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We are just a few days away from the cricket's biggest tournament which is going to be hosted in India after 2011, that is also only the second time we won WC second time under MSD.

Cricket is the biggest celebrated sport in India followed by over 1 billion fans, and it is getting bigger and bigger every year. And surely India is one of the favorites to win the title again because the team is in terrific form which they recently won Asia cup as well a week before. So let's just grab some discussion about the long tournament, especially about India matches, in this thread.


Here is our 15 member world cup squad where all of them deserved their place with their stunning performances over the last 18 months of domestic and international matches but only one guy Axar misses out due to some injury replaced by R. Ashwin which seems actually a last time strategic change because a wrist spinner is very important especially in Indian playing condition and Aswin is one of the world class spinner also part of team India 2011 winning squad along with only other man Virat Kohli from the current team.

Let's see the fixtures of Indian team below

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We have got various interesting players like Shubhman Gill and Ishan Kishan as our top batting squad who will definitely pump up the heat by scoring nice runs on the field. Not to forget our desi Hardik Pandya is also in form with his ultra-cool batting and swaggy bowling, while also adding a name of two of the top most bowlers of India atm, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami who will rule the bowling end. All in all, the whole team looks ready to kick in with great hopes of the whole Bharat country on them.

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Ishan Kishan most likely to play at number 5 because you can never replace Hitman and Gill combo which has extreme record in the opening partnership.


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Added, thanks for the info bro.

I was hoping some participation from Indian board members there, but I see none. Bit disappointed.

We were discussing Ashwin on another thread as to how lucky this guy can be. He got selected in T20WC because of an injury to another bowler. This time in the ODIWC he was again selected because of another injury. He is a perfect all-rounder at the moment that India needs in the lower batting order. India and England are the favorites but you cannot ignore the South African side, they are looking very good. Cannot ignore Australia and the Kiwis these two teams have the ability to outperform themselves in ICC tournaments.

^ I find Ashwin to be better than Axar patel, I'm glad Ashwin is in. I have two favs aside from India, Kiwis and SA, Kiwis played superb in their match vs Pak, SA's first got abandoned but we'll see tomorrow.

I submitted my prediction as well. :)

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Axar performed well too in his batting even in Asia cup but for now it seems Off-spinner can't afford to miss out when playing in India so R.Ashwin is the best person for now. I would say India, Australia, and England are my top three, and I am not going to deny that Team England is far deadlier than any other team now if you look at their squad.

Axar Patel isn't that good at bowling but to be very honest, he bats much better at the lower number and brings up the hopes when everyone thinks that the team is going to lose. TBH, there are various batsmen like him, like Rahul Tewatia and Yashasvi Jaiswal but they're kept out maybe because the team doesn't find the potential in them to play the World Cup '23.

We already have many batters competing for top order, there was little chance for Jaiswal, Gill is in form, Kohli/Sharma can't be dropped, Iyer keeps making 40+ runs in each inning, he appears to me perfect ODI batsman, however during pressures he keeps losing wicket.

Regarding Tewatia, Ashwin aside from being an all-rounder, have plenty of experience, Ashwin over him.

I am not sure about Tewatia but Jiaswal will get an entry in the ODI team when either Rohit or Kohli are not playing. Jaiswal has got good potential and has proven that he is suitable for all formats of cricket. I am sure for now he is happy to be part of the T20 squad. Next year we might see him playing in the T20WC. BCCI has already given signs that Kohli and Rohit won't be part of the playing 11.

Axar Patel is the future and he will replace Ashwin in coming years in all formats of cricket. I am not against Ashwin but I think that after the World Cup, it would be the right time for him to retire. He is already 37 and he got this opportunity to be part of the playing 11 due to Axar Patel's injury. At the moment the main concern is Jadeja's form, he has not scored anything big in the matches he has played. India does need him for the lower orders whenever the middle order collapses. 

Shubman Gill doubtful starter for India's World Cup opener (http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/127972/shubman-gill-doubtful-starter-for-indias-world-cup-opener)

The Prime opener for Indian team is likely to miss out the big game against Aussies which is actually a big setback for the Indian team since Shubman Gill is in terrific form and played well in the Asia Cup as well as the ODI matches against Australia prior to the World Cup so I guess Ishan Kishan is likely to open for the first game who also very good in that spot and performed against Bangladesh, West Indies and whenever he got the opportunity to play.

We all are currently enjoying the Cricket World Cup in India. But, do you guys know how much revenue this event will generate? How much money would come to the Indian economy? It would be approximately $1.64 billion (Rs 13,500 crore). This amount will give our economy a boost to approach the 5 trillion dollars economy in just 45 days. That is a conservative estimate, it can go higher than the amount quoted as per BQ prime (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bqprime.com/amp/business/cricket-world-cup-may-add-2-4-billion-to-indian-economy-bank-of-baroda).

The amount would be more than what they estimated. There are other revenues that will be generated which we will only find out after the completion of the tournament.

Btw, today India will be playing against Afghanistan in the finals of Asian games. I was expecting a final between India and Pakistan. They got defeated because of poor bowling and good batting by Afghans. I am certain that India will win the gold in cricket.

The Indian team led by Rituraj Gaikwad has won another GOLD MEDAL for India. I too was expecting an Indian vs Pakistan match, which eventually did not happen. Considering the players of Pakistan who are playing in PSL and other premier leagues. India won the gold medal after the match was abandoned due to the rain and India had a good overall run rate plus points in this game. The silver medal went to Afghanistan and the bronze went to Bangladesh. Pakistan did not win due to DLS while playing against Bangladesh today.

Our super star Shubman Gill has been tested positive for dengue, which implies before he gets well will take at least 7- 10 days which means he wound missing the both marches on the 8 and 11 of October, with this news my confidence of we wining the next two game just came down with 30%.

Source: https://m.economictimes.com/news/sports/icc-world-cup-2023-shubman-gill-tests-positive-for-dengue-big-worries-for-team-india/articleshow/104199807.cms?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Whatsappchannel&utm_campaign=Promoted+News (https://m.economictimes.com/news/sports/icc-world-cup-2023-shubman-gill-tests-positive-for-dengue-big-worries-for-team-india/articleshow/104199807.cms?utm_source=Whatsapp&utm_medium=Whatsappchannel&utm_campaign=Promoted+News).

Pretty much excited for the India's first match on the big Sunday, what can we expect more than that. :D

Hope there is no issue in the weather in Chennai so that we can have the actual match, I didn't know that Gill is likely to miss out this match because he is one of the important player from team's perspective so hopefully he won't lose the game against PAK but Dravid also said that he isn't ruled out for this game in the press conference which is kind of confusing.

Reason he said so was  because the medical team are still on this result, and if his result come out pretty good he might gain himself the chance of playing in the game. We just hope his result turns out pretty good.

India Vs Australia

India played its first match in this World Cup today at Chennai against the Australian team. Today I personally have witnessed an Indian team that was playing way above their original game. The bowling attack was perfect and the response from the fielder was way beyond every Indian's imagination. The bowler's and fielder's perfect coordination helped India restrict the Australian batter to score just 199, the target to win for India is 200 runs. After the Asia Cup finals, this is the second time the Indian team performed so well after being asked to bowl first by the opponent.

Shubhman Gill is not playing today, the bowler compensated for his absence. It should be now easy for the Indian batters to chase 200 runs unless the batting order collapses, which I am certain won't happen.

The Indian team won against Australia!

The first match of the World Cup and the Indian team won. Thanks to Virat and Rahul! This was one of those matches where the experience of playing a pressure match came in handy. What an amazing batting by the GOAT followed by Rahul. If you guys missed it after India lost 3 wickets in the first 3 overs as most we will continue with other activities. Then you missed how GOAT with the help of Rahul won the game.

It happened upside down for me, I missed the initial few overs of Indian batting and shocked to see three down at 20 odd runs when I tuned in.

But after looking at the shot selection of Virat and Rahul I felt that the we are still in the game and the game progresses both batters got better and better also the dew factor at the late end helped a bit but even before that KL and Virat took the match away from OZ.

KL missed his century with too good shot because at the time of presentation he said he timed the ball too well because he was expecting for 4 then he can hit a 6 to reach his century but anyway very good performance from both batting and bowling.

Hope the winning run continues for India.

India VS Afghanistan

India will be playing their second match tomorrow at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Afghanistan is not a tougher side in the World Cup. After beating Australia, beating Afghans would be easy. The status of Shubhman Gill's health has not been updated by BCCI. Hopefully, we will hear about him tomorrow and the decision on whether he would be playing will be announced tomorrow. Ishan Kishan was a flop in the last match with Rohit Sharma. If Shubhman plays then it will obviously boost the Indian batting order.

Edit: Shubhman Gill will not be playing against Afghanistan.

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The news is not at all good. It is still not clear whether he will be missing only the next match or all matches. Getting hospitalized due to dengue takes a serious toll on the body. If he does recover fast then whether he will be fit to play is a question mark. I hope he recovers fast and plays as he was in his best form before the World Cup started. Meanwhile, I believe Ishan might continue to open the batting with Rohit tomorrow. The Indian team management has not given an indication of a possible change as of now.   

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I am starting a small contest on this thread. Everyday I will be asking a question related to India cricket. The person who gives the first right answer will be awarded 1 merit from my sMerits kitty. There is only one rule, those who have been active on the local board for the last 15 days can only participate.

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Please answer within 24 hours after the creation of this post.

Rahul Dravid with Sunil Gavaskar :)

I suppose that was easy to answer, the next one would be a little tougher to answer for sure  ;). That is the correct answer. This photograph is from 1987, I don't know the location or the occasion where it was taken. Two legends of cricket for every Indian cricket fan. Both are still active, we can still here Sunil Gavaskar from the commentary box. Rahul Dravid is the coach of the Indian team playing the World Cup 2023.

I did some calculation to find Rahul Dravid's age in 1987. He is 50 now and this picture was taken 36 years back, naturally he was a 14 year old kid in 1987.

Thank you for the chance. :)
I watched the match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan today and it seemed ridiculous for a team like Sri Lanka to lose after giving a target of 345 with 2 full centuries and dismissing Imam-Ul-Haq and Babar Azam at early stage. This shows that this World Cup is full of surprises and India needs to be very much aware of the same and should be highly aware of each and every team and their players' capabilities to win each battle and bring the World Cup here.

Rizwan was the reason why Pakistan was able to chase 345 runs. Of course Srilankan bowling was at its poorest form yesterday. Their fielding was not that good, furthermore it seems they took the match lightly. Their focus was to get Babar Azam as soon as possible and thereafter Pakistani batting would collapse. In general in most cases that is how Pakistani batting works as the team is very dependable on Babar. Yesterday was a complete different day for Pakistan. No one expected Rizwan to bat so brilliantly
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The match between India and Afghanistan begins in just a few minutes. There is a change in the playing 11 for today. Shardul Thakur replaces Ravichandran Aswin in this match. Afghanistan has won the toss and has chosen to bat first. Interesting approach by the Afghans as they believe they can defend their target against the best batting lineup.

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I am really surprised with this change because if they wanted to bring an extra fast bowler then they should be replaced Shami since he got good record on this venue also for better compared to Shardul Takur as a bowler.

I don't think Afghanistan took batting first decision because they think they can defend against India, its due to their poor batting performance and their strong unit is bowling attack so they just went what will be the best option for them.

As if now AFG lost their 1st wicket to Bumrah.

There is nothing to be surprised by with this change, the pitch is a batting track. India needs an all-rounder who can bat in-depth and bowl that is why Shardul was onboarded and Ashwin was rested. I think the Indian management made the right decision as Shardul took a wicket.

Afghanistan's decision to bat first is solely based on the pitch, they do have a good bowling attack. They believed that batting first would help them as in they would be able to give a good target to India. Unfortunately, it is not working as they expected as they are still short of the 250 mark.

Rohit Sharma - the Hitman has killed the hopes of Afghanistan by nearing his runs to 100 (not so far). I am amazed how Afghanistan managed to score 272, but with current RR and looking at the required RR, India is already a winner of this match without losing a single wicket at the time of writing and may not lose any, as the combo of Sharma - Kishan is very deadly.
It will be like icing on the cake to see Ishan Kishan too opening up his arms and start co-operating Rohit in this run chase and end up the game quickly to achieve a good net RR.

Hitman broken many records yesterday.

1. The player to hit most number of sixes in all international format. (surpassed Gayle)

2. Fastest century scored by an Indian batter in world cup match (came after 40 years).

3. Fastest player to reach 1000 runs in WC, sharing with Warner on the 19 innings. (previously Sachin in 20 innings)

It looks to see such kind of blazing performance from Captain which is really needed for him after a long time, and I hope he is back into the form of 2019 where he scored 5 centuries.

Good News for India

Our upcoming Kohli and Rohit Sharma replacement Shubhman Gill has been discharged from the hospital. Indian media reported that he has already reached Ahmedabad, I won't share the link here as you can do a simple Google search. I cannot confirm whether he will be playing in the upcoming important game against Pakistan. However, it is not possible to play a game in just a couple of days after fighting dengue as he was hospitalized due to a low platelet count.

Indian team has performed well in his absence in the last two matches. I think they will allow him to rest as India is in a better position on the point table after they won against Afghanistan. India is ranked second on the point table with a NRR of +1.5 below New Zealand as this team has multiple options. I still fell India should think about Ishan Kishan as he does not look comfortable while opening the innings.

Shubhman Gill reaching Ahmedabad is a piece of good news for the Indian side. Will he play or not is questionable, we would need to wait for the BCCI and the team management to take a decision. It will all depend on his fitness level which might be happening before the match. I'm sure he won't try to miss this match as this match can become a crucial touchstone for him in his career, if he perfoms.

Good news but the issue is he is still in the recovery and medical experts says it will take at least two weeks for a complete recovery from Dengue so he may miss the Pakistan match too if I am not wrong.

Also BCCI mentioned that they are not seeking a replacement for Gill so he will likely to back in whenever he is ready.

While I heard some contrast news from former Indian player who mentioned that BCCI asked Ruturaj and Jaiswal to be prepared as back up on air while doing commentary on yesterday's match.

I don't think there will be any more issues regarding Gill's participation and Rohit Sharma said that his availability of Gill for today's match is 99%. Also, he was involved in the practice session yesterday so most likely we can see him opening on the match against Pakistan itself.

I am taking interest in cricket because I want to bet on sports, its low risky and low emotionally challenging to bet on sports then playing casino. I know some basics about cricket just don't have enough experience like knowing players name, records, who is best in batting, bowling, etc.
What I learned today: I knew that today at 2PM There will be match between India and Pakistan, which is very interesting to watch then any other team match. And I think a good player Shubman Gill has recovered from dengue which increase odds of india wins.

@cafter, I know you are enthusiastic about making money and I wish you all the best, but a fellow member of this forum, I would not encourage you to gamble your money like that.

Sports betting is not learnt in one day by just knowing the game and how its played. It is a result of years of analysis of games, player's performance, team's outcome when pitched against one another and a bit of luck. You might get lucky but if you want a career in sports betting its way bigger than that. At some point you might not be able to clear your balance off the red.

Those who actually make money from sports betting are often gamblers but more often they are converted gamblers or affiliate marketers making podcasts about sports and showing off their money because they are paid to do so by betting companies. Same happens with Poker at one stage once you make a name for yourself. They dont gamble anymore.

Its your money though, not mine, but that is what I have understood over these years.

thanks for giving your helpful advice, I will gamble just small portion of my money which I will not regret after losing and I don't want to gamble for now Also I don't have a regular income, And I am a student I don't want to ruin my life gambling, I just shared that I will bet on sports by gaining some experiences when I will be married or have some regular income and a good job.
Once again thanks for your advice you are good wisher. I know about responsible gambling will not ruin my life and will give advice to people who are gambling irresponsibly.

Also I was a gully cricket boy who don't even scored a "6", I don't know but I was very bad at  batting but my balling was good, I used to throw spin ball and hit their wicket.

Pakistan Vs India

The match that every cricket fan had been waiting has started. India winning the toss and asking Pakistan to bat first. The pitch doesn't offer any assistance to the fast bowlers. It might give some assistance to the Indian spinners which we will see in the later stage of the game. At the moment the Pakistani openers have given their team a good start. After end of 8 overs they have scored 41 runs and lost 1 wicket.

Good news for India, Shubman Gill is part of the playing 11. He gives a good boost to the batting order of the Indian team. Ishan Kishan has been dropped for this match.

On a flat pitch, Indian bowlers have proven that they can take wickets. I had a notion that Pakistan batters would struggle against the Indian bowling attack. Now it is happening they have lost 7 wickets, which means their middle order has been wiped out. The bowlers are now on the pitch, run rate has gone down considerably. There wont be a big target to chase for the Indian batters for sure. 

It was a complete disaster for Pakistan today. When Babar and Rizwan were batting the projected score was 300 runs. They both got out and the whole batting order crumbled. I remember after they lost to India in the Asia Cup, Vikrant Gupta did pointed out this issue. If Babar and Rizwan don't bat Pakistani batters fail to deliver what they are expected. Today we again saw the same problem.

This is actually serious issue for Pakistan team and it shows how much they dependent on Babar and Rizwan even today they are the only batsmen showed the fight back attitude.

Now India is striking back really hard, Hitman started hit show from the first ball itself unfortunately Gill got out early still no issues for the India and they are roaring at 64 for 1 at the end of 8 overs and if they score at this rate the match won't last long over 25 overs.

2 wickets gone for India, Shubman Gill is understandable but Kohli hitting a loose shot is not acceptable. He should have rotated the strike and let Rohit take on the Pakistan bowlers. India is still in a good position to win the game. The reason for scoring fast is because they want a good run rate and in the later stage of the game the ball might not come to the bat as it is now.

Rohit Sharma got out, but he did really well, hitting 6 fours and 6 sixes for a total of 86 runs. Pakistan 0 sixes
Now, the team only needs 35 more runs to win. (sounds like commentary no?)

I won't blame Kohli though, especially when Hitman is going for the kill all the balls he is facing. He got out on the top edge if I am not wrong but at that stage of match everybody knew that there is no hope for Pakistan in this match so India played this inning with the intention of increasing the NRR and it paid back as well cause now India is sitting at the top of the table.

Hitman seems to be in terrific form and precisely the form he wanted, like in 2019 WC, but unfortunately he gave away his wicket softly and missed his well deserved century. No worries, still lot more games to come, and hopefully the winning run continues for team India.

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Points table updated.

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Although I don't take cricket very seriously, I watched yesterday's match very seriously. Pakistan has been defeated in all the high voltage matches India-Pakistan have played. This is the main failure of Pakistan. Pakistan have lost each of the eight World Cup matches held in the past. In this case, no possible reason is known for Pakistan's defeat but their batting and bowling failure in every match is fully responsible.

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ESPNcricinfo (https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1713206409201115404?s=19)

Many congratulations to the Indian community on winning this important match against Pakistan. They have already beaten the Australian team earlier and I don't think anything is going to stop them from progressing and lifting this 2023 World Cup.

Also, It is not only about the performance, but the confidence and the body language that the whole Indian team has at the moment is a guarantee that they won't disappoint their crowd and nation.

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After yesterday I think the real important matches to asses India's performance are on 22nd, 29th and on 5th Nov. On the 22nd of October they play against New Zealand. Then on the 29th they play against England. The real test would be on the 5th when they play against South Africa. It would be interesting to watch the betting odds for the match against all the three teams.

Why do I have a feeling that these four countries(including India)will be playing against each other in the semifinals. Do you guys have the same hunch?


I cannot see the image link you have posted. Use talkimg for posting images in the forum. They provide bbcode based links. Coming back to your image link. I think you have posted ICC ODI ranking list. India became the number one team before the World Cup after winning the Asia Cup.

The target will be difficult to achieve for the England team...

We all know that India Pakistan match means is a high voltage match.But nowadays India and Pakistan matches don't come like before because Pakistan loses every match to India and now they don't play with them like before.But people sit eagerly to watch Pakistan and India play this time it was proved in their match.Where the gallery was completely empty in the opening match of this World Cup, the gallery was completely filled in the match between India and Pakistan It seemed that the India Pakistan match was the first match of this World Cup.These two countries are eternal rivals in cricket for which there is no shortage of people's interest in these two countries.I am giving some proof of that:
ESPNcricinfo (https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1713473549678325873?t=6t9nXasDCFu2LPTnb81Z-Q&s=19)

ESPNcricinfo (https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1713473562361970912?t=6t9nXasDCFu2LPTnb81Z-Q&s=19)

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Before the match started a lot of cricket critiques from India and Bangladesh mentioned that it will be tricky match. The reason they quoted was Bangladesh performance in the World Cup against India. They even said that India VS Bangladesh can become a third big upset in the World Cup.

One tight slap to those who questioned India's performance in the World Cup by King Kohli. Another big slap on their face by Rohit Sharma  because of his captaincy. The next slap would be from the bowlers and fielders.

What concerns me is the batting of Shreyas Iyer. I think he is struggling with his timing and after watching him getting caught today I feel he should be rested. I am sure the Indian team management won't agree with me.

The next concern is Hardik Injury as the Indian team need him . The reason is simple he is the best all rounder that India has after Kapil Dev. For now the news is not good as he has been sent for scans as the team physio think he has broken his ankle.

Who will be the next replacement? Either Shami or Kishan I personally think will be his replacement. What do you guys think?

I would say Shreyas is doing the job that is assigned to him, which is play anchor role on one end if there are too many wickets fell early, and also he is a good player of spin which proved in the previous match, so I don't think India will be looking for a replacement as long as the winning streak continues, and also I would prefer Ashwin over Takur on any venue because he is more capable of batting and can trouble batsmen even in batting friendly conditions with his variations so that is the one change I would like to happen.

AFAIK, the Hardik's Injury is not that serious but if he can't play the next match then India will be having big trouble since he contributes in both bat and ball.

If Hardik needs to be rested then India needs an actual 3rd seamer who will be Shami, but we will go one batsman short, so I hope he will be recovered before the big match against Kiwis on Sunday.

Kohli reached his 48th ODI ton today in his way and just one short to level Sachin's record.

Ashwin should be in the team as he would have walked into any team playing in this world cup and still not getting a spot and Hardik should take some rest and bring Shami back against New Zealand.

Hardik twisted his ankle and he was not even able to bowl after that, he needs a minimum rest of one week and if he is rushed back for the Sunday's match against New Zealand he wont be playing at his best and he might get injured again.

Never thought anyone would surpass Sachin for the number of centuries scored in ODI.

I feel he's good at rotating the strike and knows how to hold a wicket however whenever he goes for big shots he gets out. I think he's proper odi batsman and can be good partner when working along the sides of hard hitting batsman.


I'd rather like Surya, but I'll probably be alone on this one.

So Hardik Pandya is mostly injured for the next match and won't be in. What do you guys think? Will it be 5 bowlers in form of Shardul Ashwin, Kuldeep, Bumrah and Siraj or do you think it's better to put in SKY in place of Pandya and Ashwin in place of Shardul? Because I think it's better to have an extra batter with you haven't seen that trusted batting from Shardul so far. Case would have been different if we had Axar in team.

2 changes from my side.

The next match up is against the Kiwis in Dharmashala so IMO they should drop Thakur Saab and include Shami in the Playing XI but it will make our tail a bit long so to tackle this they could opt for SKY as an extra batter. Overall we should go with our old formula of 5 genuine bowlers (including Jadeja as a spin allrounder). 

Shami over Thakur because you can't risk with the latter when you are going with the 5 bowlers only. He's a useful number 6 bowling option but you can't count him as a frontline bowler despite his golden arm.

Kishan is a left-hander, which is a plus point in the mid inning when the opposition has left arm spinner (Satner) and no bowling side like this kind of battle as it heavily favors the slogging lefty batter like Kishan (similar to Pant) but SKY provides X-factor so I'd prefer him over Kishan.

Jaddu-Kuldeep duo is doing their job nicely so Ashwin's services are unnecessary in the next match.

As it is now clear that Pandya won't be playing the next match a in the World Cup. I am certain about Shami but I am not sure about SKY. I still think Ishan would be given preference over SKY. In my opinion SKY is a T20 player than an ODI one. His ability to hit the ball all over the ground comes handy as a T20 batters. Whereas a Kishan has already played in the World Cup and is quite capable in a 50 over match. We can only speculate the final decision would be taken by the team management.

It's official that Pandya will not be available for the match against NZ on Sunday.

Pandya to miss NZ clash due to ankle injury (https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/128155/pandya-to-miss-nz-clash-due-to-ankle-injury)

As I predicted, India is going to be facing the real challenge now and it's up against the another Undefeated team. I feel that Ishan Kishan should be played over SKY as of this moment just purely based on their batting performance based on ODIs alone. We saw that Surya can play controlled inning too but its obvious that he tried really had not to hit the ball on that match too whereas Ishan Kishan will be good because to tackle the Santner in the middle over because is the leading wicket take for NZ and gives control in the middle overs of Kiwis which can be disturbed with the presence of an aggressive left-hander like him.

SKY has shown that he has the ability to strike the ball really well when he is in touch in the highest level, he may not have showed that in ODI, but it is a matter of time he will prove his caliber, Ishan Kishan is a good left handed option as the match is in pitches where he will be familiar but not able to view him bat so no comments on that.

The match is played in Dharamshala which showed that chasing a total is a bit tricky where Netherlands defeated South Africa and England scored 364 batting first, so the toss is an important factor.

India is having better bowling attack than other teams so either its chasing or defending we have the quality unit for that especially all of them are in extreme form since Asia cup. Still the Playing XI for tomorrow's match is unpredictable and for Kiwis Williamson seems to fit for tomorrow's match and if he plays then we will have some worries though cause he is someone who can defend and attack whenever needed and he is used to Indian pitches as well as against India.

I would love to see SKY too but will the team management take the risk on this match? I don't think so.

India VS New Zealand

An important match for both the teams as they both have not been defeated  yet in the tournament. Today one of them will get defeated and the other would remain undefeated. India. Will be playing without Hardik Pandya as he got injured in the last match. Either SKY or Kishan should be part of the playing 11 today. I just checked the betting odds and India has a slight edge in the odds against New Zealand. Overall I am expecting a close match today as we haven't witnessed one in the tournament until now.

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Playing 11 for today

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Indians bowling attack again started extraordinarily against the best team which put the Conway under pressure and when he tried to hit he get caught at mid-wicket and Shami bowled a beauty in his first ever ball of this tournament and took Will young's wicket.

India is really in strong position now and without Kane Williamson then their middle order could be shaken down.

Shami could have got his second wicket if Jadeja could have taken the simple catch of Rachin. The spinners have stopped the flow of runs for now. They have brought the run rate below 5 again, we should expect another wicket anytime now. Indian bowling attack has been one of its plus point. They have been able to comeback everytime when the opponent batters have tried to increase the run flow.

Shami Got five wicket haul in his first match itself so I think this is enough why he should be played in the playing XI over Takur.

As of now, its testing situation for the Indian middle order KL got out unfortunately from review and SKY run out due to miscommunication and extraordinary fielding from New Zealand hopefully Kohli and Jaddu will take this match closer to the target.

Still 73 runs needed of 86 balls.

There is no debate about who the better bowler is, Shami would be a permanent fix if India had the luxury to pick the 3rd pacer and Shardul Thakur gives some stability to the tail and even in this match, if India losses one more wicket, the weak tail is exposed and New Zealand have a chance to turn things around.

As long as Virat Kohli is in the crease, there is nothing to worry and all they do is to rotate the strike from this situation rather than looking for extra ordinary shots as they only need 34 runs to win from 46 balls.

Yeah, I agree with you the long Indian tail can be an issue even if we need run a ball like 10 needed from 10 balls and with the last four batsmen then the match will go against us. So this means we are going to go with Takur? If they required an extra batter and who can bowl 5 overs, then Ashwin can do the same even better in Run rate column irrespective of pitch condition.

Let's celebrate the win today and rivalry against NZ over 20 years in ICC completed now from India.

Really disappointed when Virat got out, I felt that he should looked to hit boundary and take a single to complete his ton, but it didn't happen.

Jadeja's batting box also ticked with this match completion, and we really deserved the top spot now more than any other team.

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Out of the four games left in this tournament for the Indian team, I think only two are important. The match scheduled on 29th October against England is crucial as the English team needs a win in the tournament. The next match against South Africa is the most important as they are presently ranked 3rd on the point table. If India is able to beat these two teams then they will remain undefeated in the WC2023.

Do you guys think India will be able to remain an undefeated team after the 12th of November?

Shami can bat tho and his world cup hauls are nothing sort of impressive. He's one of top 5 Indian wicket takers while playing less matches than his peers of different eras.

Felt sorry for Virat Kohli when he got out for 95. If he had reached his century then he would had equalized Sachin Tendulkar. He did took India to the historical win but couldn't achieve his goal. Mohammad Shami sitting on the bench was a mistake I think on the part of India management. He proved that yesterday by taking another 5 wickets in the World Cup.  India remains undefeated after yesterday and hopefully they remain unbeaten in the upcoming matches.

Just in the nick of time! Pakistan has won the toss and decided to bat. The match starts in 2 minutes. Let's get ready for some exciting cricket action! 🏏

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The legendary and one of the iconic spin bowlers took his last breath today at the age of 77. He was part of the team that got India it's first World Cup in 1983. His career spans from 1967 to 1979.

Our PM did come on X.com formerly known as Twitter, to share the loss of one of the legendary cricketers of Indian cricket.

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Another legend has gone and I feel another legend would be born for Indian cricket.

Bishan Singh Bedi was one of the world's greatest Left arm bowlers in the world.

Here are some of his records which may likely to be never broken in future.

1. 1560 first-class wickets - most by an Indian player
2. Second best in Maiden overs in test format (4.2 maiden overs per wicket)
3. Most economical bowler in 60 over ODI format.

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A few days back when India had not played against Pakistan, Rizwan was the number-one batter. After 3 consecutive losses, he is now ranked fourth. After yesterday's massive win by South Africa, Quinton de Kock is ranking top on this table with an average of 81. While being in the second position Kohli has an amazing average of 118. There is not a big difference in runs between the top two players on this table, hoping Kohli dethrones Quinton de Kock after the next Indian match against England.

What I find incredible on that list is the name of Rachin Ravindra. This is his first World Cup and he is already has his name on the top 5 highest run getters list. I was expecting one of our own player to be their like Shubhman Gill or KL Rahul. I understand that the order in which Rahul comes to bat it won't be possible for him to get centuries or play big innings. Gill can certainly get a century as an opener if he works on hitting the right ball to the right direction. After his sickness he looks a little bit distracted and off form. Till now he has not played the way he was playing before the World Cup started.

The actual reason why our player can't be in number 1 position is due to the Indian bowlers who picked 50 wickets in 5 matches, so not enough runs on the board from opposition. :D

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I feel that things are okay now from batting unit, Rohit could have been the top scorer if he decided to play like that but he clearly said he wanted to play good for the team so he starts of his innings with big shots from ball 1 but the 2019 Rohit would start slow and once he scores 50 odd runs then he will shift the attack and move on to big tons.

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Hardik will miss out Match against England too and possibly even the match against SL considering his recovering situation, still the official report is yet to come from medical team.

For now it's okay but we definitely need him when the tournament progress especially at knockout stage because he is a bowler can bowl 10 overs and batsman can score 100 too. So what do you think about the probable XI? The same team or we can expect any changes.

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According to media reports, Hardik Pandya has suffered a bad ankle sprain. He won't be able to play in the upcoming matches against England and Sri Lanka. The swelling on his ankle has gone, he has not started bowling yet and has been advised by the doctors to rest in the upcoming matches. I guess India will go on to play with the same playing 11 against England and Sri Lanka. I do not think the Indian team management would try anything different for now.

I'm reading on Twitter Ashwin will likely be playing vs England, low chances for Shami to be replaced as he performed exceptionally well in the last game, so I guess it'll be Surya who will bite the bullet, although I'd like if he stays, he hasn't been able to prove himself yet and in last game it was unfortunate run out.

When players like Klassen, Maxwell are destroying opponents in last overs, it'd better for India team if he can play good as he does in T20s and strengthen the lower middle order.

Ashwin would be great addition to the existing team. He has the knack of getting wickets and does come handy as a batter in the lower order. If he comes back then the management would ask SKY to warm the bench. He has been given plenty opportunity in 50 overs format. He lacks those skill as in T20 you come and play a max of 5 overs. Within those overs a batters has to get as many runs as they can. In 50 overs you need to have patience and wait for the odd ball to hit a boundary. Both formats are different and that is why he might be struggling.

If Ashwin comes in then they have to replace him with a bowler not SKY, if Shami is irreplaceable then it will be time for Siraj to be rested.

Backing SKY at this point of the tournament is important because he could be the best possible person to be a finisher if Pandya can't able to continue further in this tournament.

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After yesterday's incredible win against England the Srilankan team has jumped to the 5th position on the ICC WC23 point table. Pakistan is now on the 6th position and if they lose today against the South African team they will go below Afghanistan. They will be out of the contention to reach the semifinals, which means Pakistan would be out of the World Cup.

Indian team for today

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They are playing with the same team. I was expecting Ashwin to be part of the team today but unfortunately they went with SKY. It is important that SKY bats today and bats well. Otherwise questions might start poping up about his batting in a 50 over format.

Poor start by the Indian batters, quick wickets lost in the first few hours. I never expected Kohli to be so casual and hot an unnecessary shot. Rohit as usual played a captains knock but did not get the support from the other side. The target given by India to England is 230, not much according to World Cup standard. It won't be much of a difficulty by the England batters to chase such a small target.

India makes 229-8. I thought India was going to get all-out today, tail enders saved wicket well. Yesterday, Netherlands won with same total, so may be we still have chance.


He made 49, good contribution from the pov of the way other batters (except Rohit) batted today. Indian team will have lot to reflect by next game, we'll probably see some significant changes in next.

I felt need of Hardik Pandya today, hopefully he'll be back in next.

Another good win by the Indian team. They remain undefeated in this World Cup with 12 points on the point table. Absolutely amazing bowling by the Indian team especially Mohammad Shami. He took 4 wickets today and could have taken a fifer if Bhumrah hadn't took out the last English batter. He cannot be ignored anymore by the Indian team management after Hardik Pandya makes a comeback. India will be playing  with same team next against Srilanka. I don't think they would make any changes to the existing team.

If Hardik is fit to play then he will walk into the playing XI no matter what because having that extra bowling option will benefit the bowling if one bowler has an off day like what happened with Siraj today.

I expect Siraj to be replaced in the next game and also Shreyas Iyer seems to be a concern in the middle order so why not let KL Rahul to bat at 4 and SKY and Hardik at 5/6 followed by Jaddu. Clearly, SKY made a statement to the team and contributed valuable runs when the team needed the most.

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I doubt Shiraj will be replaced, he is one of the most successful bowler that India has produced. Only one bad game can't determine the long term benefits of having him. Sheyas Iyer should be removed, he has been a failure until now. Ishan Kishan should replace him and Hardik if he is fit should replace SKY. The rumour that is coming out in the social media is that he might not be fit for the rest of the matches.

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Consistency & hardwork with a pinch of luck always pays. Mohammad Shami missed the initial games of World Cup. After playing two matches he is now one of the few bowlers who has got the best bowling figures twice in this World Cup. If he continues to bowl in the same manner he would become one of the bowlers with the highest wickets. For now only Jaspreet Bhumrah is on the list. He is ranking second with 14 wickets. Adam Zampa is on the top with 16 wickets till now in this tournament.

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I didn't say Siraj is failed, but he didn't fulfill the expectations especially after what he did in the Asia cup and in just two matches Shami got the place in top wicket takers of WC while Siraj found nowhere despite playing all the 6 matches. If Hardik fit to play the Siraj should be the man to make a way for him because team can't drop him after what he did in just 2 matches.

About Hardik, there is no official statement and the potential candidates list where roam around the internet if he is ruled out of the tournament.

Frankly! I doubt Shiraj would be replaced as Kohli and Hitman would object. Next, Hardik might not be available for the entire tournament that is what is circulating in the social media. He is the Captain of T20 team and next year we will have T20 World Cup, he would be given as much rest as possible  by the BCCI, without him the team is still doing good.

BTW, BCCI the way they conducted the 50 over World Cup looks like is not kneen is having another one, they would try to convince ICC before the next one citing the lack of audience both online and offline. Which we know how it was made possible offline. While online only Indian games are generating ideal number of viewership, except a few non Indian games. There is too much going on behind the curtains and as usual BCCI is only interested in generating revenue according to their own terms.

DID ANYONE CHECK THE POINT TABLE?

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Suddenly, out of nowhere the above two teams can be fighting to get a place in the semifinals. No one expected Afghanistan to rank 5th by defeating some of the big names in Cricket. Australia started badly but as known they are a team that can give you a good fight. What is happening at this time in the World Cup? I won't be surprised if tomorrow the Netherlands beats Afghanistan and ranks just below them on the point table. It is becoming harder and harder to predict any games in this year of the World Cup.

Afghanistan is a big suprise package for everyone. I never thought that they will be playing well in 2023 after thier bad performance in 2019. Hashmatullah Shahidi captaincy has been very good. He has changed the way the team used to play earlier. They ranked last on the point table in 2019 and now are slowly closing towards the semifinals. We all knew Australia would comeback they did the same in 2019.

I feel Shreyas should be replaced with Ishan Kishan, I know I backed him up in prior comments but he's been fail in all 6 matches, also Ishan is really good fielder, Gill and he are bros, also!

Sky should stay, imo.

Siraj should go out at least for one game, even if gets few wickets, he tend to be economically expensive. At least a match without him, see how India does, should be replaced with Ashwin or Shardul.


True, Fielders were digging land in Dharamshala and Lucknow outfield. Is this how you prepare for wc?

Not much of the World Cup would be left for Shreyas Iyer if he is unable to deliver in the next match against Srilanka. Two more guys are eyeing for the 4th batting spot in the team. They are Ishan Kishan and SKY, after Hardik Pandya returns either one of them would replace Iyer if he performs in the same manner in his last 6 games in the World Cup. Found the news on mainstream media and thought of sharing it with you guys.

World Cup, India vs Sri Lanka: Shreyas Iyer put on 'short' notice (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-world-cup/news/shreyas-iyer-put-on-short-notice/articleshow/104865660.cms)

He has only one half century from 6 matches in the tournament. He is struggling with his form otherwise he is one of the most agressive batter after Rishabh Panth. I won't be surprised if he is dropped after the match against Srilanka. SKY has a better chance to bat at number 4 when Hardik comes bat. He is a batter who can easily increase the run rate with his ability to hit the ball 360 degree. In the last match we did saw some of his hits.

Semifinals Qualification Scenario

The top 4 teams according to current point tables are India, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. How many wins do each of them need to confirm their semifinal spot.

• India needs only 1 win out of their 3 matches.
• South Africa need two wins to guarantee their spot out of three matches.
• New Zealand need to win all the three matches to confirm their spot.
• Australia too has to win all the three matches to confirm their spot. If they lose any game then they will have to rely on other results and NRR.

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I can confirm that India will be able to secure their spot in the next game, which is against Srilanka. Which three will be the next to confirm their spot? Any guesses?

AFAIK, 12 points is enough to secure the top 4 spot and India as well as SA reached it so both teams will be fighting for top 1 and 2 positions while the remaining teams have to perform well as well rely on other's result to get qualified.

As of now NZ dropped to 4th position after the huge defeat against SA today which will make the NZ to win remaining 2 out of 2 to secure their spot or if 1 out of 2 then their qualification will be based on NRR.

Tomorrow we have India vs SL and with current form of India its impossible for SL to beat India but the fact its going to be the repeat of 2011 final since its going to happen at Wankhede. I hope India will make the right change now which is replace Iyer with Ishan and let the SKY continue at his current spot so that we still have the stability if Hardik might ruled out of the tournament at knockout stages.

India will win today against the weaker Srilanka side to confirm their semifinal. The Kiwis after their lost yesterday would now depend on NRR and have to win all thier matches.

Let me add the qualification scenario of Pakistan. They have to win all thier games. The do need to work on the NRR for that they have win thier next match by a margin of minimum 83 runs and within 35 overs depending whether they bat first or bowl first. Not an easy task for them but knowing Pakistan they might be able to sneak into the semifinals.

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Only two are still playing out of the 10 names mentioned on the list. It is irony that none of the teams playing in this year's World Cup have players that are capable like Rohit and Virat. I hope to see new names coming  up in the next World Cup. Some new Indian names might get added to that list.

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As expected no changes made by the Indian team management. They don't want to rest senior players or give opportunities to those who are warming the seats. I was expecting Ishan and Ashwin to be part of the squad.

Team India backing up Iyer too much even though it is good for the team environment, still it is kind of discouraging to the talents who are waiting for their opportunities even after having records in their few appearances.

Gill and Kohli made good partnership but two of them fell short of their centuries, I was waiting for 49th ton today which came too close but again soft dismissal. Even after two wickets, India is maintaining the good phase, and it looks like we can reach 360 or more.

250/3 at 39th over. 50 partnership between Iyer and KL Rahul.

An interesting competition was happening when both SKY and Iyer were batting together. We all know they both and Ishan Kishan are competing to get into the 4th position and for now, Iyer is winning as SKY got out while trying a pull shot. That is why a batter like SKY needs to understand the difference between a T20 format and an ODI format. Playing careless shots does work in T20, but not in ODI or Test cricket. While batting in the T20 format a batter's objective is to score as many runs as they can in 20 overs whereas in a 50-over match, you would need to have patience and the ability to find an odd ball to hit a boundary.

Yes, it was good to see both these guys competing against each other. In the end Iyer did a good job, hoping he continues to do the same in the semifinals.

Another match which is one sided, India won't have any issues in winning the game today. Some stupid quoted my reply on the thread moderated by elevates. They said India alreat has 12 points they have already secured thier semifinal position. The problem here is too much information but a mule mind to deduce it. If they know what calculation means they would understand pointing towards some illeterates.

I would still prefer SKY over Iyer and I will tell you why, he clearly has weakness against the short ball and today SL bowlers didn't attempted it however imagine match against SA where Rabada, Jansen, Coetzee will use the short ball as go to ball against him where he will fail for sure in my opinion.

There are some unofficial reports says that Hardik will join back to the team in the final league match against Netherlands and continue from there.

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Congratulations team India for such commanding victory and kudos to the lethal bowling attack from all the three pacers.

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These three are the best Indian bowlers that have been produced to date. Srilanka again lost against India and scored 55 runs because of these three guys. Mohammad Shami is again getting a fifer in three matches he has taken 14 wickets, if he continues in the same manner then he might be the most successful bowler and highest wicket-taker in the World Cup.

Kohli missed out on his 49th century again, he again got out playing a loose shot. Shubhman Gill gained his form back and would have scored his first century in the World Cup but an excellent ball by Madhushanka got him out. With another game and another win by team India, they remain undefeated in the tournament. They are now a team that would be hard to defeat in the World Cup, in a way they are now invincible.

Saw the match between Afghanistan an the Netherlands. It surely made me realise as to how Afghanistan came up so good in the world cup. They were supposed to be at the bottom that is what everyone expected.

You guys might have seen them wearing AMUL logo on their jersey. They were wearing the same logo in 2019, it was the first time AMUL had sponsored them. Afghanistan ended up last in the 2019 point table. Still, AMUL never left them. If ypu can search Google they were the sponsor when Afghanistan played in the T20 world cup.

The point of my analysis is simple never leave your coins before you could fall for the greed. Every coin has something unique and if you have invested in it then remember it has something special as you are who made the choice. Never repent with your choice as you would always regret it.

Another big game early in the morning between Pakistan and Newzealand. Both teams need to win in order to stay in the World Cup. Newzealand are already on the fourth spot on the poin table if they lose they will lose their spot. Pakistan again in the same situation like they were in the T20 WC. They need to win all their games in order for them to get in the semis.

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Bad news for India! Hardik Pandya is out of the World Cup due to his injury.

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^ and Pandya has been replaced with Prasidh Krishna, he'll probably stay on bench since India has enough bowlers. Ashwin might be proper replacement in playing 11 in place of Pandya as he can also bat.

That is terrible news :'(

He is current world's best all-rounder in ODI format and even though team India is performing really well without his presence it can be a problem in knockout games because Indian batting unit has got long tail and if they want to replace him with Ashwin who can give us the batting depth then who is it going to be, cause 3 pacers- 2 spinners formula worked well for us.

As I said above who will be left out if R.Ashwin come in. They have to compromise kuldeep Yadav or Siraj if they really need to deepen the batting, but I don't think India will take that risk.

You are right, this is why I don't think we'll see any change in playing 11 today, but he could be added in place of Yadav if India wants some batting strength. I have no idea who is better spinner of two.

Also, Surya and Shreyas won't have to fight for position anymore  :P

Yes, both SKY and Iyer would now be part of the playing 11. With Hardik out they have secured that position till the end of the World Cup. Without Hardik the team is doing well currently. I am expecting a few changes in the team today as both South Africa and India have already qualified for the semifinals. I think some senior players might be rested today. KL Rahul is now the new vice captain, so he might be played as Captain today and Rohit and Virat can be rested. This is my assumption and I might be wrong.

Different perspective but I don't think no one want to be rested now because they are now in the glorious form so all of them just wants to continue their good winning combination. Don't forget this match is also important to secure the top spot of the table so if we end up there then we might get to play with slightly weaker team at the semi final.

The man to watch out for today is Virat and today is his 35th Birthday, so let's wish all our blessings on him and hope he will match the record today. ;)

...and he makes it. Shreyas could have made his too but he got out trying to hit each ball. These two were slow in start of their innings but eventually recouped well.

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Today was King Kohli's birthday and celebrated his 49th ODI century in a different way. It would be an understatement to celebrate his birthday with just a 49th ODI century. King Virat Kohli has achieved the distinction of scoring the most century in one-day internationals in the cricket world with his 49th ODI century. It is a cricket record on one hand and an important achievement of Virat Kohli's personal career on the other hand. Congratulations to Virat Kohli on his birthday.

The Indian team continues to remain unbeaten and this might be the first time that in a big tournament they are not getting an opponent worthy of defeating them. As expected  Pakistan teams luck prevails and they are sure shot to get into the semifinals. That is what my intuition states, they would meet the Indian team and they might win against India.

If that happens then again Australia would lift up the trophy. If Pakistan doesn't qualify then India will win the World Cup considering the amount of wins they have got in the league matches.

India seal their 1st spot in the table with this commanding win and the words are not going to enough for describing the performance of team India both with bat and ball.

Special achievement by Virat Kohli on his Bday and at the post match presentation he said there is no comparison between him and Sachin and this is such an honor for him to be at this level.

At knockout games, anything can happen, so let's not bring Jinx to our team by over praising them. :D

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I'd to love see India vs Pak in semis, the atmosphere will be even better than their group stage match. I don't care who wins, I want to see competitive match.


Virat made his centuries in much lesser games than Sachin, he's better imo. But, then again Records are meant to be broken we'll see in future someone doing better, even tho right now it may seem to be impossible task.

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it's fear or nervousness that makes one perform bad than one's abilities, as we saw yesterday Jansen performing bad with the ball in literal the start of inning. SA as whole needs to rectify this.

83 all out what kind of cricket is happening in the World Cup. I expected the South African to give some fight but they seem to be clueless against Indian bowlers. Ravindra Jadeja became the first Indian spinner to get 5 wickets in the World Cup. Another achievement by Sir Jadeja.

Rather than a batting power house India has now become a bowling power house. Every team in the World Cup now knows that Indian bowling attack is far more lethal than the batting attack.

Kohli is the legend! We thought that Sachin was a god of cricket. In 2023 he is a slowly becoming a legend who will become a pain in the ass of for upcoming legends.

On his 35th Birthday he broke a record of centuries by Sachin. Given more time as the legend said he will break all his records and would create new. None of the present playing lot will be able to break records by Kohli.

There are a few more recognition that won't hurt the Indian team. Considering the way the bowlers are doing, we might see a lot of new records coming up by the Indian bowlers. This team is making us as an India feel we are more into bowling than battt.

A day before yesterday Maxwell batted extraordinarily and single-handedly won the match for Australia against Afghanistan. Yesterday we saw Ben Stokes playing in the same fashion which helped the struggling English batting lineup score an unachievable target of 340 runs for the Dutch. This is why it is hard to judge any team in the game of cricket. This World Cup has been bad for those who followed the bookies in placing bets. There were a couple of big unexpected losses in the tournament and unexpected wins too.

Since India has not been defeated in a single game in the tournament league matches. Does anyone here think or have a notion that they might not be able to qualify for the Finals? Or anyone here have an intuition that they might lose for the first time in the Finals? The team that will be playing against the Indian team has not yet qualified. In my opinion, it will be either Pakistan or New Zealand and I have an intuition that it will be the Kiwis. What do you guys think?

I think it'll be kiwis too, however I want to see Pak, but for that they will have to win against England by huge margin, as I heard in commentary they must win by 273 runs if they were to defend the target (not sure about chasing) — which sounds like an impossible task.

Personally, I don't think NZ has chance against India, so probably we'll do fine in semis, but in finals we'll likely get Aussies. Although, India defeated them fine during start of wc and even in last game it was one man show and rest of batters failed, still I feel like Aussies could be trouble.

I know it is next to impossible for Pakistan to reach the semifinals but the way they are bowling now does not look good. England has to win today if they want to qualify for the Champions trophy. Both openers are looking good and it seems Pakistan bowlers are struggling as runs continue to flow. BTW, ICC suspended Srilankan Cricket on Friday the 10th of this month due to excessive government interference. This was going to happen but it took some time as due to corruption and government interference Srilankan Cricket has already been destroyed.

India VS Netherlands

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No changes in the team today against the Netherlands. India won the toss and choose to bat first. Both the opening pair are showing agressive batting. Shubhman Gill got his half century and Rohit will get his too. It is again becoming a one sided game as expected.

Edit: Gill out at 51 because of an incredible catch by the Duth fielder.

This game doesn't affect any of the playing team. Still the whole Indian team played without any changes. India batted very good as they crossed 400 runs today. Biggest contributor to the target for Netherlands was Shreyas Iyer and then K L Rahul. They batted so well that they each got a century today.

We all know that the Netherlands team won't be able to chase the target. It is again a one sided match as were all the other 8 that India played before getting into the semifinals.

India is on the 9* unbeaten winning run and the only team that did before was Australia twice 11* in 2003 and 2007.

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And this is how India won their matches and when we look at the result column its pretty much safe to say that they shattered every oppositions whether its batting first or while chasing. India's batting and bowling is in top form and we can look that everyone in the top 5 is in the top 15/20 run scorers of this tournament.

Indian bowling unit is the actual reason why team look more deadly than before because Indian bowling unit took 88 wickets and only team that hasn't been bowled out is AFG.

India has outperformed every Indian fan's expectations in this World Cup. Yesterday might be the first time when all the top batter got their half-century and two of them got their century. KL Rahul got his century in just 62 balls and I think he created some record for getting a fast 100 in the World Cup. What made me laugh my lungs out was when I saw Kohli bowling again and this time getting a wicket.

As a fan, I have the confidence that this team will bring the cup home in 2023. Looking at the batting approach of Rohit Sharma I am confident that he will get back into the T20 squad. Next year we will have the T20 World Cup and this time he might get another chance to captain the team if India wins this year.

Which two teams will play the Finals?

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The current scenario is shown above. There are four teams left and each of them have proven they are the best of the rest. Considering the present games that will be played in semifinals, which two teams according to you would be playing the finals?

I think India and South Africa would be in the finals. Do you think the same or you believe a different teams would be playing against each other in the finals.

^ I think we'll see Australia vs India in finals. Australia is better all around team compared to SA and they don't depend on batting first to win their games.

Sensible batting of Cummins in their match against AFG got my hopes up. They have become very good in fielding apparently as well, there is huge difference in their first two and later games.

^^ Tomorrow India will be playing against the New Zealand team in the first semifinals. I have crossed my fingers and I hope India wins the game comfortably. Looking at the Indian team performance in the last 9 matches they according to my knowledge have been exceptional. Every player is playing to win the game and they are playing as a team.

The seniors have been so far played above average. Rohit and Kohli have batted not for themselves but for the team. Bhumrah and Shami have proven that they are the best bowling attack. Last match Shami was not that effective though. Jadeja and Kuldeep have provided the crucial wickets when India needed the most.

This team has doen everything well till now and as per my understanding they deserve to win the cup. My opinion is that India will be playing against South Africa in the finals.

The world is not ready for another Pen Chor vs Cunts. 2003 final was more than enough for one lifetime lol ;D

Even though India is exceptional and far ahead in comparing the performances and team as well but we can't take them lightly and players knew it too and 2019 incident left a permanent scar on us.

Some interesting facts:

1. Richard Kettleborough is not assigned as an umpire for this match.

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2. NZ only won 4 out of 20 Knockout appearances in ICC events.

3. Shreyas has become highest run scorer in WC at no.4 position surpassing Sachin.

After 45 matches today played in this Word Cup, India will be playing against New Zealand in the first semifinals. India won the title and decided to bat first, the first 20 overs were crucial. Expecting some big fireworks from both the openers, Rohit won't allow the bowlers to settle as that is what he has been doing in the last 9 matches. Shubman Gill was quite aggressive against the Netherlands in the last match and I hope he plays in the same manner today.  A target of 300 or more runs will be defendable considering the form in which the Indian bowlers are bowling in this tournament.

As always, Rohit of to a flying start and took control of the powerplay overs and dominated entirely but unfortunately got out at for a slower ball but its okay cause he done the damage now players can take their time and took the match deep. Gill is now settled as well and he is due for a big ton in this world cup so today might be that day.

Rohit has been doing a similar kind of batting in the last 10 games including today. Now, Gill has taken up the job already he is batting on 75 and I feel he will get his century today. Kohli doing what he does best keeps rotating the strike and getting the odd boundaries until he reaches his half-century. The next two in the lineup are in pretty good form and I expect they would easily go beyond 350 runs. If they can they would not face any issue in defending today's target.
They are now trying to finish off Santer's overs with ones or two and attack the other bowler to increase the run rate.

India gave total of 397 for NZ to chase. Although, NZ came close to chasing similar huge total against Aussies, here it will be difficult for them considering Indian attack.

One-liner reply, I expected some more from you as a veteran in the forum. Then again I am no one to say as I got tagged because of no reason. So, let's take it that way someone using your address. But, who will understand still a line statement still falls under spam? I think rather than spamming here for your signature campaign you should try to come up with constructive posts. If not then it is better you do not reply as your replies would affect the overall report that comes out monthly.

Lol, I use Reddit, I make 1 word reply. Here you have problem because we have signatures?

A one-liner reply is considered spam and if you could have understood it you won't be doing it on the local board. I do not know what makes you do it but being an active local board member you should understand the issues that it can bring up. Challenging me won't serve the cause using the Signature campaign as an example. I have been wrongly accused and I know I won't be able to clear my name out. No one cares about your Reddit understanding as this is a forum where you have to come up with constructive replies. A one-liner is never a constructive reply, If you think it is an issue then please do not reply here as your replies are spam.

BTW, the game is now being controlled by the New Zealand team. These two guys are batting very effectively and if they continue they might win the game against India. It would be an astounding win against a team that has not lost any game in this tournament.

No need to derail guys, please stay on topic.

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Mitchel and Kane partnership brought nightmare for the whole India for a while but again thanks to the man with golden arm who dismissed Kane quickly after he dropped his catch.

Now India through for the final and who they are going to meet there? SA will be much easier side to beat compared to Australia.

What?

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He was on the bench for the initial games in the World Cup. Due to Hardik Pandya's injury he got the chance to be part of the squad. After that he hasn't looked back. The only match where was wicketless was against the Netherlands. The rise of Shami in the World Cup would be remembered by every Indian fans who are witnessing one of India's finest bowler.

I actually enjoyed every bit of his bowling yesterday. Earlier I used to watch India bat through the 50 overs. This time I am more interested in Indian bowling than batting. Indian into the finals a dream come true once again.

We will face the Australians in the final and we might be able to get them this time. This is my feeling after watching India bat so well and bowl excellently. I would say in this team fortunately everyone is in his peak form. If you do not agree then as an example look at KL Rahul's wicket keepering. I somehow feel he now has wings to fly and decide whether to take a DRS chance.

As the second semifinal continues and looking at the present situation I feel Australia would be in the finals. Another setback for India as Australia, when they come back is not so easy to defeat. It is in history and I feel it will be destroyed in this World Cup.

The Finals!

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It looks like BCCI wants the ending to be good! They started without any ceremony, making a joke of themselves for making the India against Pakistan match more important than the first match of the World Cup. After the big backlash both from within India and from other countries participating in the Cup, they now have a grand finale. I was reading a few social media posts where they claimed Dua Lipa was supposed to perform but the itinerary does not have her name.

Why is everyone questioning the authenticity of the match being played between India and New Zealand? It all started with British media which called BCCI as opportunistic and blamed them for pitch conspiracy until ICC intervened in this issue. They were followed by Australia and then came in Pakistan. Pakistani experts came up with the toss theory and blah blah..

They are trying to disgrace India by showing BCCI as a biased board throughout the cricket fraternity. Why don't they look into what they did in the previous World Cup held in England? I agree that initially, things were not that great but gradually it now looks like the Indian team has been playing in their fullest form. Thanks to Hardik Pandya the team is well balanced and has the potential to win the Cup.

Every time India plays well these ex-cricketers and their boards come up with conspiracy theories. This time the Pakistani ex-cricketers went to the extent of shaming Aishwarya Rai and Neena Gupta for no reason. Such hatred about India and its people is now coming out from our neighbor located on the western side.

If you are being hated by everyone it means you are doing something right and they dont like you progressing. The lion does not respond to the heynas, the lion performs and shows everyone what they are made of.

So keep clam and enjoy the popularity they are giving us.

Exactly! The better we become you will see more hate and theories floating around. I remember the 2011 World Cup when we won under the captaincy of Dhone. There were so many conspiracies circulating the way we won and Srilanka the team that we defeated came up with all sorts of hate and theories. Expect the same today if we win against the Australian team and take the World Cup 2023 back home.

Rohit Sharma and his team can create another history today if they win. They would become the second team in the World Cup which has won 11 games straight after Australia. I still think today India will be playing against one of the toughest teams as the rebound that Australia made is incredible and they have a chance to win today.

Indian batting collapsed and now it doesn't look good for India. Except Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul none of our batters were able to get good runs. Shubhman Gill and Sheyas Iyer only scored in single digits today. They both gave their wickets I felt while trying to hit. This is still better to what India scoreboard looked when they played first against Australia in the tournament.

We still have a very good bowling attack and I still have hope and confidence on our bowlers. They have not let India down in the tournament. I feel they would hit back hard when they come to bowl against Australia.

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HeartBreaking moment for every Indian cricket fans. :'(

AUS beat us by 6 wickets and they did it like how we did to every teams in the league stage and semi final. I don't know where we lost in this match but definitely Australia created their momentum with their fielding and carried it away through the match.

Kudos to every Indian players who gave their everything and just one bad day can't lower your standards. Gotta feel for the hitman he did what he supposed to do throughout the tournament and played for the team in every match.

Another disaster to a journey which we all expected to be fruitful. That is why India is still consider a team that doesn't have guts to win ICC trophy. I felt they woul win this time, at last they lost and got again humiliated.

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The picture above shows the hunger to win. The reality is far far away from it as India doesn't have the captain or the guts to win the cup. The team that won the cup in 2011 had the incredible MS Dhoni with a team that wanted to get the cup. The team that lost today had an incredible captain Rohit Sharma but did lage the urge to get the cup.

So we have India losing final. This match was similar to India's early game vs England where also our batting failed (except couple players) and India made 229, there bowlers saved the day, here they couldn't.

Another World Cup and another opportunity missed. This time India were so close to win the Cup. The whole team played excellently, last 10 games but collapsed in the finals. Feel sad for Rohit Sharma as this might be his last World Cup.

The toss was an important factor, if and only if India had won the toss the outcome would be different yesterday. Next year we will be watching the T20WC and I hope India wins under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.

During toss Rohit was asked what would have he chose if he had won the toss and he replied to bat first. So, I mean result would have been still the same even if India had won the toss.

Team India didn't analyze the condition properly also they thought dew won't be an affecting factor but that was the whole mattered in the match, that is why Rohit said we would have batted first. On the other hand Australia were on point on everything and simply they did the big game preparation and also it was visible in every move they made and every wicket they took.

Only trump card was Rohit and they don't have any plan for him but also they knew that his approach of batting will them give chances so their only point is never lose the catch. Still can't digest and depressed to be honest. :-X

@Bitcoin Smith why not change the heading of this thread from ICC World Cup 2023 - India discussion to Indian Cricket discussion. It will help the local board and a few of us who are into cricket can continue our discussion.

Next, we will se our Indian team playing 5 matches against the World Cup winning team. Out of the 5, there would be 3 T20 matches. The first one will be played on November 23rd at Vishakapatnam. Surya Kumar Yadav after his abysmal performance in the World Cup has been declared the captain of the T20 squad. I feel Hardik Pandya is still not fit to play as he was supposed to be the T20 captain and SKY the vice captain.

Lets change the topic title to keep up with the Indian cricket scenario. While this started with ICC Cricket world cup, we have an ample chance to run this thread into a mega-thread for this purpose.

Lets make sure the Cricket fever continues.

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As a history lecture, do check out this British Council Film Collection Documentary of Cricket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8dbTxGJI1w

Cricket fever choked Billions of hearts on Nov 19th. :-X

BTW, I would also like to continue to the cricketting discussion about team India and maybe creating a self moderated thread will be better choice than continuing this one considering the future aspect and avoid any spam invaders. Let's hear from other folks too before creating one.

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Tomorrow will be the first T20I between India and Australia, but obviously team India is going with zero world cup players if I am not wrong and young bloods may take some revenge for WC final's defeat. ;)

Edit:

Squad: Ishan Kishan(w), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jitesh Sharma

Ishan, SKY and Prasidh will be WC squad members and Iyer will join the squad for 4th and 5th T20I.

Losing is a part of the game just like winning, you lose some and then you win some. Nothing to be ashamed or sad about.

Maybe its a good idea to start a new thread about India Cricket discussions and keep this thread separate. Just make it general enough so we can all join that thread whenever a new event starts, even though another individual thread may be running for the new event.

I agree with everyone we need to have a India only Cricket discussion thread. @Bitcoin Smith good thinking creating a self moderated topic for discussion is the need. Last time we did see a few invaders who obviously were not Indians. You should close this discussion thread and open up a new one.

If everyone here is okay then I suggest we need to have another separate thread for Indian football. This is the first time that India has qualified for FIFA World Cup. What do you guys think?

Coming back to today's T20 match. Yes, you can call it a somewhat brand new team but most of them have international cricket exposure. I don't want any player to rest on the bench as they all need to be tested for the next T20WC next year.

It is out! ICC confirms record-breaking numbers in broadcasting and digital platforms. This is what was expected by everyone and I feel the broadcaster made a big chunk in revenue for themselves.

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Is it wrong if non-indian comments in India board?

Yeah it is as the thread was created for Indians to discuss on their local board. If it was for non Indians they could use the gambling discussion thread where there are mega threads to discuss all three cricket format. That is why a new thread has been created which is self moderated.


That was expected by everyone who was watching cricket on digital platform. We could clearly see how many active viewers were watching the match from India only. The numbers announced by ICC is globally which is far bigger.

Fair, but If they got something to say while reading particular comment on this sub's visit, it should be ok to respond to that. Creating new comments on it's own? Go to gambling board.

I doubt that as the primary discussion happens on those mega threads. Whether it is about India team or the IPL if the discussion is happening on the local thread then it for the local member only. This is my point of view and many other members also felt the same. The rest depends on the owner or the moderator of the local board thread.

Well, I'm still here digesting what happened in the final.

Last night a video camp up on youtube where PM Modi consoling indian players. I was literally in tears watching he video.