India v Afghanistan | Asia Cup 2014 | 05/03/2014 | Dhaka

[cricket geek]

jadeja get the wicket on his very first ball

 

[Electron]

Batta pitch..but don't expect afgans to cross 150.

 

[cricket geek]

would jadeja be able to get a fifer today

 

[Justcrazy]

Sir Jaddu Afghans here

 

[Justcrazy]

Afghans will fold up here

 

[cricket geek]

Batta pitch..but don't expect afgans to cross 150.

you are expecting too much from our bowlers.

 

[Justcrazy]

55 / 3

 

[cricket geek]

jadeja 3 wickets away from his fifer.

 

[Justcrazy]

Mishra Ji continues here

 

[Justcrazy]

58 / 3 after 14 overs

 

[Electron]

you are expecting too much from our bowlers.

Mishra, Jadeja, Ashwin will be too hot for them to handle. Look.. another one

 

[Sandeep]

Afghans will grow and become a better unit, I'm sure! They're good against pace, just problems with spin.. Need to play domestic cricket in Pakistan/India..

 

[Justcrazy]

4 down

 

[Justcrazy]

Question is Can Afghans Bat 50 overs?

 

[cricket geek]

jadeja strikes again

 

[cricket geek]

jadeja just 2 wickets away from his fifer

 

[cricket geek]

Question is Can Afghans Bat 50 overs?

no way Afghans are going to bat for 50 overs today

 

[Fire Bird]

Stanikzai Dravid gets Sir strikes again!

 

[cricket geek]

Mishra, Jadeja, Ashwin will be too hot for them to handle. Look.. another one

after the fourth wicket certainly they are in deep trouble .

 

[Electron]

We like bashing our attack. but unlike some other hyped ones, our bowlers actually swing the ball at 140 and spinners have been exceptional.

 

[Fire Bird]

Kohli drops it

 

[Electron]

Simple catch dropped by Kohli...

 

[Justcrazy]

Afghans need to bat out the overs

 

[Fire Bird]

We like bashing our attack. but unlike some other hyped ones, our bowlers actually swing the ball at 140 and spinners have been exceptional.

Swing is useless if you dont land it on a line and length consistently

 

[Myrmidon]

Best way to conquer Indian bowling is to attack them, clearly very tentative, need to seriously fix that batting line up

 

[cricket geek]

We like bashing our attack. but unlike some other hyped ones, our bowlers actually swing the ball at 140 and spinners have been exceptional.

bashing our bowling attack is not unnecessary .

 

[Justcrazy]

64 / 4 after 17 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Drinks , India would be pleased here

 

[Fire Bird]

Best way to conquer Indian bowling is to attack them, clearly very tentative, need to seriously fix that batting line up

Works with our seamers. Its not that easy to attack our spinners though.

 

[Electron]

Shahzad is Afridi 2.0

 

[IndianWillow]

Best way to conquer Indian bowling is to attack them, clearly very tentative, need to seriously fix that batting line up

This is true of all bowling attacks.

 

[Fire Bird]

Karthik misses ball. Not a chance for a wicket there but Doesnt deserve to be in the team. Cant keep, cant bat. Its a shame though. He showed a lot of promise when he first came on the scene but couldnt turn into something special.

 

[Fire Bird]

LOL Fatboy is entertaining. Looks like Omid Djalili the guy from the Mummy movies.

 

[Electron]

Karthik misses ball. Not a chance for a wicket there but Doesnt deserve to be in the team. Cant keep, cant bat. Its a shame though. He showed a lot of promise when he first came on the scene but couldnt turn into something special.

He looks hyper-active and panics way too often. India needs a cool mind behind stumps.

 

[cricket geek]

only 5 wicket left

 

[Electron]

Afganistan ko to Sir Jadeja ne uda diya..

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Best way to conquer Indian bowling is to attack them, clearly very tentative, need to seriously fix that batting line up

Warner dismantled SA bowling attack similarly. It's a universal truth.

 

[cricket geek]

afghan 6 down


4 more to go

 

[cricket geek]

jadeja takes his 4th wicket

 

[cricket geek]

jadeja 1 wicket away from his fifer

 

[Electron]

Mishra has looked like the best spinner this tournament.

 

[mussu-100]

Kohli: 12 taken, 12 dropped. Do these stats really tell the truth? This is ridiculous.

 

[cricket geek]

Mishra has looked like the best spinner this tournament.

but our captain doesnt have confidence in him

 

[Nikhil_cric]

While our bowling has been half decent this Asia Cup, our batting has really let us down.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

but our captain doesnt have confidence in him

Mishra hasn't been consistent enough. Rahul Sharma was a better prospect. No clue where he is though.

 

[cricket geek]

Kohli: 12 taken, 12 dropped. Do these stats really tell the truth? This is ridiculous.

kohli doesnt have the safest hands but a very good ground fielder

 

[cricket geek]

Mishra hasn't been consistent enough. Rahul Sharma was a better prospect. No clue where he is though.

but still away from asia you can play him instead of ashwin.

 

[cricket geek]

afghan 7 down

 

[Nikhil_cric]

but still away from asia you can play him instead of ashwin.

Ashwin is younger and relatively fitter. A more useful bat besides.

 

[Electron]

All too easy. Not playing Mishra cost us this tournament. Binny and Varun were disasters.

 

[cricket geek]

ashwin has taken his 2nd wicket.

 

[Electron]

Mishra hasn't been consistent enough. Rahul Sharma was a better prospect. No clue where he is though.

I hear that a lot, but Mishra's record looks too good for this statement to be true.

 

[cricket geek]

Ashwin is younger and relatively fitter. A more useful bat besides.

definately ashwin is more useful bat but ashwin has not the ability to take wickets away from asia

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I hear that a lot, but Mishra's record looks too good for this statement to be true.

Did well against Zimbabwe and WI - not the best players of spin. He's a good bowler but I think he'll struggle in Tests.

 

[ekpakistani]

why Indians are not playing reserves? This is really strange .. its a dead rubber and they are out of the tournament .. weird

 

[cricket geek]

AFG 101/7 (28.0 ov)

 

[mussu-100]

kohli doesnt have the safest hands but a very good ground fielder

He may not have the best hands in the team, but those stats show that he drops half his catches, which portrays him as a BAD catcher. These stats include too many half-chances IMO.

 

[IndianWillow]

but still away from asia you can play him instead of ashwin.

Mishra actually got the chance ahead of Ashwin. But Mishra was very ineffective in England, averaging 100+. He has a bowling average of 43 after 13 tests.

 

[cricket geek]

Mishra actually got the chance ahead of Ashwin. But Mishra was very ineffective in England, averaging 100+. He has a bowling average of 43 after 13 tests.

and in odis

 

[Electron]

So finally Mishra gets one. Can't believe Bangladesh lost against these schoolboys

 

[cricket geek]

8 down 2 more to go

 

[London_Lahori]

Bit of a dead game then today

 

[Electron]

3 out 4 leading wicket takers in the tournament are Indians.

 

[Myrmidon]

Big mistake not including Gulbadin Naib in this fragile batting line up, Mirwais is a better bowler but they could have done without the bowling as much as they needed Naibs batting

 

[cricket geek]

3 out 4 leading wicket takers in the tournament are Indians.

and still we are not able to qualify for finals

 

[cricket geek]

jadeja missed a fifer today

 

[Myrmidon]

Really rate Samiullah as a player. Has come on leaps and bounds with both his bowling and batting, hope they get 180 to at least make something of this lol

 

[Fire Bird]

doesnt finish off the innings using Mishra and Ashwin and bowls Shami and Bhuvi instead. Genius

 

[amax]

where was this Mishra guy hiding for all these years.

 

[style_guru]

Mishra has unbelievable figures, but somehow he isn't in good books of Srini Mama's lobby.

@Match:- Come on Afghans. Get to 200 somehow

 

[Fire Bird]

Shenwari gets Well played

 

[Fire Bird]

Wow Finally ALL I thouht it would never happen 160 to chase. Im hoping the top order hacks finish it quickly and end this disappointing camapign ASAP

 

[London_Lahori]

Afghanistan done well to get 159 in the end.

200 would have been good.

 

[Sandeep]

Apparently Rahane is opening just to gain practice for T20 World Cup I was happy that Rohit will not open and will always bat in the middle order

 

[cricket geek]

very boring match

 

[Sandeep]

very boring match

What did you expect? A high voltage clash? This is Afghanistan man...

 

[cricket geek]

What did you expect? A high voltage clash? This is Afghanistan man...

at least a attacking batting from our batsmen.

 

[Sandeep]

at least a attacking batting from our batsmen.

Indian batsmen have forgotten to be attacking a long time ago unfortunately...

 

[cricket geek]

Indian batsmen have forgotten to be attacking a long time ago unfortunately...

in these type of matches i miss sehwag.

 

[Fire Bird]

I think we will chase this in the 45th over