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Who can stop India at the 2019 World Cup?

Who can stop India at the 2019 World Cup?


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Only played 2 matches but they look pretty strong.

I guess it will take a superb performance from one of their rivals to stop them winning the World Cup, but who do you think can on their day stop India from winning the World Cup and how?
 
Eng and Aus both can, they gave too much runs in the last 10 overs and that was the difference.

Ind wont win it.
 
Pakistan on their day.

I feel India will be definitely in the final.
 
Pakistan will beat them this time They ll also lose to england
 
Warner blew it today otherwise Aus should have walked the chase .

England are still the best team & if Pakistan can beat them , they can also beat India .
 
Pak, NZ and Eng can.

It will be such an icing on the cake if Pak stops them :yk

It will a tight slap on haters faces.
 
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All other teams can beat India other than Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. If they beat NZ and Pak in the next two games then they are likely heading to the final.
 
Like people are saying, possibly pak, england and NZ.
I also think WI have the potential to beat them.
And lastly, bangla have a knack, in recent years, to push india to the limit.
 
India has all basis covered and to be honest the only thing that can stop them from winning is poor fielding.
 
They could lose in semis in a one off encounter.

Who will beat them this format is too easy for them cause the most consistent team wins and they are most consistent they can’t be stopped now they are taking the throne and no teams stopping them now !
 
Only England and Australia can stop this Indian team. Even thse 2 teams aren't a certainty to stop India.
 
Who will beat them this format is too easy for them cause the most consistent team wins and they are most consistent they can’t be stopped now they are taking the throne and no teams stopping them now !

Cloudy conditions, INdia batting first, Boult swinging the ball all over. India had 3 successive outings like that against. Boult clicked in all 3. India won only 1 managing to recover.

Same thing Amir can do as he is the other bowler who can bend the ball back into right handers.

If we are talking about flat pitches batting first against India will be the safer option.
 
Pakistan will be beating India. I already told you even before India would play their first game in the WC. Just stay tuned for official result.
 
England.

Not sure why people think Pakistan can beat them. They've never beaten India in a WC, and easily lost twice against India (without Kohli) just last year.
 
Cloudy conditions, INdia batting first, Boult swinging the ball all over. India had 3 successive outings like that against. Boult clicked in all 3. India won only 1 managing to recover.

Same thing Amir can do as he is the other bowler who can bend the ball back into right handers.

If we are talking about flat pitches batting first against India will be the safer option.

I would never put In India to chase to be honest. You even saw today if it wasn’t for Warner Australia would have crossed the line. No matter how strong India’s bowling gets history says India is at their best when chasing. Nothing is unachievbale for them when batting second. You would agree like I’ve told you before chahal is a match winner I honestly believe he won india the match today with maxwell and warner wicket. Kuldeep again got kinda tonked looking at his overall record. Bumrah bowled decently a little off day but he’s still great. Bhuvis performance is a hoax honestly he will hurt India. Shami is very good I would honestly have him over bhuvi but I’m glad as bhuvi will be playing against us instead of shami. Overall if they keep performing the way they are they even with some weak links they still look pretty much unstoppable though on another note do you realize how ****** Rahul was in the field today I think it was because hardik was sent above him he didn’t look happy at all.
 
Anyone can beat India on anything resembling a mamba.

In this WC India have a very good chance of finding conditions that suit them. However, England are still the better team on the phattas of phattas.
 
I would never put In India to chase to be honest. You even saw today if it wasn’t for Warner Australia would have crossed the line. No matter how strong India’s bowling gets history says India is at their best when chasing. Nothing is unachievbale for them when batting second. You would agree like I’ve told you before chahal is a match winner I honestly believe he won india the match today with maxwell and warner wicket. Kuldeep again got kinda tonked looking at his overall record. Bumrah bowled decently a little off day but he’s still great. Bhuvis performance is a hoax honestly he will hurt India. Shami is very good I would honestly have him over bhuvi but I’m glad as bhuvi will be playing against us instead of shami. Overall if they keep performing the way they are they even with some weak links they still look pretty much unstoppable though on another note do you realize how ****** Rahul was in the field today I think it was because hardik was sent above him he didn’t look happy at all.

Yes KL Rahul was sublime today on the field. The duo act looked like well rehearsed as he did it three times. He always found a fielder. Yes KL Rahul is equally destructive. But Pandya has this X factor. Most surprising part was DHoni connecting a few. Been a while since i have seen dhoni connecting the balls from ball one. This trend will continue. If India is only 2 down by 35 overs, they will promote Hardik if a wicket falls.

I would still back Kuldeep. He is slowly getting back his rhythm. He will go for runs. But he is still a match winner. Chahal is an intelligent bowler. In terms of skills Kuldeep is better.
 
It'll be Pakistan.

If the match was scheduled on any other day India was winning.

Pakistan is winning since it's Fathers day.
 
Any team can defeat Imdia . But Sri Lanka is best suited - let me explain why

Their medium pacers can exploit English weather best - they kept nip and bowl well as a unit
Their players play indian spin best
India historically looses to teams it underrated

I am willing to bet on this
 
Pakistan to show them their place and after that ad I want them to decimate this India so badly.Go team green show their place.
#Destroy India
 
Pakistan, England or NZ. One of these will beat India

it could be even two of them. but not all three. i suspect England and New Zealand will beat India simply because their batting has the punch needed to chase down a large total on flat wickets. Pakistan's batsmen are more of what one might call stroke=makers and thus mindless smashing about is not their cup of tea.

but of all the bowling attacks, i think only Southee and Boult have the firepower to knock out the indian batsmen. whereas Jofra Archer may need some support to pull an Amir.

the real Amir however will not pose problems.
 
Pakistan to show them their place and after that ad I want them to decimate this India so badly.Go team green show their place.
#Destroy India

i think the better approach is bat first, post a competitive 350+ target and then have hafeez bowl a tight spell in the middle.
 
Pakistan will!

Australia could of beaten them too if Finch didn't get run out, also what the heck is up with Warner, why is he batting like Misbah these days, if he played like he does normally they would of won too.
 
India England and Australia will make it to semis. One of these will play a weaker 4th in the semis which gives a good probability of reaching the semis. So it will help to come out on top of the table. To answer the question anyone who reaches semis can stop india
 
This time, they are playing according to their tried and tested formula. Top 3 stay till 40th over and then Hardik, Dhoni and Jadhav(maybe) can providing the final burst. They were bowling today very statistically. Gave very few loose deliveries to Warner and were content with bowling according to the smart stats or whatever they are calling it.

There is bound to be a day when the statistical and formulaic method will fail and it could be any match.

I still think you can negotiate their bowling but the must thing to do is to get the top 3 cheaply.

Their tail starts early at 8 and Bhuvi and Kuldeep both can't slog that well as compared to Plunkett, Curran, Woakes or even Santner, Brathwaite, Nurse and others.

They are still playing with 4 specialist bowlers and 1 allrounder(Pandya). I think all of the teams would be looking to target him and if one of the spinners have a bad day, they can concede a big total.

So still no team is unbeatable in this WC edition. India still has some holes in their ship just like Eng do and all other teams. Depends on who or if someone can strike them down.
 
i don't think it as a big wonder if India doesn't win the cup. This is because a lot depends on various factors other than natural ability.So any good team can beat any other good team on a given day depending on these factors.
 
New Zealand

We will crush the rest.

Still think Pakistan will win the World Cup though.
 
If India get to the Final, Australia can beat them.

Also, Pakistan, if they win the toss and bat first. And bat well. Or if Kohli wants to act like a clown again postmatch and puts them in.

If Pak bat second they have 0% chance of chasing anything India put up.
 
If Pakistan score more than 300 I m pretty sure they will win the match.
#Destroy India
But how? Who will pickup wickets of their batsmen with new ball? Because, we dont have amir's swing. Hassan isnt lethal anymore. And if they play 50 overs like england, they have the batsmen to chase anything close to 350
 
i think the better approach is bat first, post a competitive 350+ target and then have hafeez bowl a tight spell in the middle.
You do realize that they will hit hafeez out of the park since they play spin very well and hafeez bowls like their part timers? Even if you score 350, you cant win unless you pickup wickets. And i dont think we have that capability with new ball. Expect 80 for no loss inside 10 overs. The recent asia cup matches, where they scored more than 200 and we couldnt get more than a wicket. Who will pick wickets to contain them? Amir isnt swinging anymore.
 
Only a charged up windies or a meticulous English performance . Will make it to the semifinal for sure after that they should pray they face anyone other than these two teams .
 
India are a lock for final 4, don't think many will argue against this.
That being said, I don't believe they will go the whole way without dropping a game and I believe their biggest weakness might actually be their slightly untested middle order.

India's top 3 is inarguably elite - two openers with 40+ averages, both capable of extending good starts into long innings, converting fifties into hundreds, and they are backed up by one of the greatest white-ball batsmen of all time.

Since the Champions Trophy, Dhoni has hit 9 fifties in 40 innings while also going not out 15 times. Basically, Dhoni is still hard to get out and Dhoni staying at the crease usually has resulted in wins -- so, basically Dhoni is still Dhoni right? Still sporting an average of 48 in this period -- the only red flag that seems to stick out is his strike rate of 78. From the start of his career until the CT17 Final, Dhoni was striking at 89. In my eyes, it is a noticeable drop off and there is a visual dropoff in overall quality at times as well. Let's see what MS shows up this cup.

KL Rahul has proven he is talented, and can probably be a force in all three formats for India. It's unfair and too early to say he is unaccomplished, but his sample size in ODIs can be concerning. Outside of his 100* on debut, he's only averaged 25 in his next 14 outings.

Jadhav's average seems to have a major boost from not outs and only 30% of his innings surpassing 27 deliveries at the crease. He's also played a lot of games in India.

Pandya is extremely explosive and is a great hitter of the ball, but the nature of his game can also lead to risky innings.

India has been dominant, and I believe they should be over 60% favorites in every match they play going forward. In their remaining games, I don't see BAN, SL, or AFG having any upset chance. West Indies should be in a similar boat. I believe England obviously has the best odds of beating India, being at their own ground, however I think India's bowling is superior. I think NZ would be the next best bet having a very versatile team. Pakistan can realistically only win if they can bat first. They'd also have to manage to completely erase the threat of India's top 3. Tough, tough task even for a hopeful Pakistan with their typical "surprising" nature.

Must be noted India has given up 8 scores of over 300 since the CT final.
 
You do realize that they will hit hafeez out of the park since they play spin very well and hafeez bowls like their part timers? Even if you score 350, you cant win unless you pickup wickets. And i dont think we have that capability with new ball. Expect 80 for no loss inside 10 overs. The recent asia cup matches, where they scored more than 200 and we couldnt get more than a wicket. Who will pick wickets to contain them? Amir isnt swinging anymore.
Hafeez doesn’t bowl that badly against India
 
If Pakistan score more than 300 I m pretty sure they will win the match.
#Destroy India

Haha no. Pakistan will have a tough job defending a sub 350 score. Not because they are weak, but because in today’s cricket and the pitches we are playing on, a sub 350 score is akin to a sub 275 score of yester years...
 
I think people are overrating india
Get india to 100 for 3 in 20 overs game is yours.
 
Except afghan and Lanka, every team in this competition can beat India
 
from the remaining one NZ have higher chance... they've the best swinging bowlers and that's the real weakness of Indian batsman..
 
Every team has weaknesses, what about pakistan:- bowling being their main weapon they concerned more than 300 runs in five consecutive times against england, their fielding and catching is poor, their batting is still a weak link we only know how good their is once the group stages are over, sa:- remove de cock & faf batting is over, only 2 genuine bowlers in rabada & tahir, can't play spin, england:- can't play spin loosing wickets to part time all-rounder like hafeez is one thing but you see change in body language of morgan & Stokes in the match against pakistan when they were about to play spin they were scared, overall very good batting, but average bowling line up, australia:- if aus batting has to succeed Finch, warner & smith should score other batsman struggle if you remove these top 3 aus will be under immense pressure, wi:- lack spin bowling option fast bowling alone can't win you matches, fielding & catching is poor, nz:- reliant heavily on guptill, Ross & Williamson, remove them their batting will be under immense pressure, lack of spin bowling option, by the way you are a indian fan right, most of your comments are only negative against team india as if we are the only weak team all the other top teams are invincibles, you are giving comments to make our pakistani friends happy right, why no comments about dhoni he scored 27 runs from 14 balls so we should remove dhoni from the playing eleven and bring karthik, give your honest opinion this is india in 2019 not 1990s, pakistan also in 2019 not 1990s so remember, when compared to all other teams we are the most balanced team in the world cup strong & versatile batting order, good fast bowlers & spin bowlers, good all-rounder hardhik, first see other teams we are way better than most, we will have our off day is well because you can't win everyone, that doesn't mean india is weaker than other teams.
 
If Pakistan score more than 300 I m pretty sure they will win the match.
#Destroy India

Pakistan can't win two-three matches in a row against top teams. They can cause upset once in a while and that's about it. This match will be like 98-2 in favor of India.
 
I think West Indies bowling line up against India's top 3 in overcast conditions could be deadly!
 
Pakistan can't win two-three matches in a row against top teams. They can cause upset once in a while and that's about it. This match will be like 98-2 in favor of India.

98-2?? Are you talking about the odds or pak's scoreline by the 10th over ? :)))
 
I think any team can lose, as all the teams have weaknesses

I honestly think Pakistan can win the World Cup if they make it too the semis witch is a massive if
 
Why are there 2 options for England?

Is it their B team for the second option?

Why some teams in other? Sri Lanka defeated them last time around with equally bad team.

Bangladesh and Afghanistan are 2 of the 3 best Asian teams according to many.
 
Pakistan can't win two-three matches in a row against top teams. They cancause upset once in a while and that's about it. This match will be like 98-2 in favor of India.

I agree , and that’s why Pak is not playing 2-3 matches in a row. There are some matches in this cup that are washed out coz of rain.So all is good🌞
 
98-2?? Are you talking about the odds or pak's scoreline by the 10th over ? :)))

I wouldn't mind if it is the latter, I like to see some contest but knowing Pak this is probably gonna be another one-sided victory for India.
 
Pak iA. First in group stage and then in knockouts.

I can’t think of one win and you are talking about two?
Btw it looks very unlikely that Pak will go to semis.Nz and wi have far better chance than pak
 
Well it’s wishful thinking on my part to be honest but I do believe that a positive outlook is required to defeat India.

Regarding the two teams you have mentioned NZ are yet to play a strong team and WI’s only win was against the ‘other’ Pakistan.
 
I can’t think of one win and you are talking about two?
Btw it looks very unlikely that Pak will go to semis.Nz and wi have far better chance than pak

Well it’s wishful thinking on my part to be honest but I do believe that a positive outlook is required to defeat India.

Regarding the two teams you have mentioned NZ are yet to play a strong team and WI’s only win was against the ‘other’ Pakistan.
 
Kohli can stop it lol He has the ability to make daft move like bringing on Jadhav out of nowhere.
 
New Zealand will be enough for them I’m hoping
They are bowling very well at the minute too
 
New Zealand will be enough for them I’m hoping
They are bowling very well at the minute too

NZ would in that case book themselves a spot for the SFs.

Tbh Indian Batting has no obvious weakness especially with Dhoni and Dhawan regaining form and Rahul at no. 4 in place of Rayadu etc. There was never a question about Kohli, Sharma and Pandya. Jhadav is the only average player in this batting line up but he can be hidden.

If a team has to beat India it has to BAT INDIA OUT. I think Eng and Pak have the ability to do so.
 
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