England won the toss and batting. Seems india is not in mood to win. except bumrah n shami other 3 bowlers going at 10 runs an over.
150 crossed in 20 overs
A shameful defeat is looming for them - putting at risk of their unbeaten record.
The leggie chahal whom I grade very high is being manhandled . ALREADY conceced 6 sixes and 7 fours
Only if morgan was not out cheaply , this wud have been a 400 target
Why mostart open thread I say
This concept of laying strong foundation can be taken to a ridiculous extreme. Batting at a run rate of 3 runs per hour through 14 overs simply builds pressure on those to follow. Nohit doing a Hafees, Dhoni and Misbah
True. If someone else opened it. We may had a chance. Yesterday also we won with so much difficulty.
I hope eng Vs NZ and pk Vs bd will be open by our very own ajazali fan of sarfaraz
India require another 190 runs with 8 wickets and 20.5 overs remaining
Now its up to Sharma to hit a double-ton... :D
Taking too much time at the start is no pot a good strategy
honestly , this match will dent the already dented reputation of dhoni. He didnt tried hard. trying to keep himself not out. only virat and pandya tried seriously. Even rohit was not going that hard against bowlers
I smell of fixing... :D Look at India's first and last ten over batting. :D
India loses by 31 runs.
Now onto Kiwis for the win. Pakistan has to win against mukti bahini.
The other improbable scenario is that Pakistan posts a huge total against Bangladesh and qualifies by net run rate.
George Dobell pings from Egbaston that India are getting booed. Not entirely unsurprising given how that final bit played out... Our stats editor S Rajesh tells me, "7 dots, 20 singles, 3 fours, 1 six - in 31 balls of the Dhoni-Jadhav partnership". Source: cricinfo
28 runs off first ten overs.
Followed by he can do no wrong dot ball Dhoni.
India openers always get off to slow start. Won?t work in long run, mostart
Yes that 28 runs made the difference. But wat dhoni did makes him a Shoaib Malik of India who can score only in low scoring match. For high scores dhoni cannot achieve it means
You are absolutely correct, mostart. Dhoni style has become playing dot ball cricket and taking game deep. In low scoring games, he gets away with this. He has a big average because he remains not out. Whereas Hardik went for the runs and perished doing so. Dhoni also pads his strike rate by hitting a six when it no longer matters.
Yeah it was very much understandiable for us why India take it easy...
ICC should investigate this match. Deliberately losing for whatever reason should never be acceptable. Its already banned in many sports.
You are giving too much credit to Dhoni abilities. For last several years this has been his game. Slowing down the innings to a crawl. I honestly don?t think India lost this deliberately. Kedar Jadhav does not belong in an international team. Show I is past his sell date. Rohit Sharma takes too long to get started. Rahul of late has been getting bogged down.