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[JSRAW]

Forcast says that there is 50% chance of rain today ( can't rely on English weather) If that happens then situation can be tricky and winning the toss could be very important. Ground reporters giving mixed feedback about pitch. Little ball movement then slow wicket. Hoping for good contest between bat and ball.

Reports are coming that India may opt for bhuvneshwar Kumar in today's match. this ground is big so spinners from both sides going to love it here. Let's see who ends up with the winning side.

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[AB de Royse777]

Big day everyone, good to see the fire is already here from the comments.

So, India VS South Africa and South Africa team is looking broken without Ngidi and Steyn. The fan did not want to see this broken South Africa.

Anyway, we have less than 45 minutes for the match to start, make sure you have your picks in superbru.

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cheers :-)

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Forcast says that there is 50% chance of rain today ( can't rely on English weather) If that happens then situation can be tricky and winning the toss could be very important. Ground reporters giving mixed feedback about pitch. Little ball movement then slow wicket. Hoping for good contest between bat and ball.

Reports are coming that India may opt for bhuvneshwar Kumar in today's match. this ground is big so spinners from both sides going to love it here. Let's see who ends up with the winning side.

If there are no tricky interfere from rain then India should win this match.

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Guys I see JSRAW, jvdp and SaShiRaJaVu hasin't picked yet. Make your pick before it's too late. You can keep it unlock to have the chance to change the pick if you want to before the first ball to bowled.

[JSRAW]

Bumrah got Amla wicket, not very exciting about his wicket because now 2 solid batsmen playing together Kock and Faf. wish it was De Kock's wicket instead of Amla.

Faf du Plessis's record popped out in my news feed

vs India

13 innings : 658 runs
Avg 59.82
SR 92.42
2 X 100s
5 X 50s
HS 133


Edit :

Hell Yeah Quinton De cock out. now feeling happy

[AB de Royse777]

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Hell Yeah Quinton De cock out. now feeling happy

Well me too LOL I have huge stake in Indian team :-P
It's a good start for Indian team. They are the hot favorite in this match and they should have a comfortable/easy win. Waiting for the next wicket :-)

I hope it does not take too long.

[JSRAW]

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Waiting for the next wicket :-)

I hope it does not take too long.

Next batsman Rassie Dussen is a good player too. He and Faf can build partnership here as the ball gets old. I don't mind Faf's wicket here right now because he can be dangerous if he plays longer ( that means he's handling Indian spinner very well, India wouldn't like this because spinners are the key for this Indian side)

[AB de Royse777]

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Next batsman Rassie Dussen is a good player too. He and Faf can build partnership here as the ball gets old. I don't mind Faf's wicket here right now because he can be dangerous if he plays longer ( that means he's handling Indian spinner very well, India wouldn't like this because spinners are the key for this Indian side)

Faf is taking his time to get settled in the pitch and India needs to hurt his plan. I have not much idea about Dussen but if Faf manages to stay for long time then he can change the match scenario.

India needs Faf's wicket.

[onrise]

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Next batsman Rassie Dussen is a good player too. He and Faf can build partnership here as the ball gets old. I don't mind Faf's wicket here right now because he can be dangerous if he plays longer ( that means he's handling Indian spinner very well, India wouldn't like this because spinners are the key for this Indian side)

Faf is taking his time to get settled in the pitch and India needs to hurt his plan. I have not much idea about Dussen but if Faf manages to stay for long time then he can change the match scenario.

India needs Faf's wicket.

India started very well by picking both the openers very quickly and this would mean that now SA require some time to settle down and play slow cricket as they would like to save wickets. On other hand India could take the game more aggressive by placing close in fielders and start picking quick another wicket in order to put more pressure.

[AB de Royse777]

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India started very well by picking both the openers very quickly and this would mean that now SA require some time to settle down and play slow cricket as they would like to save wickets. On other hand India could take the game more aggressive by placing close in fielders and start picking quick another wicket in order to put more pressure.

So far Faf and Dussen is doing well except some misjudgements from Faf. Kuldeep was looking very good in his 2nd over especially the first 3 balls. If he keeps bowling like that then he may get Faf's wicket.

All four Indian bowlers have done very good job so far.

[Cloudbet]

Was not expecting wins from Pakistan and Bangladesh this week, it's looking like this year might be an interesting tournament if the upsets continue.

Congrats to Royce on leading after the first round, but i'm very impressed with vishnu so far - 3 correct margin picks is pretty damn good!

Hoping for a win from New Zealand today to take me to the top of the office pool, so my bets today are probably a bit biased!  

- Munro total: Over 24.5 (1.92)
- Guptill to score 50: Yes (2.56)
- New Zealand Top bowler: Henry (4.00) or Ferguson (3.95)
- Total in the highest scoring over: Over 17.5 (2.04)

I'm sorry to say I'll be unexpectedly out of the office until next week, but i'll be sending out a bunch of small round 1 and round 2 bonus prizes out ASAP when I'm back on Monday.

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

[erikalui]

Bumrah is in damn good form today but still SA has managed to make 80 runs before the 20th over. I am just hoping it doesn't rain now and ruin the chase but just hope the score is below 200 as I am scared of Imran Tahir as well.

[JSRAW]

Bumrah is in damn good form today but still SA has managed to make 80 runs before the 20th over. I am just hoping it doesn't rain now and ruin the chase but just hope the score is below 200 as I am scared of Imran Tahir as well.

True bumrah was excellent.

Meanwhile Indian spinners crushing proteas middle order. SA 5 down now. The way they are playing I would be very surprise if they reach close to 200. May be 150 runs at top.

Pitch looking lively for spinners. And today SA also playing with  2 wrist spinners.

[AB de Royse777]

Bumrah is in damn good form today but still SA has managed to make 80 runs before the 20th over. I am just hoping it doesn't rain now and ruin the chase but just hope the score is below 200 as I am scared of Imran Tahir as well.

Well now they are 5 down and run is only 105. They may hardly be able to score 200 runs. I am having a feeling that Bumrah is going to take few more wickets when he will be called for the 2nd spell.

At the moment both Kuldeep and Chahal are doing their job 100%. Not to mention Dhoni, he always keeps the batsmen in stress from behind the wicket LOL

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Pitch looking lively for spinners. And today SA also playing with  2 wrist spinners.

But you need a decent score to do something. Not sure if they will be able to have it.

[Vishnu.Reang]

South Africa struggling at 127/5 with just 17 more overs to go. Since they have lost so many wickets, they'll be in a disadvantage in case rain interrupts play. And I wonder why Kohli is not going for the kill, as he is persisting with part-time bowlers such as Kedar Jadhav. He needs to remember that NRR can be very important later on.

[AB de Royse777]

South Africa struggling at 127/5 with just 17 more overs to go. Since they have lost so many wickets, they'll be in a disadvantage in case rain interrupts play. And I wonder why Kohli is not going for the kill, as he is persisting with part-time bowlers such as Kedar Jadhav. He needs to remember that NRR can be very important later on.

I do think Kohli needs to start attacking with his strike bowlers which he is doing IMO. He used Bumrah now using Kumar while from one end Jadhav is bowling. SA is not taking any risk and leaving the balls to stay in the pitch. Unless they open up the bet it will be hard to take their wicket again it's cricket and you never know a quality bowler can take a wicket in any situation.

Now Chahal is back replacing Jadhav.

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And it worked LOL. Miller gone!

[Vishnu.Reang]

Actually I was surprised when India included two spinners in their XI (Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav), as I thought that the pitch conditions were favoring the pacers. But in between, the two of them have picked up 5 of the total 7 wickets that has fallen. At the same time, Buvi and Hardik Pandya have gone wicketless, till now.

[AB de Royse777]

The match between India vs South Africa has already been decided I think :-P India will gonna have a trashing win or easy win no doubt.

Anywah, the other match of the day has just started. Bangladesh vs New Zealand. Bangladesh so far scored 15 runs without losing any wicket after 3.4 overs. They have a decent start I would say.

What are your predictions for this match?

[JSRAW]

Lol what just happened I switched off the TV and went out to run an errands, thinking it's easy task for Indian bowlers to wrap up south African inning but they are still batting and crossed 220 runs as well.

[AB de Royse777]

Lol what just happened I switched off the TV and went out to run an errands, thinking it's easy task for Indian bowlers to wrap up south African inning but they are still batting and crossed 220 runs as well.

Yeah it was Morris and Rabada. They played some good shots and in fact Morris is the highest scorer in South African squad in this innings. 227 is an easy target for India may be they will lose one or two wickets to get it. So I am still thinking that India will have either a trashing win or easy win.

In the other match, Bangladesh lost their first wicket and so far they managed to score 29 after 10 overs.

[erikalui]

And I fell asleep and checked the score now which is 227 for 9 in 50 overs

Rohit and Dhawan better remain on the crease for atleast 20 overs and score atleast half the number of required runs. It's high time I see them playing else when I switch on the TV after 10 mins, 2 wickets are already gone. LOL!

[AB de Royse777]

And I fell asleep and checked the score now which is 227 for 9 in 50 overs

Rohit and Dhawan better remain on the crease for atleast 20 overs and score atleast half the number of required runs. It's high time I see them playing else when I switch on the TV after 10 mins, 2 wickets are already gone. LOL!

The tail enders did good job for South Africa. Although South African's bowling unit looks very average but I think India needs a careful start.

In the other match, Bangladesh just lost another wicket. Tamim gone.