ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[noormcs5]

One problem of Pakistan team is the rapid fall of wickets, in the end they are not ready to survive. In today's match, if the opening batsmen Babur Azam and Imam-ul-Haq could have survived for some more time and scored runs, then it would have been a competitive match if they had scored close to 300 runs.
Pakistan team has scored only 241 runs after losing all wickets, India team's performance is much better. This target of 241 runs seems very small for India team. Without a doubt, India team has the highest chance of winning this match.

There was a part in the innings where Muhammad Rizwan started to hit, Pakistan hopes were rising and with him Saud Shakeel also started to hit but unluckily Rizwan went to attempt for the six and move his steps further, but his bat missed the ball and direct ball hit the wickets, resulting he lost his wickets and Pakistan lost their hopes.

Still when Khushdil Shah came, he took some balls to be comfortable with the pitch and in the game situation, then he also hit good boundaries and hit the first six of the innings. Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam wicket was where Pakistan lost their hopes. I think Muhammad Rizwan should have batted with more responsibility at that stage and took more time.

[Farhan99]

Imam-ul-Haq attempted a suicide and Axar nailed it to perfection. I don't think there was any need for it. With Babar Azam already out, the last hope for the Pakistan is their captain Mohammad Rizwan. He needs to stay right till the end and probably made 100-120 runs otherwise Pakistan will be all out under 230 and with the strong Indian batting line, there is no way Pakistan can defend it.

I made a bet on India before the match play and at that time got 1.37 odds. Right now, India odds are only 1.30 and as the India get the grip more on the match, the odds will further decrease.

The most awaited game of the ICC Champions Trophy between Pakistan and India was played in Dubai and sadly its one sided contest. Pakistan openers contributed a partnership of 41 runs. Imam-ul-Haq threw his wicket to India when pak at 47 runs, which was depressing for the public. Saud Shakeel contributed 62 runs for his team. India's bowler Kuldeep Yadav got 3 wickets and gave no chance to Pakistani players to perform. Pakistan set a target of 241 runs losing all its wickets. In the second inning, India opened its batting with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who made a partnership of 31 runs. The conditions of the match changed after Virat Kohli entered the game. Virat Kohli scored his 51st ODI century making it very easy for the team to win the game. India won this match by 6 wickets with 45 balls remaining making his place at the top of the standing.

[noormcs5]

In the second inning, India opened its batting with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who made a partnership of 31 runs. The conditions of the match changed after Virat Kohli entered the game. Virat Kohli scored his 51st ODI century making it very easy for the team to win the game. India won this match by 6 wickets with 45 balls remaining making his place at the top of the standing.

After the wicket of Rohit Sharma, the Pakistan hopes were again rising and thinking now the next target was Virat Kohli and nobody else but that was their mistake that Shubman Gill was becoming stronger after the wicket of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill took Sharma place. He was hitting to every bowler no matter who is bowling to him.

However, I think if Fakhar Zaman would be in the team, the game might be different and more hard for the team India. This match was so important for Pakistan team as they were already lost the previous game against New Zealand. A team losing two matches is for sure out of the competition.

[hafiztalha]

Imam-ul-Haq attempted a suicide and Axar nailed it to perfection. I don't think there was any need for it. With Babar Azam already out, the last hope for the Pakistan is their captain Mohammad Rizwan. He needs to stay right till the end and probably made 100-120 runs otherwise Pakistan will be all out under 230 and with the strong Indian batting line, there is no way Pakistan can defend it.

I made a bet on India before the match play and at that time got 1.37 odds. Right now, India odds are only 1.30 and as the India get the grip more on the match, the odds will further decrease.

The most awaited game of the ICC Champions Trophy between Pakistan and India was played in Dubai and sadly its one sided contest. Pakistan openers contributed a partnership of 41 runs. Imam-ul-Haq threw his wicket to India when pak at 47 runs, which was depressing for the public. Saud Shakeel contributed 62 runs for his team. India's bowler Kuldeep Yadav got 3 wickets and gave no chance to Pakistani players to perform. Pakistan set a target of 241 runs losing all its wickets. In the second inning, India opened its batting with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who made a partnership of 31 runs. The conditions of the match changed after Virat Kohli entered the game. Virat Kohli scored his 51st ODI century making it very easy for the team to win the game. India won this match by 6 wickets with 45 balls remaining making his place at the top of the standing.

Yes, big game of series was ended but with ending of game was sad and Pakistan team lost the game. Pakistan team won toss and they elected batting first and gave a field to India team. Pakistan team set 241 runs target in 50 overs by losing all wickets. Shakeel and Rizwan played very well and Shakeel made 62 runs in 76 balls and hitted five 4s. Rizwan scored 46 runs in 77 balls and hitting three 6s. Both players effort was wasted because their bowlers did not bowl well and India chased down all runs. Kohli helped a lot team by making century in game and total made 100 runs in 111 runs and hitted seven 4s. Iyer also showed great effort and made half century and hitted five 4s and one 6s. Congratulations India team to win the game.

[Compromise me]

Jeez Babar was looking good today, India would be a relieved to get his wicket as he was showing plenty of intent with stepping out and his signature cover drives.

Powerplay was going alright for Pakistan but Imam had to ruin it for them. Considering the last match here, it's a tricky pitch and maybe a 250-270 1st inning score won't be a bad score.

Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam failed to bat well. Babar Azam is a Top order batsman. The match depends on the top-order batsman but he can't contribute not more runs. Very bad performance today of Pakistani teams. Imam-ul-Haq 10 (16), and Babar Azam 23 (26). The total score of the Pakistani team is 71/2 from 17 overs. it's a very poor score to win.

I am very tired of watching the game on TV, especially watching Pakistan bat in a Test style. It really feels like I am not watching an ODI style game, but rather watching such slow batting does not create excitement. It doesn't look like Pakistan will be able to score a big score with the way they are batting under pressure. Mohammad Rizwan and Suad Shakeel have been batting for quite some time and they have settled in fairly well but are unable to add to the run score. However, if this pair can bat for 35 overs and if they can score like 200 runs, then if the next batsmen bat at a blistering pace, the score could go up to 270/80 plus.

Pakistan's playing performance was not very good, of course their batting performance was very strong. Just like we saw Bangladesh batting, Pakistan batted slowly and the number of runs was low. They gave India a target of only 241 runs. This low target is not difficult for India at all, rather they will bat to win easily. Moreover, if the batting performance of the Pakistan team had been good from the beginning, then there was a possibility of going close to 270 runs but they were all out before that. If the Pakistan team cannot perform well in bowling, then there is definitely a possibility of losing.

Yes, you are right. In the end we saw Pak team as a loser of this match. Pak team looked like Zimbabwe team because we didn't see spark in the players. Saud played very bad short and after this Pak team almost lost the match because he could be match winner. Pak team has many referenced player and no one came in the team with our reference and Pak team performance was very of low quality in the absence of Fakhar Zaman amd Saim and if these will not fit then we will see change In the patients.Indian fielders dropped two catches but Pak team could not get benefit of that and after that both players gave wickets without damaging the line and length of bowlers of Indian team.

[Nanga Parbat]

Yes, big game of series was ended but with ending of game was sad and Pakistan team lost the game. Pakistan team won toss and they elected batting first and gave a field to India team. Pakistan team set 241 runs target in 50 overs by losing all wickets. Shakeel and Rizwan played very well and Shakeel made 62 runs in 76 balls and hitted five 4s. Rizwan scored 46 runs in 77 balls and hitting three 6s. Both players effort was wasted because their bowlers did not bowl well and India chased down all runs. Kohli helped a lot team by making century in game and total made 100 runs in 111 runs and hitted seven 4s. Iyer also showed great effort and made half century and hitted five 4s and one 6s. Congratulations India team to win the game.

Pakistan lost the match because of their poor play if they played well and defended and played fast they could never have lost this match because this is not the first time they are competing with India quite a few times.  His decision did not make his target as big as his batsmen made, which was very weak and easy.  The first mistake of Pakistan was that they got the entire team out and the second mistake was that they gave the target too low, which lead to further defeat.  Also other players should have played in a similar manner which could have seen further improvement in their target and bigger target.  There was a lot of hard work and good play from the Indian batsmen due to which they will easily complete the target and win the match.  In this match, there were high expectations from Pakistan that they will win the match, but they put water on the hope of the entire people.  Although Pakistan is playing at home, but still they lose the match.

[As-Soon-As]

In the second inning, India opened its batting with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who made a partnership of 31 runs. The conditions of the match changed after Virat Kohli entered the game. Virat Kohli scored his 51st ODI century making it very easy for the team to win the game. India won this match by 6 wickets with 45 balls remaining making his place at the top of the standing.

After the wicket of Rohit Sharma, the Pakistan hopes were again rising and thinking now the next target was Virat Kohli and nobody else but that was their mistake that Shubman Gill was becoming stronger after the wicket of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill took Sharma place. He was hitting to every bowler no matter who is bowling to him.

However, I think if Fakhar Zaman would be in the team, the game might be different and more hard for the team India. This match was so important for Pakistan team as they were already lost the previous game against New Zealand. A team losing two matches is for sure out of the competition.

Pakistan team did not perform well in bowling with a small target, India team is much stronger than Pakistan team in this season. So it will not be possible to stop India team with a target of 241 runs, India team has proved that, Virat Kohli has scored a century in 111 balls at his old age. Virat Kohli has done the most interesting batting performance in today's match, but every player is performing well from their place.
 Abrar Ahmed has performed best in bowling from Pakistan team in this match, if a unique bowler like him could have performed well then surely there would have been a tough competition between the two teams.

[HelliumZ]

In the second inning, India opened its batting with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who made a partnership of 31 runs. The conditions of the match changed after Virat Kohli entered the game. Virat Kohli scored his 51st ODI century making it very easy for the team to win the game. India won this match by 6 wickets with 45 balls remaining making his place at the top of the standing.

After the wicket of Rohit Sharma, the Pakistan hopes were again rising and thinking now the next target was Virat Kohli and nobody else but that was their mistake that Shubman Gill was becoming stronger after the wicket of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill took Sharma place. He was hitting to every bowler no matter who is bowling to him.

However, I think if Fakhar Zaman would be in the team, the game might be different and more hard for the team India. This match was so important for Pakistan team as they were already lost the previous game against New Zealand. A team losing two matches is for sure out of the competition.

Pakistan team did not perform well in bowling with a small target, India team is much stronger than Pakistan team in this season. So it will not be possible to stop India team with a target of 241 runs, India team has proved that, Virat Kohli has scored a century in 111 balls at his old age. Virat Kohli has done the most interesting batting performance in today's match, but every player is performing well from their place.
 Abrar Ahmed has performed best in bowling from Pakistan team in this match, if a unique bowler like him could have performed well then surely there would have been a tough competition between the two teams.

Abrar Ahmed bowled 10 overs and gave away only 28 runs, but that did not benefit Pakistan as the target was only 242 runs, which is not a difficult challenge for a normal team to achieve, as India is the top favorite. Moreover, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf bowled extremely poorly, especially Shaheen Afridi who bowled 8 overs and gave away 74 runs, although he took two wickets, but his run rate was 9.2 per over.

[Nothingtodo]

Abrar Ahmed bowled 10 overs and gave away only 28 runs, but that did not benefit Pakistan as the target was only 242 runs, which is not a difficult challenge for a normal team to achieve, as India is the top favorite. Moreover, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf bowled extremely poorly, especially Shaheen Afridi who bowled 8 overs and gave away 74 runs, although he took two wickets, but his run rate was 9.2 per over.

Pakistan was originally under pressure from the beginning, especially they could not overcome the first two wickets, so they could not overcome the pressure that they were able to take up to 245. In India, this score was much easier and they batted freely, so India easily ensured that the bride had left.

[Sithara007]

Pakistan's batsmen were as usual weak. It is not possible to win against an experienced squad like India by giving such a small target. A target of 280+ should have been given. Then the match could have been competitive. Rizwan could have played a big innings but batted very slowly.

India batted very carefully from the beginning of the innings. In the first match we saw Shubman Gill scoring 101 runs and not out. Kohli scored a century in this match. Kohli was unbeaten on 100 runs. Gill also scored 46 and Iyer scored 56 runs. Like the first match, India was able to win this match very easily.

We also need to remember that the match took place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, where the track was quite supportive of the batsmen. Pakistan lost the match by first half itself, when they posted a paltry total of 241. It was not a total that could be defended. Pakistan batsmen struggled not only against the Indian spin triad (Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja), but also against the medium pace of Hardik Pandya. Qualifying for the semi-final will be extremely difficult for them now.

[Rabata]

Abrar Ahmed bowled 10 overs and gave away only 28 runs, but that did not benefit Pakistan as the target was only 242 runs, which is not a difficult challenge for a normal team to achieve, as India is the top favorite. Moreover, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf bowled extremely poorly, especially Shaheen Afridi who bowled 8 overs and gave away 74 runs, although he took two wickets, but his run rate was 9.2 per over.

Pakistan was originally under pressure from the beginning, especially they could not overcome the first two wickets, so they could not overcome the pressure that they were able to take up to 245. In India, this score was much easier and they batted freely, so India easily ensured that the bride had left.

In such an exciting match, if the opening batsmen cannot do well, it is natural that it will be a source of pressure for the others. The same situation was created in Pakistan's match yesterday. Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam could not do well in important matches. Their failure was one of the reasons for the pressure on the other batsmen. Everyone who batted yesterday had a low strike rate. Due to which the score did not progress much.

However, it was already assumed that the Pakistan team would not be able to do well. Because the Pakistan team has not yet regained its form. It has not won the tri-series against New Zealand, and its performance has not improved in the first match of the Champions Trophy. It is certainly difficult to win such a tournament with such a performance.

[LDL]

Champion Trophy, Bangladesh Vs New Zealand

The sixth match of today's Champions Trophy will be played between Bangladesh and New Zealand, although Bangladesh has lost one match so far against India. Today is Bangladesh's second match of the group stage and of course, Bangladesh has no choice but to win this match, but the opponent New Zealand is very strong, so defeating New Zealand at this time is a big challenge for Bangladesh. Moreover, New Zealand's performance in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, is much better than Bangladesh's, so it can be said that New Zealand has a 70% chance of winning and Bangladesh has a 30% chance of winning in today's match.

[Publictalk792]

Champion Trophy, Bangladesh Vs New Zealand

Sixth match of Champions Trophy between Bangladesh and New Zealand will be very exciting. Bangladesh has already lost one match against India so they really need to win this match to stay in competition. But New Zealand is very strong and has played well in Rawalpindi before against Pakistan so they are more likely to win. It is going to be tough for Bangladesh because New Zealand has big advantage. However Bangladesh has shown that they can fight hard in past and if they can play really well they might be able to surprise everyone with a win.

[libert19]

However, I think if Fakhar Zaman would be in the team, the game might be different and more hard for the team India.

Fakhar Zaman was injured, so what can you do and if you play him without him being on his 100% it will be a lost cause, as we saw it happen in first match.

Pakistan's batters lack of intent, pacers are not threatening as they used to be — even Wasim Akram was criticizing pacers in comms and they dropped couple regulation catches.

Only highlight for me from Pakistan was Abrar's wicket taking delivery to Gill.

India vs Pakistan these days feels overhyped because both teams are not on the same page. Pakistan's caliber is same as Bangladesh these days.

[LDL]

Champion Trophy, Bangladesh Vs New Zealand

Sixth match of Champions Trophy between Bangladesh and New Zealand will be very exciting. Bangladesh has already lost one match against India so they really need to win this match to stay in competition. But New Zealand is very strong and has played well in Rawalpindi before against Pakistan so they are more likely to win. It is going to be tough for Bangladesh because New Zealand has big advantage. However Bangladesh has shown that they can fight hard in past and if they can play really well they might be able to surprise everyone with a win.

Like Pakistan, Bangladesh is currently a team of equal strength, especially with several of Bangladesh's batsmen out of form. If Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto performs the same way he did in the last match against New Zealand, it can be guaranteed that Bangladesh will definitely be defeated. However, Bangladesh's bowling attack is much stronger than Pakistan's at the moment, especially Taskin Ahmed, who is bowling very controlled, which is why we definitely hope to perform well against New Zealand in this match.

In the last match against India, four Bangladesh batsmen were dismissed for zero runs and two batsmen were dismissed in single digits, meaning that Bangladesh had only 6 batsmen in its squad. However, if Bangladesh can put up an average performance in today's match, then they will definitely have a good competition with New Zealand.

[Bitcoinsummoner]

Champion Trophy, Bangladesh Vs New Zealand

Sixth match of Champions Trophy between Bangladesh and New Zealand will be very exciting. Bangladesh has already lost one match against India so they really need to win this match to stay in competition. But New Zealand is very strong and has played well in Rawalpindi before against Pakistan so they are more likely to win. It is going to be tough for Bangladesh because New Zealand has big advantage. However Bangladesh has shown that they can fight hard in past and if they can play really well they might be able to surprise everyone with a win.

Like Pakistan, Bangladesh is currently a team of equal strength, especially with several of Bangladesh's batsmen out of form. If Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto performs the same way he did in the last match against New Zealand, it can be guaranteed that Bangladesh will definitely be defeated. However, Bangladesh's bowling attack is much stronger than Pakistan's at the moment, especially Taskin Ahmed, who is bowling very controlled, which is why we definitely hope to perform well against New Zealand in this match.

In the last match against India, four Bangladesh batsmen were dismissed for zero runs and two batsmen were dismissed in single digits, meaning that Bangladesh had only 6 batsmen in its squad. However, if Bangladesh can put up an average performance in today's match, then they will definitely have a good competition with New Zealand.

Bangladesh is gonna lose this match with New Zealand. Bangladeshi batsmen's overall performance is very poor especially the poor performance of the captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto. His actual performance is horrible compared to other players in Bangladesh. On the other hand, New Zealand's average performance is strong. Their good playing in cricket is so impressive. They play well for their early matches in a tournament. But they can't continue their continuous process. So, Bangladesh has a good chance to win against them to give their batting performance. Bowling performance is already strong enough. Taskin Ahmed has good control over himself.

[noormcs5]

Champion Trophy, Bangladesh Vs New Zealand

Sixth match of Champions Trophy between Bangladesh and New Zealand will be very exciting. Bangladesh has already lost one match against India so they really need to win this match to stay in competition. But New Zealand is very strong and has played well in Rawalpindi before against Pakistan so they are more likely to win. It is going to be tough for Bangladesh because New Zealand has big advantage. However Bangladesh has shown that they can fight hard in past and if they can play really well they might be able to surprise everyone with a win.

If New Zealand win this match then both Pakistan and Bangladesh will be out from the champions trophy. Bangladesh still have an outside chance if they somehow manages to win this this match which is almost impossible unless any miracle happens. Bangladesh lost to India in their opening match however that played some good cricket in the middle overs when Towhid Hridoy  made a century. If they could produce a similar performance today, maybe we are in for some action.

[Fuso.hp]

Champion Trophy, Bangladesh Vs New Zealand

The sixth match of today's Champions Trophy will be played between Bangladesh and New Zealand, although Bangladesh has lost one match so far against India. Today is Bangladesh's second match of the group stage and of course, Bangladesh has no choice but to win this match, but the opponent New Zealand is very strong, so defeating New Zealand at this time is a big challenge for Bangladesh. Moreover, New Zealand's performance in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, is much better than Bangladesh's, so it can be said that New Zealand has a 70% chance of winning and Bangladesh has a 30% chance of winning in today's match.

Pakistan have already been eliminated from the Champions Trophy although on many hard stats they still have a chance but I don't think so. Today, Bangladesh will take on New Zealand in the fight to stay in the Champions Trophy, although Bangladesh is unlikely to do much better against New Zealand. If New Zealand wins today, India and New Zealand will make it to the semi-finals with one match each in hand. India and New Zealand are very strong teams, and I would say that the bowling line of the New Zealand team is stronger than the current bowling line of the Indian team. The team has some unnecessary players who are only there as a burden to the team but they never perform well for Bangladesh.
Win or lose, I would definitely like to see more changes in the Bangladesh team in today's match.

[UmerIdrees]

In the second inning, India opened its batting with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who made a partnership of 31 runs. The conditions of the match changed after Virat Kohli entered the game. Virat Kohli scored his 51st ODI century making it very easy for the team to win the game. India won this match by 6 wickets with 45 balls remaining making his place at the top of the standing.

After the wicket of Rohit Sharma, the Pakistan hopes were again rising and thinking now the next target was Virat Kohli and nobody else but that was their mistake that Shubman Gill was becoming stronger after the wicket of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill took Sharma place. He was hitting to every bowler no matter who is bowling to him.

However, I think if Fakhar Zaman would be in the team, the game might be different and more hard for the team India. This match was so important for Pakistan team as they were already lost the previous game against New Zealand. A team losing two matches is for sure out of the competition.

The way Rohit Sharma was out, that was very similar to 2021 World Cup that was also playing in this stadium where Pakistan won it. However, yesterday Rohit  Sharma was hitting very hard and big sixes as well as fours, that was such a good point where Shaheen Shah Afridi out to Rohit Sharma otherwise he would be even more expensive for the Pakistan team.

I also noticed a thing that India were running very fast between the wickets as even the ball did not went far they run to take single that I think was such a champions game, Pakistan also needs to focus on singles when they were on batting.

[As-Soon-As]

Champion Trophy, Bangladesh Vs New Zealand

Sixth match of Champions Trophy between Bangladesh and New Zealand will be very exciting. Bangladesh has already lost one match against India so they really need to win this match to stay in competition. But New Zealand is very strong and has played well in Rawalpindi before against Pakistan so they are more likely to win. It is going to be tough for Bangladesh because New Zealand has big advantage. However Bangladesh has shown that they can fight hard in past and if they can play really well they might be able to surprise everyone with a win.

If New Zealand win this match then both Pakistan and Bangladesh will be out from the champions trophy. Bangladesh still have an outside chance if they somehow manages to win this this match which is almost impossible unless any miracle happens. Bangladesh lost to India in their opening match however that played some good cricket in the middle overs when Towhid Hridoy  made a century. If they could produce a similar performance today, maybe we are in for some action.

Bangladesh lacks reliable players, although against India, Tawfiq Hridoy performed the best and his century was the only key tool for Bangladesh. In today's match, they have to perform well from the beginning, although the opening batsmen are incompetent.
Nazmul Hasan Shanto and Soumya Sarkar are the curse for Bangladesh, because I have not seen them perform well for Bangladesh in difficult situations till date. The miraculous power can only start from the power play batsmen, but that is where Bangladesh's players Nazmul Hasan Shanto and Soumya Sarkar exist.