are we going to play england at Birmingham in the semis?

[cowboysfan]

i dont think our batsmen or bowlers prefer the pitch there plus the boundaries are ridiculous.

[sandeep]

There's no way semi final will be played with a 59 m boundary.

[veer]

We should be ok since we have 2 ODI experience on that ground.. 

[Vijy]

4 minutes ago, sandeep said:

There's no way semi final will be played with a 59 m boundary.

knowing Eng and ICC, don't be surprised if they will find a way to shorten it to 50m.

[Norman]

I hope South Africa does a big favour to us and beat Aussies somehow. 

 

we'll beat Lanka and finish top and face Naya Zealand. 

[flamy]

Just play Bhuvi Shami Bumrah.

[Master_better]

Just now, Norman said:

I hope South Africa does a big favour to us and beat Aussies somehow. 

 

we'll beat Lanka and finish top and face Naya Zealand. 

South Africa is fully capable of beating OZ provided they treat this as a bilateral encounter 

[SK_IH]

18 minutes ago, sandeep said:

There's no way semi final will be played with a 59 m boundary.

Yep the SF pitch will be another one, dimensions will be reasonable 

[sandeep]

11 minutes ago, Stumped said:

The semi final pitch will be 2 strips over from the last 2 India have played at Edgbaston.

Good that Virat called out the ridiculous boundary rope games played by the foreign legion.

[velu]

if we bat first , england will be in big trouble 

[Master_better]

Who will be the umpires?  Hope it's not Aleem Dar and that Sri Lankan idiot 

[rangeelaraja]

11 minutes ago, Master_better said:

Who will be the umpires?  Hope it's not Aleem Dar and that Sri Lankan idiot 

Hope the match referee is NOT Ranjan Madugalle. He will ensure , we will get cheated on the toss

[nitinbwj]

19 minutes ago, velu said:

if we bat first , england will be in big trouble 

If we bat first,bye bye Eng.Batting second has huge disadvantage.The pitch gets extremely slow here.Eng have been 'lucky' with the tosses..

[prinzo]

It's all good to say bat first. But a collapse can happen

[Pandya_Power]

I still think we should risk Kuldeep. He could easily run through them if its his day.

 

On another note, the Eng vs NZ game tells us we were decent in our chase to get past 300 at least. Eng lost their way while batting first too to end with just 305. 

 

We should back ourselves. Pace off the ball is the way to go on this ground. 

[Khota]

England played their best game and India did not. I am not too worried. Johnny Jee has to fail next time.

[Vijy]

21 minutes ago, Pandya_Power said:

I still think we should risk Kuldeep. He could easily run through them if its his day.

 

On another note, the Eng vs NZ game tells us we were decent in our chase to get past 300 at least. Eng lost their way while batting first too to end with just 305. 

 

We should back ourselves. Pace off the ball is the way to go on this ground. 

Kuldeep has not been a wkt taking threat this WC, and even his run containment has been so-so. TM should play him only if the pitch is old and has something spinners can exploit. One of the chief reasons we lost against Eng (apart from slow start, Dhoni tuk-tuk) was the ineffectiveness of spin twins.

[rangeelaraja]

yes

[flamy]

Is it within ICC rules to be flexible with the 11? Kohli can sub a spinner for a pacer based on whether we bowl first or second (not that he's that clever, times like these we need Sangakkara  )

[rkt.india]

10 hours ago, cowboysfan said:

i dont think our batsmen or bowlers prefer the pitch there plus the boundaries are ridiculous.

SF will be played on a fresh pitch, so, boundaries will become more balanced.