They will win great chase, i thought they would lose this match after seeing the score they need to chase. Great batting by Taylor and Nicholls. This win will boost their confidence.
Even i was expecting the pressure to consume them and make a mess and fail to chase the score as they are not having Williamson in the team.
They managed to chase down such a big total with 11 balls to spare proving that they can still win(Sometimes). Kuldeep was pretty bad though he took a couple of important wickets while Bumrah and Jadeja bowled nicely. Lets see if India can bounce back in the 2nd ODI(Most probably will).
The India bowlers were not able to contain the New Zealand batsman even with a good total on the board and India will try their best to bounce back, the odds for New Zealand to win were really high after India scored a huge total and i was not having the confidence to place a bet as i did not expect New Zealand to chase the score so easily.
NZ would be most relieved today after breaking the loss jinx and winning the match comfortable in the end. Taylor who stood like a wall helped NZ in this win along with Natham and Nicholls who also played well. Taylor for his brilliant knock of 109 not out was given Player of the match. At one time when Neesham & Grandhomme fall quickly India just could have made comeback if they would have got out Taylor during this time.
I don't understand what was missing with the NZ team in the T20s. They played so nicely today chasing a huge target of 340. In T20 their batting order choked badly in couple of matches. Is it that their team is inconsistent? In one match they go on to score 200 and in very next match they struggle to make 140 on the very same pitch.
They managed to chase down such a big total with 11 balls to spare proving that they can still win(Sometimes). Kuldeep was pretty bad though he took a couple of important wickets while Bumrah and Jadeja bowled nicely. Lets see if India can bounce back in the 2nd ODI(Most probably will).
The India bowlers were not able to contain the New Zealand batsman even with a good total on the board and India will try their best to bounce back, the odds for New Zealand to win were really high after India scored a huge total and i was not having the confidence to place a bet as i did not expect New Zealand to chase the score so easily.
Indian bowling lineup is not in best state. Bumrah just recently recovered and made back into team and management are trying some new chemistry each time. They are well aware of all such risks and are taking so for preparing the youngsters.
Batsman did great out there putting up a good total but bowling failed to pick up wickets.
I think India is doing too much now. What they should do is win the series and then try to experiment things. We don't want a backup team at the cost of our mainstream bowling line-up. I think it's important to make the top tier bowling set with Bhuvi, Bumrah and Shami and then keep a backup with Sharadul Thakur, Shivam Dube etc.
And they can't always depend on Ross Taylor as he's getting older.
Well they have lot of players. I think there will be lot of players right for the Taylor's slot but experience is the only worrying factor then. There are lot of players like Guptil , Latham who are dangerous and they yet have lot of years to play cricket. So even if Taylor get retired I don't think there would be much change in performances.
Just to tell that Guptill too is 33 and if Ross Taylor retires Guptill too would retire in just couple of more years or something. Moreover whatever we say Taylor has pretty much been to New Zealand what MSD was for India for pretty long. Keeping it quiet but playing important knocks in very crucial situations. So there could be change in performances.
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