Group B - India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka

[YorksLanka]

True dat..

 

[DriveClub]

Mathews better take care of his beer belly of he wants to extend his career

 

[Howe_zat]

Not sure what I'm missing here - free money?

 

[Daemon]

the platform might not allow you to bet on both. I'd just create another account tho. whats this on?

 

[Howe_zat]

Oddschecker

 

[Scaly piscine]

Jesus Christ just noticed how much facial hair India's squad has:

India Squad | ICC Champions Trophy, 2017 | Cricket Squads | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Burgey]

Is any of it theirs?

 

[fredfertang]

Imad Wasim has an interesting action

 

[Daemon]

Yep, looks like he's had a bit of coaching from Ajmal

 

[OverratedSanity]

Imad Wasim has an interesting action

Not exactly Ramnaresh Sarwan that's for sure

 

[fredfertang]

Not exactly Ramnaresh Sarwan that's for sure

No indeed - in that context only, he's rather more Glen McGrath

 

[tobe_ornot2]

I want to change something.

Initially I said Ind would top the group but they fielded horribly and if it wasn't for dropped chances, their batting would have been below par. SA have superior fielding and superior batting imo.

I think they will top the group.

 

[SL Bada]

Pakistan just can't lift their game in global tournaments against their arch-rivals.

 

[Shri]

Hi! Its always nice to see a member from Sri Lanka at CW. We have always had gun people from there like Migara and Himaanv.

 

[YorksLanka]

Fantastic result for us today. Particularly impressed with Gunathilake who I thought played a very sensible innings for someone so young..glad to see Mendis show his potential too. I am worried though about the number of injuries we have and hope we get it sorted by the Pakistan game !

 

[stephen]

This group will come to two effective quarter finals. Let's hope rain doesn't spoil them!

 

[Black_Warrior]

What an exciting group this turned out to be

 

[SL Bada]

Murali's induction, the music and that win. Good day overall. SL punching above their weight in a global tournament again. Injuries are almost comical though.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah.. kinda forgot but it was almost a perfect day for SL fans given Murali's induction as well. Very real chance of going through to the semis now as well if the weather holds up. If I have to pick now, and assuming we get full games, I think South Africa and Sri Lanka will go through. South Africa are a strong ODI outfit and I do not see India recovering from the kick they have received in this game. Pakistan and Sri Lanka game should be tight esp. with Pak's fast bowling a real chance to bowl Sri Lanka out but Pak are also pretty hit and miss, so I feel this time SL will scrape through.

 

[smash84]

It'll be hard for SA to go through given that it is now a pressure situation.

India are still one of the favorites in the tournament. This loss was quite unexpected. I am not sure why Kohli prefers Umesh Yadav over Shami. In comparison to Shami i always thought Yadav was quite brainless. Once Shami is back India have one of the best attacks for the tournament. Once the batting goes full throttle they will be a hard bunch to beat.

India should still back themselves to win on Sunday.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka game is hard to call. There is no way that Pakistan could have chased anything over 300 like Sri Lanka did today. On the flip side I can't imagine Sri Lanka putting on the brakes of a batting powerhouse like SA. Tough call but if Sri Lanka can win the toss and bat first then they should be favorites given that Pak can't chase anything over 250