rangeelaraja Posted February 26 Posted February 26 They are crushing every team like a school boy team and giving me a secondhand imposter syndrome for Team India. But....but...this is like what we did to all teams in the 2023 World Cup. 10 crushing wins out of 10, only to have one bad day in the final. Australia lost 2 games and still became world champions. Hopefully, if India miraculously makes it to the semis and finals -- South Africa will have that one bad day that is due.
Gollum Posted February 26 Posted February 26 Eng, NZ both have good ICC/KO records against RSA. I think Proteas will bow out in SF in a new venue, after playing 5 games in Namo. straighttalk and Lord 2
rangeelaraja Posted February 26 Author Posted February 26 4 minutes ago, Gollum said: Eng, NZ both have good ICC/KO records against RSA. I think Proteas will bow out in SF in a new venue, after playing 5 games in Namo. Hard to say man...they are solid in both batting and bowling, maybe much more in batting. Even the early batting collapse against us did not faze them. What is scary is that their batting is in red hot form. The only thing that can defeat South Africa in this form - is one batter playing a freakish innings against them.
neel roy Posted February 26 Posted February 26 5 hours ago, rangeelaraja said: Australia lost 2 games and still became world champions That Mujeeb drop of Maxwell actually changed history.
neel roy Posted February 26 Posted February 26 5 hours ago, rangeelaraja said: Hard to say man...they are solid in both batting and bowling, maybe much more in batting. Even the early batting collapse against us did not faze them. What is scary is that their batting is in red hot form. The only thing that can defeat South Africa in this form - is one batter playing a freakish innings against them. They nearly lost to Afghanistan. If fazal farooqi had dived everything would have been very different. tapandrun 1
Lone Wolf Posted February 26 Posted February 26 27 minutes ago, neel roy said: They nearly lost to Afghanistan. If fazal farooqi had dived everything would have been very different. Afg is a good side. India was nearly botching it all against US and Netherlands. Our bowling & fielding is almost minnow esque
Lone Wolf Posted February 26 Posted February 26 6 hours ago, Gollum said: Eng, NZ both have good ICC/KO records against RSA. I think Proteas will bow out in SF in a new venue, after playing 5 games in Namo. English bowling attack may not trouble SA. Only Kiwis have the might and teeth in their attack to stop their juggernaut. I also prefer facing Poms in Semis than NZ.
Ultimate_Game Posted February 26 Posted February 26 Relax folks, knockouts is a different ball-game. No need to worry about it and take it one match at a time. Whoever reaches SF needs to win 2 to win the title and everyone will have the same chance to win the tourney. No point in over-analyzing especially T20s. I'm glad that at least we got our team right and kicked out Sundar from playing XI. SKY's the only non-performing player in the team now as every other player can win the match on their own. As long as SKY doesn't have a brain-fart moment we should be good.
Lord Posted February 27 Posted February 27 6 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said: Relax folks, knockouts is a different ball-game. No need to worry about it and take it one match at a time. Whoever reaches SF needs to win 2 to win the title and everyone will have the same chance to win the tourney. No point in over-analyzing especially T20s. I'm glad that at least we got our team right and kicked out Sundar from playing XI. SKY's the only non-performing player in the team now as every other player can win the match on their own. As long as SKY doesn't have a brain-fart moment we should be good. Look who’s asking to relax Norman, Ultimate_Game, Gollum and 1 other 3 1
vvvslaxman Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Did you forget this ? which happened only 2 months back :) India had a perfect bad day. 2 no balls both went for six. Zero turn for spinnners which is our strength. Also We committed harakiri while batting. India could have chased the total .An inform one.
diga Posted February 27 Posted February 27 hold onto your horses until India beat West Indies and make it to semis
straighttalk Posted February 27 Posted February 27 They have a long tail and when wickets will fall they will panic and choke like they did in the final against us. Rest their team is solid. They need to play one more batmsan and drop one of their pacers.
zen Posted February 27 Posted February 27 SA’s weak spot would be SF. If it crosses that hurdle, it would have a slight edge at NaMo. G_B_ 1
Sean Bradley Posted February 27 Posted February 27 I have said this earlier aswell, this is South Africa's world cup to lose. If they cant win this one, they would never recover from the guilt. Honestly i want SAF to win this for Miller, Ngidi, Rabada, such gems. It would be good for the game. kepler37b 1
Bigg Brother Posted February 28 Posted February 28 They may crash out against NZ in SF. Not feeling good about SA chances against NZ. G_B_ 1
rish Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Markram seems to have a steely resolve this time. SA has broken through the glass ceiling with the test win and will win it all.
WC2011INDIA Posted February 28 Posted February 28 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Bigg Brother said: They may crash out against NZ in SF. Not feeling good about SA chances against NZ. Yeah would suck....and if NZ makes it to the finals then they will be hard to beat for any team. Edited February 28 by WC2011INDIA
Frustrated Posted March 4 Posted March 4 On 2/26/2026 at 6:11 PM, rangeelaraja said: Hopefully, if India miraculously makes it to the semis and finals -- South Africa will have that one bad day that is due. Indeed, SA have had this bad day tonight. 'Bad' may not be the right word. It's actually much worse. rollingstoned 1
rangeelaraja Posted March 4 Author Posted March 4 It’s a shame that a mediocre team like NZ gets lucky when it counts the most. No way they should have moved to the final ahead of SA. Glad the 2019 WC was snatched from them and given to Eng due to the boundary rule. Bastards have too much luck going their way ordinarily.
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