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Old 24th October 2021, 11:52   #14176
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Even with the form Kohli is in, he is much better than these two. In fact, Kohli and Iyer play the same role in the team but Hardik has a different role altogether. You cant replace Kohli / Iyer with Hardik or vice versa.
Kohli and Dhawan have been always been big tournament players. No matter the form they are in somehow their game rises the moment ICC tournament starts. That's why I still have faith in Kohli.

Hardik has a terrific record against Pakistan with bat so maybe he will shine too.

But, the most fun moment will be if Kohli brings himself to bowl and picks a wicket and if that wicket is Babar azam that's gonna be a meme which will never die
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But, the most fun moment will be if Kohli brings himself to bowl and picks a wicket and if that wicket is Babar azam that's gonna be a meme which will never die
If this happens, and India wins, lassi is on me whenever we meet.
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If this happens, and India wins, lassi is on me whenever we meet.
Even if this doesn't happen and India just wins we will have a tub of lassi

Also,

If anyone isn't hyped yet for the evening.
Let me give you this -
https://mobile.twitter.com/ICC/statu...38797165125636
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Looks like dropping Kohli may not happen. That would be a disaster and image issue too. Let’s move on from here, it is either SKY or Ishan or Pandya. Either they are all in form or have good track record.

Let’s start a different angle - What should India do, bat first or bat second. With Kohli mostly we don’t have that option, but what would a winning Captain do. I feel the modern T20 is all about chasing down the target.
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Infact that’s probably the reason we have so many Ads. The platform knows viewership would be insane and hence squeeze in as many ads as possible maximising revenue.

Well yeah of course, but it makes for a really bad viewer experience. I believe there should be an option to pay more and not have ads. The commentary team for the tournament is also very good and I don't want to miss out on what they're saying while being subjected to another inane Cred or gambling/cryptocurrency ad.
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Looks like dropping Kohli may not happen. That would be a disaster and image issue too. Let’s move on from here, it is either SKY or Ishan or Pandya. Either they are all in form or have good track record.

Let’s start a different angle - What should India do, bat first or bat second. With Kohli mostly we don’t have that option, but what would a winning Captain do. I feel the modern T20 is all about chasing down the target.
Bat second.
UAE pitches aren't 180+. You know the target and can chase accordingly. But then Kohli and winning tosses is an enigma. Plus whoever bat first will be under huge pressure to post a huge total and collapses can happen then.

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Well yeah of course, but it makes for a really bad viewer experience. I believe there should be an option to pay more and not have ads. The commentary team for the tournament is also very good and I don't want to miss out on what they're saying while being subjected to another inane Cred or gambling/cryptocurrency ad.

I have watched all matches at Hotstar till now. We already pay for annual membership so ads shouldn't be there or should be bare minimum. They squeeze an ad any given possible moment. Even don't wait for replays at times. Will try to watch on star sports today to see if that's an improvement. Although the camera work in world cup so far has been disappointing by Stars.
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I think gone are those days where we use to fear Pakistan's bowling attack. Today, we are much equal to their bowling strength. On paper both teams look quite similar however matches arent played on paper.

Whichever team could perform under pressure today will come out as winners. It is going to be a very close match and you never know ICC may want another Super Over between these arch rivals for better viewership.

I hope Virat fires today and we pick the best XI with both Ashwin & Jaddu playing. Bhuvi is out of form so Shami & Bhumrah are certain.

My XI would be:

R Sharma
I Kishan
KL Rahul
V Kohli
SKY
Pant
S Thakur
R Jadeja
R Ashwin
M Shami
J Bhumrah
You got me wrong, i never said that I fear their bowling attack or it is superior.
I said that I would prefer a batting pitch rather than a bowling one because yesterday's match between England and westindies saw only 22 overs bowled in a 40 over match. As I want to see a full match i would want a batting pitch where the chances would be more. In fact i don't agree with you that we're a similar team on paper. I believe we are a stronger unit on paper and in substance.
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Bangladesh got a pretty good score of 171/4, not sure if Sri Lanka can chase it down. Looks like Bangladesh got 15-20 runs above par score.
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Bangladesh got a pretty good score of 171/4, not sure if Sri Lanka can chase it down.
Their opening loss to Scotland seems to be suiting them fine.

By finishing second in their qualifying group, they avoided our group with 3 strong Asian sides and may fancy themselves against the non Asian teams apart from Sri Lanka on such pitches.
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Well, what a turn of events, Sri Lanka seem to be on the way to a good win. They have batted very well, and have also been aided by some sloppy catching by Bangladesh fielders, Litton Das has dropped 2 crucial catches!

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Ind vs Pak
Kohli lost the toss yet again, Pak elected to field, look forward to a great contest.
Varun plays today, Ashwin out. Five bowlers playing today are Bumrah, Bhuvi, Shami, Jadeja, Varun.
Looks like a lot of confidence and expectations from Varun, hope he lives up to it.

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Death, taxes and Kohli losing toss. Never doubt.

Ash left out as I expected. Hopefully Varun does well.
Just worried a bit about Bhuvi.

Batting first against Pakistan always gives me jitters.
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Death, taxes and Kohli losing toss. Never doubt.

Ash left out as I expected. Hopefully Varun does well.
Just worried a bit about Bhuvi.

Batting first against Pakistan always gives me jitters.
And UAE has never been great place for us, remembering the Ind Vs Pak Sharjah matches
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And UAE has never been great place for us, remembering the Ind Vs Pak Sharjah matches
And whenever Afridi has taken a wicket in his first over, Pakistan has won the T20. We need our best batter Kohli to score high and get the team total to a minimum 150.

The crowd energy is amazing, feeling so nostalgic of such matches pre covid era.
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And whenever Afridi has taken a wicket in his first over, Pakistan has won the T20. We need our best batter Kohli to score high and get the team total to a minimum 150.

The crowd energy is amazing, feeling so nostalgic of such matches pre covid era.
This match is lit.
Afridi was the dangerman as I said and he took the openers. Kohli looks like Kohli today and with Sky I am hoping for a rebuild.
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This match is lit.
Afridi was the dangerman as I said and he took the openers. Kohli looks like Kohli today and with Sky I am hoping for a rebuild.
SKY went for the over the top drive, something which need to be avoided on this wicket.

Kohli & Pant now need to bat till 15th over and then with Hardik & Jadeja, we can get to 140. Even this score is going to be competitive on this wicket.

Yesterday, England chasing 55 were finding it difficult. If WI had 120 on the board then it would have been a lot different chase.
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