The Cricket World Cup Thread

Patni · Post by **Patni** » 30 Mar 2011 16:45

At end of 38 over and 12 more to go, looks like gul will not bowl his full quota of 10 overs. The pitch is made to look very hard to score on specially with spinners operating. India need to score least 70 more runs in remaining overs.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 30 Mar 2011 16:46

we are well and truly phucked...

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 16:49

MSD needs to stop leaning forward and nudging the ball. Use the feet boy.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 30 Mar 2011 16:50

Dhoni needs to pull a fast one here. Raina will do well to support him. Need to take PP around 42nd over, when they're still around.

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 30 Mar 2011 16:51

Gus wrote:we are well and truly phucked...

raina needs to play a little gem here. we need a fast 60 odd runs from him here...we can reach 280..

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 16:51

PP only after scoring 240. We don't want to fold before that.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 30 Mar 2011 16:52

MSD and Raina need to hold for the next 7 overs and score at minimum run a ball

josephike · Post by **josephike** » 30 Mar 2011 16:52

TI 200 up. SRT 82/5

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 16:54

Boss, some of you BRFites are quite unreasonable. Here I am shivering and wondering if we will reach 250. And you guys want fast action paced innings aiming for 280, 300 ityadi. 6 runs per over and around 260 runs is quite ok, at this moment. Let us not get out by 230 or 240.

MSD, needs to get on to the backfoot and score singles, instead of the big groin stretch exercise he is doing now.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 30 Mar 2011 16:55

feeling not good.
will lie low for a while till the feeling last

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 30 Mar 2011 16:55

India will lose onlee.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 30 Mar 2011 16:55

Pakis Got what they wanted preventing Tendulkar did not score a century, to be fair they should lose this match

Patni · Post by **Patni** » 30 Mar 2011 16:56

Starting to feel that even 260 something will be hard to get target for Pakis. What with the odd ball keeping low and creating enough doubts in mind of batsmen, a good fielding performance by TI can see us through.

josephike · Post by **josephike** » 30 Mar 2011 16:57

Makhmal is playing more for TI than we are. Another dropped catch behind the stumps. I hope he performs admirably well for TI when he bats too.

ajit_tr · Post by **ajit_tr** » 30 Mar 2011 16:57

can someone tell if this pitch is difficult to bat on coz.there are no boundaries and even singles are difficult to come by

Sridhar K · Post by **Sridhar K** » 30 Mar 2011 16:59

mchd bye bye

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 30 Mar 2011 16:59

DHoni is useless. He needs to step down.

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 30 Mar 2011 16:59

MSD out...we are done

armenon · Post by **armenon** » 30 Mar 2011 16:59

Dhoni going back home wasting 42 balls . Grrrrr

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 30 Mar 2011 16:59

I stepped out to take a dump and Dhoni goes.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 30 Mar 2011 17:00

Dhoni gone! what I don't understand is how did we get the third review?

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 30 Mar 2011 17:00

we'll be lucky to get to 230 now

kittoo · Post by **kittoo** » 30 Mar 2011 17:02

kittoo wrote:I too left watching. That Dhoni will just keep eating balls and will get out on 20-30, whats the point?

Looks like I was right. Not happy though, but that stupid Dhoni has been so predictable. And even worse, he got Nehra in, Jai ho!

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 17:03

Marten: Send word to GG, via your kirkiting contacts "Don't throw your wicket". It sucks big time, when a set batsman throws the wicket, and the naked parade starts soon after. MSD could not concentrate, cuz, he kept asking "wtf did we drop Ashwin". Ashwin seems to be intelligent than Nehra.

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 30 Mar 2011 17:03

if ur review is successful, you get another one..

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 30 Mar 2011 17:03

MSD is a passenger in the team. him coming or going does not matter. politically blessed people are always safe...like non-performing ITvity managers.

we will be lucky to make 250.

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 30 Mar 2011 17:03

Mahendra wrote:Dhoni gone! what I don't understand is how did we get the third review?

you get back those that are successful

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 30 Mar 2011 17:04

review ... yikes

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 17:04

What India did before this match was it did not trust its good bowlers - spinners, but trusted more the pitch and its bad fast bowlers. So instead of asking its good bowlers to step it up a little, it started to pray hard like BRFites. Come on, how did they read the pitch so wrong?

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 30 Mar 2011 17:05

I have a bad feeling about dropping Ashwin today.
India will lose onlee

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 30 Mar 2011 17:05

dont know why people keep so much emotional 'stake' in it.

win or lose is PAK going to be less of a craphole and problem ? No.

add to that a captain who cannot command a batting spot if we use fair yardsticks and doesnt make right choices. I hope the media now starts to dig its claws into MSD which is long overdue - lucky escapes being marketed as chankian moves in the past, riding on coat tails of SRT/RD/VVS....

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 17:06

Bhaji just needs to take singles. No big heroism required now.

Patni · Post by **Patni** » 30 Mar 2011 17:08

Enough indicators that the pitch is not flat or easy to bat on. Odd bowls are keeping low and have seen turn and good amount of reverse swing on display. Zek would be handful..

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 30 Mar 2011 17:11

batten down the hatches, keep wickets and keep taking the singles

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 30 Mar 2011 17:12

SwamyG wrote:Bhaji just needs to take singles. No big heroism required now.

x2 bat out 50 overs make 250+.... that looks defensible....no ashwin though.

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 30 Mar 2011 17:14

Patni wrote:Enough indicators that the pitch is not flat or easy to bat on. Odd bowls are keeping low and have seen turn and good amount of reverse swing on display. Zek would be handful..

I agree. There is enough juice in this pitch to keep indian pacers busy.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 30 Mar 2011 17:15

wow. first 4 in 15 overs.

wtf is going on with our team....

negi · Post by **negi** » 30 Mar 2011 17:17

^ Occassion and obviously big 'panauti' who sits in Mohali and watches the tamsha.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 30 Mar 2011 17:17

I hope its is as hard as this to score when Pakis come out to bat.

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 30 Mar 2011 17:17

This is the batting powerplay, get the shots in. No point pottering about. I disagree on the playing out 50 overs. We need the runs, get them or we sink.