They're aiming for the bonus point. At some stage (probably when Parthan came to the wicket), Ganguly must have decided it was better to consolidate and get the crucial point, rather than potentially suicide, swinging the bat with the tail exposed so early.Adamc said:I don't get this... have India given up? Pathan came with a gettable 7 an over needed, now the required rate is over 10. Pathan has scored 9 off 37! Doesn't make sense to me.
biased indian said:what does woolmer bring to pakistan Cricket
A good understanding of Maths they where actually thinking that india needed to score 241 when they actually needed 240
and for the game
What a performance by the great team from india they are showing good form to the coming matches in the season.And i dont find any reason for pakistan to worry as india will find it hard to beat the SL team unless they decide to rest some players.and an intresting fact was that the top 2 wicket takers of the series was having a 50+ run partnership.
i think u will have to send it as an email attachment as i need it now fastthehellraiser said:hahahahahhahahahhahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahaha
i think i need to send u some tissues
indeed, Pakistan obviously completely outplayed India today..why on earth should India actually get a point out of it,all it did was encourage conservative play from India.#Mecnun said:What the hell is the point of this stupid bonus point?
India needed the bonus because if they didnt get that point they wouldnt have had a chance to get to the final...if India did not get the bonus today they would be at 6...not 7...which means if they even won the sri lanka match with the bonus point they would be even with sri lanka 12 12...so with this bonus point India has a chanceMecnun said:What the hell is the point of this stupid bonus point?
Nikhil4eva said:India needed the bonus because if they didnt get that point they wouldnt have had a chance to get to the final...if India did not get the bonus today they would be at 6...not 7...which means if they even won the sri lanka match with the bonus point they would be even with sri lanka 12 12...so with this bonus point India has a chance
Well I dont think you can change it so live with it :PSwervy said:I think the point is..Why even have the bonus point thing in there anyway.
A win is a win in my book, you cant have varying degrees of victory, you either have outscored the opposition or you havent.
I cant see what is wrong with just having the net run rate as an added incentive to get close to the opponents score if you are losing a game
the problem in this tournament is that if net run rate was taken into equation with out bonus point the pakistan would have had the advantage as they are playing bangladesh last(with all respect to BAN)Swervy said:I think the point is..Why even have the bonus point thing in there anyway.
A win is a win in my book, you cant have varying degrees of victory, you either have outscored the opposition or you havent.
I cant see what is wrong with just having the net run rate as an added incentive to get close to the opponents score if you are losing a game
so one cant express an opinion (shared with many others in fact) if one cant do anything to change it????Nikhil4eva said:Well I dont think you can change it so live with it :P
dont understand (maybe I am being stupid here)...why does that put Pakistan at an advantage...apart from the obvious advantage Pakistan should have gained over India by hammering them (Victory by 59 runs in a 50 over game is pretty conclusive to me)biased indian said:the problem in this tournament is that if net run rate was taken into equation with out bonus point the pakistan would have had the advantage as they are playing bangladesh last(with all respect to BAN)
at least this game was intresting until the last ballshankar said:The bonus point is a decent idea as long as its only for the winning team. It ensures that the game doesnt become boring too early. But the idea of the losing team getting a point is ludicrous.
You should try being a Kent supported, and not a Sami in sight!Jnr. said:I reckon.
11 wides and 4 no balls isn't good enough.