ICC Cricket World Cup - May/July 2019

Who will be crowned the ODI World Champion?


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Shoot out between Shami and Bhuvi today for the second seamer. Didn't think I'd be saying this 12 months back.
 
You can't depend on 2 batsman when you are chasing 400+. A complete team effort is required. Not sure whether they have enough fire power in their batting
If they had McCullum, I think they would've done it. But not the same with Munro, Guptill scored 237 against Windies in the previous cup, he could do it again.

Edit: Guptill is gone so no hope now, don't expect KW and RT to score quick
 
Guptill scored 237 against Windies

Batting first v/s chasing is a big difference. You don't go on to make 200 while chasing as there is pressure of run-rate and no of runs and nobody has got a 200 while chasing itself is a huge indicator
 
And our bowlers are struggling to contain the batsman today. Bowling is good but not that attacking.
 
How is kuldeep bowling (unable to watch right now)

He had a very lackluster ipl and was very ineffective in the first warm up as well

I hope he goes into the tournament with some confidence because he is our strike bowler in middle overs
 
Tbh barring Bumrah all the other bowlers look flat. How has Vijay Shankar gotten in the WC squad is beyond me!
 
I fear that in this WC too the onus will be on batsmen to score more for our bowlers to get that extra cushion. Suddenly our bowling which was looking like one of the best attacks prior to these warmups looks very ordinary now. Bhuvi is horribly out of form. Shami is a rhythm guy, he can win us a match and also lose one. Our twin spin wizards seem to have lost their touch on these pitches. They are easily scored of.
 
Our twin spin wizards seem to have lost their touch on these pitches. They are easily scored of.

I would have said that these are just warmups and we shouldnt panic just yet, but our last ODI series in England comes to mind. First ODI they were all over the English team. But the next two ODIs they very ineffective and had been figured out by their middle order.

Hoping that they will peak at the right time[DOUBLEPOST=1559061706][/DOUBLEPOST]Jaddu here is out-bowling out spin twins
 
I somehow feel Jadeja should be one of the spinners if India go with two spinners. Jadeja the batsman is in form going by the warm ups and its always better to use a player who has hit good form. Also Jadeja's fielding is world class and saves crucial runs for the team and gets us crucial run outs/catches. And he can be tight in the middle overs applying the choke while the chosen leggie at the other end can attack (to me, it should be Chahal as of now on form).

These are good batting conditions and its no surprise that Bangladesh are batting well. Bumrah has been good and Bhuvi has been frugal with the economy. Chahal is getting into his groove with that double strike. Kuldeep and Shami are the ones that hasn't had it good so far (I did not expect anything from Shankar, the bowler) but Shami is in overall excellent form for the past few months, and Jadeja has been very tight. Nothing bad so far from our bowlers.
 
I just feel the spin bowling combo will get better as the tournament progresses yes there won't be much of an assistance from the pitch and there will be a game or where the bowling will get tonked all over the park given the recent wickets in Englandm
 

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