ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[ZAINmalik75]

Bangladesh's captain Shakib Al Hasan made a breakthrough, dismissing Zadran for 22 off 25 balls. Afghanistan appears to be a well-rounded team, particularly in their bowling department. In the World Cup stage, Bangladesh has often proven to be trustworthy. While Afghanistan team has yet to register their first victory against Bangladesh in this ODI World Cup stage. The question remains: can Afghanistan get their first ODI World Cup victory against Bangladesh? Let's see.

Bangladesh performance were really on fire, I didn't expect that they will collect Afghanistan most of wickets before a 200, because they way Afghanistan played his recent match against sirilankan I was damn sure that they will delivered same result and will scored minimum around 250 but credit goes to Bangladeshi bowler who consistently deliver perfect deliveries to put Afghani top order in trouble which were in reality known the main backbone of thier batting line-up. As everyone know that Afghanistan fully depend on gurbaz, Ibrahim and Rahmat if they unable to build partnership long and lose his wickets early on then Afghanistan will struggle again and again. now let see how Bangladesh chased required Target before 30th over.

[HelliumZ]

2 interesting encounters coming up people. We have Afghanistan and Bangladesh duking it out and it's tough to tell who will win among them since they seem evenly matched, but my bet is on Bangladesh.

Afghanistan team's batting line is very weak due to which they were not ready to score enough runs against Bangladesh as well. But Afghanistan team's bowling line is quite strong as Bangladesh team lost two wickets in power play against Afghanistan. Therefore, if the Bangladesh team's patience is increasing at present, Nazmul Islam Shantar. The current pair of Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Nazmul Hasan Shanto depend on the Bangladesh team's run collection.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first that a good decision. They all Out Afghanistan is just 157 runs in 37.2 Overs. Bangladesh bowlers bowling performance is outstanding especially Shakib ul hassan who picked 3 Important wicktes by giving 30 runs in 8 overs and Muhammad Hassan also picked 3 wickets by giving 25 runs only in 9 overs. From Afghanistan Rahmanullah Gurbaz is only batter who scored 47 runs and helped his team to cross 150 runs plus. The Current score of Bangladesh is 62 in loss of 2 wickets in 13.2 overs. Bangladesh Need 88 runs in 36 overs to win this match.

Shakib Al Hasan 8 over collected wickets 3
Mehdi Hassan Miraz 9 over collected wickets 3
Total 6 wickets collected by spinners.
In today's match, Bangladesh's two spinners have picked up a total of six wickets for Afghanistan, which seems to be a wicket-helper on the pitch. Then Afghanistan's Rashid Khan and Mujibur Rahman were supposed to get the wickets of Bangladesh but Bangladesh has not had a batting disaster so far. So it is possible to say that Afghanistan's batting performance was poor and they were bowled out for 156 runs in today's match. It cannot be a good target at all and it is not difficult for Bangladesh to meet this target.

[JunkieMiner]

South Africa Vs Sri Lanka Match's Update:

South Africa has now 97 runs with a loss of 1 wicket after 17 overs. Quinton de Kock made 41 runs in 47 balls with having 1 six and 4 fours included with a strike rate of 86.36. Rassie van der Dussen has made 46 out of 50 deliveries which have 1 six and 5 fours. From the side of Sri Lanka one the 1 wicket ha been take by Dilshan Madushanka. South Africa is been in form now and looking to give a target above 350 runs, which is achievable on this ground.

[cozytrade]

2 interesting encounters coming up people. We have Afghanistan and Bangladesh duking it out and it's tough to tell who will win among them since they seem evenly matched, but my bet is on Bangladesh.

Afghanistan team's batting line is very weak due to which they were not ready to score enough runs against Bangladesh as well. But Afghanistan team's bowling line is quite strong as Bangladesh team lost two wickets in power play against Afghanistan. Therefore, if the Bangladesh team's patience is increasing at present, Nazmul Islam Shantar. The current pair of Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Nazmul Hasan Shanto depend on the Bangladesh team's run collection. So I see Afghanistan team could not give a big score to Bangladesh, definitely Bangladesh team tigers can complete the score of this match. Because if the Tigers bat patiently then they can surely ensure victory.

Yes, in this match Bangladesh team can definitely win against Afghanistan very easily. It is very easy for the Bangladesh team to meet such a small score target in ODI matches. In today's match, Afghanistan team scored a very small score in the first innings against Bangladesh. In fact, such a score is unexpected for an ODI match. Not being able to make a good batting position against the bowlers of the Bangladesh cricket team is a big failure for the Afghanistan team. Especially in this match, Bangladesh cricket team's bowlers have shown a terrible form to Afghanistan cricket team in bowling. The Bangladesh cricket team's bowlers, terrible, the ball speed of the Afghanistan team finished the first innings in 37.2 overs.

[Compromise me]

2 interesting encounters coming up people. We have Afghanistan and Bangladesh duking it out and it's tough to tell who will win among them since they seem evenly matched, but my bet is on Bangladesh.

Afghanistan team's batting line is very weak due to which they were not ready to score enough runs against Bangladesh as well. But Afghanistan team's bowling line is quite strong as Bangladesh team lost two wickets in power play against Afghanistan. Therefore, if the Bangladesh team's patience is increasing at present, Nazmul Islam Shantar. The current pair of Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Nazmul Hasan Shanto depend on the Bangladesh team's run collection.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first that a good decision. They all Out Afghanistan is just 157 runs in 37.2 Overs. Bangladesh bowlers bowling performance is outstanding especially Shakib ul hassan who picked 3 Important wicktes by giving 30 runs in 8 overs and Muhammad Hassan also picked 3 wickets by giving 25 runs only in 9 overs. From Afghanistan Rahmanullah Gurbaz is only batter who scored 47 runs and helped his team to cross 150 runs plus. The Current score of Bangladesh is 62 in loss of 2 wickets in 13.2 overs. Bangladesh Need 88 runs in 36 overs to win this match.

Shakib Al Hasan 8 over collected wickets 3
Mehdi Hassan Miraz 9 over collected wickets 3
Total 6 wickets collected by spinners.
In today's match, Bangladesh's two spinners have picked up a total of six wickets for Afghanistan, which seems to be a wicket-helper on the pitch. Then Afghanistan's Rashid Khan and Mujibur Rahman were supposed to get the wickets of Bangladesh but Bangladesh has not had a batting disaster so far. So it is possible to say that Afghanistan's batting performance was poor and they were bowled out for 156 runs in today's match. It cannot be a good target at all and it is not difficult for Bangladesh to meet this target.

Bangladesh is chasing the score very well , target is very close to them and they will win easily. Bangladesh score is  115 runs with fall of only 2 wickets. Mahidy performed half century for his country, he is not out on 52 runs with 70 balls. Shanto is also not on 38 runs with 55 balls. From  Afghanistan side , Gurbaz played very well and made  47 runs in 62 balls, Ibrahim Zadram scored  22 runs by facing 25 runs against Bangladeshi bowlers. Afghanistan all team out by making only 156 runs. No batter played well and that is low score match and Bangladesh will win one sided. Now ,Bangladesh need 42 runs to win and Bangladesh have 8 wickets in the hand.

[Unknown Op]

Bangladesh's captain Shakib Al Hasan made a breakthrough, dismissing Zadran for 22 off 25 balls. Afghanistan appears to be a well-rounded team, particularly in their bowling department. In the World Cup stage, Bangladesh has often proven to be trustworthy. While Afghanistan team has yet to register their first victory against Bangladesh in this ODI World Cup stage. The question remains: can Afghanistan get their first ODI World Cup victory against Bangladesh? Let's see.

Bangladesh performance were really on fire, I didn't expect that they will collect Afghanistan most of wickets before a 200, because they way Afghanistan played his recent match against sirilankan I was damn sure that they will delivered same result and will scored minimum around 250 but credit goes to Bangladeshi bowler who consistently deliver perfect deliveries to put Afghani top order in trouble which were in reality known the main backbone of thier batting line-up. As everyone know that Afghanistan fully depend on gurbaz, Ibrahim and Rahmat if they unable to build partnership long and lose his wickets early on then Afghanistan will struggle again and again. now let see how Bangladesh chased required Target before 30th over.

At present, Third match of World Cup Tournament Afghanistan against Bangladesh reached at the last stage. Really a poor performance of overall Afghanistan team in batting lineup except of Rahmanullah Gurbaz's performance. He tried his best in batting but other batters did not support him and did not show great effort to give high target to Bangladesh team. Most of batters were got out at below 10 runs. On opponent team of Afghanistan team, Bangladesh was perform very well and they show tremendous performance first in bowling and then in batting. They stopped entire team at 156runs of Afghanistan. Mehidy Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan both these bowlers took 3,3 wickets of Afghanistan. In advance, Congrats Bangladesh for this awesome Victory.

[MusaPk]

]lBangladesh is chasing the score very well , target is very close to them and they will win easily. Bangladesh score is  115 runs with fall of only 2 wickets. Mahidy performed half century for his country, he is not out on 52 runs with 70 balls. Shanto is also not on 38 runs with 55 balls. From  Afghanistan side , Gurbaz played very well and made  47 runs in 62 balls, Ibrahim Zadram scored  22 runs by facing 25 runs against Bangladeshi bowlers. Afghanistan all team out by making only 156 runs. No batter played well and that is low score match and Bangladesh will win one sided. Now ,Bangladesh need 42 runs to win and Bangladesh have 8 wickets in the hand.

Great start for Bangladesh. They have won there 1st World Cup match against unpredictable Afghanistan. Afghanistan are good side and wasn't expecting such flood batting show from them. After getting a good opening stand of 47, Afghanistan keep losing wickets and gave a small target of 157. Bangladesh did no mistake in chasing this 157 runs target and got there in just 35 overs.

[LittleBitFunny]

South Africa Vs Sri Lanka Match's Update:

South Africa has now 97 runs with a loss of 1 wicket after 17 overs. Quinton de Kock made 41 runs in 47 balls with having 1 six and 4 fours included with a strike rate of 86.36. Rassie van der Dussen has made 46 out of 50 deliveries which have 1 six and 5 fours. From the side of Sri Lanka one the 1 wicket ha been take by Dilshan Madushanka. South Africa is been in form now and looking to give a target above 350 runs, which is achievable on this ground.

South Africa will probably set a target of around 400 today. South Africa's top order has been batting well since the beginning of the innings. The team collected 264 runs in 37 overs. The team lost only two wickets. De Kock got out after collecting 100 runs off 84 balls. Captain Bavuma did not play well. But Dussen is playing brilliantly. He is unbeaten with 108 runs. The South African squad has batsmen like Marakram, Miller and Klaasen. Those who are able to bat at a smart strike rate. If the team does not lose quick wickets then the team must score at least 100 runs in the last 13 overs. I don't think it will be possible for Sri Lanka to win this match. Sri Lanka may try to reduce the margin of defeat.

[cozytrade]

Bangladesh cricket team started their journey with victory in ODI World Cup by defeating Afghanistan cricket team by 6 wickets. Bangladesh cricket team has given great performance in both batting and bowling in today's match. If Bangladesh cricket team players can sustain such performance consistently. Then something good can be expected for the Bangladesh cricket team in this World Cup. Hopefully the players of the Bangladesh cricket team will be ready to show better performance in the upcoming matches. In today's match against Afghanistan, Bangladesh team players Shakib Al Hasan and Mehdi Hasan Miraz bowling caught the attention of cricket fans. Bangladesh team player Mehdi Hasan Miraz has shown magic not only in bowling but also in batting. For Bangladesh to win today's match against Afghanistan, the Bangladeshi betting punters are very excited. I am also very happy to enjoy this match

[Swordsoffreedom]

South Africa Vs Sri Lanka Match's Update:

South Africa has now 97 runs with a loss of 1 wicket after 17 overs. Quinton de Kock made 41 runs in 47 balls with having 1 six and 4 fours included with a strike rate of 86.36. Rassie van der Dussen has made 46 out of 50 deliveries which have 1 six and 5 fours. From the side of Sri Lanka one the 1 wicket ha been take by Dilshan Madushanka. South Africa is been in form now and looking to give a target above 350 runs, which is achievable on this ground.

South Africa will probably set a target of around 400 today. South Africa's top order has been batting well since the beginning of the innings. The team collected 264 runs in 37 overs. The team lost only two wickets. De Kock got out after collecting 100 runs off 84 balls. Captain Bavuma did not play well. But Dussen is playing brilliantly. He is unbeaten with 108 runs. The South African squad has batsmen like Marakram, Miller and Klaasen. Those who are able to bat at a smart strike rate. If the team does not lose quick wickets then the team must score at least 100 runs in the last 13 overs. I don't think it will be possible for Sri Lanka to win this match. Sri Lanka may try to reduce the margin of defeat.

At the end of 39 overs, South Africa's collection was 272 runs. And at the end of 43 overs, the team collected 342 runs. The team collected 70 runs in 4 overs. It doesn't look like it will be difficult for South Africa to score 70+ runs in the last 7 overs. Marakram and Klaasen are destroying the Sri Lankan bowlers. Marakram is unbeaten with 76 off 40 balls, and Klassen's 32 off 19 balls. Sri Lankan fans may not have imagined that Sri Lanka will start the World Cup in such a bad way.

Except for Dasun Shanaka, every Sri Lankan bowler scored a lot of runs today. Dasun Shanaka gave 36 runs in 6 overs. The pitch was understood to be batting friendly. Even then Sri Lankan bowlers could not bowl controlled. South African players scored only 48 runs in the first 10 overs. And soon after that their devastating batting started. South Africa is moving forward with the goal of collecting the highest number of runs in this World Cup.

[3kpk3]

Markram! What a blitz! That's 3 freaking centuries from the South African team which implies that they will easily give a 400+ target blowing Sri Lanka out into the stratosphere. Statement made!

Sri Lanka is sorely missing Theekshana and Hasaranga who could have helped their team in a major way.

[HONDACD125]

Bangladesh cricket team started their journey with victory in ODI World Cup by defeating Afghanistan cricket team by 6 wickets. Bangladesh cricket team has given great performance in both batting and bowling in today's match. If Bangladesh cricket team players can sustain such performance consistently. Then something good can be expected for the Bangladesh cricket team in this World Cup. Hopefully the players of the Bangladesh cricket team will be ready to show better performance in the upcoming matches. In today's match against Afghanistan, Bangladesh team players Shakib Al Hasan and Mehdi Hasan Miraz bowling caught the attention of cricket fans. Bangladesh team player Mehdi Hasan Miraz has shown magic not only in bowling but also in batting. For Bangladesh to win today's match against Afghanistan, the Bangladeshi betting punters are very excited. I am also very happy to enjoy this match

I was confidence about Bangladesh batting but some doubt about their bowling. However today their bowling performance show that Bangladesh team is well set fot world cup and it will not be easy to defeat Bangladesh. Afghanistan batting is very good , Their opener formed a good partnership but cannot withstand before the Bangladesh spin attack. Bangladesh should continue this form and approach big teams with  mindset also.

Indian pitches are batting pitch however spin bowlers has a advantage here and we have seen in these three matches especially the third match,where  spin bowling is most successful.This is why Netherland started spin bowling from the start if powerplay and the proved successful also.

[Patrol69]

2 interesting encounters coming up people. We have Afghanistan and Bangladesh duking it out and it's tough to tell who will win among them since they seem evenly matched, but my bet is on Bangladesh.

Afghanistan team's batting line is very weak due to which they were not ready to score enough runs against Bangladesh as well. But Afghanistan team's bowling line is quite strong as Bangladesh team lost two wickets in power play against Afghanistan. Therefore, if the Bangladesh team's patience is increasing at present, Nazmul Islam Shantar. The current pair of Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Nazmul Hasan Shanto depend on the Bangladesh team's run collection.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first that a good decision. They all Out Afghanistan is just 157 runs in 37.2 Overs. Bangladesh bowlers bowling performance is outstanding especially Shakib ul hassan who picked 3 Important wicktes by giving 30 runs in 8 overs and Muhammad Hassan also picked 3 wickets by giving 25 runs only in 9 overs. From Afghanistan Rahmanullah Gurbaz is only batter who scored 47 runs and helped his team to cross 150 runs plus. The Current score of Bangladesh is 62 in loss of 2 wickets in 13.2 overs. Bangladesh Need 88 runs in 36 overs to win this match.

Bangladesh announced the XI today with eight batsmen and five bowlers. Bangladesh had Mahmudullah Riyad as the sixth bowling option who is not a professional bowler. If for some reason any bowler among the five bowlers was bad or if the Afghanistan batsmen were set on the wicket, then the sixth bowling option would have been very necessary for Bangladesh.

The performance of the Bangladeshi bowlers was excellent today. I won't mention names but everyone did very well. Those who watched the game from the beginning to the end must have seen the captaincy technique of Shakib Al Hasan. 
Shakib Al Hasan is a smart captain and he proved it in this match and we have seen his great captaincy in the previous few matches as well. 

Shakib Al Hasan as the captain will get as much praise as the batsmen and bowlers in this match.

[onecall123]

Markram! What a blitz! That's 3 freaking centuries from the South African team which implies that they will easily give a 400+ target blowing Sri Lanka out into the stratosphere. Statement made!

Sri Lanka is sorely missing Theekshana and Hasaranga who could have helped their team in a major way.

What a performance by South Africa in the Cricket World Cup! They set a new record for the highest-ever total in World Cup history, with three centuries. While Aiden Markram breaking the record for the fastest 100. Proteas demonstrated an incredible performance in this World Cup. Therefore, Sri Lanka are in a great trouble.

[Bureau]

This is a very shameful thing for BCCI. People are not coming, no one supports any team. It seems that people are forced to watch the match and come to the stadium, no one is excited about the World Cup from India. I think that this is the worst World Cup in cricket history. BCCI is the richest board and the richest board hosts the biggest tournament and the chairs are broken.

There is no ceremony and Sachin Tendulkar comes in the ground and waves their hands to the empty ground.

BCCI had given the respective state cricket boards INR 50 crore (6 million) to overhaul the cricket stadium. If the Hyderabad Cricket Association did not spend it then you cannot blame the BCCI. The pictures shared on bad seating arrangements are from the warm-up match on the bad condition of the seats. It was shared on X.com by a local journalist. He then clarified the reason why the condition of those seats was bad by his another tweet which was on the same day. You guys need to post the whole context before vilifying BCCI.

Coming to the next question as to why the stadiums are empty. Why BCCI did not come up with an opening ceremony? I know the reason why stadiums are empty is because Indians have lost interest in ODI. The next as per my understanding is that we have a lot of days left for Indians to get into the mood of ODI cricket. The last would be these are just the initial days, waiting for the Indian team to play.

Why did BCCI never come up with an opening ceremony? I do not know the answer, whereas I feel BCCI did not want to spend money on a dying format.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

Bangladesh cricket team started their journey with victory in ODI World Cup by defeating Afghanistan cricket team by 6 wickets. Bangladesh cricket team has given great performance in both batting and bowling in today's match. If Bangladesh cricket team players can sustain such performance consistently. Then something good can be expected for the Bangladesh cricket team in this World Cup. Hopefully the players of the Bangladesh cricket team will be ready to show better performance in the upcoming matches. In today's match against Afghanistan, Bangladesh team players Shakib Al Hasan and Mehdi Hasan Miraz bowling caught the attention of cricket fans. Bangladesh team player Mehdi Hasan Miraz has shown magic not only in bowling but also in batting. For Bangladesh to win today's match against Afghanistan, the Bangladeshi betting punters are very excited. I am also very happy to enjoy this match

I was confidence about Bangladesh batting but some doubt about their bowling. However today their bowling performance show that Bangladesh team is well set fot world cup and it will not be easy to defeat Bangladesh. Afghanistan batting is very good , Their opener formed a good partnership but cannot withstand before the Bangladesh spin attack. Bangladesh should continue this form and approach big teams with  mindset also.

Indian pitches are batting pitch however spin bowlers has a advantage here and we have seen in these three matches especially the third match,where  spin bowling is most successful.This is why Netherland started spin bowling from the start if powerplay and the proved successful also.

Bangladesh team wanted to start the World Cup with a win today. Although I was a little surprised by Afghanistan's batting style at first that Bangladesh might not start the match with a win today. But in the middle, Afghanistan lost wickets and became completely silent. I couldn't have imagined that Afghanistan would lose all wickets today for 156 runs. They fell very quickly to the Bangladesh bowling today. If our Bangladesh continues in this way, Bangladesh will definitely have a chance to win the World Cup. Because it is becoming difficult to bat in spinning bowling in the World Cup. However, starting today's match with a win, Bangladesh recorded three consecutive first match wins. My best wishes and congratulations to the Bangladesh Cricket Team.

[Bitcoin_people]

South Africa vs Sri Lanka match 1st innings batted well in South Africa. Batting in the first innings they collected 428 runs for the loss of 5 wickets which is currently the highest score in the ICC. Today's match was really amazing especially the batting performance of South African batsmen impressed everyone. All three South African batsmen scored excellent centuries, van der Dussen, and Markram and de Kock were their best batting performances. van der Dussen scored 108 runs from 110 balls, de Kock scored 100 runs from 84 balls, and Markram was the best performer with 106 runs from 54 balls. Markram scored a 49-ball 100 which set a great record on the century list, his batting performance today was one to watch. South Africa left Sri Lanka with a huge target of 429 runs.Today's match is the most difficult for Sri Lanka. With Sri Lanka batting early and losing a wicket, today's match is not expected to bring a win at all for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka have scored 19 runs in 4.1 overs at the moment, they still need to score 410 runs from 275 balls to meet the target given by South Africa, which is really difficult.

[Vaskiy]

This is a very shameful thing for BCCI. People are not coming, no one supports any team. It seems that people are forced to watch the match and come to the stadium, no one is excited about the World Cup from India. I think that this is the worst World Cup in cricket history. BCCI is the richest board and the richest board hosts the biggest tournament and the chairs are broken.

There is no ceremony and Sachin Tendulkar comes in the ground and waves their hands to the empty ground.

BCCI had given the respective state cricket boards INR 50 crore (6 million) to overhaul the cricket stadium. If the Hyderabad Cricket Association did not spend it then you cannot blame the BCCI. The pictures shared on bad seating arrangements are from the warm-up match on the bad condition of the seats. It was shared on X.com by a local journalist. He then clarified the reason why the condition of those seats was bad by his another tweet which was on the same day. You guys need to post the whole context before vilifying BCCI.

Coming to the next question as to why the stadiums are empty. Why BCCI did not come up with an opening ceremony? I know the reason why stadiums are empty is because Indians have lost interest in ODI. The next as per my understanding is that we have a lot of days left for Indians to get into the mood of ODI cricket. The last would be these are just the initial days, waiting for the Indian team to play.

Why did BCCI never come up with an opening ceremony? I do not know the answer, whereas I feel BCCI did not want to spend money on a dying format.

Maybe what you've said is correct. The people might've lost interest on the ODI format as it is more time consuming than the shortest format of T20 and T10 format cricket.

As you've said it is just the starting and more matches left. Maybe as time passes the ground will get filled. Same time I've never seen a opening match with empty seats as it happened with England vs New Zealand. Not just because people have lost interest, but BCCI hadn't shown interest in making World Cup great than ever. Not having an opening ceremony is not for saving money, it is a way to prioritise IPL.

[Bd officer]

In the South Africa vs Sri Lanka match, South Africa batted first and had a great performance, enjoying the excellent batting of South Africa. South Africa ended up scoring 428 runs for 5 wickets with superb batting. Three players scored centuries, Aiden Markram scored 106 runs, van der Dussen scored 108 runs, Quinton de Kachk scored 100 runs, their excellent performances helped the team to set a target of many runs. Sri Lanka batted to win, scoring 71 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 8 overs. Pathum Nissanka was out for 0 runs, Kusal Perera batted badly and got out for 7 runs, Kusal Mendis batted well and was unbeaten on 57 runs off 29 balls. Sri Lanka are under pressure after losing two wickets. South Africa is leading to win today's match, very difficult for Sri Lanka to win. I think 90% South Africa will win and 10% Sri Lanka will win.

[Gladitorcomeback]

Maybe what you've said is correct. The people might've lost interest on the ODI format as it is more time consuming than the shortest format of T20 and T10 format cricket.

Yes this is valid point, Cricket fans showing more interest. towards t20 rather than ODI. spans of life change and in this fast paced world people have short time and love to attend short time matches for entertainment.

it is just the starting and more matches left. Maybe as time passes the ground will get filled. Same time I've never seen a opening match with empty seats as it happened with England vs New Zealand. Not just because people have lost interest, but BCCI hadn't shown interest in making World Cup great than ever. Not having an opening ceremony is not for saving money, it is a way to prioritise IPL.

The same things happened with Asia cup where lot of empty seat in the first opening match but  we have seen a great audience in the last matches. It is not true to crictism BCCI for this. Total 48 matches to be played and fans love to watch qualifiers match more than the opening matches


What an inining played by Kusal mendis, hit 8 sixes and 4 fours in his 76 runs inining. unfortunately he couldn't able to make century. This type if batting is set in the india pitches otherwise you cannot win the matches. Markram scores in the same way able South Africa to give high target. Srilanka lost 3 big players and looks like South Africa will now easily win this match because all hard hotter goes to pavilion.