Why did we choose to bowl first on such a flat pitch ?

[Lannister]

A chase against a good bowling attack will always be a risky move and not to mention Pakistan's history of struggles with respect to run chase. So basically a moronic decision. 

[Deleted_User_1]

I blame this loss on complacent phuck de India fans 

[TNAmarkFrmIndia]

7 minutes ago, Lannister said:

A chase against a good bowling attack will always be a risky move and not to mention Pakistan's history of struggles with respect to run chase. So basically a moronic decision. 

If we can't chase against them, we most likely wouldn't have done a good job batting first either.

[Lannister]

5 minutes ago, TNAmarkFrmIndia said:

If we can't chase against them, we most likely wouldn't have done a good job batting first either.

It's one thing to chase against teams like Bangladesh. Whether we want to believe it or not Pak has got some good bowlers. 

[bleaf27]

Because Kohli.....you do not question him.......just ask the owners of RCB 

[express bowling]

10 minutes ago, TNAmarkFrmIndia said:

If we can't chase against them, we most likely wouldn't have done a good job batting first either.

We did in the first match of the tournament.

[TNAmarkFrmIndia]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

We did in the first match of the tournament.

We don't have Wahab Riaz to score off of at the other end anymore.

[fineleg]

@express bowling I tend to agree with you, better to have batted first. But, having said that - for all you know, what if we didn't win the toss, we must be prepared to chase, and assuming that for whatever reason (no matter who won the toss) - we are chasing - WE GOTTA BOWL BETTER in a finals, and cannot implode at 340 chase like this (Rohit and esp. Kohli). 340 chase these days is like 280 of previous years, cannot implode like this.

[express bowling]

1 minute ago, fineleg said:

@express bowling I tend to agree with you, better to have batted first. But, having said that - for all you know, what if we didn't win the toss, we must be prepared to chase, and assuming that for whatever reason (no matter who won the toss) - we are chasing - WE GOTTA BOWL BETTER in a finals, and cannot implode at 340 chase like this (Rohit and esp. Kohli). 340 chase these days is like 280 of previous years, cannot implode like this.

 

I agree. Batting first is just one aspect.

 

We are having a bad day today, both with the bat and the ball.

 

Even now, the match is winnable if we keep cool.

[bleaf27]

In the 1st game against Pakistan , yes we won but our win was far from a convincing win.

 

1. Wahab Riaz bowling gave us extra 30-40 runs
2. Yuvraj played a blinder - very lucky 
3. Rohit survived Amir - he deserved to be done in the first over by Amir

If you take those 3 factors out - our performance against Pak in the first game was nothing special. 

[chewy]

Can't complain 

indian bowling was predictable throughout CT

to have Pak  score 300 is an embarrassment 

[CG]

15 minutes ago, bleaf27 said:

In the 1st game against Pakistan , yes we won but our win was far from a convincing win.

 

1. Wahab Riaz bowling gave us extra 30-40 runs
2. Yuvraj played a blinder - very lucky 
3. Rohit survived Amir - he deserved to be done in the first over by Amir

If you take those 3 factors out - our performance against Pak in the first game was nothing special. 

Lol that's cricket my friend if and buts.If bumrah had not overstepped we might me winning too.

[Lord]

59 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Now, scoreboard pressure working against us  !!!!

hardly any wicket fell due to scoreboard pressure

[express bowling]

9 minutes ago, Lord said:

hardly any wicket fell due to scoreboard pressure

Do you think we would be 80 for 6 if we were chasing 250  ?

[Lord]

9 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Do you think we would be 80 for 6 if we were chasing 250  ?

if we bat like this and they bowl like this-yes

 

We are going at under 5 rpo.Hardly going after it

[someone]

It was the right decision to bowl. Every team should make decisions on their own strengths and form. We are and have been excellent chasers.

[express bowling]

3 minutes ago, Lord said:

if we bat like this and they bowl like this-yes

 

We are going at under 5 rpo.Hardly going after it

Chasing a big score creates mental pressure which leads to unforced errors.

 

That aspect is not visible to us.

[Lord]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

Chasing a big score creates mental pressure which leads to unforced errors.

 

That aspect is not visible to us.

We are talking about a team thats known for chasing big scores

 

if they succumbed to pressure here,they would have done anyway

[someone]

4 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Chasing a big score creates mental pressure which leads to unforced errors.

That aspect is not visible to us.

 Similarly, we have many times won chasing big scores and that  creates confidence and experience. Thus we rightly believed in chasing. Also, it was the trend to chase in this tournament. Surely, form(tread) and experience is most important and thus bowling was a perfect decision.

[express bowling]

Just now, Lord said:

We are talking about a team thats known for chasing big scores

 

if they succumbed to pressure here,they would have done anyway

There is a huge difference between bilateral series games, league stage games and an ICC Tournament final against Pakistan.