19 Feb - India vs Bangladesh

[STLIndian]

Bangladesh had a victory by fluke in 2007. since then we have met 7 times and we have beaten you comprehensively 7 times. all in all we have met 23 times and we have won 21 times. yet some you either have the audacity (or are stupid enough) to call themselves contenders for the cup and say that bigger teams fear them. we got a thread here just dedicated to that. i mean it is just as crazy as ireland claiming that they are the new masters of the subcontinent after beating pakistan. the way you guys keep on ranting about that how tamim hit zaheer all over in 2007 and how masrafe bowled out sehwag......now remember how the delhi boys took BD to the cleaners in 2011.

I don't think they actually think they're contenders for the cup.

They just start those threads to try and convince themselves.

 

[AkshayS]

They batted good still, our bowling was looking ordinary as usual and batting was looking exceptional.
It all comes down to our batting to make the difference.

 

[angryangy]

I don't know how you rate the wicket though, it's odd that even BNG made 280 on it, I would have thought their groundsmen would have prepared wickets where 250 was par, as that suits their game.

It seemed pretty dry and tired for the first game of the tournament at a ground that has more matches to host. Maybe it will be worn out early and favour the bowlers more.

It's funny reading back through this thread, you'd think Bangladesh were the number 2 side or something.

 

[1iram1]

Who said we are contenders for the cup? Some members (including me) were just saying that Bangladesh are capable of creating upsets and teams shouln't take them lightly.
We shouldn't take Ireland lightly either.

 

[STLIndian]

Who said we are contenders for the cup? Some members (including me) were just saying that Bangladesh are capable of creating upsets and teams shouln't take them lightly.
We shouldn't take Ireland lightly either.

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[khalek]

now remember how the delhi boys took BD to the cleaners in 2011.

Lmao.

Bangladesh are minnows, why would anyone want to remember big teams thrashing minnows? People will still remember the 2007 victory because the minnows thrashed the big guns there.

 

[Pranav]

Wow! Sehwag played like a hero!

I couldn't catch the match live as I was away, but did manage to catch the highlights afterwards. Some of the shots he played were simply fantastic. Munaf bowled really well and deserved all the wickets he picked up. Sreesanth was the only disappointment.

Nice to see a solid performance upfront!

 

[Owzat]

Bangladesh had a victory by fluke in 2007.

'fluke' is somewhat extreme and as ridiculously dimissive as you claim their fans are "audacious" or "stupid" for building up themselves for the World Cup. I may not have read every deshi post on their World Cup hopes, but what I have seen the impression I get is they say they can make the knockouts.

It wasn't a 'fluke', over 50 overs and in Tests you don't get flukes. India were bowled out for 191, both Ganguly (66) and Dravid (47) made runs but Sehwag, Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni made just 25 runs between them so your "big guns" misfired. Bangladesh then chased the target down with nine balls to spare, five wickets in hand and THREE batsmen making 50 which suggests a harmless pitch and that they, Mortaza in particular, bowled better than India.

Had the worthless duck method been applied to a 20-30 over match then you might have cause to suggest the victory was let's say 'hollow' and 'freak', but this was as unfluke like as if they'd won in a Test match.

since then we have met 7 times and we have beaten you comprehensively 7 times. all in all we have met 23 times and we have won 21 times. yet some you either have the audacity (or are stupid enough) to call themselves contenders for the cup and say that bigger teams fear them. we got a thread here just dedicated to that.

Do you expect the deshi fans to be any different to say England fans in their hopes? Not much point quoting your record against Bangladesh, England and every other major Test playing nation has a similar record and those that don't make THE strongest case for tiers.

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Not a good result for the deshis chances of reaching the knockouts, big margins such as that are not that common and so their hopes are diminished. West Indies are capable of beating any side on their day, t'will be a struggle from here for the deshis as a hiding was not what they wanted to be on the end of.

Was just too many runs, Sehwag spoiled it as a contest/spectacle. Anything over 300 was always likely to be too much for the deshis, Tamim was a little too sedate but then I guess they were in the horrible position of having to decide if they could chase and run the risk of being out for say 150-200 and incur a massive negative NRR, or bat sedately and accept a big hit on the NRR but warm the batsmen up and use up their overs. Under the circumstances I think their batting did quite well

 

[Gurjot95]

I don't think he would have said that if he didn't scored a 100 and yes, demoralizing you are team player in the front of whole world is ridiculous.

 

[King Cricket]

We need to work on our bowling. I hope Dhoni bins the idea of playing with three seamers from the next match and sticks to the safe combination of two pacers and two spinners. The world knows that the Achilles' heel of India is its pace bowling department and there's no need of allowing it to be accentuated by persisting with too many pacers on wickets that should reward accurate spin bowling copiously. Swap Sreesanth with either Chawla and Ashwin. He seems to be the only misfit in an otherwise balanced team.

About Bangladesh, I think Shakib is drawing too much flak from the media for deciding to bat second. Had Dhoni won the toss, even India would have done the same because of the dew factor.

As for their run chase, it was a very spirited performance by Bangladesh with the bat, and I see this team upsetting at least one of the four big nations in Group B if they can rectify their bowling woes and be a bit more careful with the shot selection. The synergy the captain has brought to the team is laudable. From being a blink-and-you-miss nation just two WCs ago, to a team which can confound and pulverize the bowling attack of one of the favorites to lift the Cup- their rise in the ODIs has been awesome.

 

[mohit_dude10]

demoralizing you are team player in the front of whole world is ridiculous.

Absolutely, first Dhoni says about him and now Sehwag. Now is the time when he needs backing from captain and senior players, but they are criticizing him.

 

[aditya123]

We need to work on our bowling. I hope Dhoni bins the idea of playing with three seamers from the next match and sticks to the safe combination of two pacers and two spinners. The world knows that the Achilles' heel of India is its pace bowling department and there's no need of allowing it to be accentuated by persisting with too many pacers on wickets that should reward accurate spin bowling copiously. Swap Sreesanth with either Chawla and Ashwin. He seems to be the only misfit in an otherwise balanced team.

About Bangladesh, I think Shakib is drawing too much flak from the media for deciding to bat second. Had Dhoni won the toss, even India would have done the same because of the dew factor.

As for their run chase, it was a very spirited performance by Bangladesh with the bat, and I see this team upsetting at least one of the four big nations in Group B if they can rectify their bowling woes and be a bit more careful with the shot selection. The synergy the captain has brought to the team is laudable. From being a blink-and-you-miss nation just two WCs ago, to a team which can confound and pulverize the bowling attack of one of the favorites to lift the Cup- their rise in the ODIs has been awesome.

I disagree with you on the two seamers point. We already have a side loaded with spin and we would need the third seamer in bigger games. Imagine if one of the two seamers breaks down in a 2-2 combination or has an off-day. The only time we should be playing a second spinner is if we decide to drop one batsman for the spinner.

Two spinners would make it far too imbalanced in my opinion. Yesterday, when Sree had a bad day, we had Munaf and Zaheer to back up in the seam department. We would`nt have that luxury with just 2 seamers. Also, more and more teams are better players of spin these days, so you hardly have any bunnies against spin bowling around.

 

[SaiSrini]

Bangladesh had a victory by fluke in 2007. since then we have met 7 times and we have beaten you comprehensively 7 times. all in all we have met 23 times and we have won 21 times. yet some you either have the audacity (or are stupid enough) to call themselves contenders for the cup and say that bigger teams fear them. we got a thread here just dedicated to that. i mean it is just as crazy as ireland claiming that they are the new masters of the subcontinent after beating pakistan. the way you guys keep on ranting about that how tamim hit zaheer all over in 2007 and how masrafe bowled out sehwag......now remember how the delhi boys took BD to the cleaners in 2011.

They were just having their day in the sun due to the pressure that we put on ourselves. They know Bangladesh is no match for India and if India have to lose, its due to the pressure that India puts on itself and nothing else. No sane Bangladeshi fan would have hoped that Bangladesh would beat India for sure in that opening match (even the betters had India's odds at 0.10). We are crazy about our team, we celebrate wildly when they do well, we always do everything big, so haters will be there.

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They batted good still, our bowling was looking ordinary as usual and batting was looking exceptional.
It all comes down to our batting to make the difference.

Bowling looked ordinary only due to Sreesanth. Zaheer bowled decently, Munaf bowled well, Harbhajan was good too. Yusuf and Yuvraj were pretty decent for part timers.

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I don't think he would have said that if he didn't scored a 100 and yes, demoralizing you are team player in the front of whole world is ridiculous.

Not when you are Sreesanth. Aggressive players need such kind of needling to arouse themselves. I think Sehwag has done the right thing there. If Sreesanth takes it as a 'serious statement', he should bring himself back up. If he takes it as a joke, he can return to focussing on how to get himself back up. So he does the same thing both ways. If Sehwag used it against Munaf Patel, I would have probably agreed that Sehwag should not have done it.

 

[Varun]

Great win for India, Sehwag and Kohli and Munaf stepping up to the duty and won the match for India.
Sreesanth had a pathetic game, and my abhorrence for him was justified. ()

Strong effort by Bangladesh in the end too. They didn't succumb at runs like 200 or 150 but went on to whack 280, which is quite brilliant.

 

[AbhishekS]

"Bangladesh is not a good side in tests", lovely comment, great to see how he speaks out his mind.