INDIA VS PAKISTAN 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH NO. 22 : PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

Bitter foes India and Pakistan lock horns in the tournament’s one of the most anticipated matches at the Old Trafford on Sunday. When Pakistan play India it’s always a huge game, but their meeting on Sunday is shaping up to be more crucial than ever. Pakistan must go back to their Champions Trophy triumph for inspiration and then look for early wickets in their World Cup encounter against arch-rivals India. India had easily beaten Pakistan in their 2018 Asia Cup match. But, the 2017 tournament was certainly bigger, and a…

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South Africa VS Afghanistan 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH NO. 21 : PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

South Africa needs to win all five of their matches and expect for some chance to be able to qualify for the ICC World Cup 2019 semi-finals. They have two possible ‘easy’ games beside Afghanistan and Sri Lanka which they should win and try to get better their net run-rate a bit as well. South Africa needs to get its approach right. On a player to player basis, there is no competition between South Africa and Afghanistan. Batsmen like Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, and Hashim Amla are miles…

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Sri Lanka VS Australia 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH NO. 20 : PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

So far in the tournament, Sri Lanka have been part of only one completed fixture where in they did pretty well. Their top-three were brilliant with the bat, but they found themselves struggling at 180-odd total with seven wickets down. Their bowling, however, did exceedingly well in wrapping Afghanistan well before knocking their total down. All in all, considering that Sri Lanka were far from favorites in their last two matches, the washouts might have done more good than harm to the Sri Lankans. While they now need to win…

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England VS West Indies 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH NO. 19 : PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

The West Indies get to the World Cup 2019 by hardly making it from side to side a requirement competition and has only lately started to bring back its superstars to the one-day format. There could not be two more dissimilar teams in terms of training and their come up to to the game. Yet, when England and West Indies play against each other this Friday, the contest is expected to be a close on. West Indies is the only side against whom England failed to win an ODI series…

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India VS New Zealand 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH No. 18 : PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

UPDATE : “Shihar Dhawan is ruled out of the world cup for 3 weeks” India takes on New Zealand in a clash of Top 4-ranked ODI teams in Match 18 of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.  India was the last team to see action in the current tournament as the 2017 Champions Trophy finalists didn’t play until June 5th when they handed South Africa their third straight defeat of the tournament. India also defeated Australia in Match 14 on June 9th. So the highly confident Indian Team are ready…

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Australia VS Pakistan 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH NO. 17: PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

Defending champions Australia are looking to get back to winning ways after suffering their first defeat of this year’s tournament against India. Pakistan were frustrated by the rain, which forced their match against Sri Lanka to be abandoned, but they beat England in their previous game. Australia have stuck with the same 11 players for all three matches so far, meaning Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon and Jason Behrendorff are having to remain patient. Their current XI is definitely their strongest on paper, however, so it may be another…

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Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH: PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

Bangladesh takes on Sri Lanka in Match 16 of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in London. Bangladesh upset South Africa by 21 runs to open their 2019 World Cup tournament. They lost by a mere two wickets to New Zealand in their second encounter of the competition. On the other hand, Sri Lanka lost to New Zealand by 10 wickets in their World Cup opener but bounced back to trounce Afghanistan by 34 runs via the D/L method. Bangladesh came to this World Cup with plenty of confidence after…

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South Africa VS West Indies 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH NO. 15: PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

South Africa are a pretty experienced unit and have seen tough times like these. With three matches already done and dusted and Proteas struggling with injuries, the problems do not seem to end for them. Their premier pace bowler, Dale Steyn, has already been ruled out of the tournament due to a shoulder injury and with Ngidi too struggling with fitness, their bowling is now left to be merely a shadow of what they were like coming into the tournament. Their batting, however, has been found struggling in all their…

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India vs Australia 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH: PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

Both India and Australia are in excellent form right now. Australia has started the cricket world cup in well form too. It defeated Afghanistan with effortlessness and then won a intimately fight game alongside the West Indies. In some respects, although, this game next to India is Australia’s first large confront. India had a very winning tour of Australia where it win every single format it played in. Australia returned the good turn by winning the ODI series in India not too extensive afterward. Hardik Pandya and Kedar Jadhav bowled…

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Afghanistan VS New Zealand 2019 WORLD CUP MATCH: PLAYING XI, PITCH REPORT & PLAYERS UPDATE

Abhishek Goel

Even though Australia survived a West Indies scare , the result highlighted the kind of competition we have in this tournament. Every team is capable of toppling even the best in the business on its day and we have seen this happen quite a number of times in the tournament now. Prior to the beginning of the tournament, Afghanistan were arguably the most probable candidates of toppling any given side on their day, but they’ve so far been listless. Exactly opposite to them have been the Kiwis, who have won…

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