2nd Quarter Final - India v Bangladesh (19th March)

[OverratedSanity]

Dhoni's so ****ing good in the middle overs I swear. So often the required RR just gets out of control so quickly.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

great batting practice. Surely will help when playing next game at home

 

[NUFAN]

Very good chance we are going to get 4 awful quater-finals here. At least in theory the last 4 should be great though.

I don't want the format to change or anything, but sometimes I think if ODI's followed the structure of team a bats 25 overs, team b 25 and repeat, would make games seem closer. For instance in this game, you'd be 85% approx. of the way into the game before it started to seem like an 'awful' game. I'm assuming India bats the same way as they did today and Bangladesh bats a tiny bit more sensible in their first 25 overs.

 

[harsh.ag]

Good guy Dhoni always keeps all stakeholders' interests in mind. Makes sure games run their 50 overs course to maximize air time for sponsors.

 

[Pothas]

I don't want the format to change or anything, but sometimes I think if ODI's followed the structure of team a bats 25 overs, team b 25 and repeat, would make games seem closer. For instance in this game, you'd be 85% approx. of the way into the game before it started to seem like an 'awful' game. I'm assuming India bats the same way as they did today and Bangladesh bats a tiny bit more sensible in their first 25 overs.

Yeah it is just a problem with limited overs cricket, and test cricket to a lesser extent I suppose. The up side is that a close game is pretty much always a good one, unlike football or something when close games are often terrible.

 

[ankitj]

Must take all 10 wickets.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Booooooooorrrrrring

 

[OverratedSanity]

Too many rubbish games to call this an enjoyable WC. Hope we atleast get a few crackers in the remaining games.

 

[social]

Calling it early - Oz will pound India IF they qualify for the SF (Pakistan are dark horses) as India's bowling attack sets up too well for the Aussie batsmen

 

[morgieb]

massively disappointed by this. Going down without a fight. Pretty spineless stuff

In your defence you were well up against it here. There's been far more gutless performances this World Cup.

 

[social]

Too many rubbish games to call this an enjoyable WC. Hope we atleast get a few crackers in the remaining games.

It has just gone on and on

NZ v most others would be entertaining

 

[kiwiviktor81]

In fairness I don't mind a one-sided game as long as the winning team does so because of an absolutely top-drawer performance and not just the losing team being ****. So far in the 2 QFs the losing team has been very poor.

 

[harsh.ag]

The way Rohit and Raina batted India out of trouble today was pretty top drawer though.

Btw, have never gotten that metaphor. The most exciting stuff found at the back of the bottom drawer imo.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

rubel going to get a bit of stick here

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah Rubel talk nah

 

[ankitj]

Rubel let off there

 

[social]

Nah, guy is a bowler and has done well

 

[ankitj]

Must take all 10 wickets.

Done well

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Congrats to India for going to sf. Well played and thoroughly deserved.

 

[harsh.ag]

Good to win this comfortably. Well played by Bangers in the first half. Who knows what could have happened with that Rohit dismissal. Here we come Aussies!!!