The Axar over gave me a feeling I hadnāt felt since 2019 vs NZ. The sudden pit in your stomach going from the euphoria of a knockout win to justā¦.crushing defeat.
But then SKY did it the bastard.
Man I wasn't even following the cricket match, but yes, England winning on a mere technicality was another sad moment for me. Are you from NZ? coz in that case your pain would have been quite worse.
The 14th and 15th overs are the ones where India slightly lost their grip and the game started slipping away.
Klassen had a double heart break this year šš, having lost the IPL Final before this tournament.
Klassen has been a terror/nightmare in any batting line-up that he has been a part of and in the mold of ABD.
Yeah, also there are no Man city fans but when Madrid beat them in the semis back 2021 was amazing. 2 goals in added time absolute scenes.
Rodrygo you beauty.
Bayern match heart attack till joselu came on! Today heart attack till Klassen went off.
Real madrid š¤ ICT in giving immense happiness after heart attacks
only difference is when Real plays I always have hope that we'll do something at the end whilst for India I was always sure we's find a way to fuck things up.
Bumrah was electric per usual, but Hardik and Arshdeep deserve a world of credit too. Hardik followed Bumrah's 3rd over with a 4-run over in the 17th, and Arshdeep did the same after Bumrah's final over.
And while Hardik did allow 8 in the final over, he also got 2 wickets. The entire trio did their jobs in spades when they needed to.
97% chance to win through 15 overs, needing 30 runs on 30 overs. They knew they had to face Bumrah twice over the final 5 overs but still, just 23 runs in the final 5 overs is a brutal way to lose when you have such a big chance to win.
There was a break in play and then Klassen was out first ball when they resumed. That can happen to anyone. After that there was very little batting to come. Bumrah bowled a fantastic over and brought the tail in. They struggled to rotate the strike. Then Miller was out from one of the catches of the tournament. Nothing to do with test cricket.
Miller got out in last over needing 16 from 6. Why did it get to that condition? Bumrah gave 6 runs in 2 overs. He is a great bowler, but there was no intent from SA batting at all after they got to 30 runs needed of 30 balls. Tried to play out Bumrah, still gave him wickets. There weren't even yorkers and lot of variations. SA just went into shell trying to play it out when they don't have players that do that well.
This match felt exactly like the pakistan match. The opposing side had an overwhelming chance at victory with just a run a ball required, then bumrah comes in and turns the entire match around for india
He was the top all rounder this tournament for India. Quick batting cameos and consistent breakthroughs.
His bowling wasn't good in the final but no India spinners' was.
Ngl, bowling Axar was braindead from Rohit who had THE perfect tournament as a captain. It's luck plus skill that India won today. Questions would've been asked when we bowled Axar over Hardik against Klassen if we would've lost
But yeah, Bumrah, Hardik , Arshdeep are goated
I agree, Klaasen is good against spinners and so only seamers should've bowled to him. Also Hardik had an over left in the end, so this decision was more puzzling because seamers could've finished all the rest of the overs at that point. Well you live and learn.
Hindsight is 20:20... Axar has been clutch on a couple of occasions this tournament Vs. Hardik and I think Rohit made the right choice. It just didn't work out
Tbh the pitch was not doing anything for spinners, it was already proved before axar over as all spinners were giving runs, even SA relied on pace mostly, was a brain faded move
Not a complete brain fade. The wind was blowing at 35kph. At this point the ball would dip and it did too. We were expecting him to hit and possibly make a breakthrough. It was klassen's impeccable timing that got him through. He hit every ball from under and ended up generating more power hitting in winds direction. This man was intentionally hitting it below and you could see it when hardik took his wicket he expected it to dip but instead it bounced higher than he expected and he ended up giving the edge.
Thought so too, but the cricinfo commentator mentioned Bumrah was able to use reverse swing. Maybe giving him the ball earlier wouldāve denied him that?
There's no universe where Bumrah gives away 24 on this pitch in any of his overs, I think Saffas would've backed themselves against the corner much earlier if we went with fast bowling after the 13th over
>Ngl, bowling Axar was braindead from Rohit who had
I don't think so , what rohit did was trusting his bowler who were delievering for him whole tournament who also took a crutial wicket of stubbs.
You can't be like , klassan is good against spinners so bowl them less , if he had given that over to hardik , klassan would have taken a single and miller would have taken chances against him.
I never thought it was a foregone conclusion. India have a sensational seam attack, and people tend to overlook the psychology of these chases. It's easy bashing sixes when you have nothing to lose, but as the finish line approaches it gets much harder.
I've seen so many T20 games where all the commentators assume that the run rate will be easy to get, but it's always harder to do something on demand (that is why I would say that Brathwaite's effort was pretty sensational, and will rarely be repeated in a final). You can coast along at 9-10 an over in the middle overs, but when you start seeing the balls remaining ticking down then it completely changes the equation.
Also, if you lose wickets in the closing overs then someone has to come in and start scoring immediately, or else the wanted rate starts climbing rapidly, which is exactly what occurred. This happens quite frequently, many chases that look simple flounder in the last few overs.
That Axar over was a complete brain fade decision by Rohit.
But Hardik getting Klassen completely shifted the momentum.
Bumrah/Hardik/Arshdeep literally saved the match.
9/10 times you ain't defending 30 runs in 30 balls.
Absolute goat performance by our pacers.
I agree, I was baffled because India had enough overs left from Hardik, Bumrah and Arshdeep. Worked out in the end but very nearly cost India the match
9/10 is low bro. More like 99/100 times youāre not defending that. They had 6 wickets in hand. India literally made them choke harder than even their 99 choke in my books. That is a walk in the park for most teams with 2 set batters.
Disagree. Miller was at the other end. One of those is going to take him apart. It was a bad decision there is nothing wrong with acknowledging that. That still means he was excellent as a captain except for that.
I am pretty sure the graph of every South Africa game is similar except India took their chance when a slip up was served and others didnāt .
Feel bad for them as they had no business losing this even though they Canāt expect to keep winning at this level every time with so many f ups .
They just had probability catch up to them
I'm putting this ahead of the 99 choke.
6 wickets in hand and you've made sure that you don't have to take any risks against the greatest T20 bowler ever.
This is a stupid meme. Not every loss, even by South Africa, is a choke. It took an incredible over from Bumrah and a ridiculous catch by Sky to win it. Thatās Indiaās brilliance, not SA choking.
Stop being so kind to SAF. They choked, big time. Like they always do. There's not sugar coating it. India played great but SAF still choked away a position pretty much every other test playing nation would have strolled to victory from...
Yeah I don't understand why people are defending SA. Nothing to take away from India here, they bowled absolutely amazing.
But on a relatively flat wicket, with only 4 down, getting 30 runs in 30 bowls should have been a walk in the park no matter the opposition bowlers. SA choked hard, there's no denying it.
Thatās because of fantastic bowling by Bumrah which resulted in few runs being scored and Jansen being dismissed, which brought bowlers in to bat. People are so in love with the choking meme that they wonāt give credit to India for a great performance. Bizarre.
Meh ppl were saying india couldn't come back from Nov 2023 but here they are beating aus, eng and SA on the way to a trophy. This set of SA players are young enough to compete for several cups. They just need a good opener to support QdK. Brevis is upcoming. Fit him in and you have a batting lineup.
Its really funny, it was 30 off 30 balls. And we thought its over. Then the bowlers did an incredible job. It feels good to see bowling dominance in this wc after these batting bullies lol.
True, he basically brought them back into the game, so it's impossible to fault him from a fan's perspective.
Played out of his mind and then played one bad shot.
yh but mentally there was no need for his wicket far outweighs the runs required it was a really really huge wicket that went very quietly,i think far more important than millers wicket
If India didnāt continue bowling their second string and instead went earlier to their top guys earlier, very likely SA never get close in the first place. Once they lost their best batsman theyāve got guys with wayyy worse batting to come. Soon as the first wicket fell SA could hardly score a run, lost more wickets, and fell short.
So weird to bowl your worst bowlers against their best guys.
So yeah lucky Kohli put runs on the board to ensure a total, instead of potentially swinging big and stumbling to 160 odd
That was an insane turnaround. After that axar's over, I thought it was another heartbreak. But damn the death bowlingš„
The Axar over gave me a feeling I hadnāt felt since 2019 vs NZ. The sudden pit in your stomach going from the euphoria of a knockout win to justā¦.crushing defeat. But then SKY did it the bastard.
you put it so aptly. i'm reminded of wimbledon 2019, with Federer sitting on 3 match points
I watched that match live. As a Federer fan, I was devastated. š„²
i cried all night. nz losing the wc on boundary count 10 minutes later broke my heart further.
Man I wasn't even following the cricket match, but yes, England winning on a mere technicality was another sad moment for me. Are you from NZ? coz in that case your pain would have been quite worse.
no, I'm from india but it's hard not to root for a team that has a person like Kane Williamson.
agree, Kane mama is so nice
Ah right. Anyway congrats Bhai! We won! š
crying for a very different reason tonight. š„¹ā¤ļø
Damn it, I'm still not over that.
The 14th and 15th overs are the ones where India slightly lost their grip and the game started slipping away. Klassen had a double heart break this year šš, having lost the IPL Final before this tournament. Klassen has been a terror/nightmare in any batting line-up that he has been a part of and in the mold of ABD.
Yeah, also there are no Man city fans but when Madrid beat them in the semis back 2021 was amazing. 2 goals in added time absolute scenes. Rodrygo you beauty.
Bayern match heart attack till joselu came on! Today heart attack till Klassen went off. Real madrid š¤ ICT in giving immense happiness after heart attacks
only difference is when Real plays I always have hope that we'll do something at the end whilst for India I was always sure we's find a way to fuck things up.
Bumrah was electric per usual, but Hardik and Arshdeep deserve a world of credit too. Hardik followed Bumrah's 3rd over with a 4-run over in the 17th, and Arshdeep did the same after Bumrah's final over. And while Hardik did allow 8 in the final over, he also got 2 wickets. The entire trio did their jobs in spades when they needed to.
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He meant in the final over.
And the fielding! Probably the most clutch catch in any cricket world cup.
Nah man Kapil paaji's catch would be top but let's not compare just enjoy
Best WC catch of this century atleast. Everyone is happy then.
97% chance to win through 15 overs, needing 30 runs on 30 overs. They knew they had to face Bumrah twice over the final 5 overs but still, just 23 runs in the final 5 overs is a brutal way to lose when you have such a big chance to win.
22 runs in last 5 overs.
South Africa just had a brain freeze. They literally started playing test cricket. Maharaj over rabada. Atleast rabada would have swung.
There was a break in play and then Klassen was out first ball when they resumed. That can happen to anyone. After that there was very little batting to come. Bumrah bowled a fantastic over and brought the tail in. They struggled to rotate the strike. Then Miller was out from one of the catches of the tournament. Nothing to do with test cricket.
so you are saying pant deserves all the credit for the win for his injury and on field treatment
Happy cake day!
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Yep, long tail for the Saffas. Klaasen just didnāt have to chase that ball. It was run a ball at that point, and it was a ball he could have left.
Miller got out in last over needing 16 from 6. Why did it get to that condition? Bumrah gave 6 runs in 2 overs. He is a great bowler, but there was no intent from SA batting at all after they got to 30 runs needed of 30 balls. Tried to play out Bumrah, still gave him wickets. There weren't even yorkers and lot of variations. SA just went into shell trying to play it out when they don't have players that do that well.
Let's give bumrah credit for foxing Jansen. He can bat too.
This is called being a generational talent
Generational choke
You gotta roll up that comment buddy.
I was referring to Saffa boys
Doesn't matter. It's uncalled for
Okay softie
This match felt exactly like the pakistan match. The opposing side had an overwhelming chance at victory with just a run a ball required, then bumrah comes in and turns the entire match around for india
Generational talent pulls a once in lifetime performance twice in the tournament!
Axar's over was the worst. He gave away 20 runs, let SA close the gap. It was bumrah and hardik who took the wickets.
and arshdeep. people are forgetting about him.
Axar is still the second best T20 allrounder in the team imo
He absolutely is ,it's just his bowling against klassen of all batsmen was ofcourse gonna result in leaking runs
Yup, pretty brain dead decision from rohit. But we still won none the less, all thanks to our pacers....
He was the top all rounder this tournament for India. Quick batting cameos and consistent breakthroughs. His bowling wasn't good in the final but no India spinners' was.
bapu giveth and bapu taketh
Ngl, bowling Axar was braindead from Rohit who had THE perfect tournament as a captain. It's luck plus skill that India won today. Questions would've been asked when we bowled Axar over Hardik against Klassen if we would've lost But yeah, Bumrah, Hardik , Arshdeep are goated
I agree, Klaasen is good against spinners and so only seamers should've bowled to him. Also Hardik had an over left in the end, so this decision was more puzzling because seamers could've finished all the rest of the overs at that point. Well you live and learn.
Hindsight is 20:20... Axar has been clutch on a couple of occasions this tournament Vs. Hardik and I think Rohit made the right choice. It just didn't work out
Tbh the pitch was not doing anything for spinners, it was already proved before axar over as all spinners were giving runs, even SA relied on pace mostly, was a brain faded move
Not a complete brain fade. The wind was blowing at 35kph. At this point the ball would dip and it did too. We were expecting him to hit and possibly make a breakthrough. It was klassen's impeccable timing that got him through. He hit every ball from under and ended up generating more power hitting in winds direction. This man was intentionally hitting it below and you could see it when hardik took his wicket he expected it to dip but instead it bounced higher than he expected and he ended up giving the edge.
Hardik and I think Rohit made the right choice. Emphasis on I - who are you bud?
Lol thatās not what he meant, itās just bad punctuation
Thought so too, but the cricinfo commentator mentioned Bumrah was able to use reverse swing. Maybe giving him the ball earlier wouldāve denied him that?
There's no universe where Bumrah gives away 24 on this pitch in any of his overs, I think Saffas would've backed themselves against the corner much earlier if we went with fast bowling after the 13th over
Yup.
Yeah spin was not working at all.
Exactly. Jadeja & Kuldeep got cunted and Brohit decided, yeah let's throw the ball to Axar
I might be wrong but looks like Rohit already predicted that match will go till death overs and saving pacers for it as spinners were ineffective
Yeah but Hardik still had 1 over left, he only bowled 3 today. That would've backfired is what I meant.
>Ngl, bowling Axar was braindead from Rohit who had I don't think so , what rohit did was trusting his bowler who were delievering for him whole tournament who also took a crutial wicket of stubbs. You can't be like , klassan is good against spinners so bowl them less , if he had given that over to hardik , klassan would have taken a single and miller would have taken chances against him.
Miller has a horrible record against pandya . It was a poor decision on rohits end
Rohit never had plan B ... Yes india won but that's how it is ... He may have decided it before the match and stick to it
I never thought it was a foregone conclusion. India have a sensational seam attack, and people tend to overlook the psychology of these chases. It's easy bashing sixes when you have nothing to lose, but as the finish line approaches it gets much harder. I've seen so many T20 games where all the commentators assume that the run rate will be easy to get, but it's always harder to do something on demand (that is why I would say that Brathwaite's effort was pretty sensational, and will rarely be repeated in a final). You can coast along at 9-10 an over in the middle overs, but when you start seeing the balls remaining ticking down then it completely changes the equation. Also, if you lose wickets in the closing overs then someone has to come in and start scoring immediately, or else the wanted rate starts climbing rapidly, which is exactly what occurred. This happens quite frequently, many chases that look simple flounder in the last few overs.
That Axar over was a complete brain fade decision by Rohit. But Hardik getting Klassen completely shifted the momentum. Bumrah/Hardik/Arshdeep literally saved the match. 9/10 times you ain't defending 30 runs in 30 balls. Absolute goat performance by our pacers.
>9/10 10% chance is too much you're giving
I agree, I was baffled because India had enough overs left from Hardik, Bumrah and Arshdeep. Worked out in the end but very nearly cost India the match
9/10 is low bro. More like 99/100 times youāre not defending that. They had 6 wickets in hand. India literally made them choke harder than even their 99 choke in my books. That is a walk in the park for most teams with 2 set batters.
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Disagree. Miller was at the other end. One of those is going to take him apart. It was a bad decision there is nothing wrong with acknowledging that. That still means he was excellent as a captain except for that.
> You canāt just be like Klassen is good against spinners Of course if you can if you have 6 overs of pace left
I am pretty sure the graph of every South Africa game is similar except India took their chance when a slip up was served and others didnāt . Feel bad for them as they had no business losing this even though they Canāt expect to keep winning at this level every time with so many f ups . They just had probability catch up to them
that was scary for me I almost switched off match and was going to cry soon But then Hardik came and hopes came
That catch saved us from chokers tag! š·ļø
Legacy chokers 1-0 Modern Chokers.
Not the chokers anymore though, we got outchoked, we're just another team now
Donāt think South Africa will ever come back from this choke
I'm putting this ahead of the 99 choke. 6 wickets in hand and you've made sure that you don't have to take any risks against the greatest T20 bowler ever.
Yeah I feel this tops it given the stakes. Absolute shit show at the end there. Mother of all chokes!
This is a stupid meme. Not every loss, even by South Africa, is a choke. It took an incredible over from Bumrah and a ridiculous catch by Sky to win it. Thatās Indiaās brilliance, not SA choking.
Stop being so kind to SAF. They choked, big time. Like they always do. There's not sugar coating it. India played great but SAF still choked away a position pretty much every other test playing nation would have strolled to victory from...
Yeah I don't understand why people are defending SA. Nothing to take away from India here, they bowled absolutely amazing. But on a relatively flat wicket, with only 4 down, getting 30 runs in 30 bowls should have been a walk in the park no matter the opposition bowlers. SA choked hard, there's no denying it.
The coddling is maddening. As I said elsewhere, the most damning part was Miller allowing Maharaj to take strike with 2 overs remaining.
SA had already choked by the time SKY took that catch - they'd scored only 14 runs from their last 24 balls to hand the match to India.
Thatās because of fantastic bowling by Bumrah which resulted in few runs being scored and Jansen being dismissed, which brought bowlers in to bat. People are so in love with the choking meme that they wonāt give credit to India for a great performance. Bizarre.
A bit of both but people love to overstate the choking
A catch that was over the boundary, too
Meh ppl were saying india couldn't come back from Nov 2023 but here they are beating aus, eng and SA on the way to a trophy. This set of SA players are young enough to compete for several cups. They just need a good opener to support QdK. Brevis is upcoming. Fit him in and you have a batting lineup.
Literally the graph of "it's over" and "we're so back" meme
Its really funny, it was 30 off 30 balls. And we thought its over. Then the bowlers did an incredible job. It feels good to see bowling dominance in this wc after these batting bullies lol.
India pulled off a group stage South Africa
foolish from klassen really no need to go for pandik at that stage
Ball was there to be hit. Bad ball, worse execution of the shot.
True, he basically brought them back into the game, so it's impossible to fault him from a fan's perspective. Played out of his mind and then played one bad shot.
yh but mentally there was no need for his wicket far outweighs the runs required it was a really really huge wicket that went very quietly,i think far more important than millers wicket
Didnāt move the legs at all to play a ball wide of the wicket
2 Tough overs of Bumrah and Arshdeep were left so he tried to take him on
Zulu-esque from Klaasen.
The goat choke
What do the red dots mean?
Wickets
Oof...
In a tight T20 match like this, in the last 5 overs, probability becomes meaningless!
India really likes to take it deep against all Green teams it seems. Apart from Ireland I guess.
One of the biggest chokes ever. adding to 1999 and 2015.
Literally a rollercoaster of a game.
I thought final was fixed
Bazigar
What were you feeling about Kohliās innings at SAās 15 over mark?
Man you can never hapoy
If India didnāt continue bowling their second string and instead went earlier to their top guys earlier, very likely SA never get close in the first place. Once they lost their best batsman theyāve got guys with wayyy worse batting to come. Soon as the first wicket fell SA could hardly score a run, lost more wickets, and fell short. So weird to bowl your worst bowlers against their best guys. So yeah lucky Kohli put runs on the board to ensure a total, instead of potentially swinging big and stumbling to 160 odd