singhvivek141 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) Let's not worry of who we're going to face in semi's or finals. Whoever comes, we have to play best. Playing Pakistan is going to be more of an advantage coz we have thrashed them twice under a month and their bowling is completely exposed right now. I am more worried of facing NZ in semi's, Boult is a class bowler and unlike Pakistan's mediocre bowling attack who will disintegrate like glass after couple of boundaries, Boult and co has the ability to comeback and attack relentlessly. RSA can also pose us a problem given the fact that their MO in Markram & Klassen are very good players of spin and can negate Kuldeep's impact. Here Bumrah & Siraj will have to put pressure with new ball, else it will be very difficult for Kuldeep to contain them...they have Miller in death as well and he knows very well though how to explode. Edited October 17, 2023 by singhvivek141 Norman, cricspirit and AuxiliA 3 Link to comment
randomGuy Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Frustrated said: If pak lose to Aus on 20th, chances of ind-pak SF will get reduced significantly. 1 hour ago, Nikhil_cric said: England are behind in the race. They are yet to play IND, SA and OZ and they don't match up well against any of these teams - certainly not bowling-wise. But even in terms of batting strength, these are the 3 teams that can out bat them easily. Kiwis and AFG were teams they had to beat and they lost to both. The Aussies got smashed by the 2 teams that were extremely tough for them. It's gonna get easier from here. So there's that. Agree. England seems to be behind. SL almost out. Afghanistan will win here and there but won't make it to the semis, Australia, Pakistan and Bangladesh for me will be fighting for 4th semi final slot with India NZ and RSA being 1-2-3, although England, Afghanistan, SL aren't totally out. Link to comment
MediumPacer Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 It's going to be some good inform side ,what else should one expect in a wc sf or final. Link to comment
BH-BAIB Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Given how dangerous a side they can become with form and confidence, it's better to avoid a side like Pakistan in the KO. Link to comment
Lone Wolf Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, singhvivek141 said: Let's not worry of who we're going to face in semi's or finals. Whoever comes, we have to play best. Playing Pakistan is going to be more of an advantage coz we have thrashed them twice under a month and their bowling is completely exposed right now. I am more worried of facing NZ in semi's, Boult is a class bowler and unlike Pakistan's mediocre bowling attack who will disintegrate like glass after couple of boundaries, Boult and co has the ability to comeback and attack relentlessly. RSA can also pose us a problem given the fact that their MO in Markram & Klassen are very good players of spin and can negate Kuldeep's impact. Here Bumrah & Siraj will have to put pressure with new ball, else it will be very difficult for Kuldeep to contain them...they have Miller in death as well and he knows very well though how to explode. Kuldeep did bamboozle Markaram last year in ODI series in India but yes Klassen will be a different beast altogether. He completely destroyed Zampa's confidence... Bro isn't able to land his leg spinners at all now. Last night flipper & googly saved him against a poor lower middle order of Lankans Link to comment
bsriharsha Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Doesn't matter who we play. I don't see Pakistan picking themselves up after this defeat. They nearly shat themselves against Srilanka itself only for the idiotic Lankan bowlers and dew to save them. So they played 3 games , won against Netherlands and Srilanka which they were expected to do , lost heavily against India. And still have games against Bangladesh, Afghan, SENA to come. Congratulations to them if they do manage to get to the semifinals especially with England , Australia will be out for blood. randomGuy, Downtown, Laaloo and 1 other 4 Link to comment
randomGuy Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 Earlier it might have been a 10% chance, now risen to 30% I guess. Link to comment
bowl_out Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Depends on whether we win tomorrow. If we top the table, we'll face Pak/NZ/Afg in the semis Link to comment
Gambit Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 If NZ pound SL, Pakistan aren’t going through even if they beat England. Link to comment
bowl_out Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, Gambit said: If NZ pound SL, Pakistan aren’t going through even if they beat England. NZ just need a simple win. Pak need to beat Eng by ~100 runs if they have to topple NZ's NRR Link to comment
deathmonger Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, bowl_out said: NZ just need a simple win. Pak need to beat Eng by ~100 runs if they have to topple NZ's NRR 100 + whatever SL wins by. Link to comment
rangeelaraja Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, bowl_out said: NZ just need a simple win. Pak need to beat Eng by ~100 runs if they have to topple NZ's NRR I don't see how NZ will not pound SL, if we have a result Edited November 4, 2023 by rangeelaraja Link to comment
bowl_out Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 1 hour ago, rangeelaraja said: I don't see how NZ will not pound SL, if we have a result Hoping that happens, but looking at NZ bowling today, I don't feel very positive Link to comment
deathmonger Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 18 minutes ago, bowl_out said: Hoping that happens, but looking at NZ bowling today, I don't feel very positive SL bowling has been the worst. Also NZ should hopefully have Ferguson back as well as Jamieson. Link to comment
deathmonger Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 coffee_rules, bowl_out and cricketfan28 1 2 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Don’t keep talking about India Pak semis. With all the positivity of positive energy of possibilities it is bound to happen BH-BAIB and SRT100 2 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, deathmonger said: SL bowling has been the worst. Also NZ should hopefully have Ferguson back as well as Jamieson. And England lost to SL batting first. Pak can get any amount of runs against Eng playing last Link to comment
Lord Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 1 hour ago, coffee_rules said: Don’t keep talking about India Pak semis. With all the positivity of positive energy of possibilities it is bound to happen Best it happens coffee_rules and SRT100 1 1 Link to comment
cricketfan28 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 They might end up the same as in 2019 with England knocking them out. AuxiliA 1 Link to comment
Vijy Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 I would say that there is a good chance. Eng is worse than Ned, will be easily swept aside by Pak. As for NZ vs SL, if someone in lankans plays a blinder, it is possible to win (especially a truncated game) Lord 1 Link to comment
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