'Official' Semi Final 2 - Pakistan v India

[jashan83]

Is it part of the mind games. Putting pressure

 

[Furball]

Something in that though. His flight is certainly much more enticing than before, and will catch a few batsmen on the hop.

Reckon the angle he bowls at has a lot to do with that as well, at times it looks lime he's firing it miles down the leg side.

 

[Prad100w]

I'm gonna go into the other thread and jinx NZ now!

lol

 

[Spark]

Reckon the angle he bowls at has a lot to do with that as well, at times it looks lime he's firing it miles down the leg side.

Yeah, that too, perhaps the LBWs are to do with batsmen playing across the balls they should be hitting to long on/off.

 

[Prad100w]

Really nervous for this one. Hope India bats first in such a crunch game. Not sure about the dew. It would be a difficult decision for both captains with the toss.

 

[ankitj]

Dew can be a factor. It has been in Mohali in past.

 

[Daemon]

Cricket | "Do not expect Pakistan to beat India" | ESPNSTAR.com

Manjrekar...

 

[salman85]

Oh Sanjay you cute little delusional thing

 

[salman85]

Dew can be a factor. It has been in Mohali in past.

I've heard it's a big factor at Mohali.I doubt if the groundstaff will let it become the result deciding factor,but it is a huge factor.

 

[CricTsunami18]

Pakistan broke Australia's winning streak and they'll be looking to break their losing streak against India in world cup games. I think they'll hold their nerves better so they may...no, they will....end up on top!!

 

[Daemon]

Oh Sanjay you cute little delusional thing

 

[Dhoni_fan]

I don't really care where Pakistan are to be perfectly honest, I won't make any bones about it. This match is all about us, if we go out there and execute out skills like we did against Australia then no matter who they put on the park, we will win.

 

[godofcricket]

From what I have seen Afridi isn’t too keen to use Wahab under pressure situations, he is mainly being used to bowl out some overs when the opposition is a bit on the back foot, this strategy shows that Wahab clearly is a weak point in our bowling. Pakistan needs an attacking and wicket taking bowler against India, I hope they play Akhtar in the semi-final.

 

[Jono]

Though I still find myself confused as to how Waterboy continues to get wickets.

Haha me too.

 

[smash84]

Cricket | "Do not expect Pakistan to beat India" | ESPNSTAR.com

Manjrekar...

"It might turn out to be a one-sided game. India is a far better team and Pakistan have come through to the semifinals against all odds. The Pakistanis are undisciplined in many areas of their game. And to expect them to win three big matches successively is expecting too much."

itstl from Manjrekar

 

[Shri]

If we get about 120 off 25 overs before losing the first wicket(and if we are batting first), Dhoni should come in at #3 and try to play one of his ultra aggressive knocks. If he falls we do have Raina down the order to nudge singles and go mental in the middle/death overs. Been a long time since he played a decent aggressive innings in ODIs. Last played a cameo in that Tendulkar 200 game vs SA. Dhoni hit that 148 against Pakistan and that 183 against SL coming in at 3.

 

[Jono]

India lose more matches than they win when they adjust the batting order.

 

[ankitj]

Interesting thing I noticed. Zaheer and Munaf's ODI career economy rate is identical to the second decimal place - 4.89 rpo.

 

[vcs]

His game, and his responsibilities have changed a lot since then. I would not tinker with something that actually seems to be working so far, i.e. our top order.

EDIT : To Shri.

 

[cricpk]

ICC World Cup 2011 Semi - Final (India VS Pakistan) has been fixed!

india news channel claims that indian team has already fixed this match .

What we call this type of thing in urdu, "BAKWAS"