Good comeback by Pakistan in these last overs. They gave only 45 runs in the last 9 overs. There is a good chance of Srilanka getting their first win. The last time Pakistan chased more than 340 runs was this year in Lahore against Australia. If they can recreate that same magic then they will emerge as a winner. For now Srilankan team is looking better than Pakistan. Kushal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama are the reason why Srilanka has a big score on the scoreboard.

Mendis destroyed the hope of Pakistani team to restrict Srilanka under 250 runs. When he was batting the run rate was above 8, after his departure it is hovering between 6 and 7. They still have 10 more overs to face and they will easily score more than 300 runs. Sadeera Samarawickrama is batting very well on 81, he is eyeing for the century. After the century he would try to increase the run rate. They have a few batters left who can come in the end overs and hit the ball for six or fours. Pakistani batting would be tested today if Srilanka gets beyond 350.

Nissanka got overconfident and gave his wicket as he was caught. Mendis is still playing well and has got his half-century, Samarawickrama is rotating his strike. The current run rate is above 6, which is a good sign for the Srilankan team. Pakistan bowlers are trying their best but sloppy fielding is causing issues. The wicket is not even helping the Pak spin attack, this Srilankan side is looking completely different.

I agree if Srilankan batter gets this partnership going then they will easily score 300 runs. Nothing going the right way for Pakistan not only fielding their bowling has been poor they have been leaking extra runs now and then.

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.   

Pakistan started well with a wicket in the second over. Then after both Afridi and Ali are struggling with their bowling. They have given 6 runs in extra which is not expected from them. Srilanka looking good, runs are coming easy for both batters. It is very early phase of the game, Pakistani bowling would improve I guess.

England played really well today against Bangladesh after thier bad start in the World Cup. They gave the Bangladesh batter a target of 365 runs. I don't think Bangladeshi batters would be able to chase those runs. England do have a good pace attack to defend their target.

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323 runs is the target for the Netherlands which is not easy to chase. New Zealand's top and middle order did their job in getting those runs. I was expecting another explosive innings from Ravindra today, he did score his 50. This guy is an asset for the New Zealand side and we will see him play in the next IPL. Another top performance by them as expected of course. They were the favourite to win today and it looks like they will win by a good margin. As of now they are the top team in the points table with a good run rate.

Just 32 runs needed for India to win the match. Virat Kohli did most of what he is expected. I felt he wanted to be their till the end, in those humidity condition he did very well. KL R ahul is still batting with Hardik Pandya. It is now for these guys to get those winning runs. BTW, there is a big crowd in the stadium, we only support our team   I felt.

If India wants to get it done then they should do it within 5 overs. The net run rate is something that should be looked  into by Indians in the upcoming matches.

Only 8 runs needed. This game is over for me as India wins the first match in World Cup 2023 against Australia.

Shreyas Iyer was stupid enough to hit that shot. He, being an experienced batter should know that the ball is not coming to the bat. He should have watched the dismissal of Ishan Kishan, Rohit was unlucky I felt that the ball was missing the wicket while it wasn't. Kohli and Rahul for now are playing well, Kohli did get frustrated and hit a careless loft which was dropped. I hope these two just think about taking the ones and two and whenever they get an oddball hit it for four or six. This wicket is now giving assistance to both pacers and spinners, not that easy to bat.

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.

Complementing the best spin bowling of the Indian trio was exceptional Indian fielding. Restricting Australia to just 199 runs is a big accomplishment of the Indian bowling attack. The best dismissal for today was when Jadeja bowled out Steve Smith, he never expected the ball to turn so much. Australia does have two spinners but they are not as good as Indian spinners. In order to win this match, Australia must make effective use of their pace bowlers. I believe that it would be a tough task for the Australian bowlers to defend a low target of 200 runs. If they had a 20 or 30 runs extra on the existing target then it would have made a difference.

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.

BCCI had given the respective state cricket boards INR 50 crore (6 million) to overhaul the cricket stadium. If the Hyderabad Cricket Association did not spend it then you cannot blame the BCCI. The pictures shared on bad seating arrangements are from the warm-up match on the bad condition of the seats. It was shared on X.com by a local journalist. He then clarified the reason why the condition of those seats was bad by his another tweet which was on the same day. You guys need to post the whole context before vilifying BCCI.

Coming to the next question as to why the stadiums are empty. Why BCCI did not come up with an opening ceremony? I know the reason why stadiums are empty is because Indians have lost interest in ODI. The next as per my understanding is that we have a lot of days left for Indians to get into the mood of ODI cricket. The last would be these are just the initial days, waiting for the Indian team to play.

Why did BCCI never come up with an opening ceremony? I do not know the answer, whereas I feel BCCI did not want to spend money on a dying format.

The highest number of runs scored by a team in an ODI World Cup was 417 by Australia in 2015. I am expecting South Africa to either break that record today or level it. As of now, they are only short of 27 runs and they still have 12 balls to face. It is an achievable task considering the number of batters who are yet to bat. If that happens then Srilanka would have another bad cricket record on their name going into the history book. Outstanding batting by the South African batters, their form shows how much they can be a pain for teams like India, New Zealand, England, and Australia.   

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People are losing interest in the 50 overs formats, especially in a country like India, where everyone is crazy for T20. Another reason is the games are starting in the Afternoon when the temperature is high. By evening the stadium looks better than afternoon when crowds do come in to watch the matches.

The match between South Africa and Sri Lanka is going to be another waste of time. The way Srilankans are bowling South Africa might score more than 400 runs. It is very bad to see how Srilankan cricket has deteriorated in just a few years. They were once a team that had bowlers like Vaas and Murlitharan, now they do not have bowlers who are anything near to the legends.  

What you are saying about Babar Azam is unfair, the Pakistan team should not be dependent on one single player. Today we saw most of the batter after Babar contributed to the target of 287. Even the tail-enders did their level best to get Pakistan to the expected score. The Netherlands did bowl and fielded well, they did their homework but they lost the advantage that they had initially. Now we will see some of the best bowling by Pakistan in order to win the match.

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They were in a difficult situation but the tail-enders batter sensibly and were able to cross the projected score of 280. Considering the bowling attack that Pakistan has it won't be easy for Netherlands batters to chase the target. I would say it is an excellent comeback by the Pakistani team in this match. I never hoped that they would struggle so much initially against the Netherlands bowlers. I have no doubt that today's Netherlands was a different team in the first 10 overs of the match. They lost their momentum when Rizwan and Shakeel came to bat together. The ball in now in the hands of the Pakistani bowlers and I am sure they would be able to win the match.