Shiva Jayaraman, our stats wiz: Australia inflicted a dramatic slowdown in run-scoring for India after the first Powerplay at the end of which India were 80/2. India managed to scrape together just 160 runs in the remaining 40 overs of the innings. The percentage of runs (66.67) that India scored after the first-ten overs is the second lowest by any team that has played the full quota of 50 overs (over 2100 innings) since May 2001. Papua New Guinea got 206/9 against Oman after being 70/1 (66.01%) in an ODI in 2019, which is the lowest.
Bumrah to Warner, FOUR, edged and Warner threads the cordon! Full, angling away, swinging away, Warner fences at it and edges it between first (Kohli) and second slip (Gill). Neither went for the catch. The ball rolls into the third-man fence
6.20pm Thanks, Gnasher. Hello, again, everyone. Will dew turn out to be a big factor this evening? Ravi Shastri had said on the broadcast that the dew had set it by 6.45pm on the eve of the final. It was fiendishly difficult to put the older, softer ball away in the first innings. Regardless of the dew, it could still be difficult to hit the old ball on this slow, dry track. Expect Warner and Head to go hard at the top in the first powerplay. Bumrah will open the bowling for India, with 100000-plus fans right behind him.
Sid: “If by any chance, Rohit is reading this, “do remember, the game is won in the mind”.”
Arjun: “I think if India can dismiss the top three cheaply in the powerplay then India can just put pressure and Smith and Labuchagne.”
Muneer: “I feel Aussies will hold their nerve, and win their 6th WC title. India is some 40 runs short of a par score. Dew will play a factor and hurt Indian bowling. Warner and Head will target Siraj, he looks like the weak link in the Indian bowling attack”
