India not favourites to win

[rkt.india]

Afghanistan just got lucky that they got to bowl on a damp pitch which later which eased out. Not much to read here.

Edited June 22, 2019 by rkt.india

[rkt.india]

9 minutes ago, ravishingravi said:

I don’t blame Dhoni. I blame selectors and team management. You have the most promising young wicketkeeper batsman and he is initially kept out of the squad for the man playing his fourth WC. 

 

Of all the batsmen from IPL drama, they couldn’t pick another proper batsman to play. 

 

I am still trying to figure the appeal of Jadhav and Shankar. What am I not seeing ? 

Man playing his 4th WC has one innings worth talking about in WCs.

[kubrickian]

2 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Afghanistan just got lucky that they got to bowl on a damp pitch which later 

Their spinners bowled wicket to wicket and didnt try too much, even seamers bowled more slower deliveries. Pandya over did the bouncers in the middle overs and that made him predictable. When you bowl cutters on this wicket, it was more difficult to time the ball and harder to hit. It was also bouncing awkwardly on occasions.

Edited June 22, 2019 by kubrickian

[rkt.india]

Absence of dhawan will hurt. Dhawan opening and Rahul at 4 was best combo.

[Suhaan]

Actually we are playing with 8 men and still punching above our weight

Fku Dhoni,jadhav

Fku Cummmmmins 

Kamina

Edited June 22, 2019 by Suhaan

[Yoda-esque]

16 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

This Ind team can defend 200-250 against any team. Dhawan is a big blow but Dhoni has to take responsibility and he is continuously sucking. 

 

Its a question of ability and dhoni does not have it.Dhoni is sucking because he has become that bad.

[rkt.india]

1 minute ago, kubrickian said:

Their spinners bowled wicket to wicket and didnt try too much, even seamers bowled more slower deliveries. Pandya over did the bouncers in the middle overs and that made him predictable. When you bowl cutters on this wicket, it was more difficult to time the ball and harder to hit. It was also bouncing awkwardly on occasions.

Same spinners were tonked till now. Short ball got wickets and was the right tactic at that time.

[kubrickian]

Just now, rkt.india said:

Same spinners were tonked till now. Short ball got wickets and was the right tactic at that time.

It may have got wickets but it becomes predictable when you overdo it which was what Indian seamers did. Because target was low, they were happy to let those bouncers go and didnt get out and sometimes they expected the short delivery and played the pull and scored boundaries.

 

If Indian seamers had varied the pace lot more, it would have been difficult to score on this slow track.

[Adi BB]

3 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Same spinners were tonked till now. Short ball got wickets and was the right tactic at that time.

While I agree with you but the same spinners were bowling against stroke makers and then suddenly got to bowl against the likes of dhoni's (S/r of 67 against spin in last 2 years),jhadavs (doesn't use his feet and struggles against decent spinners),rauls,Shankars etc .

Indian middle order is just not good,we saw what Australia did with maxxy,Lyons and zampa 2 months ago in India 

[nitinbwj]

Batting have some issues but our bowling especially the death and middle over choke job is the best in this WC.I have hope that even if we score 250,we will defend it.

[putrevus]

Nobody said India was favorite to win world cup. Dhawan's loss is massive.Rahul is not dependable at all and has massive issues which I don't think are solvable.

[Stuge]

After this match ,I feel we have no middle order at all 

 

Btw,Totally drained after India's match as a fan .I feel, I should just stop following cricket now -_-

Edited June 22, 2019 by Stuge

[Ankit_sharma03]

how are we not fav we are unbeaten till now and have played tough games.  If India is not fav i dont knw who is 

[ravishingravi]

1 hour ago, putrevus said:

Nobody said India was favorite to win world cup. Dhawan's loss is massive.Rahul is not dependable at all and has massive issues which I don't think are solvable.

Bookies in London have them as top favourite.