India (199/5) storm into the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 with a commanding five-wicket victory over the West Indies (195/4)

[CrIc_Mystique]

Basically you are saying West Indies is a very good team just that their bowling is crap and top order is useless. Reminds me of the movie Sholay with Amitabh promoting his friend Dharmendra for Basanti !!

And the converse of that is Mohd. Azhar's typical interviews from the 90's ...

When angrez interviewers ask him how specifically he was deciding to counter xyz batsman, spinner, quickie, spin/seam/quick wicket, overhead conditions -what was the exact team strategy?

Azhar would replay : " Oh, we'll just bowl well, bat well and field well" !

 

[BouncerGuy]

Samson played a wonderful knock but Zimbushek failed once again... @Devadwal Han g... Zimbushek ko kya ho gaya tha ab???

 

[Red-Indian]

Samson played a wonderful knock but Zimbushek failed once again... @Devadwal Han g... Zimbushek ko kya ho gaya tha ab???

Form and confidence is such a fragile thing for these sportsmen. He looked utterly out of sorts...not playing with his usual freedom and clean swing of the bat with no reservations.

Admittedly, I haven't watched much of him but I've never seen him try to play himself in.

Just one illness and a few ducks and the insane form he is has disappeared. Indian team management's fault for rushing him back when he wasn't fit. Now they've lost their trump card.

 

[Devadwal]

Samson played a wonderful knock but Zimbushek failed once again... @Devadwal Han g... Zimbushek ko kya ho gaya tha ab???

Samson khele ya Abhishek ya koi bhi jeeta India Hai , ye important hai. .

Every single player in indian team is match winner , jiska din hoga wo akela match jitwa dega.

Maybe Abhishek ka din semi ya final m ayega. .

We have full confidence on Abhishek to Play a match winning knock .. team is backing him. ..

 

[BDfanforever]

I think spin will be neutralized in Mumbai, so Phil Salt and Butler should just see off initial overs of Bumrah.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think spin will be neutralized in Mumbai, so Phil Salt and Butler should just see off initial overs of Bumrah.

yea.. who will see off Dube at Wankhede https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...ia-vs-england-5th-t20i-1439903/full-scorecard

 

[jnaveen1980]

Samson played a wonderful knock but Zimbushek failed once again... @Devadwal Han g... Zimbushek ko kya ho gaya tha ab???

He massacred ENgland at Wankhede with his 135 runs in 54 balls. HE is not zimbabar lol. Most of his runs came against big teams. Failed against minnows mostly.

 

[BouncerGuy]

He massacred ENgland at Wankhede with his 135 runs in 54 balls. HE is not zimbabar lol. Most of his runs came against big teams. Failed against minnows mostly.

LOL,,,, Comparing meaningless bilaterals with actual stage that matters... OK

 

[Devadwal]

He massacred ENgland at Wankhede with his 135 runs in 54 balls. HE is not zimbabar lol. Most of his runs came against big teams. Failed against minnows mostly.

We are not ready for Jos Buttler at Wankhede Stadium. He might be out of form at the moment, but he's a different beast at this venue. Hope someone gets him and Salt as early as possible.

Brook ka 1% tension ni hai muje.

 

[BDfanforever]

yea.. who will see off Dube at Wankhede https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...ia-vs-england-5th-t20i-1439903/full-scorecard

Yeah, one of the team could get whopped based on which of the players shows up from each team.

 

[jnaveen1980]

LOL,,,, Comparing meaningless bilaterals with actual stage that matters... OK

Nothing is meaningless. Bowling quality is bowling quality. Archer was bowling at 148 kph on that day. It was not like he was bowling under-arm. Even in this world cup his strike rate against pace is fairly high. It is the spinners that has posed him some problems. HE struggled mostly against ordinary bowlers who he would destroy even in sleep.

 

[jnaveen1980]

We are not ready for Jos Buttler at Wankhede Stadium. He might be out of form at the moment, but he's a different beast at this venue. Hope someone gets him and Salt as early as possible.

Brook ka 1% tension ni hai muje.

My biggest worry is Jos Buttler. That guy always plays one epic innings out of nowhere especially while chasing he is doubly dangerous.

 

[BDfanforever]

My biggest worry is Jos Buttler. That guy always plays one epic innings out of nowhere especially while chasing he is doubly dangerous.

Salt is your main guy. He can be quite devastating if he gets going. Banton, Bethell, they are hacks, and Brooks always thought is more of an ODI batsman.

 

[shah9425]

My biggest worry is Jos Buttler. That guy always plays one epic innings out of nowhere especially while chasing he is doubly dangerous.

Mumbai is perfect place for that

 

[jnaveen1980]

Salt is your main guy. He can be quite devastating if he gets going. Banton, Bethell, they are hacks, and Brooks always thought is more of an ODI batsman.

Salt is Arshdeep's bunny. Repeatedly got out to his short of a length delivery. averages like 6 against Arshdeep with a SR of 72 with 4 dismissals.

 

[uppercut]

ODI WC
WTC
CT
World T20

Fixed it for you.

Essentially any format that India has not won will go at the top ....

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Essentially any format that India has not won will go at the top ....

LMAO, are you not going to cry about the smiley now?

@sweep_shot, you are really lucky that you posted the smiley and got a response from @uppercut. Otherwise, this hypocrite use the smiley as an excuse to run away from my questions.

 

[JaDed]

Odi is top followed by test and after big drop T20 for me

I grew up watching odi cricket so for me it will be top format

You watched one ball through the inning cricket, two new balls is nonsense.

Even white ball as such came into permanent odi cricket in 1992, imagine a generation before us thought what ridiculous ball is this?

 

[JaDed]

Odi is top followed by test and after big drop T20 for me

I grew up watching odi cricket so for me it will be top format

You watched one ball through the inning cricket, two new balls is nonsense.

Even white ball as such came into permanent odi cricket in 1992, imagine a generation before us thought what ridiculous ball is this

Now rule is 34 overs for 2 new balls and then which ever ball team can select

Lets see how this-plays out but 2011 oct -2025 June t20 and ODI were same..

 

[JaDed]

If ODI has to gain its lost glory the need to get back to one ball per inning, I’m still skeptical on new rule.

 

[JaDed]

Lol you guys give too much importance to an opinion of Bangladeshis.

Format wars doesn’t matter zilch you got to play everything.. their opinion doesn’t matter, they dont even have a single trophy.

It’s not like some Aussie poster saying this that you can take an opinion seriously.