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India (349/8) pull off tense 17-run victory over South Africa (332) in action-packed 1st ODI in Ranchi

Two of my favourite South African players are at the crease- Bravis and Breetzke . :kp
 
Wow Jansen wow. Putting another batting masterclass 38(16)* with 3 four and 3 sixes :kp
 
These South African batsmen just keep going. They are the anti-chokesters now.
 
I love Kuldeep’s bowling. Doesn’t matter how many runs he goes for. The man is a strike bowler and always gets us wickets. That’s the brand of cricket we must encourage.
 
If SA had a couple more wickets , things could have been different. Bosch needs to keep the strike , not easy
 
What a player this Bosh is turning out to be, jansen and him will make a great lower order for SA.
 
Arshdeep nailed those yorkers at the right time. Usually delivers under pressure
 
India have defeated South Africa B team. :inti

SA fought well despite having no Nortje, Rabada, Shamsi, Maharaj, Bavuma, and Ngidi.
 
Gautam Gambhir -

Picks Ruturaj as back up opener but bats him at no 4

Picks Pant and Tilak as middle order batter but bench both and allow back up opener to bat in middle order.

Allow spin bowling all rounder Sundar to bat above pure batter and captain KL Rahul.

:genius :kp
 
Can Kohli realistically reach the milestone of a hundred international centuries, he has already retired from T20 and Test Cricket, how many ODIs does India have between now and the 2027 ODI WC?
 
Rajdeep said:
Gautam Gambhir -

Picks Ruturaj as back up opener but bats him at no 4

Picks Pant and Tilak as middle order batter but bench both and allow back up opener to bat in middle order.

Allow spin bowling all rounder Sundar to bat above pure batter and captain KL Rahul.

:genius :kp
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This is pure comedy. South Africa should have won the match . A team who is playing Tuktukraj at 4 , washi at 5 when you have Pant and Tilak, Jurel in the team deserved to Lose the match. This is mockery of team selection 😂😂😂

:klopp :kp
 
Savak said:
Can Kohli realistically reach the milestone of a hundred international centuries, he has already retired from T20 and Test Cricket, how many ODIs does India have between now and the 2027 ODI WC?
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Kohli will be back in test cricket soon...mark my words. Just wait.
 
Without Kohli, Rahul, and Bumrah, India could've been bundled out for 200. They scored like 250 out of 349. :inti

It shows India is still reliant on old players like Bumrah, Kohli, Rohit, Rahul, Jadeja, Kuldeep etc.

Once these guys retire, I expect India to be in big trouble. :inti
 
sweep_shot said:
Without Kohli, Rahul, and Bumrah, India could've been bundled out for 200. They scored like 250 out of 349. :inti

It shows India is still reliant on old players like Bumrah, Kohli, Rohit, Rahul, Jadeja, Kuldeep etc.

Once these guys retire, I expect India to be in big trouble. :inti
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Most of these guys didnt play in Asia cup and yet India was run away champions

:kp
 
Savak said:
Can Kohli realistically reach the milestone of a hundred international centuries, he has already retired from T20 and Test Cricket, how many ODIs does India have between now and the 2027 ODI WC?
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It's possible man.

Root can break :sachin test record and Kohli can take :Sachin overall record. Sachin will lose everything in a couple of years.

But if that happens hitman may have a seizure so I urge Kohli to think twice before breaking it but Root should continue with our blessing.
 
Devadwal said:
This is pure comedy. South Africa should have won the match . A team who is playing Tuktukraj at 4 , washi at 5 when you have Pant and Tilak, Jurel in the team deserved to Lose the match. This is mockery of team selection 😂😂😂

:klopp :kp
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Haha pahile bol raha tha ruturaj kabhi khelega nahi:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Kaha hai najuk shabam aur tera riyan pan parag pan masala:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
harshjoshi87 said:
Haha pahile bol raha tha ruturaj kabhi khelega nahi:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Kaha hai najuk shabam aur tera riyan pan parag pan masala:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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Is ko batao koi gill is Boss of Indian cricket , injured hai isly bahar h team se. 😂😂😂

Tera Tuktukraj ki koi jagah ni hai. Dekhna is series ke tino match bhi ni khelega or dropped ho jayega. Fir drink serve karega Jo uski job hai 😂😂😂😂😂

:klopp :kp
 
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Savak said:
Can Kohli realistically reach the milestone of a hundred international centuries, he has already retired from T20 and Test Cricket, how many ODIs does India have between now and the 2027 ODI WC?
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3 vs NZ in Jan 26
3 vs Eng in July 26
3 vs Ban in Sept 26 (might not happen)
3 vs WI in Nov 26
3 vs SL in Jan 27
4/5 Asia Cup in June-July 27
 
Devadwal said:
This is pure comedy. South Africa should have won the match . A team who is playing Tuktukraj at 4 , washi at 5 when you have Pant and Tilak, Jurel in the team deserved to Lose the match. This is mockery of team selection 😂😂😂

:klopp :kp
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TBH this is insane that Tilak Verma is not playing and washington sundar is in the team
 
Cricket Warrior said:
TBH this is insane that Tilak Verma is not playing and washington sundar is in the team
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Washington is a very good all rounder. He is the future when Pandya retires. Washi should play.

Tilak should be playing in place of Rituraj Gaekwad.

Prasidh bhai should not even be in the team let alone playing XI. Karnataka lobby seems to be pretty strong.

Ideally Abhishek should be playing both ODI's and T20's. He should open with Jaiswal. Rohit at 3 and Kohli at 4.

Abhishek
Jaiswal
Rohit/Gill (Rohit is not in long term plans)
Kohli
Tilak
KL Rahul
Washi
Jaddu
Kuldeep
Arshdeep
Bumrah

Reserves - Riyan Parag, Jurel, Siraj, Varun Chakravarthy.
 
harshjoshi87 said:
3 vs NZ in Jan 26
3 vs Eng in July 26
3 vs Ban in Sept 26 (might not happen)
3 vs WI in Nov 26
3 vs SL in Jan 27
4/5 Asia Cup in June-July 27
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He will have to score 17 ODI Centuries in the next 20-25 ODIs including the 2027 ODI WC
 
Champ_Pal said:
Washington is a very good all rounder. He is the future when Pandya retires. Washi should play.

Tilak should be playing in place of Rituraj Gaekwad.

Prasidh bhai should not even be in the team let alone playing XI. Karnataka lobby seems to be pretty strong.

Ideally Abhishek should be playing both ODI's and T20's. He should open with Jaiswal. Rohit at 3 and Kohli at 4.

Abhishek
Jaiswal
Rohit/Gill (Rohit is not in long term plans)
Kohli
Tilak
KL Rahul
Washi
Jaddu
Kuldeep
Arshdeep
Bumrah

Reserves - Riyan Parag, Jurel, Siraj, Varun Chakravarthy.
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as an allrounder its ok to have sunder in the playing XI who can smash some runs down the order but at number 4 u have to put a batter whom u can trust like iyer, tilak verma or maybe rishab pant.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
as an allrounder its ok to have sunder in the playing XI who can smash some runs down the order but at number 4 u have to put a batter whom u can trust like iyer, tilak verma or maybe rishab pant.
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Pant is a failure in LOI.
Iyer deserves a place. But not until Kohli fully retires. By the time Kohli retires, Iyer will be 32 or 33.
 
Bavuma does not fit into this playing XI at all.

Neither does De Zorzi for that matter, though he's okay as a back-up batter.

Once Miller is back, he can slot in at 5.

1. Markram (c)
2. Rickleton
3. de Kock (wk)
4. Breetzke
5. Miller
6. Brevis
7. Jansen
8. Bosch

Seriously dangerous batting line-up.
 
One hell of a poor management with KL Rahul in Indian Cricket! This guy is coming, going (selected/dropped) continuosly, shuffled in the batting order, shuffled across formats, playing as pure batsman, wk batsman... He is doing everything. But mentally he is a weak player (temperament-wise, though he is technically sound - the way he is shuffled & asked to play various roles is not helping his concentration... He is not flexible enough to handle various roles, but still he his asked to handle, sometimes he is successfully - sometimes he is an utter failure! And that failure can come at the worst possible time - e.g., 2023 WC Finals, which cost us in huge way! Lords Test match was another example - decided the series!)

Unless Indian management don't make up their mind, it is not going to help either KL Rahul or Indian Team! He may come good at odd times, but as I said it may cost us at the most needed time...

Either play him as Test Opener OR LOI middle order permanently... Don't ask him to do both the rules... For him to be all format player, he should have been opening in all three formats long back... (Even this - not many players today are doing at the moment)
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Bavuma does not fit into this playing XI at all.

Neither does De Zorzi for that matter, though he's okay as a back-up batter.

Once Miller is back, he can slot in at 5.

1. Markram (c)
2. Rickleton
3. de Kock (wk)
4. Breetzke
5. Miller
6. Brevis
7. Jansen
8. Bosch

Seriously dangerous batting line-up.
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Rickleton doesn't fit either if De Zorzi doesn't fit. De Zorzi has actually been better than Rickleton who has done nothing.

They need Klassen ahead of Rickleton and then QDK can open, ideally
 
RamLakhan said:
One hell of a poor management with KL Rahul in Indian Cricket! This guy is coming, going (selected/dropped) continuosly, shuffled in the batting order, shuffled across formats, playing as pure batsman, wk batsman... He is doing everything. But mentally he is a weak player (temperament-wise, though he is technically sound - the way he is shuffled & asked to play various roles is not helping his concentration... He is not flexible enough to handle various roles, but still he his asked to handle, sometimes he is successfully - sometimes he is an utter failure! And that failure can come at the worst possible time - e.g., 2023 WC Finals, which cost us in huge way! Lords Test match was another example - decided the series!)

Unless Indian management don't make up their mind, it is not going to help either KL Rahul or Indian Team! He may come good at odd times, but as I said it may cost us at the most needed time...

Either play him as Test Opener OR LOI middle order permanently... Don't ask him to do both the rules... For him to be all format player, he should have been opening in all three formats long back... (Even this - not many players today are doing at the moment)
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Rahul has been test opener since 2021 England series & batting at 6 in ODIs since 2020 Australia ODI series.

He made 66 of 107 deliveries in 2023 WC final, should have made 90-95 which could have been the difference but Gill, Shreyas & Surya failed in that final, only Rohit, Virat & Rahul managed to score.

Rahul was at the end in Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final & final, made up for WC 2023 final botch.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Bavuma does not fit into this playing XI at all.

Neither does De Zorzi for that matter, though he's okay as a back-up batter.

Once Miller is back, he can slot in at 5.

1. Markram (c)
2. Rickleton
3. de Kock (wk)
4. Breetzke
5. Miller
6. Brevis
7. Jansen
8. Bosch

Seriously dangerous batting line-up.
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Miller is almost 37, don't think he will play in '27 WC.

Bavuma will be persisted with, as he has been lucky for South Africa in last 6 months winning an ICC tournament & test series in India.
 
One thing i noticed, not sure if any one else.

India always gets bagged for the pitches and i do not disagree on this, my personal opinion am sick of the spin pits which spin miles from day one session one - Kolkata test vs saf being prime example.

I would say the same if India won the Kolkata test vs SAF.

But this Ranchi wicket was wonderful. It was even paced, quality bounce if quicks bent their back, swing on offer, it seamed after pitching and i suppose if there was lesser dew on offer, especially in the 2nd innings possibly some more assistance for spinners (albeit that would we'd've won by a bigger margin :) but thats another discussion for another day).

It defo was not a low bounce spin snake forest that generally indian pitches are associated with.

The key was good even bounce and pace, that in itself makes for a compelling contest.

If the SAF top order had got out to spinners, the whole world and their khalujaan in tow would have screamed from rooftops : ' pitches in india are rigged to suit spinners/bcci >ICC the whole samosaidlivadapaavchaat'....

but here the SAF top order got out to excellent pace bowling and pressure from indian pacemen. SAF batsmen are used to such conditions, born and brought up in such conditions. They should be scoring 100's for fun in such conditions, the TO should have scored a Gadzillion in the PP.

Why the fridge does no SAF or any other media/TV commie praise the pitch? Is'nt this pitch an ideal pitch?

Am not playing the indian victim card, never will - but surely there are times when credit should be forth coming but does not arrive.

Is there only one direction of thought and perception when it comes to Indian pitches? :ua :gilly
 
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