Black Caps tour of India - 2026

[1kiwi]

@Bovidae said in Black Caps tour of India:

It was closer than I expected in the end. I read that a late dropped catch by Mitchell was costly.

Adi Ashok also dropped one in the 48th over which also proved costly.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[1kiwi]

Very inexperienced bowling attack. Where was Duffy I thought he was in the squad?
Was always going to be a tough assignment for this team as India are stacked.

[No Quarter]

Great to see Kylo go so well though, fingers crossed his injuries are behind him and we can get an extended run of games now as he's world class

[Crazy Horse]

Just saw Mitchell's dropped catch. That was a shocker.

[booboo]

280 + to win. Kinda thinking that's enough for them.

[Chris]

@booboo said in Black Caps tour of India:

280 + to win. Kinda thinking that's enough for them.

I think you are right.
Slow pitch hard to find boundaries and knowing Indian wkts if the first innings is like that it will get lower and slower.

[Bones]

Reckon @booboo must have gone to bed.

Yes Mitch!

[Virgil]

Mitch has been batting it up in ODI's for the past while now.
His scores since Oct have been the following..

131*
84
119
44
56*
78*
then going back through 2025..
43
18
76
63
49
17
10
57
10
81
2
38

976 runs @ 65.06
2 x 100's and 7 x 50's from 19 innings

Its a shame no one really plays alot of ODIs anymore

[Virgil]

Assuming now Mitchell has moved to #1 in the ODI rankings
after game one Kohli moved to 1 and Mitch 2 but they are only separated by a single point, 785 vs 784.

[No Quarter]

That's an absolutely outstanding result with a young team. How fucking good is Mitchell these days, just incredible.

[Darren]

Mitchell's average and strike rate are really off the charts so far.

[KiwiPie]

Mitchell has really impressed in that tricky number 5 role where you have to play the situation in ODIs. He's prepared to dig in when the top order has failed and either build a decent total when batting first or see it through to the end if batting second. He's built a great international career for someone starting it aged 28.

[Virgil]

@KiwiPie said in Black Caps tour of India:

Mitchell has really impressed in that tricky number 5 role where you have to play the situation in ODIs. He's prepared to dig in when the top order has failed and either build a decent total when batting first or see it through to the end if batting second. He's built a great international career for someone starting it aged 28.

its a shame his test record has gone backwards. Hasnt been able to consistently score 100's but his ODI record is superb so far
Only Kohli has a higher average amongst full nations sides.

[canefan]

@KiwiPie said in Black Caps tour of India:

Mitchell has really impressed in that tricky number 5 role where you have to play the situation in ODIs. He's prepared to dig in when the top order has failed and either build a decent total when batting first or see it through to the end if batting second. He's built a great international career for someone starting it aged 28.

He's like a Kiwi David Hussey

[MN5]

@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:

@KiwiPie said in Black Caps tour of India:

Mitchell has really impressed in that tricky number 5 role where you have to play the situation in ODIs. He's prepared to dig in when the top order has failed and either build a decent total when batting first or see it through to the end if batting second. He's built a great international career for someone starting it aged 28.

He's like a Kiwi David Hussey

Well in some ways but he's a fine test player too, poor old Hussey Jr never even got a shot despite an amazing FC record ( 14K runs @ 52 )

[canefan]

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:

@KiwiPie said in Black Caps tour of India:

Mitchell has really impressed in that tricky number 5 role where you have to play the situation in ODIs. He's prepared to dig in when the top order has failed and either build a decent total when batting first or see it through to the end if batting second. He's built a great international career for someone starting it aged 28.

He's like a Kiwi David Hussey

Well in some ways but he's a fine test player too, poor old Hussey Jr never even got a shot despite an amazing FC record ( 14K runs @ 52 )

As with most analogies, it isn't perfect