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This is exactly why cricket fans give some of the worst insights about the game and team selection. 

 

Those who want Kohli to retire so badly are now silent :giggle:

This is why you should support players at their worst moments, not just at their best. 

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17 minutes ago, GunnerY2J said:

Selfish is eating away dots and playing it safe when you are in your 90s/close to 100.

Irresponsible shot, maybe yes but not selfish.

He came at the most difficult situation when both openers were out early, way more pressure situation than when dhoni came in.

And the game was all but over when Gambhir got out.

Yeah it was gautam who carry the match on his shoulder from that weak starting position. 

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9 hours ago, Vamos said:

This is exactly why cricket fans give some of the worst insights about the game and team selection. 

 

Those who want Kohli to retire so badly are now silent :giggle:

This is why you should support players at their worst moments, not just at their best. 

They should retire from test match, vada pav definitely. And ya vada pav shpukd retire after this tournament. One good innings overshadows 20 bad innings, you are the PR everyone needs :giggle:

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Good to see him score though, IPL is coming :roflroll:

 

I hope now Rohit can step up and playbsome good three innings and win CT. Though it is sorry state of cricket overall now, stadium was half occupied at start of match. 

 

I hope kohli can also stay in form, though in white ball cricket he was in a good nick anyway.

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Sachin se compare karna band karo. Sachin made those centuries against Wasim Akram, Younis and Akhtar.

 

Current Australian bowling and Pakistan bowling nowhere near dangerous and lethal compared to Sachin era bowling.

 

Kohli is fantastic player but he never faced 90% bowlers of Sachin era. Its easier to make centuries now compared to back then.

 

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13 hours ago, Felix the cat said:

iyer katai har@mi hai. 

 

Thanks to Virat for creating excitement in such a dull match. 

 

Ye news wale baap bete per aa gye, ye sale kabhi nhi sudhar sakte.

 

Nalayak beta bolo. Chu...kistan can f**k off. 

13 hours ago, Felix the cat said:

hes not like gautam gambhir, who put the entire team on stake for his century in 2011 wc final, I can never forget that irresponsible shot of his. 

Are you mad bro?

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30 minutes ago, Zod said:

Kohli is fantastic player but he never faced 90% bowlers of Sachin era. Its easier to make centuries now compared to back then.

 

This age old argument is just stupid and flawed. 

 

All you remember is Akram, Mcgrath, Warne but forget the many average bowlers he also faced. 

The current day bowlers have better fitness levels, access to more tech and analytics in the sport to create better strategies against players.

Same with fielding too. Modern day fielders have improved their fitness and it's harder to sneak singles and twos now than in Sachin's era. 

 

Just because more centuries are scored these days doesn't make it easier. It just indicates the player's adaptability in chasing 300+ scores more often. And there's no guarentee of winning even after scoring a 100. 

 

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Vamos said:

This age old argument is just stupid and flawed. 

 

All you remember is Akram, Mcgrath, Warne but forget the many average bowlers he also faced. 

The current day bowlers have better fitness levels, access to more tech and analytics in the sport to create better strategies against players.

Same with fielding too. Modern day fielders have improved their fitness and it's harder to sneak singles and twos now that in Sachin's era. 

 

Just because more centuries are scored these days doesn't make it easier. It just indicates the player's adaptability in chasing 300+ scores more often. And there's no guarentee of winning even after scoring a 100. 

 

 

Naa kohli fans keep bringing this argument but i reject it.

 

its a fact that Sachin was facing much more superior bowling back then compared to what Lohli is facing.

 

Pakistani bowling overall was way better back then compared to now. 

Kohli never faced Akram, Akhtar or Younis, Lee, Warne, Allan, Mcgratth, Walsh, Ambrose when they were in their prime. List of amazing bowlers during Sachin and Gavaskar era is huge.

 

West Indies,  South Africa, Australia  Pakistan and all had way more dangerous bowlers than today. Today pitches are more batsmen friendly, so its also easier to hit big scores. That said, no one saying Kohli not skilled cricketer but comparing him with God of Cricket is downright stupid and shows people dont know what they talking about. 

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Vamos said:

This age old argument is just stupid and flawed. 

 

All you remember is Akram, Mcgrath, Warne but forget the many average bowlers he also faced. 

The current day bowlers have better fitness levels, access to more tech and analytics in the sport to create better strategies against players.

Same with fielding too. Modern day fielders have improved their fitness and it's harder to sneak singles and twos now that in Sachin's era. 

 

Just because more centuries are scored these days doesn't make it easier. It just indicates the player's adaptability in chasing 300+ scores more often. And there's no guarentee of winning even after scoring a 100. 

 

 

Sorry to say but you're absolutely wrong. If you carefully observe the changes in the rules in both eras, you will notice lot of rules has been changed in the favour of batsman just to make this sport more exciting and entertaining to watch, the focus is entertainment by introducing rules that allows high scoring matches.

 

Forget everything, just look into the fielding restrictions before and now, you will easily get the idea. For example- 5 fielders outside the circle (after 15 over) for the entire match V/S 5 fielders only in the last 10 overs.

 

The end of reverse swing by introducing two new balls per innings (from each end). It not just end reverse swing in cricket but also gives an advantage to batsman, as they getting a harder ball to hit, helping them scoring runs. 

 

These are just two rules I mentioned that has huge impact on the game, the list is long. 

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14 hours ago, GunnerY2J said:

Pandya plan fail 😅

Afridi also bowled several wides at that point iirc.

14 hours ago, Felix the cat said:

Ye news wale baap bete per aa gye, ye sale kabhi nhi sudhar sakte.

What happened? Same old statement....baap baap hota hai..bla bla bla?

2 hours ago, Vamos said:

 

 

To me felt more like just two (dumb)girls needlessly getting over excited just for cameras. Reaction of that guy in hoodie though.

 

29 minutes ago, Vamos said:

All you remember is Akram, Mcgrath, Warne but forget the many average bowlers he also faced. 

The current day bowlers have better fitness levels, access to more tech and analytics in the sport to create better strategies against players.

Same with fielding too. Modern day fielders have improved their fitness and it's harder to sneak singles and twos now than in Sachin's era. 

 

Just because more centuries are scored these days doesn't make it easier. It just indicates the player's adaptability in chasing 300+ scores more often. And there's no guarentee of winning even after scoring a 100. 

Ok, lets just say Kohli never faced Bucknor :P

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I agree with Akhtar. He exposing his own bowlers lol

 

 

 

 

No bowler today is bowling with same speed as Lee and Akhtar. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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21 minutes ago, Bauji said:

 

 

Ok, lets just say Kohli never faced Bucknor :P

 

:rofl: that's a big one actually. Sachin missed out on multiple centuries coz of him.

 

 

Here

 

 

 

Few were on 99 :ranting:

 

Today Batsman can review decision of Umpire but there was no such option then. 

 

 

Damn Sri Lanka had really good bowlers then but look at them now lol

 

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12 minutes ago, Zod said:

that's a big one actually. Sachin missed out on multiple centuries coz of him.

Reverse is also true. 

Today with DRS, the chances of umpires missing LBWs is near zero. 

 

Sachin’s era most definitely benefited from the lack of DRS, with umpire’s missing many LBWs dismissals. 
Bucknor is again a unique case, he alone cant be generalised for the entire career of Sachin. 

 

 

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