2nd Semi Final - Australia v India (26th March)

[indiaholic]

Pitch has looked two paced to me. And MJ loves his off cutter slower balls.

Oh yeah, completely forgot about the off cutters. I was just thinking that his pace will be blunted.

 

[Contra]

So NZ, with an inferior batting lineup to India, chased down 298 in 43 overs against a better bowling attack than India will face, and India have 7 more overs to score 29 more runs.

India to take this.

haha nah this pitch imo is harder to bat at, you have to play really well to score and this Aussie attack is better than the saffa attack.

 

[Grasshopper]

India will nail this with 2 overs to spare.

 

[Swingpanzee]

So NZ, with an inferior batting lineup to India, chased down 298 in 43 overs against a better bowling attack than India will face, and India have 7 more overs to score 29 more runs.

India to take this.

you're joking or oversimplifying this. The NZ chase started with BMac firing on all cylinders. Otherwise would have been ****ing hard.

Totally different situation

 

[viriya]

I don't see why it would. It was a meaningless drop. DIdn't really hurt with 2 balls to go.

Meh that catch cost us nothing. He won't give a ****.

He shouldn't, but it was just before the end of the innings and if India lose a wicket early he needs to have a clear mind.

 

[Swingpanzee]

Oh yeah, completely forgot about the off cutters. I was just thinking that his pace will be blunted.

Johnson's slower ball is vastly overlooked imo

 

[BigBrother]

So NZ, with an inferior batting lineup to India, chased down 298 in 43 overs against a better bowling attack than India will face, and India have 7 more overs to score 29 more runs.

India to take this.

Incredibly dense logic that .

 

[halba]

haha nah this pitch imo is harder to bat at, you have to play really well to score and this Aussie attack is better than the saffa attack.

agree. nz grounds are tiny. not comparable. flat deck too. this is two paced so maxwell or clarke can turn their arm over if needed.

 

[indiaholic]

Johnson's slower ball is vastly overlooked imo

Yeah agreed. No way I should be forgetting it after that ball to Pujara.

 

[hendrix]

Do you ask Dhawan to McCullum it? Probably not.

Would be nice to take some pressure off the middle order though.

 

[BigBrother]

So NZ, with an inferior batting lineup to India, chased down 298 in 43 overs against a better bowling attack than India will face, and India have 7 more overs to score 29 more runs.

India to take this.

Incredibly dense logic that.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh yeah, completely forgot about the off cutters. I was just thinking that his pace will be blunted.

Yeah he'd be blunted if the pitch was predictably slow. Here, it looks like it has decent pace but some balls are stopping, which will make things really awkward.

 

[indiaholic]

Do you ask Dhawan to McCullum it? Probably not.

Would be nice to take some pressure off the middle order though.

Just doesn't have the ability to do that.

 

[ankitj]

Good to see Mayanti in the break

 

[Contra]

Do you ask Dhawan to McCullum it? Probably not.

Would be nice to take some pressure off the middle order though.

Nah Dhawan isn't quite in the league of McCullum as yet, main thing is wickets, 2-3 wickets in the first 10 overs and its game over.

 

[viriya]

Dhoni showing his CSK bias with Mohit bowling the last over over Yadav there..

 

[Swingpanzee]

Do you ask Dhawan to McCullum it? Probably not.

Would be nice to take some pressure off the middle order though.

Nah he can't do that. If he does credit to him.

 

[Valer]

75:25 to Aus at this point. Still just within the bounds of India being able to get there without Australia bowling / fielding absolutely garbage tho.

 

[Jono]

Around 15 to 20 too many. But it's gettable.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Feeling good about this TBH. We've restricted a stronger batting lineup to 22 runs fewer than what SA would have scored the other day