***Official***THE FINAL- India vs Australia - November 19th - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (D/N)

[Nintendo]

Australia cheated in the semi final anyway. Using a weather machine to turn that ground into Cardiff is not within the ICC sanctioned playing conditions. India also cheated in the semi by changing the pitch.

 

[Silver Silva]

Travis Head had a tournament like something out of a movie.

First the setback of being injured and watching Australia stumble their way in the tournament, then on return 100 in the must win clash vs NZ ,
Player of the match in Semi final , player of the match in Final
.

He's also been Man of the Match in World Test Championship and Man of the Series in the Ashes ..
History will show he was one of the best big game players ever.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Australia cheated in the semi final anyway. Using a weather machine to turn that ground into Cardiff is not within the ICC sanctioned playing conditions. India also cheated in the semi by changing the pitch.

Everyone in cricket is on PEDs except big Dazza Mitchell

 

[TheJediBrah]

No they weren't. Pretty jammy all tournament.

But eh, India completing a hat trick of chokes does make up for the worse side fluking it.

They weren't the best side all tournament. But they were the best side in the final by a distance. Conditions weren't the decisive factor. Australia bowled better, batted better and fielded better

And they did this despite all India's home ground advantage, choosing a worn pitch to suit them etc. They are true heroes

 

[Gob]

India had about an hour of play under lights where the ball was hooping all corners. It was easily the hardest time to bat in the whole game for either side and that was the biggest risk Cummins took with the toss. They could have easily had Australia 6 down for 50 as they did to most other teams in the tournament but Australia weatherd that period without completely falling over and went on to win.

If you can't recognise that, you are a bit of a salty sook

 

[Gob]

They weren't the best side all tournament. But they were the best side in the final by a distance. Conditions weren't the decisive factor. Australia bowled better, batted better and fielded better

And they did this despite all India's home ground advantage, choosing a worn pitch to suit them etc. They are true heroes

They are easily the second best side when you look back at the tournament now.

India were obvs the best

 

[TheJediBrah]

India had about an hour of play under lights where the ball was hooping all corners. It was easily the hardest time to bat in the whole game for either side and that was the biggest risk Cummins took with the toss. They could have easily had Australia 6 down for 50 as they did to most other teams in the tournament but Australia weatherd that period without completely falling over and went on to win.

If you can't recognise that, you are a bit of a salty sook

Yeah I said exactly this earlier. As much as you can claim that Aus had the better batting conditions at night after that initial burst, the initial burst was brutal and accounted for all the meaningful wickets India got.

 

[Nintendo]

Yeah I said exactly this earlier. As much as you can claim that Aus had the better batting conditions at night after that initial burst, the initial burst was brutal and accounted for all the meaningful wickets India got.

I'm gonna be honest, I think india wasted those early conditions a bit. Tons of wides/extra, shami barely looked like he could control the ball in his first two overs, and the wickets india did get where from two wide half trackers and an LBW that was outside the line. Bumrah bowled really well in between the **** wickets, but they definitely didn't maximize it.

 

[subshakerz]

India had about an hour of play under lights where the ball was hooping all corners. It was easily the hardest time to bat in the whole game for either side and that was the biggest risk Cummins took with the toss. They could have easily had Australia 6 down for 50 as they did to most other teams in the tournament but Australia weatherd that period without completely falling over and went on to win.

If you can't recognise that, you are a bit of a salty sook

Shami lost his control though. He was bowling wide and couldn't control the swing. Australia gifted them three wickets with loose shots and a non-review.

I'm gonna be honest, I think india wasted those early conditions a bit. Tons of wides/extra, shami barely looked like he could control the ball in his first two overs, and the wickets india did get where from two wide half trackers and an LBW that was outside the line. Bumrah bowled really well in between the **** wickets, but they definitely didn't maximize it.

Yup. Add some bad keeping to that too. Which is why I say India bottled it. They clearly looked under pressure.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Forgot about the Smith LBW. So much went against the Aussies and they still did it in a canter. Incredible

 

[honestbharani]

No. Aside from Rohit and Kohli, everyone else performed below par compared to their performances earlier in the tournament.

KL Rahul couldn't find the gaps or hit out, was crap as keeper. Shami couldn't find his length. Bumrah was only brilliant in spades and expensive. Yadav was playing and missing. Jadeja and Kuldeep couldn't turn it and gave too many loose balls. Gill played a silly shot. Siraj was horrible.

it was a collective underperformance. The pressure got to them. They wilted on the big scene.

You don't understand what is plan B do you? It helps if u actually watch cricket

 

[kykweer.proteas]

That's a proper choke

 

[Gob]

Shami lost his control though. He was bowling wide and couldn't control the swing. Australia gifted them three wickets with loose shots and a non-review.



Yup. Add some bad keeping to that too. Which is why I say India bottled it. They clearly looked under pressure.

Well that's their problem. They had the conditions

They also botched it by giving the new ball to Shami over Siraj. Shami's strength is moving the slightly older ball just a little bit so he finds the edge instead of beating it. Siraj is the bloke who needs it to hoop

 

[Burgey]

Rohit would have definitely bowled . Go and check the Toss and his body language when Cummins won .
However the bigger culprit were SKY , Jadeja and Iyer . Can’t afford to have 3 batting failures in a knockout match.

And Gill. Don't leave out the Golden Shower Child.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Siraj is overrated af

He's peaked and will go nowhere from here. Basically Ashish Nehra

 

[Black_Hawk]

Was it Head or Warner who edged a delivery in the very first over? Kohli and Gill just didn't even move or make an attempt to catch that ball in the slips! I don't know what happened... it's as if both were stunned!

 

[Burgey]

Once Aus made the final it was basically over. India were like deers in the headlights from the get go. Even Sharma was streaky AF early on.

Honestly, as soon as those eleven uber-masculine, self-confident-but-not-over-confident Aussies strode onto the park for the anthems, this was done. You could see fear and tension in the Indians' eyes. The Aussies carried with them a legacy - that only winning will do.

Doesn't matter where, doesn't matter who they are playing. If you're up against Aus in a WC KO game, you're generally ****ed because they know if they don't come home with the trophy they will be rightfully excoriated and disowned by their people. It breeds excellence.

They also eat steak, not this vegan ****.

 

[silentstriker]

Isn’t Zampa a vegan?

 

[social]

Once Aus made the final it was basically over. India were like deers in the headlights from the get go. Even Sharma was streaky AF early on.

Honestly, as soon as those eleven uber-masculine, self-confident-but-not-over-confident Aussies strode onto the park for the anthems, this was done. You could see fear and tension in the Indians' eyes. The Aussies carried with them a legacy - that only winning will do.

Doesn't matter where, doesn't matter who they are playing. If you're up against Aus in a WC KO game, you're generally ****ed because they know if they don't come home with the trophy they will be rightfully excoriated and disowned by their people. It breeds excellence.

They also eat steak, not this vegan ****.

Apart from Zampa

But he’s a spinner and they don’t count

 

[Burgey]

Isn’t Zampa a vegan?

Yeah and he bowled ****