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There is a method to chase big totals. Afghanistan looked better than us.  Gurbaz had excellent body balance when he took down the entire South African bowling unit on his own.  Our players were losing shape being unable to adjust.  Logically they should have bided their time  and got used to pace of the surface and then pulled the trigger. This was a horrible orchestration of chase. With all the wild swinging we were only 29 in 5 overs you could have taken 30 runs with 30 singles. DOn't these guys have any plan , method to chase totals? Even in Asia cup India needlessly lost 3 wickets for 20 runs while chasing a modest total. Do we have a chasing problem? If Abhishek doesn't come off we are pretty much witless. 

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I think Virat Kohli masked our chasing problems. I am no fan boy but a lot of things point to that. We were known as a chasing strong side with Dhoni and Jadeja in the team. Food for thought. 

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Just now, maniac said:

I think Virat Kohli masked our chasing problems. I am no fan boy but a lot of things point to that. We were known as a chasing strong side with Dhoni and Jadeja in the team. Food for thought. 

During chasing you have to do a lot of mental calculations. Current lot is poor. 

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Rohit had kickstarted the juggernaut since wc 2023, yes we had that bad day in final but still on autopilot we were winning tournaments like WT20, CT. That momentum carried into Asia cup etc but that engine seems to be dying down now. I was extremely pissed off at the casual attitude instead of ruthless aggression in India. Instead of knocking out the Pakistanis, giving over to Rinku Singh, casual fielding etc  :facepalm:struggling against Netherlands, Namibia, USA and giving them an opening. 
 

I hope it has enough juice to take it to semis and beyond but this team is crackling. 

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Have an overrated/over-hyped problem too.

 

Limited and one-dimensional team waay over-hyped after beating up teams in bilaterals which are just glorified friendlies. Who cares how many runs you make or wickets you take when you can't hack it in the pressure of a tournament.

 

Batters who can't bowl

Bowlers who can't bat

And literally nobody can field or catch

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5 hours ago, maniac said:

I think Virat Kohli masked our chasing problems. I am no fan boy but a lot of things point to that. We were known as a chasing strong side with Dhoni and Jadeja in the team. Food for thought. 

*23425646753  especially in white ball cricket, we were pampered with goalie type chasing. The new batters don’t know how to chase even 170.

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17 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

India should ahve practiced chasing in the first round.

I already told folks that India cannot chase beyond 180.  Our batters cannot chase and our bowlers lose their intensity way too soon in first dig.  They need scoreboard pressure to work 

 

India should only bat first.

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India struggles to chase anything over 160. Their best bet is to bat first and consistently set targets in the 190+ range

Edited by Manucrick
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Seems like a mental issue, different format but we can't chase anything in tests either, what are the likes of GG and the rest upto, we seem to be getting worse irrespective of the format 

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On 2/23/2026 at 7:44 AM, coffee_rules said:

*23425646753  especially in white ball cricket, we were pampered with goalie type chasing. The new batters don’t know how to chase even 170.

We chased down 200+ against NZ in 15 overs, just before T20 WC.

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Losing the openers early is putting a lot of pressure on the incoming batsmen. That 187 is a par score on this ground. SA were scoring at close to 6 runrate after 8 overs.

 

The openers especially Abhishek need to preserve his wicket for the first few overs. He is too drunk on his 190 Strikerate in the bilaterals and want to do the same in tournaments which is not possible.

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If our tullas learn to stay calm in first 2 overs instead of trying to hit every ball for six we can chase 200 also

Edited by govinda
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6 hours ago, rkt.india said:

We chased down 200+ against NZ in 15 overs, just before T20 WC.

Same brkar kw bi-lateral match. On a flat rack. The way sky and Tilak play after a couple of wickets in our PP shows. The team is Wes in chases.

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In T20s you have to pick players who are in form.There is no adjustment period to get yourself in form.The entire top order is out of form.

 

India will lose one more match atleast.

 

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