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I'll start with mine:

 

  • Australia will defeat the hosts on 14th July to win their 6th WC crown, 2nd on the trot and 5th of the last 6 editions
  • At end of group stage Eng will top, Ind 2nd, Aus 3rd, NZ 4th
  • Cummins MOS and MOM in the final, leading wicket taker with many memorable performances right throughout
  • Bairstow leading run scorer with 600+ runs, Kohli will lead the batting charts for majority time but then falter towards the end
  • Smith MOM in SF against India with a match winning 100
  • Kohli to fail yet again in a WC KO match
  • Kohli will win the toss in SF and elect to field first on a highway, hot sunny windless day with pitch slowing down in second half, chasing myth to be busted yet again after Aus set us a target in excess of 350
  • SF we will be reduced to 10/3 by Starc/Cummins, proceed to lose by 200+ runs as Zampa gets a 5fer
  • England will crush NZ by 9 wickets in the other semi 
  • Dhawan our top scorer with 500 odd runs, Shami top wicket taker
  • Bumrah will get injured and fly back home by the middle of group stage
  • Dhoni will score decent enough runs but mostly inconsequential/low impact ones, will top score in the SF like 2015 SF but at an even lower SR
  • Kohli to get a brilliant start but later on struggle with a troublesome back, will be among top 5 run scorers
  • Kuldeep to have a bang mediocre WC, Chahal will be among top wicket takers
  • Jaddu will cost us a couple of big matches with his selfishness
  • India-Pakistan match will be reduced to a 25 overs match courtesy rain and we will win comfortably...7-0
  • Our middle order will be non-existent, Bhuvi to bail us out of a couple of tricky situations with the bat
  • Rohit will get injured because of belly injury some time in the middle of group stage to be replaced by KLR who will do very well as replacement opener
  • Eng will score 500+ runs once in group stage, most probably against Lanka 
  • Aus batting will misfire in the beginning but get in groove by the end of group stage
  • Lanka will lose all 9 matches, Afg will win against Lanka/BD, Pak/WI will narrowly miss SF cut, RSA will finish a distant 7th in their worst ever display in a WC
  • BD will upset a couple of top teams but then hilariously lose to Afghans, Mushfiqur will be among the best batsmen on display with a couple of outstanding 100s
  • Rashid will be the best spinner of the edition, a couple of hat-tricks which will be a first in WC history
  • WI will score max number of 300+ scores, even more than Eng but poor bowling/catching will let them down
  • Pandya to struggle with the ball but have a memorable one with the bat, shades of 1999 Klusener 
  • Kohli/Root/Smith/KW all will have good WCs and be among top scorers
  • Many high profile injuries in middle of WC, especially those who participated in IPL: Rabada, Butler, Bumrah, Rohit, Malinga, Kock, Russell
  • Kohli-'It doesn't really feel like a bad WC', 'Aussies aren't my friends, Steve Smith ko katti', 'I am not here to fight with you', 'You people are jealous of Mahi Bhai, he will stay till 2035 WC'
  • Shastri will be the most bombastic coach on display
Edited by Gollum
Posted

England will win it beating New Zealand in the final. 

 

Jonny Bairstow will be MOTS. 

Trent Boult will be highest wicket taker. 

 

India to lose in the SF to England. 

Dhawan will be India's top scorer. 

Rohit will be an epic failure. 

 

Our winning streak against Hafeez Saeed gang will end. :frown:

 

Bumrah to start well , but fade away towards the end. 

 

Bhuvi will  be thrashed apart by the big teams.  

 

Kuldeep's wickets will be single digits. 

 

South Africa to lose to  a couple of games against lower teams most likely Ban/Sl. 

 

 

 

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  • Pandya, Warner n Maxwell wud be key players
  • I have huge expectation on stokes as well but not in great form 
  • Pakistan for sure wil do well in Wc.......can win also 
  • Kohli's captaincy will cost us Wc

 

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Kuldeep Yadav will bounce back after a disappointing IPL like Warner after a mediocre WI series in 1999

Eng will oust Aus in SF

Virat Kohli will have a great World Cup, time to set the record straight

Pakistan will be exposed as it was in the WC 2015 and Asia Cup

WI will be dark horse, 

Eng will win the WC

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  • India will lose one against one of Aus/Eng and one against less fancied Pak/SL. Will win rest.
  • Eng, Aus, Pak will be the other three semi finalists.
  • India - Aus final and India will be the first country since SL in 1996 to defeat Aus in finals and become Champions.
  • Kohli will be top 3 run scorer and MOM in finals and put GOAT ODI batsman discussion to rest.
  • Our bowlers will have exceptional tournament and mask the middle order failures.
  • Dhoni will be stand out middle order batsmen even eclipsing one of the openers.
  • It will be Warner, not Smith who will be MVP of Aus. 
  • Eng will have Morgan and Root as their MVP batsmen. They will score 450+ in two occasions and bundle out for 150- in another two occasions.
  • Pak will have a encore of 2017 CT in the league stages only to falter in semi finals
  • NZ will have a middling tourney
  • SA will have an epic failure tournament with Steyn, Rabada, ngidi missing out action in the middle due to injury. Probably end in 6 or 7 and never in semi final contention
  • Bang will surprise everyone and win at least three matches including WI and Afg
  • SL will win 3. Most probably against only Afg, Bang, WI
  • WI will win only 2 at max.
  • Afg will finish last but not before showing heroic performances here and there

 

 

 

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Bhai will mankad Kohli, Brat will go nuts & we'll have a diplomatic crisis of sorts.

 

KL, if he plays, will be India's top scorer.

 

Yadav the leading wicket taker, for India.

 

MS the best keeper, for India, & best batter, for opposition.

 

Jadhav, the best fielder for opponents.

 

We'll remember the horror stories of this WC for eons, will be on par with 79 WC in same venue.

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On current form, England, India and Australia are top three contenders. 

 

WI with create some upsets , will beat one big team but lack consistency , will not go all the way. 

 

NZL , will do well too, but won't make it to final. 

Posted

Chris Gayle 100 vs Australia

Sohaib Malik run out vs India

Jadhav drops a sitter if he plays (i want to get atleast one right)

Hetmyer 70 plus against India

 

Posted
1 hour ago, DHONI_FANN said:

Pakistan Nd Bangladesh won't win a single match :finger:

One of them has to win Pak vs BD unless a NR

Posted
On 5/6/2019 at 1:20 AM, Gollum said:

I'll start with mine:

 

  • Australia will defeat the hosts on 14th July to win their 6th WC crown, 2nd on the trot and 5th of the last 6 editions
  • At end of group stage Eng will top, Ind 2nd, Aus 3rd, NZ 4th
  • Cummins MOS and MOM in the final, leading wicket taker with many memorable performances right throughout
  • Bairstow leading run scorer with 600+ runs, Kohli will lead the batting charts for majority time but then falter towards the end
  • Smith MOM in SF against India with a match winning 100 
  • Kohli to fail yet again in a WC KO match 
  • Kohli will win the toss in SF and elect to field first on a highway, hot sunny windless day with pitch slowing down in second half, chasing myth to be busted yet again after Aus set us a target in excess of 350
  • SF we will be reduced to 10/3 by Starc/Cummins, proceed to lose by 200+ runs as Zampa gets a 5fer
  • England will crush NZ by 9 wickets in the other semi 
  • Dhawan our top scorer with 500 odd runs, Shami top wicket taker
  • Bumrah will get injured and fly back home by the middle of group stage
  • Dhoni will score decent enough runs but mostly inconsequential/low impact ones, will top score in the SF like 2015 SF but at an even lower SR
  • Kohli to get a brilliant start but later on struggle with a troublesome back, will be among top 5 run scorers
  • Kuldeep to have a bang mediocre WC, Chahal will be among top wicket takers
  • Jaddu will cost us a couple of big matches with his selfishness
  • India-Pakistan match will be reduced to a 25 overs match courtesy rain and we will win comfortably...7-0
  • Our middle order will be non-existent, Bhuvi to bail us out of a couple of tricky situations with the bat
  • Rohit will get injured because of belly injury some time in the middle of group stage to be replaced by KLR who will do very well as replacement opener
  • Eng will score 500+ runs once in group stage, most probably against Lanka 
  • Aus batting will misfire in the beginning but get in groove by the end of group stage
  • Lanka will lose all 9 matches, Afg will win against Lanka/BD, Pak/WI will narrowly miss SF cut, RSA will finish a distant 7th in their worst ever display in a WC
  • BD will upset a couple of top teams but then hilariously lose to Afghans, Mushfiqur will be among the best batsmen on display with a couple of outstanding 100s
  • Rashid will be the best spinner of the edition, a couple of hat-tricks which will be a first in WC history
  • WI will score max number of 300+ scores, even more than Eng but poor bowling/catching will let them down
  • Pandya to struggle with the ball but have a memorable one with the bat, shades of 1999 Klusener 
  • Kohli/Root/Smith/KW all will have good WCs and be among top scorers
  • Many high profile injuries in middle of WC, especially those who participated in IPL: Rabada, Butler, Bumrah, Rohit, Malinga, Kock, Russell
  • Kohli-'It doesn't really feel like a bad WC', 'Aussies aren't my friends, Steve Smith ko katti', 'I am not here to fight with you', 'You people are jealous of Mahi Bhai, he will stay till 2035 WC'
  • Shastri will be the most bombastic coach on display

I've highlighted the ones that I feel have a high probability, especially Shastri the cheerleading "coach" and Kohli flattering to deceive again in a ODI KO match.

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