40th Match - Bangladesh v India

[weldone]

It's going to be a long day for the Bangers, when you have an easy chance to get rid of one of the best ODI players in the world and you throw up all over yourself. Man, he takes that and Kohli's in early, gives them a decent chance at a couple of big poles.

Now Sharma does that.

Hope these two put up a 350 run partnership.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hope these two put up a 350 run partnership.

Rubel 0/80 (4)

 

[weldone]

Rubel 0/80 (4)

Nah Mashrafe is a genius captain. If Rubel goes for 80 in 4 he will definitely get a 5th over, lol.

 

[ankitj]

So today we are playing all 3 wicket keepers. And only player in middle order who could have scored 80-100 kind of scores has been dropped. We have a bunch of dashers now in Pant, DK and Pandya.

 

[Prince EWS]

Nah Mashrafe is a genius captain. If Rubel goes for 80 in 4 he will definitely get a 5th over, lol.

3/87 (6) then because god hates cricket fans.

 

[weldone]

So today we are playing all 3 wicket keepers. And only player in middle order who could have scored 80-100 kind of scores has been dropped. We have a bunch of dashers now in Pant, DK and Pandya.

I don't like DK as a specialist batsman. Hopefully after Mayank settles in, the order will be sorted.

 

[cnerd123]

BD need to dig deep and bring out their inner ****s and play some ****ing desperate cricket here. if they sleep walk this or are hesitant or scared they'll get demolished.

 

[Prince EWS]

So today we are playing all 3 wicket keepers. And only player in middle order who could have scored 80-100 kind of scores has been dropped. We have a bunch of dashers now in Pant, DK and Pandya.

Everyone's probably going to have to bowl ten no matter what too, unless Rohit's back is feeling limber or Kohli feels like taking 0/18 off 2 overs.

 

[cnerd123]

3/87 (6) then because god hates cricket fans.

god hates your face tbh

 

[Prince EWS]

god hates your face tbh

True but irrelevant.

 

[weldone]

Where is Rubel? Not good enough to bowl in the first powerplay? I thought he's Harold Larwood 2.0. Come on don't hide him Mashrafe.

 

[Burgey]

Who did they drop for Kumar?

 

[Prince EWS]

Where is Rubel? Not good enough to bowl in the first powerplay? I thought he's Harold Larwood 2.0. Come on don't hide him Mashrafe.

I know I've made some jokes but I don't really think picking Rubel per se is the error. It's leaving out Mehidy for four quicks that is silly. If they wanted to play Rubel for Saif or Mashrafe (lol I know, but still), I'd disagree but it'd be fine.

 

[Tec15]

Don't worry Tamim will make up for that drop with a patented quickfire 24 (44) in a chase for 380.

 

[Prince EWS]

Who did they drop for Kumar?

Kuldeep

 

[cnerd123]

On the bright side maybe I can go to bed early tonight

 

[cnerd123]

True but irrelevant.

Just like your posts

 

[harsh.ag]

Not a good sign for Bangladesh if India are scoring at an RR of >6 in the first 10.

 

[weldone]

I know I've made some jokes but I don't really think picking Rubel per se is the error. It's leaving out Mehidy for four quicks that is silly. If they wanted to play Rubel for Saif or Mashrafe (lol I know, but still), I'd disagree but it'd be fine.

Yes about Mehidy, but Rubel in general shouldn't be anywhere near International cricket scene.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yes about Mehidy, but Rubel in general shouldn't be anywhere near International cricket scene.

I think Rubel as an ODI bowler is probably over-rated by Bangladesh selectors but under-rated by fans and forumers based on him being the most hilariously awful Test bowler in the history of cricket. I don't think he's really any worse than Saif; only batting really separates them for me, and Mashrafe 2019 edition is arguably worse than either of them on bowling alone. I wouldn't pick him but which quicks they picked is a bit of a nothingburger for me unless they dropped Fizz -- what's silly is picking four of them which three would've done fine.