Lubhalwe nguRazeen Gutta
Isigaba seligi sesiphelile kanti amaqembu okugcina ku-ICC Cricket World Cup asalelwe ukuwina kabili nje kuphela ukuze aphakamise isicoco segolide.
Abaholi be-log i-India baqede phezulu etafuleni ngesitayela esithile. Abakaze bahlulwe, isikwati sabo sihlezi sihlelekile futhi osokhaya baqede umkhankaso wabo weligi ngokuhlula i-Netherlands ngama-runs angu-160 ngeSonto.
Bawine imidlalo emihlanu beshaye okwesibili kanye nemine beshaye kuqala futhi i-India ikhombisile ukuthi isefomini enhle kakhulu.
Umdlalo wabo abacishe bangenza kahle kuwo kungesikhathi bedlala ne-New Zealand. Futhi ama-Kiwi azokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuthi angahlulwa e-Mumbai ngoLwesithathu.
Izinkumbulo zase-Old Trafford zizonika izivakashi ukuzethemba njengoba ngo-2019 bangena kowamanqamu walo mqhudelwano ngezindleko zabadlali abagqoka ijezi eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngesikhathi sekusele amaqembu amane.
Ingabe bangenza okufanayo baphinde babukele osokhaya bengaphansi kwengcindezi noma ingabe abadlali be-Bombay abagqoka okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka bazohlula i-India?
Emdlalweni wesibili kowandulela owamanqamu amaProteas angenayo ingcindezi azobhekana ne-Australia.
Emdlalweni weligi phakathi kwamaqembu, elakuleli liwine ngama-runs angu-134. Kodwa kusukela lapho ama-Aussies athole ifomu futhi babukeka njengabawine izikhathi ezinhlanu emqhudelwaneni.
Njengoba behlulwe i-India kuphela kulo mqhudelwano elakuleli liwine imidlalo eyisikhombisa ekuhambeni.
I-Australia izofuna ukufakela amaProteas ingcindezi njengoba ebukeka enethezeke kakhulu ngokushaya okwesibili uma umdlalo uqala enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Kolkata ngoLwesine ekuseni.
Imidlalo emibili eyandulela owamanqamu izoqala ngo-10:30 bukhoma ku-SuperSport kanti owamanqamu uzoba ngeSonto ngomhlaka-19 kuLwezi.
Esithombeni esingenhla: URohit Sharma.
Umthombo wesithombe: @criccrazyjohns