INDIA,clearly seemed to lift the trophy.

[centurymaker]

In such a short tournament, it's hardly about which team is strong and which team is not.

As always it boils down to who can perform better on the day! Therefore any team can win. Even England can be beaten if their opposition have a great day or they themselves have an ordinary day.

The strength of the teams is less of a factor.

 

[Burgey]

Don't you ever, EVER say "Even England can be beaten" as though they're good at anything. Ever.

 

[harsh.ag]

As always it boils down to who can perform better on the day! Therefore any team can win. Even England can be beaten if their opposition have a great day or they themselves have an ordinary day.

Don't you ever, EVER say "Even England can be beaten" as though they're good at anything. Ever.

Seriously, ranked number 5 in the world and fans talk like they are Australia 2007.

 

[Black_Warrior]

uh oh. You went there Harsh.

 

[91Jmay]

Lol when you compare Top 3 batsmen in LO Cricket today, first you start with India, then you have daylight, then Australia/South Africa/England. Roy/Hales have been smashing it for what just over 2 years now? Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli have been the backbone of that side for double that time, won a major trophy and made Semis of another during that time. Experience and career stats triumph over current flavour of the month.

Their batting never went out of first gear and looked like sleep walking at times and still ended up with 324. You're writing off a quality side with the track record to prove it for some inexplicable reasons.

No way Dhawan is better than Hales. Kohli being in top 3 makes their top 3 better than anyone's probably (although I'd very seriously considering SA) but lets not go over board.

 

[cnerd123]

Dhawan is comfortably better than Hales plz

 

[Daemon]

I think on current form Hales is better. Hard to use numbers here because Dhawan's only played 10 ODIs in the last year and a half, but Hales has played a lot of matchwinning knocks.

 

[91Jmay]

Dhawan is a good player but he isn't as destructive as Hales and Hales is still pretty consistent. Sharma/Dhawan is a better opening pairing though, for sure.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Well I wasn't thinking of a player by player comparison but more as a combined top 3.

If we look at the top 3 of the top 4 teams today

South Africa	QDK	Amla	Faf
Australia	Warner	Finch/Head/Khawaja (?)	Smith
India	Rohit	Dhawan	Kohli
England	Roy	Hales	Root

Warner is the best ODI opener in the world today but as a combined top 3, I would pick India based on their credentials and record over a period of time.

As a player v player assessment, I think Dhawan just edges Hales (even after giving weight to current form)

 

[91Jmay]

See the more I look at it the more QdK, Amla and Faf just looks so strong to me.

 

[Scaly piscine]

See the more I look at it the more QdK, Amla and Faf just looks so strong to me.

Strong and stable, clearly.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Indian Journalist to Angelo Matthews "Do you think there is a clear difference between India and the rest of the Asian teams in this tournament"?
Angelo Matthews: "No."

What a guy.

 

[Spark]

Well I wasn't thinking of a player by player comparison but more as a combined top 3.

If we look at the top 3 of the top 4 teams today

South Africa	QDK	Amla	Faf
Australia	Warner	Finch/Head/Khawaja (?)	Smith
India	Rohit	Dhawan	Kohli
England	Roy	Hales	Root

Warner is the best ODI opener in the world today but as a combined top 3, I would pick India based on their credentials and record over a period of time.

As a player v player assessment, I think Dhawan just edges Hales (even after giving weight to current form)

Finch looks so out of place in that list of names.

 

[Burgey]

Gonna be funny when Starc knocks Hales over in the first over.

 

[Burgey]

More relevantly though, after they lifted the trophy, did the authorities catch India and make them give it back?

 

[honestbharani]

Last time an authority figure tried to do that, Damien Martyn pushed him off the dias.

 

[Black_Warrior]

^ And this is why I would pick Dhawan over Amla as my ODI opener

 

[CricAddict]

Well I wasn't thinking of a player by player comparison but more as a combined top 3.

If we look at the top 3 of the top 4 teams today

South Africa	QDK	Amla	Faf
Australia	Warner	Finch/Head/Khawaja (?)	Smith
India	Rohit	Dhawan	Kohli
England	Roy	Hales	Root

Warner is the best ODI opener in the world today but as a combined top 3, I would pick India based on their credentials and record over a period of time.

As a player v player assessment, I think Dhawan just edges Hales (even after giving weight to current form)

These names are so good. 90% of these players will end up as ATGs at the end of their career, either in just ODIs or overall.

 

[marc71178]

Will they bollocks. There's 14 names there which only 1 or 2 won't be according to you.

At most there's 6 or 7 who will be ATGs in that list and that's assuming that they continue/improve their current form.

 

[honestbharani]

I am assuming he meant everyone except Roy and 2nd Aussie opener. Although I personally dont really see how Faf can be an ATG in ODIs.