Afghanistan v India (WIN OR GO HOME FOR INDIA!) at Abu Dhabi, 11/3 Wednesday (N), Match #33, Group 2

[cnerd123]

what is stupider is

A) Chahal seemed to regain form in the IPL but the squad was already announced and they didn't want to change it
B) Kuldeep got cut from white-ball squads but apparently was the next big prospect for the Test team, only for Axar Patel to leapfrog him, leaving Kuldeep out in the wilderness with no clear career trajectory.

Their lack of batting was an issue in ODIs, but less so in T20s where you really don't need batting past 8 anyways. Our seamer can't really bat either tho, forcing the selection of Bhuvi into white ball teams, which is unfortunately his weaker format but also seemingly the only format his body can handle. We do have Deepak Chahar who was decent in his few India appearances but he's nowhere to be seen. No idea if that's because he had a poor IPL or because the selectors were just being dumb.

Don't get why Shami is in the T20I side either tbh, surely we have other quicks better suited to the format. Pandya in as a specialist bat is interesting too.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Rohit's highest score in ten T20 WC games. Hasn't made a huge splash in a while.

 

[Aritro]

This spell from Naveen has been as bad as could possibly have been dreamt of by an India fan

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

They upping up the scoring rate now. 220 looks good from here.

 

[Niall]

Pakpassion seem convinced that this game is fixed.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I like Rahul's 50 more than Rohit's

 

[Aritro]

Pakpassion seem convinced that this game is fixed.

It's got BCCI's fingerprints all over it tbh

 

[honestbharani]

It's got BCCI's fingerprints all over it tbh

You mean the first two didn't?

 

[Aritro]

It's been an incredible batting display but they haven't helped themselves. Too many balls in the slot, and then too many too short.

 

[Arachnodouche]

This is like the cheap day out against Bermuda in '07 .

 

[Aritro]

It's been an incredible batting display but they haven't helped themselves. Too many balls in the slot, and then too many too short.

But also, to be fair, this batting is ridiculous.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The wicket is good for batting right...and the quality of these batsmen is just too good.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Can someone please shut up Murali Kartik? He's worst than Sanju.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Need an 18-ball fifty from Pant.

 

[Arachnodouche]

This theme song is AIDS for the ears.

 

[honestbharani]

He's worst than Sanju.

LIterally impossible.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

LIterally impossible.

Right, he's like the speed of light lol

 

[Aritro]

This theme song is AIDS for the ears.

Haha yeah, I was sick of it by about day 2. Sorry, SillyCowCorner.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Haha yeah, I was sick of it by about day 2. Sorry, SillyCowCorner.

No, fair enough. It's trash.

 

[honestbharani]

This game has shades of the MI game against SRH when basically there was no hope.

I have mentioned earlier in my posts in this sub forum that Abu Dhabi is the best batting wicket of the 3. That has obviously helped India here and as I pointed out in the last game thread, the line up has 5 batsmen who can all be match winners in their own right in the top 5 and when one or two of them have a field day, things can happen. But our side and its balance is just set up for inconsistency, which is exaggerated when things like the toss don't go your way in conditions where it is very important.