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As bad as our bowling is we have made some iconic come backs from near impossible situations.

Sachin's over vs South Africa in 1990s
ICC world T20 bowl out match vs Pakistan-2007
ICC world T20 QF vs Bangladesh 2016
Last two T20s vs New Zealand

How the hell did we win from these situations and with those bowlers :yk
 
Brainless batting also helps us come back lol That is what happened in the last 2 matches. Wlliamson after playing a brilliant knock should have just bunted and run a couple of twos.
 
ODI (India's winning margin less 10 runs)

[table=width: 500, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Margin [/td][td]Toss [/td][td]Opposition [/td][td]Ground [/td][td]Date [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]0 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Pakistan [/td][td]Hyderabad (Deccan) [/td][td]Mar-87 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v New Zealand [/td][td]Wellington [/td][td]Mar-90 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Colombo (RPS) [/td][td]Jul-93 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v South Africa [/td][td]Jaipur [/td][td]Feb-10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v South Africa [/td][td]Johannesburg [/td][td]Jan-11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v South Africa [/td][td]Kolkata [/td][td]Nov-93 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Rajkot [/td][td]Dec-09 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v Zimbabwe [/td][td]Adelaide [/td][td]Jan-04 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Zimbabwe [/td][td]Harare [/td][td]Jul-15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v West Indies [/td][td]Visakhapatnam [/td][td]Nov-94 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Colombo (RPS) [/td][td]Jul-04 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v Pakistan [/td][td]Quetta [/td][td]Oct-78 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v West Indies [/td][td]Jaipur [/td][td]Nov-94 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v New Zealand [/td][td]Perth [/td][td]Dec-80 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Australia [/td][td]Mohali [/td][td]Nov-96 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Pakistan [/td][td]Karachi [/td][td]Mar-04 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v England [/td][td]Birmingham [/td][td]Jun-13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Ahmedabad [/td][td]Oct-89 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v New Zealand [/td][td]Adelaide [/td][td]Dec-80 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v New Zealand [/td][td]Kanpur [/td][td]Oct-17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Colombo (RPS) [/td][td]Jul-98 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v West Indies [/td][td]Colombo (RPS) [/td][td]Aug-05 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Rajkot [/td][td]Feb-94 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v Australia [/td][td]Chandigarh [/td][td]Oct-07 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Australia [/td][td]Nagpur [/td][td]Mar-19 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v England [/td][td]Sharjah [/td][td]Apr-99 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v England [/td][td]Bristol [/td][td]Aug-07 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v Australia [/td][td]Brisbane [/td][td]Mar-08 [/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
T20's (India's winning margin less 10 runs)
[table=width: 500, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Margin [/td][td]Toss [/td][td]Opposition [/td][td]Ground [/td][td]Start Date [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v South Africa [/td][td]Colombo (RPS) [/td][td]Oct-12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Bangladesh [/td][td]Bengaluru [/td][td]Mar-16 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v Zimbabwe [/td][td]Harare [/td][td]Jun-16 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 runs [/td][td]won [/td][td]v Pakistan [/td][td]Johannesburg [/td][td]Sep-07 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v England [/td][td]Nagpur [/td][td]Jan-17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v New Zealand [/td][td]Thiruvananthapuram [/td][td]Nov-17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7 runs [/td][td]lost [/td][td]v South Africa [/td][td]Cape Town [/td][td]Feb-18 [/td][/tr]
[/table]
Note - Its missing bowl out and super over matches.
 
I remember, a match were SA needed 2 runs in 40+ balls. Munaf bowled a harmless delivery and Parnell hit it straight to Yuvi. Lol.
India won by 1 run.
 
Kaptan said:
I remember, a match were SA needed 2 runs in 40+ balls. Munaf bowled a harmless delivery and Parnell hit it straight to Yuvi. Lol.
India won by 1 run.
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It was in SA and Before the WC 2011, we lost that series though , one of the best ODI Bilateral ones , Saffers made a comeback from 1-2 to win it 3-2.

Also Kohli should glimpses of brilliant batting in tough conditions then..
 
India once defended mere 120 runs against Pakistan in an ODI :yk

Talk about sher dilli and bahaduri
 
freelance_cricketer said:
As bad as our bowling is we have made some iconic come backs from near impossible situations.

Sachin's over vs South Africa in 1990s
ICC world T20 bowl out match vs Pakistan-2007
ICC world T20 QF vs Bangladesh 2016
Last two T20s vs New Zealand

How the hell did we win from these situations and with those bowlers :yk
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Don't forget 6/4.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Indian seamers were too hot to handle on the WACA pitch :)))


Look at Curtly 'Talk to no man' Ambrose's spell there

8.4-9-2
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Yes. For all the talk that Indian batsmen cannot handle pace, Indian pacers always performed well in Perth than other SC teams.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
I saw the match live. Ball was prodigiously swinging. India had to bowl out all the seamers. Even Sachin bowled dibbly dobbly seamers. An outswinger got rid of Cummins.
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A great achievement with nearly half of the bowling unit were Robin Singh types, by India.
 
Actually another one tonight.

You just don't win after throwing away 34 in am over in the middle of a T20.

What a come back!!!
 
You have to give them credit. Their bowlers are able to adapt to the conditions and always have a plan.
 
Take Bumrah away, and this would have been a walk in the park for NZ. Saini is showing some good signs though, he is good at death bowling.
 
IPL has played a part in these tight finishes.

However some of the NZ tactics and play during this current T20I series have been baffling.
 
well hard work always pays off.
Indian cricket completely changed and become really professional after 2007 i think.
 
Champions throphy final 2013.
Munaf's over vs SA in SA.
Eden Gardens 2001 vs Aus.
Eden Gardens vs SA where Harbhajan got an LBW with just one over to go to deny SA a test series victory in India.

The 2002 champions throphy semi final vs SA. South africa had 9 wickets in hand and needed 60 from the last 10. Someone got retired injured, Yuvraj then took a one handed catch and wickets just kept falling. It was South Africa's game to lose. Because the run rate was run a ball, India imagined a win could have been possible.
 
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