Quote from: HelliumZ on Today at 02:55:30 AM

Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 02:48:42 AM

Quote from: HelliumZ on Today at 02:39:04 AM

India could not perform in the final match the way India performed in the remaining ten matches except the final. Mohammed Shami, Siraj, Bumrah could not continue the way they bowled in other matches in the final match. After all, India performed very badly in the three departments of fielding, bowling, batting, for which if a team does badly in all three areas, what can be expected except defeat.

No need to blame the pacers (Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj), when the batsmen failed to do their job. A total of 240 was never going to be enough, especially in a flat track such as the one they had at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. A decent total was somewhere between 260 and 280, and a winnable total was more like 280 to 300. Australia won the toss and that proved to be very crucial. Indians were a bit overconfident, and that was evident in the manner which Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill batted.

Yes I am Fully agree with your comments. In a match basically if a team cannot score enough runs to fight then there is nothing for the bowlers to do. Yes it is true that the bowlers were enough to defend 240 runs but if the opponent is Australia then it becomes very difficult. If India had set a target of 240 runs with Bangladesh or Sri Lanka, there is a chance to defend. In fact, the target of 240 runs was India's weak spot that day. However, nothing can be said to prepare India well for the upcoming 2027 World Cup.

@Helliumz in my personal opinion it felt like team India wasn’t interested in winning this match because they completely lacked the intent that Australia player’s showed and had they put in some more efforts then this would have been a real competitive match. Furthermore now I’m looking forward to the new team led by Pandya and Pant because these two can take a more aggressive approach and not surrender the match due to pressure.