ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

[Bureau]

Another good comeback by the New Zealand side they were once 29/3. Latham and Phillips's 144-run partnership saved them from another big upset in the World Cup. Afghanistan's bowling was perfect but the fielding was so bad that they were unable to put more pressure on the opponent team. 289 runs is a big target on a pitch that supports spin attack. New Zealand has a few spinners on their team but only one of them is playing today. I am not sure if the pace attack can be fruitful on the Chennai pitch.

[Shishir99]

Another good comeback by the New Zealand side they were once 29/3. Latham and Phillips's 144-run partnership saved them from another big upset in the World Cup. Afghanistan's bowling was perfect but the fielding was so bad that they were unable to put more pressure on the opponent team. 289 runs is a big target on a pitch that supports spin attack. New Zealand has a few spinners on their team but only one of them is playing today. I am not sure if the pace attack can be fruitful on the Chennai pitch.

Imagine what will happen if Afghanistan manages to defeat the Black Caps today. New Zealand did not lose any match in this World Cup so far. If Afghanistan can beat them today, the Afghans will be pumped up as they already beat England in their last game. Even though we call it upset, I guess we should not say it as upset because those teams have the capability to defeat any team on their day.

Afghanistan's bowling lineup has been building for the last couple of years and they improving their batting line as well. This is 4th match for the Afghans and they will come back to 4th position in the point table if they can defeat New Zealand today. 2nd upset in a row? Let's see.

[Patrol69]

Another good comeback by the New Zealand side they were once 29/3. Latham and Phillips's 144-run partnership saved them from another big upset in the World Cup. Afghanistan's bowling was perfect but the fielding was so bad that they were unable to put more pressure on the opponent team. 289 runs is a big target on a pitch that supports spin attack. New Zealand has a few spinners on their team but only one of them is playing today. I am not sure if the pace attack can be fruitful on the Chennai pitch.

New Zealand scored as many runs as they needed to win. Of course I will keep New Zealand ahead of 288 runs. New Zealand's tough fast bowlers to deal with Afghanistan's batsmen don't know how long Afghanistan's batsmen can last on the wicket against a tough bowling line-up. New Zealand will definitely want to build pressure on their opponents from the start. The second innings has already started. The two opening batsmen will surely try their best to do something for the team. 288 is a lot considering New Zealand's first bowling line-up but if the batsmen can play patiently then 289 will not be impossible for Afghanistan.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

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Afghanistan's bowling lineup has been building for the last couple of years and they improving their batting line as well. This is 4th match for the Afghans and they will come back to 4th position in the point table if they can defeat New Zealand today. 2nd upset in a row? Let's see.

Afghanistan has a great bowling line up and the Indian pitches will help them greatly, New Zealand had a slight slip up in the middle order but the partnership between Tom Latham and Glenn Phillips helped reach reach a decent total and considering the pitch condition, New Zealand will be able to defend the total unless someone steps up from Afghanistan and plays an incredible innings taking Afghanistan to victory.

[Bureau]

And they lost 2 wickets in quick succession, this game is now being controlled by the New Zealand team. I was expecting the Afghans to bat sensibly in the present condition. Santer is able to spin the ball so much that I feel that this match can go anywhere if Afghanistan batters are able to hold their nerves. The turn on that pitch is so much that he is unable to control it, as he is getting some wide balls. It won't be easy for the batters to bat on this pitch whenever the spinners are bowling. As of now Afghanistan after losing 2 wickets are still trying to form a partnership.

[_Hiloveua_]

And they lost 2 wickets in quick succession, this game is now being controlled by the New Zealand team. I was expecting the Afghans to bat sensibly in the present condition. Santer is able to spin the ball so much that I feel that this match can go anywhere if Afghanistan batters are able to hold their nerves. The turn on that pitch is so much that he is unable to control it, as he is getting some wide balls. It won't be easy for the batters to bat on this pitch whenever the spinners are bowling. As of now Afghanistan after losing 2 wickets are still trying to form a partnership.

Afghanistan bowled very well in today's match. At that time I thought that maybe today will make New Zealand cry. But at the end of 35 overs, New Zealand performed very well and set a target of 289 runs till the end. After starting batting in the 2nd innings, Afghanistan lost 3 wickets in the first 15 overs and picked up 50 runs. From this it is completely understood that New Zealand is bowling very well. Trent Boult and Matt Henry are doing well in New Zealand bowling today. Tara gives 12 and 16 in 5 overs which is very disappointing for Afghanistan. If Afghanistan has to win the match then 7.02 runs should be scored per over.

[Out of mind]

And they lost 2 wickets in quick succession, this game is now being controlled by the New Zealand team. I was expecting the Afghans to bat sensibly in the present condition. Santer is able to spin the ball so much that I feel that this match can go anywhere if Afghanistan batters are able to hold their nerves. The turn on that pitch is so much that he is unable to control it, as he is getting some wide balls. It won't be easy for the batters to bat on this pitch whenever the spinners are bowling. As of now Afghanistan after losing 2 wickets are still trying to form a partnership.

The complete game is currently under the control of New Zealand, as the Afghanistan team has lost 8 wickets at the moment. And with the loss of so many wickets we can say that Afghanistan are in despair, and they will be all out very soon. Afghanistan's batting is currently in a very poor position, and they cannot take the team to a good place at the moment. A good bowling performance so far, New Zealand have been bowling brilliantly, due to which Afghanistan have not been able to stay at the crease. And I think that the Afghanistan team in the current position will not be able to make a pair from here, because they are almost at the last position. At the moment, Afghanistan needs to score 151 runs from 96 balls to win the match, which is never possible, if they had a good wicket, it would have been possible. But they have no wickets and no good batsmen, so they will not be able to complete the target, and the New Zealand team will win today by a huge margin.

[Swordsoffreedom]

And they lost 2 wickets in quick succession, this game is now being controlled by the New Zealand team. I was expecting the Afghans to bat sensibly in the present condition. Santer is able to spin the ball so much that I feel that this match can go anywhere if Afghanistan batters are able to hold their nerves. The turn on that pitch is so much that he is unable to control it, as he is getting some wide balls. It won't be easy for the batters to bat on this pitch whenever the spinners are bowling. As of now Afghanistan after losing 2 wickets are still trying to form a partnership.

Afghanistan bowled very well in today's match. At that time I thought that maybe today will make New Zealand cry. But at the end of 35 overs, New Zealand performed very well and set a target of 289 runs till the end. After starting batting in the 2nd innings, Afghanistan lost 3 wickets in the first 15 overs and picked up 50 runs. From this it is completely understood that New Zealand is bowling very well. Trent Boult and Matt Henry are doing well in New Zealand bowling today. Tara gives 12 and 16 in 5 overs which is very disappointing for Afghanistan. If Afghanistan has to win the match then 7.02 runs should be scored per over.

At the beginning of the innings, the bowlers of Afghanistan bowled well, but at the end they could not maintain this consistency. New Zealand's top order returned to the dressing room quite quickly. But the middle order players were able to bat very well. A target of 289 runs is a big enough target.

New Zealand bowlers have bowled brilliantly today. Ferguson in particular bowled well in today's match. He picked up three wickets with just 19 runs in 7 overs. Rahmat Shah was able to collect the maximum 36 runs for Afghanistan. Afghanistan's innings ended with just 139 runs. I at least thought Afghanistan would collect 200+ today. But they batted very badly. The overall performance of the team depends on the performance of the two openers.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Surprisingly Afghanistan won the toss but decided to bowl first, I expected to follow the same formula which is bat first, put a decent total then they have a very good bowling unit to be a threat even if its 230+ score since the match is happening in Chennai which is highly spin friendly pitch.

The match started already and AFG dropped an early chance, which they can't afford to do if they want to bear a team with this form.

Afghan batting is in poor shape and that maybe the reason why they chose to field first. Even during the match against England,

I think if their bowling is their strongest then they should opted to bat first and try to defend the total with the best possible way, but AFG tried to do it other way around and failed miserably. Now NZ got back to the table-top again with better run rate.

So it's like little cat and mouse between India and NZ for the first position now and probably India can regain the top place if they win against Bangladesh. But Bangladesh has wonderful record against India, and they are also capable of upsetting any team, and they consistently did for very long and in 2007 they knocked India out of super 8.

[JSRAW]

^^ You can't expect to win match when you are dropping easy catches. it was so frustrating to watch them field and throwing was embarrassing, if they were quick on the field then they had at least 2 runout chances as well so they deserve to lose this match.

They dropped Young when he was on single digit and he stitched a crucial partnership with the Rachin (he was dropped too). Then Afghan went to drop 2 more simple catches. Latham and Glenn Phillips punished them for that.

[Bitcoin Smith]

^^ You can't expect to win match when you are dropping easy catches. it was so frustrating to watch them field and throwing was embarrassing, if they were quick on the field then they had at least 2 runout chances as well so they deserve to lose this match.

They dropped Young when he was on single digit and he stitched a crucial partnership with the Rachin (he was dropped too). Then Afghan went to drop 2 more simple catches. Latham and Glenn Phillips punished them for that.

Yep, I did watch those 2 dropped catches especially at the slip and another one is just a sitter after that I just tracked down the scores only so can't able to experience their embarrassing moments. Anyway Afgans batted really poor so even if they managed to get the NZ under 200 they still failed to score on this pitch.

Another fun fact I found, Afghanistan is having the lowest batting average of all the playing nations in between 10-40 overs, this proves that their middle order didn't contribute anything to the scores.

[Cheema02]

Can Afghanistan defeat New Zealand today?

After yesterday and day before anything can happen today. None of us expected Afghanistan to defend and beat the English team. Yesterday again none of us expected the Netherlands to defend and beat the South Africans.

If today Afghanistan bats first then I think they might be able to beat the Kiwis. As the match is being played in Chennai the spinners would get good assistance from the pitch. Everyone would be watching today's match.

New Zealand won by 149 runs. New Zealand set a good target of 288 runs in loss of 6 wickets in 50 Overs, 78 Runs in last 6 Overs New Zealand finish on 288 runs in first inning. While chasing down the taregt Afghanistan all out in just 139 runs in 35 Overs. batting performance of Afghanistan is very disappointed only afghan batter Ikram Alikhil played an 19 runs unbeaten inning in just 21 balls.

The Bowling performance of New Zealand is outstanding especially  Mitchell Santner picked 3 important wicktes by giving 33 runs in 7.4 overs ans Lockie Ferguson also bowl well picked up 3 wickets by giving only 19 runs in 7 Overs. The player of the match is Glenn Phillips for his amazing under pressure inning of 71 runs in 80 balls and reach New Zealand total at 280 plus.

[Marvell1]

^^ You can't expect to win match when you are dropping easy catches. it was so frustrating to watch them field and throwing was embarrassing, if they were quick on the field then they had at least 2 runout chances as well so they deserve to lose this match.

They dropped Young when he was on single digit and he stitched a crucial partnership with the Rachin (he was dropped too). Then Afghan went to drop 2 more simple catches. Latham and Glenn Phillips punished them for that.

Yep, I did watch those 2 dropped catches especially at the slip and another one is just a sitter after that I just tracked down the scores only so can't able to experience their embarrassing moments. Anyway Afgans batted really poor so even if they managed to get the NZ under 200 they still failed to score on this pitch.

Another fun fact I found, Afghanistan is having the lowest batting average of all the playing nations in between 10-40 overs, this proves that their middle order didn't contribute anything to the scores.

The main reason for Afghanistan's poor performance in this World Cup is their middle order. I haven't seen the middle order players batting responsibly in a single match yet. Afghanistan team lost in every match by a big margin. Afghanistan's two openers played quite well against England. Also Ikram's performance was good. So finally Descent was able to provide a target to the team. Besides, we have seen bad batting of Afghanistan against New Zealand, India and Bangladesh.

Afghanistan's bowlers are doing well enough. I have no complaints about their performance. If Afghanistan could have fielded well, it would have been challenging for New Zealand to score 200 runs. Bad fielding was one of the major reasons behind Afghanistan's defeat in today's match.

[synchronym]

Hosts India are in great form in the ICC ODI World Cup at home. Rohit Sharma's team has won all three matches in a row. As a result, the possibility of playing in the semi-finals of the World Cup mission has also strengthened.  On the other hand, despite winning the first match, Shakib Al Hasan's team is under some pressure after losing two consecutive matches. India vs Bangladesh match is very challenging for Bangladesh on the one hand Rohit Sharma's team is in great form they are bowling and batting very well every player is playing well.
The Tigers will face hosts India in their fourth match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune today. The match will start at 2:30 PM. To play against India, if Bangladesh go to toss, they have to bat and they have to score at least 300 plus runs, then it will be a bit of a challenge, I hope Bangladesh team will play very well. Best wishes for Bangladesh team.

[Sithara007]

^^ You can't expect to win match when you are dropping easy catches. it was so frustrating to watch them field and throwing was embarrassing, if they were quick on the field then they had at least 2 runout chances as well so they deserve to lose this match.

They dropped Young when he was on single digit and he stitched a crucial partnership with the Rachin (he was dropped too). Then Afghan went to drop 2 more simple catches. Latham and Glenn Phillips punished them for that.

I think they went a bit complacent after the unexpected win against England. Hopefully the shock that they got from the Kiwis should put them back on track. This is a very long tournament and it is going to be difficult to stay focused. But for Afghanistan, it is necessary to perform well this time. A lot of questions are being asked regarding the funding from ICC (especially after the Taliban takeover) and regarding how their test status can be justified in the absence of a national women's team. A poor performance in this tournament will only make things difficult for them.

[Jateng]

Another good comeback by the New Zealand side they were once 29/3. Latham and Phillips's 144-run partnership saved them from another big upset in the World Cup. Afghanistan's bowling was perfect but the fielding was so bad that they were unable to put more pressure on the opponent team. 289 runs is a big target on a pitch that supports spin attack. New Zealand has a few spinners on their team but only one of them is playing today. I am not sure if the pace attack can be fruitful on the Chennai pitch.

New Zealand kept their perfect record intact after defeating Afghanistan by a dominating 149 runs on a spin friendly Chennai track. NewZealand Beat England by 9 wickets. And Beat Netherlands by 99 runs. NewZealand also Beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets and they Beat AFG by 149 runs. New Zealand makes it 4 wins in 4 matches in World Cup. Kiwis continues their domination in World Cup 2023. Too many dropped catches and lack of spark in batting cost Afghanistan the heavy loss. NewZealand are a complete, balanced team, and the key members are in form and they are deservingly topping the table right now after getting 4 wins with 8 Points.

[Sithara007]

Right now, there is only a small difference in net run rate between the top two sides in the point table. New Zealand has +1.923, while India is at +1.821. So in case India gets a big win today (which is very much possible), then there is a good chance that they will top the points table. The match is going to take place at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, where the ground conditions are normally supportive of the batsmen. In case India bats first, then we can expect a gargantuan total, at least in excess of 350.

[elevates]

The seventeenth match of the World Cup will be played today at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. India has been undefeated till now in the world cup. They are positioned  second on the point table after New Zealand. Bangladesh is positioned  6th on the point table. India are the favourite  to win today.

Betting Odds

India - 1.23
Bangladesh - 6.6

Can Bangladesh defeat India today?

[HelliumZ]

The seventeenth match of the World Cup will be played today at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. India has been undefeated till now in the world cup. They are positioned  second on the point table after New Zealand. Bangladesh is positioned  6th on the point table. India are the favourite  to win today.

Betting Odds

India - 1.23
Bangladesh - 6.6

Can Bangladesh defeat India today?

Bangladesh Vs India Head to Head ODI matches records.
Total matches 40
India won 31
Bangladesh won 8
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ODI World cups matches
Total matches 4
India won 3
Bangladesh won 1

[Sithara007]

ODI World cups matches
Total matches 4
India won 3
Bangladesh won 1

Bangladesh might have won just one match against India in the ODI World Cup. But that sole win is very famous and came during the 2007 ODI World Cup. And as a result of that win, India got kicked out of the world cup and the TV broadcasters ended up in massive loss. All I am saying is that India should not take Bangladesh lightly. At least while playing in sub-continent, their spinners have the capability to trouble top batsmen. And also, Litton Kumer Das and Shakib Al Hasan are in good touch with the bat recently.