Nothing would happen if Kartik didn't play good, still Dhoni would made it possible. It's true that Dhoni is playing slow nowadays but you have to consider yhe situation too. India lost 3 wickets within 4 runs, there was no way but to defence and stay in ground. Most of the matches where Dhoni made a slower score/half century was in a match in which Indians batsman was in trouble. Can you remember the match against Pakistan in which India won even with a 163 score only? I was like oh Dhoni, you are the great.

I like your honesty and you shouldn't hide your face because you are not doing any crime by hating Dhoni. Most of us go with the majority opinion, which is not wrong or even right.  As long as you are cheering for Men in Blue. You can hate anybody in the team.

We all know that he's not younger anymore and can't play like what he used to be, but we shouldn't forget that he's a damn good match winner in our current squad in his day.

Yeah, good old days. Dhoni spot is fixed in World cup squad no matter what his critics say. As a cricketer, he brings lots of things on the table be it wicket keeping or an abundant amount of experience with his calmness especially during the critical moments (Field)

I am in favor of Pant too and would love to see him in world cup 15 men squad at-least but as a batsman. Chances are very thin due to tough competition for number 4 and 6 in between Ambati, Kartik, Kedar Jadhav.

 yes definitely the 2019 World Cup will need MS Dhoni to be a big part to survey the team as his experience made the team more stronger and the next match also he will perform very well like the previous match that we have seen before and his finishing moments will also be a good for the team also.

Yes the next match will be the decision maker for who will win the match so the strategy said the first batting team will be the winner in the most of the time so the toss winner are the winners in the match but beside all of this who plays well will be the winner.

Pakistan can beat any team in white ball cricket in their day. Babar Azam batting on number 3 is good. Shoaib Malik at number 5 can anchor the inning in case of collapse and All-rounder Shadab khan batting at lower order can make useful runs too here and there.

Not very sure about Fakhar. he's good but i still have my doubts about him when facing quality bowling attack and M.Hafeez, sometimes he play like top international batsman and sometimes looks more like a club cricketer to me. 

Bowling unit is looking good with 2 all-rounders Hafiz -Shadab + Fast battery, but I want to see M. Amir do some good in ODI along with young Shaheen Afridi.

Australia are 8 down and 3 overs left and have made 228. So they would be near 250 and it will be a competitive match to watch how India  approaches their innings. Chahal has taken 5 wickets so far and 1 more over left . India will be chasing again in this match like previous 2 matches .

Np problem bro. you were honest, unlike many hypocrites. Bloody hell. you were spot on this. Chahal did all the damage and restricted Aussie on exact 230 runs marks.  he's not making life easy for selectors but its good to have such kind of a headache when selecting playing xi.


vella85 What happened to Finch nowadays. why he's struggling so much. Graeme Hick and Justin langer should look into it.

I am eying on Zampa here, and India would be very disappointed if rain abrupts the game.

I agree. India are performing beautifully at the moment primarily thanks to Chahal and Kumar who destroyed the formidable batting lineup of Australia with ease.

The only way Australia can survive this is due to the rains as you mentioned. The formidable batting lineup of India will most likely see this match through to the finish unless Australia does something magical.

77 runs in 21 overs is such a slow start. They should have made these runs in the first 10 overs but still because the target is less, hope Virat and Dhoni manage to stay till the 40th over and get the runs. It's not so tough for them.