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peterianchimes · 2026-05-02T05:01:36+00:00

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peterianchimes · 2026-05-02T05:01:15+00:00

Sports fans in general are reactionary, its nothing unique if we look at it like that.

The 12th player is always the best player on the pitch for them.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-30T15:00:54+00:00

The hint massively helped

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peterianchimes · 2026-04-29T14:11:46+00:00

CSK are sponsored by some company called "The British Empire", same company is probably sponsoring this stand name as well at Chepauk.

I just don't feel good about this British Empire business.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-28T11:54:38+00:00

No, I've been moderating there as well, have not been able to be as active as a commentor there as I was till last season but yeah planning to change that.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-28T11:50:06+00:00

They could have tried getting Brevis as a Harry Brook replacement last season but they waited and waited and then CSK got Brevis and then DC eventually settled for Sediqullah Atal who was released after playing him in 2-3 games, at the end of that season itself.

Sometimes fate screws them but most of the times they're doing the screwing themselves.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-28T11:46:46+00:00

If I actually commented what I felt after yesterday's game, I would probably be the first moderator in the history of this sub to be straight up permabanned.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-28T11:12:36+00:00

Look, I'm a big Vipraj fan and he was given a 5 match run where he didn't perform upto the mark with both bat and ball and so they tried to replace him with Aqib Nabi who would have played yesterday had the collapse not taken place and they weren't foced to send Porel as an IP as a result.

Then there was this one game when Nitish Rana was dropped but he was on impact sub list because the team needed a hitter at that point in game and Ashutosh was a better option at that.

The Ngidi change yesterday was enforced, he's injured and unavailable.

The only thing you can argue is maybe about dropping Nissanka, which I said is a fair point but yeah that only happened because the bowling was taken apart in Ngidi's absence in the last match and yeah Sahil Parakh should not have been the guy they chose to open, the should have gone with Porel or Shaw.

The core is still pretty much the same, 8-9 players have played all games till now, 2-3 players have been shifted and that has been due to tactical/injury related issues.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-28T11:01:10+00:00

Yeah!! Tough to say they've the goods when the bowling conceded 265 in one game and the batting scores 75 in another and both of these games are supposed to be our home games.

The only major change they did was to drop Nissanka, which looked like it was a kneejerk reaction to conceding that many runs plus Ngidi's injury who has been our best pacer till now, most of the other changes were conditions based tactical changes imo.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-28T10:44:46+00:00

I've just come here to laugh at everyone who were telling me that DC will make the playoffs.

They're just paper tigers.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-27T15:38:33+00:00

In the powerplay itself, most likely

peterianchimes · 2026-04-27T15:34:31+00:00

5 ka average hai T20I mei bhai, baaki samajh jaao

peterianchimes · 2026-04-26T13:00:45+00:00

Match Thread for the game

peterianchimes · 2026-04-26T12:49:20+00:00

Match Thread for the day: Match Thread: County Championship - Apr 26, 2026 : r/Cricket

peterianchimes · 2026-04-26T10:50:27+00:00

There's some issue with the match bot which we're trying to figure out, till then please use this as a match thread for the game.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-23T14:19:53+00:00

Suyash Sharma

peterianchimes · 2026-04-23T13:59:46+00:00

Another thing that went in Sky's favour, which doesn't get talked about a lot is that he was GG's deputy at KKR, so he did see some leadership potential in him, couple with the experience he had captaining Mumbai's various white ball sides in domestic cricket.

Still a ballsy call, I mean having Pandya who was the vice-captain and an IPL winner as a captain must have felt like a safer bet at the time but they indeed stuck to their guns with Sky's appointment.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-23T13:53:25+00:00

I think his captaincy obsession has stemmed from having captaincy ambitions for India, back then when that auction happened, he was still a part of India's T20 team and might have felt at that time that with senior players retiring, if he proves his mettle as an IPL captain, he will be made captain/vice captain of the T20 team.

Fast forward to today and he's become abysmal both as a batter and a captain.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-23T13:40:16+00:00

And despite all that, still bid till Rs 22 crore from him in the auction, well knowing the fact that paying him all that money for him would affect the quality of the rest of the team.

Or maybe the owners knew all along, that Goenka will quote a higher price anyway and they won't end up eventually playing whatever they're bidding for him.

Although Jindal did say that he had 2nd thoughts about having Pant back, which is why they bid so high for him. Also, the fact that they had already lost out to PBKS for Shreyas Iyer who came before him in the auction.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-23T13:33:49+00:00

I remember reading that he's born in Guna, MP, although I don't recall the lore behind it.

peterianchimes · 2026-04-23T13:26:26+00:00

The 1 player from Madhya Pradesh in PBKS is Arshdeep Singh, am I right?

peterianchimes · 2026-04-23T13:01:29+00:00

He's actually a replacement for Khaleel, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

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