ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

[JSRAW]

This looks like another fantastic highway and an absolute belter from our honorable minister Nitin Gadkari. Kudos to him and should get Bharat Ratna Award.

Pakistan needs to get a 350 here otherwise this could turn into their first defeat in the current edition because there is some chatter of dew during 2nd inning.

Sir Jadeja again able to spin the ball on a flat road. This guy is a genius, Rizwan would have been back in the dressing room if the ball had straightened enough. Hardik Pandya doing what he does best playing the mind game. Both openers are out, full pressure on Babar & Rizwan again.

Pakistan need a big score if the cannot then they are in trouble. Indian batters would love to bat on such a wicket. That is the reason they choose to bowl first (fingers crossed).

This Jaddu fucker putting doubt in the batter's mind by turning a ball be it Pak or Indian batter, mind you Kuldeep hardly finds any spin in his first over.

But anyway so far so good for both teams, looks pretty balanced atm. From an Indian perspective, i hope Indian bowlers choke some runs in the middle order, ofc Pakbros will wish for the exact opposite which is fair demand.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The twelfth match of the World Cup will be played today at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The highly anticipated match between India and Pakistan will be start at 2 PM IST. Both teams have been undefeated in the tournament, it is very hard to predict which team will win today. The betting odds favour India.

This is one of the high-voltage games in this World Cup. Surely Semi-Finals and Finals are high-voltage games. But this match is the only high-voltage match so far. Pakistan always struggles in India but they are always ahead with words. Their ex-cricketers and reporters always report that they can beat India every day. But when they come to the field, they get exposed. I hope they will try to show some skills today.

Surely India will take some advantage as they are playing in their home ground and of course, they are the favorite in this match. I can't wait for the game result.

India vs Pakistan matches are always very competitive. Two very strong teams. With the form India is in at the moment, it is very difficult for Pakistan to win. Looking at the performance of these two teams in the Asia Cup, India can undoubtedly be considered as the favorite today.

India won the toss and decided to field. But batting first on this pitch, it would have been easy for India to set a big target. However, Pakistan won the last match by batting on a big target. So maybe India took the fielding decision today.

Pakistan's two openers did not get a better performance than the team. But Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were batting responsibly. The team collected 123 runs in 24 overs.

[pakhitheboss]

Pakistan's two openers did not get a better performance than the team. But Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were batting responsibly. The team collected 123 runs in 24 overs.

Both Babar Azam and Rizwan have now formed a partnership which is more than 50 runs. The both are inching close to thier respective 50s. This game is slowly moving out of the hands of Indian bowlers. They are trying to break this partnership but it seems nothing is working for them. Big hits are being expected in the coming overs from both of them.

[LDL]

Pakistan's two openers did not get a better performance than the team. But Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were batting responsibly. The team collected 123 runs in 24 overs.

Both Babar Azam and Rizwan have now formed a partnership which is more than 50 runs. The both are inching close to thier respective 50s. This game is slowly moving out of the hands of Indian bowlers. They are trying to break this partnership but it seems nothing is working for them. Big hits are being expected in the coming overs from both of them.

After many attempts Indian bowlers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan succeeded in breaking their partnership. Babar Azam was dismissed by Mohammad Siraj for his personal 50. Although Pakistan's 156 runs at the end of 30 overs is not a very special collection but if any other batting partnership with Mohammad Rizwan can make a good partnership then the team collection in Pakistan will be close to 300 runs which will be difficult for India. The Indian bowlers are also not making mistakes but have been able to put enough pressure on Pakistan's batting line-up.

[Cheema02]

India vs Pakistan matches are always very competitive. Two very strong teams. With the form India is in at the moment, it is very difficult for Pakistan to win. Looking at the performance of these two teams in the Asia Cup, India can undoubtedly be considered as the favorite today.

India won the toss and decided to field. But batting first on this pitch, it would have been easy for India to set a big target. However, Pakistan won the last match by batting on a big target. So maybe India took the fielding decision today.

Pakistan's two openers did not get a better performance than the team. But Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were batting responsibly. The team collected 123 runs in 24 overs.

A excellent start for Pakistan in Ahmedabad. Pakistan current score is 155 runs in loss of 3 wickets in 29.5 overs. Muhammad Rizwan is playing at 47 runs not out in 58 balls and Soud Shakeel is playing at 1 runs. Mohammed Siraj picked 2 important wickets Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafiq by giving 45 runs in 7 Overs. Hardic Pandya picked 1 wicket of Imam ul haq by giving 28 runs in 4 overs. Imam ul haq is out by scoring 36 runs in 38 balls and Abdullah Shafiq scored 20 runs in 24 balls. Babar Azam out after scoring 50 runs in 57 balls his maiden half-century in world cup. If Pakistan is set to 290 plus target for India then Pakistan has good chance beacuse they have quality bowling attack.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Pakistan's two openers did not get a better performance than the team. But Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were batting responsibly. The team collected 123 runs in 24 overs.

Both Babar Azam and Rizwan have now formed a partnership which is more than 50 runs. The both are inching close to thier respective 50s. This game is slowly moving out of the hands of Indian bowlers. They are trying to break this partnership but it seems nothing is working for them. Big hits are being expected in the coming overs from both of them.

After many attempts Indian bowlers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan succeeded in breaking their partnership. Babar Azam was dismissed by Mohammad Siraj for his personal 50. Although Pakistan's 156 runs at the end of 30 overs is not a very special collection but if any other batting partnership with Mohammad Rizwan can make a good partnership then the team collection in Pakistan will be close to 300 runs which will be difficult for India. The Indian bowlers are also not making mistakes but have been able to put enough pressure on Pakistan's batting line-up.

Babar gone. Babar Azam got out after collecting 58 runs from 58 balls. Although his innings was not great, it was necessary. Pakistan managed to collect 162 runs in 32 overs. The team's run rate is like 5. I would say they are batting well enough. If they don't lose any more wickets before 40 overs then Pakistan will be able to give 280+ target.

Indian batsmen are in very good form. Giving them a 300+ target on this pitch does not guarantee that Pakistan will win. No matter how big the target, India's batsmen have the ability to beat Pakistan. So I still consider India as favourite.

[LittleBitFunny]

Pakistan's two openers did not get a better performance than the team. But Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were batting responsibly. The team collected 123 runs in 24 overs.

Both Babar Azam and Rizwan have now formed a partnership which is more than 50 runs. The both are inching close to thier respective 50s. This game is slowly moving out of the hands of Indian bowlers. They are trying to break this partnership but it seems nothing is working for them. Big hits are being expected in the coming overs from both of them.

After many attempts Indian bowlers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan succeeded in breaking their partnership. Babar Azam was dismissed by Mohammad Siraj for his personal 50. Although Pakistan's 156 runs at the end of 30 overs is not a very special collection but if any other batting partnership with Mohammad Rizwan can make a good partnership then the team collection in Pakistan will be close to 300 runs which will be difficult for India. The Indian bowlers are also not making mistakes but have been able to put enough pressure on Pakistan's batting line-up.

Babar gone. Babar Azam got out after collecting 58 runs from 58 balls. Although his innings was not great, it was necessary. Pakistan managed to collect 162 runs in 32 overs. The team's run rate is like 5. I would say they are batting well enough. If they don't lose any more wickets before 40 overs then Pakistan will be able to give 280+ target.

Indian batsmen are in very good form. Giving them a 300+ target on this pitch does not guarantee that Pakistan will win. No matter how big the target, India's batsmen have the ability to beat Pakistan. So I still consider India as favourite.

Pakistan lost two wickets in the 33rd over. Shakeel and Iftikhar returned to the dressing room with 6 and 4 runs respectively. I expected a big innings from Iftikhar today. But he disappointed me. Pakistan collected 166 runs after losing 5 wickets in 33 overs. The match is now completely under India's control. The bowlers are bowling very well. Their bowling is controlled. Sirjan and Kuldeep picked up two wickets each and Pandya picked up one wicket.

If the duo of Shadab Khan and Rizwan does not last long then the Pakistan team will not be able to collect even 250 runs. Rizwan is unbeaten with 48 runs. He is an excellent batsman. Able to perform well under pressure. Let's see if Rizwan manages to score a century today.

[Bureau]

What just happened? 5 wickets gone for 166 runs. Babar and Rizwan were playing good. As soon as Babar got bowled by Shiraj, Pakistan started losing wickets. First it was Saud followed by Iftikar. Rizwan is still standing on the non stiker end, not much batting left for Pakistan. Again they proved that the team depends on the batting of Babar & Rizwan. I still feel Rizwan can take Pakistan out of this bad situation. If not then Pakistan won't be able to win this big game.

Edit: Rizwan gone, bowled by Bhumrah. I have now zero hopes for Pakistan. I doubt they will be able to get 250 runs on the scoreboard.

[pakhitheboss]

What just happened? 5 wickets gone for 166 runs. Babar and Rizwan were playing good. As soon as Babar got bowled by Shiraj, Pakistan started losing wickets. First it was Saud followed by Iftikar. Rizwan is still standing on the non stiker end, not much batting left for Pakistan. Again they proved that the team depends on the batting of Babar & Rizwan. I still feel Rizwan can take Pakistan out of this bad situation. If not then Pakistan won't be able to win this big game.

Edit: Rizwan gone, bowled by Bhumrah. I have now zero hopes for Pakistan. I doubt they will be able to get 250 runs on the scoreboard.

155 for 2 to 171 for 7, 5 wickets gone for just 15 runs. Will they be able to bat full 50 overs is now questioned. What a disaster for Pakistan. I was expecting a close ending game between these two teams. Another game of cricket which is being dominated by the Indian team. It has now become a regular affair.

[Swordsoffreedom]

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Pakistan lost two wickets in the 33rd over. Shakeel and Iftikhar returned to the dressing room with 6 and 4 runs respectively. I expected a big innings from Iftikhar today. But he disappointed me. Pakistan collected 166 runs after losing 5 wickets in 33 overs. The match is now completely under India's control. The bowlers are bowling very well. Their bowling is controlled. Sirjan and Kuldeep picked up two wickets each and Pandya picked up one wicket.

If the duo of Shadab Khan and Rizwan does not last long then the Pakistan team will not be able to collect even 250 runs. Rizwan is unbeaten with 48 runs. He is an excellent batsman. Able to perform well under pressure. Let's see if Rizwan manages to score a century today.

Very disappointed with the performance of Pakistan's middle order. I don't expect such a poor performance in such an important match. After Babar Azam's dismissal, no player is able to stay at the crease. Pakistan lost the wicket of Babar Azam for 155 runs. And they lost 4 more wickets to collect only 16 runs. Pakistan lost their seventh wicket for 177 runs. Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 49 runs. Scoring 200 runs is now a challenge for Pakistan. India will win this match very easily. Indian batsmen are in great form right now. If the target is around 200, the team will reach the victory target by losing one or two wickets.

[kro55]

Very disappointed with the performance of Pakistan's middle order. I don't expect such a poor performance in such an important match. After Babar Azam's dismissal, no player is able to stay at the crease. Pakistan lost the wicket of Babar Azam for 155 runs. And they lost 4 more wickets to collect only 16 runs. Pakistan lost their seventh wicket for 177 runs. Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 49 runs. Scoring 200 runs is now a challenge for Pakistan. India will win this match very easily. Indian batsmen are in great form right now. If the target is around 200, the team will reach the victory target by losing one or two wickets.

Pakistan gave the target only 192 runs. This target is impossible to win. A completely one-sided match. Pakistan's two openers could not play a big innings. Babar and Rizwan were batting very responsibly. But after Captain Babar returned to the dressing room for 155 runs, none of Pakistan's batsmen could stay at the crease for a long time. I never thought Pakistan's middle order would collapse so badly. My estimate was that the team would deliver at least 250+ targets. But the Pakistani batsmen played very badly. Also Pakistani bowlers are not doing very well in this World Cup. Pakistan is going to concede a humiliating defeat in this match.

[BitcoinsGreat]

Very disappointed with the performance of Pakistan's middle order. I don't expect such a poor performance in such an important match. After Babar Azam's dismissal, no player is able to stay at the crease. Pakistan lost the wicket of Babar Azam for 155 runs. And they lost 4 more wickets to collect only 16 runs. Pakistan lost their seventh wicket for 177 runs. Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 49 runs. Scoring 200 runs is now a challenge for Pakistan. India will win this match very easily. Indian batsmen are in great form right now. If the target is around 200, the team will reach the victory target by losing one or two wickets.

Pakistan gave the target only 192 runs. This target is impossible to win. A completely one-sided match. Pakistan's two openers could not play a big innings. Babar and Rizwan were batting very responsibly. But after Captain Babar returned to the dressing room for 155 runs, none of Pakistan's batsmen could stay at the crease for a long time. I never thought Pakistan's middle order would collapse so badly. My estimate was that the team would deliver at least 250+ targets. But the Pakistani batsmen played very badly. Also Pakistani bowlers are not doing very well in this World Cup. Pakistan is going to concede a humiliating defeat in this match.

Pakistan team were all out at 42 overs. If Babar Azam stayed at the end then Pakistan can’t be all out. When Babar Azam was out all teams were going to lose their wickets. I want to see a 100 partnership of Rizwan and Babar Azam but we can’t see. Babar Azam did a half-century and Rizwan did a 49 score. He is too near to a half-century and another thing is that we want to see Jasprit Bumrah vs Babar Azam but we can’t see it today.

India's bowling was amazing, they took 10 wickets of Pakistan. Ravindra Jadeja played very well, He took the wickets of the best players of Pakistan. Another great Indian bowler in this innings is Hardik Pandeya, what a great bowling spell by Hardik Pandeya.

[JSRAW]

Wow, just wow Pakistan! That's some epic collapse, even from their own standards and it happened when the middle order was in a decent form.

Full marks to the Indian bowlers, they really delivered their best on this road. It clearly didn't look bowler friendly pitch in the first 30 overs and the top 4 batters were looking comfortable. Pak now should pray for at least 3 batting collapses from Indians (Top-Middle-Lower).

[UmerIdrees]

Wow, just wow Pakistan! That's some epic collapse, even from their own standards and it happened when the middle order was in a decent form.

Full marks to the Indian bowlers, they really delivered their best on this road. It clearly didn't look bowler friendly pitch in the first 30 overs and the top 4 batters were looking comfortable. Pak now should pray for at least 3 batting collapses from Indians (Top-Middle-Lower).

Do you still think that Pakistan could have beaten India in the Ahmedabad stadium with over 100 thousand people Indians? This would not have happened in 1,000 years.

Do you know the best of the best Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan movies are those which had the climax right at the end but the hero's always succeded in the movie?

I guess the script was not written well by BCCI or the Pakistan team didn't perform well according to the script. They should have scored 250+ runs in order to keep the advertisers and everyone in suspense. The big match should be a thriller one but the winner is always pre-decided, that is the Hero of the film 

[kro55]

Very disappointed with the performance of Pakistan's middle order. I don't expect such a poor performance in such an important match. After Babar Azam's dismissal, no player is able to stay at the crease. Pakistan lost the wicket of Babar Azam for 155 runs. And they lost 4 more wickets to collect only 16 runs. Pakistan lost their seventh wicket for 177 runs. Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 49 runs. Scoring 200 runs is now a challenge for Pakistan. India will win this match very easily. Indian batsmen are in great form right now. If the target is around 200, the team will reach the victory target by losing one or two wickets.

Pakistan gave the target only 192 runs. This target is impossible to win. A completely one-sided match. Pakistan's two openers could not play a big innings. Babar and Rizwan were batting very responsibly. But after Captain Babar returned to the dressing room for 155 runs, none of Pakistan's batsmen could stay at the crease for a long time. I never thought Pakistan's middle order would collapse so badly. My estimate was that the team would deliver at least 250+ targets. But the Pakistani batsmen played very badly. Also Pakistani bowlers are not doing very well in this World Cup. Pakistan is going to concede a humiliating defeat in this match.

Pakistan team were all out at 42 overs. If Babar Azam stayed at the end then Pakistan can’t be all out. When Babar Azam was out all teams were going to lose their wickets. I want to see a 100 partnership of Rizwan and Babar Azam but we can’t see. Babar Azam did a half-century and Rizwan did a 49 score. He is too near to a half-century and another thing is that we want to see Jasprit Bumrah vs Babar Azam but we can’t see it today.

India's bowling was amazing, they took 10 wickets of Pakistan. Ravindra Jadeja played very well, He took the wickets of the best players of Pakistan. Another great Indian bowler in this innings is Hardik Pandeya, what a great bowling spell by Hardik Pandeya.

Every Indian bowler bowled well today. Each took two wickets. Bumrah picked up two wickets for just 19 runs in 7 overs. With Babar Azam out, Pakistan's batting line-up suddenly collapsed. However, it is not possible to win with such a low target. Still, Pakistan will try their best to win the match. Had the Pakistan bowlers been in form, the match would have been a competitive one. But now I guess the match will be completely one sided.
India lost the wicket of Shubman Gill to collect 23 runs. Now there are two experienced Indian batsmen Rohit and Virat Kohli at the crease. India's collection of 38 runs in 5 overs.

[rohang]

Disappointing match as pakistan score less than 200, winning against  india in ahmedabad was always gonna  be hard  but they didnt even  give their bowlers a chance with that many runs

Only babar azam put up something and  once he was out its all over

India seem to be big big favorites to win the cup now

[HelliumZ]

Disappointing match as pakistan score less than 200, winning against  india in ahmedabad was always gonna  be hard  but they didnt even  give their bowlers a chance with that many runs

Only babar azam put up something and  once he was out its all over

India seem to be big big favorites to win the cup now

Babar Azam 50
Rizwan 49
Imam UL Haque 36
Shafique 20
Hasan Ali 12

All others rest batsman don't tough double digits.
So how to compete with India with this small collection?

[Patrol69]

Disappointing match as pakistan score less than 200, winning against  india in ahmedabad was always gonna  be hard  but they didnt even  give their bowlers a chance with that many runs

Only babar azam put up something and  once he was out its all over

India seem to be big big favorites to win the cup now

Had Pakistan batted first and managed to score 350 plus in Ahmedabad, this match between India and Pakistan would have been much more exciting, but Pakistan batted first and scored only 191 runs. With a capital of 191 runs, there is nothing to fight against a batting lineup like India's. India won their first two matches one-sided so we thought the third match might be tough for India but Pakistan proved us wrong. Pakistan's performance in this match showed that they are not equal to India. The last few shows have no winning record against India. If there is no excitement in India Pakistan match then people will lose interest in India Pakistan match. 

Babar Azam Mohammad Rezwan these two batsmen managed to score almost 100 runs for the team but the remaining eight batsmen together scored only 90 runs for the team which is really disappointing.

[Bureau]

Wow, just wow Pakistan! That's some epic collapse, even from their own standards and it happened when the middle order was in a decent form.

Full marks to the Indian bowlers, they really delivered their best on this road. It clearly didn't look bowler friendly pitch in the first 30 overs and the top 4 batters were looking comfortable. Pak now should pray for at least 3 batting collapses from Indians (Top-Middle-Lower).

100 done, 92 more to chase for India with 8 wickets in hand. Rohit's aggressive approach helped him to get another half-century in the World Cup. The way he is going on I feel he might get another century. Shreyas Iyer doing the right thing by rotating the strike and giving more opportunity to the Indian captain. This game might get over before the end of the 20th over. Pakistan bowlers are in a bit of a puzzle as they are not sure what kind of bowl can stop the Indian captain. Frankly, those on the stadium are enjoying the innings of Rohit Sharma.

[Westinhome]

100 done, 92 more to chase for India with 8 wickets in hand. Rohit's aggressive approach helped him to get another half-century in the World Cup. The way he is going on I feel he might get another century. Shreyas Iyer doing the right thing by rotating the strike and giving more opportunity to the Indian captain. This game might get over before the end of the 20th over. Pakistan bowlers are in a bit of a puzzle as they are not sure what kind of bowl can stop the Indian captain. Frankly, those on the stadium are enjoying the innings of Rohit Sharma.

Now the Shreyas Iyer and Rahul was in the strike and will score the remaining run without any pressure.Because the Rohit Sharma playing the captain strike in all the game after the criticising on the first ODI against the Australia.Rohit was criticised in all the social media after the irresponsible batting with duck out in Australia and now the Rohit playing his professional batting in all the game,today he had scored 86 runs which is half of the targeted score by the Pakistan team on the India.So the people who criticised was being shut and some people praising the same Rohit and Rohit prove his way of becoming as a captain now by his game.