13th Match - India v Bangladesh (23rd March)

[silentstriker]

Really? Was that actually the worst thing you saw that match?

 

[Pratters]

@contra: He is not praising Bangladesh. Why are you going on about that? I disagree that Pandya failed to keep his cool btw... He did what was possible considering his abilities.

Pandya is quite hittable at this level. His bowling doesn't fill me with confidence.

 

[Pratters]

Just watched the last two overs. Two runs to win off three balls, most of the times, the team would get it. I am not sure this was a fix though like many have claimed every where. Looked more like a massive choke.

 

[Kirkut]

Irrespective of which team won, this was a great game of cricket.

 

[Pratters]

Man of the match Nehra?

 

[Pratters]

 

[James]

Surely that has to go down as one of the biggest chokes in cricket history. If not the worst ever. Especially given how rank the bowling was.

A topic for another thread perhaps to discuss what the biggest choke in cricket history actually is.

 

[Stefan9]

Think that last ball was a wide personally...

As to the biggest choke, nothing will beat klusener/donald as that happened in a world cup semi...

 

[Daemon]

Some disgusting memes with the trademark Indian brand of nonhumour have popped up of late

This the only decent one I found

 

[weldone]

What makes you think the bowler was capable of executing any plan Dhoni asked him to?

Dhoni said something like this after the match "When making the plans, I had to keep in mind what kind of plans the bowler is able to execute." Of course if Dhoni told him to bang six consecutive off-stump Yorkers Pandya would be clueless - so Dhoni wouldn't tell that. He's a smarter limited overs captain than you can imagine.

 

[indiaholic]

Nobody understands pressure like Dhoni does. It takes a very special kind of a person to create pressure situations with the certainty that when it comes down to it, he will be mentally stronger than his opponent.

 

[Pratters]

Pandya's last delivery was difficult to hit. It was an intelligent strategy to bowl that delivery at the time.

 

[harsh.ag]

Freaking hell of a finish, and Dhoni's run out was fantastic. Wonder if he has timed his run up to the stumps as against the non-striker during practice.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Nobody understands pressure like Dhoni does. It takes a very special kind of a person to create pressure situations with the certainty that when it comes down to it, he will be mentally stronger than his opponent.

Yeah absolutely. The fact that he is so strong mentally also gives him the edge while finishing/chasing and we have witnessed so many cool headed job done by him.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Just saw the highlights of this and for me the worst thing was Jadeja rolling around like an idiot after that second catch as if he's taken a blinder.

Fielders don't roll around for dramatic appearance; they roll around to dissipate the momentum of the fall so the ball doesn't pop out of the hands.

 

[duffer]

Just watched the last two overs. Two runs to win off three balls, most of the times, the team would get it. I am not sure this was a fix though like many have claimed every where. Looked more like a massive choke.

Yeah, I was one of the only guys at my office who didn't think it was a fix. Quite a bit of talk about it today.

 

[G.I.Joe]

There's a theory that I have a lot of time for. The Bong players, for whatever reason, seem to have oversized egos and do not take kindly to perceived slights. They're huge on gestures of 'getting even'. They may have sought to repay India for having finished off their last high profile encounter with a six (Dhoni, Asia Cup Final). If so, this wasn't a choke.

 

[Jono]

Watched the match on delay without knowing the scores - How ****ing incredible was that match, even before the last over. Just an entertaining game of cricket.

Banglas choke was quite extraordinary. When Rahim came to the crease I texted a mate saying Rahim and Mahmudulla are the two guys you'd want in if you were a Bangladesh fan, and they choked the house down.

Bumrah coming back after his ****ness earlier was great. Kid has heart. And that Jadeja catch was clutch as ****.

All the ****s that wahhh about pitches can **** off. That pitch made that match.

 

[indiaholic]

The worst of the lot when it comes to these waahs is sadly Akram. I remember in a previous game where the spinner came on and his first ball didn't turn and Akram was like that indicates how good the pitch was and started slagging the pitches that offered turn. Very very sad.

 

[Jono]

That doesn't stop you running in with him. The non-striker was practically stood still when the ball was delivered. There is a middle ground there.

Not that a mankadding would have particularly mattered anyway at 8 down with 1 ball to go.

Dhoni did what was an obvious, basic thing in having his right glove off. The non-striker tossed away a few percentage points by dawdling.

not enough being made of this actually (because of Mahmudulla and Rahim ****ness). The lack of backing up was horrendous,