ICC World Cup 2023 - India discussion

[Bitcoin Smith]

The Indian team continues to remain unbeaten and this might be the first time that in a big tournament they are not getting an opponent worthy of defeating them. As expected  Pakistan teams luck prevails and they are sure shot to get into the semifinals. That is what my intuition states, they would meet the Indian team and they might win against India.

If that happens then again Australia would lift up the trophy. If Pakistan doesn't qualify then India will win the World Cup considering the amount of wins they have got in the league matches.

India seal their 1st spot in the table with this commanding win and the words are not going to enough for describing the performance of team India both with bat and ball.

Special achievement by Virat Kohli on his Bday and at the post match presentation he said there is no comparison between him and Sachin and this is such an honor for him to be at this level.

At knockout games, anything can happen, so let's not bring Jinx to our team by over praising them.

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[libert19]

The Indian team continues to remain unbeaten and this might be the first time that in a big tournament they are not getting an opponent worthy of defeating them. As expected  Pakistan teams luck prevails and they are sure shot to get into the semifinals. That is what my intuition states, they would meet the Indian team and they might win against India.

I'd to love see India vs Pak in semis, the atmosphere will be even better than their group stage match. I don't care who wins, I want to see competitive match.

Special achievement by Virat Kohli on his Bday and at the post match presentation he said there is no comparison between him and Sachin and this is such an honor for him to be at this level.

Virat made his centuries in much lesser games than Sachin, he's better imo. But, then again Records are meant to be broken we'll see in future someone doing better, even tho right now it may seem to be impossible task.



it's fear or nervousness that makes one perform bad than one's abilities, as we saw yesterday Jansen performing bad with the ball in literal the start of inning. SA as whole needs to rectify this.

[pakhitheboss]

83 all out what kind of cricket is happening in the World Cup. I expected the South African to give some fight but they seem to be clueless against Indian bowlers. Ravindra Jadeja became the first Indian spinner to get 5 wickets in the World Cup. Another achievement by Sir Jadeja.

Rather than a batting power house India has now become a bowling power house. Every team in the World Cup now knows that Indian bowling attack is far more lethal than the batting attack.

[Bureau]

Kohli is the legend! We thought that Sachin was a god of cricket. In 2023 he is a slowly becoming a legend who will become a pain in the ass of for upcoming legends.

On his 35th Birthday he broke a record of centuries by Sachin. Given more time as the legend said he will break all his records and would create new. None of the present playing lot will be able to break records by Kohli.

There are a few more recognition that won't hurt the Indian team. Considering the way the bowlers are doing, we might see a lot of new records coming up by the Indian bowlers. This team is making us as an India feel we are more into bowling than battt.

[pakhitheboss]

A day before yesterday Maxwell batted extraordinarily and single-handedly won the match for Australia against Afghanistan. Yesterday we saw Ben Stokes playing in the same fashion which helped the struggling English batting lineup score an unachievable target of 340 runs for the Dutch. This is why it is hard to judge any team in the game of cricket. This World Cup has been bad for those who followed the bookies in placing bets. There were a couple of big unexpected losses in the tournament and unexpected wins too.

Since India has not been defeated in a single game in the tournament league matches. Does anyone here think or have a notion that they might not be able to qualify for the Finals? Or anyone here have an intuition that they might lose for the first time in the Finals? The team that will be playing against the Indian team has not yet qualified. In my opinion, it will be either Pakistan or New Zealand and I have an intuition that it will be the Kiwis. What do you guys think?

[libert19]

Since India has not been defeated in a single game in the tournament league matches. Does anyone here think or have a notion that they might not be able to qualify for the Finals? Or anyone here have an intuition that they might lose for the first time in the Finals? The team that will be playing against the Indian team has not yet qualified. In my opinion, it will be either Pakistan or New Zealand and I have an intuition that it will be the Kiwis. What do you guys think?

I think it'll be kiwis too, however I want to see Pak, but for that they will have to win against England by huge margin, as I heard in commentary they must win by 273 runs if they were to defend the target (not sure about chasing) — which sounds like an impossible task.

Personally, I don't think NZ has chance against India, so probably we'll do fine in semis, but in finals we'll likely get Aussies. Although, India defeated them fine during start of wc and even in last game it was one man show and rest of batters failed, still I feel like Aussies could be trouble.

[pakhitheboss]

I know it is next to impossible for Pakistan to reach the semifinals but the way they are bowling now does not look good. England has to win today if they want to qualify for the Champions trophy. Both openers are looking good and it seems Pakistan bowlers are struggling as runs continue to flow. BTW, ICC suspended Srilankan Cricket on Friday the 10th of this month due to excessive government interference. This was going to happen but it took some time as due to corruption and government interference Srilankan Cricket has already been destroyed.

[pakhitheboss]

India VS Netherlands



No changes in the team today against the Netherlands. India won the toss and choose to bat first. Both the opening pair are showing agressive batting. Shubhman Gill got his half century and Rohit will get his too. It is again becoming a one sided game as expected.

Edit: Gill out at 51 because of an incredible catch by the Duth fielder.

[Bureau]

India VS Netherlands

No changes in the team today against the Netherlands. India won the toss and choose to bat first. Both the opening pair are showing agressive batting. Shubhman Gill got his half century and Rohit will get his too. It is again becoming a one sided game as expected.

Edit: Gill out at 51 because of an incredible catch by the Duth fielder.

This game doesn't affect any of the playing team. Still the whole Indian team played without any changes. India batted very good as they crossed 400 runs today. Biggest contributor to the target for Netherlands was Shreyas Iyer and then K L Rahul. They batted so well that they each got a century today.

We all know that the Netherlands team won't be able to chase the target. It is again a one sided match as were all the other 8 that India played before getting into the semifinals.

[Bitcoin Smith]

India is on the 9* unbeaten winning run and the only team that did before was Australia twice 11* in 2003 and 2007.



And this is how India won their matches and when we look at the result column its pretty much safe to say that they shattered every oppositions whether its batting first or while chasing. India's batting and bowling is in top form and we can look that everyone in the top 5 is in the top 15/20 run scorers of this tournament.

Indian bowling unit is the actual reason why team look more deadly than before because Indian bowling unit took 88 wickets and only team that hasn't been bowled out is AFG.

[Bureau]

India is on the 9* unbeaten winning run and the only team that did before was Australia twice 11* in 2003 and 2007.



And this is how India won their matches and when we look at the result column its pretty much safe to say that they shattered every oppositions whether its batting first or while chasing. India's batting and bowling is in top form and we can look that everyone in the top 5 is in the top 15/20 run scorers of this tournament.

Indian bowling unit is the actual reason why team look more deadly than before because Indian bowling unit took 88 wickets and only team that hasn't been bowled out is AFG.

India has outperformed every Indian fan's expectations in this World Cup. Yesterday might be the first time when all the top batter got their half-century and two of them got their century. KL Rahul got his century in just 62 balls and I think he created some record for getting a fast 100 in the World Cup. What made me laugh my lungs out was when I saw Kohli bowling again and this time getting a wicket.

As a fan, I have the confidence that this team will bring the cup home in 2023. Looking at the batting approach of Rohit Sharma I am confident that he will get back into the T20 squad. Next year we will have the T20 World Cup and this time he might get another chance to captain the team if India wins this year.

[pakhitheboss]

Which two teams will play the Finals?



The current scenario is shown above. There are four teams left and each of them have proven they are the best of the rest. Considering the present games that will be played in semifinals, which two teams according to you would be playing the finals?

I think India and South Africa would be in the finals. Do you think the same or you believe a different teams would be playing against each other in the finals.

[libert19]

^ I think we'll see Australia vs India in finals. Australia is better all around team compared to SA and they don't depend on batting first to win their games.

Sensible batting of Cummins in their match against AFG got my hopes up. They have become very good in fielding apparently as well, there is huge difference in their first two and later games.

[Bureau]

^^ Tomorrow India will be playing against the New Zealand team in the first semifinals. I have crossed my fingers and I hope India wins the game comfortably. Looking at the Indian team performance in the last 9 matches they according to my knowledge have been exceptional. Every player is playing to win the game and they are playing as a team.

The seniors have been so far played above average. Rohit and Kohli have batted not for themselves but for the team. Bhumrah and Shami have proven that they are the best bowling attack. Last match Shami was not that effective though. Jadeja and Kuldeep have provided the crucial wickets when India needed the most.

This team has doen everything well till now and as per my understanding they deserve to win the cup. My opinion is that India will be playing against South Africa in the finals.

[JSRAW]

Australia vs India in finals.

The world is not ready for another Pen Chor vs Cunts. 2003 final was more than enough for one lifetime lol

[Bitcoin Smith]

Even though India is exceptional and far ahead in comparing the performances and team as well but we can't take them lightly and players knew it too and 2019 incident left a permanent scar on us.

Some interesting facts:

1. Richard Kettleborough is not assigned as an umpire for this match.



2. NZ only won 4 out of 20 Knockout appearances in ICC events.

3. Shreyas has become highest run scorer in WC at no.4 position surpassing Sachin.

[pakhitheboss]

After 45 matches today played in this Word Cup, India will be playing against New Zealand in the first semifinals. India won the title and decided to bat first, the first 20 overs were crucial. Expecting some big fireworks from both the openers, Rohit won't allow the bowlers to settle as that is what he has been doing in the last 9 matches. Shubman Gill was quite aggressive against the Netherlands in the last match and I hope he plays in the same manner today.  A target of 300 or more runs will be defendable considering the form in which the Indian bowlers are bowling in this tournament.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Rohit won't allow the bowlers to settle as that is what he has been doing in the last 9 matches. Shubman Gill was quite aggressive against the Netherlands in the last match and I hope he plays in the same manner today.  A target of 300 or more runs will be defendable considering the form in which the Indian bowlers are bowling in this tournament.

As always, Rohit of to a flying start and took control of the powerplay overs and dominated entirely but unfortunately got out at for a slower ball but its okay cause he done the damage now players can take their time and took the match deep. Gill is now settled as well and he is due for a big ton in this world cup so today might be that day.

[pakhitheboss]

Rohit won't allow the bowlers to settle as that is what he has been doing in the last 9 matches. Shubman Gill was quite aggressive against the Netherlands in the last match and I hope he plays in the same manner today.  A target of 300 or more runs will be defendable considering the form in which the Indian bowlers are bowling in this tournament.

As always, Rohit of to a flying start and took control of the powerplay overs and dominated entirely but unfortunately got out at for a slower ball but its okay cause he done the damage now players can take their time and took the match deep. Gill is now settled as well and he is due for a big ton in this world cup so today might be that day.

Rohit has been doing a similar kind of batting in the last 10 games including today. Now, Gill has taken up the job already he is batting on 75 and I feel he will get his century today. Kohli doing what he does best keeps rotating the strike and getting the odd boundaries until he reaches his half-century. The next two in the lineup are in pretty good form and I expect they would easily go beyond 350 runs. If they can they would not face any issue in defending today's target.
They are now trying to finish off Santer's overs with ones or two and attack the other bowler to increase the run rate.

[libert19]

India gave total of 397 for NZ to chase. Although, NZ came close to chasing similar huge total against Aussies, here it will be difficult for them considering Indian attack.