Group F (Super 8) - Sri Lanka, Australia, India, West Indies

[ret]

^ At Indian team's service!

 

[Ilovecric]

That was shameful by roach lololol wow...even sadder IND still lost even tho they were given 18 runs in extras.

 

[NasserFan207]

Great win for the windies, Gayle was awesome, and they bowled well apart from the extras.

India were crap.

 

[GraemeSmith]

The Clarke-esque first 6-8 overs combined with Jadeja's bowling means India is out

 

[Teja.]

The Harbhajan-Roach dismissal reminded me of this incident in my childhood,

When I was eight years old, we used to play cricket on the roads, This bloke had the highest score in those matches which was 54. Once another guy got to 53, and it happened that the 54 guy was bowling to him, he bowled seventeen wides and then yorked his middle stump while the batsman was distracted and expecting another wide.

 

[AaronK]

^ At Indian team's service!

both India and pakistan are almost out before semis.. and in 07 world cup they couldn't qualify to super 8..so i think the condition of West Indies doesn't suit them alot although they say that it is the same to subcontenent..

I say this year world cup is for Aus to take..

 

[ret]

I guess, in the next game Dhoni will have the same 11 to prove his point

 

[slippy]

Stupid decision by India Fielding first on a good batting wicket, its all about runs on the board in twenty 20, its pressure chasing anything between 150 to 170 in twenty 20.
abysmal India

 

[GotSpin]

So awesome seeing a packed crowd in barbados celebrating

 

[R_D]

Jadeja .. doesn't he suck at playing short balls.. why is he in the crease.. as far as i know he was responsible for the lost against Aus.. he should have been dropped for Chawla..so add another match loss to india here with jadeja in the crease..

Roach.. cmon man..

You could say Jadeja lost this match as well... Those low full tosses really got the WI innings going..
India lost it in the first 6 overs of batting..... really dissappointing ... Non of these idiots know how to play on bouncy pitches against decent pace bowlers.

 

[Migara]

How about a Gayle storm coming India's way?

Called that!

 

[Xuhaib]

Hey Dhoni just own up now we know there is something going on betwwen you and Jadeja.

 

[GraemeSmith]

As ****ty as India were against Aus, I agreed with their strategy of going after the short ball. It feels like they listened to the commentators in this match, went uber defensive with the new ball and lost wickets anyways without scoring runs. If you are aggressive against the short ball even if you don't get a hang of it, there is a chance that you may score runs. Going into you shell during power play just builds unnecessary pressure for later in the game.

Defensive cricket in T20 just does not work. SA lost against India in group stage doing exactly that, you'd think teams would have learned that by now.

 

[ret]

We need innovative coach like Sehwag's Shastriji to teach some of the guys how to work hard, improve their games and make them better against short pitched bowling.

“Sharmaji laid great emphasis on my achieving the right balance while playing my shots, especially the transfer of weight from back to front. His methods of correcting my mistakes were very innovative. For instance, I used to drag my back leg while driving the ball. He tied a string to my leg, and stood behind the wickets while I was batting, holding the string. If I dragged my leg, he would hold the string tight, not letting me do so.”

 

[tooextracool]

This prematch analysis on ESPN is pretty much as big a joke as the days of Charu and Mandira Bedi. And Danny Morrison really should be banned from being involved with any sort of analysis.

 

[Migara]

Welagedara in for Kulasekara. I am not confident of the move. In first place Welagedara deserved to play every match over Kulasekara. He may be short of match practice now. Hope he gets his yorkers correct. When he's firing yorkers round the wicket, he is a good bowler in this format. Otherwise will becannon fodder for Aussies, if he fails to get some swing.

 

[Arjun]

This prematch analysis on ESPN is pretty much as big a joke as the days of Charu and Mandira Bedi. And Danny Morrison really should be banned from being involved with any sort of analysis.

Ravi Shastri trying to promote Ravindra Jadeja was even worse.

 

[tooextracool]

Matthews opening the bowling is almost always a poor move and its even poorer on this pitch.

 

[tooextracool]

Matthews opening the bowling is almost always a poor move and its even poorer on this pitch.

Nonetheless its worked. Well bowled.

 

[tooextracool]

Well this supposedly 'strong' Australian batting lineup being shown up here. Not surprising either because this is the first time they are facing a half decent bowling attack in this competition.