ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY - Group B: India v South Africa at The Oval, Jun 11, 2017 - INDIA WIN

[TheParraboy]

winner of this match most likely play Bangers and a more likely passage to the final than the other semi final

No preference from me, maybe SA by 1 run via D/L?

 

[Bazal]

I'd rather SA get up. And I want to see ABDV get going and really light it up.

 

[TheParraboy]

Team India won the toss, and decided to bowl

 

[Bazal]

Seems an odd decision when they're a quick bowler short having left out Yadav....I'd have thought the pitch would suit the two (well, three really) spinners more later in the day

 

[vvvrulz]

South Africa happy to keep sedate (by today's standards) at 105-1 after 22 overs.

I actually see India going down today, expecting Rabada to give their top order a good jolt.

 

[Bazal]

Welp, there goes my interest in this game.

 

[Front-Rower]

AB failing again in pivotal game for his country. Flat track bully

 

[TheParraboy]

ffs AB run out

 

[TheParraboy]

lol SA another run out, this one comical

 

[Bazal]

AB failing again in pivotal game for his country. Flat track bully

 

[Bazal]

This is absolutely atrocious running from Faf. He's got rid of two pivotal players free of charge for India.

 

[Front-Rower]

Sorry Mr Cricket expert....the bloke is a flat track bully who stumbles hardest when his country need him most

 

[Front-Rower]

The South African choke is on hard here tonight, it's so sad yet so predictable.

 

[vvvrulz]

Sorry Mr Cricket expert....the bloke is a flat track bully who stumbles hardest when his country need him most

Stumbles hard in big games, sure.
Flat track bully? That's just nonsense.

ABD also ran himself out like this in the World Cup fixture against India.
Just stupidity, what a shame because he looked good today.

 

[Bazal]

Sorry Mr Cricket expert....the bloke is a flat track bully who stumbles hardest when his country need him most

He's in the discussion for best ODI batsman of all time ffs....

 

[Front-Rower]

He's in the discussion for best ODI batsman of all time ffs....

meh

 

[vvvrulz]

No matter how much this generation Indian team irks me, they deserve huge kudos for how much their fielding has improved. 15 years ago that was an easy single.

 

[Bazal]

No matter how much this generation Indian team irks me, they deserve huge kudos for how much their fielding has improved. 15 years ago that was an easy single.

That's probably one of the good things to come out of the IPL, tbh. They were already improving before that but the IPL really exposed them to a lot of quality fielders and the nature of T20 cricket forced the younger players at least to focus a lot more on their fielding.

 

[Bazal]

And that's the game.

 

[jargan83]

Another classic South African choke.