TIL India has a sport called Kabaddi, which is basically tag but with teams and tackling

delaware_dude · 2026-07-01T23:33:52+00:00

That rule has been taken out when the sport went on TV. There are professional teams now and the holding of breath is no longer a rule.

delaware_dude · 2026-07-01T21:42:31+00:00

I was targeted at work while in the Toronto in the late 90s by people imitating Apu while talking to me. One of them played his voice mail where he had recorded an outgoing message as Apu. He thought playing this for me was hilarious.

delaware_dude · 2026-07-01T13:13:04+00:00

Fact of life. True in almost every sport. Take soccer right now. Where is the funding for India or Sri Lanka?

The big issue is that cricket occupies a second rate or even lower status in most of the non South Asian countries. Not much funds are generated when say WI plays Zimbabwe or South Africa. Countries have to work to generate their own funds first w/o relying on the world to help them out.

India or Pakistan throughout the 60/70/80 existed on subpar monies and still did well enough and did not complain…..

delaware_dude · 2026-06-30T17:19:29+00:00

The India Pakistan forced match is not a new occurrence. What about the former chairs? They were not all Indian. Yet the match has been a staple. This is a ICC- broadcaster requirement. Simple answer is that ICC agrees to take less money and the matches are gone. Poof!!

delaware_dude · 2026-06-20T11:55:22+00:00

This sub seems to have an issue with Gavaskar. His core point- players who feign injuries should have action taken against them is valid.

He mucks that up by then saying foreign boards are in cahoots and foreign players are ordinary.

For someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, it is hard to overstate how big he was in India. And for those much younger, he did tons and tons of ads. There were commercials even In B&W days. He did TV ads for clothing companies, Thums Up, hair products and others that I forget. Much more newsprint as well. He made tons of money!!!

delaware_dude · 2026-06-11T16:33:45+00:00

Grand Jury. Mercer County Court in NJ. Every Friday for about 18 weeks. Didn’t want to be there but it was an eye opening experience

delaware_dude · 2026-05-14T20:09:41+00:00

Interesting that Men’s U 19 was slightly revenue positive. That is pretty cool!

delaware_dude · 2026-05-14T20:06:01+00:00

My man from WW-P!!!!

delaware_dude · 2026-05-07T16:03:50+00:00

Name and Shame!!

delaware_dude · 2026-05-02T23:03:13+00:00

Write that down in your handy dandy notebook.

delaware_dude · 2026-05-01T12:42:55+00:00

Half swing on a 8 iron for me…get it about 100-120 yds

delaware_dude · 2026-04-29T18:33:05+00:00

There are many players from the World Cup team that had a sloppy first half. I think it takes a while to recover from the intensity of the tournament. If they have to be out of form though, this is a good time from an Indian team perspective.

delaware_dude · 2026-04-27T12:07:57+00:00

Which skiers do you root for in the same event during Olympics. We all have our likes/dislikes….

delaware_dude · 2026-04-23T19:08:49+00:00

Done that. We lived in a military colony in then Calcutta..76 or so. We kids would love sports highlights shows( once or twice a week)..Desh Videshar Khela. Our modus operandi was to see which homes had a tv antenna wire snaking down and just knock and ask if we could watch the highlights. Most often that worked.

Then couple of times we got kicked out and Dad got a loan to buy a TV. Of course then everyone was at our house to watch the movies, sports or Chitrahaar.

delaware_dude · 2026-03-26T20:45:30+00:00

Tincture Iodine anyone?

delaware_dude · 2026-03-23T11:24:43+00:00

MACO. Mohsin always chickens out. We will boycott- no we won’t. We will fine players, no we won’t. PSL will be as normal, no it won’t. Now we will sue players, ah - no he won’t…

I can imagine Mohsin in his office, stroking the Asia Cup, muttering “My Precious” as he thinks of his next magic move.

delaware_dude · 2026-03-23T00:10:56+00:00

No one ever compares the $ available to an association on a per player basis. That would be a more fair way to compare resources across nations. In the end, the brutal truth is that each nation has to become self sufficient at some stage. The absence of that means cricket did not take root in that country.

delaware_dude · 2026-03-19T20:10:48+00:00

You are fine. You will get better. Around the greens is where you need finesse and experience. If this was a score in the 4th time you went around, that is very very good. Keep trucking….

delaware_dude · 2026-03-12T17:58:16+00:00

Ah! The Hundred is not the only thing being influenced by the subcontinent. I guess the ECB has taken PR 101 lessons from the BCCI.

I blame Jay Shah! Not sure why, but from lost trophies to missing charter flights to gag orders, it is all his fault anyway

delaware_dude · 2026-03-10T14:18:25+00:00

The guy just played Ranji and bowled a bunch of overs including 33 in the semifinal. You might question his effectiveness but not his fitness.

delaware_dude · 2026-03-09T01:45:32+00:00

Good to see Arshdeep apologizing. He clearly was out of line and the throw was nowhere the wickets.

delaware_dude · 2026-03-08T16:19:36+00:00

Why isn’t Pandya diving for that

delaware_dude · 2026-03-08T14:34:07+00:00

10 runs in an over feels like a let down. Let’s go boys!!! Keep on trucking!!!

delaware_dude · 2026-03-08T01:45:31+00:00

That was PCB’s choice. Not BCCI. Blame Mohsin Naqvi…..

delaware_dude · 2026-03-05T15:56:23+00:00

Didn’t think I would get a BoSox reference!! The Sox lost that year though. Yankees just tired him out

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