*Official* Match 25 - India v Netherlands

[Blaze 18]

I reckon we can chase this down in 20 odd overs

Nah we won't chase this down in anything less than thirty-five overs.

 

[Spark]

Disappointed in you tbh.

Thought you'd say about five and a half overs, having reversed the batting order.

And all batting with the opposite way

 

[Blaze 18]

Sidhu is going out of his way to defend Harbhajan.

 

[Blaze 18]

Why bother though?

Have Sehwag and Sachin continue their reasonable form heading into SA.

We won't be smashing 189 in 20 overs vs. SA. Why try and throw away wickets today?

Don't understand why you're so keen on bashing them into oblivion. Especially when you scenarios are near impossible.

Not only that, we'd be giving Netherlands a chance if we did that. It's not like we are going to have NRR problems so it's quite pointless.

 

[R_D]

So it would seem. I'm getting increasingly doubtful about India's chances in this tournament ITBT. Their batting is good, but not that good and their bowling ranges from mediocre to outright poor (Zaheer aside) and their fielding is ordinary. They're a side I can easily see giving away mountains of runs at the death on a regular basis if Zaheer has anything but an excellent day.

Yeah agree... I don't see India winning the world cup either.

India missing Praveen Kumar badly.... he was good with new ball.

 

[Himannv]

India missing Praveen Kumar badly.... he was good with new ball.

Agree. A bit of a miss for them there.

 

[vcs]

India haven't bowled very well, frankly. Smarter batting would've seen them still 6 or 7 down at worst.

Yeah. India's bowling just fails to convince for some reason.

 

[Jono]

They haven't played on a wicket that suits them yet tbf. Obviously a pretty **** bowling lineup. But put them on a slow wicket and they'll be more effective.

 

[Burgey]

They haven't played on a wicket that suits them yet tbf. Obviously a pretty **** bowling lineup. But put them on a slow wicket and they'll be more effective.

Thought this wicket was slow, wasn't it? Haven't been watching but the cricinfo bloke seemed to think so

 

[vcs]

Yeah... England conceded 292 against the same opposition. We should evaluate this performance based on how India bat when they come out.

 

[Blaze 18]

On the bright side, Zaheer's now the joint second highest wicket-taker. Hope he keeps it up in the upcoming matches.

 

[ankitj]

Four of first ball by Sehwag. In each of the 4 matches so far.

 

[Blaze 18]

Haha, Sehwag has now hit the first ball for four in all four games.

 

[Spark]

Yeah... England conceded 292 against the same opposition. We should evaluate this performance based on how India bat when they come out.

Well it kind of goes without saying that Netherlands batted really badly. A tenth of their performance against England. Much too conservative against the spinners and part-timers when they should've worked singles then threw wickets away en masse to stupid **** like run outs and smacking filthy, filthy deliveries to fielders.

 

[Blaze 18]

Don't bowl there, RTD.

 

[Daemon]

Well it kind of goes without saying that Netherlands batted really badly. A tenth of their performance against England. Much too conservative against the spinners and part-timers when they should've worked singles then threw wickets away en masse to stupid **** like run outs and smacking filthy, filthy deliveries to fielders.

It looked harder to time the ball today, especially against Yuvraj and Harby

 

[Blaze 18]

Don't bowl there, RTD.

And again.

 

[Teja.]

Just put a bet with a mate for 300 re, even odds, I'm betting on Tendulkar not crossing 65.

 

[Spark]

It looked harder to time the ball today, especially against Yuvraj and Harby

I wouldn't say it was so difficult that straight breaks pitching on middle needed to be defended all the time rather than being worked into gaps for one.

This affair continues to be low quality.

 

[Blaze 18]

Just put a bet with a mate for 300 re, even odds, I'm betting on Tendulkar not crossing 65.

I'm waiting for Himannv to read that.