ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[MinMan]

Shubman Gill still played poor than average, made average runs but wasted balls too while Virat Kohli tried to hit like Rohit Sharma but he was not lucky and also at the start of the game after making 14 off 19 balls, then like after doing struggle they reached to the 200 score as well but can’t chase the target towards win. I would say Bad and hard luck for the captain and the Indian team. team.

I think the Indian team is not fit for the Champions Trophy 2025 because their team is losing the matches against SriLanka while the Indian team is fully fit with the A grade team.

Sri Lanka is leading the ODI series right now and there are slightest of chances that it may be win by them. Their hard work in the last matches proved as they won this match with a good and big distance. The Indian team lost this match by 32 runs, such an excellent victory by the Sri Lanka. The Indian team has a bad performance on that day in all types of play batting, bowling, and fielding.

India losing matches in Sri Lanka not mean they are not ready for the Champions Trophy as they are still having enough time they are doing some experiments and things are not as they were expected because their few top players are missing from this team, and they can bring them for big event but still we are having plenty of time for this currently we are having few other things, so this can take change in coming days.

In both the games, we are having Indian bowling good and their openers are also giving their best but sadly their middle order and lower order are not able to give their best, so things are going on wrong side but as they will be having their all first eleven players they will be on another level but here we also need to praise Sri Lanka after having worst end of twenty series they are bringing back themselves into competition, and they are still playing positive game.

[Publictalk792]

Netherlands Women's ODI Tri-Series

Anyone covering this series?
Because they already have played one match and they will play the second match today. The first match played between Papua New Guinea Women and Netherlands Women. Netherlands win this match.
First Papua New Guinea played first turn and they made 148 runs and got all team out and Netherlands Women team chased that target in 37 overs with the lost of 7 wickets.
Well today match is between Papua New Guinea Women and Scotland Women. And at this time really hard to predict that which team will win. I hope Scotland will perform well and try to win this match. Or may be Papua New Guinea will try to cover their last lost.

[cryptoWODL]

In the second ODI match most people bet on India to win but most people lost bets on this match. India played well against Sri Lanka in T20 but their performance in ODI matches is not looking good. But we can see that the performance of the Sri Lankan team has improved a lot and they are fighting this brilliantly against India in every match. Moreover, the great win they got, they will definitely try hard to win the next match and they have a chance to win the series. Sri Lankan team will play maximum strength to win the next match they will plan to beat India, if they win the next match then definitely win the series.

Yes there is no doubt that most people were in favor of India victory.  But no one knew the result and if it was their target it was not that difficult for India.  India is perform well but their batsmen are not perform as well as they have been and it is because of the pressure from the Sri Lanka bowlers.  And if you see the India batsmen got a target of 240 and their batsmen will be all out in 43 overs.  And because of that their batsmen are restless and under pressure in ODI.  If they don't pay attention to it, they can lose the series.  And speaking of Sri Lanka struggle, it is their bowlers who have improved themselves and if their batsmen also play smartly, they could have given a target of over 300.  But their bowler took courage and won the match.  Congratulations to Sri Lanka for this win.  And India batsmen should try not to put pressure on themselves.

I think that is big success by Sri Lankan team because Indian team is top class team of the World and Indian full strength team is playing in this match. Virat Kohli and Rohit are also part of that team but  Indian team lose the 2nd match of ODI series.  I appreciate the bowlers of Sri Lankan team because against Indian team doing bowling is not an easy task and againt Indian  defend 240 score is not small task .I appreciate all bowlers but especially Jeffrey Vandersay who took 6 wickets in this match and took player of the match due to great effort in this match .Sri Lankan batters should work on their batting because if in the next match Indian team won the toss then they will chose batting and they will give 300+ target on board and how Sri Lankan team will chase that score? So they should learn from their mistakes because Indian team is not small team and they will come back in next match.

That's right, winning the Sri Lankan team match against India is a big achievement for the Sri Lankan team. From the matches of this ODI series, it can be seen that the players of the Sri Lankan team have improved their game a bit. So far in this ODI series we have seen 2 matches played where in both the matches Sri Lankan team put up a tough fight against India. There is still one more match left in this series. Now if the Sri Lankan team players can maintain their consistency in the upcoming match. Then the Sri Lankan team can create a chance to win this series against India. But in my opinion Sri Lanka team needs to be very conscious and hardworking to win this series against a strong team like India.

It is surprising but true that Sri Lanka has played brilliantly in the two ODIs held against India and even put up a strong fight against India. In both the matches, the Indian team lost because of their slow batting. I would say that in the second match the entire India team was caught by one Sri Lankan bowler. Sri Lanka's right arm leg break bowler Jeffrey Vandersay has shown excellent bowling skills. He bowled 10 overs and picked up six valuable wickets for just 33 runs in this match which was in one word unbelievable even as it was his career best spell.

Jeffrey Vandersay sent India's best batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gil, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube and KL Rahul back to the pavilion. Due to his impeccable performance, the Sri Lankan team declared him the man of the match in the second ODI match against India.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Netherlands Women's ODI Tri-Series

Anyone covering this series?
Because they already have played one match and they will play the second match today. The first match played between Papua New Guinea Women and Netherlands Women. Netherlands win this match.
First Papua New Guinea played first turn and they made 148 runs and got all team out and Netherlands Women team chased that target in 37 overs with the lost of 7 wickets.
Well today match is between Papua New Guinea Women and Scotland Women. And at this time really hard to predict that which team will win. I hope Scotland will perform well and try to win this match. Or may be Papua New Guinea will try to cover their last lost.

Both the Netherlands women's team and the Papua New Guinea team are quite weak. And that's why we don't see much discussion about this match. But I checked the scoreboard of the match. It was not a very exciting match.



Papur New Guinea managed to collect only 148 runs. Henao Thomas scored the maximum 30 runs for the team. Papua New Guinea's batting order is very weak. No top order batsman can bat responsibly. Iris Zwilling and Landheer took 3 wickets each. These two bowlers bowled very controlled.

Papua New Guinea provided smaller targets. Even then, it was not easy for the Netherlands women's team to score only 149 runs. However, Netherlands women's team won the match only because of Robin Rijke's innings of 60 runs. Besides, no other batsman can play well.

[Out of mind]

In the second ODI match most people bet on India to win but most people lost bets on this match. India played well against Sri Lanka in T20 but their performance in ODI matches is not looking good. But we can see that the performance of the Sri Lankan team has improved a lot and they are fighting this brilliantly against India in every match. Moreover, the great win they got, they will definitely try hard to win the next match and they have a chance to win the series. Sri Lankan team will play maximum strength to win the next match they will plan to beat India, if they win the next match then definitely win the series.

Yes there is no doubt that most people were in favor of India victory.  But no one knew the result and if it was their target it was not that difficult for India.  India is perform well but their batsmen are not perform as well as they have been and it is because of the pressure from the Sri Lanka bowlers.  And if you see the India batsmen got a target of 240 and their batsmen will be all out in 43 overs.  And because of that their batsmen are restless and under pressure in ODI.  If they don't pay attention to it, they can lose the series.  And speaking of Sri Lanka struggle, it is their bowlers who have improved themselves and if their batsmen also play smartly, they could have given a target of over 300.  But their bowler took courage and won the match.  Congratulations to Sri Lanka for this win.  And India batsmen should try not to put pressure on themselves.

I think that is big success by Sri Lankan team because Indian team is top class team of the World and Indian full strength team is playing in this match. Virat Kohli and Rohit are also part of that team but  Indian team lose the 2nd match of ODI series.  I appreciate the bowlers of Sri Lankan team because against Indian team doing bowling is not an easy task and againt Indian  defend 240 score is not small task .I appreciate all bowlers but especially Jeffrey Vandersay who took 6 wickets in this match and took player of the match due to great effort in this match .Sri Lankan batters should work on their batting because if in the next match Indian team won the toss then they will chose batting and they will give 300+ target on board and how Sri Lankan team will chase that score? So they should learn from their mistakes because Indian team is not small team and they will come back in next match.

That's right, winning the Sri Lankan team match against India is a big achievement for the Sri Lankan team. From the matches of this ODI series, it can be seen that the players of the Sri Lankan team have improved their game a bit. So far in this ODI series we have seen 2 matches played where in both the matches Sri Lankan team put up a tough fight against India. There is still one more match left in this series. Now if the Sri Lankan team players can maintain their consistency in the upcoming match. Then the Sri Lankan team can create a chance to win this series against India. But in my opinion Sri Lanka team needs to be very conscious and hardworking to win this series against a strong team like India.

It is surprising but true that Sri Lanka has played brilliantly in the two ODIs held against India and even put up a strong fight against India. In both the matches, the Indian team lost because of their slow batting. I would say that in the second match the entire India team was caught by one Sri Lankan bowler. Sri Lanka's right arm leg break bowler Jeffrey Vandersay has shown excellent bowling skills. He bowled 10 overs and picked up six valuable wickets for just 33 runs in this match which was in one word unbelievable even as it was his career best spell.

Jeffrey Vandersay sent India's best batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gil, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube and KL Rahul back to the pavilion. Due to his impeccable performance, the Sri Lankan team declared him the man of the match in the second ODI match against India.

Yes it has to be admitted that the Sri Lankan team has performed well in their ODI series and the great performance they showed against India was really interesting. India's batting performance is not so good at present, losing every ODI match against Sri Lanka due to poor batting. However, Sri Lanka's brilliant bowling performance in the two ODI matches made their win against India possible. However, I think all in all the Sri Lankan team is currently performing well, but India's game is not improving and India must play well in the third match. If India loses the third ODI match then it will definitely drop and Sri Lanka will win the series, so India need to improve their batting.

[Popkon6]

Yes it has to be admitted that the Sri Lankan team has performed well in their ODI series and the great performance they showed against India was really interesting. India's batting performance is not so good at present, losing every ODI match against Sri Lanka due to poor batting. However, Sri Lanka's brilliant bowling performance in the two ODI matches made their win against India possible. However, I think all in all the Sri Lankan team is currently performing well, but India's game is not improving and India must play well in the third match. If India loses the third ODI match then it will definitely drop and Sri Lanka will win the series, so India need to improve their batting.

One of the reasons for India's loss in this match was poor batting performance, four batsmen in Virat Kohli, Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube got out for less runs each. Because their batting performance was very poor in the second ODI match, if India team wants to win in the third ODI match, they must perform well in terms of bowling and batting. 

But the Sri Lankan team has performed well in the two ODIs due to the captain taking the right decisions, batting at the right time and controlling the bowling. So considering this aspect I can say that Indian team captain Rohit Sharma is failing to lead well.

[libert19]

I feel it's unnecessary batting order changes that are cause of this middle order batting failure, keep Rahul to 4th position, IMO he'd do much better that way than sending him to 6/7th place — 7th place is catastrophic for him to bat, he's not a finisher, why do you send him so late?

[noormcs5]

That's right, winning the Sri Lankan team match against India is a big achievement for the Sri Lankan team. From the matches of this ODI series, it can be seen that the players of the Sri Lankan team have improved their game a bit. So far in this ODI series we have seen 2 matches played where in both the matches Sri Lankan team put up a tough fight against India. There is still one more match left in this series. Now if the Sri Lankan team players can maintain their consistency in the upcoming match. Then the Sri Lankan team can create a chance to win this series against India. But in my opinion Sri Lanka team needs to be very conscious and hardworking to win this series against a strong team like India.

No doubt Sri Lanka will be celebrating their last ODI win and also the way they perform in last 3 matches (one T20 and two ODI), that is really remarkable.
They would want to go in the ground for the 3rd ODI but they still have to wait for another day. I don't understand why there is so much gap between the ODIs. All ODIs are to be played in Colombo, so there is no such thing as the team having to travel between cities etc. Anyway, all eyes are on tomorrow's final ODI match of this series.

[JSRAW]

I feel it's unnecessary batting order changes that are cause of this middle order batting failure, keep Rahul to 4th position, IMO he'd do much better that way than sending him to 6/7th place — 7th place is catastrophic for him to bat, he's not a finisher, why do you send him so late?

Between this series and the Champions Trophy, Indians are playing a handful of ODI, guess 6 ODIs before this SL's series kicked in.

So, it's alright if they do some experiments. Also, the Match situation matters and a recent change came when the team needed a left-right combination.

[libert19]

They would want to go in the ground for the 3rd ODI but they still have to wait for another day. I don't understand why there is so much gap between the ODIs. All ODIs are to be played in Colombo, so there is no such thing as the team having to travel between cities etc. Anyway, all eyes are on tomorrow's final ODI match of this series.

There was 1 day rest period between first two and in latter 2 is 2 day rest period, I don't think it's that long, rather I feel they should have kept 2 day rest between first two too.

[Minor Miner]

I feel it's unnecessary batting order changes that are cause of this middle order batting failure, keep Rahul to 4th position, IMO he'd do much better that way than sending him to 6/7th place — 7th place is catastrophic for him to bat, he's not a finisher, why do you send him so late?

I don't understand why a batsman like Kl Rahul was dropped at number 7. In both the ODI matches, we saw poor performances from India. And both the Indian openers performed well in both the matches. India lost because of poor middle order batting. India collected 97 runs from the opening pair in the second ODI match. Even then the Indian team failed to win the match. Batsmen like Dube, Rahul and Iyer batted very badly.

Indian management should make changes in their squad. Every player in this squad is talented, but the batsmen are not in good form. Also, I don't think it is the right decision to drop Kl Rahul to the seventh position. He is not a finisher. Rahul should be placed fourth.

[libert19]

I feel it's unnecessary batting order changes that are cause of this middle order batting failure, keep Rahul to 4th position, IMO he'd do much better that way than sending him to 6/7th place — 7th place is catastrophic for him to bat, he's not a finisher, why do you send him so late?

..And both the Indian openers performed well in both the matches. India lost because of poor middle order batting. India collected 97 runs from the opening pair in the second ODI match. Even then the Indian team failed to win the match. Batsmen like Dube, Rahul and Iyer batted very badly.

In both the opening pair partnerships, it was Rohit alone who contributed most, though in second one, I'd say Gill still did decent. Props to Rohit though, he made pitch look like a flat track where other batters were having hard time, sure powerplay also matters, but I like the intent he shows.

[3kpk3]

But the Sri Lankan team has performed well in the two ODIs due to the captain taking the right decisions, batting at the right time and controlling the bowling. So considering this aspect I can say that Indian team captain Rohit Sharma is failing to lead well.

Seriously? You are calling Rohit a bad leader just because of a single ODI loss. That's hilarious. He literally performed the best among all batsmen in the team, but it's some other batsmen who let him and the team down.

Props to Rohit though, he made pitch look like a flat track where other batters were having hard time, sure powerplay also matters, but I like the intent he shows.

Exactly. He has been playing this way since the T20 WC recently and is clearly not looking like he will hit the brakes anytime soon.

[Fuso.hp]

Change of game of Sri Lankan team It really made the audience very happy with their bowling performance in ODI matches which was excellent. Sri Lanka beat India in the second ODI and lead the series. India lost all their wickets to meet the target of 240 runs, and Sri Lanka won by 32 runs. However, although every batsman of the Indian team could not bat well, the team lost very quickly due to the fall of their wickets. The Sri Lankan team's bowling performance was outstanding Jeffrey Vandersay he got 6 wickets, Charith Asalanka he got 3 wickets, both of them dominated the game for Sri Lanka. But Indian batsmen only Rohit Sharma and Axar Patel batted a bit better, all the other batsmen could score more runs. If every batsman of the Indian team could have batted well then there was definitely a chance to win, but the Indian batsmen could not stand up to the bowling of the Sri Lankan team due to which they lost.

I think Sri Lanka could not bring much change in their performance rather India performed very badly that's why Sri Lanka's performance is highlighted. If you notice, you will see that the runs that India managed to score in one innings in the T20 series, the batsmen of Team India failed to score in the second T20 match in the ODI series. I would have agreed with you if Sri Lanka could have set a big target but they were stuck in limited runs and India failed to win chasing that easy target. We did not notice a good performance from India in the first ODI match even though they managed to draw that match now Indian fans and Indian cricketers have to look forward to the third and final ODI match. If the third ODI match is a draw or India lose for any reason then they will lose the series so the third ODI match must be taken seriously.

[As-Soon-As]

I feel it's unnecessary batting order changes that are cause of this middle order batting failure, keep Rahul to 4th position, IMO he'd do much better that way than sending him to 6/7th place — 7th place is catastrophic for him to bat, he's not a finisher, why do you send him so late?

..And both the Indian openers performed well in both the matches. India lost because of poor middle order batting. India collected 97 runs from the opening pair in the second ODI match. Even then the Indian team failed to win the match. Batsmen like Dube, Rahul and Iyer batted very badly.

In both the opening pair partnerships, it was Rohit alone who contributed most, though in second one, I'd say Gill still did decent. Props to Rohit though, he made pitch look like a flat track where other batters were having hard time, sure powerplay also matters, but I like the intent he shows.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill performed well in the second match but the latter failed to turn around. That's why the Indian team failed but the Sri Lankan team performed well in two consecutive matches. Now in only the third ODI match Sri Lanka can win but it will be the most competitive. Because in this case the batsmen of the Sri Lankan team have been patient, but the players of the Indian team have been surprised in two consecutive one-way matches.

[AirtelBuzz]

Change of game of Sri Lankan team It really made the audience very happy with their bowling performance in ODI matches which was excellent. Sri Lanka beat India in the second ODI and lead the series. India lost all their wickets to meet the target of 240 runs, and Sri Lanka won by 32 runs. However, although every batsman of the Indian team could not bat well, the team lost very quickly due to the fall of their wickets. The Sri Lankan team's bowling performance was outstanding Jeffrey Vandersay he got 6 wickets, Charith Asalanka he got 3 wickets, both of them dominated the game for Sri Lanka. But Indian batsmen only Rohit Sharma and Axar Patel batted a bit better, all the other batsmen could score more runs. If every batsman of the Indian team could have batted well then there was definitely a chance to win, but the Indian batsmen could not stand up to the bowling of the Sri Lankan team due to which they lost.

I think Sri Lanka could not bring much change in their performance rather India performed very badly that's why Sri Lanka's performance is highlighted. If you notice, you will see that the runs that India managed to score in one innings in the T20 series, the batsmen of Team India failed to score in the second T20 match in the ODI series. I would have agreed with you if Sri Lanka could have set a big target but they were stuck in limited runs and India failed to win chasing that easy target. We did not notice a good performance from India in the first ODI match even though they managed to draw that match now Indian fans and Indian cricketers have to look forward to the third and final ODI match. If the third ODI match is a draw or India lose for any reason then they will lose the series so the third ODI match must be taken seriously.

If we compare the performance of these two teams in ODI and T20 formats, we can see that the performance of Sri Lankan bowlers in ODI format has improved a lot. The Sri Lankans did not bowl very well in the T20 matches against India due to which the Indian batsmen were able to score a lot of runs in those matches. However, coming into the ODI format, the Sri Lankan bowlers are able to stop the Indian batsmen, thereby getting the Indian batsmen out within a few runs which is an added advantage for them. The first ODI between India and Sri Lanka was an unexpected draw.Because in that match when India need one run from 15 balls to win then they have two wickets in hand.
Yet they failed to do so mainly after Shivam Dube was dismissed lbw.

Both the teams have one more match left in the ODI series between them.If Sri Lankans win that match then it is going to be one of the worst series for India as they will be whitewashed. And if India wins, the series will be tied 1-1.

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Pakistan A vs Bangladesh A

Anyone here to watch this unofficial ODI match among Pakistan A sqaud against Bangladesh A sqaud. This ODi match was finished today among these squads. In this match we see very interesting and epic moments with great bowling inning performance of Pakistan A sqaud against batter of Bangladesh A sqaud. Bangladesh A sqaud has begun this match first with batting Inning by losing toss task and Pakistan A sqaud bowlers displayed significant performance and restricted the batters of Bangladesh A sqaud at just 78 scores in 50 overs inning. Allah batters of Bangladesh A sqaud played very badly with low quality defeating target they set. Pakistan A sqaud has good talented players in bowling like Muhammad Imran, he wiped out 3 wickets of batter, Khurram Shahzad cleared out 2 wickets, Mubasir Khan picked up 2 wickets, Mubasir Khan also wiped out 2 and last one Arafat Minhas also picked one wicket. This was the easy victory for Pakistan A sqaud to achieve low score target.

[Sithara007]

The third and final ODI between India and Sri Lanka will be played tomorrow. Sri Lanka is ahead by a margin of 1-0, after they managed to tie the first match and win the second one. So the momentum is with them. And what makes the match interesting tomorrow is that rain interruption is being predicted. This is the worst possible outcome for India, since they will lose the series if the 3rd match gets washed out. I would have suggested a few changes to the Indian XI, but from what I heard they will be going with an unchanged XI from the second match.

[noormcs5]

They would want to go in the ground for the 3rd ODI but they still have to wait for another day. I don't understand why there is so much gap between the ODIs. All ODIs are to be played in Colombo, so there is no such thing as the team having to travel between cities etc. Anyway, all eyes are on tomorrow's final ODI match of this series.

There was 1 day rest period between first two and in latter 2 is 2 day rest period, I don't think it's that long, rather I feel they should have kept 2 day rest between first two too.

Why do the teams need two days rest period after playing an ODI match? It is not that hectic and all the players should have the fitness to play back to back ODI matches. One day of rest between each match is enough in today's world.
Yeah if there is any upcoming weekend, then the match can be scheduled in a way that it happens on Sunday or on holiday to get more crowds in, but even after the 2 day break, we will have the match on Wednesday, a working day. 

[UmerIdrees]

Pakistan A vs Bangladesh A

Anyone here to watch this unofficial ODI match among Pakistan A sqaud against Bangladesh A sqaud. This ODi match was finished today among these squads. In this match we see very interesting and epic moments with great bowling inning performance of Pakistan A sqaud against batter of Bangladesh A sqaud. Bangladesh A sqaud has begun this match first with batting Inning by losing toss task and Pakistan A sqaud bowlers displayed significant performance and restricted the batters of Bangladesh A sqaud at just 78 scores in 50 overs inning. Allah batters of Bangladesh A sqaud played very badly with low quality defeating target they set. Pakistan A sqaud has good talented players in bowling like Muhammad Imran, he wiped out 3 wickets of batter, Khurram Shahzad cleared out 2 wickets, Mubasir Khan picked up 2 wickets, Mubasir Khan also wiped out 2 and last one Arafat Minhas also picked one wicket. This was the easy victory for Pakistan A sqaud to achieve low score target.

The Pakistan A team has easily won the match against the Bangladesh A team. Once again, we have seen no good performance by Sahibzada Farhan as he was out on the zero score, without making any runs. 

In the last test match both innigs, he has not performed well as he has to do. Yes, in the first match first innings, he made good score between 70 and 80 in good balls according to the test format but now he is not playing well. The middle order of the Pakistan A team is very good and strong and they manage to win hard matches before and today too but today’s, there was easy match for them.