2019 Cricket World Cup - Discussion & Analysis

[Haunebu]

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Even the current West Indian team has got a number of good players. If they put 100% in to their game, then they will be able to beat anyone. But first they need to put aside the personal differences and bond together as a team.

It's not football that in a camp few weeks of practice makes good understanding between players. Cricket is different. For sure West Indies have good player but I doubt they are fit for ODI matches. They are doing well in T20 but T20 and ODI are two different format.

Besides finding a good combination in betting and bowling is crucial. It requires lots of matches to play and experiments in both net and real matches.

Completely true. There is a reason why the current West Indian team has been failing consistently in ODI and test match formats from a long period of time. T20 is a different ball game altogether.

This is why I feel that the current West Indian team have no chance of lifting the World Cup this year.

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I think they may even lose some matches against Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they manage any match with them (I have not looked at the fixer yet).

West Indies will play against Afghanistan, no chances against Bangladesh since both are in different group. Well, if we look at their current performanc, chances is they will lost against Afghanistan. I second your thoughts too.

Different group? What are you talking about? There are no "groups" for this edition of the world cup. All the ten teams are going to play one match each against every other team. WI vs AFG on 4th July, while their match against BAN will be on 17th June.

My bad. I was redirected to a wrong link and that's why the result is it. Everyone will face everyone, that's true. However, WI has low chances of winning against Bangladesh and Afghanistan unless both of the country fail to perform.

[AB de Royse777]

This is why I feel that the current West Indian team have no chance of lifting the World Cup this year.

Leave lifting the world cup, they will not even pass the first round. They will end up being the 2nd or third bottom team if not the most bottom team of the group stage.

I will forget talking about WI lol I would rather talk about India and Australian team. Who wants to talk about a team who even do not get attention from their own country. WI had their glorious time and it's gone past. They still can come back but this will take time. You need to work in the root level to have a good future.

[noormcs5]

I think they may even lose some matches against Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they manage any match with them (I have not looked at the fixer yet).

West Indies will play against Afghanistan, no chances against Bangladesh since both are in different group. Well, if we look at their current performanc, chances is they will lost against Afghanistan. I second your thoughts too.

Different group? What are you talking about? There are no "groups" for this edition of the world cup. All the ten teams are going to play one match each against every other team. WI vs AFG on 4th July, while their match against BAN will be on 17th June.

Yes, this new format of world cup is much better than the previous years world cup tournaments. In previous years we used to have groups and in most of the cases, we already knew who will be the top two teams in each group. But in this year only 10 teams will play and they will have a chance to play against each other, before we can see who quality for the top 4 teams.

[UmerIdrees]

I think they may even lose some matches against Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they manage any match with them (I have not looked at the fixer yet).

West Indies will play against Afghanistan, no chances against Bangladesh since both are in different group. Well, if we look at their current performanc, chances is they will lost against Afghanistan. I second your thoughts too.

Different group? What are you talking about? There are no "groups" for this edition of the world cup. All the ten teams are going to play one match each against every other team. WI vs AFG on 4th July, while their match against BAN will be on 17th June.

My bad. I was redirected to a wrong link and that's why the result is it. Everyone will face everyone, that's true. However, WI has low chances of winning against Bangladesh and Afghanistan unless both of the country fail to perform.

You are under estimating the West Indies team.
Although I know that the chances of WI team in this world cup is very low but still they have the ability to beat teams like Bangladesh and afganistan. Maybe they have chance against srilanka too, as Srilankan team is also not in great form.

[Indymoney]

I think they may even lose some matches against Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they manage any match with them (I have not looked at the fixer yet).

West Indies will play against Afghanistan, no chances against Bangladesh since both are in different group. Well, if we look at their current performanc, chances is they will lost against Afghanistan. I second your thoughts too.

Different group? What are you talking about? There are no "groups" for this edition of the world cup. All the ten teams are going to play one match each against every other team. WI vs AFG on 4th July, while their match against BAN will be on 17th June.

My bad. I was redirected to a wrong link and that's why the result is it. Everyone will face everyone, that's true. However, WI has low chances of winning against Bangladesh and Afghanistan unless both of the country fail to perform.

You are under estimating the West Indies team.
Although I know that the chances of WI team in this world cup is very low but still they have the ability to beat teams like Bangladesh and afganistan. Maybe they have chance against srilanka too, as Srilankan team is also not in great form.

Now we can say these all teams are equal because in 50 overs match any result can happen on day and Bangladesh Sri Lanka and Afghanistan all can beat West Indies easily as they have some good experienced and talented players.

[Vishnu.Reang]

You are under estimating the West Indies team.
Although I know that the chances of WI team in this world cup is very low but still they have the ability to beat teams like Bangladesh and afganistan. Maybe they have chance against srilanka too, as Srilankan team is also not in great form.

Perhaps you are true. There is a chance that we are under-estimating the West Indies team. On a given day, they are capable of beating any team out there, including India and Australia. But their main issue is inconsistency. They can beat India by a good margin and in the next match they can go down against Afghanistan. Very unpredictable team...

[onrise]

DC are 69/3 in 8 overs . Munro who was batting well got out at 40 runs.  DC will need to post something above 175 runs in order to give a tough fight and ensure they stay in the hunt else SRH would be able to make it easily if they cannot take quick wickets.

[AB de Royse777]

DC are 69/3 in 8 overs . Munro who was batting well got out at 40 runs.  DC will need to post something above 175 runs in order to give a tough fight and ensure they stay in the hunt else SRH would be able to make it easily if they cannot take quick wickets.

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[Haunebu]

For the Indian sqaud, I hope Dhoni plays this world cup as it may be the last world cup for him after which he may choose to retire. He should be the captain instead of Virat as even though Virat has proved himself, his captaincy has not been as good as Dhonis and plus this is the World Cup and the entire team has new cricketers and I miss Ashwin's bowling. They can choose Raina too.

Undoubtedly dhoni should be on the first eleven.Look at his recent performance or IPL.He's still very good at this age.And remember 2011, when dhoni helped the Indian team to win the world cup after 83.I think india will make a great team for WC 19. And India will be considered one of the favorites of World cup.      

I've not followed Dhoni's performance in recent matches of IPL; however, I've got a feeling that Dhoni will be an epic failure for the Indian team if he's taken for the world cup. His experience can definitely help the team, but coming up in the middle-order, when the team requires a faster score, MS is no longer appropriate, especially on the difficult pitches.

You'll see what I'm talking about once the world cup begins.

Your analysis of Dhoni who has become a legend in the world of Cricket is completely wrong and downright stupid. Are you even watching the IPL?

Super batsman
Amazing wicketkeeper
Uber cool captaincy skills

At present, CSK has won every single game and lost only 1 game and they will be the first team to qualify once again this year. Think before trying to bad-mouth such a magnificent player.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Your analysis of Dhoni who has become a legend in the world of Cricket is completely wrong and downright stupid. Are you even watching the IPL?

Super batsman
Amazing wicketkeeper
Uber cool captaincy skills

At present, CSK has won every single game and lost only 1 game and they will be the first team to qualify once again this year. Think before trying to bad-mouth such a magnificent player.

He may be a legend (no one is going to deny that), but that doesn't grant him immunity from criticism. I would also say that Dhoni needs to score runs at a faster pace, especially during the final 10 overs. As far as the ODIs are concerned, Virat Kohli is a much better player.

[Little Mouse]

He may be a legend (no one is going to deny that), but that doesn't grant him immunity from criticism. I would also say that Dhoni needs to score runs at a faster pace, especially during the final 10 overs. As far as the ODIs are concerned, Virat Kohli is a much better player.

Virat is now the top performed player. If you consider all the wicrkt-keeper from all team, who will be the best and what will Dhoni be positioned. I think Dhoni will be the 4-5thth wicket keeper with the performance of batting. No doubt that anyone else can have a good batting but you know without Dhoni's direction in the field, India will be the worst team under Kohli's captaincy and so does under any other captain. So, if team India decides to keep away Dhoni from playing XI, that will be the worst decision from Indian team.

[onrise]

He may be a legend (no one is going to deny that), but that doesn't grant him immunity from criticism. I would also say that Dhoni needs to score runs at a faster pace, especially during the final 10 overs. As far as the ODIs are concerned, Virat Kohli is a much better player.

Virat is now the top performed player. If you consider all the wicrkt-keeper from all team, who will be the best and what will Dhoni be positioned. I think Dhoni will be the 4-5thth wicket keeper with the performance of batting. No doubt that anyone else can have a good batting but you know without Dhoni's direction in the field, India will be the worst team under Kohli's captaincy and so does under any other captain. So, if team India decides to keep away Dhoni from playing XI, that will be the worst decision from Indian team.

Dhoni and Kohli makes a good pair and both had a good captain experience as well and balances the team according to their style. This experience will help the team in the long run as new comers and senior players will keep learning form them.

[Haunebu]

Your analysis of Dhoni who has become a legend in the world of Cricket is completely wrong and downright stupid. Are you even watching the IPL?

Super batsman
Amazing wicketkeeper
Uber cool captaincy skills

At present, CSK has won every single game and lost only 1 game and they will be the first team to qualify once again this year. Think before trying to bad-mouth such a magnificent player.

He may be a legend (no one is going to deny that), but that doesn't grant him immunity from criticism. I would also say that Dhoni needs to score runs at a faster pace, especially during the final 10 overs. As far as the ODIs are concerned, Virat Kohli is a much better player.

Virat Kohli is a better batsman than Dhoni currently who is still a great batsman, but he is leagues away in terms of captaincy skills when compared to MSD. Also, MSD is rated as one of the best wicketkeepers in the world of Cricket which is why he is a better player in these aspects.

[Btc_1856]

I've not followed Dhoni's performance in recent matches of IPL; however, I've got a feeling that Dhoni will be an epic failure for the Indian team if he's taken for the world cup. His experience can definitely help the team, but coming up in the middle-order, when the team requires a faster score, MS is no longer appropriate, especially on the difficult pitches.

You'll see what I'm talking about once the world cup begins.

He is playing quite well for CSK and I want Dhoni in this world cup as it will be his last. I always have felt that even when is batting score is poor, his presence still helps the team and we need someone like him from the older team to manage the team properly. As a WC, I haven't seen anyone as good and alert as him.

Yes, Dhoni is the most consisting player to be played in the WC, but everything is based on the selectors. I hope today BCCI is going to announce who are the 15 members going to be played in the coming WC, i hope Dhoni should be in the list and there is a higher chance for him.

[JSRAW]

Indian Team Squad World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik

Happy for Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar they deserve the spot in this Squad. Feel bad for Rishab pant but it's his fault anyway, he had to take his game seriously from now on and stop repeating the same mistake again and again. 

A curious case is Ambati Raydu, 4 months back he was considered to be a permanent member of World cup squad, but times changes quickly.

I didn't like KL Rahul selection due to his last year form but Selectors and Team management still think he can contribute to the Indian team. I wish the same for him because now he's in Indian Team and we must support him despite our bias but I will repeat last time anyway that he played shitty cricket by all means in last year 

[Little Mouse]

Indian Team Squad World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik

Happy for Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar they deserve the spot in this Squad. Feel bad for Rishab pant but it's his fault anyway, he had to take his game seriously from now on and stop repeating the same mistake again and again. 

A curious case is Ambati Raydu, 4 months back he was considered to be a permanent member of World cup squad, but times changes quickly.

I didn't like KL Rahul selection due to his last year form but Selectors and Team management still think he can contribute to the Indian team. I wish the same for him because now he's in Indian Team and we must support him despite our bias but I will repeat last time anyway that he played shitty cricket by all means in last year 

There's no other good option than KL Rahul for the opening in case one of Shikhar and Rohit get injured or whatever. Rayudu could make it but whom do you think he could replace? I think this squad is the best for India.

[liuqi]

Indian Team Squad World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik

Happy for Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar they deserve the spot in this Squad. Feel bad for Rishab pant but it's his fault anyway, he had to take his game seriously from now on and stop repeating the same mistake again and again. 

A curious case is Ambati Raydu, 4 months back he was considered to be a permanent member of World cup squad, but times changes quickly.

I didn't like KL Rahul selection due to his last year form but Selectors and Team management still think he can contribute to the Indian team. I wish the same for him because now he's in Indian Team and we must support him despite our bias but I will repeat last time anyway that he played shitty cricket by all means in last year 

There's no other good option than KL Rahul for the opening in case one of Shikhar and Rohit get injured or whatever. Rayudu could make it but whom do you think he could replace? I think this squad is the best for India.

Rayudu is not in the world cup squad then how could he replace when anyone got injured...

Shikar and Rohit will be openers and Kohli will be following them in 1 down. Jaddu and Vijay Shankar are special added flavours for the team. Hope they will fulfil the expectation what BCCI have on them.

[Haunebu]

Indian Team Squad World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik

Happy for Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar they deserve the spot in this Squad. Feel bad for Rishab pant but it's his fault anyway, he had to take his game seriously from now on and stop repeating the same mistake again and again. 

A curious case is Ambati Raydu, 4 months back he was considered to be a permanent member of World cup squad, but times changes quickly.

I didn't like KL Rahul selection due to his last year form but Selectors and Team management still think he can contribute to the Indian team. I wish the same for him because now he's in Indian Team and we must support him despite our bias but I will repeat last time anyway that he played shitty cricket by all means in last year 

There's no other good option than KL Rahul for the opening in case one of Shikhar and Rohit get injured or whatever. Rayudu could make it but whom do you think he could replace? I think this squad is the best for India.

I agree with 90% of the squad, but I am surprised to Vijay Shankar being picked over Pant. Vijay has a lot to prove since the selectors are taking a gamble on him since he offers extra dimensions when compared to Pant and Rayudu.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Surprising that Dinesh Karthik was picked ahead of Rishabh Pant. Both are performing well right now, but I would have rather gone with the 21-year old Pant than the 33-year old Karthik. But it is tough, when you don't have powerful people supporting you.