***Official***Semi-Final #1- India vs New Zealand - November 15th - Wankhede, Mumbai (D/N)

[RossTaylorsBox]

Toss wasn't fair because Kane is not familiar with what rupees look like.

 

[Andyhere]

Hey guys, what's the consensus on how Indian fans should behave if India loses? I will note it down. Thanks.

Depends on how they lose. If you play good cricket and opposition betters it, there is nothing to behave you had to respect and give credit to the opposition.
But if you choke and drop catches and sway from your plans and bowl freebies opposite to your field set, then there will be massive roar.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Expect another big game batting lineup meltdown if Rohit goes early.

 

[Prince EWS]

It's all understandable for fans to support their team and say what they feel about the opposition, but NZ is definitely most decent team in terms of how they carry themselves. They deserve a mention for being such gentlemen pretty much always. Definitely sets the standards on how the game should be played within the spirit of the game.

Yeah good little Kiwis always play within the spirit of the game and punch above their weight.

They love it when you point this out too. They don't find it patronising at all.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I would like to check that coin, I wouldn't be surprised if India rigged that too.

Not ideal bowling first but hopefully we can take some early wickets, if we don't we could be chasing a huge total.

This kinda reminds me of the talk when Australia was dominating. People had all kinds of conspiracies. Ponting batting with springs in his bat etc ..Teams are beaten before a ball is bowled .

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Anyone who's saying the game is already decided should be banned if they post in this thread again.

 

[Test fan]

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[mackembhoy]

How did you type this with a straight face when your pitches completely nullified spin bowling? Rashid Khan , Zampa , Kuldeep everyone averaged 40+ . It was a high grade pitch doctoring that completely nullified spin bowling.

Do you have amensia about all the rain?

Almost like you need dry and hot weather to be conducive for spin in England.

Was more like playing in April/May that World Cup.

We also played with Moeen in every game prior to that world cup and he didn't play much. So caused us to change our team make up.

 

[Aidan11]

SkyBet now offering 100/1 for a NZ win.

Not really but they might as well given that winning the toss was crucial.

 

[Prince EWS]

Toss wasn't fair because Kane is not familiar with what rupees look like.

It's recently been proven that physical coin tosses aren't actually 50/50. Baz was now officially just unskilled and not unlucky.

 

[Test fan]

NZ have three spinning options ( Santner, Rachin and Philips) where india have only two .

 

[ataraxia]

They love it when you point this out too. They don't find it patronising at all.

Thanks for telling us this daddy

 

[Sunil1z]

Do you have amensia about all the rain?

Almost like you need dry and hot weather to be conducive for spin in England.

Was more like playing in April/May that World Cup.

Then England shouldn’t host ICC Tournaments unless they get a proper weather

 

[Test fan]

This is 50-50 game .toss is not a big factor as people are assuming .

 

[Prince EWS]

NZ have three spinning options ( Santner, Rachin and Philips) where india have only two .

It is interesting thinking about the bowling depth.

Looking at it one way New Zealand only have four front line bowlers and India have five, but NZ have seven bowling options total and India still only have five.

 

[Zinzan]

Indian to score 361 & to win by 110 runs

 

[Gob]

nope. they are probably the best players of swing in the world. they will see the swing off and win when chasing

Kane Williamson comes across as a family man to me. But as they say, can't judge a book by its cover and a swinger by his appearance

 

[Molehill]

NZ did win two vital tosses in the 2019 knockout games, plus another in the 2021 T20 semi. They've had their chances....

 

[centurymaker]

I don't think this toss matters so much. Depends on who utilises the 1st innings better.

 

[Zinzan]

NZ did win two vital tosses in the 2019 knockout games, plus another in the 2021 T20 semi. They've had their chances....

Thanks, that's makes everything better.