Nice have been on impressive form in the French Ligue 1 this season even when I didn't expect them to be one of the clubs that'll give Paris Saint Germaine strong competition for the league title. They won their match yesterday to go two points clear of second placed Monaco who has a game at hand and 4 points clear of PSG who will visit Brest tomorrow for their match week 10 fixture.
Despite Nice great performances this season, I expect Paris Saint Germaine to win the title at the end of the season because they have all it takes to win the title ahead of any other French club
Nice's performance this season is the same as Lens' performance last season and I think it's like 2 clubs' fortunes are changed quickly because in the end their current conditions (Lens and Nice) are the opposite of what they were last season. At the moment Nice are still very impressive in continuing their positive trend in Ligue 1 because even until now, Nice are the only club that still hasn't tasted defeat during the 10 matches they did in Ligue 1. This is clearly very positive because they are currently a dark horse that still needs to be watched out for. But on the other hand, even though their current condition is very good but about the problem of champions I am still not sure for them but for the position in the Europa League I think they can still do it and compete if their performance can be maintained like this. I think we had two surprises in the French League so far. first is the weak performance we saw so far from Lens while this team was racing with PSG during the last season, they are not performing well at all and this team is far from what we were expecting to see from them. The second surprise is about Nice because they are in the first place on the table while this team didn't spend lots of money like PSG and still they getting much better results than Enrique and his players. Lens have not had a good start to the season but are in a very good form now. Lens's performance in the last few matches has been very good. Even in today's match the team had a great 4-0 win against Nantes. I think in the next few weeks the lens team will move further up the table. Now lens is ninth in the table. Nice and Monaco have been performing consistently well since the start of the season. Although Nice are currently at the top of the table, if Monaco win their next match Nice will lose the top spot in the table. But Nice is still 4 points ahead of PSG. Ligue 1 has been very competitive this season. We're not just seeing PSG's dominance this season. |
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Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat. In today's match, Netherlands were under a lot of pressure due to the loss of wickets at the beginning, due to which they could not score more runs. The Netherlands' batting looked like they could do 250 plus. But the Netherlands scored 229 runs in the stipulated 50 overs and were all out. Compared to other matches, Bangladesh's bowling line has improved a bit today. Had the Netherlands managed to target 260 plus runs, we would have seen a competitive match. Because the batting line of Bangladesh is very bad. Bangladesh will win easily today.
I'd say Netherlands have managed to set a target of 230 runs which is a good enough collection for them. I thought I would lose all the wickets before scoring 200 runs. But Netherlands managed to bat the full 50 overs. Although their run rate was low, it was still a good enough collection to fight against a team like Bangladesh. The performance of Bangladesh's batting order is very erratic. This pitch of Eden Garden can be called batting friendly. However, since Bangladeshi batsmen's performance is completely erratic, I would say Netherlands have a chance to win if they manage to bowl controlled from the beginning of the innings. But if Bangladesh top order can play well today then they will win. |
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Pakistan vs South Africa turned out to be one of the most entertaining matches that I have seen so far. Afridi was incredible while Mohammad Wasim Jr bowled really well despite having cramps.
Markram messed up by throwing away his wicket when he was on course for a century, but Maharaj held his nerves till the end brilliantly. What a match!
Yesterday's match was very interesting. Pakistan's one mistake was that if they could have bowled the full 50 overs in tomorrow's match, Pakistan would have won the match. If Pakistan wins this match, they would have a chance to survive in the next round. For example, in yesterday's match, Pakistan scored 270 runs in 46.4 overs, here if Pakistan could have played the full 50 overs and scored 30 more runs, then South Africa would have been under a lot of pressure. I think with 30 more runs in Pakistan's favor Pakistan would have won today's match very naturally and the dream of survival in the second round would have come true. The performance of Pakistan's bowlers in this match was better than any previous match. Pakistan bowlers were able to bowl very well. But as usual the performance of Pakistan's batsmen was quite poor. The team managed to collect only 270 runs. Against one of the best batting orders of this year's World Cup, victory was not possible given a target of just 270 runs. However, the match became very competitive due to the excellent performance of the bowlers. No Pakistani batsman's performance is regular. And this is why the team is losing consistently. Pakistan managed to score only 4 points in 6 matches. Australia has earned 6 points from 5 matches. If the Pakistan team can win all their next matches then Pakistan has a slim chance of qualifying for the semi finals. |
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You are probably right. Pakistan elected to bat after winning the toss. I thought maybe Pakistan's top order would bat responsibly today. But even in today's match Pakistan batsmen could not start well. Pakistan team lost 2 wickets for 38 runs and third wicket for 86 runs. Pakistan team is not playing well. Babar Azam and Iftikhar are batting now. At the end of 20 overs, Pakistan collected 102 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. Pakistan's run rate is good enough but their top order is not playing well. 300 will be much more difficult for Pakistan now. I don't think it is possible for South Africa team to win if they target below 300. Because South African batsmen are in very good form now. They have batted well in every match. Pakistan is likely to lose in today's match as well. Too early to say anything. Pakistan got the initial advantage, when they won the toss and then decided to bat first. A lot will depend on how long Babar Azam stays out there. After these two, it is the allrounders and then the bowlers. Both the top-runs corers for Pakistan are out now (Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique). Babar was in poor form until now, and it needs to be seen whether he will be able to rescue Pakistan today. So far both of them are looking somewhat comfortable against the spinners. But what will happen once Jansen and Coetzee are re-introduced? Pakistan managed to set a target of 271 runs. Pakistan lost by giving Afghanistan a target of 283 runs on this pitch. A target of just 271 runs is not enough to win against a team like South Africa. Pakistan should have provided at least more than 300 targets. But like the previous matches, today too their performance was very poor. South African batsmen are in very good form. Although the top order of South Africa did not play very well today, still after 30 overs, South Africa collected 191 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. The team needed just 80 runs in 20 overs to win. If the team does not lose 2/3 wickets very quickly, then this is not a big task for them. |
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The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium is not batting friendly. The average score of the first innings of this pitch is 227 runs. However, in the previous match on this pitch, Pakistan team lost to Afghanistan even after giving a target of 283 runs. Opponent of today's match South Africa team is stronger. I would say the outcome of today's match will depend on the performance of the bowlers. Pakistan bowlers could not do well against Afghanistan. If Pakistan's bowlers don't perform well against South Africa as well then Pakistan will definitely lose and lose by a big margin. Pakistani bowlers must do well if they want to win today's match. However, today's match is likely to be competitive.
I don't think that today's match will be competitive. Unfortunately for Pakistan, both the batsmen and bowlers are in great form for South Africa. Despite their pace-heavy bowling attack, South Africa has hardly given any room for their opponents to make runs. Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen are among the top-10 wicket takers so far, with 10 wickets apiece. The absence of Anrich Nortje is not being felt. And among the spinners, Keshav Maharaj have been quite economical and he has picked up wickets at crucial intervals. You are probably right. Pakistan elected to bat after winning the toss. I thought maybe Pakistan's top order would bat responsibly today. But even in today's match Pakistan batsmen could not start well. Pakistan team lost 2 wickets for 38 runs and third wicket for 86 runs. Pakistan team is not playing well. Babar Azam and Iftikhar are batting now. At the end of 20 overs, Pakistan collected 102 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. Pakistan's run rate is good enough but their top order is not playing well. 300 will be much more difficult for Pakistan now. I don't think it is possible for South Africa team to win if they target below 300. Because South African batsmen are in very good form now. They have batted well in every match. Pakistan is likely to lose in today's match as well. |
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It seems that Chelsea will have to focus on the league cup and other related lower cups in England but for the English premier League, it is becoming obvious that Chelsea might make the top 4 again this year. My interest is no about Chelsea improving theoretically, the problems is how many matches have they won. In the England, if you don't win matches you will not be feared and one of the factors that make teams win matches is their ability to humiliate other teams. If your team has lost that fear, the can be played by anyone as ordinary team and that is the worse than could happen to anyone.
I think Chelsea is focusing more of their energy on the premier league compared to the league cup because they want to reach a better level by the end of the competition. I think Pochettino was targeting a top 4 position in his first season with Chelsea and they have been able to improve their performance in their last few games. Currently chelsea is in 10th place in the standings and they are 8 points adrift of Liverpool in 4th place. I think they have to work extra hard in the next match so they don't lose any more points. In this week's match, Chelsea will face Brentford, where they might be able to maximize their chances of getting 3 points in order to improve their ranking in the standings table. And in November Chelsea will face quite tough opponents such as Tottenham, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Brighton. In order to ensure they attract player's to Chelsea they have to put more focus on the Premier league than Cup games. At this point cup games are almost not important for chelsea. They will be up against Brentford at home a good chance to win that game to show strength. I know it is a game chelsea can win with ease. There will be a total of three goals in that game and Chelsea will be the winners. No games comes easy anymore, you have to fight or go harder the move into the first four teams in the Premier League is the key. I also think chelsea's main target now should be to do well in the Premier League. The EFL Cup is not very important. Although Chelsea have performed well in the last few matches, they are currently sitting in tenth place in the Premier League points table. They should definitely try to climb to the top of the table. Although the brenford team is not strong, there is no way to underestimate this team. Chelsea will have to play well if they want to win this match. Chelsea's full focus should now be on the Premier League fixture. If not, there is no possibility to see the team in the top 5/6 of the points table. But Chelsea's performance against arsenal was good enough. So it is expected that they will win against Brainfort. |
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Celta was never win in the last 6 matches in Laliga and this is one of their poor records during participant in this competition and Girona has gets 3 wins from 4 latest home matches and only lose from strong team Real Madrid so this record has been proven while against mediocre teams Girona always had good results and i know from head to head statistics previously Celta has good results from Girona but today is different because Girona conditions has been really good and about team conditions so far there was no players who got injured or suspension and seems Girona will playing with their best starting lineup and for betting option Girona has odds @1.73 and this is good odds to bets because in my opinion they will be able to resumes their winning streak today and beat Celta
With Girona's current form, it is highly unlikely that they will drop points against a weak team like Celta Vigo. Unless Girona are very unlucky then they won't lose points in this match. Girona's main strength has been their attack this season. La Liga's top scorer is now Girona. They managed to score 24 goals in 10 matches. CeltaVigo on the other hand are now in the relegation zone. They won only one out of 10 matches. They lost all 6 matches. And Celta Vigo's defense is pretty weak. I don't think Celta Vigo players will be able to resist Girona's strong attack. Moreover, the match is Girona's home match. Girona is very strong in home matches. Girona won 5-2 in the last home match against Almeria. Girona is more likely to win by a big margin against Celta Vigo. |
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In the 26th match of the World Cup, the two biggest teams of the tournament will meet in Chennai today. South Africa managed to secure their position by playing the first five matches but Pakistan could not secure their position at all. South Africa is number two in the points table with four wins after playing five matches and Pakistan is number six in the points table with only two wins after playing the same number of matches. It will be a tough fight between the two teams today.
After back-to-back defeats, Pakistan will definitely want to bounce back in today's match. If Pakistan can't come back in this match today, they will be far away from the semi-final and if South Africa wins this match today, they will have a big chance of making the semi-final.
Between Pakistan and South Africa, the team that wins the toss is guaranteed to bat first as it is safe to bat first on the Chennai wicket.
The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium is not batting friendly. The average score of the first innings of this pitch is 227 runs. However, in the previous match on this pitch, Pakistan team lost to Afghanistan even after giving a target of 283 runs. Opponent of today's match South Africa team is stronger. I would say the outcome of today's match will depend on the performance of the bowlers. Pakistan bowlers could not do well against Afghanistan. If Pakistan's bowlers don't perform well against South Africa as well then Pakistan will definitely lose and lose by a big margin. Pakistani bowlers must do well if they want to win today's match. However, today's match is likely to be competitive. |
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Chelsea following this way would get themselves together and back amongst the first four clubs on the Premier League Standing. Finally, I must admit, the Champions League is quite boring without Chelsea. They're always the side that does the most challenging efforts against sides that seems undisputable.
I never saw Chelsea winning, bit I knew they would grab a point against Chelsea nif they worked hard for it.
Manchester United are boring ASF. They finally got to take the first three points in the Champions League. Should that stop there, they will find it difficult to still win games in the Premier League and qualify for top four.
I must say, Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur all in the right direction, Tottenham Hotspur? They have defending issues to solve. Jurgen Klopp doing a perfect job still.
We would be looking at these EPL elite teams from every angle since they're fierce and competitive. The EPL's elite teams are likely in excellent position, while several are removed owing to their poor performance this season. Tottenham Hotspur have surprised everyone with a magnificent performance this season, and they are currently first on the EPL table, followed by Manchester City, who are now in good shape and will stop at nothing until they have achieved their ultimate goals this season. Liverpool and Arsenal are also in the race, and I hope they perform better in their upcoming games. Then the primary concern is on Manchester United and Chelsea making a comeback to formidable squads, as both teams are beginning to play like some random mediocre clubs in the Premier League. Before the start of the season I thought we would see Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool dominate this season. But now we see Tottenham at the top of the table. Tottenham team is doing great without Harry Kane. Tottenham team has not been defeated in any match so far. Out of 9 matches they won 7 matches and drew 2 matches. Tattenham has been able to maintain consistency. Manchester City have been consistent since the start of the season but have dropped points in the last few matches. And City are second in the table on equal points with Arsenal. Although Liverpool team is fourth in the table, this team's performance is also very good. However, Chelsea and Manchester United continue to struggle to return to form. If these two teams return to form, the Premier League will become more competitive. |
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Today's match is do or die match for England. They must win today's match. Even if England manage to win the next 5 matches, they have a slim chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. So England team will try hard today to win. In the last match, England lost by a huge margin of 229 runs against South Africa. We have seen very bad batting from England's batsmen. Although South Africa set a huge target of 429 runs against Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team managed to collect 326 runs. Since the pitches are batting friendly, England's batsmen have no chance of winning if they don't perform well. If England want to win, the batsmen will definitely need to do better, especially the top order players will have to bat more responsibly. If not, the England team will accept the fourth defeat today.
It is not realistic to expect England to win all of their remaining matches (which include matches against India and Australia). But today they do have a very good chance of winning, as Sri Lanka has been one of the weakest teams in the tournament so far. BTW, if Australia wins all of their remaining matches, then they will have 14 points. England will only have 12 points, even if they win all of their remaining matches. Also, after the match against Sri Lanka today, the next match for Poms is against India, which will take place at the Ekana stadium in Lucknow. England is a team that has the ability to win all the upcoming matches. India is very difficult to beat. But it is not impossible. This is possible if the England team players return to the truck. But the problem is that England team players are not in good form. Bad performance of the batsmen is why this team is lagging behind. Despite having a lot of talented batsmen in the squad, none of the batsmen are performing well with responsibility. It is not possible to win against Sri Lanka if the batsmen play so badly. But today I think England will win. And we will see a good performance from their batsmen today. Today's match will be held at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both Australia and Pakistan scored 300+ runs in the last match on this pitch. So, if England's batsmen do not play well, they have no chance of winning on this ground. |
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So today England team will play against Sri Lanka team. Boath teams have the equal stats. Sri Lanka won only one match and England also won one match. If we talk about the net run rate so both teams are almost equal in Net Run Rate too. Sri lanka has -1.048 and England has -1.248 according to this England is looking weak as compare to Srilanka. Today match will be an interesting match.
The condition of the England team is very bad now. Out of 4 matches they have won only 1 match. We have seen poor batting from England in most of the matches. England's batsmen are not doing well, the expected performance from the bowlers is also not available. Since most of the matches are played on batting-friendly pitches, the chances of winning are very low if the batsmen do not perform well. England team is definitely the favorite against Sri Lanka. I think England's players will get back on track by winning this match. However, there is no chance of England's victory if the expected good performance is not received from the batsmen. Sri Lanka's bowling order is weak but their batsmen are capable of playing well. Today's match is do or die match for England. They must win today's match. Even if England manage to win the next 5 matches, they have a slim chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. So England team will try hard today to win. In the last match, England lost by a huge margin of 229 runs against South Africa. We have seen very bad batting from England's batsmen. Although South Africa set a huge target of 429 runs against Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team managed to collect 326 runs. Since the pitches are batting friendly, England's batsmen have no chance of winning if they don't perform well. If England want to win, the batsmen will definitely need to do better, especially the top order players will have to bat more responsibly. If not, the England team will accept the fourth defeat today. |
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Arsenal do have great chances of winning the league title this season judging by their performance so far, but I fear Arsenal do not drop points again and fall back such that they only finish amongst the top five just like they did last season, their problem was consistency but I think this season they are over that with what they have shown so far, but then it's still yet early so giving them some more time will be fair enough.
I won't be surprised if what happened to Arsenal last season repeats itself this season. I am not just satisfied with the way Arsenal is playing this season, their last match was against Chelsea, and I wasn't really impressed by Arsenal's performance in the match. Their performance was just worse in the first half of the match, but there was improvement in the second half of the match, and they were lucky to secure two goals in the second half. If Arsenal can continue with their current performance, then what happened last season is likely to happen this season too. It's just about 10 games played so far in the premier league, so they still have over twenty more games before the end of the season and that's enough to get teams to prove how well they are fit to lift the title by the end of the season, it will be only fair enough to at this time just keep an open mind until when they must have played pass twenty games we could tell who has got the most probable chance amongst the top five teams by then.
Yeah, you are right, there is still enough time. Everyone is just making predictions based on the current performance of every club, but we all know that things do change. A club might be performing poorly from the beginning of the season, and there might be improvement towards the end of the season, and some might start well and end up performing poorly before the season ends. For sure the league is still quite open to start judging which team has failed and the one that hasn't, Using Chelsea for instance, I didn't believe that things will start to improve so fast for the club in terms of performance by looking at where they were at the beginning of the season, let alone almost won Arsenal that defeated the defending Champions Manchester City recently, in a game competition, it is not yet over until it is over, teams that are not really in their form might wake up from slumber and pick form. Teams like Chelsea and Manchester United are improving slowly. At the start of the season we saw a Chelsea that was weak and almost collapsed. But this group is now quite stable. They surprised everyone by picking up points against Arsenal. On the other hand, the Manchester United team is also returning to form. Ten Hag is slowly solving the internal problems of the party. It is expected that this group will become more stable in the coming days. Tottenham, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool are four teams fighting for the title. And their points gap is very small. This year's Premier League has become more competitive than the previous season. The teams have continued to perform consistently well. |
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Bayern Munich has the strongest squad in the bundesliga. However the team is now third in the table. Leverkusen and stuttgart are first and second in the table. The way t hese two teams are performing is really commendable. Leverkusen showed with a good performance against Bayern munich that they have a strong enough squad and are ready to fight for the title. But whether stuttgart will be able to maintain consistency is not certain. stuttgart have yet to face the big teams. Stuttgart's performances against Dortmund, munich and leverkusen show just how strong the team is. But if the Stuttgart team can maintain such consistency, then this season of the bundesliga will be very competitive. We will not only see the dominance of Munich.
In terms of points, there are 4 clubs which are have close points, Leverkusen Stuttgart Bayern Munich and also Dortmund. It still looks competitive, but we started only with 8 matches, when it is over 15 matches maybe we can see which teams are still consistently collecting points. I think it's still Bayern Munich and maybe Dortmund, but I also don't underestimate Leverkusen because so far that team hasn't lost. But I'm not sure about Stuttgart, they might drop points against Big team like Bayern Munich or Dortmund. Continuity is the most difficult for Bundesliga clubs. Last season we saw Union Berlin occupy the top spot of the table for a long time. But they lost the truck towards the end of the season. And only the Dortmund team ended up competing for the title with Bayern Munich. Dortmund and Bayern Munich have the most consistent performances in the Bundesliga. Leverkusen have managed to field a very stable squad this season. The performance of the team is very stable with the help of Xavi Alonso. Hopefully they will be able to perform consistently. Dortmund, Munich and Leverkusen look set to battle it out for the title this year. These three teams have strong squads. |
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The performance of the two English clubs that played today in Europe is impressive. I have predicted that Manchester United would win their match against Copenhagen but I wasn't so sure that Arsenal will win Sevilla. But then I was optimistic because of two reasons; - Arsenal is in good form
- Sevilla will stylishly go back to their Europa League
So, Arsenal's win was also not a surprise. In as much as I acknowledge that Manchester United win wasn't a surprise, but the method of win was surprising. I mean who scored the goal and who saved the goal. It was a good outing, let's see what others will do tomorrow. Sevilla is a big la liga club. They do well when it's europa league and poor when it's Champions league. The win was expected now if they handle the rest of the games they win the rest of the games in the group. Seeing Arsenal at the top is what I want. Everybody knows that Copenhagen played better honestly. Man United did not do well from the coach to specific players. Ten Hag this season has more mistakes done than most players. Sevilla were not in good form at the start of the season. But Sevilla's performance in the last few matches has been quite good. This is why it was very difficult for arsenal to win this match. Arsenal still managed a narrow 2-1 victory. I'm happy that arsenal won this match even though they didn't score too many goals. Sevilla played well enough in their home match, and they won the match. Arsenal team is now at the top of the points table by getting 3 points in this match. Galatasaray is 1 point behind Arsenal. There is no doubt that Copenhagen performed well considering the away match. Their performance was very composed and they managed to put Manchester United players under pressure. Even then, they failed to score points in the end. Manchester united is now the third team in the points table after gaining 3 points from three matches. |
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South Africa's main strength is their batting order. Every batsman in the squad is in very good form. The top order players are off to a great start. The middle order has been able to maintain consistency. Especially I would say they batted brilliantly in the last 10 overs. In the last two matches they have collected more than 140 in the last 10 overs. The performance of the bowlers is also quite decent. This team has all the capabilities to qualify for the finals. South Africa won by a big margin against England. Today they will win against Bangladesh by a big margin. I don't think that Bangladesh has the ability to win by batting at such a big target. The performance of this team's batting order is very erratic.
South African team really impressed thier spectators because they were trashing each and every bowling lineup they face, if we have a look at thier results mostly they scored 350+ which is really impressive and some how give indication that they have ability to play till finals. If we have a look at thier current match results they firstly continue thier high scoring momentum and scored significant runs against Bangladesh which I think is well enough to defeat them and now due to firey bowling factory they departure each and every important batters and now they almost lose 8th which and soon we will get trashing defeat from strong contender South Africa It would not be wrong to say that South Africa has the strongest batting line-up in this World Cup. Every batsman in the squad is batting well. The team is not dependent on any particular batsman. Excellent performance. South Africa's batting has impressed us in every match except the one against netherlands. And this team has all the capabilities to qualify for the semi-finals. I am looking forward to South africa vs india match. Because both these teams are at the peak of form right now. This match is likely to be very competitive. The match is going to be held on November 5. Let's see if these two teams can maintain t he consistency of performance till then. |
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Batting first, Pakistan amassed 282, which was enough runs to win against Afghanistan. Pakistan's batting line is good but bowling line is not good. If Afghanistan's opening batting is not good, it becomes difficult for them to bat at the end. But today the opening batting has been very good. Afghanistan's opening batting partnership of 130 runs, they went a long way to win. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 65 runs, Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 87 runs. Afghanistan's batting has been excellent. Comparatively, Pakistan could not improve their bowling line. If Pakistan could have taken wickets early then Pakistan would have had a chance to win. But in the end Afghanistan won by 8 wickets, congratulations Afghanistan team for winning.
I agree with you. Batting first, Pakistan set a target of 283 runs. And that was enough to win. But opponent Afghanistan batted well today. Every batsman in the top order played very well. We can blame the Pakistan bowlers, but when the opposition batsmen are batting very responsibly, it becomes much more difficult for the bowlers to pick up wickets. Pakistan squad does not have good spin bowlers, this is their weakness. Apart from Afridi, other pace bowlers are not doing very well. And crucially Pakistan's fielding was poor. I would say this is one of the reasons for their defeat. We have seen Pakistan's fielding bad against Australia as well. This team really needs to improve their fielding. They have to be more diligent. Currently, Pakistan is a bunch of few quality players but as team they are worst in this event no one having any consistency and things are also going against them as well which is surely concern for their management because they need person which can lead from front right now they are lacking in leadership which is most important for any team. We were hyped about their bowling before event, but they are worst with poor fielding and no depth in batting bringing results like these even right now mostly feeling they are still in event, but their body language is clearly saying they are having no motivation, and they need to regroup themselves if they want any positive result from the remaining matches in this event. After Sarfraz they have no quality leader which can handle things with better way, hopefully after this event we will have overhaul in this team otherwise they could be down and out. Before the World Cup I was very interested in Pakistan's bowling order. I saw Naseem Shah and Afridi bowling brilliantly. At the same time Haris Rouf was doing quite well. But in Asia Cup and World Cup we are seeing bad bowling from Pakistan. Only we have seen better bowling than Shaheen Shah Afridi in World Cup. Besides, no other bowler is doing well. Although the performance of the batsmen is erratic, they are doing quite well. But due to the poor performance of the bowlers, the team has been consistently defeated. After the World Cup, the Pakistan management should definitely reshuffle the team. And they need to find a talented spin bowler. I have never seen better bowling than Usama Mir. |
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Proteas batting lineup is just murdering every bowling attack, virtually showing no respect to anyone and i guess it's their 3rd 350 total in this World Cup.
The lesson to every team is that when you are served with a belter, make full use of it and ditch the conservative mindset. Warning for all remaining opponents, i am glad that we are not facing them in Wankhede or Delhi.
LOL.... I really don't understand what went wrong for them against the Netherlands. So these are their totals so far: Match 1: 428/5 vs Sri Lanka Match 2: 311/7 vs Australia Match 3: 207 all out vs Netherlands Match 4: 399/7 vs England Match 5: 382/5 vs Bangladesh As you can see, South Africa batted full 50 overs and made 300 plus scores against top teams like England and Australia. But I don't know what happened during the match versus Netherlands. It was the only time (till now) when they got bowled out, and that too for a meagre total. South Africa's main strength is their batting order. Every batsman in the squad is in very good form. The top order players are off to a great start. The middle order has been able to maintain consistency. Especially I would say they batted brilliantly in the last 10 overs. In the last two matches they have collected more than 140 in the last 10 overs. The performance of the bowlers is also quite decent. This team has all the capabilities to qualify for the finals. South Africa won by a big margin against England. Today they will win against Bangladesh by a big margin. I don't think that Bangladesh has the ability to win by batting at such a big target. The performance of this team's batting order is very erratic. |
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I agree with you. Batting first, Pakistan set a target of 283 runs. And that was enough to win. But opponent Afghanistan batted well today. Every batsman in the top order played very well. We can blame the Pakistan bowlers, but when the opposition batsmen are batting very responsibly, it becomes much more difficult for the bowlers to pick up wickets.
Pakistan squad does not have good spin bowlers, this is their weakness. Apart from Afridi, other pace bowlers are not doing very well. And crucially Pakistan's fielding was poor. I would say this is one of the reasons for their defeat. We have seen Pakistan's fielding bad against Australia as well. This team really needs to improve their fielding. They have to be more diligent.
LOL.. I don't think that 282 is a decent total at Chepauk. Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam gave Pakistan a decent start. But the middle order batsmen could not use that as a launching pad and wasted a lot of balls during the depth overs. Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan failed to accelerate and only Iftikhar Ahmed towards the end boosted the run rate with a few boundaries. Even then, a total of above 300 would have been decent. For Afghanistan Noor Ahmad was the pick of the bowlers, and he picked up 3 crucial wickets and made sure that Pakistan doesn't manage to cross 300. Pakistan's batting was very slow from the beginning of the innings. Abdullah Shafique's strike rate was 77 and Babar Azam's strike rate was 80. Despite batting at such a bad strike rate, Pakistan managed to collect 282 runs. Iftikhar did not play the innings of 40 runs off 27 balls, maybe the team could not have given the target of 260 runs. Pakistan mustered just 139 runs in 30 overs, losing three wickets. On the other hand, Afghanistan's collection was 175 runs with the loss of 1 wicket in 30 overs. Afghanistan batsmen played very well. Afghanistan's batsmen took full advantage of Pakistan's weak bowling. At the same time, they batted at a smart strike rate. If the bowlers did well, the Pakistan team would have been able to win the target of 283 runs. Although the Afghanistan spin bowlers bowled very controlled, the Pakistan spin bowlers gave away a lot of runs. |
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Yeah, the starting of Bayer Leverkusen in this season was great and they are expected to annoy Bayern Munich until the end of the season hopefully. This will help Bundesliga being more competitive.
For Stuttgart, I am impressed that they were able to maintain that position after several weeks. In November they will face Dortmund and both Bayern Munich and Leipzig in December. Maybe these matches might impact the ranking of the team.
Hopefully they annoy Bayern Munich until the season ends and maybe they get the title this year , from what they playing its possible. About Stuttgart yes they playing an impressive soccer and Serhou Guirass is to 50 % the key for that. But lets see how they are doing without him the next weeks as he got injured on the last game and is not available for the next weeks. Bayern Munich has the strongest squad in the bundesliga. However the team is now third in the table. Leverkusen and stuttgart are first and second in the table. The way t hese two teams are performing is really commendable. Leverkusen showed with a good performance against Bayern munich that they have a strong enough squad and are ready to fight for the title. But whether stuttgart will be able to maintain consistency is not certain. stuttgart have yet to face the big teams. Stuttgart's performances against Dortmund, munich and leverkusen show just how strong the team is. But if the Stuttgart team can maintain such consistency, then this season of the bundesliga will be very competitive. We will not only see the dominance of Munich. |
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Galatasaray really seem to be in big trouble against Bayern Munich.  If Icardi doesn't have an injection I don't also think that he would be able to enter the game even from the substitutes. I wonder who Galatasaray would prefer in his position if they can't start with Icardi. Maybe Bakambu would be an alternative. He played for around 10 minutes against Besiktas but I still don't think he is ready for the starting eleven much. Because he hasn't been playing regularly for a long time. I think the best options for this game are Bayern Munich win @ 1.43 and over 2.5 goals @ 1.40. Galatasaray won't be a push over for Bayern Munich, Bayern has shown weakness this season and Galatasaray hasn't been in bad form also with the duo of icardi and Wilfred Zaha they have been able to always get goals and j believe they would give Bayern Munich a run for their money tomorrow and for sure this game would end both team score I support your opinion fully. I understand why some would think that Galatasaray is unable to hold a candle to Bayern Munich, but playing against Galatasaray is really no fun for any team and the game against Manchester United was like a wake up call. Maybe this game against United is what can Bayern Munich help to prepare to not run into the same problems that Manchester United had. But still you can only prepare for so many things and then it comes down to passion and conation. That's where I think the Turkish team may have an advantage over Bayern. They want these points against Bayern so much that they will play as if this game was the final of the Champions League already while Bayern has a comfortable six points. To be honest Galatasaray didn't perform well against Beşiktaş as they are still having issues with new players, there is lack of chemistry between newcomers and old people. But I think I agree about Zaha, Icardi. Hell even Mertens plays very high quality football if he plays short time (because of his old age). I still think Bayern will win this match with quick 2 goals scored at the start of game. Galatasaray only has chance if they can survive first half with 0-0 or 1-1. My guess for this match is that if Icardi is in the squad, galatasaray will try to attack a bit and try to score goals. They will definitely keep the defense tight. At the same time they will want to score from the counter attack. And if Icardi is not in the squad, they will play completely defensively against munich in this match. And if Galatasaray play defensively in this match, it will be much more difficult for Bayern Munich to score. I know Munich's attack is very strong. But when all 10 players of a team play the role of defenders, it is natural that it becomes difficult for the opponent to score. We probably won't see many goals in this match. Even if Bayern Munich win, they will win 2-1 or 2-0. |
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