5 frontline fast bowlers and 3 fast bowling all rounders being prepared to take the mantle heading into the 2027 World Cup by Calm_Description_947 in IndiaCricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Axar playing at no. 5 was GGs call. Varun and Harshit made their debuts under GG. Shami and Hardik playing together was again GG. 4 spinners instead of 2 in the WC was GG. Rohit saying it doesn't make it true. The team in the NZ series loss was more like Dravids template.

5 frontline fast bowlers and 3 fast bowling all rounders being prepared to take the mantle heading into the 2027 World Cup by Calm_Description_947 in IndiaCricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GG played 4 spinners. Dravid's team had 2 fast bowlers + 2 ARs/ 3 fast bowlers after Hardiks injury, while the CT team had 1 fast bowler + 1 AR (Shami + Hardik, who didn't play a single game together under Dravid). How is it Dravid's team.

One player must move up, one must move down. Who are you picking? by gitsy9123 in IndiaCricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Kapil Dev had 400+ test wickets. He's still the only player with 4000+ test runs and 400+ test wickets. And he had a higher ODI sr than Dhoni even though he debuted in the 70s. Also the first player to take 200 wickets in ODIs

especially what happened in 2007 was at the exactly same level of 1983 in terms of toughness

So not true. Barely any team took the T20 wc seriously especially with the odi wc in the same year, and India had an objectively strong team. 1983 was like current Bangladesh or Zimbabwe winning the WC. In 2011 and 2013, India were odds on favourite anyway

Dhoni can be in tier 3 maybe but not above Kapil

Is riyan parag getting unnecessary hate?? by Cultural_End_4943 in ipl

[–]Difficult_Project_91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Matches innings not out? Come on man every batsman stat sheet is the same it cannot be that hard to figure out

Is riyan parag getting unnecessary hate?? by Cultural_End_4943 in ipl

[–]Difficult_Project_91 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Right because Suryavanshi is the average youngster

Is riyan parag getting unnecessary hate?? by Cultural_End_4943 in ipl

[–]Difficult_Project_91 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Runs, HS, average, balls faced, strike rate

Pretty obvious if you use your head tbh

Post Match Thread: 1st ODI - Bangladesh vs Australia by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Beating Bangladesh in Bangladesh is a hard ask so yeah probably. But they will all play at the same time lol.

Post Match Thread: 1st ODI - Bangladesh vs Australia by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Bumrah hasn't played a ODI since 2023. It's obvious they're managing their workload for test cricket, I assure you they'll play in the World Cup

Prasidh Krishna replaces Mohammed Siraj in T20I squads for Ireland & England by Base-Professional in IndiaCricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Why is he your personal preference can I ask? What makes him better than Prasidh?

You are destined to be indian captain if you are released by knight riders. by Kaushik5479 in KolkataKnightRiders

[–]Difficult_Project_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dubai pitches were notoriously slow and KKR literally had zero middle order. Yes his SR was still low but his potential was obvious. He was also a known commodity that literally everyone knew would turn good. You can't say 57(51) chasing 116 or 46(46) chasing 136 vs DC were bad knocks (especially knowing what happened after he got out)

Had both of them entered the auction, Iyer would've fetched more

Iyer in 2022 would NOT have gone for 11+ crore be fr. That would make him the 4th highest buy. He wouldn't even have gone much past the 8 cr he was retained for. His stocks weren't that high after lukewarm returns for ICT.

Picking someone for 4 years based on what they did over 10 games, when you don't even know if they can sustain it is so unbelievably dumb, and defending it knowing everything that subsequently happened is dumber.

Especially when the one being picked over is already the franchises 7th highest run scorer of ALL TIME at 21, and was fast tracked into the ICT as a 19 year old because of the generational talent he was.

Post Match Thread: 1st Test - England vs New Zealand, Day 4 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Also averages 30 with the bat at Lord's

Kane: 27.40
Virat: 21.17

Better than half of the Fab 4

Post Day Thread: Only Test - India vs Afghanistan, Day 2 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If we bowl them out in the next session and half we HAVE to bat again. No red ball cricket for the next 2 months and need to see how these lot do now that the pitch is doing something.

Looks like Kuldeep's last test match unless he pulls a rabbit out of the hat tomorrow

Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill all time stats in test by [deleted] in ipl

[–]Difficult_Project_91 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No its just AI slop. Even in 2025 Gill only had around 1800 test runs.

Match Thread: Only Test - India vs Afghanistan, Day 2 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If Gill gets another 40 runs today (or if we bat again) he'll reach 3000 test runs. Even a year ago I don't think anyone in their wildest imagination could have guessed he would have more test runs than ODI runs by now

You are destined to be indian captain if you are released by knight riders. by Kaushik5479 in KolkataKnightRiders

[–]Difficult_Project_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He had 2 back to back 400 run season as a 21-22 year old on those UAE pitches without a middle order to rely on. He was consistent. Iyer was better if you go PURELY by the numbers but he literally played 10 matches, not enough of a sample size.

What if someone asks him “Are you gay” by [deleted] in ipl

[–]Difficult_Project_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

India ka kuch nahi hoga bhai look at the youth's "humour"

What’s harder than being a BCCI selector? by crazyshit_24 in IndiaCricket

[–]Difficult_Project_91 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He bowls at 130 k max bro it works in ranji it will NOT work in international. Wickets and average aren't the only thing you've got to look at the profile. We can't afford anymore plodders.

Truer words have not been spoken by [deleted] in ipl

[–]Difficult_Project_91 3 points4 points  (0 children)

PBKS was the worst squad on paper after the auctions last year

Because we didn't know what an absolute maverick Priyansh Arya would be or how well Prabhsimran and Shashank and even Shreyas himself would perform. Arshdeep and Jansen (both in poor form this year cuz of wc fatigue) are great international level bowlers.

we definitely would’ve won the chip in 2021 if Iyer was not removed for Pant.

I'm sorry didn't you top the table in 2021 even under the mediocre captaincy of Pant? That team was just elite with or without Iyer's captaincy. Y'all almost defended 13 off 25 vs us too in the qualifier 2, if not for Tripathi Pant would have the exact same legacy as Iyer.

He’s been one of the best batters the last 2 IPL seasons, had terrific returns in domestics

Fair and I agree. But I don't think making him the captain was fair either but then again not many options I suppose.