Only 4 matches won by team chasing

[CSK Fan]

Out of twenty played. Out of which one was against a minnow(India vs Afghanistan) and one was because of Duckworth Lewis(WI against England) Yet we keep on chosing to bowl after winning the toss and end up getting owned!

[kabira]

yes do not understand why you would chase here. Chasing 140-150 is tough in these conditions.

[Ultimate_Game]

Dhoni and his f***ing plans! We beat SA while batting first even though we were 4o odd after 8 overs in that match. We are good at batting first and that's the way it is. Why field after winning the toss?

[zen]

Interesting stat, but like I said on the other thread: Aus beat all the four test playing teams from the sub-continent in this tourney till date by batting first. Would BD beaten Aus, if it had batted first? If the answer to that question is 'no' and/or 'may be', we can probably say that this piece of stats is interesting but it doesn't guarantee the result. The bottom line: You have to judge the conditions and also do what suits your team more. And ofc, you have to play well too on the day.

[Guest Hiten.]

It's plain stupid to ask your not so well equipped batsmen to face chin music by fielding first. India's plan in WC07 was simple, bat first and things will take care of itself thereon. Stick to that god damn it :mad:

[Mr. Wicket]

It's plain stupid to ask your not so well equipped batsmen to face chin music by fielding first. India's plan in WC07 was simple' date=' bat first and things will take care of itself thereon. Stick to that god damn it :mad:[/quote'] lulz

[saneindian]

Hindsight!! Had we batted first with a 9.30 am start, there is every chance of us folding up for under 100 on those fresher wickets. And then we would have seen threads like why bat first on a fresh pitch. On the reason why we preferred to chase, simple logic batsmen were scared of pacers.

[kabira]

folding up under 100? even with collapse, we could have manage 130-140, still a good total. Btw its not only us, every other team has found it hard to chase. Ask SA

[Bradman99]

I don't understand why you would bat 2nd if you win the toss. Batting first in 20/20's are the way to go, get a good score on the board and it makes it very hard on the other side.

[CSK Fan]

Hindsight!! Had we batted first with a 9.30 am start, there is every chance of us folding up for under 100 on those fresher wickets. And then we would have seen threads like why bat first on a fresh pitch. On the reason why we preferred to chase, simple logic batsmen were scared of pacers.

If we had batted first, batsmen wouldnt have been under the pressure of a target, hence, they would have been aqble to leave some balls instead of playing stupid shots and getting out. In all the matches we sucked ass, we didnt get out because of mositure or movement in the pitch. We were pwned only by bounce and pace and nothing else

[CSK Fan]

Another match lost by team chasing though the total was below par

[coffee_rules]

Dhoni :whack:

[yoda]

now it is time for us to lose the toss. lol

[FairCricket]

Bat first, win game !!! SL batted first against the Windies - they won NZ batted first against the Paks - They won England Batted first against SAF - They won Aussies batted first again Ind - They won Windies Batted first against Ind - They won Aussies batted first against SL - They Won Pakistan batted first against SA - They Won Story continues .............. :cantstop:

[FairCricket]

i bet everytin i have , today , NZ will win . :winky:

[asterix]

[Lord]

i bet everytin i have ' date=' today , NZ will win . :winky:[/quote'] i see u lost:hehe:

[FairCricket]

i see u lost:hehe:

but no one challenged me . :dontknow:

[coffee_rules]

sl will win toss today and bat first. So. Dhoni :finger: can't bat first, even if he wants to.

[diegovegaz]

sl will win toss today and bat first. So. Dhoni :finger: can't bat first' date=' even if he wants to.[/quote'] :haha: right sorry, dhoni made the right move today