Group A - 12th Match Ireland v India

[SaiSrini]

thats what England said about Holland but look what happen

Oh yeah, lets see what happens. Even in T20, a game like Netherlands beating England is a FLUKE! And flukes dont happen often (can never happen to the extent that a team runs away with the world cup).

India has done enough for people to have faith in them to brush past Ireland. Of course, its going to be a banana skin game where Ireland could spring an upset. But even today, India were put at an odds of 0.11 to beat Bangladesh and they comprehensively proved those odds.

 

[aussie1st]

There is no way Ireland is beating India, I know we on the verge of upsets but the Indian lineup is way too strong to let that happen. England's lineup had gaps both in batting and bowling that could be exploited and the Dutch did just that. I don't see the same gaps in the India lineup.

Gambhir has found his touch again and now back to his consistent ways. Still have Sehwag to enter the lineup as well. Bowling they have 2 quality spinners who have proven to be more effective than the quicker men.

 

[SaiSrini]

There is no way Ireland is beating India, I know we on the verge of upsets but the Indian lineup is way too strong to let that happen. England's lineup had gaps both in batting and bowling that could be exploited and the Dutch did just that. I don't see the same gaps in the India lineup.

Gambhir has found his touch again and now back to his consistent ways. Still have Sehwag to enter the lineup as well. Bowling they have 2 quality spinners who have proven to be more effective than the quicker men.

Gambhir is consistent, but he got to play according to the situation. We left it a little too late and had it not been Yuvraj's day, we might have been in serious trouble. I felt Dhoni tried to break free, but Gambhir stepped out repeatedly only to play the shot along the ground or whatever. It was not selfless of Gambhir today

 

[McLOVIN]

i just got home, from my game, and i guess we lost..by how much? 25ish?

none of the BD batsman fired really..so..

MacLovin added 15 Minutes and 18 Seconds later...

btw how was the crowd? was it house full? should have been...

 

[aussie1st]

Gambhir is consistent, but he got to play according to the situation. We left it a little too late and had it not been Yuvraj's day, we might have been in serious trouble. I felt Dhoni tried to break free, but Gambhir stepped out repeatedly only to play the shot along the ground or whatever. It was not selfless of Gambhir today

He seems to be playing the anchor role nicely, its up to the other guys around him to pick up the pace. Yuvi did it today, Rania or someone will need to do it next time round if he fails.

 

[shravi]

He seems to be playing the anchor role nicely, its up to the other guys around him to pick up the pace. Yuvi did it today, Rania or someone will need to do it next time round if he fails.

Raina should have come at three. Even if he didn't hit much, his quickfire 20s are often very useful in keeping the run rate high when it would usually fall (8-13).

 

[nikhil_99]

Fantastic knock by Y Singh....Great!!!

 

[ZexyZahid]

Yuvraj Singh should have Man of the Match. His innings changed the match. Bangladeshi openers were trying to hit the balls, because the runrate was creeping up and somehow Ojha got those four wickets.

 

[SaiSrini]

Yuvraj Singh should have Man of the Match. His innings changed the match. Bangladeshi openers were trying to hit the balls, because the runrate was creeping up and somehow Ojha got those four wickets.

Ojha turned the game around too (Shakib is considered to be one of the best allrounders in the world today and Junaid was hitting it so well today). But I agree that Yuvraj should have been MOM because his innings had a far greater significance at the result of the game. Also he took two brilliant catches and made a lasting impact on the game.

 

[McLOVIN]

to me UV is the MOM, b/c of his firy 42. Ojha only got 2 good wickets, Shakib and Big Z (Junaid).

 

[naresh091]

Nice win for us.Yuvi played a wonderful innings just right from the first ball he faced in England.
Dhoni is really patch these days.Couldnt get a boundary when he even tries for it.
Raina really should have come in at no.3.
I miss Sehwag's blitzkrieg at the start of the innings too.Rohit could be very useful down the order ( when the team needs finishes or to set a big target ) .
Dint I say it before? Ojha will be more useful than Jadeja in this format of the game, and hes proved it yet again.

 

[SciD]

Who will make way for Sehwag?

 

[naresh091]

Thats a very big question.
We may rest one of our spinners.But Ojha has proved his worth already and Bhajji is an experienced campaigner.We may rest I.Pathan maybe.

 

[SciD]

Irfan is useful bowler in death overs. Cant leave him out. I will say get Yousuf out. He has still not shown anything to suggest he will hit out against good pace bowling.

Play him against side that use more spinners. Against Kiwis drop Yuvraj. Simple as that.

 

[icyman]

Yo man!!!
We really beat bad ! Though I would have loved a more crushing defeat for the Banglas :happy

I do hope Bangaldesh gets kicked out of the World Cup now.
Supporting the Irish brigade for the next match.

icyman added 3 Minutes and 7 Seconds later...

haha ....... won by 25 runs against Bangaldesh :laugh what will happen when you will meet real teams ?? You will get burried.

Should I remind you that your team lost by a huge margin.
Add to that ,they have lost against Bangladesh as well.[Tri nations in Eng]