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  2. Hogwarts Legacy

    in Games

    Posted

    Got the game on sale. Played first few hours! Man what a game! Feels amazing for a Potter head like me. 

    Great attention to details of the Potter world and game mechanics. Although I feel control scheme is not intuitive and RPG elements are surface level but the world makes up for it. 

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  8. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    What an innings by Butler!

    Specially against quality spin attack without any dew and with no support from the other end apart from Powell. He himself was struggling to time the ball start of the innings and in the end, exhausted!! 

     

    The 200+ matches really need to stop! It has become so boring to watch these matches! 

  11. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    7 hours ago, silentassassin said:

     

    Innings defeat under 4 days will be perfect funeral for bazball. 

     

    Yeah this despite a single rank turner/dust-bowl pitch used in the entire series + some key players missing in Indian team + England winning toss 3 times and batting first on good pitches. 

  13. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    On 2/28/2024 at 10:02 PM, KnackChap said:

    Central contract of iyer and kishan terminated by BCCI. Well done. No player should be above the game. 
     

    Pandya should be next. I think theyre just waiting till t20 wc

     

    I hope this is applicable to all players in future and BCCI follows the same rule. Iyer did not play Ranji claiming back spasms but went to KKR pre camp which seems to have pissed off BCCI. 

  14. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    Great win :majesty: Jurel and Jaiswal were great! special mention to Gill although I didn't think he would survive.

     

    Patidar has been disappointing! He seems to have so much potential however the occasion seems to get to him.  I hope Sarfaraz comes good although Dharamshala will be fast bowling friendly. 

     

    I think Bumrah, Siraj and Akashdeep will play if it is seamer friendly pitch along with Ashwin and Jadeja. If KL is fit, he will replace Patidar. 

  15. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted · Edited by nitinveer

    That was a great test match! Excellent batting and then bowling. Piling on the pressure on England! 

    So far, no rank turners but I hope at least Ranchi turns by the end of day 1 to see how bazzball fares! It's not guaranteed that Rohit will win toss always and England will crumble. 

  17. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    21 minutes ago, dante77 said:

    Siraj in Indian pitches is same as Ashwin as in foreign pitches. Useless! Better try someone else. 

     

    Keep Ashwin, he can be a game changer in Indian pitches. 

     

    Yeah if the pitch is spinning, I am not sure why we need second fast bowler! Why is Washington Sundar is ignored is beyond me; I know his bowling needs work in tests but he won't get better till given chance. 

  18. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    26 minutes ago, Big Boss said:

    Shami won't be back. Umesh might be recalled. I don't have faith in Siraj in subcontinent conditions. 

    Got this forward:

     

     

    Some interesting updates I've got :

    - Ajit Agarkar and Rohit had quite a long chat after the game discussing on few areas and lack of form of some players.
    - Virat Kohli's availability remains a concern and most probably will be unavailable throughout the entire series.
    - MD Shami could be out until late april(my source,wait for official confirmation)
    - Ravindra Jadeja won't be a part of 3rd Test.
    - Kl Rahul and MD Siraj likely to play the 3rd Test.
    - A call likely to be taken on KS Bharat,Shreyas Iyer and Mukesh Kumar.
    - Dhruv Jurel likely to get the Debut Cap.
    - Sarfaraz Khan has to warm the bench for a while.
    - Kumar kushagra to be groomed as backup wkb.
    - Umesh/Jaydev Unadkat/Akashdeep may get a Surprise callup.

     

    Interesting! Iyer is mentioned as he is supposed to be "best player of spin" in subcontinent which I believe he has proved previously but now out of form/touch. 

     

    I am not sure how Dhruv Jurel plays or keeps but this makes sense! Where is Ishan Kishan? would have been perfect in this series. 

     

  19. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    9 hours ago, silentassassin said:

    Bumrah what a bowler :majesty: 


    Good to see Gill get runs as well
    Virat should replace Iyer in next match hopefully. I dont think Jadeja will be part of this 

     

    Patidhar looked decent against spin. May be give him 1 or 2 more games.

    Playing Mukesh is pointless, he looked absolutely clueless.
    If we are gonna use fast bowler sparingly then better to play Shardul, he can be useful with bat atleast. 

     

    Based on reports, it seems Virat may not be available for the whole series. KL will be back next test so Patidar won't get chance unless they plan to replace Iyer which they won't. 

     

    I hope Bharat gets replaced too as his batting even in subcontinent is poor and keeping which was supposed to be good has not clicked either. 

     

    If Shami is back there is no problem for fast bowler replacement.

  21. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    3 hours ago, silentassassin said:

    This should be last match for Iyer. 
    His whole usp is his ability to paly spin. Batting like sh*t. 

     

    Same goes for Gill. Giving wicket to Anderson on flat pitch when bowl is neither swinging nor reversing should be a crime! 

     

    The last two wickets - Axar and Bharat's were pretty ordinary late in the day. 

     

    These guys need training on temperament and situation awareness I think. 

  24. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    Such an ordinary performance in all 3 departments from India. In a same pitch, opposition tail enders made 100 runs on the same day morning and Indian batting couldn't survive 70 overs. 

     

    The worst part is England bowling was so weak, if India planned strategically this would have been easy chase. 

     

    Both Rohit and Dravid does not seem to have any plan B when opposition starts playing differently. Some of the field placing even for tail enders was so bizarre. 

     

    The batting in both innings was so ordinary (which has been the case last 3 years), even more disappointed with first innings being when batters were throwing their wickets away and didn't understand why Jadeja and Axar went so defensive third day morning. 

     

    It's so disheartening to see such formidable dominance built in last 12 years getting crumbled. 

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  25. The Cricket Thread

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, silentassassin said:

    With such skill Rohit has very poor temperament. 
    8 out of 10 times, he goes for some stupid shot and gets out. 

    Ridiculous. 

     

    Agreed.

    With the situation where Jaiswal is going hard and striking well there was no need of that shot. England would be demoralised if India did not lose a single wicket by end of the day's play. 

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