Congratulations to Team India! Pakistan started off well but lost track. Pakistani batters seemed lost after Babar Azam’s wicket fell, and Indian bowlers capitalized. Chasing 192 was a walk in the park for India’s strong batting lineup, with Rohit Sharma leading the charge. We were bound to lose this match. Might as well go down swinging, pushing the run rate so we get knocked out of the tournament.
Overall, India’s brilliant performance outclassed Pakistan. Best of luck to Pakistan for the next match. Looking forward to a rematch between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad for the World Cup final!
Let’s agree that India is a better team than Pakistan. Let’s come out of this false illusion that we are superior. In T20, we excel. We lack the temperament for 50 overs. Plus, there are barely any players capable of carrying the innings sensibly.
It didn’t seem like an ICC event tonight – let’s be brutally honest. It seemed like a bilateral series or a BCCI event. I didn’t hear Dil Dil Pakistan coming through the mics too often. That does play a role, but I won’t use it as an excuse.
Mickey Arthur
How do you explain the collapse from 155 for 2 to 191 suddenly? Are you suggesting that Pakistan was playing well because of the ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ song played by the DJ, and then they collapsed because the song stopped?
Merit, responsibility and accountability
If they continue bowling like this, Australia, despite their poor form, would easily overpower us. Now, if in the next match, they don’t play Usama Mir instead of Shadab or Nawaz, then this team management, including the captain, deserves a good scolding. These two aren’t even batting well, which is why they play these part-timers instead of proper spinners. Usama might do a better job in batting than Shadab and Nawaz. At least then we’d have one proper spinner in the team.
Right arm full toss short pitch bowler
On this pitch, if we bowl at the right length, we can put up a fight. However, I’m worried that Shaheen will bowl too full and Shadab will bowl too short. Indian spinners have really tightened the screws on the run rate. Our spinners, during the same phase of the innings, give away too many loose balls.
There’s Abrar, there’s Usman Qadir. It’s just that Babar prefers part-timers. Part-time bowlers instead of genuine spinners, and part-time batsmen instead of proper ones. When Usman Qadir was in the team, the media used to say Babar was playing on friendship quota. The same is true for Abrar now. We need a spinners talent hunt program ASAP.
