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

[rkt.india]

7 hours 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. 

Our spinners are no threat to England, it was clear last year itself. Our pacers will have to work on their cutters.

[Insidious]

4 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Our spinners are no threat to England, it was clear last year itself. Our pacers will have to work on their cutters.

Especially shami. Also I feel shami should share the new ball with Bhuvi, as shami is the only bowler who looks like getting wicket with new ball. One strange thing is why indian bowler couldn't get any reverse swing in any of the matches whereas wahab is getting it in almost every match. Shami would be effective in death if the ball started to get reverse.

 

[nevada]

10 hours ago, 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. 

Naya Zealand has a good bowling attack. We are better off facing the English bowlers. We just need to get lucky and bat first.

[Amit228]

Toss is imperative... Whosoever wins the toss will win 50% match then nd their itself.. the pitch will slow down even further as match progresses on...  given our middle order in shambles i won't bet my money on us chasing... Win the toss bat first...England can fluff big time in a slow pitch chasing as evident from theirs lanka encounter.. Kl rahul needs to step up big time... Play Kuldeep instead of chahal..  shami needs to work on his death bowling credentials.. he would have lost us previous match single handedly if not for bumrah.. well on dhoni we just need to hope he bats wearing yellow jursey nd can somehow see unadkats nd dhawals in English bowlers..

[Stuge]

15 hours ago, Master_better said:

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

they might ....SAF just wants to go out and enjoy and prove a point.

[Stuge]

13 hours ago, prinzo said:

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

even if you score 275 on a belter of track .In WC semis that's more like 325 due to pressure of tournament in line .

[Master_better]

I would back India to chase anything in 300-320 range against Eng if the pitch is similar to what we got earlier. 

[vishalvirsingh]

On 7/3/2019 at 10:37 PM, Master_better said:

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

R u kidding.

 

S Africa is looking weaker than pak or Bangadesh

[Vilander]

 

 

 

On 7/3/2019 at 1:07 PM, Master_better said:

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

corrected. 

[Vilander]

16 minutes ago, vishalvirsingh said:

R u kidding.

 

S Africa is looking weaker than pak or Bangadesh

they will beat Aus, they found a new bowler, its a travesty. they are one batsman short and we all know who that was as well.

[Vilander]

23 hours ago, Khota said:

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

same is true of India Aus game as well in the reverse. 

 

[Khota]

2 hours ago, Vilander said:

same is true of India Aus game as well in the reverse. 

 

That is true. I prefer England because revenge games generally go to losers.