*Official* West Indies in India 2019

[Daemon]

Oh ****

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I think that's the 3rd time that Paul has bowled Kohli this year.

 

[Daemon]

It appears Shardul Thakur has a purpose after all

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kohli failing to finish a run chase when set feels so strange.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Kohli failing to finish a run chase when set feels so strange.

Yea that's more of a Sachin hallmark.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Cotterell spraying it all over. Keep it tight Souljah

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Typical 48th over in ODI cricket.

 

[Daemon]

Such a cruel game. Top edged pull barely makes it for six. Couple of metres made it an awful over for Cottrell.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Jadeja is such a gun of a player.

 

[Daemon]

I've never enjoyed a bilateral limited over series this much in ages. Brilliant stuff and Windies did pretty well to push India to the brink. Pollard's a superb captain I think.

 

[TestMatch]

A good series IMO.

This and the Eng/Aus test series were probably my fave contests of the year.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Looking at the development of young players from the start of the year to now has revealed some 'growth', but there's always room for improvement:

Pooran
Hetmyer
Paul
Joseph
+
+
+
Cotterell

 

[honestbharani]

Gonna throw it out there.. Is Jadeja ready to bat at 5 in this ODI side? I don't think Pant enjoys batting that high and having to construct an innings, especially in a chase, but Jaddu also takes time to warm up to his innings. Promising signs today nevertheless...

 

[honestbharani]

Ridiculous #Kohlistats here.. Out of 15 or so innings when he has batted chasing 300+, there is a 0 and an 8. Otherwise, his lowest score in such games is today's 85. 12 100s when chasing 300+ totals out of 15 attempts. SMH. Unbelievable.

 

[Prince EWS]

Ridiculous #Kohlistats here.. Out of 15 or so innings when he has batted chasing 300+, there is a 0 and an 8. Otherwise, his lowest score in such games is today's 85. 12 100s when chasing 300+ totals out of 15 attempts. SMH. Unbelievable.

 

[honestbharani]

I saw this on cricbuzz post match show. Will see if I can get a screencap of it.

 

[Prince EWS]

I guess looking at it one way, when India are chasing 300+ it does mean it's more likely to be a game with a flat pitch or small boundaries... but not by that much, and even if it did it doesn't give him the right to hit twelve tons and an 85 in 15 games, particularly not against teams strong enough overall to have just posted 300 (ie. he's not doing it against Oman). That's just absolutely nuts.

 

[ankitj]

Ridiculous #Kohlistats here.. Out of 15 or so innings when he has batted chasing 300+, there is a 0 and an 8. Otherwise, his lowest score in such games is today's 85. 12 100s when chasing 300+ totals out of 15 attempts. SMH. Unbelievable.

I think I know which are those 2 games he got 0 and 8

 

[honestbharani]

I guess looking at it one way, when India are chasing 300+ it does mean it's more likely to be a game with a flat pitch or small boundaries... but not by that much, and even if it did it doesn't give him the right to hit twelve tons and an 85 in 15 games, particularly not against teams strong enough overall to have just posted 300 (ie. he's not doing it against Oman). That's just absolutely nuts.

Have to correct it. Its 10 games (7 100s in 10 games is still friggin unbelievable) and it does not seem right as it excludes the 2017 CT game. I am assuming it is only bilateral series they are talking about. Apologies for the wrong data. Cricbuzz hindi have not done their due research I guess.

 

[ankitj]

141.85 - Virat Kohli's average in successful chases of 300-plus targets. India have had 10 such chases in the last 10 years and Kohli has scored 993 runs in those games, with seven centuries and a fifty (85 in this game).

Average in wins once again. Non sense stat.