Shreyas Iyer is my Semi Final MOM

[Lord]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

 

he tried to hit out. He more than made up by scoring 67 ball 100. Come on lol I loved shami to bits. DO we have to run Iyer's knock down

no already said he played a great knock. Just not enough to overtake Shami's effort.

 

If we won easily with every bowler taking 2-3 wickets each, Iyer would have got it perhaps. But Shami was just phenomenal without any support.

[Adamant]

2 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

he tried to hit out. He more than made up by scoring 67 ball 100. Come on lol I loved shami to bits. DO we have to run Iyer's knock down

We also don’t have to run Kohlis knock down.

 

I understand it’s hard for you but learn to respect greatness.

 

 

[Sean Bradley]

1 minute ago, Laaloo said:

Lol. With Iyer, you still had Rohit who gave a great start, gill who played fast, kohli who wasnt that slow, Rahul who played well in the end and surya and jadeja as well.

 

Bumrah struggled

Jadeja struggled

Kuldeep struggled initially 

Siraj struggled

Shami destroyed their top order on a flat pitch and when Williamson and Mitchell were sent and scoring at will, shami got Williamson out. Not sure why this is so hard to understand.

Absolutely, Shami was great, no doubting that, others didn't hit their stride and Shami had to do bulk of their work, agree with that aswell. But the difference between Kiwi batting and Indian batting was Iyers innings.

 

It was a batting shoot out between the two sides and one guy made the difference with a quick knock and batted the opposition out of the game. 

[vvvslaxman]

3 minutes ago, Lord said:

no already said he played a great knock. Just not enough to overtake Shami's effort.

 

If we won easily with every bowler taking 2-3 wickets each, Iyer would have got it perhaps. But Shami was just phenomenal without any support.

 

Ofcourse nobody is remotely close to Shami. This is  obvious.

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Sean Bradley said:

Absolutely, Shami was great, no doubting that, others didn't hit their stride and Shami had to do bulk of their work, agree with that aswell. But the difference between Kiwi batting and Indian batting was Iyers innings.

 

It was a batting shoot out between the two sides and one guy made the difference with a quick knock and batted the opposition out of the game. 

Ofcourse 11.4 overs batting 105 runs. That is special. 

[Serpico]

6 minutes ago, Adamant said:

 

This knock of Kohli is better than any knock Sachin has ever played.

 

A clutch, legendary knock from the king.

It is the fourth best innings tonight (after iyer, gill and Mitchell)

[vvvslaxman]

6 minutes ago, Adamant said:

We also don’t have to run Kohlis knock down.

 

I understand it’s hard for you but learn to respect greatness.

 

 

 

Not running down. Great knock. There was a bit of slowness when he was approaching 50th 100. 

[Lord]

6 minutes ago, Sean Bradley said:

Absolutely, Shami was great, no doubting that, others didn't hit their stride and Shami had to do bulk of their work, agree with that aswell. But the difference between Kiwi batting and Indian batting was Iyers innings.

 

It was a batting shoot out between the two sides and one guy made the difference with a quick knock and batted the opposition out of the game. 

 

And Shami was miles ahead of both sides bowler.

 

In a batting shootout on a patta, a bowler making his mark is itself special.

 

The difference was Shami, then Iyer.

[Sean Bradley]

3 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

And Shami was miles ahead of both sides bowler.

 

In a batting shootout on a patta, a bowler making his mark is itself special.

 

The difference was Shami, then Iyer.

Again, Shami had (additional) runs on the board courtesy Iyer, let me ask you again, do u think 350 would have been defended on this pitch? I doubt.

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, Sean Bradley said:

Again, Shami had (additional) runs on the board courtesy Iyer, let me ask you again, do u think 350 would have been defended on this pitch? I doubt.

yes if all bowlers bowled even as half as good as Shami, it would have been easy defense. 350 is still lot of runs.

[neel roy]

I ll always be indebted to Shreyas Iyer not for this innings but for the innings he played against bangladesh on a bunsen burner chasing 145 and India tottering at 71/6. Think about the humiliation if we would have lost the game..that match actually made me his fan.. I remember he hit a 4 and just turned around walked to the other end with a swag which was unbelievable..

[putrevus]

53 minutes ago, Adamant said:

Bro calm down , enough of Kohli hate from your side.

 

This knock of Kohli is better than any knock Sachin has ever played.

 

A clutch, legendary knock from the king.

 

On ICF there’s just nothing which Kohli can do to earn some adulation, 711 runs and still guys like you have something to rant about.

 

 

It was legendary knock by GOAT.The only thing missing from his resume was knock out 100s in odis.He has done everything in whiteball cricket.He should play next t20 world cup and get that crown too.

 

 

He needs to crown it by another big score in finals.

 

 

 

[Adamant]

53 minutes ago, Serpico said:

It is the fourth best innings tonight (after iyer, gill and Mitchell)

Still better than anything Sachin ever pulled of in knockouts.

[Lord]

7fer has been achieved only 14 times in 4708 ODIs and 7 times in WCs.

 

Never in knockouts and never by an Indian.

 

 

The enormity of this feat trumps everything else today.

[Serpico]

14 minutes ago, Adamant said:

Still better than anything Sachin ever pulled of in knockouts.

Sure but that doesn't make it legendary

[putrevus]

4 minutes ago, Lord said:

7fer has been achieved only 14 times in 4708 ODIs and 7 times in WCs.

 

Never in knockouts and never by an Indian.

 

 

The enormity of this feat trumps everything else today.

Yes, Shami was the reason why India won but it does not take away anything from Kohli's innings.

 

 

[adi B]

It's very difficult to pick 10 wkts of the opposition on this belter ,let alone a 7fer by an individual. 

MOTM went to Shami deservedly. 

Had this been a Greentop or a turner and Iyer scored a ton ,then he would have deserved it more 

[coffee_rules]

Lucky to score a 100, Gill gifted his 100 to Iyer or rather Rohit did. Great timing and all, but we were still not safe when he got out. The 398 was achieved because. Of some last two overs crucial Sky type innings from KL. 

[Vijy]

it was shami clearly for me. 7 wickets is the analog of a double hundred.

[Vijy]

4 hours ago, Lord said:

Imagine arguing against a 7fer on a road

 

 

utter road. and shami carried the entire bowling on his back. Iyer had plenty of support from everyone else