Pakistan/Bangladesh/NZ Tri Series

[Norman]

2 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

Beating a full strength NZ in their home

 

Not really. 

 

Guptill, Santner, Milne and Lockie will all play the first game against Australia if they're fit. 

[vivek04]

Sodhi woke up his Indian heart on choking in finals.

[Norman]

Pakistan, the inaugural champions of the Banglawash trophy... 

[vvvslaxman]

wow. NZ bowling is more toothless than ours lol  Ticktock guy reminds me of Shivam Dube

[nitinbwj]

Pak's six hitters

Nawaz, Haider, Asif, Shadab, Iftikhar

They are a dangerous side and will start as favorites against Sharma and Dravid XI

[Downtown]

Our bowling is at least not this worse like NZ. 

[Downtown]

NZ bowlers lacked intensity and determination to win. Their body language was down from the beginning. Indian bowlers will not be this easy for the mediocre pak batting. That hack Haider clicked in one-off game after trillion failures and managed to win it. Fluke victory. But it's a good thing. They'll start as fav'tes against Ind. And we've always performed well during such situations. Can't wait to thrash this good-for-nothing pak team on Oct 23rd.

[vvvslaxman]

8 minutes ago, Banton said:

Indian bowlers would have given these runs in 18 overs with 1-2 wicket.

Seems like Pakistan cannot be stopped by any team. Let us give the cup already to them.

[Lone Wolf]

This win is purely on Pakistani bowlers...  Kiwis ended up defending a under par total on a good batting pitch. 

[Lone Wolf]

17 minutes ago, Norman said:

 

Not really. 

 

Guptill, Santner, Milne and Lockie will all play the first game against Australia if they're fit. 

Agree on these 3 but Guptill...  He probably will be benched for Allen.  Kiwi selectors are looking at long term wrt to Allen. 

[nitinbwj]

15 minutes ago, Banton said:

Chahal will be targeted by pakistani batsmen.

Good.

[nitinbwj]

15 minutes ago, Downtown said:

NZ bowlers lacked intensity and determination to win. Their body language was down from the beginning. Indian bowlers will not be this easy for the mediocre pak batting. That hack Haider clicked in one-off game after trillion failures and managed to win it. Fluke victory. But it's a good thing. They'll start as fav'tes against Ind. And we've always performed well during such situations. Can't wait to thrash this good-for-nothing pak team on Oct 23rd.

As much as i would like it to happen,it wont. Pakistan always raises its game against India especially after that last year victory which eventually kicked Ind out of the tournament. They are playing well as a team.Their middle orders hitters are doing it. Pak's bowling will always have an edge and now they have started chasing also. Ind will have to put up those extra 25-30 run every time to make up for the crap bowlers. Won't be easy. I will say it's 70-30 Pak on 23rd and 60-40 SA on 30th. It will be first round exit again.The attitude of players,the horrible selections and 'seniority' culture has ruined this team.

Edited October 14, 2022 by nitinbwj

[nitinbwj]

14 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

This win is purely on Pakistani bowlers...  Kiwis ended up defending a under par total on a good batting pitch. 

Pak scored more than 100 in 10 overs. That's incredible for a team that is not known for chasing especially when Babar & Rizwan fail.

[Lone Wolf]

1 minute ago, nitinbwj said:

Pak scored more than 100 in 10 overs. That's incredible for a team that is not known for chasing especially when Babar & Rizwan fail.

Pitch was too good...  At halfway stage they were saying 190 was a good total here. 

All hail the Pakistani bowling. 

[nitinbwj]

Nawaz won 2 matches for Pak back to back.

[nitinbwj]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

Pitch was too good...  At halfway stage they were saying 190 was a good total here. 

All hail the Pakistani bowling. 

We would have conceded atleast 190 if not more.

[Norman]

17 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Agree on these 3 but Guptill...  He probably will be benched for Allen.  Kiwi selectors are looking at long term wrt to Allen. 

 

Guptill is too big a player to be on bench. He will open with Allen and Conway will shift to no.4. Chapman will most likely make way. 

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, nitinbwj said:

Nawaz won 2 matches for Pak back to back.

We have Axar patel

[Lone Wolf]

4 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

We have Axar patel

Gupta ji has high praise for Nawaz

 

[Frustrated]

4 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

We have Axar patel

Except that ODI knock vs Windies, he hasn't done anything special.  Though his bowling has been good, overall.   Not sure what is in store for us in Aus.