This AB knock was CLASS

[Lord]

Haha..Dhoni normally does so well in these situations .. Remember that chase in West Indies?

The tri series final?

[NareshK]

What you mean by choke? South Africa was going down but he just kept fighting alone. You guys need to come up with something new instead of always using same old boring word "choke"

The way they batted showed how much they were panicking. At the end, they still had 14 overs to go and only 29 runs to score. If they had batted with caution when Pak seamers were bowling well, they could have achieved the target easily. But they were too mentally weak and lacked composure to pace their innings and play normal cricket.

[Cricketics]

Insane level of batting skill' date=' the best I've ever seen. Never saw Viv, but this guy must be as good.[/quote'] The people who are calling it choke, didn't watch the whole game as they thought Pak is winning anyway. I can guarantee you that. This guy batted like there was no stopping him. He showed great confidence in his abilities and kept hitting. Any other team would have collapsed and lost by 80+ runs today, ABDV stretched it this far to make a game of it.

[adi B]

He rarely wins a game for his side while chasing though. Him and Amla are both chokers while chasing. That's why I rate Kohli way higher than them.

Kohli has sensible batsmen like Kohli,raina etc who stay their with Kohli till the end,how is it abdv's fault if the likes of jpd,miller choked ? If Dhoni or raina was there today,I bet abdv would have cruises the saffers home.by the way abdv avgs 56 while chasing which is amazing

[Crookbond]

What you mean by choke? South Africa was going down but he just kept fighting alone. You guys need to come up with something new instead of always using same old boring word "choke"

SA lose, they choke. You don't know? :omg:

[Old guy]

The tri series final?

Yes ..he just tried to stay there for as long as possible .

[G_B_]

for all his class he cant seem to take his team over the line. Obviously MSD and him were different in different scenarios. but MSD just did not panic. There was no need for AB to slog when the RR was barely 2 runs per over.

[putrevus]

The people who are calling it choke, didn't watch the whole game as they thought Pak is winning anyway. I can guarantee you that. This guy batted like there was no stopping him. He showed great confidence in his abilities and kept hitting. Any other team would have collapsed and lost by 80+ runs today, ABDV stretched it this far to make a game of it.

Even Yousuf Pathan made a half century and made it close when all was lost. that is not great. All he had to do was keep calm Pakistan were rattled , but he lost his cool,Morkel showed no signs of being weak tailender. Compare this to Dhoni, he milks it and gets most out of his partner.

[Cricketics]

for all his class he cant seem to take his team over the line. Obviously MSD and him were different in different scenarios. but MSD just did not panic. There was no need for AB to slog when the RR was barely 2 runs per over.

MSD had support of Ashwin who patiently batted. Check the pathetic Dale Steyn shot today. He tried to hit the bowler out of the park and got caught behind.

[Lord]

Skilll wise it was awesome innings,its always is.But he threw it away when all needed was to stay calm n take singles n doubles

[Crookbond]

Kohli has sensible batsmen like Kohli' date='raina etc who stay their with Kohli till the end,[b']how is it abdv's fault if the likes of jpd,miller choked ? If Dhoni or raina was there today,I bet abdv would have cruises the saffers home.by the way abdv avgs 56 while chasing which is amazing

Every collapse is not choke.

[Bumper]

I am yet to see a proper batsman with so much range. He can place the ball at will. ABDV is a ATG ODI batsman.

[Crookbond]

for all his class he cant seem to take his team over the line. Obviously MSD and him were different in different scenarios. but MSD just did not panic. There was no need for AB to slog when the RR was barely 2 runs per over.

And if Pakistan ran through the other end, we will be here criticizing ABDV for not taking the risks and finish it off. Easy to play cricket on the Internet.

[Zelig]

Some of these dummies don't know what choke means :headshake:

[G_B_]

MSD had support of Ashwin who patiently batted. Check the pathetic Dale Steyn shot today. He tried to hit the bowler out of the park and got caught behind.

I thought Morkel was looking solid at the other end when AB went for that hoik. Seriously they could have played test cricket , thats how low the RR was.

[putrevus]

This not a choke by proteas they are just not good enough to warrant that massive pre tournament hype.

[G_B_]

And if Pakistan ran through the other end' date=' we will be here criticizing ABDV for not taking the risks and finish it off. Easy to play cricket on the Internet.[/quote'] Obviously everything is a risk. But Morkel at the other end was handling things fine. Its not just this innings mind you, he has done this many times. Gets close but no cigar. With 2 runs per over needed he could have farmed the strike.

[adi B]

for all his class he cant seem to take his team over the line. Obviously MSD and him were different in different scenarios. but MSD just did not panic. There was no need for AB to slog when the RR was barely 2 runs per over.

Has msd ever won us a match with 100 runs needed and 3 wkts remaining? How many batsmen have done this ever? Bevan and Matthews are a couple I remember

[adi B]

Every collapse is not choke.

Okay COLLAPSE!!

[putrevus]

MSD had support of Ashwin who patiently batted. Check the pathetic Dale Steyn shot today. He tried to hit the bowler out of the park and got caught behind.

He got out on third ball of the over, there was no need to do that, it just shows he was doing only one way by hitting boundaries. There was no calmness about it, look at finishers like Dhoni or Bevan how they managed the situations.