2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Game 46 First Semi Final India v New Zealand 15/11 1900hrs @ Wankhede Stadium

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Just remarkable how strong India are.

Pitches have been pretty fair and they've been able to use their balance across pace and spin the be effective with the ball.

Don't see how a team can score enough against them to be a genuine threat.

Never know if Travis goes off we can. SA can if they bat first
 
Well your whole team bar one bowled last night lol

Exactly how bad is Iyer’s bowling lol
He’s coming off a continuous back injury. Probably not worth the risk.

Also, Kohli was listed as an all rounder in the u19 WC
And saw an interview between Rohit and Guarav on my Insta today where Rohit used to be a bowler, and the coach was telling him to focus on his batting. However an injury to his finger put an end to his bowling
 
did he technically "catch" it since the ball wasn't in his hands and the teammate picked it up off his back?

The ball had come to rest, it was in a state of control as he laid their still in control of it.

So i'd give him the catch.
 
Is India a bigger favourite than the Windies were in 1983? Red hot favourites do lose occasionally, and the weight of expectation from the home fans will be huge on Wednesday night - how will the players handle it?
I read somewhere that said that India were like 25/1 to win against the West Indies in 1983. It was really a win against the odds. Wikipedia quoting around 66/1

"They had reached a third consecutive final after defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the second semi-final and were looking for their third consecutive World Cup win. As a result, the Indian team was only given odds of 66–1 at the start of the final."
 
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I read somewhere that said that India were like 25/1 to win against the West Indies in 1983. It was really a win against the odds. Wikipedia quoting around 66/1

"They had reached a third consecutive final after defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the second semi-final and were looking for their third consecutive World Cup win. As a result, the Indian team was only given odds of 66–1 at the start of the final."
India had barely even played much ODI cricket before that tournament.
Eleven weeks ahead of the third men's ODI World Cup, India's ODI record made for bleak reading: 11 wins in 38 matches. And although six of those wins had come outside India, only one happened to be in a World Cup, when they beat East Africa in 1975.
 

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