Pakistan won the toss and chose to field first. One change for Pakistan: Usama is in for Shabdab. Looks like a batting surface, and we will see some early movement for the seamers in the first 10 to 15 overs. Usama will surely strengthen the spin bowing. It will be an interesting contest.
Will it be a thriller or another one-sided match? only time will tell.
Interesting fact: Each of the last six ODI World Cup matches between these two has been won by the side that lost the toss. (ESPN Cricinfo)
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Haha i freaking loved it, good on the umpire as he knew the bowler deliberately bowled a negative leg side line. How many times do you see the batter getting angry when the bowler bowling a wide? I reckon, never lol.
So happy for the king it was a full wholesome moment tbh. Indians are going strong and i really hope no brain fade moment in the knockouts.
His face and that expression when the wide was deliberately bowled was of sheer frustration. The umpire did the right thinking in not calling it a wide. If he did called it a wide still there were few runs left for Kohli to hit a 4 or a 6 to complete his century.
The Indian team is so different in this ICC contest than they were in the past. Not only the atting but in bowling and fielding they have been way above an average Indian player. Not to forget Rohit's captaincy has been very calculative, agressive and to the point.
So far so good but my fingers are crossed because I've seen this movie so many times and for me, the main battle starts in the knockouts.
Today's match is between Pakistan and Australia which is the 18th match of the World Cup tournament. Pakistan has won two matches out of the first three matches and is in a good position in the points table while Australia is not in a good position in the table after losing two matches out of the first three matches. Going by the performance of Australia in the last three matches of the World Cup tournament, Pakistan will undoubtedly be ahead in this match. I can't find any consistency in this Australian team, you can't say what they are playing in this tournament. They came to the World Cup 2023 with an experienced team but they could not perform well in a single match. My bet will be for Pakistan in this match against Australia, hope Pakistan can win this match.
You are right, I see Pakistan slightly ahead to win today's match. Australia has many very good players, but currently they are not performing well. Pakistan favorite team from Australia as per current time. Today's match is expected to be a competitive match. Pakistan has performed very poorly in 1 of the last 3 matches. Which performed poorly against the strong team India, because India is very strong at their home ground. Australia on the other hand had a poor performance against India and worse against South Africa. It is very difficult to accurately predict who will win today's match. But Pakistan team is favorite to win today's match. 
Yes, Australia is favourite to win this match because the pitch and small boundaries are supportive to him and they have the best bowlers and batting. While Pakistan is struggling in the spin department Shadab Khan is not performing well they only picked 2 wickets in 3 matches and Muhammad Nawaz also picked 2 wickets in 3 matches. Pakistan and Australia played 10 times in the World Cup and 4 times Pakistan won and Australia won 6 times. Pakistan has winning 2 matches in 3 World Cup match and Australia won 1 match in 3 matches. Babar Azam Odi Record against Australia is very outstanding they scored 588 runs in 9 innings and scored 3 fifties and 2 Century. If Pakistan set a target of 300 plus runs then they have very strong chances to win against Australia.
Pakistan's team can't play while they are in pressure. We have an example of Asia Cup while they were playing with India and one the ICC World Cup match with India. We saw the Pakistani team got much pressure. Therefore they didn't able to beat the opposite team. By the way this is cricket and any thind can happen at anytime. 
Australia is not at the best of their form, but still, they have an advantage over Pakistan. Australian team has psychological pressure on Pakistan, and the chances are that this pressure will work in the favour of the Aussies. As far as the warmup match is concerned, it should not be considered a standard to check team preparation for the match, although it was a close match. Pakistan can take advantage of Australia's poor start in the World Cup and try to pressure Australia early on in the match.
Yes, Australia is favourite to win this match because the pitch and small boundaries are supportive to him and they have the best bowlers and batting. While Pakistan is struggling in the spin department Shadab Khan is not performing well they only picked 2 wickets in 3 matches and Muhammad Nawaz also picked 2 wickets in 3 matches. Pakistan and Australia played 10 times in the World Cup and 4 times Pakistan won and Australia won 6 times. Pakistan has winning 2 matches in 3 World Cup match and Australia won 1 match in 3 matches. Babar Azam Odi Record against Australia is very outstanding they scored 588 runs in 9 innings and scored 3 fifties and 2 Century. If Pakistan set a target of 300 plus runs then they have very strong chances to win against Australia. 
My bet is on Pakistan to win against Australia though it won't be easy since both teams are under a lot of pressure after recent losses. Both teams are pretty weak in the batting and bowling departments.
Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Today's match is between Pakistan and Australia which is the 18th match of the World Cup tournament. Pakistan has won two matches out of the first three matches and is in a good position in the points table while Australia is not in a good position in the table after losing two matches out of the first three matches. Going by the performance of Australia in the last three matches of the World Cup tournament, Pakistan will undoubtedly be ahead in this match. I can't find any consistency in this Australian team, you can't say what they are playing in this tournament. They came to the World Cup 2023 with an experienced team but they could not perform well in a single match. My bet will be for Pakistan in this match against Australia, hope Pakistan can win this match. Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
My bet is on Pakistan to win against Australia though it won't be easy since both teams are under a lot of pressure after recent losses. Both teams are pretty weak in the batting and bowling departments.
Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Australia is not at the best of their form, but still, they have an advantage over Pakistan. Australian team has psychological pressure on Pakistan, and the chances are that this pressure will work in the favour of the Aussies. As far as the warmup match is concerned, it should not be considered a standard to check team preparation for the match, although it was a close match. Pakistan can take advantage of Australia's poor start in the World Cup and try to pressure Australia early on in the match.
Run scoring in M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru is easy because of the quick outfield and smaller boundaries. The pitch is somewhat flat and has some assistance for the spinners. A target of 300+ will be a par score on this wicket. Team Bowling First has won 20 out of 38 matches played.
The betting odds are in favour of Australia.
Run scoring in M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru is easy because of the quick outfield and smaller boundaries. The pitch is somewhat flat and has some assistance for the spinners. A target of 300+ will be a par score on this wicket. Team Bowling First has won 20 out of 38 matches played.
The betting odds are in favour of Australia.
Australia and Pakistan were at the best, but things weren't going in favour of them in the previous matches. This time both the teams playing against each other will be more interesting. Earlier in the warm-up match both the teams played and it was kind of levelled game as both the teams didn't mind the winning as Australia had set a target of 350 runs and Pakistan reached 337 runs.
Both teams are almost equal in performance so today match will be interesting. There will be high chances of winning of Australia if Australia will play first turn and will set a target of 300+ runs. So it will make difficulties and a little pressure on Pakistani team. By the way we can't say anything at this time anything can happen. 
Despite South Africa being in great form, they lost against the Netherlands. I think they considered the Netherlands team very weak, neglected. They do their homework properly about the Netherlands players. South Africa were overconfident. This is why they lost. Still, I'd say they'll be back in the truck next game. South Africa will win against a mighty team like England. If they can beat England, I'd say they'll qualify for the semi-finals.
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South Africa had Netherlands down to 140/7 (when Logan van Beek got out). At this point they became careless and allowed Scott Edwards and Roelof van der Merwe to build a 8th wicket partnership of 64 runs. Even after Roelof got out, Aryan Dutt came to the crease and lit up some fireworks. The 9th wicket partnership added 41 runs from just 3 overs, with most of the runs being sored by Dutt. The South African captain made a few blunders as well. He allowed the wayward Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi to complete 9 overs, but the best bowler (Marco Jansen) got just 8 overs.
India is going to win the match very easily. India and New Zealand could be the finalists in this world cup.
New Zealand and India are on top in terms of performance in this World Cup. Here I was optimistic about South Africa. But their performance did not seem consistent. Because they lost against a normal team. Defeats against any team in cricket are not unusual but losing to Netherlands doesn't give me confidence to go far with them. Still I know why I think either of these two teams South Africa and Pakistan can come. There are still several games left. But your assumption definitely rational because India and New Zealand are yet to lose a single match. So they have the highest chance of winning the World Cup.Despite South Africa being in great form, they lost against the Netherlands. I think they considered the Netherlands team very weak, neglected. They do their homework properly about the Netherlands players. South Africa were overconfident. This is why they lost. Still, I'd say they'll be back in the truck next game. South Africa will win against a mighty team like England. If they can beat England, I'd say they'll qualify for the semi-finals.
Pakistan has a strong squad. However, the performance of their batting order is erratic. Because of this, it is difficult to make predictions about the performance of this team. Tomorrow they will play against Australia. Australian players are not in form. I consider Pakistan team as favorite in this match. I hope the team will not disappoint me in this match.
Australia and Pakistan were at the best, but things weren't going in favour of them in the previous matches. This time both the teams playing against each other will be more interesting. Earlier in the warm-up match both the teams played and it was kind of levelled game as both the teams didn't mind the winning as Australia had set a target of 350 runs and Pakistan reached 337 runs.
350 runs target would have been reasonable in today's match. The openers of Bangladesh made a good start, they would have easily reached above 300+ runs if the middle order players batted with responsibilities. But the middle order players has shown pathetic performance today. India is going to win the match very easily. India and New Zealand could be the finalists in this world cup.
The batsmen of Bangladesh team performed well from the power play but performed very poorly towards the end of the game. Liton Das and Tanzid Hasan have done enough to take the Bangladesh team to a high level of runs since the beginning of the game. But the subsequent players could not hold the game and the fall of wickets destroyed the Bangladesh team. But in today's match, if the Indian team would have given more scores, the Indian team would still have won. Because only three wickets fell for the Indian team. India team has won 4 out of 4 matches so I think New Zealand team is at the same top of the points table. Definitely I think India team and New Zealand team will play the final match and quite reasonable.
Pakistan has a strong squad. However, the performance of their batting order is erratic. Because of this, it is difficult to make predictions about the performance of this team. Tomorrow they will play against Australia. Australian players are not in form. I consider Pakistan team as favorite in this match. I hope the team will not disappoint me in this match.
India is going to win the match very easily. India and New Zealand could be the finalists in this world cup.
New Zealand and India are on top in terms of performance in this World Cup. Here I was optimistic about South Africa. But their performance did not seem consistent. Because they lost against a normal team. Defeats against any team in cricket are not unusual but losing to Netherlands doesn't give me confidence to go far with them. Still I know why I think either of these two teams South Africa and Pakistan can come. There are still several games left. But your assumption definitely rational because India and New Zealand are yet to lose a single match. So they have the highest chance of winning the World Cup.Despite South Africa being in great form, they lost against the Netherlands. I think they considered the Netherlands team very weak, neglected. They do their homework properly about the Netherlands players. South Africa were overconfident. This is why they lost. Still, I'd say they'll be back in the truck next game. South Africa will win against a mighty team like England. If they can beat England, I'd say they'll qualify for the semi-finals.
Pakistan has a strong squad. However, the performance of their batting order is erratic. Because of this, it is difficult to make predictions about the performance of this team. Tomorrow they will play against Australia. Australian players are not in form. I consider Pakistan team as favorite in this match. I hope the team will not disappoint me in this match.
New Zealand and India are on top in terms of performance in this World Cup. Here I was optimistic about South Africa. But their performance did not seem consistent. Because they lost against a normal team. Defeats against any team in cricket are not unusual but losing to Netherlands doesn't give me confidence to go far with them. Still I know why I think either of these two teams South Africa and Pakistan can come. There are still several games left. But your assumption definitely rational because India and New Zealand are yet to lose a single match. So they have the highest chance of winning the World Cup.
I was also optimistic about South Africa. But now I am looking more strong New Zealand team. I am thinking that the India and New Zealand will play the final match. But I may be wrong. But there are the chances of Pakistan team too. But like South Africa they also don't have consistency. So I think New Zealand can win the world cup. 
India is going to win the match very easily. India and New Zealand could be the finalists in this world cup.
New Zealand and India are on top in terms of performance in this World Cup. Here I was optimistic about South Africa. But their performance did not seem consistent. Because they lost against a normal team. Defeats against any team in cricket are not unusual but losing to Netherlands doesn't give me confidence to go far with them. Still I know why I think either of these two teams South Africa and Pakistan can come. There are still several games left. But your assumption definitely rational because India and New Zealand are yet to lose a single match. So they have the highest chance of winning the World Cup. 
India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets to secure their fourth consecutive win Chase down the target 261/3 and remain unbeaten in World Cup. A comfortable victory for India in world cup. Virat Kohli batted well scored century 103 not out in just 97 balls Shubman Gill shine with the bat scored 53 runs for India against Bangladesh in Pune.
It's really good days going on for team India after long time in ODI world Cup, first most of thier injured player recovered (like bumrah and Rahul) and make entry with really good form which give them extra confidence at thier home grounds. Anyway they deserve victory because thier preparation and dedication for world cup is at any level that why they are unbeaten even against one of thier top rival paksitan.If we look at thier squad each and every player are delivering thier best, I am especially really impressed by bumrah so it will be really difficult challenge for any top team to beat them at thier home ground and broke thier momentum. If we have a look at score board they way Bangladesh start I taught they will be scored 350 around but again middle order collapse broke thier rythm and thus they just scored an easy chaseable target for India.
350 runs target would have been reasonable in today's match. The openers of Bangladesh made a good start, they would have easily reached above 300+ runs if the middle order players batted with responsibilities. But the middle order players has shown pathetic performance today. India is going to win the match very easily. India and New Zealand could be the finalists in this world cup.
The way India started batting today, it seemed that India could not be stopped even by 350 runs. The day started well but Bangladesh lost quick wickets at crucial moments and the score went down a lot. Bangladesh were under a lot of pressure due to rapid loss of wickets, under pressure Bangladesh managed to score 256 for 8 in the allotted 50 overs. Although I initially predicted India to win, being a Bangladeshi I expected Bangladesh to win. Here I know that Bangladesh can't expect to achieve such a big dream but I hope if Bangladesh can bowl well then India can be restricted to 256 runs. Because I responded by defeating India in the Asia Cup. With their fourth win in a row, India are now second in the points table. Meanwhile, New Zealand has won the fourth match in a row and is at the top of the points table at number 1. I also hope that in this 2023 World Cup New Zealand and India will participate in the final game.
The match is between Bangladesh bowlers and Virat Kohli whether he will be able to reach another century, KL Rahul missed a century early in the tournament and Virat Kohli is in that situation as they need just 2 more runs to win and Bangladesh bowlers might bowl no ball or a wide rather than allowing Virat to score a century.
India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets to secure their fourth consecutive win Chase down the target 261/3 and remain unbeaten in World Cup. A comfortable victory for India in world cup. Virat Kohli batted well scored century 103 not out in just 97 balls Shubman Gill shine with the bat scored 53 runs for India against Bangladesh in Pune. Virat Kohli was named the player of the match for his outstanding knock against Bangladesh in Pune. Jasprit Bumrah 2/60 and Mohammed Siraj 2/41 each picked up two wickets which helped India to restricted Bangladesh innings. Edit:
Even the umpires are not giving wide even when the bowlers are bowling wide outside the leg stump
. Now Virat reached his century with a six, 48 th century in ODI
.So happy for the king it was a full wholesome moment tbh. Indians are going strong and i really hope no brain fade moment in the knockouts.
His face and that expression when the wide was deliberately bowled was of sheer frustration. The umpire did the right thinking in not calling it a wide. If he did called it a wide still there were few runs left for Kohli to hit a 4 or a 6 to complete his century.
The Indian team is so different in this ICC contest than they were in the past. Not only the atting but in bowling and fielding they have been way above an average Indian player. Not to forget Rohit's captaincy has been very calculative, agressive and to the point.
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