Asia cup 2022

[Xuhaib]

Babar is such a dull captain seems to follow the script he gets from the coach in the break

 

[Arachnodouche]

ya **** off Kohli you useless hipster.

I mean, where the **** is this guy's intensity, fraternizing with an opponent who's knocked him off his perch in the batting sweepstakes? I'm not saying go all Allan Border...well, actually, considering the hole he's in, that's exactly what was needed but he's too much of a hipster ***** concerned with collecting social media brownie points to do it.

 

[cnerd123]

Nah, Pak bowling is just par here to be honest. Our top order is having a brainfade.

Naseem was fantastic with the new ball and Shadab + Nawaz (3) have barely bowled a bad ball between them.

But yes the top 3 were poor, as anticipated

 

[slippy888]

yeah he got beaten on the outside edge 1st ball did kholi and he smiling and laughing like wtf mate you need to be intense more

 

[Nintendo]

Why is Kohli playing so many dot's now? Don't have the stats to back this up, but feel his success in t20's in prior years was down to his fitness and ability to find 2's as much as anything else. Past 2 years he's gone completely haywire, gets dotted up way too easily and ends up with 30(30) holing out vs spin trying to find the fence again. If he was 40(30) in this situation and confident in his strike rotation he wouldn't have a need to smash it. Just as an exmaple, he was 17(30) today barring boundaries. Going back to his century in the 2019 IPL (Last season where he struck above 140, before his covid decline). At one point in the innings he was 37(30) with 21(26) without boundaries. Not exactly ideal but it's light and day with the other comparison. If kohli had a similiar non-boundary innings today at the 30 ball mark, he'de have been 39(30) instead of 33(30), when he had faced 33 balls he would have been 42(33) instead of 35(33).

Small margins, but a strike rate of 127 next to his name and a run rate closer to 8 than 9 would have made a world of difference here for Kohli. Rohit's inning's didn't help things either, tbf.

Edit: Just to add onto this, another big part of Kohli's game in his peak was his death strike rate. In overs 16-20 he had a strike rate of 200+ overall, and it's the reason a 50(40) at eden gardens in the 16th would turn into a 100(57) at the 20th. Kohli can't particularly get to that 50(40) now without a bit of luck trying to slog the spinners when he's 35(35) in the 13th to 14th over. Early innings dismissals and a lack of confidence aren't exactly helping him either, his decline is a multi-faceted combination of factors. In t20 in particular though, think the early dismissals would be fine if he was making these starts into 80odd's and getting red inkers like he use to.

 

[subshakerz]

Commentary has been horrible this game.

 

[Xuhaib]

Need Pandaya or we are toast

 

[Xuhaib]

Commentary has been horrible this game.

Yes it seems like a collection of worse commentators available

 

[cnerd123]

Limp batting effort. Should have worked harder with the ball to keep them under 140.

 

[subshakerz]

Fielding of both teams has been poor. A lot of free runs given.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Rauf's action is a bit special

 

[cnerd123]

Rauf and Dahani scoring 29 in 13 balls might prove match winning.

No one else has come close to scoring at that strike rate tonight. Complacency in the death in the first innings, probably thought 150 was below par.

 

[Arachnodouche]

I mean, where the **** is this guy's intensity, fraternizing with an opponent who's knocked him off his perch in the batting sweepstakes? I'm not saying go all Allan Border...well, actually, considering the hole he's in, that's exactly what was needed but he's too much of a hipster ***** concerned with collecting social media brownie points to do it.

Look at this **** strutting around on the balcony like he's just made a hundred. Cheap bimbo poser.

 

[Xuhaib]

Good game this been a while since we had a close indo Pak game most have been pastings recently

 

[Xuhaib]

Worst time to get cramps for naseem

 

[cnerd123]

Naseem getting through this over despite barely being able to walk is something. Nearly got a wicket too!

This slow overrate penalty should **** Pakistan, but seems like despite this and everyone in their XI cramping up they'll still get the win. Very limp batting effort by India today.

 

[honestbharani]

I believe @smash84 @trundler and @Xuhaib owe me an apology about Naseem.

Also, the proudest I have felt to have been a Naseem fan. Kid pushing through the pain here through pure heart is well, heartwarming.

 

[Dissector]

What a dramatic over with the game in balance. Think that six has put India clearly ahead with a final over by Nawaz still left.

 

[Socerer 01]

Jeez this game isn’t worth risking one of your brightest prospect’s legs for Pakistan ffs

 

[honestbharani]

Its quite something to come on CW and on the Platinum Lounge and see Virat being made the villain here when he was easily the best of our top 4 today inspite of playing after a break.