ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[eaLiTy]

India is winning all the tosses and Kohli is always gambling with his choices.

There was time when Kohli was having no luck when it comes to the toss not too long ago especially during IPL and now he is winning them consecutively which is weird .

Dhawan is really playing badly after his injury. He must have not practiced since then. :-(
I blame Dhawan here as his form is anyways bad.

He performed well in the world cup until his injury and now he is coming after an injury, give him some time to regain his confidence  . India does not have other openers to consider.

I feel 150-160 is a good score against WI today.

Hopefully you are aware that this is not T20 for India to defend a score like 160  .

Kohli is eyeing for another century by the way he is playing and Iyer could give him good support at the other end.

[UmerIdrees]

India is winning all the tosses and Kohli is always gambling with his choices.

There was time when Kohli was having no luck when it comes to the toss not too long ago especially during IPL and now he is winning them consecutively which is weird .

This means we can bet on India winning the toss in the next matches 
Kohli is not only winning the toss but also winning the matches.

[erikalui]

Really, you think that Indian bowlers should defend 160 runs in the ODI   You should rethink the target score else India will lose the match.

The ways things are moving, India will score above 250 and will easily win this match .

My bad. I meant 260 but now it looks tough as Rohit went for just 18 and they lost Pant too. They need to again rethink about the 4th position.  

Now all depends on Virat else again they will end up at 200 or max 220. They should have crossed 150 long back.

Edit: 18 more runs to 100 for Virat. *Fingers crossed*

[Little Mouse]

Will it be another century for Virat Kohli?
176/3 after 34.4 overs. Nice batting from the middle order after a long time. I think India will have a good score tonight, more than 300. Possible?

[UmerIdrees]

Really, you think that Indian bowlers should defend 160 runs in the ODI  You should rethink the target score else India will lose the match.

The ways things are moving, India will score above 250 and will easily win this match .

My bad. I meant 260 but now it looks tough as Rohit went for just 18 and they lost Pant too. They need to again rethink about the 4th position. 

Now all depends on Virat else again they will end up at 200 or max 220. They should have crossed 150 long back.

India is still going pretty good and you should know that everyday is not a 300+ plus day. India bowling line up is strong enough to protect 250. And who knows India might still end up with 275+ even the lower order batsmen play aggressively. Not to mention kholi will go devastating after completing his century.

[erikalui]

Will it be another century for Virat Kohli?
176/3 after 34.4 overs. Nice batting from the middle order after a long time. I think India will have a good score tonight, more than 300. Possible?

2 more runs to 100...

300 is not possible and anything above 250 would be a bonus. Till now the partnership is going well 89 runs till now. Hope this also reaches 100+.

Edit: 1 more run

Edit 2: 100 up and his 42nd one

[Haunebu]

300 is not possible and anything above 250 would be a bonus. Till now the partnership is going well 89 runs till now. Hope this also reaches 100+.

300 is totally possible thanks to the awesome partnership between Shreyas and Kohli. I always knew that Shreyas was a great ODI batsman and he proved it today by giving support to Kohli right when he needed it.

Pant disappointed me once again and I think that he might get replaced soon if he continues playing like this. 280-300 seems like the likely target for West Indies at this point.

[erikalui]

^Kohli is gone. Shreyas surprised me and already managed half century.

275 looks more probable but now it started drizzling which means game is ruined. I hope they still manage to put more runs on board else this second ODI also is washed away. Don't know what will happen during the test matches.

[UmerIdrees]

300 is not possible and anything above 250 would be a bonus. Till now the partnership is going well 89 runs till now. Hope this also reaches 100+.

300 is totally possible thanks to the awesome partnership between Shreyas and Kohli. I always knew that Shreyas was a great ODI batsman and he proved it today by giving support to Kohli right when he needed it.

Pant disappointed me once again and I think that he might get replaced soon if he continues playing like this. 280-300 seems like the likely target for West Indies at this point.

300 not possible now because it's started raining.
Is rain coming for the reuse of West Indies again ? WI needs a wash out match because if the match resumes after sometime , West Indies will get a much stiffer target.

[akram143]

300 is not possible and anything above 250 would be a bonus. Till now the partnership is going well 89 runs till now. Hope this also reaches 100+.

300 is totally possible thanks to the awesome partnership between Shreyas and Kohli. I always knew that Shreyas was a great ODI batsman and he proved it today by giving support to Kohli right when he needed it.

Pant disappointed me once again and I think that he might get replaced soon if he continues playing like this. 280-300 seems like the likely target for West Indies at this point.

300 not possible now because it's started raining.
Is rain coming for the reuse of West Indies again ? WI needs a wash out match because if the match resumes after sometime , West Indies will get a much stiffer target.

Still WI will be having hard time if the game resumes because normally after the rai ball will hold before coming into bat so if there is remaining play India has the better chance as well.

[erikalui]

It stopped raining now and glad they did not lose any overs. Iyer on 63 now and 6 more overs left. Would he too manage 100 runs? It would be a great chance to get 100 now. Now a 280+ target is looking good and WI will be struggling due to the weather. Kohli did right by choosing to bat first.

[UmerIdrees]

It stopped raining now and glad they did not lose any overs. Iyer on 63 now and 6 more overs left. Would he too manage 100 runs? It would be a great chance to get 100 now. Now a 280+ target is looking good and WI will be struggling due to the weather. Kohli did right by choosing to bat first.

Was there was a forecast of rain before the start of the match ? If so, this is one of the best decision of kohli of choosing to bat first.
The outfield is also wet now and it may slow the outfield.

Edit: SS Iyer out on 71.

[onrise]

It stopped raining now and glad they did not lose any overs. Iyer on 63 now and 6 more overs left. Would he too manage 100 runs? It would be a great chance to get 100 now. Now a 280+ target is looking good and WI will be struggling due to the weather. Kohli did right by choosing to bat first.

Was there was a forecast of rain before the start of the match ? If so, this is one of the best decision of kohli of choosing to bat first.
The outfield is also wet now and it may slow the outfield.

Edit: SS Iyer out on 71.

Kohli century and iyer 71 runs helped India to score past 250 runs in 46 overs with 5 wickets remanining. Jadeja and Jadhav are batiting and if they can stay till last bal INdia can easily make 285+ run on the board and it would be interesting to watch how and what straetgy WI adopt to chase this score .

[erikalui]

^

No, it was sunny but I know why Kohli chose to bat first as it was a decision made looking at the previous match. Still they managed to continue the play. Sad for Iyer as he was playing well.

Looking forward to JJ's partnership. Jadeja please hit few sixes now.

[UmerIdrees]

And who knows India might still end up with 275+

As i predicted correctly, India end up with 275+ and my next prediction is that India will win this match easily
If anyone is looking for a WI win here, he is asking too much from them which is not possible.

[erikalui]

^Congo. You also had predicted England winning the WC. Did you place any bet that time?

280 is a good target if they finish the match. Rain shouldn't spoil it now.

[JSRAW]

Careful and steady start from Windies's openers. they are standing strong at 45 runs, Lewis looking very good so far.

Edit

Gayle gone now, final ODI appearance for Gayle i suppose if he gets retire on his 300th ODI match today. He failed to score big run today but he's now Most run (10349) scorer for Windies

[eaLiTy]

Was there was a forecast of rain before the start of the match ? If so, this is one of the best decision of kohli of choosing to bat first.
The outfield is also wet now and it may slow the outfield.

I checked the weather forecast before the match thinking i could make a bet for washout due to rain, but the weather forecast said it will be a sunny day and hence i did not wage a bet on that.

West Indies lost 2 wickets and they are trying to built a partnership and the only way to reach near to the total is to play smartly without loosing much wickets and not taking much risks and if West Indies could achieve that which is highly unlikely they could win the match, want to see how they are going to approach the mid overs, if India could take some wickets and put some pressure i am sure they will crumble.

[Avirunes]

Was there was a forecast of rain before the start of the match ? If so, this is one of the best decision of kohli of choosing to bat first.
The outfield is also wet now and it may slow the outfield.

I checked the weather forecast before the match thinking i could make a bet for washout due to rain, but the weather forecast said it will be a sunny day and hence i did not wage a bet on that.

Yes, forecast was kinda favourable but could be inaccurate at times  . Hope that play resumes as soon as possible otherwise it will be down to the last ODI of the series to decide the winner. Also the forecast on that day isn't good so can't say for sure that it will be down to that even.

Series rain-washed!! maybe?   

[erikalui]

Rain again and they lost 4 overs of the match. Revised score is 270 from 46 overs. This is getting really boring now with rain ruining matches. I want a result so badly.

Gayle's over I guess. He wasted a review and his strike rate also was poor. Feel bad that such a good player is retiring when he is in such a bad form.

They started with a wide.