ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[romero121]

In 2nd semifinal of  U19 World Cup between NZ and Bangladesh, Bangladesh won it very easily chasing a score of 212 , they reached it in 44.1 balls and 6 wickets to spare . Now on Sunday we have a World Cup final between India and Bangladesh and would be a real contest to watch . India might just a little stronger then Bangladesh but on that day being a final pressure would be totally different .

I always though New Zealand were a better team than the Bangladesh and I also lot a bet today. 
Bangladesh play very well and never let Newzealand settled in the match. Would they be able to keep the same performance level in the finals. I doubt on this. Final of a Would cup is a pressure and India is much better & experienced team. But if you bet on Bangladesh, you will get better odds but the risk will be high.

I am not expecting any resistance from Bangladesh as India is much superior in all fields they will win this easily but if Bangladesh have good day then may be we will able to have some good match but until now for me its all about India as all boys giving very good performance in field bowling and batting this is perfect winning combination.

Indian team both the National team and Under 19 one are playing very well cricket and its hard to match their performance with the rest of the world.
Ever since they introduced IPL, they have managed to gather a lot of good talent and also by playing so many tough matched in that competition, they have increased their mental and physical strength as a player.

The IPL has boosted the performance of the players, it also made a big change in the scoring. Once after these kind of leagues organised by different countries chasing of 200 runs were taken easily. This way scoring pattern differed, rather than these factors Indian players have made themselves adopted for the changing climate conditions when playing away from home. Earlier whenever India plays against New Zealand in New Zealand the climate change played big role.

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[JSRAW]

2nd ODI NZ vs IND

India opt to ball today after winning the toss. Virat always surprise me with his playing XI, he rested shami and filled in Saini as 3rd seamer. I was expecting shardul thakur to sit out today instead of shami as this game is important if Virat wants to level the odi series.

Edit 1: NZ got good start as openers already added 70 runs for opening partnership. Kiwis must be looking for 300+ runs on scoreboard.

[Vishnu.Reang]

2nd ODI NZ vs IND

India opt to ball today after winning the toss. Virat always surprise me with his playing XI, he rested shami and filled in Saini as 3rd seamer. I was expecting shardul thakur to sit out today instead of shami as this game is important if Virat wants to level the odi series.

Shardul Thakur was not doing well in the recent matches, and Kohli probably wanted to reassure him that he has his captain's trust. The decision to rest Shami was appreciable. He looks overworked and resting him for a few matches is necessary to keep him fully fit for the upcoming bilateral tours. Anyway, Saini is a promising bowler and he also benefits from opportunities such as this one.

[onrise]

2nd ODI NZ vs IND

India opt to ball today after winning the toss. Virat always surprise me with his playing XI, he rested shami and filled in Saini as 3rd seamer. I was expecting shardul thakur to sit out today instead of shami as this game is important if Virat wants to level the odi series.

NZ have started really well their innings after putting to bat by India . They are now 71 without any wicket in 13.1 overs .  This has being the best start in recent time for Nz and if they can capitalise it they can easily surpass 350+ runs as they have wickets in hand .

[Juggy777]

2nd ODI NZ vs IND

India opt to ball today after winning the toss. Virat always surprise me with his playing XI, he rested shami and filled in Saini as 3rd seamer. I was expecting shardul thakur to sit out today instead of shami as this game is important if Virat wants to level the odi series.

Shardul Thakur was not doing well in the recent matches, and Kohli probably wanted to reassure him that he has his captain's trust. The decision to rest Shami was appreciable. He looks overworked and resting him for a few matches is necessary to keep him fully fit for the upcoming bilateral tours. Anyway, Saini is a promising bowler and he also benefits from opportunities such as this one.

@JSRAW that’s a good decision from team India as they’ll know exactly how much they need to chase, and we all know that Virat loves chasing the target hence he’ll relish this opportunity to chase it down and win it. However I’ll agree with you that Sharadul should have been benched for this match and it’s indeed a bold a decision from Virat, and @Vishnu.Reang though your point is valid I felt he could have given him a chance later on as this was the series decider.

[Vishnu.Reang]

@JSRAW that’s a good decision from team India as they’ll know exactly how much they need to chase, and we all know that Virat loves chasing the target hence he’ll relish this opportunity to chase it down and win it. However I’ll agree with you that Sharadul should have been benched for this match and it’s indeed a bold a decision from Virat, and @Vishnu.Reang though your point is valid I felt he could have given him a chance later on as this was the series decider.

Virat Kohli is a very aggressive captain and he has made some unexpected decisions in the team selection earlier as well. But so far, things are going well for India. New Zealand has been restricted to less than 6 runs per over (124/1 after 22 overs). At this rate, New Zealand would end up somewhere around 300, and given the batting friendly conditions it is going to be a cakewalk for India.

[JSRAW]

Oh Boy Kiwis were looking dangerous at one point (140/1) but now India back in game again by taking 4 quick wickets. Shardul Thakur doing good today with ball and helping with run out looks good as well.

For Kiwis perspective it's bad news as they were heading towards big score, not anymore i suppose.

and Kohli probably wanted to reassure him that he has his captain's trust.

Its working quite well today.


Epic Collapse, Wow

From 140/1 to 187/7  tells the all the story.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Epic Collapse, Wow

From 140/1 to 187/7  tells the all the story.

Every now and then, we need to give a few shocks to the Indian players to remind them that they are still human and prone to loses. This is what happened during the first match. Especially after the series victory during the T20 series, the players became a little bit overconfident. The outcome of the first match showed them their rightful place.

[mersal]

Oh Boy Kiwis were looking dangerous at one point (140/1) but now India back in game again by taking 4 quick wickets. Shardul Thakur doing good today with ball and helping with run out looks good as well.

For Kiwis perspective it's bad news as they were heading towards big score, not anymore i suppose.

and Kohli probably wanted to reassure him that he has his captain's trust.

Its working quite well today.


Epic Collapse, Wow

From 140/1 to 187/7  tells the all the story.

Kiwis managed to finish the innings with decent total of 273 and the highlight is 76 run partnership for 9th wicket which let them to reach such decent total after the collapse earlier.

Now India has some hard task as well because of inexpereinced opener have to keep their wickets in hand for a while or there will be collapse in Indian team as well.

[akhjob]

^ Yeah at one point, Kiwis looked dangerous and were looking for a total of 300+ runs. Suddenly things changed and the Kiwis looked troubled losing 7 wickets in quick succession for just 55 runs. When NZ were at 197/8, none would have thought that they would score past 250.  But the newbie, Kyle Jamieson gave a good partnership stand with Taylor for the 9th wicket and posted a decent 273 runs on board. But I don't think that it would be easy for the Kiwis to defend such score in a ground with short boundaries.

[onrise]

Kiwis would definitely be unhappy the way they have just scored 273 runs considering the start they got would like to atleast achieve 325+ runs . Taylor is in superb form and continue his batting from where he left the other day . India if build something partnership should be able to achieve this score easily .

[JSRAW]

Ouch!! Kohli bowled.... 59/3

Things getting interesting and spicy here. Now its all up to middle order let's see if they step up or we got any more drama left in this game.

So far good competition from both sides.

Kiwis gets a good start - India Pull back with the ball - Kiwis fight back in the death overs

India got rough start ----- To be continue

[Vishnu.Reang]

Too many twists and turns in this match. At one point, it looked as if New Zealand would struggle to make a total of even 200. But they managed 273/8 (thanks to some fine batting by Jamieson and Taylor during the final overs). But the Indian batsmen seems to be struggling against the Kiwi bowlers, which was entirely unexpected. This is a team which is capable of chasing targets in excess of 350 with ease.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Too many twists and turns in this match. At one point, it looked as if New Zealand would struggle to make a total of even 200. But they managed 273/8 (thanks to some fine batting by Jamieson and Taylor during the final overs). But the Indian batsmen seems to be struggling against the Kiwi bowlers, which was entirely unexpected. This is a team which is capable of chasing targets in excess of 350 with ease.

Sure there are many twist and turns in this match, i was expecting India to chase this score but now they lost 4 wickets already and now struggling. If India wants to reach the total the partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Kedar Kadhav is important and they have the opportunity to play a career changing innings and take India home and this is the only solid batsman and hence a good partnership is needed as India still need 198 runs to win.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Too many twists and turns in this match. At one point, it looked as if New Zealand would struggle to make a total of even 200. But they managed 273/8 (thanks to some fine batting by Jamieson and Taylor during the final overs). But the Indian batsmen seems to be struggling against the Kiwi bowlers, which was entirely unexpected. This is a team which is capable of chasing targets in excess of 350 with ease.

Sure there are many twist and turns in this match, i was expecting India to chase this score but now they lost 4 wickets already and now struggling. If India wants to reach the total the partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Kedar Kadhav is important and they have the opportunity to play a career changing innings and take India home and this is the only solid batsman and hence a good partnership is needed as India still need 198 runs to win.

Kedar Jadhav needed to play a good innings as he has been in horrible form for a very long time. And he got out just a few minutes back, after making 9 runs from 27 balls. I don't understand why this guy is still in the team, when the management never show such largess on younger players such as Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan. For heaven's sake he is 35 years old. Why can't the selectors kick him out of the team?

[pakhitheboss]

WOW!!!

India 101/5

Middle-order collapsed

Prithvi Shah 24
Mayank Agarwal 3
Kohli 15
Rahul 4
Jadav 9

What on earth is happening?

 

[pakhitheboss]

Too many twists and turns in this match. At one point, it looked as if New Zealand would struggle to make a total of even 200. But they managed 273/8 (thanks to some fine batting by Jamieson and Taylor during the final overs). But the Indian batsmen seems to be struggling against the Kiwi bowlers, which was entirely unexpected. This is a team which is capable of chasing targets in excess of 350 with ease.

Ross Taylor is back 73 runs this match, last match 100. What an incredible batsman this guy is. This is how a middle-order batsman takes control of the match.

[onrise]

WOW!!!

India 101/5

Middle-order collapsed

Prithvi Shah 24
Mayank Agarwal 3
Kohli 15
Rahul 4
Jadav 9

What on earth is happening?

 

I was thinking that this score is low for India and suddenly seeing the score board India are 103/5 in 23.5 overs . What a great comeback by Newzeland after the T20 white wash . India still require 171 in 26 overs and only hope for them now is Sheyas Iyer to stay on pitch till last which may help to reach near target or win the match for the team .

[JohnBitCo]

WOW!!!

India 101/5

Middle-order collapsed

Prithvi Shah 24
Mayank Agarwal 3
Kohli 15
Rahul 4
Jadav 9

What on earth is happening?

 

Look like India will lose today. They middle order collapse badly today. Shreyas Iyer is looking good at 45 and if he can take India home with the tail enders then we can blame Newzealand again for losing the match which could have been easily Won. Anyways its unlikely to happen and India may face unexpected defeat today.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Look like India will lose today. They middle order collapse badly today. Shreyas Iyer is looking good at 45 and if he can take India home with the tail enders then we can blame Newzealand again for losing the match which could have been easily Won. Anyways its unlikely to happen and India may face unexpected defeat today.

As long as Ravindra Jadeja is there, Indians will be hopeful of a recovery. Because he has rescued them in many similar situations before. Also, Tim Southee has completed his 10 overs and the New Zealand captain has called in Hamish Bennett (who conceded 26 runs from his 3 overs earlier). But Kyle Jamieson still has 4 overs remaining with him. And Indian batsmen really struggled against Jamieson.