF.

India already got practice when they batted 2nd under light against NZ in Dharmshala…… also they got practice of playing under fog in the same match

 

[globetrotter]

India’s top Batsmen Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer are living within the vicinity of 1 Km in Upper Worli, Mumbai

 

[dravidthewall]

50 for king kohli

 

[BouncerGuy]

This is the 7th 50 for Kohli. Joint most in a single edition of World cup along with Shakib and Sachin.

 

[Devadwal]

Virat gone. So far all the top three batsman gone after scoring 50s

 

[jnaveen1980]

Its okay. 50 gone. This is perfect for India. 3 fifties. All gone. Now KL Rahul local boy.

 

[BouncerGuy]

And he is gone now. So Sachin's record is safe for another day.

 

[globetrotter]

As per team management’s decision, score 50 and get out

 

[saqib.rai]

When Virat Kohli fails in the knockout match like he always does and India lose like they always do

will Indian fans and BCCI want him to play ODI Cricket anymore? Will he be stuck on 49 hundreds?

 

[BouncerGuy]

The top order is gone after scoring 50's. Should have converted to big one.

 

[deltexas]

The lower order batsmen and the tail gets some good batting practice now

 

[Rajdeep]

KL need to score some runs...else replace with Ishan Kishan in semi finals.

 

[Ali Active]

hahaha Ian smith is so fun to listen

 

[deltexas]

KL need to score some runs...else replace with Ishan Kishan in semi finals.

Unless there's an injury this is the team for sf as well.

 

[jnaveen1980]

When Virat Kohli fails in the knockout match like he always does and India lose like they always do

will Indian fans and BCCI want him to play ODI Cricket anymore? Will he be stuck on 49 hundreds?

There is always an Asia cup where he can bash you one mroe time lol

 

[IndoorCricket]

KL need to score some runs...else replace with Ishan Kishan in semi finals.

Lol. Kishan didn't play a single inning entire WC. and Rahul played couple of crucial knocks.

 

[pratiktc]

Shreyas Iyer is a master of using crease against spin.

 

[kron]

When Virat Kohli fails in the knockout match like he always does and India lose like they always do

will Indian fans and BCCI want him to play ODI Cricket anymore? Will he be stuck on 49 hundreds?

He has failed many in odi kos.