India a poor one day team, anything beyond Semis a bonus

[Number]

Our ODI team has declined in the last 3-4 years. CT 2013 was a blip otherwise we have been really poor in ODIs.

 

Lost home series to Pakistan badly

Won 3-2 against England at home, Won 3-2 against Aus at home,  Won 2-1 against WI at home - all of these are below avg performances considering our domination at home.

Could not win a single ODI in SA 2013

Could not win a single ODI in NZ 2013

Lost to Bangladesh

Lost to SA at home

Lost 4-1 to Aus which had their C team bowling attack

Barely managed to beat NZ at home

 

Looking at the squad barring Kohli there is not a single player has a fixed spot in the XI.

This is so different from 2011 WC where 7-8 players selected themselves.

Although with SL and Pak in our group I expect us to go to SFs but beyond that we shouldn't expect much.
 

 

 

 

Edited May 8, 2017 by Number

[kira]

 

1 minute ago, Number said:

Although with SL and Pak in our group I expect us to go to SFs but beyond that we shouldn't expect much.

That's the problem,  even with a bad team we can beat phateechar teams like Pakistan and make the semis and people will think that we had a successful tourney. We haven't won an away series in a long long time and we failed to win a single match in south africa and nz and barely won 1 against australia C attack, these are bad performances but we keep selecting the same faces. But I am still hopeful for the champs trophy 

[beetle]

Beat right and left neighbors.

Reach semis.

That will be considered   good.

[BCCI]

anything beyond semis,tou reh kya gaya fir 

[BeautifulGame]

Sorry even in Australia were conditions suit us the worst , we reached the Semis .

 

With an inexperienced team in 2013 ,we won the tournament.

 

We are a tournament team,Doesnt matter the results in bilateral series .

 

Anything less than final will be a disappointment .We are good enough (yes this squad is )beat everyone and win the CT.

 

 

[Number]

10 minutes ago, BCCI said:

anything beyond semis,tou reh kya gaya fir 

I meant winning semifinal will be a bonus

[The Realist]

With the few countries that play cricket reaching the semi's is not exactly an achievement.

 

The odi team has been a shambles for years with the likes of Rahane stinking it out as test format players are continuously selected.

[BCCI]

6 minutes ago, Number said:

I meant winning semifinal will be a bonus

Top 4 presumably

Ind SA Eng Aus

 

Ind vs Eng for final slot,looks beatable.

Ind vs Aus,I think Aus have too much firepower.

[speedheat]

Beat the hell out of that Pakistan and I will be happy with this team

 

[Number]

32 minutes ago, BCCI said:

Top 4 presumably

Ind SA Eng Aus

 

Ind vs Eng for final slot,looks beatable.

Ind vs Aus,I think Aus have too much firepower.

Although anything can happen on that day but I'd back England to beat us in England.

They performed quite well in India in ODIs.

They can score 325+ against us in England. Can't say confidently that we can chase this much in England.

Edited May 8, 2017 by Number

[kira]

2 minutes ago, Prince_ said:

Won't be surprised if we lose all the matches in CT. 

Bang bros will indeed lose all the matches bro, you don't need to tell us that 

[Number]

2 minutes ago, Prince_ said:

Won't be surprised if we lose all the matches in CT. 

Agree.

You guys are in difficult group with Aus, NZ and England.

[BeautifulGame]

Won't be surprised if we lose all the matches in CT. 

[Sidhoni]

I think this is our strongest bowling lineup for ODI team in some time if we look at current form. I do not think Bumrah and Shami have played together before.

 

I'd say reaching semis is a given with our group. But don't fool yourself, this team is capable of going all the way. Last time as well pessimists here were not even sure of reaching semis and we know what happened.

[speedheat]

:hysterical:

[Gollum]

41 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

[BCCI]

1 hour ago, Number said:

Although anything can happen on that day but I'd back England to beat us in England.

They performed quite well in India in ODIs.

They can score 325+ against us in England. Can't say confidently that we can chase this much in England.

Difficult but beatable,their bowling doesnt scare me,quite hittable.

[Autonomous]

Don't worry too much, SF or Final is a sure shot for India. 

 

Plus in knock outs anything can happen so chill up.

[kira]

ICF should thank me, I trigger so many padosi lurkers that they are forced to make an account to reply to my comments

[beetle]

Guys...stick to the topic.