How crucial were they against S. A. AND India.

Discuss.

@natty_forever

No doubt it was a good toss to win against India similarly against SA but we seem to lose all the important tosses ...dey seh at times is better to be a lucky captain than a good one....Hope has lost 22 of the last 28 tosses including 6 of 7 in the tourny so he sure ain't lucky ....an is he good??....would have loved to see us chasing both times....no doubt ppl will rightly say it's possible we could also have succumb to scoreboard pressure when chasing but undoubtedly our strength is the batting which is much feared an is why no team would decide to bat when winning the toss against us....sometimes yuh need a little luck rub of the green to win one of these majors but we just didn't have that!!

We would have taken 195 any day of the week!!!!!!

@CCW

That's my feeling.

@Halliwell

dnt know how much of the tourny you watched an prior in SA but it was plain to see an many of us have correctly come to the conclusion that against the better teams with our bowling we need to post well in excess of 200....better bowling attacks might have defended the 195 against India....but unfortunately we are not one of the better ones!!!!!!

@Halliwell

And would have chased that any day of the week batting second.

70 30 in favor of chasing team since it is a 4 ground than 6 ground. Lightning fast under lights. Find a gap you get a 4. 195 was still a good score in a pressure game. You add 20 runs to pressure. You just have give it to sanju. Everyone agrees WI had a fantastic campaign. . Clarke says the same herehttps://youtu.be/4u3vwWqbtp4?si=Y6GIbWQVf6uXn5wV

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@CCW

Indian batting was only 50% in this world cup So WI had a chance.WI defendedn196 against England did they? But there you bowled 12 overs of spin. That is a red soil wicket.

@jnaveen

the fact that India was only 50% of 2024 says it all ...an we still couldn't restrict dem.....would be interesting to know how many top teams we've beaten in the last couple years batting 1st ...Hengland who was not at their best yet was an exception to the rule in the group game!!

@natty_forever

Lots of IFs

if Motie and Jase had taken their catches this score was enough

if Hety didn’t get jukked we’d have 15 more…

if Shamar bowled earlier…

@CCW

I thought Windies did very well. It is not easy to score 220 against this Indian side all said and done. Even SA couldn't do. Imagine Brandon and hope played together. Chase surprised. India also dropped several catches. Missed an easy run out. All in all 195 is not something many teams score against India. Also remember WI probably did not bowl a single wicket taking delivery all the wickets were gifted by India or blinders from Hetty or Rutherford. With dew on India found a first kohli in Samson. It was just an incredible innings by his own standard. Just remember 2016. WI chased 194 against India with heavy dew. India could not pick two wickets as both were marginal no balls. Rahane went so slow. This is similar.

@Halliwell

True. That's why I keeping my criticisms to myself.

@jnaveen

Bro...this India side is not great,Bumrah is a great, Ashdeep is good the rest of the bowling is nutten special....as a matter of fact i rate them the weakest of the semi- finalist an would not be surprised if Hengland beat dem ...might hinge on the toss again!!!

@CCW

You are not rating a team that has won 50 out last 57 t20Is ? Won like 12 series in a row. Beat the hell out of SA NZ England in the last few series. England has lost last 6 out of 7 games to India in India. They have been no.1 team since 2022. Some youngsters are not handling pressure. Also indias weapon Abhishek fell to illness at the worst time. Their catching percentage is 71%. Even at their worst they find a way to win. India has 6 different man of the match winners. It is hard to be consistent in this format. They have managed to be consistent because they are blessed with many match winners..somebody steps up.

@jnaveen

50 outta last 57 souns great....but how much of that included the likes of Kohli,Sharma,Pant an Jadeja????....by ur own admission the team is only 50% of previous so that stat is somewhat irrelevant so lets not muddy the water....they're a good team but not a great one an certainly not as good as when winning in '24...an are very beatable!!!😎