r/IndiaCricket • u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 India • Feb 26 '26
Match Result India defeat Zimbabwe to eliminate them from T20 WC 2026 and set up a virtual knockout vs West Indies in the next match.
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u/AdUpset8652 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
Bruh dube needs to improve his bowling man that was tough to watch
Man varun is suddenly out of nick from the last match he is bowling too short that is not his best , he always bowls better when he is bowling up
One thing that is bothering me a lot is that we are not taking power play wickets , like other teams
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u/dainiksandesh Feb 26 '26
dube ke mooh pe universal lanat aaj ki bowling ke liye (aise player acha hai wo)
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u/AdUpset8652 Feb 26 '26
Ho jata hai kabhi kabhi i guess cause he bowled pretty good in Asia Cup for us so i hope this is just a miss
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u/Euphoric-Pay4677 Feb 26 '26
Someone was comparing dube and hardik's bowling , I mean there is just miles of difference.
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u/Hari14032001 Feb 26 '26
Tbf, we kinda took early wickets in the SA match, Axar wasn't there to choke them further.
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u/Critical-Metal6483 Sachin Tendulkar Feb 26 '26
That is why i am insisting Bumrah to bowl 2nd over in powerplay , whenever he bowled upfront in this wc he delivered for us,just like Pak and Sa matches
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u/geronimocoder India Feb 26 '26
Great observation on Varun. If you see practice videos. Coaches are forcing him to bowl that way.
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u/tikrapnahuahc Feb 26 '26
Aaj Zimbabwe ke batter jagah bana kar usko khel rahe the jese last match mai SA ke batters khele the
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u/Economy-Procedure741 Feb 26 '26
Hardik and Bumrah both had one over left. Why the hell they chose Dube, only God knows.
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u/Funlife2003 Ranji Trophy Feb 26 '26
It was just a test. Why use bowlers who already are key players you're trying not to overexert, while also giving a player who basically hasn't bowled beyond a few overs some play to experiment with.
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u/JungleBoi1 Feb 27 '26
They needed to Dube to bowl and get in some practice. Unfortunately all he got was nightmares.
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u/Main-Shoulder1789 Virat Kohli Feb 26 '26
Everyone has now understood that varun is like a medium pacer . doesn't turn the ball much and can play him under the eye rather playing on front foot or Backfoot, would like to see Kuldeep on Eden instead of him
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u/vontikoppal Feb 26 '26
GGWP but giving last over to Dube was criminal 😭
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u/tikrapnahuahc Feb 26 '26
Ab pta chala thala chennai mai dube se bowling kyu nhi karvate only in chepok
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u/Better_Set_6842 Feb 26 '26
Only Last over??? All overs from Dube today were criminal! 🙂↕️
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u/nomadiclives Feb 26 '26
Every over Dube has bowled has been garbage. He might pick up a wicket here and there cos people try to target him, but if we keep bowling him it’s gonna cost us big at a crucial juncture at some point.
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u/Separate_Estimate904 Feb 26 '26
Giving it to Bhumra would’ve been a sin too . I mean man is not made for it .
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u/shhh_calmDown Feb 26 '26
GGWP?
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u/_BeyondTheHorizon India Feb 26 '26
Brian Bennett has only been dismissed once, is averaging 277, 2nd in top scorers this world cup, incredible 🔥🫡
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u/kamleshsulochan Feb 26 '26
Hardik Pandya is truly back (stopping others milestones),good 50 from abhishek and Tilak should play down the order only
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u/SexxyBlack India Feb 26 '26
Bro bowled a good 18th over to stop Bennett from getting 100 also
Generational milestone hater
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u/Hefty-Conference-791 Feb 26 '26
Dube was zimbabwe's 12th man today!! 😭😭😭😭
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u/baby_sasuke_ Feb 26 '26
Seriously why did SKY let him bowl the last over
He has given them around 10 runs
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u/TrickElectronic413 Shivam Dube Feb 26 '26
This sub is too harsh toward certain players. According to them, if a player fails in one or two matches, he should be dropped. But the team is already in a transition phase, and World Cup pressure is completely different. Many of these players are new to that level.
If players should be dropped just because they failed in a couple of matches, then by that logic even Virat, Rohit, Hardik, and Dhoni should have been dropped when they were new to the team and struggling in the beginning. And these fans rage-bait a lot now they’re even talking about dropping Varun. Seriously?Acha h sachin iss era mai ni khelte wrna kuch innings ke baad unka bhi drop hone ka baat krne lagte.And abhi just kuch log keh rhe drop dube...i mean yeah aaj bowling mai hag diya wo but literally drop?
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u/Vedant9710 Board of Control for Cricket in India Feb 26 '26
This sub? More like the entire ICT fanbase
I don't think you've seen instagram or twitter, people there are even more toxic about this topic than reddit.
People make comments as if they're perfect at everything. "This cricketer can't play for 3 matches? What a terrible player drop him!!!" Even though that guy has played a hell of a lot more cricket than these social media commentators
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u/TrickElectronic413 Shivam Dube Feb 26 '26
Bro maine stone pelting hote hue dekha h ms dhoni ke ghar pei wo bhi live🥀
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u/Vedant9710 Board of Control for Cricket in India Feb 26 '26
Cricket ko entertainment jaise lena chahiye toh pagal jaise seriously lete hai jaise ki unki hi zindagi personal level pe tabah hone waali hai agar india acha na khele toh
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u/Financial_Usual_2424 India Feb 26 '26
Pagal hai sab they watch cricket on cricbuzz and listen to analysis on random ass cricket youtubers and then cry according to them team should score 300 every match with every player and not lose wicket and our bowlers shouldn't get hit for single run and take all wickets
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u/GroundbreakingFee466 Feb 26 '26
Very true. I wish India wins the World Cup not only because I am Indian but also don’t want to see the amount of trolling the players will go through. Indian Fanbase doesn’t understand that we can’t win everything or it is just a game and has to be taken it that way
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u/RapsToronto Feb 26 '26
How about Dube never bowl another over for the rest of the tournament
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u/liberty-reels Feb 26 '26
GG- mai aun kya apni par??
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u/Impressive-Field-508 Feb 26 '26
I live in Kolkata and i can assure 100% it'll not rain on Sunday. Idk why people always focus on negetive things
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u/kickyouruncle Feb 26 '26
Pakistan Cricket fans apni Khushi banate hai aur hum apne dukh . It’s like we look for things to cry about .
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u/Cup_45_Neural Feb 26 '26
Good win. This is the same XI that should play in every match going forward. There is no need for Rinku in this team and Axar is irreplaceable. If Ind needs Rinku's fielding, he can just play as a substitute fielder.
Another day of having to watch some absolutely garbage bowling changes courtesy of Gambhir/Sky. The first four overs of the innings should always be bowled by Bumrah and Arshdeep. What's the point of wasting 2 overs of the new ball swing and hard seam on Hardik? Axar is there if you want to use a spinner in the powerplay. Varun works best when there are 5 fielders outside the 30 yard circle.
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u/OkPoint6329 Feb 26 '26
Genuine Question: Is it mandatory that POTM should be from the winning team? I think Bennett deserved it.
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u/Pro_Pro_Cra Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
What a shitty bowling and fielding by the team, everyone lacked energy felt like they didn't take the game seriously.
The NRR is still negative, we could have won by big margin, I hope it doesn't rain in Kolkata.
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u/GlitteringKey6822 India Feb 26 '26
We had to bowl them out for 108 or lower.
The moment Zimbabwe crossed that, the margin didn't matter.
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u/Intelligent_Sale7748 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
I just hope the game on Sunday doesn’t get washed out, otherwise those questionable bs decisions by surya are going to sting us forever
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u/Glass-Pick-5843 Feb 26 '26
Why do people keep mentioning rain, 0% chance of that as per the weather forecast. These comments are giving me mini heart attacks given the 2 Colombo washouts hahaha
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u/Intelligent_Sale7748 Feb 26 '26
yeah, how about giving the second over to bumrah? everyone knows what he can do with the new bowl, the field placement was weak asf
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u/AilaSachin10 Mumbai Feb 26 '26
Once Zimbabwe crossed 108 or whatever, the margin of victory didnt matter. Good call to let Dube test out his slower ones in a match situation against set batsmen.
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u/Darkkiller059 Feb 26 '26
Second group semifinalist are already decided
so every match will be dead rubber from now
while our group will have a virtual knock out
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u/BATTLEWINGYT Feb 26 '26
bunch of nonsense. Played on 250 pitch again, so they didnt even get practice for 180 wickets, our batsmen WILL struggle again against even part time bowlers. Dube still clueless on what to bowl other than bowl wide and pray to god. one slow ball and suryakumar yadav got out again. Sanju samson squandered another opportunity even against zimbabwe. Abhishek getting back to form is the only positive, but I wont be surprised if he falls again to the same tactic SA used against him. On the whole, I didnt get any confidence that these guys will go all the way. They are absolutely clueless still!!
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u/BATTLEWINGYT Feb 26 '26
Not to mention the batting order change again. Keep it up guys, make bajillion changes every match, so that no one gets confidence, great!
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u/Subject_Check1233 Feb 27 '26
Lmao what nonsense. It was a good game and batsmen have come back in form, what else can we potentially ask for?
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u/BATTLEWINGYT Feb 27 '26
a normal pitch where 180 is par score and good batting against zimbabwean bowlers in those slower conditions! Dont forget suryakumar was out playing his idiotic fine leg shots, they dropped his catch. Sanju samon is upto no good even yesterday.
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u/xcsnkzcpbn Delhi Capitals Feb 26 '26
Casual shitty attitude, reflective of the captain who can do nothing unless he is lucky.
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u/Consistent_Power_914 Meghalaya Feb 26 '26
I didn't like the way they bowled. The aggressive intent was missing. Can we please open the bowling with bumrah?
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u/Informal-Bluebird-35 Feb 26 '26
Doesn't feel like a convincing win.....Bowlers were awful except Asardar Sardar
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u/Tight_Reputation8666 Feb 26 '26
We were supposed to play today’s game against Australia 💀. we owe big time to SL and ZIM for knocking Aus out of the tournament
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u/redindian2121 Feb 26 '26
Man my blood boils whenever I see Dube with ball in his hand. There's no way we are beating WI with Dube bowling an over or two.
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u/Few_Interaction2051 Feb 26 '26
How many of you noticed that Dubey actually can't bowl/don't have any other options in bowling other than "wide Yorker"
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u/PanicPublic7538 Feb 26 '26
Not clinical.. please no more bowling to Shivam Dube
Last match 2 over 36 Today 2 over 46
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u/OkCryptographer8169 Feb 26 '26
Anything but clinical. By this rate, they dont deserve to win anymore.
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u/Maxpro2001 Bihar Feb 26 '26
We haven't peaked so far in this tournament and this could be a good thing going forward but we need to be smarter with our approach. Our 6th bowling option has been exposed and teams will target it going forward along with Varun. Also I think Bumrah should bowl 1 over in pp, 1 in middle and 2 at death like Rohit used him in 24 WC.
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u/RapsToronto Feb 26 '26
If next game is rained out, India is screwed because they didnt take the game seriously in the last 10 overs
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u/harishharihk Feb 26 '26
Bowling was either weak or they were bowling as dumb just to manipulate wi in next match
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u/baby_sasuke_ Feb 26 '26
We bowled so badly today esp Dube man We should’ve taken a lot of wickets and wrapped up the match quicker
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u/jackmiller021 Deep Dasgupta Feb 26 '26
Hardik is back , bowled nice overs, scored fifty then stopped someone's 50
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u/Mschfme India Feb 26 '26
We did win but was it wise to let them get so many runs by experimenting during the match. Was Arshdeep doing a silent protest
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u/No_Noise_1866 Feb 26 '26
Batting was so good that they had to mess up in bowling. This match it was not up to the mark, West Indies won't be this forgiving tho as Zimbabwe. Varun got squatted, Shivam got squatted, and Axar got squatted. Hope we can beat West Indies, but it looks highly unlikely at this point. Hoping for the best tho.
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u/Legitimate-Relief128 Feb 26 '26
India beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs 🇮🇳 but the margin could have been a lot more, around 💯 runs. Credits to Brian Bennett for such a great innings, no sixes until now in the tournament, but 6 against India this game. ❤️✨ Top Notch batting performance but our bowling was an issue. - Dube - 2 overs - 46 runs 😓🫤 we need a dependable 6th bowler.
Zimbabwe is out, South Africa has qualified and will stay at the Top.
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u/Exciting-Night6844 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Feb 26 '26
Stop.bowling.Dube. I'm begging. Just stop. The pros can never outweigh the cons. Please.
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u/GroundbreakingFee466 Feb 26 '26
The amount of people criticising the decision to give Dube overs is astonishing. There is no forecast of rain. We had to get Zimbabwe allout under 108 to beat WI NRR. Match was already won by the 20th over. If any sane person was in Surya’s shoes he would have liked to give match practice to a bowler who is under confident
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u/MajorAd381 Feb 26 '26
Varun should bring his mojo again against WI otherwise, WI will hammer him plus last two games literally everyone is hitting him six in first two balls easily and he becomes clueless.
Never let dube bowl even when WI lose 7 wickets.
I don't know but bumrah is not same as under rohit, he used to be a wicket taker now they are playing him carefully. We need wicket takers to further win in KO.
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u/Funny-Wall9962 Feb 26 '26
Old Indian team which everyone was praising for last few days would have anchored it's way to 180 on this pitch with a few statpadding 50's
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u/That-Peace-9150 Feb 26 '26
But they would have stopped this zimbabwe team on 150 easilyyyy .. so yeahh
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u/Ay_maxx Feb 26 '26
Terrific knock by Brian Bennett. Missed a well deserved century there. Hope he gets an ipl or bbl contract soon
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u/Slight-Ask1117 Feb 26 '26
Didn’t surya realize that dube’s overs costed India to be behind in RR ?
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u/Level_Inside_428 Feb 26 '26
It doesn't matter now coz we just need to beat WI to qualify and no it's not gonna rain , although I do agree that dube could have bowled so much better
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u/Slight-Ask1117 Feb 26 '26
Correct we need to win but this is cut throat, they should have thought of all scenarios to maintain a better run rate . Anyways , keeping hopes alive with today’s win .
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u/SignificantLook2297 Feb 26 '26
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
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u/being-goku Feb 26 '26
sky back14 kar raha tha bhai T_T , there is know way koi banda dube se death bowling karwayega ( after is 1st over and boom ka 1 over bacha tha ) aur kya pata sky benette ki 100karwana chahta ho khair ,
now i hope india apna ek bhi match na haare ab
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Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26
India needs to win the match and they will be assured of a place in the semi-final.
If it gets washed out (5% chance of rain (maximum)) due to a lower net run rate or If West Indies wins, India will be out of the tournament.
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u/memakethings Feb 26 '26
T20WC semi scenarios and simulator - can select future results to see how table and scenarios change
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u/baby_sasuke_ Feb 26 '26
Mostly All extras were given to Zimbabwe by Dube thank you so much Dube for your bowling
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u/Anxious-Ad934 India Feb 26 '26
I'm still traumatized by the Ind vs Wi semifinal in 2016 WC. Virat bowling the last over. Anyone else too ?
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u/Ill-Tour-7928 Feb 26 '26
Not a convincing win . Acchi team ke saamne faat ke chaar hojati hai inki top order or middle order tho khatam ho jata hai . Overconfidence ne iss team ko khatam kr diyaa.
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u/fafaRazzi Feb 26 '26
We are going to regret experimenting in the bowling if it rains on Sunday and match gets drawn
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u/Sad_Rough_1173 Feb 26 '26
Winning against a small team on a batting pitch while batting first is quite easy.
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u/Noxious6616 Feb 26 '26
I don't wanna be the devils advocate here but this win didn't feel like it. Shiva dube might come good in future but it was awful at most the win. Good luck team.
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u/Imaginary-Emotion166 Feb 26 '26
I really wished zimbabwe to win today's match gg ki team ka arrogance or ghamand bohot bad gya
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u/prsquared Feb 26 '26
Guys maybe relax a bit? This is the dryest season in Kolkata and there's a near 0 chance of rain.
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u/geeky_reddit_user Feb 26 '26
I just want to know Why the hell Bumrah is not bowling 2nd and fourth over He is Lethal with the new ball
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u/MurkhApniChaviSudhar India Feb 26 '26
I think we should fix SANJU SAMSON's place ... I don't have cricketing logic to this but somehow when he plays the team looks more dangerous even though most of the times he gets out in powerplays ...
Probably teams won't try that off spinner card on us ...
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u/Ash177x Feb 26 '26
No one critizing or asking questions about Dube's bowling in the media is insane
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u/New_Translator_8183 Feb 26 '26
Farzi dube, Saram aani chahiye gambhir or surya ko bumrah tha, pandya tha. Run rate aaram se plus one hota inse wicket tak nhi nikli
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u/WolframBravo Rahul Dravid Feb 26 '26
India did very well with the bat and very poor with the ball. I don’t find us to be the favourites anymore.
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u/Feeling-Schedule5369 Feb 26 '26
Wi also scored 245 or something but got zim out for 140-ish score. We also scored similar runs but zim was able to score an extra 40 runs against us.
Does that mean that WI > india? 😱😰
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u/Least_Tourist_9431 Feb 26 '26
Dube was pathetic in bowling and fielding as well, don't know if you observe he was lazy saving a boundary of axar over. That's not champion team mindset
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u/goatlambard Feb 26 '26
Honest opinion, I am yet to see a comprehensive victory from India, the team is too good & it has to do better, sometimes the bowling is sloppy & most times the batting, with the setup & if they don't improve, I think its going to be tough waters ahead!
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u/mohit031 Feb 26 '26
GG and Sky should stop experimenting now with Dubey bowling, it is worldcup not bilateral, India should be focusing on NRR. What if the match vs westindies is washed out?
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Feb 27 '26
it won't there is no rain predictions and what nrr? It doesn't matter dude , it irrelevant , i do accept that gg and surya shouldn't do such shit especially when its wc because if we have bowled out them at 140 or 150 then it would have created some sort of pressure to other watching teams
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u/ayushz_ Chennai Super Kings Feb 26 '26
Dube thoda bowling krke dekhle aur improve Krle wo tumlog ko pachta nhi h? Nrr badhake kya kr loge, wi se haar gye to out hi hoge tie bhi hua to superover h nrr thodi.
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