2nd semi-final: India vs England | Providence

[ankitj]

Match thread

 

[GIMH]

Repeat of 2022 but with Salt playing the Hales role

 

[ankitj]

Repeat of 2022 but with Salt playing the Hales role

Pretty much my thoughts too. Congrats on making the final.

 

[Arachnodouche]

King Kohli to set the record straight once and for all

 

[centurymaker]

In 2022, there was no Bumrah or Kuldeep. Let's see if it makes any difference.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Providence wicket be laughing at the batsmen lol

 

[centurymaker]

That makes it interesting. 160 par?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Gonna be rained off anyway. India make the final.

 

[Shri]

 

[Daemon]

It's been a fun world cup despite all the rain, would be a shame if it affects the knockout stages.

 

[ankitj]

It's been a fun world cup despite all the rain, would be a shame if it affects the knockout stages.

Meh

 

[Zinzan]

In these conditions it's India's to lose.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

India definitely should win. Have dominated so far with Kohli doing zilch and having included liabilities like Dube and Jadeja. So with atleast former bound to fire sooner or later, should win against an England team which choked against SA

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

@chris.hinton - who's going to win this one do you think?

 

[Spark]

In 2022, there was no Bumrah or Kuldeep. Let's see if it makes any difference.

They could have had the WI quartet from the 80s and they would have been demolished in that game with the lack of ****s they gave that evening in the field.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

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Nice work BCCI, oops I mean ICC

 

[centurymaker]

Nice work BCCI, oops I mean ICC

We'll definitely get a game. Every match people go, its gonna be a "washout".. but it's hardly turning out that way at all. So ofcourse there's gonna be a result, given there's 4 hours of extra time reserved for this game. So we probably not even gonna lose any overs this time.

Forecasts actually don't tell the whole picture. Unless some place has continuous rain for a whole day, there's often time between showers for play to happen!

 

[ankitj]

India definitely should win. Have dominated so far with Kohli doing zilch and having included liabilities like Dube and Jadeja. So with atleast former bound to fire sooner or later, should win against an England team which choked against SA

On the contrary, India's batting is dependent on what we get in lottery with Rohit and Surya. Bowling bar Bumrah and Kuldeep is cod ordinary.

 

[Chin Music]

On the contrary, India's batting is dependent on what we get in lottery with Rohit and Surya. Bowling bar Bumrah and Kuldeep is cod ordinary.

Hardik has looked hopeless with the ball when I've watched him this tourney. And Jadeja looks woefully out of rhythm.

 

[centurymaker]

Rohit has had his moment now, unfortunately way too early and now he's gonna revert to getting out cheaply like he does a million times in IPL. He needed to pull out this kind of innings in a knockout game. But he's done it in a game that didn't really matter to India.

Without Rohit replicating that in the finals, India's upper limit vs top opposition is 170-180 on a good day.

On a middling day, which is what it's likely to be, they'll set 165, with England chasing it down in 18 overs. Unless India does something about the deadweights in the lineup like Dube, Jadeja and Kohli.

The warning signs/the cracks are so evident. Certain few players are helping paper over these cracks. But come the big day against top opposition, these things are gonna be ruthlessly exposed. However the thick heads in the management don't have the foresight do a thing about it and so it will be their last game in charge as India will most likely crash out and a new more aggressive management will take over.