Zimbabwe vs India T20 World Cup super 8 round

[AussieZimFan]

Between Campbell, Naqvi, Burl and even Bennett, I wouldnt worry about a specialist spinner and play an extra seam bowler or batter until someone else comes along

[ZIMDOGGY]

Dw about naqvi not being zimbabwean, he will captain this team one day if he plays for Zim. Madande is backup keeper to Marumani. Cremer got no replacement. Raza needs to retire from t20i to focus on odi wc at home next year and stay fit. If he stays on, he might stay as captain and that will require additional focus. I think with Zimbabwe having done what nobody expected(progress to super 8), Raza can leave in a good space

Regarding campbell, if we go by your logic of poor records, Welch can never play t20i again.

Curran is best at opening, or he can drop down to 3 if you still want Marumani to open although I would open with Curran anyday alongside Bennett. Curran with those straight drives is a treat to watch

Marumani v spin in middle overs can prove very effective with those switch hits and reverse sweeps

Naqvi is shit and not in our best 11.
Raza has another T20 WC in him so shouldnt retire at all.

[Pat_Bee]

Naqvi certainly isn’t as awesome this season as he has been.
Raza was feeling his age a few times this tournament, good for one more though perhaps. He’ll be 42 then

[Pat_Bee]

Between Campbell, Naqvi, Burl and even Bennett, I wouldnt worry about a specialist spinner and play an extra seam bowler or batter until someone else comes along

That was today’s plan basically Raza, Burl and Bennett with an extra seamer. Worked well.

[Zayn_63]

Naqvi is shit and not in our best 11.
Raza has another T20 WC in him so shouldnt retire at all.

Still far better than musekiwa munyonga wellington

And Raza can play and maybe should play as long as he is fit but dont expect any changes if he is captain. This squad definitely had his backing and they fired.. even in super 8 if not for those dropped catches but either way 200 was always on the cards in both games for the opposition and they reached 250+. Problem is not the squad but atleast 5 passengers

3 are musekiwa munyonga wellington
Maposa as a seam bowling all rounder doesnt make sense in subcontinent with Evans already in the squad. Other than that, Maposa will get better, he is 22 atm.. but for everything to fall in place, he needs to go back to domestic first. Wellington needs to walk away or retire. Not even 50 wickets in 75+ t20i, if naqvi is as shit as you think, he still definitely wont be same as Masakadza plus with him at 7, the batting firepower increases. Myers should stay in the squad since he can chalk it out infront of good bowlers and up the rate when needed. Same goes for marumani but madande needs to be dropped if he is not in the playing XI. Madande is just clinging to his spot because he is a backup WK.

Anyways, same squad with 5 different players for next t20 world cup since Zim will play in that edition, raza to captain but dont expect Zim to go beyond super 8. That can only happen if everything is done on merit and that is not going to happen with Raza as captain. As much as anybody tries to hide it, maposa musekiwa munyonga were not up to the mark against Afghanistan, SL or Pak(Tri Series 2025). These 3 didnt deserve the go ahead for this world cup and it proved to be a turning point since Musekiwa is the one with 3 dropped catches atm. Last game was understandable since they were playing in india for the first time , that too under lights but not today.

I cant find anyone with better t20i stats in domestic than naqvi atm so guess Zim will have to call him up sooner than later if he is eligible and wants to play for the chevrons despite him being a bit out of touch or being shit if that is how you wanna put it.

[sloandog]

Been quite a bit of ruckus on socials media about Cremers exclusion. I don't understand that either personally. He has the best economy rate along with Muzarabani. Annoying

[zimbos_05]

Obviously, this has been a successful tournament considering. No one expected us to get out of our group, let alone top it. Then no one expected us to beat the teams we had. So in that sense, it's a successful tournament.

What is annoying is the way in which we whimper. We just open our backsides and accept it. Then, to make matters worst, we just ignore all the problems because we got to the Super 8. We keep glazing players who don't deserve it, and keep carrying on like things are perfect.

Any other nation would have dropped Musekiwa and Munyonga ages ago, yet there are still people claiming they are great players and deserve their spot. "drop catches happen". Yes they do, but not every single match by the same players. If that is happening, then that player has issues and needs to go back and fix them, not keep being rewarded with a spot in the side. Munyonga hits one six and he is a "match winner who drove Zimbabwe".

For every success we have, we'll have 2 big failures with the type of mentality and attitude we have. If we want to be serious in this sport, we need to change that mentality. So sick of the racism card that gets played and carried out. So sick of the way we glaze players who don't deserve it. So sick of people carrying on like losing by 100 runs is ok because the other teams are expected to beat us.

[Marshmallow]

Why is there an outrage on social media to bring back David Bennett when he has been out of cricket for 2-3 years?

[Pat_Bee]

Musekiwa has taken the third highest number of catches in the tournament with nearly twice as many as our next guy on the list

Whether he should be selected or not is a fair question. It’s not fair to make out he’s been dropping everything though.

Him dropping three or four catches across a couple of games isn’t the reason we’ve conceded 510 runs in those couple of games. That 254 vs WI and 256 vs India are like moderately competitive ODI scores on a tricky deck.

[zimbos_05]

Musekiwa has taken the third highest number of catches in the tournament with nearly twice as many as our next guy on the list

Whether he should be selected or not is a fair question. It’s not fair to make out he’s been dropping everything though.

Him dropping three or four catches across a couple of games isn’t the reason we’ve conceded 510 runs in those couple of games. That 254 vs WI and 256 vs India are like moderately competitive ODI scores on a tricky deck.

It's international cricket. You can't be dropping 3 catches in 2 matches. It's the old adage, catches win matches.

His drop against West Indies cost us 74 runs. Against India it cost us 12 runs. To say he the reason we conceded 510 is not what we are saying. But rather, if you are going to be selected because everyone lauds your fielding, you should not be dropping catches that regularly.

Too many excuses for a selected batter who has played 40 plus International games with an average of 16.

These are not standards and its no wonder other teams are overtaking us all the time.