Quantum wrote:Do you think that Ireland can beat India and Pakistan? West Indies have the UAE game in the bag.
Not really, Ireland's batting is as good as any but they really lack in Bowling department. They don't even have a proper fast bowler but in Cricket you always give chance and I will say they have more of a chance against Pakistan because latter's batting performance has been abysmal in recent times which might compensate for Irish Bowling.
Anyways, Ireland has three victories while WI has two but they would get their third against UAE and then it will be decided according to net run rate. So, basically if Ireland wins any of their upcoming two matches, they are through or even if they loose it, they will have to make sure they loose it by a small margin.
So at this stage I will say they have a 50% of chance for qualifying to knock out stages.
Edit: It was a bad loss for Ireland against India, now they will have to defeat Pakistan to go through as they are too far behind in net run rate. I hope they do, as I said their batting is as good as any but bowling is probably worst in the tournament.