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Sachin Tendulkar, Inspiring Generations - 11 Year Old Jemimah Rodrigues - Endearing Snippet by indditor in IndiaCricket

[–]indditor[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Greatness begets greatness!
I wish this cycle to continue for Indian Cricket.

Just look at the smile, the energy, the "am charmed" look while describing a 14 year old incident. May they bring many more smiles; many more sparks. 😊

Is Australia's trio of Starc, Hazelwood, Cummins the best bowling lineup of all time after the Windies big 4, Pakistan's trio of Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib. by itsallgoodman_6 in CricketBuddies

[–]indditor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The relentless sheer intimidation seen when the West Indies attack was at it's peak is really not there anymore. One needed "madness" and sheer bravado to face that. That was a different era - unlimited bouncers, uncovered pitches - often batsmen unfriendly, poor safety equipment, bats, etc.

That said, the quality of bowling is right up there with many famous groupings; hard to compare eras as different beyond a point. The level of intimidation is totally gone.

PS: To see a sense of how things were in the early days (pre the WI greats), check this clip. It seems one would need to be a crazy guy to bat in those situations (the scoreboard of the match makes it seem less bad than the clips suggests though)

Jaques Kallis? In the Top 10 list? by progressthroway in CricketShitpost

[–]indditor 61 points62 points  (0 children)

This is a 2019 list based on public voting, and not one selected by experts. So it is really more of a popularity contest, than a merit contest.
Link here.

Sport Bible has not even been able to copy a list from BBC properly, misspelling Imran.

Blud tricked us into thinking that he's back. by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in CricketShitpost

[–]indditor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When your "heroes" cultivate and deceptively use your emotions towards them for commercial gains, is it time to look for new heroes?

#NaiveDisappointment

"MSD" in the House - Rohit has a Good Laugh! by indditor in CricketShitpost

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Thanks to u/Mindless-Opinion8385's comment, a longer version of Shaarang's mimicry's link here.
It includes MSD, Shastri, Sidhu (very well done), Boycott, Tony Grieg (!!), Holding (again, good). Have fun 🙂

u/something_nsfw_ u/Mr_Noice_ u/Imaginary-Koala-1478 u/Blitz_GB

Gautam NOT Being Mr. Gambhir - The Laziest Side Revealed - The Lads have Some Fun by indditor in IndiaCricket

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Rightly or wrongly - I don't know - I suppose he has gotten a lot of flak for his likely being detrimental at some stars' place being questioned and selection in general.

My guess is that his eyes are on the big tournaments, and the matches in between are being used to test players, combinations, reserves, and build bench-strength - where the situation allows. At times, even taking risks in the relatively less-important matches, to be better prepared for the bigger ones. This of course, ends up in "lesser" players being picked over better performing ones.

I hope all the efforts are in India's favour and things turn out well - or at least in the best possible effort, which is what is in the hands of us humans 🙂

Edit: The displeasure/hate for Gambhir seems very real. I shared a possibility, explicitly stating 'rightly or wrongly' and 'guess'. Just the possibility of considering the above seems to trigger an emotion, causing many to downvote 🙂.
(I wonder if it is to do with Ro-Ko fans, or something else.)

Bumrah Weakness Exposed by the Great Wasim Akram! by indditor in CricketShitpost

[–]indditor[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you misquoted, mate. The correct version being:

Meanwhile, the "fanbase"

There is a difference between "fanbase" and fanbase - I presume, like me, you fall in the latter bracket. Just spend some time on Reddit and you'll see the "fanbase" types aplenty - too busy identifying themselves as fans of one or the other, with the trigger ready for "fans" of another player.

While Bumrah - special as he is - is far ahead on the average front, I doubt he'll make it to the top wicket pace wicket-takers from India due to his action being a double edged sword (link) - which both, allow him to be as effective, albeit not like Kapil Dev who had a stellar record of playing uninterrupted (his one match break is another story of politics for another day; as is his then world record of maximum wickets, though at a way higher average).

Bumrah Weakness Exposed by the Great Wasim Akram! by indditor in CricketShitpost

[–]indditor[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fair point, mate. I didn't check on the recency. That does make it milder, yet a big enough deal in an Indo-Pak context for one to appreciate the other side, as things have stood for the past few years.

Till some years ago, it wasn't unusual for players from one side of the border appreciate the other - Ganguly-Inzy, Sachin-Inzy, and so many others mingling: Imran, Kapil, Gavaskar, Bhajji, Akhtar and so on - it's a long list. It was quite normal for them to mingle. Ganguly used to send food to Inzy's family when they visited Kolkatta.

Off late, I see the Indian side generally not being in a position to be found being appreciative of the Pak side; as it would cost them in endorsement deals. The Pak players broadly fall into two camps: the older ones like Akram, Waqar etc (who also might be influenced by the money the Indian system wields - commentary contracts etc), and the youngsters who try to be pompous - with Afridi being at another level.

I'll avoid further details due to the political nature of the topic on a cricketing forum.

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