ICC WT20 | Group A | India v England at Colombo (RPS), Sep 23, 2012

[musaarthali]

India somehow seem to have lost the plot. So many dot balls in the final overs.

Now even for scoring around 160 they are struggling

this is not a flat pitch..slow pitch..our spinners will strangle England like Anaconda

 

[IgnitedMind]

Balaji to win it for us today

 

[saadibaba]

With 7 wickets in hand, I expected a better score from India so far.

 

[cards fan]

10 of the over..

Last over 10..

165 is decent...but with our bowling...not!!

dont worry dude. yuvi will turn the ball like murali on this pitch. 160+ is a very very good score. i would be surprised if england gets anywhere close to the target.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

no..

its because even with half the team rested everyone fears Great Indian batting lineup

bolwers legs will shake when they see Indian batsmen

I think they rested 2 bowlers they are still heavily packed in batting but the score board doesn't reflect it as india back themselves by batting out the opponent. So they are far from that but would surely like to see trail of the bowlers.

 

[Runner Up]

New Ball please

 

[saadibaba]

Wide

 

[cards fan]

With 7 wickets in hand, I expected a better score from India so far.

pitch is very slow like you see in chennai or anywhere in India. so this is a very good score.

 

[Runner Up]

Poor Poor by Umpire

 

[IgnitedMind]

 

[saadibaba]

Full toss and six

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

No clue when you have such batsman why dhoni wanted to open with Irfan

 

[Runner Up]

What's with these quickies these days? We saw Gul giving easy full tosses earlier

 

[IgnitedMind]

 

[Justcrazy]

:6

 

[saadibaba]

England is pathetic.

 

[cards fan]

like i said many times, rohit is a very good player. i love to see his batting even more than kohli. i like kohli's batting tho.

 

[musaarthali]

poor poor by umpire

bcci

 

[IgnitedMind]

52 of 31

Rohit..awesome

 

[BaaliSoda]

Superb Batting by Rohit

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

England bowling seem to be all over the place.

 

[Justcrazy]

This over can be the difference.

 

[Runner Up]

the first six of the innings?. Not a good batting as per Indian Standard

 

[IgnitedMind]

 

[Justcrazy]

165 / 3

 

[saadibaba]

What a poor last over so far

 

[Runner Up]

 

[IgnitedMind]

 

[saadibaba]

Good catch

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

"What IS the deal with the general fielding of this tournament? We saw South Africa drop 3 sitters in the 42 balls they were in the field for last night. New Zealand who pride themselves on their fielding abilities weren't exactly very good tonight. Is there something in Sri Lanka messing the fielding up?" BJ, the outfields in Colombo and Hambantota have been patchy, but it can't all be put down to that

from cricinfo

 

[Justcrazy]

166 / 3

 

[Runner Up]

bcci

chal be

 

[test_fan]

Brilliant catch.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Good precense of mind..

 

[saadibaba]

Wow, what a catch.

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[musaarthali]

the first six of the innings?. Not a good batting as per Indian Standard

if famed Indian batting line up takes so much time..just imagine how England can bat here

 

[Executioner]

sharma playing a blinder!

 

[cards fan]

9 of 7 balls after coming in a head of yuvi and raina. what a great innings for dhoni.

 

[iHammad]

swash buclking innnings from Dhoni

 

[IgnitedMind]

Legend raina in

 

[BaaliSoda]

So less than 175 score its gonna be.

Tough to defend with our bowlers.

 

[IgnitedMind]

167 !!!

 

[Runner Up]

So England have to chase 171

 

[Justcrazy]

1 ball left

 

[IgnitedMind]

171 to win!!

Rohit 55 from 33 !!

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

170 , it will be interesting how india defend this total. By no means its a small total.

 

[saadibaba]

Good score in the end.

 

[iHammad]

171 to win

17 from the last over

56 from the last 5

 

[Justcrazy]

There is no doubt Sharma ios best in India .........the shots he can play , no one else can....

 

[Justcrazy]

Last over will make the difference.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

if famed Indian batting line up takes so much time..just imagine how England can bat here

may be you can put it other way around as well if English bowlers couldn't do any better how would Indian bowlers defend it

 

[Runner Up]

I am hoping for a good match. Just want to see if Afghanistan can score good against India, how they are gonna defend 171. If India have to win, Spinners have a lot of work to do.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Irfan need to strike early for us, him getting his inswingers back before the super8s is a must for us to get any chance for entering semis.

 

[Love Pakistan]

Yuvraj didn't even bat!! Stupid decision to send Pathan to open with Gambhir.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

India were 80 for 1 after 10 overs, so England will think they have done well from there on. But they were also just 119 after 16, so India will think they have done well from there on.

Good Quote from cricinfo commentary

 

[cricketworm]

Raina and Yuvi both are not being used here, still thanks to Rohit we end up with par score!

 

[iHammad]

Should've sent Yuvi to open

 

[Love Pakistan]

Should've sent Yuvi to open

I think they should have gone with a right hand left hand combination with Gambhir and Kohli. Then Yuvraj at 3, Sharma at 4 and Raina at 5.

 

[cricketworm]

All pressure on Irfan now!

 

[Runner Up]

Yuvraj didn't even bat!! Stupid decision to send Pathan to open with Gambhir.

Not a bad idea. Both team have qualified for Super 8 so they can afford to experiment.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Rohit can strike a form like kohli has now...we will have a great batting order!!!

 

[kungfu90]

India were 80 for 1 after 10 overs, so England will think they have done well from there on. But they were also just 119 after 16, so India will think they have done well from there on.

Good Quote from cricinfo commentary

Actually pitch got a lot slower after those overs.

 

[musaarthali]

may be you can put it other way around as well if English bowlers couldn't do any better how would Indian bowlers defend it

England had only one spinner ..you know his stats

we have 5 spinners...imagine the havoc they can create

 

[musaarthali]

All pressure on Irfan now!

dont worry..we will win easily

 

[Runner Up]

Finn: 'Happy to have restricted India to 170. The pitch looks to be good for batting, we have the batting to chase this down. There is some grip and spin but we are confident about the chase.'

 

[iHammad]

So what is India's bowling attack?

Dinda
Balaji
Irfan
Harbhajan
Chawla

Let's see if Dhoni uses his part timers then

 

[iHammad]

I predict England to win this, in the 2nd last over.

Let's see what happens.

 

[Executioner]

dont see india defending this

 

[velu]

easy chase for england

 

[Justcrazy]

england on

 

[Fire Bird]

I think they should have gone with a right hand left hand combination with Gambhir and Kohli. Then Yuvraj at 3, Sharma at 4 and Raina at 5.

I think that should also be our bowling lineup for today. Cant do worse than the bowling "departmrnt" we have.

 

[Justcrazy]

Irfan got start

 

[IgnitedMind]

Good start

1 of 4 ..

Pathan getting some swing..

 

[cards fan]

dont see india defending this

did you watch the game or just checked on cricinfo? pitch is slow and low. england has no chance on this wicket. suits perfectly for indian trundlers and spinners.

 

[Runner Up]

Malcom Pathan gets first wicket

 

[IgnitedMind]

What a ball...Good swing....

 

[cards fan]

as i told you earlier, suits perfectly for indian trundlers.. pathan gets one.

 

[IgnitedMind]

1 over 2 -1

awesome...

 

[IgnitedMind]

wright in