India [324/4] beat New Zealand [234] by 90 runs in the 2nd ODI, lead series 2-0

[AMSS]

Kuldeep is bowler who'd always go for sixes simply because he flights them so much. Hopefully the skipper and team management would back him to keep airing them.

 

[jagatk]

Who's gonna want to watch that

If it means we can get him banned I am sure every cricket loving Indian can do his part.

 

[Sachin136]

I am betting on Pakistan to win the World Cup. It's in England, almost a home away from home.

Overall, Pakistan actually have a bad record in ODIs in England.

 

[rhony]

Some.pressure.free.cricket played by NZ lower order.

 

[Aman]

What happened to Milne? Is he still in the reckoning?

Injured last I heard.

 

[rhony]

Kuldeep desperate for the fifer...should calm.down

 

[Aman]

Some good runs for Bracewell, him and Neesham should be in the squad.

Colin needs to be dropped in all formats.

 

[rhony]

Bracewell would be a good pick, he'd be taking Colin's spot.

Two.of Needham, Bracewell, CDG will make it I think

 

[Aman]

Bracewell is a much batter than he use to be, it's going to be a tough call who starts between him and Neesham.

 

[rhony]

Excellent striking this

 

[Aman]

Two.of Needham, Bracewell, CDG will make it I think

Yes and Bracewell has shone in the few opportunities he's had while CdG has flopped badly.

 

[unitedkush]

Indians need the humbling, going to be hilarious to read the reactions on here from Indians who were talking so much rubbish. You're the Dallas Cowboys of cricket.

Indians were humbled enough in CT Final, it exposed many flaws in our setup which is being worked ever since.

You take this forum too seriously, it's actually troublesome that you want someone to mess up so you can get a reaction out of few fans. There are far more important things in life than being hung up on a game of a cricket and get involved with fans on a ****ing forum.

 

[Canford Cliffs]

Bat 1st or 2nd....dosen't matter. Too much class team India has to beat mediocre team like NZ.
#Fact

Another classic case of your truely proved correct again

 

[Oligochaetes]

Overall, Pakistan actually have a bad record in ODIs in England.

I dont know, I just get this feeling that pakisan will win somehow.. It's more like a 6th sense feeling than logical. But Pakistan do have a good bowling attack, so they just need their batting to come together in a few crucial games to get em the cup.

 

[Aman]

Bracewell

Maybe both Neesham and Bracewell should play to add depth to the batting.

 

[Stalin]

Come on ! Get a 100 run win here and make a statement

 

[rhony]

Monster shot!!!

 

[rhony]

Bracewell

Maybe both Neesham and Bracewell should play to add depth to the batting.

Both are 130 bowlers. Would be a liability I think.

 

[Aman]

I dont know, I just get this feeling that pakisan will win somehow.. It's more like a 6th sense feeling than logical. But Pakistan do have a good bowling attack, so they just need their batting to come together in a few crucial games to get em the cup.

England, Aus (always step up for the WC, a lot will depend on how Smith and Warner return), India or Pakistan.

Pakistan are dark horses, they manage to go up a hear or two in England.

 

[Smbhayi]

Too many passengers in this Indian team.

Shameless Dhoni, useless Rayadu and worthless Jadhav. India instead of playing Pant, Gill and Shaw, they rely on these oldies to finish the innings.

for what? if they picked and failed in the WC do you think people will spare them... it's better they get chance after the WC

 

[Canford Cliffs]

[MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] - Chill bro...your team is still pretty good at home. But beating best team on planet earth is asking too much.

 

[Aman]

Great 50 from Bracewell.

 

[rhony]

Clean striking by Bracewell. Against the run of play

 

[Justcrazy]

By Bracewell , excellent hitting

 

[Aman]

Bracewell looks a proper batsmen.

Neesham and Bracewell at 7 and 8 would be sweet.

 

[Unleashed]

Bracewell looks like a player. Him and Neesham batting together would be fun to watch. Hopefully Corey also gets his form back.

 

[Canford Cliffs]

Kohli should have rested the whole series...his back is clearly hurting. You don't need a Kohli really to beat a team like NZ....our bench strength was good enough.

 

[Justcrazy]

Bracewell

Maybe both Neesham and Bracewell should play to add depth to the batting.

Kiwis can play Neesham , Bracewell , Anderson , santher as there 4 main bowlers . But bowling will be weakened .

 

[Aman]

Kiwis can play Neesham , Bracewell , Anderson , santher as there 4 main bowlers . But bowling will be weakened .

Anderson hasn't performed in a while.

Guptill
Munro
Kane
Taylor
Latham
Nicols
Neesham
Bracewell
Santner
Lockie/Henry
Boult

 

[Aman]

Wickets in hand this was game on, poor batting from the batsmen who threw it away after starts.

 

[TheSensible]

Brace tryin to slog every ball. Let's go! He's gonna bring it home all by himself!

 

[BlackShadow]

Only reason I even care about this series is Shubhman Gill. Would love to see how he copes with international Cricket.

 

[rhony]

Ball seems to be skidding under the lights as McMillan suggested

 

[rhony]

Last chance for Kuldeep

 

[cr7great]

Its good that bracewell score run
he will be canon fodder in world cup.

 

[Aman]

No 5fer for Yadav.

Moral victory.

 

[rhony]

Oh almost!!! Excellent figures for Kuldeep!!!should be MOM today

 

[rhony]

Good old.fashiomed lower order NZ fightback. Just too many to get

 

[Aman]

Good knock from Bracewell.

Too much left to do all on his own.

 

[rhony]

Well played Bracewell. Brought some respectability to the score

 

[big_gamer007]

Indian bowling is very strong, unless the spinners have an off day or get found out by any team we should be in a good position against most teams.

 

[TheSensible]

For slog attempts on almost every ball, he lasted awfully longer than I expected. I was worried they wouldn't get past 200.

Losing at this score isn't too bad.

 

[Aman]

What a shot from Boult )

 

[Aman]

Six from Boult )

 

[Aman]

Straight drive to the bouncer

 

[rhony]

Boult's follow through

 

[jnaveen1980]

This has been a pattern for years from NZ. You run through their top middle order. Then a lower order guy will come out and smash the bowlers all over .

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...dia-3rd-odi-india-tour-of-new-zealand-2008-09

In this match chasing 392 Kyle Mills and Southee added 83 runs for the 9th wicke.t

 

[TheSensible]

Is Boult ever NOT smiling? This lovely son of a gun melts my heart

 

[Aman]

83m six from a shot like that )

 

[AMSS]

Kohli should have rested the whole series...his back is clearly hurting. You don't need a Kohli really to beat a team like NZ....our bench strength was good enough.

That's true. This NZ team is way too mediocre to put up a fight against India A tbh.

 

[jagatk]

Indian bowling is very strong, unless the spinners have an off day or get found out by any team we should be in a good position against most teams.

Can they really get found out? Niether bowls anything mysterious, it just good old fashioned stock ball and googly.

 

[Babbar]

Kiwis playing way better than I expected. They can easily beat almost all other teams except England. India has too much firepower but it’s not Newzeland’s fault!

 

[Aman]

Good fightback from the lower order to give it some respectability.

Going to need the batsmen to show up soon..

 

[rhony]

Good game by India. Best bowling unit in the world!!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Can they really get found out? Niether bowls anything mysterious, it just good old fashioned stock ball and googly.

Yup. You could say Rabada can be found out Bumrah can be found ou t with the same logic. Only mystery spinners can be found out. Not conventional spinners

 

[rhony]

Kiwis playing way better than I expected. They can easily beat almost all other teams except England. India has too much firepower but it’s not Newzeland’s fault!

Last 60 runs were pressure free. It was bad.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Kuldeep Yadav this series:
1st ODI: 4/39
2nd ODI: 4/45
First spinner to take four+ wkts in two consecutive ODIs in NZ

Phenomenal!

 

[Canford Cliffs]

Congrats to India and Indian fans. Hard luck brother [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

 

[Sir Alex]

That's how you win on flat wickets. By taking wickets.

 

[yuvi]

Can they really get found out? Niether bowls anything mysterious, it just good old fashioned stock ball and googly.

Batsmen somehow are not picking up the wronguns.

 

[Babbar]

Kuldeep gave 6 more runs this time! He has been found out ��

 

[IndianHero]

yay today being our republic day India won ! Happy republic day fellas !
Today being republic day of Australia as well they too won it ! Congrats to them as well

 

[BlackShadow]

This was easier than I expected. Let's hope we see a close 3rd match.

 

[Stalin]

yay today being our republic day India won ! Happy republic day fellas !
Today being republic day of Australia as well they too won it ! Congrats to them as well

Australia day. Not republic.

 

[big_gamer007]

Can they really get found out? Niether bowls anything mysterious, it just good old fashioned stock ball and googly.

Once batsmen start reading them out of their hands would be easier. There are probably some good batsmen who can take them on and once someone takes them on they might go into panick mode and lose one and length..

 

[jagatk]

Batsmen somehow are not picking up the wronguns.

That is a generational malady, there is a reason why no team seems to be coping well against India in India, none of these idiots can seem to play spin.

 

[rhony]

Kuldeep should have been the MOM

 

[jagatk]

Once batsmen start reading them out of their hands would be easier. There are probably some good batsmen who can take them on and once someone takes them on they might go into panick mode and lose one and length..

There aren't enough of those batsmen, today's players can't play spin because they can't read it out of the hand, if they could they wouldn't be so bad at it in general it won't suddenly change because India has 2 bowlers who can exploit that.

 

[jagatk]

What sort of a stupid award is that, a batsman of a batting pitch hit a okish 87 is given MoM ahead of the spinner who took 4 on the batting pitch with these tiny boundaries.

 

[shah_1]

What sort of a stupid award is that, a batsman of a batting pitch hit a okish 87 is given MoM ahead of the spinner who took 4 on the batting pitch with these tiny boundaries.

Rohit winning a MOTM is good for sponsors?

 

[yuvi]

That is a generational malady, there is a reason why no team seems to be coping well against India in India, none of these idiots can seem to play spin.

Joe Root played them very well in England in last 2 ODIs. And suddenly India bowling looked toothless.

 

[WengerOut]

Fair to say the supposedly Aussie Z team gave more fight.

 

[rhony]

Joe Root played them very well in England in last 2 ODIs. And suddenly India bowling looked toothless.

He did after looking like a duck for a couple of innings including T20. He adjusted because he's Joe Root. Not everybody is Joe Root

 

[rhony]

Rohit winning a MOTM is good for sponsors?

Good for Mumbai I guess.

 

[Sir Alex]

To think India doesn't even have their best bowler and best allrounder and yet delivered two back to back smashing talks a lot about this Indian team.

 

[BDfanforever]

Just woke up. Looks like Indian fans crying and whining about their middle order and Rayudu won't come true till maybe World Cup knockout games.

 

[shah_1]

Fair to say Australia is a better team than New Zealand if they add Starc, Cummins,Hazzlewood, Warner and Smith.


Top 4 for semis

India
England
Australia
South Africa/New Zealand

 

[dragon751]

Fair to say Australia is a better team than New Zealand if they add Starc, Cummins,Hazzlewood, Warner and Smith.


Top 4 for semis

India
England
Australia
South Africa/New Zealand

naah man ... unlikely nz batting will crumble this regularly against other teams , even these two games i'm surprised at their inability to take on the spin twins ......nz def better than Oz even with the guys you named coming back into the odi team

 

[jnaveen1980]

Only reason I even care about this series is Shubhman Gill. Would love to see how he copes with international Cricket.

Same here. He is the only interest for me in this series. We had three turn-offs played today. I just hoped to see Sharma ji going nuts on these small grounds. He didn't. Hope he does it in the next match.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Fair to say Australia is a better team than New Zealand if they add Starc, Cummins,Hazzlewood, Warner and Smith.


Top 4 for semis

India
England
Australia
South Africa/New Zealand

Without a question. I was shocked to see the speed of some of their bowlers like Bracewell, DeGrahomme. There is zero penetration apart from Boult. Ferguson is a one dimensional fastie.