India [230/4] beat South Africa [227/9] by 6 wickets in the 8th match of the 2019 World Cup

[Harshu814]

Shamsi looks fat. How do these fat players pass the fitness test? Cricket is miles away from football in terms of fitness!

In football u are running around during all of the match, timing doesnt matter in football as much as it does in cricket ,if a fat batsman can slog and make 40 balls 60 everygame ,how his fitness matters? In football unfit players can never go through whole game as it takes too much stamina

 

[Hasan123]

He is a good decent batsman . Played some good innings for India a team

He's not 1 of the best 6 batters in India. He doesn't have the power to bat at 6 or below. He isn't good enough to bat in the top 4. What's his use ?

 

[Mkumar825]

What the hell dhoni just take single double if u can't hit boundry

 

[MP2011]

Even at this stage he got dropped off Shamsi, the trundler.

 

[Mkumar825]

Now 50-50 game

 

[nosundries]

He's not 1 of the best 6 batters in India. He doesn't have the power to bat at 6 or below. He isn't good enough to bat in the top 4. What's his use ?

Agree with you .. Rahul above Shankar anyday purely on batting ability

 

[Mkumar825]

RR above 6 now

 

[MP2011]

Grandpa has singlehandedly managed to get the asking rate above 6.

 

[jagatk]

Grandpa doing his usual screw the team to make him look good schtick. Get a move on you selfish cnut.

 

[MP2011]

Lol, Bharat Arun cleaning Shastri's glasses.

 

[Hasan123]

Dhoni will chase these scores easily . The way to put India under pressure will be scoring over 300. If scores are going to be lower in this tournament, India and Australia are the teams to beat.

 

[jagatk]

Lol, Bharat Arun cleaning Shastri's glasses.

Kohli's ******* likes to have a ******* of his own

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Vijay Shankar doesn't make Indias batting stronger.

You don't make any sense. If he doesn't make India's batting stronger then why was he picked ahead of Rayudu in the World Cup squad lol? For his bowling?

 

[Mkumar825]

Pressure release now

 

[MP2011]

Now hits a freebie to the boundary to take his s/r higher.

 

[Hasan123]

Agree with you .. Rahul above Shankar anyday purely on batting ability

KL can adjust his game according to the situation. I don't see anything special in Shankar.

 

[Hasan123]

You don't make any sense. If he doesn't make India's batting stronger then why was he picked ahead of Rayudu in the World Cup squad lol? For his bowling?

I don't agree with Rayudu being dropped in the 1st place.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Kohli's ******* likes to have a ******* of his own

You are not on youtube.

 

[MP2011]

Kohli's ******* likes to have a ******* of his own

Lol, too many asterisks in this post. Didn't get you.

 

[Afhan Ali]

An Extra pacer would have been an excellent for SA but they take shamsi and India is best against spinners

 

[Hasan123]

Last throw of the dice.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

poor captain, should have gone with fast bowlers and whatever was left leave it for spinners...

Games lost

 

[MP2011]

I don't agree with Rayudu being dropped in the 1st place.

Then you don't have Indian cricket's best interests in mind.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

rabada on too late

 

[Bhaijaan]

Totally riding his luck today )

 

[nosundries]

Choker Mode on for South Africa

 

[Bhaijaan]

Adds insult to injury with this power cut


Lol

 

[Hasan123]

Shocking.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

KL can adjust his game according to the situation. I don't see anything special in Shankar.

He has been given too many games to adjust. I wanted him to bat at 4 but he has been pretty disappointing. He even played the ODI series in England last year. Shankar should get a chance in the upcoming games. Also Pandya is a toothless bowler. Shankar's bowling on these pitches might come in handy too.

 

[Mkumar825]

Never seen such a dolly catch dropped. Now some people will start conspiracy theories here

 

[jnaveen1980]

BRainfade from Rohit. Lucky !!!

 

[jagatk]

Lol, too many asterisks in this post. Didn't get you.

Kohli's spoon likes to have his own spoon, take that censorship.

 

[Hasan123]

Then you don't have Indian cricket's best interests in mind.

I don't support India.

But my reasoning is that he was backed for so long and had a decent record. So if you are going to back him for so long why drop him for Karthik and Shankar?

 

[Bhaijaan]

You just dropped the ticket to semis David!

 

[IAJ]

Miller

 

[Kaptan]

Rabada )
His team mates are like "how can you call Kohli immature?" We will not let you take wickets.

 

[Mp812]

"MSD's approach might be good to have wins in 220 to 260 types of chases but will definitely have an impact on the NRR in the case of a crowded points table."
But yes he is an asset in small tricky score chases situation.

 

[MP2011]

And then adding salt to injury.

 

[rollingstoned]

I didn't even know Miller dropped catches. He plays like a superstar outfielder in t20 games.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Never seen such a dolly catch dropped. Now some people will start conspiracy theories here

You missed England Pak match. Both teams dropped a dolly. Both hurt their team. Atleast he got a 100 and they dropped. Those two were dropped very early.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Feel bad for Rabada

 

[Mkumar825]

I think Rohit Kuch padwa ke aya h

 

[MP2011]

Kohli's spoon likes to have his own spoon, take that censorship.

Lol, true.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

feel sorry for rabada, hes playing for a poor side here.

 

[jnaveen1980]

"MSD's approach might be good to have wins in 220 to 260 types of chases but will definitely have an impact on the NRR in the case of a crowded points table."
But yes he is an asset in small tricky score chases situation.

India lacks depth. Cannot afford cowboy approach. He is bloody 38. He will rely on percentage cricket more than adventurous cricket in quest of run rate.

 

[nosundries]

KL can adjust his game according to the situation. I don't see anything special in Shankar.

Yups .. I don't know how the Talk of Shankar batting at No.4 was taken seriously .. Shankar at most is competing with Pandya for the No.7 spot but I don't see Shankar getting a game till Pandya gets injured then too he would have to compete with Jadeja

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pandya would have finished in this over if he had faced Tahir

 

[MP2011]

I don't support India.

But my reasoning is that he was backed for so long and had a decent record. So if you are going to back him for so long why drop him for Karthik and Shankar?

Decent record? You should probably see Indian matches more than going just by CI stats

 

[K4Kohli]

You don't make any sense. If he doesn't make India's batting stronger then why was he picked ahead of Rayudu in the World Cup squad lol? For his bowling?

who do you think should be dropped for Shankar

 

[Syed1]

You missed England Pak match. Both teams dropped a dolly. Both hurt their team. Atleast he got a 100 and they dropped. Those two were dropped very early.

Faf dropped Rohit in the 2nd over of the innings

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

1 sided match , SA will be broken after this loss. Pak should target a big win against them to get back on NRR.

 

[Mkumar825]

Ye to had ho gyi Rahul ka Vijay Shankar see compraison ???

 

[jnaveen1980]

Faf dropped Rohit in the 2nd over of the innings

You cannot possibly call that drop can you. HE barely got his fingers to it.

 

[Mkumar825]

Faf dropped Rohit in the 2nd over of the innings

That's was difficult but this one is such a dolly

 

[jnaveen1980]

They should finish it off without playing foolish shots against Rabada. See him off target others.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Many teams would have imploded on this pitch.

 

[Hasan123]

He has been given too many games to adjust. I wanted him to bat at 4 but he has been pretty disappointing. He even played the ODI series in England last year. Shankar should get a chance in the upcoming games. Also Pandya is a toothless bowler. Shankar's bowling on these pitches might come in handy too.

Shankar bowling is nothing special anyway. You only want him to Panday doesn't play.

In ODIs KL has played a few games then been moved around. I don't think he has had a fair run in this format.

 

[Mkumar825]

Rabada is such a champion bowler

 

[Syed1]

After Rohit got set India should have targeted to get to the score alot earlier.... excellent opportunity to get very good NRR gone begging.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why are they trying to attack Rabada facepalm

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

I miss old

 

[jnaveen1980]

After Rohit got set India should have targeted to get to the score alot earlier.... excellent opportunity to get very good NRR gone begging.

India won't play for NRR ever in this world cup. THey will go for win even if it is scrapping through.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Rohit struggles in start but what an outstanding batting.

 

[nosundries]

This has been a great chase by India .. First South Africa batted well to get a Total above 225 and then India has batted really well on an up and down pitch against really good bowling after losing Kohli pretty early ..

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rohit's ego is hurt. He rarely misses a pull shots. HE got deceived by the slower one. HE wants to settle scores with Rabada.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is how they will chase. No panic. Take it to the deep. If only Afghanistan had done this they would have won against Lungans.

 

[K4Kohli]

After Rohit got set India should have targeted to get to the score alot earlier.... excellent opportunity to get very good NRR gone begging.

watever makes you happy my friend

 

[nosundries]

After Rohit got set India should have targeted to get to the score alot earlier.... excellent opportunity to get very good NRR gone begging.

Not the Pitch Not the attack

 

[Mkumar825]

Dhoni tuk tuk inning end

 

[Rightarmfast]

He has been given too many games to adjust. I wanted him to bat at 4 but he has been pretty disappointing. He even played the ODI series in England last year. Shankar should get a chance in the upcoming games. Also Pandya is a toothless bowler. Shankar's bowling on these pitches might come in handy too.

I agree with you. Pandya is a waste of a space. And so is Kedhar. They could have taken a genuine bowler or batsman in place of kedhar.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Dhoni rarely plays a shot like this. I don't think i have ever seen this. That means pitch is stopping a bit. When he connects he bludgeons.

 

[Mp812]

After Rohit got set India should have targeted to get to the score alot earlier.... excellent opportunity to get very good NRR gone begging.

In the greed for NRR... its such a tricky track that collapse was possibility. That Sharma guy played well.
Saw off the danger bowler. Like kohli said in press interview about Rabadas comment " He is good bowler and needs to be respected but batters should have self belief as well". No need to go after Rabada to show bravado and end up giving him wickets which can change the game.

NRR can be dealt with in last 3 games if need arises because if first 5-6 games are won then NRR may not be a factor.

 

[MP2011]

Grandpa finally gone.

 

[MP2011]

India won't play for NRR ever in this world cup. THey will go for win even if it is scrapping through.

True, because we are not good enough for chasing NRR.

 

[K4Kohli]

True, because we are not good enough for chasing NRR.

because we are good enough to win enough games and not worry about NRR

 

[Iffitheking]

Two spinners cost SA this match.

 

[Mp812]

I miss old

When need arises the old big hitting Dhoni will appear. Why hit big just for sake of it if not needed

 

[Hyperion66]

After Rohit got set India should have targeted to get to the score alot earlier.... excellent opportunity to get very good NRR gone begging.

Why care about NRR when we can win the match fair and square

On a serious note, team is a bit rusty due to no cricket since IPL, understandable they took the safer route.

 

[MP2011]

Pandya showing Grandpa how it is done.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I agree with you. Pandya is a waste of a space. And so is Kedhar. They could have taken a genuine bowler or batsman in place of kedhar.

If Shami was playing today South Africa would have struggled to cross 180.