India decided to bat first..
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
- Thread starter Samid
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feck Australia.
Was slightly surprised, but then again, we don't chase too well against Aussies in tournaments
Yeah most balanced maybe. However, overall I'd argue England would be up there as the strongest side (easily the strongest batting).
Srilanka Afghanistan play on Tuesday mate.
Who comes up with those 'game plan' graphics? Apparently India's 'game plan' is to not lose wickets. Groundbreaking stuff.
With the relative lack of depth in India’s batting that’s probably their only plan.
Very slow pitch.
Time to get a move on ffs.
I swear I was going to post exactly this. We are so fecking slow.
Probably for the casual watchers.
This is the first match I’ve watched this tournament where there hasn’t been anything in the pitch for the bowlers early on.
*I haven’t watched every match
*I haven’t watched every match
No incompetent umpiring this time, thank you.
Really slow start, need to start picking it up.
Good work by the Indian openers, see off Cummins and Starc and go after the rest. There's a huge drop off in quality there
With no swing, Coulter-Nile isn't much use.
With no swing, Coulter-Nile isn't much use.
Not much in terms of bowling here. Hopefully India works the ball and control scores in second session.
Is Nathan Lyons injured or just strategically dropped? I’m hoping that India’s spinners will be the difference on this pitch.
Holy crap. Its done literally nothing since ball 1, why are we so watchful?
We played on similar pitches against Aus a few months back and 350 wasnt enough then.
We played on similar pitches against Aus a few months back and 350 wasnt enough then.
Nothing wrong with a slow start. We saw yesterday how slow England started off. If this slow start means Dhawan finds some form, it will help India in the long run, even if they end up losing today's match. But, we all know how lethal these two can be if they get into the groove
England went off after 5 overs. All we're doing is building pressure on ourselves.
We'll probably unfairly blame numbers 4,5,6 in the lineup for being not being able to accelerate fast enough
They're playing fine.
What the hell are you guys complaining about? It's been an excellent start.
Somewhat improved but it looks an absolute belter of a wicket.
Why are people surprised? This is how we play. It sometimes puts pressure on lower order to accelerate too much but this is tried and true strategy for us. With 2 spinners I am confident that we can defend 300 + here though ideally we should get at least 330
This sort of start means one of these two has to go on and get a big total.
Now It's fine but after seven it was 22/0. One dismissal and it'd have been a lot of pressure on Kohli and the rest of batsman.
They've been playing fine from the beginning. Seeing out Starc and Cummins' first spells without a wicket is worth an additional 25 runs.
Agreed.. I'd be very happy with 100 in 20 and 150 in 30(with 2 or less down).
HI welcome to watching Rohit Sharma play.
Guess we'll know when Australia bat. History shows that the par total is 310 - 320 at The Oval.
Fantastic start. 320+
This has been a masterclass. See off Starc and Cummins, go after the rest. Caf posters just love moaning for the sake of it.
Very sensible
Wickets can change this and dent the run rate easily. But they played sensible against the better bowlers and settled
Wickets can change this and dent the run rate easily. But they played sensible against the better bowlers and settled
This is vintage Shi-Ro.
Scoreboard pressure seems to be a big factor in the World Cup so this is a fantastic start by India here.
This is a really good start. Easily over 300
Absolute class now.
Australia's support bowlers are shite and the main reason why they won't win the tournament.
They'll be effective when Starc and Cummins take wickets. Coulter Nile is a pretty good bowler - as is Zampa.