The Cricket World Cup Thread

Sri · Post by **Sri** » 30 Mar 2011 18:12

My 2 cents ... game is evenly poised onlee...

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 18:12

It is tough call regarding Dhoni. He batted (wasted) 42 balls and scored 25 (@ SR 59.52). He was definitely slow, but he briefly held the team together with Tendulkar. Sachin and Dhoni had to play slow to avoid a real collapse. Dhoni scored mostly singles, but he gave many dot balls, another 5-7 runs from those dot balls would have inched our score towards more respectability.

Kohli, again gave lots of dot balls. So in the finals, Kohli and Dhoni have to get their act together

GG should be dropped.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 30 Mar 2011 18:12

Pakis Bat deep, even Umar Gul at 10 bats pretty well.

Against the Indian Bowling they will fancing this puny score. India need a miracle.

Pakis have had an excellant day with the Ball

sum · Post by **sum** » 30 Mar 2011 18:12

^^ time to start shivering in a nearby corner, given we have to defend a 260 total with soda pop "pacers" like Nehra and Munna ( can safely add 20 runs to each of their tally on account of their (non) fielding skills)

Sri · Post by **Sri** » 30 Mar 2011 18:13

chokka pehli ball par...

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 30 Mar 2011 18:13

Everyone except Gawd just earned a masters from pakistan institute of chuthyagiri.

Patni · Post by **Patni** » 30 Mar 2011 18:14

I feel the trick will be in not allowing more then 6 runs an over in first 3 power plays. a soft old ball will be hard to score off on this pitch. Immediate goal to restrict pakis to less then 90 and take away one or two wickets which would be bonus.

sum · Post by **sum** » 30 Mar 2011 18:15

rvishwak wrote:30 users online at this time. wow that mjust be a record for BRF

Not reall...27/11/2008 ( anyways, its a forgotten event since MMS has unilaterally jump-started the pi$$ process, forgive and forget) had ~150 guys online.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 30 Mar 2011 18:15

Neela wrote:^^^
Let us not discount the pitch. There was already a mention of how two-paced the pitch is.

Boss when India bats it is always a bowling Pitch, When opponents Bat it suddenly tuens into a Batting Pitch, havent we seen so many times in the past.

I will belive there is somthing in this Pitch inly if Pakis lose 3 or 4 wickets before the 10th over.

Kamran Akmal looks in fine touch he has smashed a boundaryy of the first ball

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 30 Mar 2011 18:16

India will lose onlee

Sridhar K · Post by **Sridhar K** » 30 Mar 2011 18:17

Kohli was a bit tense today. The worse thing is that most of our players got out playing defensive shots. Yuvraj played across a full ball, Kohli of a leading edge, Dhoni and Sehwag to LBWs. GG is hyper and not surprised that he got out stumped. Wish Sehwag had the luck of God today. Thanks to God's scrappy 80, Sehwags 38 and Raina, we got to 260.

Dew is a supposed to be a major factor for dropping Ashwin. Dew will help the ball come on to the bat and spinners will struggle to grip the ball. MChd went by history over current form. 3 seamers for Mohali or giving the last over to Nehra was based on history and not on current form. It may come back to haunt us. But MChD is a media darling. Except for Times now occasionally, media has been very supportive of him. Look at the cricinfo preview article today.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 30 Mar 2011 18:17

Neela wrote:Cricinfo remark:
I'm not sure about Ankit's maths here: "260 is not a bad score actually. Add 10 to it because of the pressure of a World Cup semi-final. Add another 15 to it because India's fielding will save that many. And add another 15 to it because of the pressure of both country's Prime Minister's watching. So it all adds up to a total of 300! Well done, India."
True that!

With Munfa, Nehra and Bhajji- is he serious???

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 18:17

rvishwak wrote:30 users online at this time. wow that mjust be a record for BRF

What is the point? Only few BRFites are working hard to get TI to win

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 30 Mar 2011 18:18

I am off till match is over. Indian was 140/2 and the moment i open cricnfo it was 140/4. Meanwhile, Akmal starts the inning with a 4.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 30 Mar 2011 18:20

Marten wrote:Watch the Pacquis smash a quickfire 50 and lose 5 by ten overs.

India needs to hang in, and not give up hope. Fight hard and earn some respect from fans.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 30 Mar 2011 18:20

Sushupti wrote:I am off till match is over. Indian was 140/2 and the moment i open cricnfo it was 140/4. Meanwhile, Akmal starts the inning with a 4.

Dude, you're a wicket taking viewer. Keep it going instead.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 30 Mar 2011 18:22

Zak not sharp today.

Sri · Post by **Sri** » 30 Mar 2011 18:23

Akmal is way too confident...

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 30 Mar 2011 18:23

KJoishy wrote:Aggy thinks Gawd was plumb out LBW....

So did Sunny:

BBC Test Match Special's Sunil Gavaskar

"It looked as if it was the doosra and it would have gone on to hit the stumps but the ball-tracker said it was not not a doosra, that the ball held its line and would have gone on to miss leg stump."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/9440585.stm

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 30 Mar 2011 18:23

I mean seriously, bhaat ij the problem with the coach hain ji?

Are TI's bowlers only for bowling?
Considering that they get plenty of opportunity to bat when TI goes out to bat (thanks to our glorious batting line up), shouldn't the coach teach them some basic skills and impart some spinal level intelligence?

1. If there is a genuine batsman at the other end and there are still 4-5 overs to go, the tailender is supposed to give the strike to the batsman. The tailender is allowed to go after a ball only if he believes that he will be able to connect it from the middle of the bat.
2. Surely the coach can give them that akkal no?
3. The way Nehra got run out, it seems the guy doesn't even watch someone running between the wickets. No concept of grounding the bat when running to the danger end. The guy practically just kept on running and wielded the bat in the air like it was Hanuman-ji's gada.
4. MS Dhoni's batting style (or lack of it) was on plenty of display. The way he was forced to keep shut by the paki spinners shows. A batsman with a weak technique will get exposed if a good spinner comes along and we are not in the slog overs. MSD was hard pressed to even take singles!

negi · Post by **negi** » 30 Mar 2011 18:24

I am back ; I think I bring a good omen I started watching from Raina's innings this morning.
I can see Pakis loosing 4 wickets in first 10 overs.

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 30 Mar 2011 18:24

This is depressing - yes there's a long way to go but still......

Vipin_Upadhyay · Post by **Vipin_Upadhyay** » 30 Mar 2011 18:25

With Agent Nehra in, we were not able to defend 300+ targets.

negi · Post by **negi** » 30 Mar 2011 18:25

WTF is Zak bowling around the wicket in initial overs to right handers ?

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 30 Mar 2011 18:27

MMS is going to watch the whole match???

Does ANY PM of India have so much time at hand to watch a full cricket match these days hain ji?

Sure hope that the PMO has a secure communications set up at the stadium and the babus have a lot of files there for him to look at. Since Sonia G, Rahul G, Sharad Pawar are also present, they could hold a party meet right there, or even a cabinet meet.

Sri · Post by **Sri** » 30 Mar 2011 18:27

No swing... bowlers have to ball into batsman... meanwhile one more boundary....

negi · Post by **negi** » 30 Mar 2011 18:27

^ Bchods are a big Panauti.

Vipin_Upadhyay · Post by **Vipin_Upadhyay** » 30 Mar 2011 18:28

Agent Nehra is bowling dollies...this game will be finished in 45 overs.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 30 Mar 2011 18:29

I am going for snaan. Dhoni, get sure the boys get a wkt or 2 in my absence.

negi · Post by **negi** » 30 Mar 2011 18:29

^ Yeah and if we get some please do some more time pass in the bathroom.

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 30 Mar 2011 18:33

vat zaheer out of attack. munna and lehra bowling in tandem ohh my god

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 30 Mar 2011 18:33

Come on boys. We can do this. India will lose onlee

Vipin_Upadhyay · Post by **Vipin_Upadhyay** » 30 Mar 2011 18:34

Khatmal trying to act too cute. Munna is looking aggressive

Sri · Post by **Sri** » 30 Mar 2011 18:34

Munna is looking good man...

A Nandy · Post by **A Nandy** » 30 Mar 2011 18:36

fielding can still save the day...bowlers look good

negi · Post by **negi** » 30 Mar 2011 18:37

Not so fast we need at least 4 such overs in tandem to build pressure so that Pakraoches collapse like a pack of cards.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 30 Mar 2011 18:37

Keep it tight Aaashish..

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 30 Mar 2011 18:37

We needed to use playing at home to our advantage.

This match should have been at Eden Gdns - lets see how the opposition batsmen play when they can't even hear themselves think because of 90,000 home fans.

The atmosphere here does not sound too great. (or am I just looking for excuses?). It's too 'friendly' and good natured.

negi · Post by **negi** » 30 Mar 2011 18:38

^ If nothing else they wouldn't have come unbruised out of the stadium.

Vipin_Upadhyay · Post by **Vipin_Upadhyay** » 30 Mar 2011 18:40

Even commentators were saying two left arms bowling becomes predictable.