1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,680 Congratulations to all of our Indian friends. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,600 Congratulations to making the 4th consecutive final in an ICC 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,440 event. That is an absolute insane stat 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,760 and the fact that this shows the brilliance of the Indian cricket 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,600 team in the cricket system that they keep on getting to the end 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,320 and making it to the ultimate game in an ICC tournament. 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,880 Congratulations to you guys all. Congratulations to finally 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,880 having some sense getting Sandro Sampson in and him not being one 9 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,800 but two player of the match awards deep into this tournament 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,760 and getting you guys through the line. 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,040 If there is one team that needs to win and that should win this 12 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,640 tournament, it indeed is India. But lo and behold, the final is 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:44,840 in Ahmedabad and that is a place where ICC finals don't really go 14 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,680 well for India. We'll talk about this. 15 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,520 We'll talk about the semi final, which was a blinder, 500 plus 16 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,840 runs scored. We'll talk about how much, how 17 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,280 many runs how how much fun that was or it wasn't at the end of 18 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,640 the day. And with me is always my 19 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,320 brother, my Co host, the birthday boy Bouchardi. 20 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,120 Hello and welcome man. What a game. 21 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,040 Almost 500 runs scored. Oh, I'm sorry, I said 500. 22 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:14,000 Plus it was 4. 99 oh 499, yes. OK, well, still a lot of talk 23 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 about that. An absolute run fest. 24 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,920 This is the kind of game that you expected to happen in India 25 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,800 before the World Cup. But generally we saw games of 26 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,480 18190, a couple of games that went to 2:50. 27 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,880 But terrific, terrific game. I mean to the last ball, you 28 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:29,800 didn't know where I was going to. 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,880 Go generally and then even the last over when they needed 31 I 30 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,600 believe or 30. 30, yeah. Went for 22. 31 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,320 With Dubey Ball they could have got anywhere. 32 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:40,600 Yeah, they'll dua man. It could have been, yeah, could 33 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,200 go on anywhere. After the first two deliveries, 34 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,920 all that's all he had to do. Had to survive the 1st 2 35 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,280 deliveries and whatever he did after that did not matter. 36 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,120 It got closer than India would have liked. 37 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,800 But damn, in the end of the finals, again man, this was a 38 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,880 game of the barest of margins. Barest of margin. 39 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:02,920 But like, talk about that run. 2324 wins, 25 wins, 26 final 40 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,480 again. I don't even think Australia and 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,360 its peak had that kind of run. To be fair, Australia and its 42 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,120 peak did not have the opportunity for that main they. 43 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,840 Weren't playing as frequently, yes. 44 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,920 But even the 2007 Australian team which went unbeaten in that 45 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:21,680 final in that World Cup, in 2007, the ODI World Cup, they 46 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,840 had, the 2007 T 20 World Cup blew it, 2019 T20 World Cup blew 47 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,800 it and 2010 T 20 World Cup. There is an argument there. 48 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,320 There is an opportunity for them to do that. 49 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,880 Australia is not a good team. They've won what, one World Cup 50 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,160 in T 20s and 21 and that was a World Cup of tosses. 51 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,320 Aaron Finch, I think won six or seven tosses, six of seven 52 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,280 tosses. So you win the toss, you bowl 53 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,560 first, you chase, there's do factor, and then you win the. 54 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,360 But in 2009, the results in ICC Champions Trophy. 55 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,400 That they lost, Well, they won that. 56 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:52,880 Who won that? I thought Australia won. 57 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,280 Australia beat New Zealand because we lost New Zealand. 58 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,800 If you remember that. Yunus Khan drop catch that 59 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,200 covers. I remember that. 60 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,720 In the I still think the greatest run for any team is the 61 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,440 Australian team in ODIs from 99 World Cup final till the 2011 62 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,960 World Cup. So Pakistan broke their 33 match 63 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,600 winning streak in 2011 when they when they beat them in the ODI 64 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:20,520 World Cup mad at the match and also in 99 Pakistan was a team 65 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,640 that beat them as well. I remember in 2011 I very 66 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:30,360 vehemently tweeted and put on a on on on on my status on on 67 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,360 Facebook that, you know, it was the box on thing which that 68 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:37,080 Australia was smashed in between in 2022 champions were Australia 69 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:37,760 second title. You're right. 70 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,320 So they won in 2007 and 2009, both 50 old tournaments, but 71 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,960 they did not win the T20 World Cups that preceded them, which 72 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,280 is interesting. Yeah, so in. 73 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,880 General the sheer dominance since they lost by 10 wickets 74 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,600 against England. I think Dinesh Karthik mentions 75 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,480 how after that semifinal loss Roy Sharma takes entire team and 76 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,760 he says we got to change the way how we're playing 2019 ODI World 77 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,680 Cup. Rohit are must scored like 5 78 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,040 centuries at World Cup. But India lost in the semi 79 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,360 finals. So Rohit says what is the point 80 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,960 of my century when the team is not winning? 81 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,520 So ultimately Rohit comes out with a more aggressive mindset 82 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,720 and he's the one that changed India's wide ball trajectory. 83 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,079 A big tragedy that couldn't win the ODI World Cup. 84 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:19,959 That could have been the the full effect right there. 85 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:25,040 But yeah, India in the finals, I still think this is my heart 86 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,880 take. India is still not playing at 87 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,000 the peak of their powers like going into this batch, they have 88 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,840 one of the lowest catches efficiency of any team. 89 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,200 And Vertex about these getting past here, Abhishek is out of 90 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,440 form. So they're still not really 91 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,240 operating at full throttle. And I I hope in the finals, if 92 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,200 we do get to see the best of this Indian team, it could be A1 93 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,720 sided match. Do you think that they are at 94 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,960 least getting better from that South Africa win? 95 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,760 So sorry, South Africa lost not to now. 96 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,840 Do you think they're playing a little bit better every single 97 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,560 day or is it just this Sendu Sampson effect which I think has 98 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,480 completely changed the trajectory of this entire team? 99 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,560 The way that this team has not operated under the Sendu Sampson 100 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,040 banner, starting from ball 1 all the way to the end of the end of 101 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,400 the innings. This man is carried. 102 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,960 Isn't this man is playing more than 40 to 50% of the deliveries 103 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:13,280 in the past two or three games that that have mattered and that 104 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:15,960 have impacted him and. The fact that this man was being 105 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,560 ridiculed on a press conference by the Indian cricket cricket 106 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,280 captain is insane to me. Like this man should have been 107 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:23,520 playing every single game. Yeah, I think he's been the 108 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,960 difference the past couple of games, just carried his momentum 109 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,120 or the form that he had in the last match into this match. 110 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,840 And if we're getting to the match, England and the toss and 111 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:35,560 they both were, which I think is a interesting call because in a 112 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,360 big semi final, given the fact that India has lost only seven 113 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,960 matches the last two years, five of them chasing, why not let 114 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,680 India chase against you like when a bat first score on the 115 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,360 board and then try to get early wickets to get India under 116 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,480 pressure. Like that to me is still the 117 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,560 best formula to beat India. Somehow you win the toss, you 118 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,280 bat first, you get early wickets from India and then you try to 119 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:01,440 put them under pressure like how South Africa did in the group 120 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,320 match against them. Also given there is no deal on 121 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,320 offer here in Mumbai. So I don't know exactly why 122 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:14,160 bowling first was a good call. It wasn't the worst call if 123 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,800 they're taking their catches. Sanju I believe was dropped that 124 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,600 on 15 by Harry Brooke. If they just take that catch, 125 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,000 they don't score to 50. Before Sanju, let's talk about 126 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,680 Abhishek Sharma. Oh my God, who we've been 127 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,000 talking about. He got out today against Will 128 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,320 Jacks. Will Jacks right on off spinner. 129 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,160 And it seems like ever since Salman Ali Yaga got him out with 130 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,760 the right arm off spin in the power play and then Arian Dutt 131 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,960 from Netherlands got him out the same way and now Will Jacks gets 132 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,440 him out the same way. So, again, is he out of form? 133 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,160 Has he been found out? What is going on? 134 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,760 Because this is the biggest tournament of his life. 135 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,760 He's been hyped up for the past couple of years for this exact 136 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,080 tournament. It's a home tournament. 137 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,440 He's been thrashing teams left, right, center. 138 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,400 But when it comes to a World Cup, he's struggling to show the 139 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,720 same sort of intent and execution of his plans. 140 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,160 Yeah, I just think the big match and the big lights and the big 141 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,640 moment is getting damned. I think the four ducks on the 142 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,120 trot or three ducks on the trot were not. 143 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,720 Helpful to his confidence and it's. 144 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,120 Also impacting his fielding he's he dropped some sitters last 145 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,880 match. Yes, and and this is how you 146 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,200 know that this this man is under a lot of pressure and a lot of 147 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,120 weight. If India do go on and win this 148 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,000 tournament, it'll be no thanks to Sanju Samson. 149 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,760 Sorry, it'll be no, it'll be all thanks to Sanju Samson, but no 150 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,880 thanks to Abhishek Sharman. I think he feels that weight on 151 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,880 his on his shoulders. The fact that he was not able to 152 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,960 perform the way that he's getting out is very, very 153 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,280 elementary, I should say. I mean, the fact that, OK, Agra 154 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,080 got him out, that was a surprise move by everybody. 155 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,040 I remember in our live, like I wasn't even in the live yet. 156 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,360 I was making my I think I was making a coffee or something and 157 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,160 I come in and by the time I get in the live, Abhishek is already 158 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,640 out. And that's because Agra had 159 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,040 deployed that plan. Agra and has some very one of 160 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,320 the few things that they'd executed absolutely beautiful in 161 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,440 this tournament was that I appreciate share my plan. 162 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,560 Now anything else after that was, you know, as a question 163 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,880 mark, but they got that right. And ever since that template was 164 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,480 laid down, all the teams have been copying it. 165 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,440 And it seems like at this point Abhishek does not have an answer 166 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,880 to this. A couple of India's key players 167 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,600 are out of form in the Super Eights. 168 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,720 Abhishek with the bat, button with the ball and it's a big 169 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,640 question mark as to does India continue to back these guys or 170 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,720 did they bring in replacements. They could potentially bring in 171 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,680 Ishan Kishan to open the innings, bench Abhishek and then 172 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,720 get Rinku Singh as a finisher towards the back end and then 173 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,240 Vernon will talk about him when he go to England's innings. 174 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,159 But another match up that was on was Archer against Andrew Samson 175 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:42,320 because Archer dismissed Samsung three times in the last 25 176 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,120 deliveries and the match up was on. 177 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:49,680 And 2.2 is the delivery where Archer, sorry Samsung hits it 178 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:53,840 straight to Harry Brooke at mid on and Harry Brooke drops what I 179 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,320 want to say is a Dolly at this level. 180 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,400 Easiest catch ever and when you drop an informed batsman like 181 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,160 Sandra Sampson on a flat deck like Bombay with the boundaries 182 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,360 not being relatively small, he will make you pay. 183 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:12,320 At the time he was on 15 runs. He goes on to score 80 odd 89. 184 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,720 And I think hypothetically, you know, if you're just doing 185 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,840 scenarios, if Sanju gets out, then you bring in kind of an out 186 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,320 of form sky up into that earlier sky. 187 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,440 By the way, who has not shown up in any crunch matches for India 188 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,240 yet so far? Like I haven't seen him score 189 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,360 runs against Pakistan or in knockout games for ICC events. 190 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,520 I mean he scored runs against USA and the the literally if 191 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,880 they had lost that game, USA had an opportunity to get through. 192 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,680 Again, that was a group stage match against USAI. 193 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:38,760 Get it? I'm talking about his 194 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,680 performances in ICC knockout events against the Cena teams. 195 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,960 Yeah. So again, he comes in today 196 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:48,040 actually he sends Dubey over him because that's just, I guess the 197 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,600 matchup was better and then. Should we nickname Surya Kumar 198 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,640 Yadav? Surya Kumar USA like Zimbabwe 199 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:57,000 but Abhishek? Abhishek also has a What is Zim 200 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,840 Zimbishek? Do you hear this? 201 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,560 No, you don't know Zimbishek. Who said this? 202 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,160 I saw it on Twitter. I think, you know, Zimbabwe is, 203 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:09,520 is is a very, very, very common insult to Bob Rodman. 204 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,000 He only scored against Zimbabwe. I don't support that term. 205 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,080 I don't. I don't support it either. 206 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,640 I. I think I think it's very 207 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,800 childish when cricket fans mess up cricketers names like this. 208 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:19,880 But then there's a. Great. 209 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,960 Third greatest. It's very then we got Zimba 210 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,240 Sheikh because Abhishek score runs against Zimbabwe only in 211 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,040 the tournament and then now we can get Surya Kumar USA. 212 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,840 Abhishek A flop in the IPL playoffs, flop in the Shika 213 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,120 final, flop in this world. Cup so far, yeah, it's been 214 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,080 tough for Abhishek. I think it's a better player 215 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,800 than we've been seeing, but it is interesting to see how the 216 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,000 spotlight is getting time right now. 217 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,880 I think he'll come back, come stronger after this. 218 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,880 He should. And if this is the end of the 219 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,040 Abhishek Sharma, that'll be the, you know, gone with the whimper, 220 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,480 not a bang type situation. But you know, for the sake of 221 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,640 cricket, I hope he comes back. He's he's very exciting talent. 222 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,200 But it's been good to see NDS still backing him despite his 223 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,000 ferial failures. Might even be dropped in the 224 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,680 final now. Yeah, I don't think so, but. 225 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,400 Yeah, it's, I mean, I wouldn't. Necessarily change a no, not a 226 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,960 winning combination no, no, it's too late to do that like it's 227 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:13,480 you got you got something in in ink see through. 228 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,600 Sanju just he just go both. Splastic, I want to take a pace 229 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:23,040 on some on Sanju for a second. Eshan Kishan went really ham as 230 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,760 well. 39 off 18, everybody pitched in. 231 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,600 That's how they got to 250. Honestly, it's just the Surya 232 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,560 Kamal Yadav of it all. You, I know you touched on it a 233 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:32,480 little bit. What is the problem here? 234 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,200 Why is he not scoring runs? Why is the captain a liability? 235 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,080 I mean, as a boxing cricket fan I can understand how that feels, 236 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,160 but like I just don't understand it from the Indian point of 237 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,000 view. He came into this World Cup 238 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,560 season so that the series against New Zealand completely 239 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,240 out of form and people were saying he's not out of form, 240 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:50,280 he's out of runs. Yeah. 241 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,000 I don't know what the difference is, but yeah, I think Surya 242 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,800 Kumar as a player, his batting stats versus Surya Kumar as the 243 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,680 captain, his batting stats are very different. 244 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,720 So his batting stats are impacted by the captaincy. 245 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:03,680 Pressure I guess. Sure. 246 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,400 So maybe he's not doing a good job and and just 247 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:11,680 compartmentalizing his batting versus his captaincy because 248 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,280 yeah, he's just not been at his best with the bat when he's been 249 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,960 captaining India. To me, always correct me if I'm 250 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,720 wrong, I have not seen Surya Kumar a lot. 251 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,680 I've seen him mostly against India and Pakistan games which 252 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,800 he's never shown up. And to me, he seemed to have 253 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:29,800 like a very, this is already, it's like almost an ironic 254 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,880 statement, but he seems like a very dynamically 1 dimensional 255 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,720 player, which means that you don't have vertical, you have 256 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,680 that ability to take the innings deep. 257 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,960 Sudha Kabad apart from that USA innings does not have that 258 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,800 capability in my opinion. Now this game did not require 259 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,560 that. Obviously it's where 250 is 260 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:47,800 being scored. You don't want to take the game 261 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,320 quote UN quote deep. You just want to go ham for the 262 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,080 first delivery. But when crunch situations 263 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,400 happen and they will happen, it is going to be a final in ham 264 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,400 and about. And we've seen things be very 265 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,600 funny for Indian cricket supporters there. 266 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,680 I just don't know if he has the caliber to do that. 267 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:04,280 I haven't seen it per SE against the bigger side. 268 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,600 And in this entire tournament, I've always seen him smash 269 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,120 himself out in a very belligerent manner, like trying 270 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,120 to play that, you know, whatever that helicopter shot is towards 271 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,680 fine leg or just trying to smash it down the ground where maybe 272 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:18,840 the shot isn't all that called for. 273 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:20,800 Even today, getting stung by Rashid. 274 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,480 I mean, he was already off 11, off 6. 275 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,440 There was no need. And yet, yeah, I'm, I mean, I'm 276 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,320 just, I'm waiting to see that knock from him that I've been 277 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:32,640 promised and it just hasn't come yet. 278 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,960 I've seen those knocks because I watch more than just in the box 279 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:37,360 of matches, but I who asked you I. 280 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,480 Haven't seen those matches, like those knocks and crunch matches, 281 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,360 ICC events, knockouts. I can't say now. 282 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:45,400 I don't even play the tournament against the series that was the 283 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,600 England series or South Africa series right before the World 284 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:48,880 Cup, New Zealand series, New Zealand series. 285 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:50,480 There's a tournament. I believe in that. 286 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:51,640 In that I think he had the most runs. 287 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,240 He had the most runs. Looking fine. 288 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,800 I saw some of those highlights, but I'm yet to see it in that. 289 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,000 And we thought he was going to be informed. 290 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,480 We had him as one of the highest, one of the top, one of 291 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,320 the top. Nobody had some sada for Han 292 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,640 Bizada. Yeah, and he still sits the top. 293 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,800 He couldn't even. Make the the the shortest for 294 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,800 the the 100 auction. He didn't make it. 295 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,720 Yeah, he like only box any boulders made it enzyme. 296 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:13,080 AU. Enzyme AU. 297 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:13,960 Yeah. Great. 298 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,360 Good for them, Senator Thompson, That'll happen. 299 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:22,600 The margin of error balling to this guy is so low, anything 300 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,240 full he'll let you over your head straight back down. 301 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,880 Anything short he'll pull you for for a boundary automatic 302 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,280 wicket. So also just put the form that 303 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:35,160 he's in against spin, against pace, complete shots and and 304 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,280 fortunate not to get 100 in both matches. 305 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,680 The last match he was out of runs to score because he chased 306 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,280 it down so early. But today he gets out for 89. 307 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,960 But I think his innings set the entire platform for players like 308 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:53,200 Dube and Hardik Pandya and the like, by the way, was playing a 309 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,760 role that he's not really accustomed to. 310 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,120 He was. He's a top three player, top 4. 311 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,280 Player. I was just going to say he, I 312 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,280 think the first three games was his striker was like 112, He's 313 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,560 almost runnable. And then now he's just like 314 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,640 striking at 300. Even the game before that he was 315 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,760 absolutely like fearless. I don't know what what has 316 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,320 happened to the what Switch has turned on, but this guy is this 317 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,320 going in there smashing everything he sees at the 318 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,200 boundary. I also think that England's 319 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,200 death bowling wasn't good. If you look at Boomer's death 320 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,880 bowling, which is obviously world class, but Bumrah was 321 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,680 relying quite heavily on just kneeling as yorkers, whereas 322 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,440 England was bowling bouncers and cutters and slower balls and 323 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,920 yorkers. And the execution wasn't the 324 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,240 best. I think Archer got absolutely 325 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,720 smashed 61 and 4 overs. That that 2 with 9 dot ball. 326 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,720 Yeah, yeah. And Archer, he looked like a 327 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,720 good bowl at this work up. He was bowling at high pace, 328 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,360 getting some swing up front. Like his box and he was 329 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,960 absolutely lethal. Again, maybe if that's undue 330 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,280 catch was taken by how you brought it could have been a 331 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,960 different scenario. I'll honestly like the fact that 332 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,040 New England still went out and scored 246 means that if they 333 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,720 just had kept their catches and they're feeling a bit tighter 334 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,640 and restricted them under 240, they would have won this game. 335 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,880 That's what that means to me. I think that's how it's small, 336 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,000 the margins. Are scoring 253, was 20 above 337 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,160 par and. Still, England managed to make 338 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:14,800 246. Yeah, right. 339 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,920 Again, the bowling is nothing to show for, for, for, for England, 340 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,120 61 runs by Archer. You mentioned that before. 341 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,800 It's crazy. The thing that stands out to me 342 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,960 more is adlib Rashid even getting smacked to 41 even 343 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,240 though he took two wickets. And Sam Curran, man Player of 344 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:34,680 the tournament in 2022, has won the ILT 20A cheat code in terms 345 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:39,280 of T20 all rounders 53 and 4. So here's something interesting, 346 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,800 right? So India score 253. 347 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,440 So the average runs per over is 12.65 S Any bowler who goes less 348 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:47,680 than that, you can say he had a good day. 349 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,200 So you can say that Will Jack's 4 / 2 for 40. 350 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,480 Not not a bad day. Al Rasheed 4 / 2 for 41. 351 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,360 Decent day. Give me a word in three for 36. 352 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,560 That's another 12.6 or 12.5 that's under. 353 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,160 That's Yeah. I mean, that's a good, that's a 354 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:03,160 good spell. I don't know. 355 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,440 Oh man, it's tough. This is where I think the 356 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:06,800 question comes. I don't know if you want to talk 357 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,880 about it right now or after. We mentioned this before and 358 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,760 it's going to sound like sour grapes, but games like these are 359 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,079 not fun to watch. To me at least. 360 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:15,640 There is no, there's no competition between bat and 361 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,640 ball. Just seems like a slog fest. 362 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,319 Topic is going for six, middle of the bat, going for the six 363 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:21,800 and not even going for the six or the boundary. 364 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,680 It's just like in the crowd, like third tier. 365 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:25,720 I don't know if this is peak cricket. 366 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:28,600 I know the Wonka day is known to be like just an absolute 367 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,720 smashing like machines like a Colosseum 4 bowlers. 368 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,240 They just come here, get here to get smashed. 369 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,760 But you know, I've always said 250 is not a fun target to be 370 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:42,960 chased or or fun score to be put on the board in AT20 game and 371 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,880 then chase as well. Like this happens in the PSL as 372 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:45,960 well. I'm not docking in the cricket 373 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,160 team here with the IPL. This happens in all the leagues, 374 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,080 mostly where flat decks like Lahore Pindy where you can just 375 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,120 go out there and absolutely play your shots and just becomes A1 376 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:56,000 sided affair. England made a game out of this. 377 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,680 But at the same time, is it fun? Like I watched the game live, 378 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,440 then I went back and watched the highlights for a little bit more 379 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:03,760 of a context. Not fun. 380 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:09,800 And like, OK, like where's the swing to offer? 381 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,320 Where's a little bit of grip for the spin? 382 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,040 Nothing. This wicket was so flat that I 383 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,320 felt like I should pad up and go out there to bat. 384 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,200 I just love you. But only if Doobie is. 385 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:19,000 Bowling. I told you we shot. 386 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,360 The game was over. And if I was to bat, I would buy 387 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:26,440 my equipment from Yashi Sports and use the code BP15 for 15% 388 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,120 off your purchase. Guys, Yashi Sports is Canada's 389 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,320 home of cricket. They're the only in go to spot 390 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,440 to buy your equipment if you're in North America. 391 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,280 They've been so kind in giving doctoral listeners the code BP15 392 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,760 for 15% off your purchase. They also have free shipping on 393 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,880 orders of $250 and up. Yoshisupport.com links in the 394 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,240 description. Yeah, good job there. 395 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,440 Let's go into the the batting side of it all. 396 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,040 Josh Butler was in the worst form of his life, and today he 397 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,160 scores 25 of 17. Again, not the most convincing 398 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,520 25, but that just tells you how flat of a deck this was, that 399 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,000 even out of form, Butler scores 25. 400 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:10,480 Yeah. But at the same time, like how 401 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,280 does like Harry Brook not get off the mark? 402 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,960 I mean he does get off the mark but not go to get get a blinder. 403 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,400 How does Tom Benton not get a blinder? 404 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,840 Sam Curran? Like these guys should be 405 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:20,320 scoring at 300 strike rates because they play IPL all the 406 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,000 time to the APA. Actually, Brooke is bad from the 407 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:23,760 IPL. Not Brooke. 408 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,720 I don't know if you know this. I have heard about this. 409 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,080 He's he's. He's given his name in the 410 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:29,760 auction, he gets picked and he backs out. 411 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,200 So they're like, screw you, you're banned. 412 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,200 Yeah. So even this season he can't 413 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,000 play the IPL. Yeah, that's that's fine. 414 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,640 But he has He has a century under his name, a mastering 415 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,160 century that literally put England over the line against 416 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,800 Pakistan in Sri Lanka in tougher conditions. 417 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,480 Man's hand smash a. Little little bit of boomer here 418 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,160 and there in one. Could you really? 419 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,960 That's what I'm saying. I want to talk about the the 420 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,320 Harry Brooke dismissal because I just think that is brilliance 421 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,480 from Bumrah. So Bumrah, as we know, has high 422 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:57,960 reflection in his bowling when he's bowling. 423 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,080 So basically like his point of release is delayed compared to 424 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:07,080 Romo bowlers and short run up. He just walks in, generates 140 425 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,360 clicks. And so even this lower ball, he 426 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:13,840 just just rolls his wrist over and it's so hard to pick a store 427 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,960 delivery, even though this is the first ball, he didn't set 428 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,000 Harry Brook over. It was just the first ball. 429 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:19,800 And he just, he swings it too early. 430 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,200 And Bumrah's lower ball, like his fastball is 145. 431 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,800 His still ball is 122. So it's it's a 20 kilometer 432 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,680 difference. But it's so hard to pick. 433 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,520 And Harry Brook, who is in the form of his life, he scored a 434 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,360 5100 against Pakistan. If he can pick a Bumrah's Law 435 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:37,080 delivery, that just tells you how good that ball is. 436 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:40,560 I do something to play the player of the match and when and 437 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,000 accepted his trophy and said that this is probably this 438 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,280 probably should go to. Also, that catch by Akshay 439 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,320 Patel, like India walk into this match with I think the lowest 440 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,360 catching efficiency of any team in the Super 8, which is very 441 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:55,360 unlike the Indian team. But today India's fielding was 442 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,080 on point. Akshay Patel in particular like 443 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,480 that catch running backwards. If you play any cricket, you 444 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,280 know that running backward is the hardest catch to catch. 445 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,600 So it's phenomenal fielding by Patel. 446 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,440 Yeah. And then there was a really 447 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,360 catch as well between. Yeah, that was, that was a catch 448 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,280 of Will Jacks. Yeah, it was towards, I want to 449 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:18,000 say. Deep backward, yeah. 450 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,280 And then Dube was the one who did the really catch. 451 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,200 Great catch. I know you posted it on the on 452 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:23,600 the backward point story as well. 453 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,840 Great. Still to that, honestly, I think 454 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,120 that's why I asked you the question in the beginning of the 455 00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:31,000 podcast. Is India starting to get into 456 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,160 its groove. And I think they are what's 457 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,440 catch like these moments like these where things go right, 458 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,960 left or center. They met, they managed to make 459 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:42,320 it in favor of their win. And so I'm always a little bit, 460 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,560 you know, the, the, the phrase when they say, you know, picking 461 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:46,960 at the right time. I think India is now finally 462 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,440 meeting that momentum shift where it'll be absolutely 463 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,360 impossible to beat them on on Sunday. 464 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,240 But it's, you know, it has happened before. 465 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,080 Let's talk about Will Jacob. Beth Yeah, let's talk about him. 466 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,840 Born October 23, 2003. Sorry. 467 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,440 Born October 23, 2003, Barbados. Barbados. 468 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,280 Let's talk about that Santoki. He's he's a Beijing Santoki. 469 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,240 People from Barbados are called Beijing's. 470 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,280 Are they? Yeah, so Carlos Bethwaite, she 471 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:17,960 hope they're all Beijing's. Santoki from the Craven Cricket 472 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,000 podcast had a very cool tweet. I want to read it out if I can 473 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:26,640 find it. Anyways, the tweet was. 474 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,600 Something. It was also in our Patreon. 475 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,120 Chat. It was in our Patreon chat. 476 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,240 I don't know where it is right now, but anyways, the tweet was 477 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:39,840 something of the fact that if if finance did not play a part in 478 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,120 the middle order for a West Indies, where is it? 479 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,880 There's an alternative universe where you take finances out of 480 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,480 cricket and West Indies are playing hit Meyer, Bethel and 481 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,600 Puran at 3-4 and five. And I I think the fact that 482 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:52,920 Joffra Archer could also be part. 483 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,000 Of that Joffra, yes, you added to that that Joffra Archer could 484 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,680 also. Be and if you rewind, Chris 485 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:57,760 Jordan could also be part of that. 486 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,600 Chris Jordan is also from the Caribbean. 487 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:03,160 And in that situation, yeah, it's like W Indies are like 488 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,520 winning their back-to-back tournaments at that point. 489 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:09,320 Like, it's so interesting to see how world cricket, I don't know, 490 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,400 I don't want to call it broken. It is broken in many different 491 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,480 ways. But this is a very different 492 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,240 type of broken where, you know, you can just change your 493 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:16,600 passport and can play anywhere in the world. 494 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,440 I mean, who was England's greatest white ball captain, an 495 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,960 Irishman, Owen Morgan or Morgan? Yeah, it's very interesting. 496 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,560 You played the 2007 World Cup for England, Ireland. 497 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,200 Who was one of England's greatest batters? 498 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,040 Kevin Peterson, South African, South African. 499 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:31,920 Even Ben Stokes, I think Andrew Strauss, South African. 500 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:32,840 Ben Stokes. Is a Kiwi. 501 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,120 Ben Stokes is the Kiwi who is England's one of England's best 502 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,320 top songwriters. Chris Martin, Zimbabwean. 503 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,960 Zimbabwean, yes, mother, Zimbabwean, Nice. 504 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,680 And I'm telling you, it goes back, it goes deep. 505 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,000 But very interesting little thing there. 506 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,400 Jacob Bethel comes into the Ashes series this season, this 507 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,120 season, this past season, almost as an afterthought after the 508 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:57,200 horrible performance by England in the first three or four games 509 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,280 in the Ashes series, and makes a mark on himself in the last 510 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:01,840 game. In the last seven months, he 511 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,000 scored in ODI 100 and Ash's Test 100. 512 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,320 Yes Sir. And now a World Cup semi final T 513 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:08,560 only 100. He's the future. 514 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,800 And like when I was looking at his stats when he was picking 515 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,440 the Ashes, his first class numbers, listing numbers weren't 516 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,480 convincing and so I was questioning why he was picked. 517 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,040 But this is one of those instances where you can just 518 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,600 scout a talent. You know, this guy is the next 519 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,120 big thing and Jacob Bethel has arrived. 520 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,560 I think he scored a phenomenal innings today. 521 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,920 He has all the shots he's playing 360 reverse sweeps, 522 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,360 reverse scoops down the ground, running hard between the 523 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:38,200 wickets. You can also ball a few overs as 524 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:43,400 well, left arm spinning. Because T20I stats are this. 29 525 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:49,240 innings, 697 runs, 29 average, 149.89 strike rate. 526 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:50,600 Great numbers. Great. 527 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,440 This goes out from there, bro, just goes up from there. 528 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,160 He has, like you said, the T 20th century in a semi final 529 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,160 against India and India. That's those are all big, big 530 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,920 asterisks to a century. And there was a moment where we 531 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,080 thought he would have just taken the game away from from India. 532 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,680 He's also Captain England already. 533 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,440 So they're looking at him as a future captaincy material next. 534 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,240 Harry Brooke Yeah, I think they got him in at the right time. 535 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,880 He's also proved himself in a in a big match situation like this. 536 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,680 And and the Ashes, two of the most probably, probably of the 537 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,960 two of the most important moments in the cricketers live 538 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:23,800 World Cup, Ashes, that kind of stuff. 539 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:27,360 And yeah, Jacob Graham Bethelman, he's made his mark 540 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,800 for sure. England was actually kind of in 541 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,360 a pickle at one point. They were 95. 542 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:37,040 For four at 7.3 overs, the run rate never really was out of 543 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:41,000 their sight until the 16th over. They were always in and around 544 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,840 the 12:13 required rate. They're hitting like a couple of 545 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,800 boundaries every over running ones and twos really hard. 546 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,600 It was a partnership between Will Jacks and Jacob Bethel that 547 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,080 kind of set the game up towards the back end. 548 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,960 Their partnership even it was 172 for five. 549 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,080 In 14 overs, yeah, with six overs ago and eighty runs on the 550 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,720 on the on the. Jax and Bethel put up 77 or 39 551 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,960 balls. Jax was having a phenomenal 552 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:10,040 World Cup, which is interesting because Jax is a top voter 553 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,640 player, plays the top three, but playing as a finisher of this 554 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,480 World Cup and won four player of the match awards on the track. 555 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,600 I don't see him flopping or his batting number being discussed 556 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,640 as much. But in Pakistan, we're talking 557 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:29,280 about how Barber is at 4:00 and it's 100 at 5 and Hassan Nawaz 558 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,160 is at 6. So are batting numbers overrated 559 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:34,520 or? What's going on? 560 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,040 I think the players like Will Jackson are a lot more dynamic 561 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,320 than players like Barbara Azam and Usman Khan are. 562 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:44,160 I'm being honest, it just seems like those guys have a few gears 563 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,600 in them that if they are not, if they if they get blocked by the 564 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,040 bowlers of the fielding side, they don't have an overpowering, 565 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,920 you know, really shot or an overpowering momentum shift like 566 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,400 players. They will Jacks do will Jacks 567 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,720 could probably play one to seven anywhere, slide him in. 568 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,880 He just wants to play some good cricket, give him a few 569 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,920 deliveries that let that's them settle in and then he'll just 570 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,400 absolutely go explosive. I don't think boxing players 571 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,240 have that kind of mindset, unfortunately. 572 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,920 There's a few that may that yeah, there's I'm not even 573 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,080 thinking about. I'm trying to think who would be 574 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,280 someone who could play all around. 575 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,920 There used to be a Shreya Malik. I. 576 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:18,280 Was just going to say a Shreya Malik. 577 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:19,880 Like even Shai Dafi. You could play literally 578 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,080 anywhere if you wanted to. Those players aren't few and far 579 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,960 between now in boxing. Varun Jakarrathi has been a 580 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,920 point of concern for India. In the separates. 581 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,760 He has balled 15 overs. He's taken 4 wickets, 43 average 582 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:37,120 economy of 11.53. And this is very unlike Varun 583 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:38,640 Jakarrathi. And I think what's happening is 584 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,120 that these pitches are not conducive of spin bowling, which 585 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:44,120 is ironic because the games are happening in India. 586 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,840 Talking about D because he's not getting any spend. 587 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,160 He's just starting it in and they're playing him as a medium 588 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,760 pacer and it's just coming on the badge as they're heading 589 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,400 through the line. We saw a daily Miller against 590 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,360 the game in South Africa just take him to the cleaners and 591 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:01,760 even today they were hitting button as if he was an ordinary 592 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,600 bowler. What shows me that they really 593 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,720 targeted button is the amount of dot balls he had which was 3 and 594 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,360 it's 4 over spell even for 64 isn't the most he's gotten. 595 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,560 Scored for, I think so. I think he's had some of his 596 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,640 most expensive spells the last four matches. 597 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,560 Like they're the top 10 most expensive spells, yeah. 598 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,160 Three dot balls sells your everything try that you need to 599 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:23,880 know that this was just a tough one for him again just to bloom 600 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:29,760 in this match that scorecard. This seems like an outlier. 4433 601 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:34,360 and one 8.258 dot balls. It is like how was he able to do 602 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:35,960 what he was able to do? That's what I want to know. 603 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,280 Even with someone who actually saying who opened the bowling, 604 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,160 who got the 300 balls got smashed for 15 more runs. 605 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,440 He got smashed for 51 and 4. But the wicked are Steve did but 606 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,400 desperate boomer man again. The guy who's getting India out 607 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,320 of the Pickles like these. This is where the game was 608 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,800 killed by India. Yes, right. 609 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,720 The last five overs. England needs 69 runs 5. 610 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:02,760 Lucas Hand required rate 13.8 in these conditions at the Wonka 611 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,120 date. This is chasable doable. 612 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,480 Yeah, but if you have Boomer bowling, then it's not doable 613 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,480 because boomeras over goes for just eight runs and the required 614 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:16,960 rate goes from 13 to 15.25 and then Boomer balls another over 615 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,400 which goes for six. Just six runs and the required 616 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,320 rate goes from 15 to 19. Game set, match, game set, 617 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,960 match. Dude, having this guy the team 618 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,680 cheat code is an understatement. The yorkers he's bowling, the 619 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,840 slower he's bowling, the accuracy. 620 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:38,120 I think in terms of like Yorker bowling, Bumrah is up there with 621 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:42,920 Malinga, with Umar Gul. Bumrah, I think maybe he's in 622 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,040 the league of his own. Maybe. 623 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,240 Yeah. I've never seen anybody nail 624 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:50,400 those yorkers at will. When does he ball full tosses? 625 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,160 When does he ball delivery in the slot? 626 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,920 I can't remember. He does ball them when he gets 627 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,000 stressed out. Let's take it back to the 2024 628 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,880 Pakistan versus I2. Two, it's hard to hit. 629 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,000 They were not low. Chachu was not able to dismiss 630 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,000 them off, but they were not low. There were enough. 631 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,880 They were on the next side on the five pad. 632 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,000 He just had to flip them for six. 633 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,080 Anyways, it happens. It's it's a few and far between. 634 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,760 He's gotten a lot better since that game and he's gotten he 635 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,240 just keeps getting better every time with every time we think 636 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,360 he's hit a ceiling, which we did in this tournament in the series 637 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,760 before that, he just comes out. He's like what ceiling Like he 638 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,200 finds the Sky's the limit for him. 639 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,520 And Bumrah was absolutely phenomenal. 640 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,400 You know who? Else was absolutely phenomenal 641 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,600 in this game. Hardik Pandya won the second 642 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,880 last over and he gave 12. Dude I thought the last three 643 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,160 overs was it's going to be tough for Sky to pick who's going to 644 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,200 ball with overs because they hadn't introduced the Explorer 645 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,840 so they had basically overslept from Bumrah, Akshay Patel and 646 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,920 Hardik Pandya. And I'm like yo if they save 647 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,320 Akshay Patel's over till the end, this might be a Mohammed 648 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,880 Nawaz 2.1 situation but they I don't think Akshay Patel would 649 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,680 have got hit for 30. Well, Akshay, nobody's getting. 650 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,080 At the time, Jacob Bethel was batting and Akshay Patel 651 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,480 struggles against left to hand bat batters, so it could have 652 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,240 gone anywhere. Yeah, I guess so. 653 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,280 But I mean, they they got the right guy. 654 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:10,800 Hardik, Mindy, I can, I hate to like him so much because he he 655 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,880 comes under my skin. I think a lot of Pakistani will 656 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,080 resonate with that fact because he beats us so many times and he 657 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:19,600 beats us not only only like comprehensively, but he has an 658 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,600 attitude about it which like you know the article he did as well. 659 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,720 And the only thing different between the article and Pandya 660 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:26,320 is every article at the end of the day would give respect. 661 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,880 Pandya has no respect for Pakistanis. 662 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:31,840 And so like I hate to say this, but he's so good that you cannot 663 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:33,440 take him outlook. Look what he did with the bad 664 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,080 picture today. Hardik Pandya 27 off 12225 665 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,320 strike rate absolutely smashed the opposition out and then 666 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,600 comes out bolds 4438 into again seems like. 667 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,040 A lot. So we're going to feel salt 668 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:47,400 first of all. That's what I'm going to say. 669 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,720 Comes in, creates a pack with the bat, carries a pack with the 670 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,440 ball. Outstanding all rounder. 671 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:57,320 Because Bondia can bowl 4 proper overs anywhere in the innings. 672 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,720 India basically saves 3 boom rollovers for the last 10 overs. 673 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,080 So last 10 overs, I think they need like 1:30 or something. 674 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,440 But there were three boom rollovers left. 675 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,400 So it's not just 1:30 you need, it's 1:30 with boom rollovers 676 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:10,920 left. Yeah. 677 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,760 So it's going to be easy. Yeah, it becomes. 678 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,800 So that's the balance that Bondia gives India. 679 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,760 Overall, I think India had a very comprehensive game. 680 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,360 It got close. Look, the scorecard makes it 681 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,640 closer than it actually was. A good game. 682 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,640 England, nobody was really rooting for them in this 683 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:27,800 tournament. I thought they were going to be 684 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,080 booted out in the group stages. But Pakistan had different plans 685 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,000 and they made India go to England go through into the semi 686 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,040 finals. I I think Bumrah got robbed for 687 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,160 a play of the match award. I I agree with you. 688 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,560 I think even Sundar Sampson who won the award, he wouldn't be 689 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,040 here without Bumrah. And in a match where almost 500 690 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,680 on the score, the average runs per over is 12.5, Bumrah gave 691 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,360 runs at an economy of 8.25. With the last two overs going 692 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,240 for 14. The game changing overs so I 693 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,560 thought Bumrah should have been out of the match. 694 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,200 Should have been. But I think they're saying that 695 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,800 for the final, let's talk about that India and New Zealand final 696 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:06,280 at Ahmedabad. It's happening, I think, man to 697 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,320 man. There is probably no real 698 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,520 comparison. Like India's bowling is way 699 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,560 better than New Zealand bowling. The only difference I think is 700 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,960 that New Zealand's openers are in hot red hot form. 701 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,720 Like if I compare Abhishek Sharma to Finn Allen, Finn Allen 702 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,800 has just scored 100. He's scoring 60s for fun. 703 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,920 Tim Seifert and Finn Allen, their their partnership is is 704 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,960 quite during. It's kind of like when you're 705 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,760 playing NBA2K and you hit 1/3 and you're you're you're on fire 706 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,960 and just keep hitting threes. Swoosh that's what's happening 707 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,160 with fin Allen and Tim cipher. So if they get on to a quick 708 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:45,520 start, I think it could be dangerous for India yes, but I 709 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,720 but I still think if Lucy win the toss, if there's no due that 710 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:53,000 first score runs, get India to chase get them like 24 three in 711 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,840 the power play and then just. Build scoreboard pressure. 712 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,800 Yeah, dot balls. We did that in the Asia Cup 713 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,560 final. This the one I think it's Indian 714 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:02,840 World Cup to win, Richard. I think they're going 715 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,640 back-to-back first Indian. World Cup to lose? 716 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:06,720 No, I think they're going to win. 717 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,960 India's gonna no, they're gonna win, but it's for them to lose. 718 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,040 Yeah, yeah, obviously. And India's probably gonna be 719 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,199 the first team to go back-to-back and the. 720 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:16,880 First team to I think win at home. 721 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,760 No one's won a World Cup. 1420s at home Let. 722 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,480 Me, think about that. Let me think about that. 723 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:26,600 Maybe you're right. Maybe you're right. 2012 was 724 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,719 where Sri Lanka didn't they win that 1. 725 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,040 W Indies won W Indies won 12. Yeah. 726 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,199 And then 14 was Sri Lanka, 14 was gonna wish. 727 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:37,199 No, no, the 14 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka one in Bangladesh. 728 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,480 OK, yeah, maybe you're right. That'll be interesting. 729 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,920 But going back-to-back is also huge because this, this 730 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,719 tournament, this format is so fickle. 731 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,080 You actually have to be absolutely on on song all the 732 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,199 time to go through. Any team can beat you at any 733 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:50,560 day. And the fact that India might go 734 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,199 back-to-back shows that their dominance in this format, even 735 00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:55,960 though I would argue up till now, they still haven't played 736 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,360 the perfect game. They're still with it. 737 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,640 Run talking about you is going for 16/16 and four in a match. 738 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,360 They're still manning to win. They're just unstoppable. 739 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,160 I think if India lose I don't see how Sky keeps his captaincy 740 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,480 or GG keeps his coaching. I think if India wins sky like 741 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,760 36 man, you think it's going to happen for another two years? 742 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,160 I think they're going to pass it on. 743 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,160 I have a. Give it to Pandya man. 744 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,760 Give it to Pandya. This man deserves it. 745 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,440 I have a crazy start to end this podcast with. 746 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,600 It's cool. So Sanju Samson and how much is 747 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,000 odds share his stat and the stat is the following. 748 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:37,840 Highest win percentage when scoring 50 + 1820 nines How much 749 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,400 is odd 8 times, Sundru Sampson 7 times. 750 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,080 So this means that every time Ms. is odd and Sundru Sampson 751 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,560 have scored 50s, their teams have never lost. 752 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:55,760 That is an insane stat. I can't emphasize go back, go 753 00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:00,320 back, go there, go there. I cannot score behind.