Final – India v New Zealand – Sunday, March 9 – Dubai

[honestbharani]

Looks like its Illingworth and Reiffel who are the umpires. I thought Dharmasena was there?


Anyways, think both played in the 1996 or 1992 WC. Nice to see two former WC players stand in a tournament finals as umpires.

 

[NZTailender]

Match winning performance from Jadeja

Spinners have been impressive. Big strikes at the start and then once the new batsmen have survived the initial tough period, they've strangled them to the point they'll try and force something as the RR dips. They just haven't been giving any loose balls for NZ to take advantage of really.

Also shows you how SPOOKED they are to make sure they played all their games in Dubai because I think this match would play out very differently on Pakistani pitches #cheats

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Match winning performance from Jadeja

There's a reason why they call him "Double Bradman."

 

[James]

Finally Doull is back on to give some balance, although he usually sucks up to India more than their own commentators.

Only Smithy is a truly pro NZ commentator.

Doull lives in Dubai doesn't he and does commentary gigs around the sub continent. Probably needs to remain quite netural to avoid any upset but I think he's one of the better commentators around.

 

[NZTailender]

We'd be in super serious trouble if India could catch

 

[King Kane]

Rohit dropping Mitchell, hopefully he can make the most of that chance.

Gill dropping Phillips, hopefully he can make the most of that chance too.

 

[honestbharani]

Spinners have been impressive. Big strikes at the start and then once the new batsmen have survived the initial tough period, they've strangled them to the point they'll try and force something as the RR dips. They just haven't been giving any loose balls for NZ to take advantage of really.


Also shows you how SPOOKED they are to make sure they played all their games in Dubai because I think this match would play out very differently on Pakistani pitches #cheats

We have put down like 5 catches mate, come on, we are #intent on making this an even contest.

 

[SkyBlue]

Horrendous catching

 

[SkyBlue]

Pak level catching today. Absolute tripe

 

[Fuller Pilch]

We'd be in super serious trouble if India could catch

Both teams are trying to lose.

 

[ashley bach]

None of the catches dropped have been simple tbf

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Both teams are trying to lose.

And people say the IPL hasn't affected real cricket.

 

[halba]

Both teams are trying to lose.

NZ at 4.3 RR. Not competitive.

 

[Moss]

A-game doesn't apply to the catching, obviously. In spite of that, India in a great position.

Mitchell has looked completely different to the player who made those two hundreds vs India in the 2023 WC. Situation today means he can't play with as much freedom but the spinners do seem to have him in a chokehold.

 

[NZTailender]

Both teams are trying to lose.

Both teams paid off to make the game last longer for the sponors IMO #DPWorldConspiracy

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Need 8s. 104 of the last 13 gets us to 265

 

[SkyBlue]

None of the catches dropped have been simple tbf

SENA country fielders would be hammered if they dropped the catches that India did

Cant have one standard for one country and another standard for teams like India

Those catches should be taken big matches

 

[halba]

Need 8s. 104 of the last 13 gets us to 265

Need 280 plus to be truly a test for this ATG level ODI batting lineup. Out of all the ODI batting lineups in history, this might be in the top 3 at least(with prior AUS and SAF teams with de Villiers, Kallis, amla and so on)

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Horrendous catching

They're paying tribute to "home" team of Pakistan since their fans didn't actually get to watch their own team play.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

None of the catches dropped have been simple tbf

Rohit's was pretty easy