ICC World T20 India 2016 - March/April 2016

[SaiSrini]

Oh my! Sodhi is turning it around. Two off two! Roy and Morgan off successive balls.

 

[MUFC1987]

England struggling against a leg spinner and Morgan getting out cheaply is hardly unpredictable stuff. It's happened in every game this World T20 pretty much.

 

[Targaryen]

No worries for England. Still lot of batting to come. New Zealand need a couple of wickets more to get back into the game

 

[MUFC1987]

Good win. Probably the best innings of Jason Roy's life that. Always felt pretty safe with Root and Buttler there. The very definition of old heads on your shoulders, those two.

It's confusing though, we've always been told how our players need to play in the IPL to be good at T20 and yet, the only one who does that is Morgan, who is in awful form and hasn't really done much yet.

 

[SaiSrini]

Its all over for New Zealand. England in the final. So, this tournament is not going to have a fresh World T20 champion (England, India and West Indies have all won the World T20 once before).

I don't think many gave England a chance but they have done well so far, especially with their batting.

 

[Targaryen]

Unfortunate for NZ missing out an ICC trophy this year too. England grabbed the opportunity well. Good bowling in the 1st innings and batting in the second. I do realise that they are one step away from the title which might be very difficult to acquire.

India or West Indies? Lets wait and watch… We'll get our second finalist tomorrow. Hope to see India being the winning side to face-off England for final encounter.

 

[abhi_jacko]

NZ was a perfect case for peaking too soon and having a near perfect group stage. They rarely had to fight it out in a tough situation and dominated all games. Found themselves on the back-foot in the semi-finals and they ran out of ideas.

 

[bigred]

Roy was brilliant and Root and Buttler kept their heads at the end. But the winners today were Stokes and Jordan. We've found some very good death bowlers. Plunkett was good again also.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Williamson's captaincy was absolutely rubbish today. Feel bad for New Zealand but vindication for England! I've said it a lot of time on the Ashes thread that this team has insane depth.

India's XI? What a time for an injury! My XI would be-

Rahane
Dhawan
Kohli
Sharma
Raina
MS Dhoni
Pandya
Jadeja
Ashwin
Bumrah
Nehra

For some reason, I feel India should play the extra seamer here, but it's not happening. I'm 100% sure Negi will play and that will make our brittle batting line up worse.

 

[MUFC1987]

India or West Indies? Lets wait and watch… We'll get our second finalist tomorrow. Hope to see India being the winning side to face-off England for final encounter.

I hope so too. We've got a much better chance against India than we do the West Indies. I've had enough of Chris Gayle already.

 

[bigred]

I hope so too. We've got a much better chance against India than we do the West Indies. I've had enough of Chris Gayle already.

Not so sure. If the final was in Mumbai or Delhi I'd agree, but Nagpur and Kolkata have been ragging. I reckon India will play all of their spinners and we could look quite silly.

 

[AliB]

I am backing out of the reverse jinx now.

A true XI which was going round in my mind.

Sharma
Rahane
Kohli
Pandey
Pandya
Dhoni
Jadeja/Harbjan( He plays for MI and always got Gayle cheaply at this venue vs RCB)
Ashwin
Shami
Nehra
Bumrah

This my dream line-up of the current squad but it's very unlikely to happen.

 

[MUFC1987]

Not so sure. If the final was in Mumbai or Delhi I'd agree, but Nagpur and Kolkata have been ragging. I reckon India will play all of their spinners and we could look quite silly.

That's what everyone was saying when we played Tests in India too. I think their spin is mostly predictable. Ashwin being the exception, but he doesn't turn it massively, like a leg spinner. Plus I think West Indies batting would hurt us a lot more than India's. If we found a way to get Kohli cheaply, we'd do well. With West Indies, they just keep on coming.

 

[MUFC1987]

Plus, we'd be massive underdogs against India, which would suit us, with all the pressure on them. If things start going badly, we all know how that crowd turns.

 

[mazd]

I hope I'm going to the Wankhede for tomorrow!

ME too!