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[TakeItEasy]

Afghanistan bowlers bowled well and they didn't give a chance to New Zealand to go above 300 runs but Afghanistan batsman didn't play well and they got out on 139 runs which is showing that Afghanistan needs more attention on the batting line. This is showing that Afghanistan will be out from ICC World Cup.

New Zealand won their 4th game in this World Cup as back-to-back victories for the New Zealand Team, they are playing well in the bowling or the batting. Their batting side is strong enough to give a backup to the bowlers. They played outclass cricket today by bowling out the Team Afghanistan on 139. As this was a batting pitch some people have expected from Afghanistan that they will provide their best as that was in the previous match against England but today Afghanistan Team failed to provide their best cricket game.

Glen Phillips made 71 runs out of 80 balls, Tom Latham made 68 runs out of 74 balls and Will Young made 54 runs out of 64 deliveries from the side of New Zealand. They all played well, as they are good at batting we have seen some positive cricket from them today as we have seen some hitting sixes towards the boundary from the bat of Glen Phillips and Will Young, they both played well.

[hafiztalha]

Batting at a target of 289 on this pitch, it was much more difficult to win. The pitch was not batting friendly. As we have seen in New Zealand's innings, the batsmen have had a lot of trouble scoring runs. New Zealand's top order collapsed quite quickly. Still New Zealand managed to provide a very good target. Had the target been less than 250 I would have thought an Afghanistan win was a possibility. But considering the pitch, a target of 289 runs is enough to win if the batsmen can bowl under control. New Zealand's bowlers' performance today was very controlled. Afghanistan lost their sixth wicket by 125 runs. Today, New Zealand will win the match by a big margin.

After winning the toss, Afghanistan opted to bowl that was good decision but their bowlers tried hard but could not stop the run rate. Due to which New Zealand reach their desired goal. Afghanistan bowlers performed very well in the last match they got almost all wickets there but the result of today's match is also different. On the one hand they have not bowled well and on the other hand they have failed to chase. Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi None could do well according to their merits. Due to which Afghanistan saw another defeat.

The decision to field first was correct. And the Afghanistan bowlers got off to a good start. New Zealand lost 4 of their key batsmen for 110 runs. Philips and Latham then put together an excellent partnership of 146 runs. These two batsmen played very well. At the same time, Afghanistan's bowling and fielding were very poor. Even so, the match was likely to be competitive. But the bowlers as well as the batsmen played very badly. 6 batsmen of the team could not collect two digit runs. However, Afghanistan suffered a humiliating defeat against New Zealand after a resounding win against England. This team has the potential to do well, but the players' performances have been erratic.

In my opinion, choosing bowl first was not nice decision of Afghanistan team because they knew that why they lose games from other teams. Due to poor batting performance of in past matches, they lose their past three matches. Their bowling performance good as compared to batting. In this match, if they had batted first without any pressure of target then their chances would have been increased. On other hand, New Zealand is not a weaker team, they won all previous matches and now they are in top rank in statistics. In this match, Devon Conway performance not outstanding. He just scored 20 runs in 18 balls and hitted three 4s. Anyways, Congratulations New Zealand once again to secure their victory and maintain your place in points table

[Crypto Library]

I didn't understand that Afghanistan team would bat so badly. I thought Afghanistan team might perform well in batting and win the match but they lost because of their poor performance. New Zealand team was very strong in bowling line which is why today's match was so easy.  New Zealand team won.

It has to be happened.  We have seen from the beginning that Afghanistan's tour of the ICC World Cup 2023 is not very good, but in the previous match against England, they showed a very good performance.  Although the England team was one of the stronger teams, I still think that England are out of form in this World Cup.
And after winning against England, everyone might have thought that Afghanistan would win against New Zealand, but that was not possible and the match remained one-sided. Afghanistan's batting line-up proved to be very weak today and their poor performance shows that New Zealand bowlers did not have face any difficulty to all out them. New Zealand's batting and bowling performance were both good today but I would say the credit for today's win goes to the bowlers especially Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, the three of them had a great performance to take Afghanistan face loss. A look at the run warm chart below shows how Afghanistan's performance was today.
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However, the match of India vs Bangladesh is going to be held tomorrow. Currently, many Indian cricketers feel that there is more competition than Pakistan. Even then I will say that if the current performance of Bangladesh is going on then they will definitely lose this match with India.

[ZAINmalik75]

Afghanistan bowlers bowled well and they didn't give a chance to New Zealand to go above 300 runs but Afghanistan batsman didn't play well and they got out on 139 runs which is showing that Afghanistan needs more attention on the batting line. This is showing that Afghanistan will be out from ICC World Cup.

It's true that Afghanistan has quality bowling attack but thier batting has no match with them it's totally different and dependent on top 3 batter, if they able to score well Afghanistan will win just like we have seen in previous matches but if they failed then accept advance defeat of Afghanistan, when they departure NewZeland entire line-up before 300 then I taught hopefully afg will chased it down but I forget about the NewZeland bowling which are in thier brighter colour currently. Anyway it's shocking for me they way afg performance goes up and down they should at least lost with 40 to 50 runs but it doesn't, I still believe if they bat first then later thier bowler will get a handsome win for them

[laurenB7742]

Batting at a target of 289 on this pitch, it was much more difficult to win. The pitch was not batting friendly. As we have seen in New Zealand's innings, the batsmen have had a lot of trouble scoring runs. New Zealand's top order collapsed quite quickly. Still New Zealand managed to provide a very good target. Had the target been less than 250 I would have thought an Afghanistan win was a possibility. But considering the pitch, a target of 289 runs is enough to win if the batsmen can bowl under control. New Zealand's bowlers' performance today was very controlled. Afghanistan lost their sixth wicket by 125 runs. Today, New Zealand will win the match by a big margin.

After winning the toss, Afghanistan opted to bowl that was good decision but their bowlers tried hard but could not stop the run rate. Due to which New Zealand reach their desired goal. Afghanistan bowlers performed very well in the last match they got almost all wickets there but the result of today's match is also different. On the one hand they have not bowled well and on the other hand they have failed to chase. Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi None could do well according to their merits. Due to which Afghanistan saw another defeat.

The decision to field first was correct. And the Afghanistan bowlers got off to a good start. New Zealand lost 4 of their key batsmen for 110 runs. Philips and Latham then put together an excellent partnership of 146 runs. These two batsmen played very well. At the same time, Afghanistan's bowling and fielding were very poor. Even so, the match was likely to be competitive. But the bowlers as well as the batsmen played very badly. 6 batsmen of the team could not collect two digit runs. However, Afghanistan suffered a humiliating defeat against New Zealand after a resounding win against England. This team has the potential to do well, but the players' performances have been erratic.

In my opinion, choosing bowl first was not nice decision of Afghanistan team because they knew that why they lose games from other teams. Due to poor batting performance of in past matches, they lose their past three matches. Their bowling performance good as compared to batting. In this match, if they had batted first without any pressure of target then their chances would have been increased. On other hand, New Zealand is not a weaker team, they won all previous matches and now they are in top rank in statistics. In this match, Devon Conway performance not outstanding. He just scored 20 runs in 18 balls and hitted three 4s. Anyways, Congratulations New Zealand once again to secure their victory and maintain your place in points table

Chennai's first innings average score on this pitch is 226. And the average score of the second innings is 204 runs. I think Afghanistan might have thought that if they can keep New Zealand under 250 then they will win the match. Because the performance of Afghanistan's batsmen has been erratic but they have some great batsmen in their squad. If the target is low, if the batsmen are able to bat in a pressure-free manner, it would not be difficult for Afghanistan to win the match. That is why they won the toss and took the fielding. However, poor fielding by Afghanistan gave New Zealand a big target of 289. 288 runs can be called a big collection on this pitch. And Afghanistan's top order broke down at the beginning of batting on such a target. The match could have been competitive if the top order had done well.

[JunaidAzizi]

Afghanistan bowlers bowled well and they didn't give a chance to New Zealand to go above 300 runs but Afghanistan batsman didn't play well and they got out on 139 runs which is showing that Afghanistan needs more attention on the batting line. This is showing that Afghanistan will be out from ICC World Cup.

It's true that Afghanistan has quality bowling attack but thier batting has no match with them it's totally different and dependent on top 3 batter, if they able to score well Afghanistan will win just like we have seen in previous matches but if they failed then accept advance defeat of Afghanistan, when they departure NewZeland entire line-up before 300 then I taught hopefully afg will chased it down but I forget about the NewZeland bowling which are in thier brighter colour currently. Anyway it's shocking for me they way afg performance goes up and down they should at least lost with 40 to 50 runs but it doesn't, I still believe if they bat first then later thier bowler will get a handsome win for them

Yeah, you are right no one was expecting that the Afghan team would lose the match with such a big margin at least they crossed the 200 figures but what I noticed is that they beat the England team which is the strongest team and they think that we beat the England team how we can't take victory from the new Zeland and this thing makes them down toward the earth. They forget the new Zeland bowlers who are too good at bowling and also look to the batsmen at how they performed their front order and middle order played well but the Afghanistan team did not. Long story short, The team who won the match has always had better bowling, batting, and fielding, and the team who lost the match has always been showing poor performance in all sections.

[Tony116]

Afghanistan bowlers bowled well and they didn't give a chance to New Zealand to go above 300 runs but Afghanistan batsman didn't play well and they got out on 139 runs which is showing that Afghanistan needs more attention on the batting line. This is showing that Afghanistan will be out from ICC World Cup.

It's true that Afghanistan has quality bowling attack but thier batting has no match with them it's totally different and dependent on top 3 batter, if they able to score well Afghanistan will win just like we have seen in previous matches but if they failed then accept advance defeat of Afghanistan, when they departure NewZeland entire line-up before 300 then I taught hopefully afg will chased it down but I forget about the NewZeland bowling which are in thier brighter colour currently. Anyway it's shocking for me they way afg performance goes up and down they should at least lost with 40 to 50 runs but it doesn't, I still believe if they bat first then later thier bowler will get a handsome win for them

Yeah, you are right no one was expecting that the Afghan team would lose the match with such a big margin at least they crossed the 200 figures but what I noticed is that they beat the England team which is the strongest team and they think that we beat the England team how we can't take victory from the new Zeland and this thing makes them down toward the earth. They forget the new Zeland bowlers who are too good at bowling and also look to the batsmen at how they performed their front order and middle order played well but the Afghanistan team did not. Long story short, The team who won the match has always had better bowling, batting, and fielding, and the team who lost the match has always been showing poor performance in all sections.

I do not expect the New Zealand team to give a target of 289 runs. They were playing very slow at the beginning of the innings. And quickly lost several batsmen. Afghanistan's bowlers were able to bowl very well in the beginning. But Afghanistan can not maintain liquidity.

The top two reasons for Afghanistan's defeat were erratic bowling and poor fielding. If Afghanistan's fielding was good, it would not have been possible for New Zealand to collect 288 runs.

I don't expect anything better from the Afghanistan batsmen. Because we have seen in the past matches of this team that they depend on the top order. Despite a good start against Bangladesh, they quickly lost the remaining wickets after the two openers returned to the dressing room. And after the two openers got out today I was sure Afghanistan were going to lose. But I did not think that they will not be able to collect 150 runs.

[TakeItEasy]

Today there will be a clash between India and Bangladesh as India is looking too dangerous now as they won all three games that were played against Australia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. They played superb cricket as they have a really strong side at batting as compared to Bangladesh and also in Bowling Bangladesh didn't have as much good bowling as India. But we have to see which batsman will score more runs today on the board and which will go for the most wickets in the match.

Looking at both the stats, they both have played about 40 games in the format of One Day International (ODI) in which India has the most wins of 31 and Bangladesh has won just 9 games in these 40. So, we can conclude that India can show some good cricket today and hope Bangladesh will not disappoint its followers. That will be a huge game.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

After winning the toss, Afghanistan opted to bowl that was good decision but their bowlers tried hard but could not stop the run rate. Due to which New Zealand reach their desired goal. Afghanistan bowlers performed very well in the last match they got almost all wickets there but the result of today's match is also different. On the one hand they have not bowled well and on the other hand they have failed to chase. Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi None could do well according to their merits. Due to which Afghanistan saw another defeat.

Afghanistan bowlers bowled well and they didn't give a chance to New Zealand to go above 300 runs but Afghanistan batsman didn't play well and they got out on 139 runs which is showing that Afghanistan needs more attention on the batting line. This is showing that Afghanistan will be out from ICC World Cup.

I didn't understand that Afghanistan team would bat so badly. I thought Afghanistan team might perform well in batting and win the match but they lost because of their poor performance. New Zealand team was very strong in bowling line which is why today's match was so easy.  New Zealand team won.

New Zealand is a much stronger and more reliable team than Afghanistan. We have seen that in 2023 World Cup New Zealand and Afghanistan played 3 matches each where New Zealand won all 3 matches. Afghanistan on the other hand won only 1 out of 3 matches. In today's match, I already thought that New Zealand will beat Afghanistan very easily to win the match. Because Afghanistan's performance is very weak in this World Cup. New Zealand lost the toss and went down to bat with a very good performance and collected 288 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs. On the other hand, the target of 289 runs given by New Zealand, Afghanistan lost all the wickets and collected only 139 runs. In this match, New Zealand won by 149 runs and moved to the number 1 position in the points table. New Zealand is currently the number one team in the points table and is a very suitable team for this World Cup final.

[Vaskiy]

After winning the toss, Afghanistan opted to bowl that was good decision but their bowlers tried hard but could not stop the run rate. Due to which New Zealand reach their desired goal. Afghanistan bowlers performed very well in the last match they got almost all wickets there but the result of today's match is also different. On the one hand they have not bowled well and on the other hand they have failed to chase. Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi None could do well according to their merits. Due to which Afghanistan saw another defeat.

Afghanistan bowlers bowled well and they didn't give a chance to New Zealand to go above 300 runs but Afghanistan batsman didn't play well and they got out on 139 runs which is showing that Afghanistan needs more attention on the batting line. This is showing that Afghanistan will be out from ICC World Cup.

I didn't understand that Afghanistan team would bat so badly. I thought Afghanistan team might perform well in batting and win the match but they lost because of their poor performance. New Zealand team was very strong in bowling line which is why today's match was so easy.  New Zealand team won.

New Zealand is a much stronger and more reliable team than Afghanistan. We have seen that in 2023 World Cup New Zealand and Afghanistan played 3 matches each where New Zealand won all 3 matches. Afghanistan on the other hand won only 1 out of 3 matches. In today's match, I already thought that New Zealand will beat Afghanistan very easily to win the match. Because Afghanistan's performance is very weak in this World Cup. New Zealand lost the toss and went down to bat with a very good performance and collected 288 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs. On the other hand, the target of 289 runs given by New Zealand, Afghanistan lost all the wickets and collected only 139 runs. In this match, New Zealand won by 149 runs and moved to the number 1 position in the points table. New Zealand is currently the number one team in the points table and is a very suitable team for this World Cup final.

No doubt in it. New Zealand is better than Afghanistan in all means, and we were able to see it in today's match. At some point Afghanistan got an opportunity as New Zealand lost early wickets. The partnership between Latham and Phillips saved the team reach better score and win the match. If one of them had fallen earlier, surely this could've been a struggle for New Zealand and the scoring could've been stopped within 250 runs. This might have turned a close match as Afghanistan would be with less pressure while chasing.

[Swordsoffreedom]

India vs  Bangladesh

Bangladesh team will play against mighty India today. India will undoubtedly be favorites in this match. Indian team is in great form. Especially their batsmen are in very good rhythm. They have a very strong batting order. And the team is not dependent on any particular player. The team's two senior players Rohit and Kohli are in form. And to defeat a team like Bangladesh, only good batting from these two players is enough for India. India won easily against Pakistan, Afghanistan and Australia.

However, recent performance of Bangladesh team against India is quite good. Bangladesh was able to defeat India in the Asia Cup match. Besides, Bangladesh won the last ODI series against India by 2-1. So India has to play very carefully. There is no way to take the Bangladesh team lightly.

[noormcs5]

Today there will be a clash between India and Bangladesh as India is looking too dangerous now as they won all three games that were played against Australia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. They played superb cricket as they have a really strong side at batting as compared to Bangladesh and also in Bowling Bangladesh didn't have as much good bowling as India. But we have to see which batsman will score more runs today on the board and which will go for the most wickets in the match.

Looking at both the stats, they both have played about 40 games in the format of One Day International (ODI) in which India has the most wins of 31 and Bangladesh has won just 9 games in these 40. So, we can conclude that India can show some good cricket today and hope Bangladesh will not disappoint its followers. That will be a huge game.

Today is the match between Bangladesh and India. So, for the future results, we should know about the past, let’s see the previous match results of both countries, first, we are checking the points of both teams so India's previous record is very good, they won all the matches that they played, and Bangladesh record was not good. They just won their one match out of 3 matches, but India also won their all matches in the 2019 World Cup and they lost the semi-final and maybe history will repeat again.

Anyway, Bangladesh has a very low chance of winning today's match against India and India can win easily.

[HelliumZ]

India vs  Bangladesh

However, recent performance of Bangladesh team against India is quite good. Bangladesh was able to defeat India in the Asia Cup match. Besides, Bangladesh won the last ODI series against India by 2-1. So India has to play very carefully. There is no way to take the Bangladesh team lightly.

Bangladesh won the series by 2-1 in the Bangladesh venue. This year's ICC ODI World Cup is at India's venue, so I don't see the possibility of Bangladesh winning in this case. Moreover, the opening pair of Bangladesh is not able to perform well, in that case, Bangladesh is not able to collect many runs in the World Cup matches. Even if Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh is not present in today's match, Bangladesh will be far behind. On the other hand, India's Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, S. Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli's consistent performances have taken this World Cup to a different label. So I am not thinking about anything but India's victory in this World Cup.

[Sithara007]

Obviously India should not take Bangladesh lightly. Especially after the 2007 ODI World Cup. During this tournament, India was kicked out in the group phase after losing consecutive matches to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Bermuda was the other team in the group, and India managed to defeat them by a margin of 257 runs. And this was the main trigger after which the ICC decided to keep associate nations away from main tournaments (Bangladesh was not an associate back then, but the blame fell on smaller nations).

[HelliumZ]

Obviously India should not take Bangladesh lightly. Especially after the 2007 ODI World Cup. During this tournament, India was kicked out in the group phase after losing consecutive matches to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Bermuda was the other team in the group, and India managed to defeat them by a margin of 257 runs. And this was the main trigger after which the ICC decided to keep associate nations away from main tournaments (Bangladesh was not an associate back then, but the blame fell on smaller nations).

No team should be underestimated in cricket because in the match that was played between Netherlands and South Africa in the current world cup nobody thought that Netherlands could beat South Africa. But the Netherlands eventually won by 38 runs.
In this match too, India is not looking down on Bangladesh as Bangladesh has defeated India several times in history and even in the World Cup, India lost to Bangladesh and was eliminated from the knockout stage.

[Juggy777]

Obviously India should not take Bangladesh lightly. Especially after the 2007 ODI World Cup. During this tournament, India was kicked out in the group phase after losing consecutive matches to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Bermuda was the other team in the group, and India managed to defeat them by a margin of 257 runs. And this was the main trigger after which the ICC decided to keep associate nations away from main tournaments (Bangladesh was not an associate back then, but the blame fell on smaller nations).

No team should be underestimated in cricket because in the match that was played between Netherlands and South Africa in the current world cup nobody thought that Netherlands could beat South Africa. But the Netherlands eventually won by 38 runs.
In this match too, India is not looking down on Bangladesh as Bangladesh has defeated India several times in history and even in the World Cup, India lost to Bangladesh and was eliminated from the knockout stage.

@Helliumz the momentum is with team India and I doubt that they’ll let their guard down against Bangladesh now because they very well know that Bangladesh is a tricky opponent and hopefully they’ll try and not give them the chance of playing their natural game. @Sithara007 what’s happened in the past won’t be repeated today because team India have world class bowlers and player’s who can bat till the very end hence they should be able to defeat Bangladesh.

[Sithara007]

No team should be underestimated in cricket because in the match that was played between Netherlands and South Africa in the current world cup nobody thought that Netherlands could beat South Africa. But the Netherlands eventually won by 38 runs.
In this match too, India is not looking down on Bangladesh as Bangladesh has defeated India several times in history and even in the World Cup, India lost to Bangladesh and was eliminated from the knockout stage.

India can't afford to take any of the teams lightly, because this time the tournament format is very unique. At least some of the semi-final slots will be decided on the basis of run-rate and even a single loss can prove to be very costly at the end. My guess is that a minimum of 6 wins in the group phase is required for a semi-final ticket. India has won 3 form 3 so far. So they need 3-4 wins from their last 6 matches. But they are yet to face strong teams such as New Zealand, South Africa and England. So a win against Bangladesh is very much necessary. 

[borovichok]

No team should be underestimated in cricket because in the match that was played between Netherlands and South Africa in the current world cup nobody thought that Netherlands could beat South Africa. But the Netherlands eventually won by 38 runs.
In this match too, India is not looking down on Bangladesh as Bangladesh has defeated India several times in history and even in the World Cup, India lost to Bangladesh and was eliminated from the knockout stage.

Crickets is an entertaining game worth spending all the necessary time together, it's important we are able to throw our supports to the teams that deserved them, I'm not a fan of cricket but I often indulged in some of their activities by streaming them online. Crickets happen to be one of the challenging games to be played, alot of teams are underrated in this space comparable to football. Netherlands have good team and strikes harder than anyone could expects from them. Bangladesh is a strong team compared to India that couldn't stand the fierce pressure mount on them, but we hope they're able to make a bounce back.

[Popkon6]

India vs  Bangladesh

Bangladesh vs India match will be held today. But in today's match I have made some prediction that India team will definitely win today. Because exceptionally strong teams lose to India that's why I didn't bet on Bangladesh. Because Tigers must perform badly especially I bet for India because the bowling line and batting line are very strong. Because there are enough batsmen who are playing well for Indian team in every match. So I will definitely support India team in today's match because India team won 3 matches out of 3 matches. In this case, Bangladesh has won only one match. So surely India will try to win this match and go to the top of the points table.

[Sithara007]

Bangladesh vs India match will be held today. But in today's match I have made some prediction that India team will definitely win today. Because exceptionally strong teams lose to India that's why I didn't bet on Bangladesh. Because Tigers must perform badly especially I bet for India because the bowling line and batting line are very strong. Because there are enough batsmen who are playing well for Indian team in every match. So I will definitely support India team in today's match because India team won 3 matches out of 3 matches. In this case, Bangladesh has won only one match. So surely India will try to win this match and go to the top of the points table.

This is the 17th match in the world cup and out of the 16 matches completed so far, there has been only one which can be described as "close". The sole exception was the match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, which the latter won by chasing 345 with 10 balls to spare. Even the match between Netherlands and South Africa was one-sided. I am afraid that the audience will drop if this trend continues. What is the point in watching such one-sided matches? And today we will get another one, unless Bangladesh can pull some miracle.