India vs SA, 1st T20I (N), Thiruvananthapuram

[cricketfan28]

lol maharaj .. joker batting.

[Sgattick10]

1 minute ago, maniac said:

Except for Indian players most players even from minnow nations seem to have a second skill or atleast make up with fielding. We have likes of Chahal, Avesh , Arshdeep etc who are as one dimensional as it gets. Even Bumrah even though he is a world class bowler 

Bumrah is decent in test, we don't even have Shami like slogger in current team. 

[Norman]

What is with this weird fetish with these slow wide yorkers which are just extra runs for the opponent? 

 

Just bowl hard length or go for straight yorkers. 

[maniac]

If Harshal is getting phattu bowling to tailenders at this situation, how can you trust him in a big pressure match

[vvvslaxman]

A total to fight for

[maniac]

Haris Rauf/ Starc/ Ferguson/ Wood/Nortje would usually be bowling this over and they would have wrapped up these tailenders by now. We have Harshal as back up to Bumrah

Edited September 28, 2022 by maniac

[Lone Wolf]

Watching both Lahore & this current game...  Zero atmosphere on both venues. 

 

[zen]

106/8 after 20 … got like 30 runs more than what Ind would have hoped after SA was 9/5

 

Now what SA needs is some to bowl a 4 for 10 kind of spell (and hope for no dew) … Ind will play normal cricket, knowing how the pitch played 

[putrevus]

9/5 and still not able to bowl them out is very very bad.

[Lone Wolf]

Sheer pace from Wood..  Takes out Haider. 

[Swag]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

Watching both Lahore & this current game...  Zero atmosphere on both venues. 

 

Barber became out, hence the dwindling atmosphere there.  It will come back once Asif Ali is in.

[vvvslaxman]

10 minutes ago, Norman said:

Poor over by Arshdeep. 

Inexperience. His Yorkers are his best bet. Not these bouncers

[maniac]

Is that really Ajit Agarkar? He looks like he has been aged with one of those Facebook apps. Looks very fake 

[cricketfan28]

arhsdeep is bowling version of KL , looks dejected.

[putrevus]

5 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Inexperience. His Yorkers are his best bet. Not these bouncers

Yorkers are not easy to bowl. as height and stance along with where batsman stand in the crease play a vital role. I doubt Arshdeep or Harshal will be effective bowling those yorkers on consistent basis.

 

You still need pace to lock batsman at the crease to bowl yorkers. 

[cricketfan28]

10/3 loading .

[Norman]

Rahul is in pathetic form and even terrible head space at the moment. Will end in tears again at the world Cup. 

[Swag]

Maiden over opening.

[maniac]

This is exactly why we will

never win clutch games. You have to put your foot down on the throat when you have the opponents on the ropes. 
 

if we can’t take initiative in such games expect even more phattuness in knockouts and marquee games 

[Sgattick10]

Lol Ifti chachu is 32