Can England spoil India's party ?

[javier26]

England are already out of the tournament so they have nothing to lose and the pressure is off their back. India is almost there but need to avoid defeat in the last Test. The English team has the chance to avoid a series defeat and knock India out of the WTC Finals.

 

If anyone asked this question before the start of the series , you could have dismissed any chance of that happening but after the shocking English victory in the first test , nothing can be guaranteed.

 

India have dominated England in the last two tests but considering the criticism that the pitch has invited, the curators  most likely will produce a relatively batting friendly pitch. So if luck favours England and they win the toss, get a big first innings score then India could be under pressure and the script of first test can be repeated.

 

The English Camp and their Media has whined enough to ensure that the pitch in the next match is likely to be more balanced and less favourable to the home team.

Edited March 1, 2021 by javier26

[nevada]

Absolutely! The series score isn't 2-0 or 3-0. England still have a chance to equal the score in a series where they lost 2 matches back to back in humiliating fashion. So they will be very motivated plus there's the satisfaction of ruining our chances for the WTC. The pressure is on India to qualify for WTC. We got past one virtual knock out in T3 and have to repeat the feat in T4 also, which is not going to be easy. Rohit has been the difference maker in T2 and T3 and is due for a failure. None of the other batsmen seem capable of making big scores and that's a big problem. So if a turning pitch is prepared, it could prove to be a disaster if Rohit falls cheaply. 

Edited March 1, 2021 by nevada

[R!TTER]

1 hour ago, nevada said:

Absolutely! The series score isn't 2-0 or 3-0. England still have a chance to equal the score in a series where they lost 2 matches back to back in humiliating fashion. So they will be very motivated plus there's the satisfaction of ruining our chances for the WTC. The pressure is on India to qualify for WTC. We got past one virtual knock out in T3 and have to repeat the feat in T4 also, which is not going to be easy. Rohit has been the difference maker in T2 and T3 and is due for a failure. None of the other batsmen seem capable of making big scores and that's a big problem. So if a turning pitch is prepared, it could prove to be a disaster if Rohit falls cheaply. 

Need to bring in Pandua & KL if that's the case. Just load the batting up till 9 

[SRT100]

22 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

Need to bring in Pandua & KL if that's the case. Just load the batting up till 9 

 

Throw some more grenades at the pitch then field this team. We will win no matter we bat first or second.

 

3 spinners + Pandya to open the bowling is plenty.

 

Gill

Hitman

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Pant

Pandya

Mayank

Ashwin

Axar

Sundar

[Gollum]

We ain't losing another home test for at least 3 years 

[coffee_rules]

ICC will ensure an India entry into the first WTC final gets them the most value for the buck

[neel roy]

No they cant. We have the Mafias lol

[Jay]

12 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

ICC will ensure an India entry into the first WTC final gets them the most value for the buck

I totally get that. That's why I wonder if many high level games are fixed. If they wanted India to win then india would have beaten n.z in semis. India had rotten luck in that game as it should have really been a replay rather than a 2 day game. 

 

It depends on betting I feel.

[Norman]

11 minutes ago, Banton said:

England should win last match

 

Why?

[neel roy]

18 hours ago, Jay said:

I totally get that. That's why I wonder if many high level games are fixed. If they wanted India to win then india would have beaten n.z in semis. India had rotten luck in that game as it should have really been a replay rather than a 2 day game. 

 

It depends on betting I feel.

it was in tournament rules. Dont forget India beat England in 1999 and the match was played over two days. Exact same thing happened. Second innings bowled swung more and Ganguly got 3 wickets if i remember correctly and got mom award

[Tridibans_16]

48 minutes ago, Norman said:

 

Why?

His fantasy...

 

NZ have done nothing to deserve the WTC. Won at tailored made pitches at home (there also, they lost to England in 2019 but that series was not included in WTC).

 

Away from home, they did well in SL. No series win in India/ England/ Aus/ Sa in gazillion years

[Tridibans_16]

7 minutes ago, neel roy said:

it was in tournament rules. Dont forget India beat England in 1999 and the match was played over two days. Exact same thing happened. Second innings bowled swung more and Ganguly got 3 wickets if i remember correctly and got mom award

True. Completely agree with you.

 

WC 2019 SF we lost fair and square. No point bitching about it. Infact, we have this CHOKERS tag since the 2014 T20 IIRC.

 

We tend to get into semis easily only to lose in the knockouts.

[neel roy]

55 minutes ago, Banton said:

England should win last match.

Australia vs Nz at lords will be epic to watch.

Nz scraped into wtc final only by winning at home against all teams; India Pakistan and Windies. They played 2 away series. Thrashed by Aus 3-0 and drew pathetic Lanka 1-1. 
 

Whereas India won all against home: South Africa, Bangladesh, England ( till now)  and away against Windies, Australia. They only lost to Nz 2-0. 
 

Aus would have been the more apt opponent for India based on results. Their 4 points deducted by Boon in Melbourne came back to haunt them. 

[AuxiliA]

1 hour ago, Banton said:

England should win last match.

Australia vs Nz at lords will be epic to watch.

 

Australia doesn't deserve to make the finals after losing to India A at home and then chickening out of an away SA tour. 

[neel roy]

6 minutes ago, Tridibans_16 said:

His fantasy...

 

NZ have done nothing to deserve the WTC. Won at tailored made pitches at home (there also, they lost to England in 2019 but that series was not included in WTC).

 

Away from home, they did well in SL. No series win in India/ England/ Aus/ Sa in gazillion years

No England toured Nz in 2019 and Nz won 1-0. 

[sage]

NZ will be anxious India qualifies. Can see them getting thumped by the Aussies

[SRT100]

NZ would rather play India in a WTC Final than Australia.

 

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

Only India (read Kohli) can spoil India's party.

 

All we need is for the captain genius and his gang of yesmen coaches to show a little more confidence in hisbown team's ability to defeat these poms irrespective of the conditions. But somehow genius (and strangely a lot of fans) is/are convinced that on even normal spinning wickets, England has better chances of beating us. That's terribly underselling this team's capability.

 

To overcome this fear, we keep under-cooking the pitches and at some stage it is going to bite us badly.

[Lone Wolf]

12 hours ago, neel roy said:

No England toured Nz in 2019 and Nz won 1-0. 

That wasn't part of WTC.. 

[neel roy]

4 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

That wasn't part of WTC.. 

yes and the reason was it was a part of ftp but not wtc. Nz commentators were mentioning it a lot during second test when nz played very well and escaped with a draw