Til the Indian innings begin I was also of the opinion that Indian team has gone pass such crap. They have very high standard of professionalism. But the start of innings and all approach of Indian batters was never to win seriously. Their target was 300 . Winning was not
All planned for a inferior cause
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From Gawaskar to Ganguly to Nasser to Waqar , everyone is talking bout how this match was fixed ( in one form or ther). ICC should investigate the matter. This has some serious repercussions on the credibility of the game. IMO, it was fixed to keep England in the final 4 rather than to keep Pakistan out..
I have always called Dhoni dot ball Dhoni. For a reason.
Go go to the India Afghanistan game. India batters first. The same pair Dhoni and Jadhav soaked in dot ball after dot ball. And led India to a mammoth total,of about 225 I think. India was lucky to get Afghanistan out and win this game. Dhoni in the last three years has provided multiple examples of his dot ball approach and taking the game deep even for very comfortable targets.
I don?t believe this was intentional. However if ICC find ps,it was intentional, ban the players involved for life. And if BCCI involved, ban India for at least five years.
There is no place for geopolitics in sports.Period.
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Also, Gangulis statement does not imply the match was fixed. He is simply being critical,of Dhoni and Jadhav.
Rohit always gets off to a slow start. Rahul,is out of form. Check his strike rate even before this game. It is quite pathetic. He scored 0 off 9 deliveries. His place is in doubt. Do you really think he will,sabotage his career?
Dhoni and jadhav batter is Ted is the same manner - only worse - vs Afghanistan. India then too had plenty of wickets in hand. But these two soaked in several,dot balls.
The orhers played well actually. Kohli did all right. Pant also played well. Hardik went after the bowling.
If you arent looking around you arent paying attention. Check with analysts at cricinfo wrote. What michael Vaughn said today. And others. Everyone literally everyone is implying it. Ofcourse many wouldnt say it clearly but that doesnt mean this didnt happen.
Yes it shouldnt be political but the guyz wearing their army hats in cricket ground can do anything messy
Expert commentatators shoukd state what they think. No, I have not seen Vaughn statement.
I was against Dhoni wearing army symbol on gloves. I don?t know anything about army hats. I find wearing patriotism on one?s sleeve quite silly - especially on a sports contest.
Conspiracy theory will will always be around. Those who want to find solace in it will always find a suitable conspiracy theory. I guess moderates become leftists when it suits them. Or vice versa?
Jai Hind?
Prince papa, can you hand me my army hat. Or just hand it over to mostart who is heading my way.