England vs India at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham

[crankthatskunk]

If you forget last 3 Matches, Honestly tell me does Pakistan deserve to be playing Semis ?
From Start Pakistani approach was to geto Semis not to win the cup.
After watching Pakistani approach i was hoping Pakisan is one of the 1st time to get elminated.
Pakistan needs change up from bottom to top.
Changes in facilities , managment . team itself

To be honest, what I have said about Pakistani team to my wife, I cannot repeat here.
But the fact of the matter is, when you are trembling in fear of the match and your opponents before the match start, you are already starting on negative.
Pakistan had two chances to set the agenda, they blowing both against India and Australia.
Especially against India, when you know you go under pressure why would you chase, especially if rain is about and you need to score very fast to stay above DL requirements. For which you have no capabilities or heart.
Those who wake up at the last minute don't deserve anything, if you ask my honest opinion.

 

[PakSword]

It's politics mate...that has been present throughout the tourney. They hate every atom of our being.

But they aren't of that caliber that they will only lose when they want to lose.. we are giving them too much importance.. The other team wasn't bachi..

They had a close match against Afghanistan as well.. now if we had a chance of reaching semis on the basis of result of that match, we would have been cursing India had India lost that match as well..

 

[waz]

Well done England!!!!!!!

 

[halfilhal]

Dhoni completely lost respect... at least I was a big fan of him before.... Shame on #DHONI ... Commentators baffled... thousands of their own fans cursed them for a shameful intentional loss...

But..but...seeing Pakistanis burn more than us is kind of having a chilling effect...

 

[PakSword]

Losing to kick other teams out is something for fans to keep themselves occupied with, a sports team would only want to look at its own performance, its ridiculous to think Ind would lose this to keep Pak out when Pak havent even beat BD yet

You know what Indians are trying to convey here? That India lost because it wanted to lose.. otherwise no one can beat India, and shamefully our Pakistani posters are also supporting them..

 

[PaklovesTurkiye]

This is the strangest chase i have seen in world cricket... This is clearly a team decision to go for NRR and not for the win.. Look at the body language of players (fist bumps in last over) and the coach.. This is a new low, only to keep pakistan out!

Everyone is noticing it.....EVERYONE.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Australia is a better probably the best ODI team in the World Cup. England even if not best, their team has more individuals who can give match winning performance compared to India. India is really third best and unworthy of title if they don't change their collective attitude soon enough.

India's strong points are Virat, Rohit, Bumrah and perhaps Shami and Dhoni (not for his batting though).

Everything else is India's weakness. They are in team because of lucky performance helped by others not because one can put expectation on them.

Chahal and Yadav also reliable in conditions that suit them.

We lack players who have class and intent. Many play just to stay in team.

Let me tell you what I have noticed as a weakness in the Indian team. The Indian team needs to work on middle and lower order scoring more runs. India has top class batting openers, but they rely too much on them. Everyone has to chip in. Further on in the tournament this could be a problem for India.

 

[Loft38]

We learned nothing from our ancestors. England still reaping the befit of divide and rule. Sad.

 

[PakSword]

Everyone is noticing it.....EVERYONE.

Ohh come on man! It was England, not Ireland.. England was favorite team when the tournament started.. and they made 337, not 137..

If India has this capability against a top side that it loses the match only if it wants to lose, then it is better for Pakistan to not face them again for at least one year in any tournament..

 

[crankthatskunk]

Dhoni is used material. He doesn't have hitting ability anymore. They had 5 bloody wickets but yet there was no intent. Even Panday stopped hitting boundaries the moment Dhoni arrived at the crease.

I beg to disagree. Today it was just too much to get for any batsman.
He made them win the match against Afghanistan. They were looking very short of run, in last few overs he got some valuable runs which were crucial in the win, otherwise Afghanistan would have chased successfully.

 

[terry5]

Pakistan will play Australia in semi final and India will play England at old Trafford Manchester .

Pakistan v England final it is then just like 1992 when England last beat India in World Cup

India totally blew it today and psychologically England have the edge now on them in the semi finals

England will go against New Zealand hard and Pakistan will go through

1992 it’s happening .

 

[PaklovesTurkiye]

They beat Pak before and would probably wont mind facing Pak in semi finals or finals as compared to facing England, Pak has a tough challenge of facing BD which they havent yet, BD alone can kick Pak out this tournament considering how well they have been playing, I doubt Ind would have Pak's qualification in mind during the match

C'mon man......There was absolutely no intent...Goras have noticed it as well, even Indians are saying this.

Body language tells it all....They were not playing to win.

Indians know that they defeated Pak in Champions trophy group stage but Pakistan blew them away in finals. same could have been repeated here.

So, they lost here to make sure Pakistan has less chances to qualify.

A team which hasn't lost a single match so far, suddenly lost it.....???? Not everyone is stupid.

 

[PakSword]

Let me tell you what I have noticed as a weakness in the Indian team. The Indian team needs to work on middle and lower order scoring more runs. India has a top class batting openers, but they rely too much on them. Everyone has to chip in. Further on in the tournament this could be a problem for India.

That's right, and everyone was saying that Indian middle order hasn't been thoroughly tested in the tournament.. and could only be tested if the opposition puts up huge total..

 

[Defense Reader]

Who really said this? can you quote?

This is exactly what people are saying.

Sorry, Indians....You are unable to and even if you wanted, cannot hide it now

Sourav Ganguly was on comentry and point out repeatedly this chase performance by team india

 

[Jackdaws]

Let me tell you what I have noticed as a weakness in the Indian team. The Indian team needs to work on middle and lower order scoring more runs. India has a top class batting openers, but they rely too much on them. Everyone has to chip in. Further on in the tournament this could be a problem for India.

India did the right thing bringing in Pant instead of that pathetic Shankar fellow. But they didn't pick good batsmen like Rahane, Rayadu or Pujara and have brought a joker like Jadhav.