ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[noormcs5]

274 runs are not a good target by the way. New Zealand has a good bowling line and already got 2 wickets. India's Current Run Rate is quite good. If the players will hold the wickets so India has much more chances to win this match. Both teams are trying well to win but at this time India has the chances to win.

It's true that 274 is not a decent defendable target against a strong indian Lineup, but I still believe that NewZeland will give a tough time to them because thier bowler are in form and didn't even miss a single opportunity to departure thier main batters and they does. At early stage of second innings things were completely in favour of indian team but now things are little bit diverting toward NewZeland because now the only hope for them are Kohli if NewZeland manage to dismissed them then I think rest of the player hasn't ability to full fill required target at such pressure situation. Now let's see who will break thier winning streak.

India won the match and the player of the match award goes to Mohammed Shami. I don’t need to ask because everyone knows the reason why Mohammed Shami is the player of the match, but I think that if New Zealand would have won today’s match then the player of the match award goes to Daryl Mitchell because he hit a century and cricinfo also predicted him the player of the match in their opinion and it also suggests the player of the match should be Daryl Mitchell.

I can explain why cricinfo predicted him man of the match as the reason is he hit a century and if he didn't hit 100+ runs at that moment, the New Zealand team would clearly lose in a very bad way and New Zealand would have lost with much bad run rate.

[TakeItEasy]

India won by 4 wickets against New Zealand and this is Fifth victory for India. India clinch number one position from New Zealand on world cup points Table. Muhammad Shami picked 5 wicktes and become the man of the match and  Virat Kohli did what he does the best as India defeated New Zealand  by 4 wickets. India remain the only undefeated team in the tournament having played their tougher matches against Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand already. Virat Kohli is Out by scored 95 runs deserved to reach the three-figure mark for the fight he put up against New Zealand but miss his well deserved century by 5 runs. Heartbreak for Virat Kohli just 5 runs short for his well-deserved century

As I watched today's match I didn't think any team would win from India in this World Cup, they are playing at their best. Whether on the bowling side, they are too good as they restrict a team like New Zealand on these pitches to 273. And when it comes to batting they achieved the target too easily in 48 overs. Virat Kohli played good cricket with 2 sixes and he scored 95 runs. Also, I had seen some blistering sixes from the bat of Rohit Sharma. Although all the Indian team played some classic shots and they achieved the target too easily.

On the other side, New Zealand didn't provide their best as that was 1st on the points table, and from today's match, it goes to 2nd position. We will see in tomorrow's match Pakistan vs Afghanistan who will win.

[Crypto Library]

India won by 4 wickets against New Zealand and this is Fifth victory for India. India clinch number one position from New Zealand on world cup points Table. Muhammad Shami picked 5 wicktes and become the man of the match and  Virat Kohli did what he does the best as India defeated New Zealand  by 4 wickets. India remain the only undefeated team in the tournament having played their tougher matches against Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand already. Virat Kohli is Out by scored 95 runs deserved to reach the three-figure mark for the fight he put up against New Zealand but miss his well deserved century by 5 runs. Heartbreak for Virat Kohli just 5 runs short for his well-deserved century

India team did a strong performance today. Specially from the bowling side you have already mentioned Mohammad Sami one of the man who deserve the credit. At first I thought the way the New Zealand team continued the match after losing their two wickets, they would be able to set a target of more than 300 runs, but after the loss of  third wicket, the performance went distracted.
Today's match was actually very special because New Zealand and India team are in my opinion the most favorite team in this year's ICC World Cup. Performances of both the teams were outstanding from the start, however today Team India introduced themselves as the most favorite team.  Although many here will say that the environment has helped them, albeit mildly, because it is their own home ground.

[GigaBit]

274 runs are not a good target by the way. New Zealand has a good bowling line and already got 2 wickets. India's Current Run Rate is quite good. If the players will hold the wickets so India has much more chances to win this match. Both teams are trying well to win but at this time India has the chances to win.

It's true that 274 is not a decent defendable target against a strong indian Lineup, but I still believe that NewZeland will give a tough time to them because thier bowler are in form and didn't even miss a single opportunity to departure thier main batters and they does. At early stage of second innings things were completely in favour of indian team but now things are little bit diverting toward NewZeland because now the only hope for them are Kohli if NewZeland manage to dismissed them then I think rest of the player hasn't ability to full fill required target at such pressure situation. Now let's see who will break thier winning streak.

India won by 4 wickets against New Zealand and this is Fifth victory for India. India clinch number one position from New Zealand on world cup points Table. Muhammad Shami picked 5 wicktes and become the man of the match and  Virat Kohli did what he does the best as India defeated New Zealand  by 4 wickets. India remain the only undefeated team in the tournament having played their tougher matches against Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand already. Virat Kohli is Out by scored 95 runs deserved to reach the three-figure mark for the fight he put up against New Zealand but miss his well deserved century by 5 runs. Heartbreak for Virat Kohli just 5 runs short for his well-deserved century

India and New Zealand were the strongest teams in this tournament. Prior to today's match, the points of both teams were almost the same. But by winning a match today in that point, the Indian team is now on top. New Zealand team had very bad luck today. When the opening wicket goes back to zero runs, the pressure increases. But when the team lost the 2nd wicket as well, it was natural for them to be a bit disappointed. The 3rd and 4th wickets were a good score and the team started to settle down but when these two batsmen went back no one could take charge of the New Zealand team. It is clear in the cricket world that Indian team is the best in this event. Each of them batted responsibly. If there is no accident then India will be the winner in this World Cup.

[3kpk3]

If there is no accident then India will be the winner in this World Cup.

You are jumping to conclusions way too early. India usually performs well in the group stages, but choke in the semis and finals more often than not due to pressure etc which is why it's silly stating that they will win the cup so easily.

They need to perform well in the critical matches probably against teams like New Zealand, South Africa, Australia etc if they wish to claim the cup.

[GbitG]

India has lost five wickets due to a misunderstanding between Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. Unfortunately, SKY lost his wicket; he seems to be quite unlucky in ODI cricket. Now, it's Virat Kohli and Jadeja at the crease. Runs are also coming smoothly, and YES there's no need to fear when King Kohli is there. It still looks like an easy win for India.

Unfortunately kohli failed to score his hundred, but he has done his job at critical situation when team need it and that why his presence on crease give Indian team a huge confidence because he is a big player of big matches and already proved it if we look at his stats. In my mind two player Shami and Kohli are in charge of this superb victory because I believe that Newland will score minimum 350 around but thanks to Shami and other bowler to took important wickets and broke their momentum before it settle down. While Kohli one man army divert entire difficult match from their side and thus continues his winning run without any interruption. Congratulations to India on table toper.

[kro55]

India has lost five wickets due to a misunderstanding between Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. Unfortunately, SKY lost his wicket; he seems to be quite unlucky in ODI cricket. Now, it's Virat Kohli and Jadeja at the crease. Runs are also coming smoothly, and YES there's no need to fear when King Kohli is there. It still looks like an easy win for India.

Unfortunately kohli failed to score his hundred, but he has done his job at critical situation when team need it and that why his presence on crease give Indian team a huge confidence because he is a big player of big matches and already proved it if we look at his stats. In my mind two player Shami and Kohli are in charge of this superb victory because I believe that Newland will score minimum 350 around but thanks to Shami and other bowler to took important wickets and broke their momentum before it settle down. While Kohli one man army divert entire difficult match from their side and thus continues his winning run without any interruption. Congratulations to India on table toper.

Kohli failed to score a century and Rohit failed to score a half-century. But both of them have been able to fulfil their duties properly. Virat Kohli has batted very responsibly. And Kohli's responsible batting made it easier for India to win this match. Apart from only Kohli and Rohit, Mohammed Shami and Jadeja have done very well. Shami picked up 5 important wickets. Jadeja's bowling was very controlled. And he managed to play an excellent innings of 39 runs off 44 balls. However, Indian players are in perfect rhythm. And I would say India is now the favourite to be the world champion.

[JunaidAzizi]

India has lost five wickets due to a misunderstanding between Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. Unfortunately, SKY lost his wicket; he seems to be quite unlucky in ODI cricket. Now, it's Virat Kohli and Jadeja at the crease. Runs are also coming smoothly, and YES there's no need to fear when King Kohli is there. It still looks like an easy win for India.

Unfortunately kohli failed to score his hundred, but he has done his job at critical situation when team need it and that why his presence on crease give Indian team a huge confidence because he is a big player of big matches and already proved it if we look at his stats. In my mind two player Shami and Kohli are in charge of this superb victory because I believe that Newland will score minimum 350 around but thanks to Shami and other bowler to took important wickets and broke their momentum before it settle down. While Kohli one man army divert entire difficult match from their side and thus continues his winning run without any interruption. Congratulations to India on table toper.

The 21 ODI match was won by the Indian team yesterday and it was a very competitive match both are the stronger one but if the Indian team come into the field then it no need to watch the match who will win obviously the indian will win and they have already proven it. In the Asian Cup and now in this World Cup, they are beating everyone. This is because there is no weak player in the team it seems like they are seeking them in every corner of their country and picking the best one. Everyone doing their best in every match bowlers doing the best bowling and giving less score and their batsman chasing a huge target easily. In yesterday's match, Kohli did a good performance, he did not complete his century but it does not mean anything he is just 5 runs away and I considered it a century. And in the New Zealand team, there is no good performance shown by any player other than Daryal who did 127 runs on 130 balls. He is the only one in the team who did a good performance

[Vaskiy]

India has lost five wickets due to a misunderstanding between Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. Unfortunately, SKY lost his wicket; he seems to be quite unlucky in ODI cricket. Now, it's Virat Kohli and Jadeja at the crease. Runs are also coming smoothly, and YES there's no need to fear when King Kohli is there. It still looks like an easy win for India.

Unfortunately kohli failed to score his hundred, but he has done his job at critical situation when team need it and that why his presence on crease give Indian team a huge confidence because he is a big player of big matches and already proved it if we look at his stats. In my mind two player Shami and Kohli are in charge of this superb victory because I believe that Newland will score minimum 350 around but thanks to Shami and other bowler to took important wickets and broke their momentum before it settle down. While Kohli one man army divert entire difficult match from their side and thus continues his winning run without any interruption. Congratulations to India on table toper.

Kohli failed to score a century and Rohit failed to score a half-century. But both of them have been able to fulfil their duties properly. Virat Kohli has batted very responsibly. And Kohli's responsible batting made it easier for India to win this match. Apart from only Kohli and Rohit, Mohammed Shami and Jadeja have done very well. Shami picked up 5 important wickets. Jadeja's bowling was very controlled. And he managed to play an excellent innings of 39 runs off 44 balls. However, Indian players are in perfect rhythm. And I would say India is now the favourite to be the world champion.

Both does great job in most of the matches played by India. Rohit is giving good start to the innings. When there comes good opening partnership,  automatically the upcoming players on the squad will perform better. This should not turn to be over confident during the upcoming matches. Such mentality would easily cause the players down the performance and lead to failure in

[noormcs5]

Both does great job in most of the matches played by India. Rohit is giving good start to the innings. When there comes good opening partnership,  automatically the upcoming players on the squad will perform better. This should not turn to be over confident during the upcoming matches. Such mentality would easily cause the players down the performance and lead to failure in

India showed their class in this match and proved that they can come back in the match through responsible batting even down the order. First, their bowlers did a remarkable job restricting New Zealand to under 300 runs and they gave very few runs from the 40 - 50 overs of the New Zealand innings and did not let the New Zealand team run away with the match.

When it comes tp the batting, Virat Kohli and the other players really stood up and never let the match out of hand. It was a show of great planning and commitment. The urge to win was clearly seen among all the Indian players.

The only sad part of the match was that Virat Kohli was not able to complete his century. He really deserved the century, didn't he?

[Publictalk792]

India showed their class in this match and proved that they can come back in the match through responsible batting even down the order. First, their bowlers did a remarkable job restricting New Zealand to under 300 runs and they gave very few runs from the 40 - 50 overs of the New Zealand innings and did not let the New Zealand team run away with the match.

When it comes tp the batting, Virat Kohli and the other players really stood up and never let the match out of hand. It was a show of great planning and commitment. The urge to win was clearly seen among all the Indian players.

The only sad part of the match was that Virat Kohli was not able to complete his century. He really deserved the century, didn't he?

India team performance was remarkable in this match. The best part of the match was after losing 5 wickets by India team the only player Virat Kohli who pull the India team to victory.
And one of the players also admirable and he is the player of the match too. I am talking about Muhammad Shami. He did a great job by collecting 5 wickets of New Zealand team.

Exactly Virat Kohli deserves the century. But he got out at 95 runs.

[ThemePen]

India team performance was remarkable in this match. The best part of the match was after losing 5 wickets by India team the only player Virat Kohli who pull the India team to victory.
And one of the players also admirable and he is the player of the match too. I am talking about Muhammad Shami. He did a great job by collecting 5 wickets of New Zealand team.

Exactly Virat Kohli deserves the century. But he got out at 95 runs.

What a massive win by India. When they lost 5 wickets was thinking that India will lose today match but how decently they managed and got victory.
I appreciate the Virat Kohli performance in this match. Exactly he is the only player who leads the team and didn't pressurized himself. Unfortunately he didn't touch the 100 runs. But he done his job already.
You mentioned Muhammad Shami. He is an Excellent bowling and I also appreciate his performance.

[kro55]

India has lost five wickets due to a misunderstanding between Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. Unfortunately, SKY lost his wicket; he seems to be quite unlucky in ODI cricket. Now, it's Virat Kohli and Jadeja at the crease. Runs are also coming smoothly, and YES there's no need to fear when King Kohli is there. It still looks like an easy win for India.

Unfortunately kohli failed to score his hundred, but he has done his job at critical situation when team need it and that why his presence on crease give Indian team a huge confidence because he is a big player of big matches and already proved it if we look at his stats. In my mind two player Shami and Kohli are in charge of this superb victory because I believe that Newland will score minimum 350 around but thanks to Shami and other bowler to took important wickets and broke their momentum before it settle down. While Kohli one man army divert entire difficult match from their side and thus continues his winning run without any interruption. Congratulations to India on table toper.

Kohli failed to score a century and Rohit failed to score a half-century. But both of them have been able to fulfil their duties properly. Virat Kohli has batted very responsibly. And Kohli's responsible batting made it easier for India to win this match. Apart from only Kohli and Rohit, Mohammed Shami and Jadeja have done very well. Shami picked up 5 important wickets. Jadeja's bowling was very controlled. And he managed to play an excellent innings of 39 runs off 44 balls. However, Indian players are in perfect rhythm. And I would say India is now the favourite to be the world champion.

Both does great job in most of the matches played by India. Rohit is giving good start to the innings. When there comes good opening partnership,  automatically the upcoming players on the squad will perform better. This should not turn to be over confident during the upcoming matches. Such mentality would easily cause the players down the performance and lead to failure in

India's opening pair is playing well. And since India's openers are playing well, India's middle order players are also able to maintain consistency. And we see good performances from almost every batsman. India is getting some extra facilities due to the World Cup being held in their own country. The players are very familiar with each pitch. Due to this their performance has also improved. Qualifying for the semi finals will not be difficult for the team. I think India will qualify for the finals from the top of the points table.

[libert19]

India showed their class in this match and proved that they can come back in the match through responsible batting even down the order.

I wouldn't say so, it only happened cause Kohli was there. Had he gone out and Surya, Jadeja brought the victory — a proper down order batsmans, then your statement would be correct.

The only sad part of the match was that Virat Kohli was not able to complete his century. He really deserved the century, didn't he?

Ofc he did, I don't feel sad tho, he'll complete it soon enough.


I hope Shami will play in all future matches (he's sure to play next next one with this match's performance), was always wondering since start of WC why he wasn't being played. I didn't know his stats before, but during last game they showed and his performance is lit, he's one of top 5 wicket takers in WCs while playing less matches than his contemporaries.

Hardik will likely be back next game, Surya is probably go back to bench again.

[Patrol69]

India showed their class in this match and proved that they can come back in the match through responsible batting even down the order. First, their bowlers did a remarkable job restricting New Zealand to under 300 runs and they gave very few runs from the 40 - 50 overs of the New Zealand innings and did not let the New Zealand team run away with the match.

When it comes tp the batting, Virat Kohli and the other players really stood up and never let the match out of hand. It was a show of great planning and commitment. The urge to win was clearly seen among all the Indian players.

The only sad part of the match was that Virat Kohli was not able to complete his century. He really deserved the century, didn't he?

India team performance was remarkable in this match. The best part of the match was after losing 5 wickets by India team the only player Virat Kohli who pull the India team to victory.
And one of the players also admirable and he is the player of the match too. I am talking about Muhammad Shami. He did a great job by collecting 5 wickets of New Zealand team.

Exactly Virat Kohli deserves the century. But he got out at 95 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian legend then if any batsman is called the best batsman in cricket then no doubt his name will be Virat Kohli.  Babar Azam may be the number one batsman but I will never compare Babar Azam with Virat Kohli even though both are my favorite cricketers. If Virat Kohli decides to win the match in the match where he has to score, he will leave the field after winning the match. In the last 97 innings, Virat Kohli scored 90 plus runs and ensured India's victory in most of the matches. Virat Kohli is one in the world of cricket. 

Regrettably in the match against New Zealand he narrowly missed out on a century as he was keen to see his century celebrated but unfortunately got out. The way Virat Kohli is performing, he can become the highest run scorer as well as the highest centurion in this tournament.

[Bureau]

Good decision by the Pakistani team to bat first after winning the toss. I was expecting it as batting in the second half is not that easy because the pitch tends to get slower. Already the Pakistan batters can be seen struggling as the pitch is slow and still, they managed to hit a six and break the jinx. Afghanistan's sloppy fielding prevented them from getting a wicket and I am sure there would be many more from the Afghan team. Both Pakistani openers have now given a good start to Pakistan and hopefully, they are able to maintain the momentum. The current run rate is above 6 which is encouraging for the Pakistani team. 

[Cheema02]

Good decision by the Pakistani team to bat first after winning the toss. I was expecting it as batting in the second half is not that easy because the pitch tends to get slower. Already the Pakistan batters can be seen struggling as the pitch is slow and still, they managed to hit a six and break the jinx. Afghanistan's sloppy fielding prevented them from getting a wicket and I am sure there would be many more from the Afghan team.

Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first Afghanistan in with 4 spinners,  40 overs of spin probably as they include Noor Ahmad. This could go either way. Afghanistan might miss Farooqi if Pakistan batsmen settled , they could even punish the spin. Pakistan brings in Shadab Khan in place of Muhammad Nawaz. Pakistan Current score is 54 runs without loss of any wicket in 9 Overs. Imam ul haq and Abdullah Shaffiq is playing well good partnership of 50 plus runs. Abdullah Shafiq is playing at 37 runs in 36 balls and Imam ul haq is playing at 16 runs in 19 balls. Abdullah Shafiq hit 2 sixs during the first powerplay for Pakistan after 1,169 balls in ODIs Abdullah Shafique is outstanding batter of Pakistan. Pakistan will look to set a 300 plus target for Afghanistan.

[Publictalk792]

Good decision by the Pakistani team to bat first after winning the toss. I was expecting it as batting in the second half is not that easy because the pitch tends to get slower. Already the Pakistan batters can be seen struggling as the pitch is slow and still, they managed to hit a six and break the jinx. Afghanistan's sloppy fielding prevented them from getting a wicket and I am sure there would be many more from the Afghan team. Both Pakistani openers have now given a good start to Pakistan and hopefully, they are able to maintain the momentum. The current run rate is above 6 which is encouraging for the Pakistani team. 

Pakistan lost two wickets and the Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan are on the pitch and if this Partnership will continue. So I am sure Pakistan will go above 300 runs. At this time Pakistan is at 120 runs and unfortunately Pakistan lost one more wicket while I am writing my post. Muhammad Rizwan got out. Noor Ahmad is showing his talent and already got 2 wickets.

And now I think Pakistan will not go above 250 runs.

[Out of mind]

Good decision by the Pakistani team to bat first after winning the toss. I was expecting it as batting in the second half is not that easy because the pitch tends to get slower. Already the Pakistan batters can be seen struggling as the pitch is slow and still, they managed to hit a six and break the jinx. Afghanistan's sloppy fielding prevented them from getting a wicket and I am sure there would be many more from the Afghan team. Both Pakistani openers have now given a good start to Pakistan and hopefully, they are able to maintain the momentum. The current run rate is above 6 which is encouraging for the Pakistani team. 

Pakistan lost two wickets and the Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan are on the pitch and if this Partnership will continue. So I am sure Pakistan will go above 300 runs. At this time Pakistan is at 120 runs and unfortunately Pakistan lost one more wicket while I am writing my post. Muhammad Rizwan got out. Noor Ahmad is showing his talent and already got 2 wickets.

And now I think Pakistan will not go above 250 runs.

Pakistan team has already lost one more wicket and collected 151 runs for 3 wickets in 32 overs. If they could have sustained the partnership they had in the beginning, then they could have scored 200 runs by now. But unfortunately due to the loss of wickets the run rate has decreased. But if Pakistan can't score above 280 today, it will be very difficult to win against Afghanistan. Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel are two batsmen at the crease at the moment, if they can form a good partnership then they can collect good runs.  As you are saying not to go above 250, but I think if Babar Azam survives till the end then 280 is possible. And if Babar Azam gets out, it will be difficult for Pakistan team to score 250 runs.

[MusaPk]

Pakistan team has already lost one more wicket and collected 151 runs for 3 wickets in 32 overs. If they could have sustained the partnership they had in the beginning, then they could have scored 200 runs by now. But unfortunately due to the loss of wickets the run rate has decreased. But if Pakistan can't score above 280 today, it will be very difficult to win against Afghanistan. Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel are two batsmen at the crease at the moment, if they can form a good partnership then they can collect good runs.  As you are saying not to go above 250, but I think if Babar Azam survives till the end then 280 is possible. And if Babar Azam gets out, it will be difficult for Pakistan team to score 250 runs.

Pakistan today can score almost 280 runs and that too if Babar Azam remain at the crease till 40th over. Babar Azam struggled to score runs throughout this tournament and today there is no chance of error. We have seen that Afghanistan always gave there best against Pakistan. That's why Pakistan must try to score atleast 280.