India vs New Zealand, ICC knockout trophy Final, Nairobi - Oct 15 2000

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[nevada]

Why? 

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2 minutes ago, nevada said:

Why? 

 

Just to refresh the memory.

 

India has great start in powerplay. Scored at 6-7 RPO for first 15 overs.

 

Then Tendulkar slowed down a lot. Scored like 21 from 38 balls. Got run out while Ganguly was still accelerating in middle overs. Ganguly was in some form during those days.

 

Once Tendulkar got out at 140 in 26 overs, India were still looking at 280-290 type score. Then Dravid got bogged down and Ganguly kept on moving forward. Once Dravid was out, middle order collapsed and hardly scored at 5 RPO.

 

India was still in control during the 2nd inning and NZ needed 48 off 5 overs or something like that when Kumble and Zaheer were assaulted brutally.

[singhvivek141]

Prasad despite being a trundler was inaccurate, can't bowl yorkers as well.
Must be frustating for Srinath to do all the work by himself.

[WC2011INDIA]

Conclusion: NZ wins. Just like this match. 

[Nikhil_cric]

2 hours ago, singhvivek141 said:

Prasad despite being a trundler was inaccurate, can't bowl yorkers as well.
Must be frustating for Srinath to do all the work by himself.

He was actually pretty accurate for most of his career. More accurate than Sri and Agarkar.  

 

He was never more than 130 kph consistently  and I think by the end of '99 , that pace dipped to 125 or so. 

 

 

 

 

[singhvivek141]

10 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

He was actually pretty accurate for most of his career. More accurate than Sri and Agarkar.  

 

He was never more than 130 kph consistently  and I think by the end of '99 , that pace dipped to 125 or so. 

 

His economy was more that Srinath overall.

Srinath used to give lot of boundaries, but will bowl many dots as well.

Prasad was easily milked for runs as his deliveries were no threatening due to pace.

 

Srinath was extremely dangerous on skiddy pitches, Prasad needed pitches where deliveries will stick and stop.

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Edited March 9, 2025 by Nikhil_cric