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[JSRAW]

Washi and his injuries, made for each other. Gill also looks ginger nowadays with his back spasm and cramps in every outing.

Shreyas is probably the king in the injuries department sadly these days. Dude caught an epic catch and got hurt pretty badly, but recovered like a beast and returned like it was nothing at all. I really, really hope he stays fine and suffers way lower injuries going forward.

On the other hand, big respect for Sundar to play like that even when having some back issue.

Shreyas is new addition but washi doing this since his debut when he was 18-19 yo. Rib, finger, shoulder, hamstring you name any injury and dude got everything covered like a champ. He's almost permanent member of NCA, which see off rehab.

If things keep going like this then soon we'll see injured XI for Indian.

[virasog]

New Zealand team had a good batting performance today but unfortunately they lost. New Zealand had a huge target of 300 runs against India, although the Indian players were under a lot of pressure. However, due to their sufficient wickets, India was able to achieve a great victory by four wickets in this match today. The batting performance of Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill was the best, because of these two, India was able to win in this match with one over in hand. However, the Indian team has now won one match against New Zealand in the ODI series and has moved forward. They will try to play well in the next match. Moreover, India has the highest chance of winning the series compared to New Zealand in this ODI series.

The match was close and New Zealand was so near to win this game but lost in the end. However, I hope for the next couple of games they will make their comeback. The trick they used in this match was really impressive that they were not just looking for boundaries but also trying to keep a momentum by singles and doubles and that momentum led them to score 300 runs.

I think if they had scored 10 to 20 more runs, that would have changed the game completely in their favor. Also at the same time, We cannot underestimate the Indian batsmen. They are so good, they would not let any bowler take control or dominate them.

[noormcs5]

Virat Kohli scored 91 runs in 88 balls, he has scored the highest runs in today's match. The Indian team can ensure victory in today's match because they have controlled the wicket.

Virat is playing his last format and still he is in form. He scored 93 runs off 91 balls. Before last time when South Africa was in the tour of India for three ODI games, he also scored back to back two centuries, about to score another one, remains not out on 60 something runs.

Virat Kohli has 53 ODI centuries, which is the highest century record in One Day Cricket by any player. In past, there was also an Indian player  Sachin Tendulkar with 49 centuries, which was broken by Virat Kohli in the ODI World Cup 2023 Semi Final against New Zealand.

[vivekdhyani1]

The groups for this year's Men's Under-19 World Cup, which starts on Thursday in Zimbabwe and Namibia

India and USA start off the tournament on January 15 at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. The group stage will have 24 matches, played across ten days.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/under-19-world-cup-2026-faqs-when-where-the-teams-the-players-to-watch-and-more-1519092

[BTC FutureKing]

Wow, good to see the Indian top order in full form. Look at the scorecard and you will see that the its the top four batsmen that took the responsibility to chase this big total and they did it in style.

Virat Kohli made 93 runs and was the player of the match. He played almost run a ball innings and he really deserve to get his 100, but failed by just seven runs. He tried to hit a big shot but unfortunately for him Bracewell took a beauty and he was dismissed.

It's good to see Rohit, Kohli back in form and scored a tons of vital runs at crucial moments to seek thier revenge of previous whitewash series defeat Back at November 2024 at Indian backyard. It's true Kohli always took stand and played a huge role at vital pressure mounting situation matches where his team struggle to overcome opponent bowling variation, unfortunately he missed his century but his innings really put his team out of danger, although team collapse as soon as partnership broke but some how tail under get through the target and got lead at series.

Virat Kohli gives his 100 in every match and somehow helps his team win.In this match too he scored 93 runs.His comeback make the team very strong. While achieving this aim Subham Gill scored a half century.There is no doubt that New Zealand gave India a tough time in the first ODI match but they  were unknown of the strength of their opponent.They completed the aim of 300 runs one over early.This proves that the Indian team is capable of achieving the most difficult aim.Their bowlers and batsmen are excellent.Their 3 bowlers took very important wickets.If they had not taken more wickets New Zealand would have probably scored more than 300.Indian bowlers want to put pressure on the opposing team which is the specialty of their team.

[Bitcoin Smith]

I trust him as WK batter in middle order but as a finisher, not sure because this talented guy is depression king and you never know when he's out of confidence.

KL will never fit in as a finisher because he is a class player and can score comfortably around 100 strike rate for long session and he can give us some good shots but he isn't someone who will rock the ball out of the park like Hardik or whoever we can fit in that position for the future.

And Chase Master is back in form which is always a good sign even we don't have any major game in this format but RCB fans will be happy to see his man scoring 50+ scores in the last 5 innings.

[Farhan99]

India is taking on England in the under 19 World Cup warm up match today. Both these teams won their initial matches and therefore this is going to be an interesting match.

India under 19s team chose to bat first and they are surviving good as of now. They have lost four wickets and made 169 runs. With 19 overs still to go, the chances are that they may take this score to a reasonable target. However for that to happen they do not need to lose more wickets quickly. Infact both Abhigyan Kundu and RS Ambrish are batting in thier 40s. They have done the hard work and now need to take their team to a position where they feel comfortable.

This current game between India Under-19 and England Under-19 teams is famous event today since both of them are leading players in World Cup that starts this week. Best player was Abhigyan Kundu who played key role with 82 runs to hold team up, and RS Ambrish was also close to achieving his half century mark with 48 runs. Their 50 overs ended with good score of 295/8, and they show much of strength against very neat English bowling attack of Manny Lumsden and Sebastian Morgan. Personally I feel that although India did not handle extra bounce of field so well overall result of more than 280 provides the spinners of India with real chance to make second half very difficult for England.

In World Cup Warm-up matches England Under-19 defeated India Under-19 by 20 runs through DLS method. India opens inning first with Ayush Mhatre and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and among the openers Mhatre played a well knock of 49 runs but Sooryavanshi losses his wicket early on 1 runs and in middle order Abhigyan Kundu played a memorable inning of 82 runs and also RS Ambrish played a well inning of 48 runs and at the end of the innings India set a very strong target of 296 runs for England.

England opens inning with Ben Dawkins and Joseph Moore's and among the openers Moore's played a well inning of 46 runs but Dawkins losses his wicket early on 8 runs and in middle order Ben Mayes played a well innings of 34 runs and also Thomas Reo played a memorable innings of 71 runs and at the end of the innings England scores 196 runs with the lost of 3 wickets and won the game by 20 runs through DLS method.

[Compromise me]

Virat Kohli is completely back in the form. He has performed well in the last few matches too. It proves his time hasn't finished yet. I hope he will be able to maintain his form like this and play the ODI world cup of 2027. We have seen a great performance from Indian batsmen in the first match, they chased the target of 301 runs without any difficulties. India is completely favourite to win the next match.

Virat is equal to one team because he has aura and we saw big achievement by that player. He made centuries against big teams of the World and he played in high pressure and broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar in ODI format and he is the person who is leading in the ODI format. Ro-ko is dangerous for every team because they can play in big match and we will see these players in the  next World Cup and there are super fit and Indian team need that kind of big players who are match winners . India team won first match and they will try to clean sweep in this series because they are playing in their home ground. When they play in the home ground, virat Kohli is most dangerous batter at that condition.

[AgriTrack]

India is taking on England in the under 19 World Cup warm up match today. Both these teams won their initial matches and therefore this is going to be an interesting match.

India under 19s team chose to bat first and they are surviving good as of now. They have lost four wickets and made 169 runs. With 19 overs still to go, the chances are that they may take this score to a reasonable target. However for that to happen they do not need to lose more wickets quickly. Infact both Abhigyan Kundu and RS Ambrish are batting in thier 40s. They have done the hard work and now need to take their team to a position where they feel comfortable.

India faced England today in an exciting match. The Indian team performed enthusiastically and posted a strong total. Kundu was scoring 82 runs while Ambrish also score 48. Their partnership gave solid momentum to the team. However, England’s James Minto was the real threat with the ball. He dismissed five batters , doing more than half the job for his team. As a result, India set a target of 295 runs for England. Rew scored 71 runs, while Falconer and Rew both batted with good pace. Unfortunately, rain interrupted the match and then apply the DLS  method. At that time England had scored 196 runs for the loss of three wickets. But the match was declared in favor of England. It turned out to be a good day for the England team and for the audience as well

[Nanga Parbat]

New Zealand team had a good batting performance today but unfortunately they lost. New Zealand had a huge target of 300 runs against India, although the Indian players were under a lot of pressure. However, due to their sufficient wickets, India was able to achieve a great victory by four wickets in this match today. The batting performance of Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill was the best, because of these two, India was able to win in this match with one over in hand. However, the Indian team has now won one match against New Zealand in the ODI series and has moved forward. They will try to play well in the next match. Moreover, India has the highest chance of winning the series compared to New Zealand in this ODI series.

The match was close and New Zealand was so near to win this game but lost in the end. However, I hope for the next couple of games they will make their comeback. The trick they used in this match was really impressive that they were not just looking for boundaries but also trying to keep a momentum by singles and doubles and that momentum led them to score 300 runs.

I think if they had scored 10 to 20 more runs, that would have changed the game completely in their favor. Also at the same time, We cannot underestimate the Indian batsmen. They are so good, they would not let any bowler take control or dominate them.

New Zealand batsmen played very well due to which they were close to victory the match but still they could not succeed in the match because they opposite a strong team like India which plays good and stronger than New Zealand due to which they played with difficulty despite having a strong target and Victory the match. New Zealand batsmen tried and worked hard from all sides due to which they were able to make such a big target. Indian bowler also took 8 wickets but still the target was enough high. I don't think so because India still had 1 over at the end and they had scored 306 runs due to which it was not difficult to win them. New Zealand bowler was not stopped from scoring many runs if they had tried like this then they could have created many chances in the match for them to victory.

[JSRAW]

The groups for this year's Men's Under-19 World Cup, which starts on Thursday in Zimbabwe and Namibia

India and USA start off the tournament on January 15 at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. The group stage will have 24 matches, played across ten days.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/under-19-world-cup-2026-faqs-when-where-the-teams-the-players-to-watch-and-more-1519092

That's a very interesting grouping, i am not sure if its the first time or not but if it's then i welcome this minor change even if it's for under 19 wc.

Hope, ICC has balls to replicate this in main events. IYKYK....

I trust him as WK batter in middle order but as a finisher, not sure because this talented guy is depression king and you never know when he's out of confidence.

KL will never fit in as a finisher because he is a class player and can score comfortably around 100 strike rate for long session and he can give us some good shots but he isn't someone who will rock the ball out of the park like Hardik or whoever we can fit in that position for the future.

And Chase Master is back in form which is always a good sign even we don't have any major game in this format but RCB fans will be happy to see his man scoring 50+ scores in the last 5 innings.

Hurt more that he retired from the test lol. ODI is like easy mode for him.

[vivekdhyani1]

That's a very interesting grouping, i am not sure if its the first time or not but if it's then i welcome this minor change even if it's for under 19 wc.

Hope, ICC has balls to replicate this in main events. IYKYK....

yeah , last time it was same but they eventually met in Super 6 but this time they won't till semi-final ...finally some sense prevails but to be fair to ICC , more than them it's broadcaster mainly JIO since it now has taken over Star Sports that must be pushing it , that's why you keep getting news planted that JIO wants to get out of broadcasting contracts.

Contract is till 2027 WC , so hopefully in next FTP cycle ICC will include in the contract that India-Pak will not be in same groups.

[JSRAW]

That's a very interesting grouping, i am not sure if its the first time or not but if it's then i welcome this minor change even if it's for under 19 wc.

Hope, ICC has balls to replicate this in main events. IYKYK....

yeah , last time it was same but they eventually met in Super 6 but this time they won't till semi-final ...finally some sense prevails but to be fair to ICC , more than them it's broadcaster mainly JIO since it now has taken over Star Sports that must be pushing it , that's why you keep getting news planted that JIO wants to get out of broadcasting contracts.

Contract is till 2027 WC , so hopefully in next FTP cycle ICC will include in the contract that India-Pak will not be in same groups.

Tbh it'd be good if jio steps away from ICC media rights, these guys ruined all the pre-post match experience for me. Used to love these segments when star India was the broadcaster. Game analysis etc were fairly good if not excellent and watching it was kinda ritual for me. Even sanju manju was ridiculously good and probably one of the best when talking about technicalities of batting and gameplans.

But now it's all about star players and constant circle jerking.

[MFahad]

India is taking on England in the under 19 World Cup warm up match today. Both these teams won their initial matches and therefore this is going to be an interesting match.

India under 19s team chose to bat first and they are surviving good as of now. They have lost four wickets and made 169 runs. With 19 overs still to go, the chances are that they may take this score to a reasonable target. However for that to happen they do not need to lose more wickets quickly. Infact both Abhigyan Kundu and RS Ambrish are batting in thier 40s. They have done the hard work and now need to take their team to a position where they feel comfortable.

It was a really enjoyable game between India Under-19 and England Under-19. Best game plan, perfect bowling, and accurate batting, in today match from the side of England. Thomas Rew played a very classical and aggressive inning while chasing the target. He was in good touch and contributed 71 runs in total and the target was given by India is 296 runs. Target seems to be strong but in realtime its not easy to defend on the condition where pitch is supporting to batting condition. England also chasing the target by showing quality batting and also utilities the bowling lineup according to perfect plane. India showing very low quality bowling and fielding which turns the game in favor of England. The game was declared due to rain and England won the game by DLS method.

[Sithara007]

New Zealand batsmen played very well due to which they were close to victory the match but still they could not succeed in the match because they opposite a strong team like India which plays good and stronger than New Zealand due to which they played with difficulty despite having a strong target and Victory the match. New Zealand batsmen tried and worked hard from all sides due to which they were able to make such a big target. Indian bowler also took 8 wickets but still the target was enough high. I don't think so because India still had 1 over at the end and they had scored 306 runs due to which it was not difficult to win them. New Zealand bowler was not stopped from scoring many runs if they had tried like this then they could have created many chances in the match for them to victory.

New Zealand did well, but still they failed to win the match. They lost the plot between the overs 35 and 45. Lost too many wickets, and the scoring rate went down. Else they could have ended up with a total of at least 320 to 330, and that would have given something to defend for the bowlers. Indian bowling always looks bad without Jasprit Bumrah. Mohammed Siraj was expensive and so was the other pacers (Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna). Spinners (Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar) failed to properly use the advantage they got from the helpful track.

[ThemePen]

New Zealand did well, but still they failed to win the match. They lost the plot between the overs 35 and 45. Lost too many wickets, and the scoring rate went down. Else they could have ended up with a total of at least 320 to 330, and that would have given something to defend for the bowlers. Indian bowling always looks bad without Jasprit Bumrah. Mohammed Siraj was expensive and so was the other pacers (Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna). Spinners (Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar) failed to properly use the advantage they got from the helpful track.

Game was lost by New Zealand due to their poor play between 35th and 45th overs where it lost too many wickets to score good number such as 330 runs. In lack of Jasprit Bumrah, Indian fast bowlers were not as steady and gave away too many runs, which made team be under too much pressure. It was also surprising that spinners of India, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar, were unable to take advantage on pitch that was helping them to turn ball. Main cause of failure of New Zealand could be trap of Powerplay 2, when tired batters try to hit out too quick with old ball, and make mistakes. Fact that they did not have powerful finisher at end of it led to them getting stuck in this trap and missed their chance to make India really tough target to chase.

[MusaPk]

Game was lost by New Zealand due to their poor play between 35th and 45th overs where it lost too many wickets to score good number such as 330 runs. In lack of Jasprit Bumrah, Indian fast bowlers were not as steady and gave away too many runs, which made team be under too much pressure. It was also surprising that spinners of India, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar, were unable to take advantage on pitch that was helping them to turn ball. Main cause of failure of New Zealand could be trap of Powerplay 2, when tired batters try to hit out too quick with old ball, and make mistakes. Fact that they did not have powerful finisher at end of it led to them getting stuck in this trap and missed their chance to make India really tough target to chase.

NZ should have given a target of 350 on Vadodara batting track because India chased 300 quite comfortably in 49th over. Devon Conway and Henry Nicholls gave good start to NZ but once Henry Nicholls got out wickets start falling at regular intervals. India lost 6 wickets while chasing but they didn't lose it regularly like NZ. Virat Kohli was just 7 runs short of his 54th ODI hundred and was also man of the match. Now NZ will be under pressure in next game to win the match otherwise series will be over for them.   

[Bluedrem]

NZ should have given a target of 350 on Vadodara batting track because India chased 300 quite comfortably in 49th over. Devon Conway and Henry Nicholls gave good start to NZ but once Henry Nicholls got out wickets start falling at regular intervals. India lost 6 wickets while chasing but they didn't lose it regularly like NZ. Virat Kohli was just 7 runs short of his 54th ODI hundred and was also man of the match. Now NZ will be under pressure in next game to win the match otherwise series will be over for them.   

New Zealand's opening wicket partnership was excellent. Their first wicket fell for 117 runs, which was a sign of a big run. And in the end, they managed to score 300 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. Daryl Mitchell scored the highest score of 84 runs in 71 balls. In modern cricket, 300 runs can never be called a small score but it is not impossible to do it, especially when the opponent is India, it can be said that it will not be very difficult to cross 300 runs and win. Although India did not have a good start, they finally reached the target with 6 balls to spare. A great comeback for Virat Kohli. He scored 93 runs in this match. India won the match due to the excellent performance of India's top order batsmen.

[Doll2233]

New Zealand team had a good batting performance today but unfortunately they lost. New Zealand had a huge target of 300 runs against India, although the Indian players were under a lot of pressure. However, due to their sufficient wickets, India was able to achieve a great victory by four wickets in this match today. The batting performance of Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill was the best, because of these two, India was able to win in this match with one over in hand. However, the Indian team has now won one match against New Zealand in the ODI series and has moved forward. They will try to play well in the next match. Moreover, India has the highest chance of winning the series compared to New Zealand in this ODI series.

The match was close and New Zealand was so near to win this game but lost in the end. However, I hope for the next couple of games they will make their comeback. The trick they used in this match was really impressive that they were not just looking for boundaries but also trying to keep a momentum by singles and doubles and that momentum led them to score 300 runs.

I think if they had scored 10 to 20 more runs, that would have changed the game completely in their favor. Also at the same time, We cannot underestimate the Indian batsmen. They are so good, they would not let any bowler take control or dominate them.

New Zealand batsmen played very well due to which they were close to victory the match but still they could not succeed in the match because they opposite a strong team like India which plays good and stronger than New Zealand due to which they played with difficulty despite having a strong target and Victory the match. New Zealand batsmen tried and worked hard from all sides due to which they were able to make such a big target. Indian bowler also took 8 wickets but still the target was enough high. I don't think so because India still had 1 over at the end and they had scored 306 runs due to which it was not difficult to win them. New Zealand bowler was not stopped from scoring many runs if they had tried like this then they could have created many chances in the match for them to victory.

India won toss and they decided to take bowl first. Indian bowlers started well, they gave 49 runs in power play and took no wicket. If you are not successful in taking wickets then you should avoid giving runs this thing done by bowlers in power play. After that NZ team started making runs little fastly. Just two partnerships built in whole match, first in the start and second in the end. They collectively scored 300 runs playing first.
If we talk about Indian team batting side then they played well inning overall. They built 3 partnerships in whole match. A big partnership build in start which was 118 in 107 balls. After losing 2nd wicket again they built partnership which was 77 runs in 76 balls and two small built in last which was 37 runs and 27 runs. I think due to these partnerships they won the match.

[noormcs5]

India is taking on England in the under 19 World Cup warm up match today. Both these teams won their initial matches and therefore this is going to be an interesting match.

India under 19s team chose to bat first and they are surviving good as of now. They have lost four wickets and made 169 runs. With 19 overs still to go, the chances are that they may take this score to a reasonable target. However for that to happen they do not need to lose more wickets quickly. Infact both Abhigyan Kundu and RS Ambrish are batting in thier 40s. They have done the hard work and now need to take their team to a position where they feel comfortable.

It was a really enjoyable game between India Under-19 and England Under-19. Best game plan, perfect bowling, and accurate batting, in today match from the side of England. Thomas Rew played a very classical and aggressive inning while chasing the target. He was in good touch and contributed 71 runs in total and the target was given by India is 296 runs. Target seems to be strong but in realtime its not easy to defend on the condition where pitch is supporting to batting condition. England also chasing the target by showing quality batting and also utilities the bowling lineup according to perfect plane. India showing very low quality bowling and fielding which turns the game in favor of England. The game was declared due to rain and England won the game by DLS method.

Usually, the warm-up matches aren't very interesting, but this one was good to watch. Although the match was decided by DLS method but England team was playing a better cricket. Especially the way they batted in this match is something to watch out for other teams in this World Cup.

Their captain Thomas Rew is in his best form. He made 71 runs and remained not out. He made sure his team chases this score. Earlier, they lost the first wicket quickly when Ben Dawkins was out, making only 8 runs. But after that, there was some talented batting power shown by England's U19 team.