Zimbabwe beat India by 2 runs in first T20I

Dhoni will now finish the match and gets all the credit. The same story. Nevertheless, winning the match from this position is not easy by any means.
 
Even Zimboks can smash trundlers like Rishi and Jaydev. Mediocre trundlers to the nth degree. Should be banned from playing international cricket for India.
 
Good to see Zimbabwe at least competing and making this a close game.

India still favourites, need 7 off 4.
 
Oh my.

Two dot balls in a row. What was Rishi Dhawan trying to do there ? A Misbah in World T20 final-like ramp ?!
 
Dhoni needs 4 off the final ball to win !

Brilliant finish to this game.
 
Rishi Dhawan is the most useless hack we could possibly have playing for us.
 
MSD not out and ending on the losing side i have seen that before once NZL vs INDIA when franklin bowled brilliantly to Yuvi and MSD in the 2012 t20 series
 
one of the worst batting efforts in 10 years by any team, small ground,112 kph length bowling, half volleys all missed :P good lesson for Axar,thats how you become a zero while trying to act over smart
 
Dhoni once again proved why he is overrated. Throughout his career, he has had only 4 finishes when required more than 12 runs of the final over. Yes, just 4 matches. Most of the times, he won games for India when India needed 40 of 50 balls or 6-8 runs of the last over. He always failed when the required RRR was more than 10.

One of the 4 FINISHES was against Australia in CB series, which should have been won by India easily but he took it till the end and made it difficult for himself and India.
 
Great win for the Zimbos... Kudos! Hopefully we have at least strong 14 nations in this format.


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Even though it's just a T20 match vs Zimbabwe, this should heap more pressure for Dhoni to seriously considering his decision to stay on.

You know you're past it when you can't put 130k length balls away.
 
MSD not out and ending on the losing side i have seen that before once NZL vs INDIA when franklin bowled brilliantly to Yuvi and MSD in the 2012 t20 series

I clearly remember two more. One against England and another one against Sri Lanka(tie match).
 
Great finish.

How way the second last ball wide.

Still all is well that ends well

:hafeez1
 
And poor Rishi Dhawan. What a useless hack. Actually the match should have been over even before the last ball. Thanks to the umpire who gave it a wide when it wasn't.
 
I got grilled last time for saying Rishi Dhawan is a useless player.

So won't say it now..
 
Shorter the game....more chances of smaller teams to cause upsets. Hence I always say...if you want to tour places like Zim, Ire etc. stick to only T20 cricket. Tests and ODIs are meaningless.

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I hope [MENTION=134809]sensible-indian-fan[/MENTION] didn't watch this match.

Would've had a hypertensive emergency:narine
 
I hope [MENTION=134809]sensible-indian-fan[/MENTION] didn't watch this match.

Would've had a hypertensive emergency:narine

Nah didn't watch.

Didn't even care for the game. :D

Checked Dhoni's score 19 off 17 balls.

Some finishing that.

All the others around him were striking at 130-200 SR.
 
Its good that we lose this games rather than players boosting their stats against weak teams.

Rishi Dhawan was gonna be useless.

Dhoni must retire.

Rayudu has to be told that his biriyani services are enough and we can't afford a slow hack in the team.

Not a bad day for Indian cricket.
 
Only thing disappointing is Chahal's performance.

Hope it was just an off day.

If a leggie screws up against teams like Zim, WI and Kenya (who can't play leg spin to save their lives), its not a good sign.
 
I knew when Pandey got out, India was in trouble despite having Dhoni still out there. Such an overrated finisher.

I wasn't watching the game bhai but when I saw that pandey was out on cricinfo commentary I had a feeling India would struggle
 
Its good that we lose this games rather than players boosting their stats against weak teams.

Rishi Dhawan was gonna be useless.

Dhoni must retire.

Rayudu has to be told that his biriyani services are enough and we can't afford a slow hack in the team.

Not a bad day for Indian cricket.

Dhoni must not retire. He should play at no.5. Our middle order is so weak that we can't afford to lose him. What India needs now is a good hitting batsman. We have failed to create even one hitter despite having IPL in the last 9 years. What a shame.

Rohit
Rahul/Dhawan
Kohli
Manish Pandey
Dhoni
_____
_____
Ashwin
Shami
Bhuvi
Bumrah.

Two positions are up for grabs.
 
I had my doubts about him.

Now it's confirmed.

He has well and truly lost it:msd

Indian LOI teams needs fresh ideas and fresh players. Seems to me you have gone a bit stale just consistently sticking with under peforming players such as Dhwaan Raina and some of the bowlers. Msd seems to be on decline massively as well.
 
Jokes aside, Dhawan, Kulkarni, Unadkat, these are rubbish players, and should not be no where near the team honestly.
 
Thought Manish Pandey looked good - could be the power hitter India need ?
 
Guys who are the best ones to fill in the places in our ODI team after Dhoni finally decides to call it a day?

Rahul
Rohit
Kohli
Pandey
-
-
Jadeja
Ashwin
Bhuvi
Shami
Bumrah
 
Damn IPL superstars can't even beat zimbabwe. And lol at dhoni. He thougt he will become a hero. Just retire from intl cricket for god sake and keep playing in that lallu panju league.
 
Dhoni must not retire. He should play at no.5. Our middle order is so weak that we can't afford to lose him. What India needs now is a good hitting batsman. We have failed to create even one hitter despite having IPL in the last 9 years. What a shame.

Rohit
Rahul/Dhawan
Kohli
Manish Pandey
Dhoni
_____
_____
Ashwin
Shami
Bhuvi
Bumrah.

Two positions are up for grabs.

Why? He is way past his prime.
 
While Indian bench strength is exceptional in ODI format, and also in tests but in T20s not as much tbh. So not surprised by the loss, Zimbabwe are not bad in T20s. Actually, no lower ranked side is.
 
And ****** at Dhoni.

Chigumbura struck 7 sixes today, even Patel did too. Dhoni scored a solitary boundary
 
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