Sunday, February 3, 2019

Pre-WC '19 Games - India-NZ Tour - 4th ODI - Debacle at hands of Boult

So what was the 4th ODI debacle,. It was debacle where the ground had bit of juice ( good swing and bounce) and where we saw how a good swing bowler can complete cripple, the Indian side (Boult - 5/21 in his 10 with 4 Maidens - Out of 60 balls/50 were dot balls and out of 21 three were 3 fours and 1 six). 
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. Getting to the crux of the problem was Harsha Boggle (see the attached video) The problem with India is if they lose 1st 3 batsmen cheap, you know you got India. So the biggest question now is - in England the Mecca of swing bowling where we will have WC soon
1. When England already has exposed Indian sides inadequacy of playing swing losing 4-1 to them
2. Still looking for the 2nd opener to Rohit Sharma
3. Besides England and now New Zealand has some great swing attacks including our arch Enemy Pakistan - 2017 Champions Trophy defeat.

So the question should remain how should India prepare or choose the side? We know how badly India plays in England can be understood that out of top 5 defeats in ODI's - 2 are in England. See the link - Sportskeeda- Top 5 Embarrassing Defeats For India In ODIs. The 5th was 1975 England WC and 3rd in 2017 by Pakistan seamers in England also. 

We always remember England as '83 WC but forget the worst WC for India was also England, The '75 and '79 WC and 1999 England WC. The WC of '99 is especially relevant as then we have the best batsman lineup, I would saw ever for any side in ODI. In the bowling, with Javagal, the of Agarkar and Kumble had decent bowling attack. Still might have been the worst performance by India in WC, only maybe after B'Desh debacle of '07.
See the Post Match Analysis especially both the takes from Harsha and Gautam Bhimani (son of stalwart cricket commentator Kishore) of what went wrong and what should be the WC cricket squads both for Indian and NZ.

Video Link
Cric Buzz - Posst Match Analysis - Harsha/Bhimani/

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