ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

[JSRAW]

Overall many positives for India so far but if dig more then few concerns as well.

The obvious one would be bench strength, this didn't pan out last night. Sky, Tilak and Prasidh Krishna all looked cooked but India's major concern should be Jadeja with the bat. He's doing alright with the ball but not much with the bat, he surely needs some runs under his belt.

[darewaller]

A brilliant innings by Shakib Al Hasan was able to give the team victory. His 80 off 85 balls played a major role in the entire match. Firstly the collapse of the top order batsmen almost took away the chances of winning the match but from there the middle order and lower order batsmen showed very good performances. Towhid Hridoy 54 Nasum Ahmed 44, Mahedi Hasan's 29 takes the team to 265. Bangladesh's win against India is really amazing. Although they have already lost their position from this tournament.

Shakib Al Hasan played the biggest role in scoring runs for India to set a target of 266 runs. The importance of some bowling was not less especially after dismissing India's most reliable batsman Rohit Sharma for zero runs, Bangladesh's Tanzim Hasan Sakib also dismissed Tilak Burma for five runs. In the beginning, the Indian team lost two important wickets for 17 runs and was under pressure, but Shubman Gill (121) played an important innings of runs from that pressure, but India could not get their desired victory in the last minute. However, in yesterday's match, Bangladesh's batting and bowling played a role in winning Bangladesh because there was enough balancing.

Shakib Al Hassan is one of the best white ball all-rounder of current era even his contribution never helps his team for having important wins but still we can regard him as one of the best product of Bangladesh with his performance they were able to stop Indian aggressive team in this Asia Cup, and now they can feel much better with having not much success in this event, but we need better things from the BCB as well because here they are also completely fail to have enough success into their domestic system even they have few exciting cricketers, but they never won anything in this game which is matter of shame.

Now we have few days left into mega event ODI world Cup which is going to play in India, and we will have no good hopes, still few individual performances can bring good entertainment for the Bangladesh fans.

[synchronym]

There was no win-or-lose equation in the Asia Cup Super Four match against India. Even in victory and defeat, there was no matter of profit or loss for Bangladesh. Only the two teams entered the match of regulation. However, the match between India and Bangladesh is now a battle of prestige. And in that fight, the red-greens snatched a thrilling victory. That's why Rohit Sharma was under the fire of Indian journalists. Many people say that five changes in the last match is one of the reasons for India's loss against Bangladesh. However, the Indian captain also gave an explanation behind this. According to Rohit, the main reason for such a decision is to prepare the team for the coming days. Rohit said, I wanted to give some time to those who have not played in this tournament so far. The decision has been taken keeping in mind the larger interests of the party. I want to prepare them for the future.  Many have the potential to play in the World Cup. I wanted to prepare them. But I didn't want to compromise on the quality of the game. On the other hand, the wicket of Colombo's Premadasa has always helped Bangladesh's bowlers. Due to which the strong Indian batting line-up was under a lot of pressure. Tanjid-Mustafiz's opener Shubman Gill was able to stop, but the rest were on the march. That is why the Indian captain praised Gill in the press conference.

[Bureau]

Overall many positives for India so far but if dig more then few concerns as well.

The obvious one would be bench strength, this didn't pan out last night. Sky, Tilak, and Prasidh Krishna all looked cooked but India's major concern should be Jadeja with the bat. He's doing alright with the ball but not much with the bat, he surely needs some runs under his belt.

Prasidh Krishna started shaky, bowled okay, and took a wicket. Tilak playing his first international match was tense and got out without scoring double-digit runs. That does not look good as it was not a pressure match, he should take some tips from Abdullah Shafique. SKY has not been at his best after the last T20 World Cup. He has a lot of potential but has lost his form or might have become overconfident with his unique shots.

These guys should be better on the bench than on the field in the World Cup. Once Jadeja starts playing in India he will get back his batting. Shardul Thakur leaks the most runs and I think he needs to work on it, getting 3 wickets at an economy of 6.5 is not admirable. Then again not being able to contribute through bat when needed most is not acceptable.

[elevates]

It was again a thrilling match wherein Bangladesh was able to win against India. It has been a significant amount of years since Bangladesh was able to defeat the Indian team in an ODI match. It has been 16 years, the last time they beat India was in December of 2004 in Dhaka. Bangladesh after all was able to break the jinx of losing from India after yesterday. I wasn't surprised the reason being India was playing without its informed 5 players. Indian management I feel was overconfident that this new team would easily counter Bangladesh.

Chasing a target without star players has not been an Indian team specialty. Giving a debutant an upward batting order backfired. Not to mention going into bowling with only Axar and Jadeja did not work out. Axar has been struggling to get wickets whereas Jadeja has been struggling with his batting. As the match does not mean anything for the tournament it is better to take the bitter pill and relax.

Tomorrow we will be watching the final of this year's Asia Cup. I will come up with a comparison post on both the teams, the factors that can decide which team will win. The one thing I am sure about is the team that wins the toss and selects to bat has more percentage of winning the tournament.

[Gladitorcomeback]

It was again a thrilling match wherein Bangladesh was able to win against India. It has been a significant amount of years since Bangladesh was able to defeat the Indian team in an ODI match. It has been 16 years, the last time they beat India was in December of 2004 in Dhaka. Bangladesh after all was able to break the jinx of losing from India after yesterday. I wasn't surprised the reason being India was playing without its informed 5 players. Indian management I feel was overconfident that this new team would easily counter Bangladesh.

India beat the two best team Pakistan and Srilanka and lost the match from Bangladesh who has not win any match in the super four stage, this is something interesting and beauty of cricket. The reason for india losing this match was wickets falling. Shubman gill played a very good inining and he deserves to finish the match but out before finishing the match. Axar Patel also batted well . India was not looking in their own foam yesterday and lot of players was rested.

Final will be more interesting if rain not interept the match. Very good to see the Srilankan crowd. The full stadium is crowded of Srilanka fans to support their nation. India is looking favorite to win the final but Srilanka also has a good chance and they will be looking to retain the winner of Asia cup

[MusaPk]

Tomorrow we will be watching the final of this year's Asia Cup. I will come up with a comparison post on both the teams, the factors that can decide which team will win. The one thing I am sure about is the team that wins the toss and selects to bat has more percentage of winning the tournament.

India have few things to learn from yesterday defeat that they cant beat teams like Bangladesh without there main players like Kahuli and Bumrah. May be its time to give attention to performance of there reserve players.
India defiantly have upper hand in tomorrows final as compare to SL. But we cant rule out the fact that SL are also capable of giving surprise in tomorrows final. ODDs must be in favour of India for tomorrow final.

[Patrol69]

A brilliant innings by Shakib Al Hasan was able to give the team victory. His 80 off 85 balls played a major role in the entire match. Firstly the collapse of the top order batsmen almost took away the chances of winning the match but from there the middle order and lower order batsmen showed very good performances. Towhid Hridoy 54 Nasum Ahmed 44, Mahedi Hasan's 29 takes the team to 265. Bangladesh's win against India is really amazing. Although they have already lost their position from this tournament.

Shakib Al Hasan played the biggest role in scoring runs for India to set a target of 266 runs. The importance of some bowling was not less especially after dismissing India's most reliable batsman Rohit Sharma for zero runs, Bangladesh's Tanzim Hasan Sakib also dismissed Tilak Burma for five runs. In the beginning, the Indian team lost two important wickets for 17 runs and was under pressure, but Shubman Gill (121) played an important innings of runs from that pressure, but India could not get their desired victory in the last minute. However, in yesterday's match, Bangladesh's batting and bowling played a role in winning Bangladesh because there was enough balancing.

Shakib Al Hassan is one of the best white ball all-rounder of current era even his contribution never helps his team for having important wins but still we can regard him as one of the best product of Bangladesh with his performance they were able to stop Indian aggressive team in this Asia Cup, and now they can feel much better with having not much success in this event, but we need better things from the BCB as well because here they are also completely fail to have enough success into their domestic system even they have few exciting cricketers, but they never won anything in this game which is matter of shame.

Now we have few days left into mega event ODI world Cup which is going to play in India, and we will have no good hopes, still few individual performances can bring good entertainment for the Bangladesh fans.

I was a bit surprised from the eleven that Bangladesh fielded against India in the first place because in that eleven against India, three of the main fast bowlers of Bangladesh were sitting on the bench and also experienced cricketers like Mushfiqur Rahim were not in the eleven, so after the toss, I thought maybe Indian. Bangladesh will be defeated by a big margin. The way Bangladesh started after losing the toss against India, I was sure that this innings of Bangladesh might not go far. Bangladesh lost four wickets for 59 runs from which it was a very tough tie to come back into the match but later Shakib Al Hasan and Towhid Hridoy held the game firmly and the Tailender finished brilliantly at the end which saw Bangladesh get a great win against India.

[coinerer]

Tomorrow we will be watching the final of this year's Asia Cup. I will come up with a comparison post on both the teams, the factors that can decide which team will win. The one thing I am sure about is the team that wins the toss and selects to bat has more percentage of winning the tournament.

India have few things to learn from yesterday defeat that they cant beat teams like Bangladesh without there main players like Kahuli and Bumrah. May be its time to give attention to performance of there reserve players.
India defiantly have upper hand in tomorrows final as compare to SL. But we cant rule out the fact that SL are also capable of giving surprise in tomorrows final. ODDs must be in favour of India for tomorrow final.

Bangladesh played very well yesterday's match, but even though they won the match at the last moment, they did not gain anything. They had to leave the Asia Cup. However, they beat India at the last moment and left the Asia Cup with some respect. At such a time India was not prepared to lose in any way. India lost some points by losing the match with Bangladesh. But India have really learned some lessons from this match so it seems that they will not enter the field without good preparation in the next matches

[Sithara007]

Final match will start in less than 6 hours from now, but the weather forecast is looking very gloomy. And the organizers refused to change the match from Day-night to Day, despite the fact that there is a higher chance of rains by evening. They are just taking the fans and TV rights holders for granted, which will prove costly for them in the next cycle. Now coming back to the match, India will be feeling very confident about lifting the trophy. But then they should not underestimate Sri Lanka, with their quality spin attack and home advantage.

[Nrcewker]

Overall many positives for India so far but if dig more then few concerns as well.

The obvious one would be bench strength, this didn't pan out last night. Sky, Tilak and Prasidh Krishna all looked cooked but India's major concern should be Jadeja with the bat. He's doing alright with the ball but not much with the bat, he surely needs some runs under his belt.

Yes finally someone noticed Jadeja’s performance. Jadeja was backed because he is a good all rounder. But if you see the last 3 matches, then whenever the team needed him the most, he failed with the bat. He was the only senior player in the middle order for the team, to which all the Indians have hope against Bangladesh, but throwing wickets like that was very disappointing.
Nevertheless today India will go with his full squad and we will see a tough fight against Srilanka. I am predicting Rohit Sharma will surely make a century against his favourite team today.

[libert19]

Used to just watch IPL, but interest has rose again because world cup is coming. In between, Asia cup is fine entertainment, been only watching highlights tho, which is none less entertaining. After sticking to IPL since long, 50 overs seem uff at first, I know I'll be fine by world cup.

Indian team looks super, especially the batters. I only judge them from their IPL performances. Gill still phenomenal.

India was not looking in their own foam yesterday and lot of players was rested.l

Resting players were the reason behind loss anyway. VK, Bumrah not playing is big deal. Also, when you have already qualified, you tend to lose bit motivation to play better, and opponents were also Bangladesh, I'm sorry but it's just the way it is . It's good captaincy on Rohit's part to give other players chance to prove themselves before WC.

[pakhitheboss]

The Final!

Just checked the weather for Colombo, it is mostly cloudy for today. Hopefully the final match won't be interrupted by rain as per the weather update. The team that bat first will actually enjoy the early bat friendly pitch which some how becomes spinner paradise as the match progresses. Expecting this match to be a close one otherwise it doesn't interest me if a team dominates the match.

Wishing Best of Luck to both the teams.

[JSRAW]

Overall many positives for India so far but if dig more then few concerns as well.

The obvious one would be bench strength, this didn't pan out last night. Sky, Tilak and Prasidh Krishna all looked cooked but India's major concern should be Jadeja with the bat. He's doing alright with the ball but not much with the bat, he surely needs some runs under his belt.

Yes finally someone noticed Jadeja’s performance. Jadeja was backed because he is a good all rounder. But if you see the last 3 matches, then whenever the team needed him the most, he failed with the bat. He was the only senior player in the middle order for the team, to which all the Indians have hope against Bangladesh, but throwing wickets like that was very disappointing.
Nevertheless today India will go with his full squad and we will see a tough fight against Srilanka. I am predicting Rohit Sharma will surely make a century against his favourite team today.

He's a crucial player in the middle-lower order and Team India would like to get him back in form otherwise, things could get tricky in the WC as India has a long tail.

I guess, he needs to go back to basics with the bat, which he does successfully in the red ball cricket. He still has a few more games to get his mojo back, the sooner the better.

The Final!

Just checked the weather for Colombo, it is mostly cloudy for today. Hopefully the final match won't be interrupted by rain as per the weather update.

Do we have a reserve day for the finals?

[elevates]

@JSRAW There is a reseve day. The final match will start in a short while from now. Covers are being removed and full 50 over match should happen. Odds are favouring India for the finals, cannot rely on the odds. The match can turn in anytime in favour of any team. We have been seeing it continuously in the Super 4. Let's see which team wins this year Asia Cup.

Srilanka won the toss and choose to bat first. Perfect decision by the Srilankan team, the pitch tend to favour batters early on. Washington Sundar has be added to the playing 11. He replaces Thakur and India does need an extra spinners in these conditions.

[Compromise me]

The Final!

Just checked the weather for Colombo, it is mostly cloudy for today. Hopefully the final match won't be interrupted by rain as per the weather update. The team that bat first will actually enjoy the early bat friendly pitch which some how becomes spinner paradise as the match progresses. Expecting this match to be a close one otherwise it doesn't interest me if a team dominates the match.

Wishing Best of Luck to both the teams.

The weather in Colombo today is very shining and it is hoped that it will not rain today.It is in the hands of nature whether it will rain or not so it is hoped that it will not rain today.If talk about the Colombo pitch, here the toss winning team like to bat first because it can put up a big score and put the other team under pressure.A total of 160 ODIs match have been played on this Colombo pitch, of which 88 matches have been won by the team batting first.And if talk about the previous match between India and Bangladesh , Bangladesh batted first  and won the match .Now let's see which team wins the toss and decides

[tsaroz]

A what. Is it even real or a dream? Sri Lanka in the finals 6 wickets down in 12 runs.

[eaLiTy]

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A total of 160 ODIs match have been played on this Colombo pitch, of which 88 matches have been won by the team batting first.And if talk about the previous match between India and Bangladesh , Bangladesh batted first  and won the match .Now let's see which team wins the toss and decides

Sri Lanka has a dream start, they already lost 6 wickets for 13 runs and now the lower order batsman has more time to bat which they can take advantage of the situation  . One of the best opening spells by Mohammed Siraj picking up 5 wickets and troubling everyone and Jasprit Bumrah is giving trouble in the other end and i will be surprised if they cross 100 runs from the situation they are in  .

[elevates]

A what. Is it even real or a dream? Sri Lanka in the finals 6 wickets down in 12 runs.

God helps Srilanka!

MD Shiraz took 5 wickets and Bumraha took 1. Half of the Srilankan side has been out for a duck. Mendis and Welalage are on the pitch and trying to get the Srilanka side on track. They won the toss and elected to bat first thinking that the pitch would favour batters. Whereas it now looks as if the pitch favored the seam bowlers. The amount of swing these two Indian bowlers are getting is unimaginable. Not to forget one of the catch taken by Jadeja was unbelievable.

[JSRAW]

Lmao! Just tuned in and surprised to see them 7 down already. That's some meme level cricket, this doesn't even happen in village cricket.

Did Siraj really bowl well or is it just brain fade batting from the Lankans? Not complaining but there goes our Sunday down the drain. Was expecting some competitive finale.