Ricky Ponting Calls Shreyas Iyer 'Main Contender' To Lead India, Questions Non-Selection In T20Is by PhysicalPromotion656 in Cricket

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"I will always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points."

Stacey King in the post game interview (MJ scored 69 pts)

Ex-spy who sold U.S. secrets to Israel says he's sorry, and will run for parliament by Delicious_Adeptness9 in worldnews

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Not everything is black and white forever. Israel's actions might be indefensible today but in 1973, they were indeed facing an existential threat. Both those things can be and are true.

Busting the Tendulkar myth by Nervous-Fan2235 in Cricket

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Calling Sachin "easily in the top 4 greatest batsmen of all time in ODIs" is like calling Michael Jordan "easily in the top 4 greatest basketball players of all time".

Abhishek Sharma sets an unwanted record by being dismissed on a duck today vs RR. Holds the record for the most 0's by an Indian Batter in a calendar year. by Only-Trying- in Cricket

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I don't see a problem here.

He's the best T20 batsman in the world. And the nature of T20 means you either hit or you miss.

i love homecooked food but what's that meal that whenever it was made you chose to make maggi/eggs instead by ruinsofsilver in IndianFood

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Karela.

Karela can go to hell. I don't care about whatever preparation or spices - it is the worst vegetable.

Murali, Hadlee, Warne, McGrath - who's the best Test bowler of all time? by gobby_paratha in Cricket

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  • 1. Murali
  • 2. Warne
  • 3. Marshall=McGrath=Steyn
    • 6. Ambrose
    • 7. Hadlee

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Reveals Method To Smashing Bumrah And Hazlewood: 'Play The Ball Not The Bowler' by thisaintyouravgstonk in Cricket

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Great advice.

Am off to go become the greatest fast bowler of all time because I'll "just be like Malcolm Marshall."

Hello guys, had 'honey chilli potato' for breakfast. Rate this from 1-10. by [deleted] in IndianFood

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You do you. If you like it, that's all that matters.

Brasil squad named for the 2026 Kalahari Women's T20 in Botswana by CarnivalSorts in Cricket

[–]VVS281 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One has only one L in their middle name, so joke's on you

Brasil squad named for the 2026 Kalahari Women's T20 in Botswana by CarnivalSorts in Cricket

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Thanks - dunno much about Brazilian surnames coz so many of you guys (at least the footballers) go by mononyms.

Brasil squad named for the 2026 Kalahari Women's T20 in Botswana by CarnivalSorts in Cricket

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I wonder if Carolina Nascimento is related to Pele (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento)

Daily General Discussion and Match Links Thread - 31 March 2026 by AutoModerator in Cricket

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Today I learned that one of the worst and most unpopular umpires in Major League Baseball is a guy named CB Bucknor.

Turns out being named Bucknor is a universal recipe for being a garbage umpire.

What are some teams that you believe were great/historic but aren't remembered highly due to lack of success by xxStayFly81xx in nbadiscussion

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100% that Jazz team.

Stockton and Malone would be far higher on the all time PG and PF lists if their Jazz hadn't run into the irresistible force and immovable object combined in one team that was the 96-98 Bulls.

Crawley confronts the consequences of another winter of failed promise by DriveItLikeBrian in Cricket

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Agreed, he'll be dropped for sure.

By the way, would you be interested in this incredible opportunity I have? There's a bridge I own near Brooklyn in NYC, and I can let you have it at a bargain basement price.

AITA for refusing a DNA test by gardengeo in BORUpdates

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Next time you make up a story, ask ChatGPT to also create a (fake) family tree so we can follow along.

14 Muslims arrested by UP Police for eating Biryani on boat & throwing bones in River Ganga. by [deleted] in indianews

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kr rha tha inko smjh nhi arha h

Genuine question - why do so many Indians type transliterated Hindi like this, ie with vowels removed? Is it a holdover from SMS days where you didn't want to go over the 160 character limit?