ICC Under-19 World Cup (South Africa)

[icyman]

SA done well here. A bit tentative, but given the pitch anything in excess of 225 is good enough in this semi-final.

If they can get upto 250, India will have its task cut out.

 

[TemPSaad]

SA done well here. A bit tentative, but given the pitch anything in excess of 225 is good enough in this semi-final.

If they can get upto 250, India will have its task cut out.

If they get near to 240 it's practically SAF game to lose , Semi Final pressure no outstanding talented batter in Indian side and to top of that Saf bowling attack is very potent.

 

[icyman]

South Africa have done well, despite the odds. The captaincy saga at the beginning could have destroyed a young team but credit to their management.

no outstanding talented batter in Indian side

This is a very valid point. I feel it too, cause the Indians haven't really set the stage on fire- a bit like Australia at the CWC 2024.

Earlier editions have seen Indian teams come up with a few talented names- Bawa, Hangargekar,Shaw, Gill,etc.

P.s-SA throwing their bat at everything. Seems a bit brainless at the moment. Won't get to 240 at this stage.

 

[TemPSaad]

South Africa have done well, despite the odds. The captaincy saga at the beginning could have destroyed a young team but credit to their management.

This is a very valid point. I feel it too, cause the Indians haven't really set the stage on fire- a bit like Australia at the CWC 2024.

Earlier editions have seen Indian teams come up with a few talented names- Bawa, Hangargekar,Shaw, Gill,etc.

P.s-SA throwing their bat at everything. Seems a bit brainless at the moment. Won't get to 240 at this stage.

Musheer and Saharan may know how to score runs at this level but they don't come across naturally fluent players like previous U19 Indian batsmen and you keep getting the feeling that they can get out at any time.

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SAF did manage 240+ score , it's their game to lose now , can they finally remove the choking tag?

 

[icyman]

Yes, with home support, 245 can be a competitive target. Agree with the view point on Saharan and Musheer.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

This South African bowling lineup is too good for Indians I feel.

 

[icyman]

Curse of the Chokers haunting India! I think the match is done now!

 

[Bevab]

Curse of the Chokers haunting India! I think the match is done now!

Didn’t seem to hurt them in all the times they won recently.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Didn’t seem to hurt them in all the times they won recently.

Negative Nitesh don't care about that!

 

[Bevab]

Negative Nitesh don't care about that!

I get throwing that for the senior side but the U19 teams have usually been great and in their most recent final loss they were defeated by a clearly better side who prepared better too.

A loss here wouldn’t be a huge shock too since this SA U19 side is quite strong (three of them have SA20 contracts already and one of them is a representative of SA A).

 

[pillowprocter]

Hope India lose for the greater good of U19 cricket

 

[icyman]

Didn’t seem to hurt them in all the times they won recently.

We never faced SA in a KO. The last time we faced SA in an U19 KO was the final in Malaysia.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Greatest U19 comeback playing out in real time.

 

[Bevab]

We never faced SA in a KO. The last time we faced SA in an U19 KO was the final in Malaysia.

If you’re really going to be hyper specific to brandish them as chokers then…

 

[Bevab]

Oh lord, this may actually be a choke now.