zen Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) I expected it to reach SF but not beyond that. Moreover, it was hard to visualize a team playing phattu cricket with the cup. And of course the established senior guys continued to milk Ind cricket. Openers secured their role, played in the same position for years, and never once allowed anyone to play up. Scored runs in batting friendly conditions while coming up a cropper in bowling friendly ones. Those tried in the MO never got a consistent run to develop their game and were subjected to musical chairs. In the end, Ind reaped what it sowed. Hope that the team is able to learn from its mistakes. Edited July 13, 2019 by zen Unstable Joe and Vijy 2 Link to comment
Norman Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 They reached my pre tournament expectations. But , mid way through , we looked like the best of all and suddenly reaching final was the minimum criteria. And they failed it. indianheart and Unstable Joe 1 1 Link to comment
zen Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 Eng also ate Kulcha for breakfast. Switchblade and Unstable Joe 1 1 Link to comment
prudent_kreeda Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Before the start of WC , these were the expectations . 1. Initially ball will swing in England and all 3 openes are sitting ducks vs movement . Hence reaching SF was almost impossible. But there was not a lot of swing. 2. No experienced top batsman in MO who was in good form , hence not much support if Openers fail. Same as expected 3. Expected one of Chahal or Kuldip will be murgered by ENG , WI OR AUS. Almost Same as expected . No great shakes by the 2 . 3. Expected MSD to do tuk- tukai and land us in trouble in chases . Same as expected 4. Expected great WC for Kohli Middling sucecss 5. Expected not too great WC for Rohit & Dhawan. Played above expectations . Majorly above expected play by Rohit & Dhawan helped us to win 3 initial matches and we could go to SF. Else there was no surprise. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 League stage they performed more than expected and finished 1. I eexpected them to lose one of the first 4 games but they managed to be brilliant then. But in Semi Final, they were opposite. Below average. Had they ran into Australia of 2003, I would have been fine, but they lost to average NZ team, which was a below par performance for me. Link to comment
R!TTER Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 1 hour ago, zen said: Eng also ate Kulcha for breakfast. That was one game & a short boundary played a huge role, also while Chahal was belted more in that game - it was Kuldeep who was dropped & we all know what mental midget did against NZ, including his fumbles! Unstable Joe 1 Link to comment
R!TTER Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Cricketics said: Had they ran into Australia of 2003 Had England ran into that Oz side they'd be demolished anywhere in England as well, I see your point however with all the weakness masked by a firing Sharma or Shami, it was only a matter of time when one or both their failures would cost us. I think team selection cost us the most this WC & as always with Kohli there's no telling what brain dead roulette will he draw next. Unstable Joe 1 Link to comment
Ajju Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Reached expectations DID bet with my friends that top 3 ll choke in KO Unstable Joe 1 Link to comment
zen Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) With the benefit of hindsights (and points I made before the WC), below should have been the squad (assuming everyone is fit and available) Dhawan Agarwal/Shaw (Test level openers/players) Kohli Rohit Pant Pandya Jadeja Bhuvi Kuldeep/Chahal Shami Bumrah 14 - Saini 15 - WK batsman like Kishan or someone like KL, who can keep if required in short term Edited July 13, 2019 by zen Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I expected them to reach final but not win it Switchblade 1 Link to comment
chewy Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 After end of group phase I expected India to win WC as the minimum So all in all, total failure from India Where is option 4...win WC Link to comment
Khota Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I expected India to win it all. Link to comment
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