Chahal today bowled very good
But Ashwin was Xi 1st choice Xi (for just some runs that too as a no 8 batsman)
Last 2011 winning world Cup campaign Sree santh came late replacement of praven Kumar and Sree santh also bring trophy luck with him hope this year also late replacement of bumrah shami brings trophy luck with him
Dk came as a finisher but today when he came around 14 ovs before 17ovs he looked like Babar type batsmen hope pant India used on 2nd warm up and in middle not for the sake of giving match use him on top which demoral his confidence also pant is better keeper than dk so pant is better choice
Zimbabwe got good confidence lately by playing against bagladesh india and Australia in small grounds/unknown grounds of Australia so it's not surprised that they do good
But slowly looking Indian group can be became group of death
Australia is experiencing its third consecutive year of La Nina - an atmospheric phenomenon which brings higher levels of rainfall, and one that threatens to turn the tournament into a lottery.
Australia is experiencing its third consecutive year of La Nina - an atmospheric phenomenon which brings higher levels of rainfall, and one that threatens to turn the tournament into a lottery.
ICC loves rain. It was pandemic that forced them to move to UAE in 2021. Otherwise they would host all the World Cups in rain prone environment. This is their 3 consecutive events that will suffer from rain after 2019 World Cup and World Test Championship.