This is bad news for the Kiwis. I was expecting him to stay till the end of today. Although he gave a good start I am not sure whether Kiwis team would be able to utilize this advantage.

Srilankan bowlers are not allowing the Kiwi batters to form a partnership. This is crucial as it will help Srilanka in the later part of the game today. I any case NZ would be looking for 300+ runs on day 1.

It is too early to predict which team will win as it is only day 1. At the moment the Kiwis are in better position than the Srilankan. Unless they get out Devon Conway they would not be able to stop them from scoring a good pile of runs. All Kane Williamson has to do is to rotate the strike and let Conway face the Srilankan bowlers.

The second & final test match between Srilanka and Newzealand has started. Srilanka won the toss and choose to bowl first. At the moment the Kiwi batter has scored 87 runs and has not lost any wickets. Devon Convoy is looking pretty aggressive. He has already scored his half-century with a strike rate of more than 70. If he continues to play in the same manner then I assume he will score his century before the end of day 1.

Fans still boo but the place for doing such activities has changed for example sports bars/pubs, clubs and the stadium. We do not hear such noises because broadcasters have been intelligent enough to increase the volume of the stump mic in such a situation. A lot has changed after IPL now fans are more aggressive with franchise team than the national team. One thing I would agree with is that the violence that we used to see earlier against players has now become zero. That does not mean Indians have become tolerant. That means the security cover has improved. Recently Parthiv Patel was in the news because he declined a selfie request from a female fan. He does not have any security from the BCCI or the state government as he is not part of the national team and is also not as big as other players.

Looks like this match might get abandoned due to rain. Anyways I am not expecting WI to win this ODI. This team has gone from bad to worst and each player looks more like an ameature than a pro in that team. They already got destroyed in the test and most probably the same would happen in the ODI too.

I am eagerly waiting for the ODI series between India and Australia. The first match would be played tomorrow between these two teams at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. After losing the test series Australia would be going all guns blazing to win the ODI series. It would be a practice run for Australia before the upcoming ODIWC. England has already shown the struggle their batters had against the spinners on subcontinent pitches. The same kind of problem was faced by Australia too. It would be interesting to see what new strategy they would use against the Indian spin attack in ODI.

  This is hilarious! Whomsoever is involved is literally a genius in his own way. I am pretty sure the authorities would take some action against the person behind this mischief in due course time. In a way what is written on that advertisement is correct too.

I agree content is being created using AI bot. Too many repetition of the same word. I have reported it to the moderator too. Let's see whether they will delete and take proper action.

Absolutely it is really surprising to see Bangladesh comfortably winning the series against England. It also proves that the English batters are not able to handle spinners. This is not a good sign considering the ODI world cup will be played in the subcontinent. I feel most south Asian countries would outperform SENA teams in the upcoming ICC tournament.

There is zero problem with our board. You commented and others are commenting or trying to create topic relevant to this board. In my opinion it is enough!

The big issue with Indians is that they get an opportunity and then they blow it. For me if I see five guys participating without any raffle or offers on this board. I would support each one of them.

My opinion for support is to encourage them with Merits and in turn they would come up with topics. That is all that matters to me. I am least bothered to think about language issue or anything. English is the most common language in India after Hindi.

There is nothing like a language barrier. If you are not good in English then use Hinglish. The only issue is that we don't have any leader to guide this board. Those who were chosen have left it and now it all depends on us how to get it functional.

I had no idea that you can find gift coupon for everything on Betrifill. I saw they are even selling coupons for Hindustan Petroleum. I am not sure whether you can use them to purchase petrol or disel or gas. At the moment it is out of stock.

The only thing now left is to find a prepaid debit card that can be refilled using crypto and can be used in India.

Mandana has been out of form from the beginning of T20WC. Being out of form is just a phase and I am sure she will come out of it but her ability to captain a team is pathetic. I am pretty sure RCB would find a replacement in the next season. 5 straight losses only tells how bad RCB has played in WPL. On paper this team looked far better than what they are performing which drills down to the leader of this team.

Lol! Even Shashi Tharoor supported him when he was not selected in playing 11. Too many opportunities were given to him but he literally blew them all out. I do not understand what he thinks about himself? I never liked his attitude and I also never felt he plays for team. He is one selfish players who always will think about himself before the team. This is the primary reason why he is not getting selected.

Forget about both Panth & Bhumrah. These won't be part of the Indian team for quite sometime now. I think the amount of time these two players need to heal themselves would let others take thier position on the team. Unless BCCI doesn't find a good replacement of these two, which is highly unlikely I think thier career are over for now. Please do not forget BCCI has one of the biggest talent pool. All of those talents are waiting to just get one opportunity.

I am still not sure about Bharat as he has only played 4 international test matches up till now. I think more exposure to international cricket would certainly help him in future games.

India qualifies for WTC 2023 finals

No matter what is the outcome of the final test match in the BGT the good news is the India will be playing the finals against Australia in the WTC23 that will be played from June 7th - 11th at the Kensington Oval. This is a great news for Indian fans like me and proud moment for India. You can find the details below.

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Unless there is an official statement from PCB on this situation and I won't believe this news. I did check the Twitter handle of PCB and found out they are busy with women PSL. I hope they are able to organize this league this year. If Pakistan does not play an ICC tournament then they would lose out on the million-dollar kitty that they get every year from ICC. I do not think under the present economic scenario they would be able to forgo an ICC event. Asia cup is not an ICC event it is organized and financed by the Asian cricket council. 

I never expected the Bangladesh team to dominate this bilateral T20 series against the world's number one. Bangladesh bowlers & batters have completely crushed the English side. I suppose they would now look for a complete whitewash in this series. Neither English batters nor bowlers have been successful. In yesterday's match, a target of 117 runs from the English side was always easy for Bangladesh to chase. I also feel to a large extent the home ground advantage has also worked for the Bangladesh side.

Looking at the point table I feel there is zero competition against MI in this first season of WPL. RCB as usual is again at the bottom. The name itself is jinxed in my opinion as both men's & women's teams of RCB have never been on the top. DC looks good and they might be the only team to challenge MI. Only 18 more days left for this season to end and one thing is clear Harmanpreeth Singh has proven that she is one the best captain in women's cricket.

I am surprised that you think SVB is not a big institutional bank. I found out it had $209 billion in assets & ranked as top 20 big banks in the US. The repercussion of it might not come out so soon but it would certainly hit the already struggling US economy and would hugely impact the startup environment in the US & globally. I feel SVB fall might become a blessing in disguise for Bitcoin in the US.  I am pretty much sure that we will hear many more names in the coming month.

At the moment it seems that this test match might end up as draw unless Indian bowlers are able to do something different. I still believe Ashwin has the ability to quickly change the course of this match. I am hoping he does it and makes this dull test match more engaging. The lead of just 91 runs is not that much but anything can happen today.

What a come back by Virat Kohli! After November of 2019 today he scored his 28th test century. At one point I was hoping for him to get his double but 183 is still a good score. This pitch was meant for batters like Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli and Axar Patel.

One thing now I am sure KL Rahul will miss playing test cricket as the new test opener with Rohit will be Shubman Gill. I was expecting a decent lead of 150+ runs by the Indian side. 91 runs lead is just a cake walk for Australian batters. Now everything depends on the Indian bowlers.