Kohli scores 50TH ODI HUNDRED & Shami takes 7-57 as India book place in World Cup final |

[@nitlover8319]

What I heard about the pitch is that they cut off some grass so that team batting second doesn't crumble against moving ball like it happened earlier in the tournament. Well done to the curators

[@young_n._older]

As a Kohli fan I would say Shreyas' ton was more impactful. But im pretty sure no one comes close to Kohli in chasing. Great day to be a Indian cricket fan. Good days 🥳

[@hv5164]

Then you are a fake Kohli fan.. Kohli's today century was the greatest century of ODI history. Iyer century was avg, against Easy bowlers in easy condition

[@themyself1212]

yas rana is pakistani he hates India. i have observed him he always hates India and Indian people

[@neobeinghuman]

@@hv5164 STFU.. You don't know cricket kiddo... @young is spot on

[@krodh9946]

​@@hv5164There was nothing noteworthy about this 100 aside from the fact it was his 50th in ODIs. But Shreyas did it without wasting many balls. Even Mitchell did it chasing against our attack. Kohli's 50th ODI 100 was indeed overshadowed by 2 others. And there's nothing wrong with that.

[@nitlover8319]

​@@hv5164 You are blind devotee of one player if you think 65 ball 💯 in a WC semifinals is an easy knock.

[@suj4588]

U all disappointed 😂😂😂

[@dr.shaun.g]

Yes Maulana Yes rana is disappointed. When everything has failed, Maulana Yas rana has nothing else to show his face and now the only things he can do is to cry about pitches and other conspiracy theories..!! Yes rana - keep crying !!

[@TheSmithv2]

Love to see English crib about protocol and spirit of cricket all the time when they are not dictating the terms. Please keep crying like this, it's very entertaining.

[@dr.shaun.g]

When everything has failed, Maulana Yas rana has nothing else to show his face and now the only things he can do is to cry about pitches and other conspiracy theories..!! Yes rana - keep crying !!

[@deepakmenon1612]

Pitch .. no one noticed there was no dew. They did not change anything with pitch .. they cut the pointy grass and watered less to reduce due

[@djryanfernandes]

Shame on u people here comparing both centuries and comparing kohli and iyer , i love my indian team and i always support all my players both kohli and iyer centuries were equally importnat

[@RohitSharma-mi8gt]

Sure, a British tabloid report is believable

[@dharmeshparikh7837]

Nobody gives a damn about what dailymail writes in India. English cricket board has done so many sh** things with cricket to maintain their monopoly for nearly 100 years. Now its in bcci control what do you expect. Power always works the same across the world. Its common sense. Why this middle man in panel was crying about pitch 😂😂

[@hrishikeshbasumatary4725]

Everyone ignored Beckham It was all KING KOHLI IN INDIA

[@amitm2692]

LoL ..Beckham is a global superstar...nobody gives a shit abt Kohli outside india....geez. Height of delusion 😅

[@chetanpatil1654]

​@@amitm2692ha lekin Teri kyu jal rahi hai😂😂

[@amitm2692]

@@chetanpatil1654 thoda apne ghar aur mohalle se bahar nikal.... aukat pata chal jayega terko..... same analogy applies to Kohli .....boomer kid with low IQ spotted

[@johnsmed3035]

You say England had not had any advantage during the 2019 wc.I distinctly remember the IND vs eng match where one side of the ground had a 59 meter boundary and another over 80 meters.It just happened that both of India's wrist spinners were smacked on that same short side even rever sweeping to six.

[@MTK90]

The boundaries were the same when India was batting. So how does it give advantage to englsnd

[@vikaswatane]

Ohh right, India played on different pitch and NZ played on different pitch in second innings 😂

[@johnsmed3035]

@@MTK90 cause if you see they scored all their runs at that side and during that era kul-cha was kind of India s strength and they completely nullified it.Virat being captain also mentioned about it some point after the match

[@johnsmed3035]

@@vikaswatane i didn't get you.Also what's the point of the emoji?

[@dr.shaun.g]

Let them cry. When everything has failed, Maulana Yas rana has nothing else to show his face and now the only things he can do is to cry about pitches and other conspiracy theories..!! Yes rana - keep crying !!

[@shayarshaawrites..3071]

If Shami had not taken wickets I think we would have Lost because Newzealand was playing really very well and first time in this World Cup we felt some Pressure..😮 But it was a Fair and Justified Semi Final❤

[@rahulkapur687]

Well played NZ... Sorry for your loss, we had a score to settle... And we did! 🙏🇮🇳

[@dhawal7476]

*If the fresh pitch that was under concern was picked and caused a collapse of team batting second under lights - NZ, then such English Cricket Pundits would have cried even harder. Best way to deal with bitter, jealous, hypocrite people is simply ignore them.* 😂

[@stumccloy]

But... you didn't ignore them 😂

[@dr.shaun.g]

Very rightly said. When everything has failed, Maulana Yas rana has nothing else to show his face and now the only things he can do is to cry about pitches and other conspiracy theories..!! Yes rana - keep crying !!

[@Youdoyouyeah]

A question on the pitch. More than 700 runs were scored. Spinners barely got wickets - but it did turn. Pacers got their movement under lights which is known behaviour at Mumbai. So tell me, could it just be that the best pitch was played? Was the fresh pitch not exactly good? End of the day, it was a really good pitch. So, if it’s only about “communication” then end it at that. Spending 15 mins saying the same thing over and over again, touching on BCCI’s overwhelming power in World Cricket. There was no real objectivity here. It’s the same old grouse. No wrong was done (as to the quality of the pitch and game), yet you keep playing the to the gantry. I expected better from Wisden tbh. Though, I’m sure you’re looking out for your own with Lawrence. Edit: Mr Booth is an ace journo but the idea that the pitch was changed to be a rank turner turned out to be bogus. 1 wicket by spinners in the match. Great batting wicket with enough for the seamers. It was a great wicket at the end of it all.

[@amitkrchoudhary007]

Bloody coloniser mindset cannot digest India’s win. Jealous as usual their own team was not good enough so now everything is about pitch. Well in that case produce players who can play on this pitch. Also, New Zealand almost chased on pitch and ICC said there was no issue. It was your colonial media like BBC or Daily mail which got report I don’t know from which “unknown source” You do the same when Indian team visits your country but our players don’t complain. Sore losers 😂

[@mbfarookh]

‘King’ Virat Kohli’s half-century Of Centuries In ODIs, And Still Counting… India was the best team in the league stage, ahead of all countries, by a country mile. It was overwhelmingly tipped to win this semi-final encounter, and it did. But, for the one and only King Virat to choose a grand occasion such as this to post his fiftieth century befits his stature. Breaking the great Sachin’s record in the match against Netherlands would have meant lacking a sense of occasion, and Kohli rises to the occasion in big matches. “Talent does what it can, genius does what it must”. How aptly does this quote describe Virat Kohli. Team India won the hearts of not only Indians but, also, cricket lovers all over the world with their jaw-dropping performances. With their ruthless thumping of all the teams in the fray, they brought extra joy to the Diwali festivities. But, all that achievement was of little value, today, as they took on New Zealand in the first semi-final knockout fixture. If they failed to cross the line, all their previous efforts in the past four weeks would have gone in vain. Though, New Zealand lost to India in the league stage, they were quite capable of turning the tables in a knockout match. Then, there is the added pressure of a sudden death kind of situation, a possibility of the ‘law of averages’ catching up with India at the wrong time, a toss that could go wrong, and the not so flattering record of India against the Kiwis in the knockouts. There were press conferences by both captains regarding this important match. These conferences are more like sparring matches before the main event. Captains often dole out platitudes, and you’re none the wiser about their planning or tactics. Therefore, I hardly follow these player-media press conferences. For me, the action on the field describes more eloquently what the captains’ words cannot. I believe that to be World Champions, a team has to overcome all obstacles, pitch, ground conditions, toss, weather, and more importantly the opposition. Only then, they can be acknowledged as world beaters. India had risen to the occasion in the round-robin leg of the tournament. Now, it remained to be seen whether they could cross the final two hurdles. There was some controversy in the media regarding the change of pitch but it just turned out to be much ado about nothing. Both the teams would have loved to bat first and, as luck would have it, India got the chance. The belting of the Kiwi attack started in right earnest by Rohit and Gill and after they left, it was carried on by Shreyas, Kohli, and Rahul. India amassed a few shy of 400. Whether it was enough in perfect batting conditions and under lights remained to be seen. Despite a good day at the office in batting, the bowling wasn’t as sharp in the beginning as it should have been. Bumrah and Siraj were off-colour, today. It was left to Shami to create pressure whenever he came on to bowl, and he reaped a rich harvest of 7 wickets for his efforts. Daryl Mitchell and Williamson, for a major part of the Kiwi innings, looked like they would be the saviours and carry New Zealand on their shoulders to an improbable victory. That didn’t materialise as Shami came back to stamp his authority over the Kiwis and smother any fightback lingering in them. Shreyas Iyer stole the limelight from Virat Kohli with his scintillating century, and Shami steals the limelight from Shreyas with an unbelievable 7 wicket haul on a placid pitch on which over 700 runs were scored. There were so many heroes in India’s victory that Shubman Gill’s innings of unbeaten 80 almost went unnoticed. But, that is a reflection of the number of match-winners the Indian team is packed with. The enormity of ‘King’ Virat Kohli’s achievement will take more time to sink in as India celebrates its immediate heroes and entry in to the finals of Cricket World Cup 2023.

[@themyself1212]

yas rana is pakistani he hates India. i have observed him he always hates India and Indian people

[@vishaldhar420]

Turrey

[@user-gt6qk3yl3y]

SWING, SEAM, SPIN, GRIP & NO DEW but still the kiwis scored more than 300 runs while chasing in Wankhede is quite an effort. Well played blackcaps!

[@themyself1212]

yas rana is pakistani he hates India. i have observed him he always hates India and Indian people

[@lestonpinto6664]

Drop catch, runout chance, extra wides, overthrows did help nz reach to 327.. Nz bowling was dreadful that helped ind score close to 400.. Their length was asking to be hit.. Was a reason for defeat.. Ind varied their lengths with slowers, wobble seam and seam upfront.. Rohit innings wavered nz lengths and they never came back from it..

[@arunrao487]

A lot of time was spent talking about the pitch during the discussion. But there was hardly any analysis on it. If you look at the past data of Wankhede, the team batting first has always had a significant advantage over team batting second. The used pitch was shorn of all the grass just to ensure that the toss does not become a determining factor during a semi final. This was clearly apparent in the way New Zealand managed to stay in the chase till about the 40th over. I reckon, if we had stuck to the original pitch the margin of victory would probably have been a 170. Please base your opinions on data and not on your biases.

[@Ishanusharma]

I think there were concerns that on the new pitch the toss would decide the match.

[@anoopgec4818]

Exactly. Why are these experts not talking about that. In a fresh pitch if Ind won the toss Newzealand would have holed out for below 150. Do you want English pundits? The pitch change was a good decision it gave at least 30% for the team batting 2nd. Fresh pitch means the team winning the toss would have already won the game at the toss itself

[@ethancoster1324]

​@@anoopgec4818Same would've worked for NZ if they'd have won the toss. The thing is to be able to change a pitch to help maximize your attack and reduce your opponents effectiveness is cheating and should be outlawed.

[@anoopgec4818]

@@ethancoster1324 @ethancoster1324 You got it wrong brother. Do you want a match to be decided on the toss . It didn't maximized India's attack or minimised NZ ' chance what it did it reduced the importance of toss. Nobody wants a where toss decides the result. NZ had a chance to win even after 40 overs only because of pitch change. Yes NZ would have won if pitch hadn't changed and they batted first not because NZ is the better team but because of the toss advantage . Do you want that ? Do you want a match to be decided on purely tosses. Then why should teams play matches. Just do the coin toss and declare the winner

[@shawn_magnum9208]

@@ethancoster1324 Are you a bot? I see your same comment everywhere

[@ethancoster1324]

@@anoopgec4818 No the toss shouldn't be the deciding factor. Unfortunately on a ground like this the toss is going to have an impact regardless, ala ball swings under lights. I'm referring to India's persistent interference with pitches across the board. There were three changes made to pitches post the New Zealand England game. Two of these games, I believe, featured India. Shaping conditions, regardless of the toss, once a fresh deck has been chosen, is manipulation.

[@kingofkings864]

Please do check out Gavaskar interview !!! He did address few comments on the few morons comments on pitch !!!

[@stevenbox4523]

Gavaskar is a BCCI shill who talks utter shit

[@themyself1212]

yas rana is pakistani he hates India. i have observed him he always hates India and Indian people

[@ethancoster1324]

The toss winner would've certainly influenced the game regardless of the condition of the pitch. India's allowance to swap the pitch out from a new track to a slow turner is the essence of pitch manipulation and should be considered cheating. You're stacking the deck in your favour.

[@nikhilraghavan3826]

​@@ethancoster1324Slow turner where all the spinners got smacked and the MOM was a fast bowler?

[@sadenb]

I don't know what cricket you were watching today but there was no turners here. @@ethancoster1324

[@sadenb]

Did the British follow protocols during colonization ?

[@leonardparchment6811]

Home sweet home! India 🇮🇳 is going to win the championship 🏏🏆👍

[@anujmulik93]

Is it a blight though? If the pitch played well. And the team competed and one team won, why is the win tainted?

[@samarthbagwe1736]

The pitches in England at the 2019 world cup were definitely tampered England definitely had a say The best example is india vs England match Kohli would never play Two spinners Kuldeep and Yuzi on a road of a track England purposely created that road of a track that wasn't spinning shit Every host has a say because the curators and the Cricket board are connected

[@stevesanders4071]

Will miss these daily pods when this worlds cups over

[@chackochivlog9284]

The whole pitch saga is way out of proportion. As long as two teams are played on the same pitch any pitch should be fine unless it's unsafe to play or impossible to bat ..

[@ethancoster1324]

A knockout game should not be played on a used slow track that clearly benefits one team over another. You're stacking the deck in your favour.

[@shawn_magnum9208]

@@ethancoster1324 How did it benefit India? pls explain.

[@positivekumar3546]

​@@ethancoster1324another excuse to steal Indias credit😂

[@nitlover8319]

​@@ethancoster1324 Ideally yes but if that makes toss a decisive factor then definitely not. No team batting 2nd has scored 300+ in Wankhede so far except semis

[@chackochivlog9284]

@@ethancoster1324 If you are talking about yesterday's match , I don't think anyone will complain the pitch was difficult to bat when the combined score is above 710. Used pitch or not it was a perfect cricketing wicket , good to bat throughout , bit of spin , bit of swing early on ..a perfect pitch for the knockout game ... In general, even if the pitch was slow or turning as long as both teams are playing the same surface its perfectly fine .. If one team doesn't have the skills to play spin or bowl spin it's their problem to solve ... If you are going with a knife to war against an enemy with a machine gun don't expect the enemy to throw away his gun .. upgrade your skillset and compete .. don't complain

[@dhurjati1]

Been an avid listener to Wisden’s daily podcasts on the World Cup. Must share my honest feeling though that Wisden Cricket does sound like another voice of English cricket/English perspective trying to masquerade as an independent voice! 😂

[@ajithfrancis003]

Always follows ur analysis

[@vinayhegde1441]

I think Newzealand missed a player like Bracewell in this World Cup...

[@Himanshu69686]

Only way you can beat this Indian Side. Bat First, Put Total of 350+. Then You can beat this Side.

[@almac9203]

Australia beat them 👍

[@sadenb]

All we need is to invite Lionel Messi and Ronaldo in the finals.

[@parijatdas4925]

Hey Mark, tell England team to play better cricket rather than complaining and giving such a foolish statement. If the pitch was changed, the NZ cricket team has the right to complain not yours. Your statement won't change the fact that the England Cricket Team played such poor cricket.

[@harishkiran3663]

The reason it seems to be the runs! So that there is a high scoring match, so that the advertisements go on for the whole length. Think about Indian or NZ bowlers running rampage in the first innings and the loss for ICC and BCCI. They were f ing not concerned about the result, me thinks precious!

[@mayuresh1690]

How exactly that pitch changed help India? That factor never came across. Why Western people & media trying to put stain on Indian teams performance when pitch changed didn't benifited our team. Basically trying to take away credit. "Your team is good but they changed the pitch"

[@dr.shaun.g]

When everything has failed, Maulana Yas rana has nothing else to show his face and now the only things he can do is to cry about pitches and other conspiracy theories..!! Yes rana - keep crying !!

[@vikaswatane]

Mark boucher is another colonial mindset who can't digest India dominance in cricket 😢

[@MrRk540]

What axe does Andy Atkinson have to grind? A lot of this is perhaps cultural as well. India and Indians in general have not much regard for such protocols. They are of a casual attitude towards it. It is not given as much importance as perhaps it would be given by other countries. At the end of the day there was really no issue. Andy Atkinson made it out to be a request from the team management. That is an allegation without any evidence. I read the article in the Mail, it was ridiculous. If ICC was really that upset they could and should have stopped the WC. They have not and principally they did not think much of the pitch change either. Certainly looks like Atkinson is upset that he was circumvented and was not consulted on the decision, and perhaps rightly so. In retaliation he may have over-reacted a bit. Looks like he pulled a Trudeau.

[@Rockey_VR]

Why these gutless idiots talking about only the pitch?Pitch is behaving totally different for both teams in many matches in this world cup..When both teams get the same pitch,there is no big discrimination.Well they can't change the pitch in the middle of the match.That is only possible by giving two different balls to both teams.Why No board asking for 💯 transperancy in ball selection for a particular match.Both teams should select the balls randomly from the same source and have to l make sure no one changes the ball through the match..Now in Cricket most matches looks totally rigged with different balls for the teams ..

[@TheSmithv2]

Please enjoy the sour taste in your mouth, it's here to stay. Bcci has all the money and the audience. English need to wake up and smell the coffee. Cricket is not their fiefdom

[@mayuresh1690]

No they assume moral high ground if it doesn't suit them.

[@indiarocks5731]

Butcher is so butt hurt ...as if we care what you more think

[@ethancoster1324]

India's pitch switching antics should be outlawed. Being able to change pitches on a whim to maximise your attack is essentially cheating.

[@rishavlala709]

Go ahead outlaw it 😂 In fact for the final we have decided that we'll bat at a different pitch and bowl at a different one. Also if we're batting first then we'll get extra 10 overs 😂

[@amitm2692]

Trust india (jay Shah/bcci) to win the toss in the final too...😅😅

[@rishavlala709]

Paxstani bhikmange ki badbu aa rhi hai comment se 😂

[@bharath4803]

Yeah we have money. Just beg some atta we will give u asshole..

[@mayuresh1690]

​@@rishavlala709paxistani will take the coin & start running 😂

[@stevenbox4523]

India talking the piss with pitches what a shock. They've been terrible hosts they really have. The ICC has banned Sri Lanka due to government interference. Thank God the Indian government has never poked its nose in eh...

[@indiarocks5731]

Sore loser, cry more

[@ethancoster1324]

India effectively owns the ICC. The game is rigged to begin with.😅😢

[@shawn_magnum9208]

What pitch? Scored 700 on it. Typical butthurt brit

[@rishavlala709]

If your team is shitty that's not BCCI's fault. Incessant whining about everything, what a poor sport and without a shred of grace. Your shit teams getting whacked or not being able to play in India just shows how shit they are.

[@nitlover8319]

Cry me a river boundary count champs 😅

[@Harshalcv11]

I for one wanted to see Rohit stick around for more overs. He's sort of the player that if he stays till 25 overs, he would take the score way past second team chasing. I'd rate Rohit higher than Kohli because I feel if he wanted, he could have gotten 50 hundreds too being an opener and having more time to score hundreds. Someone who has three double hundreds in ODI surely has immense talent.

[@we_know1044]

Rohit tried in 2019 went for his hundreds…though good he realised.

[@slipperybone]

See, to score a hundred on an insanely consistent basis, a player has to be fit enough to be able to run hard for a longer duration. Because if he cannot do that, he has to make it up with boundaries which then increases risk-taking and hence results in higher chance of getting out and thus reduces consistency. This is why I believe even if Rohit tried really hard, it would have been quite impossible for him. If he had maintained his fitness for much longer than he has, he could have gotten to 40 hundreds by now. Please don't get me wrong. I truly believe Rohit has been the most important batter in this World Cup by far, not just in the Indian team but overall. His incredible batting in the powerplay has been a testament to the kind of approach he wanted to take and his shot-making ability has meant he has been pretty much spot on every single time. But scoring hundreds in these difficult conditions is very challenging. I believe Rohit and Kohli are both finally playing the way they would have always wanted to play which is such a great sign for India because these two are the pillars on which Indian ODI cricket stands and has done so for the past decade. I'm just loving that Rohit is absolutely going bonkers at the start and Kohli is obliterating any chance of a collapse which is complementary and wonderful for our batting lineup. This gives the freedom to Shreyas Iyer to just come, take a few balls to get in and then start taking risks and with his strength and ability to clear the ground with ease, it's coming off more often than not.

[@WaveRider1989]

​@slipperybone yes you are right. Kohli is the fittest batsmen in india even fitter than the young guys, and he has set a trend of fielding and staying super fit. So many people have cramped and can't move because of the lack of long-term stamina to bat 40+ overs, but Kohli seems to have high endurance.

[@rahulsrinivas3224]

"he could have 50 100s if he wanted" what an ignorant comment. How does he have a lower career strike rate than Kohli then? And I don't need to tell you who averages more. You guys spew complete nonsense without any reasoning/stats.

[@Harshalcv11]

@@rahulsrinivas3224 I don't need to give any reasoning to a complete idiot.

[@dr.shaun.g]

When everything has failed, Maulana Yas rana has nothing else to show his face and now the only things he can do is to cry about pitches and other conspiracy theories..!! Yes rana - keep crying !!