Champions Trophy Game 12 Group A, India v New Zealand 2/3 1930hrs @ Dubai International Cricket Stadium

[Gough]

India from, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja
New Zealand from, Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young

 

[Moonwatcher]

Head says India heart says NZ.

 

[Plugger35]

The winner gets to play Australia in the semis while the loser plays South Africa.

Not sure how much the teams will want to win tonight, it depends on whether they think Australia will be easier to beat than SA.

 

[010203]

From a long suffering Wallabies supporter, c'mon New Zealand.

 

[Andronicus]

Guess we want NZ to win so we play them in the semi.

Either way, not sure I hold much hope for our b team to win.

 

[Del125763]

The weird thing is the India media will applaud this team, even if they make the bare minimum of a semi-final.

 

[Moonwatcher]

India lose a review early. Surprised they reviewed it.

 

[ep2018]

I hope we get our bunnies in the semi finals.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Rohit gone!

 

[Moonwatcher]

I hope we get our bunnies in the semi finals.

That doesn't clarify things

 

[ep2018]

That doesn't clarify things

New Zealand.

 

[Moonwatcher]

New Zealand.

If we're good enough to get over NZ who did you want in the final?

 

[Moonwatcher]

Phillips lol

 

[Moonwatcher]

India keen on avoiding Australia it seems lol

 

[ep2018]

If we're good enough to get over NZ who did you want in the final?

India. Dont want to give SA a mental edge before the WTC if they beat us.

 

[Moonwatcher]

New Zealand.

Looks like you'll get your wish

 

[Moonwatcher]

Anushka: Virat, I want you here in 10 minutes.
Kohli: Yes, dear.

 

[yabsy]

Philips one handed catching is off the charts

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[JimmyBC]

It would be a massive choke from here if NZ lose

 

[LukeParkerno1]

It would be a massive choke from here if NZ lose

Hold that thought but India should lose

 

[Moonwatcher]

Problem is India can bat at 7 an over without taking risks. They're never out of it.

 

[western royboy]

It would be a massive choke from here if NZ lose

It’s not T20 - lots of teams have been 3/30 and gone on to big scores, happy to be proven wrong but there’s a long way to go

 

[Moonwatcher]

It’s not T20 - lots of teams have been 3/30 and gone on to big scores, happy to be proven wrong but there’s a long way to go

Even in T20 three early wickets will only prevent 220+ scores but won't prevent 180.

 

[Zevon]

Problem is India can bat at 7 an over without taking risks. They're never out of it.

True but this deck looks to be one of the trickier ones on which to do that. Extremely slow and everyone has struggled badly for timing on it so far

 

[western royboy]

True but this deck looks to be one of the trickier ones on which to do that. Extremely slow and everyone has struggled badly for timing on it so far

Pitches are worn out