The match ended as a draw, with both the teams scoring twice each. Bengaluru should have win this match, as they were 2-1 at one point after the goal from Udanta Singh. But within a few minutes they conceded a goal and the match ended as a draw. Now BFC is at 4th position in the points table, with just one win from four matches. They need to step up their game.

Greece is one of my favorite teams and it will be sad if they fail to qualify. Things are also looking tough for Iceland, unless they manage to beat either Romania or Germany. Also, Russia may struggle to qualify from the Group H, where Croatia and Slovakia are the favorites. And this is one of the reasons why I think the format for the 2026 World Cup is better. 48 teams will be participating during the 2026 edition, including 16 from UEFA.

I was expecting 3-0 or at least a 2-1 series win for Australia. But India played really well to win the series. The last match defeat doesn't bother me much, as it was more like a consolation win for the Aussies. The way Hardik Pandya, Jadeja and Natarajan played during the series, gives a lot of hope for the Indian T20 side ahead of the world cup in 2021.

The Australian spinners really bowled well, which is surprising considering the fact that Indian batsmen are being regarded as good players of spin bowling. Both Zampa and Swepson handled the pressure well. And from what we have seen, good performances in the IPL doesn't necessary translates to big scores in the international scene. This holds true for Samson, who has repeated failures to his name.

Bitcoin is a decentralized digital asset, and the only way to ban Bitcoin is to ban internet as a whole. There is no centralized authority for Bitcoin. Therefore the governments can't shutdown this central authority and thereby destroy Bitcoin. Many of the third world nations have restrictive laws against Bitcoin, but they will have only limited impact on the trade and holding of coins.

Greedy people losing their hard earned money in various scams is nothing new. It happens all the time, in almost all the sectors. Ponzis exist in Bitcoin sector because we have stupid people who are greedy enough to believe in these scams. They believe that it is possible to become millionaires overnight. As a result of their greed, they fail to do proper research on these schemes. And in the end Bitcoin gets the blame.

Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli seems to have consolidated the innings after the fall of KL Rahul. Shikhar Dhawan just got out, and Sanju Samson has come to the crease. Now this is an ideal opportunity for Sanju to play a crucial innings, after his repeated failures. And the required run rate is still under two runs per ball, so he has enough time to settle in.

This is what happens when some of the younger players get too much glitz before they get enough maturity. They need to understand that pocketing a multi-million IPL contract is not the final target. Ultimately, they need to perform for the national team and it is going to matter much more than their performance for the IPL franchise. This is applicable not just for Prithvi Shaw, but also for the other young players such as Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer.

Prohibitions never work with certain sectors such as alcohol, cannabis, gambling, prostitution.etc. And that is the reason why more and more countries around the world are legalizing and regulating these sectors. On the other hand, some of the countries such as India and Pakistan refuse to make them legal, sticking on to their stone age laws. This only help in pushing these sectors underground, in to the hands of criminal gangs.

Agreed. Temperament is needed for the longer format and Saini lacks that. On the other hand, I have a feeling that Natarajan is suitable for both the shorter format, as well as the longer format. Anyway, it is nice to see so much competition for the slot of pace-bowlers in the Indian team. Apart from Natarajan, Saini and Siraj, we have a bunch of young pacers waiting for their opportunity, including Nagarkoti, Tyagi, Shivam Mavi.etc.

Ethereum remains the king because most of the new tokens are getting listed in the ERC-20 platform. There are other platforms available and some of them are technologically superior to the ERC-20 Blockchain. But they have very low acceptance in the cryptocurrency market. It will take many years, before any of them become capable of offering competition to ERC-20.

It is only natural for the stigma to exist after so many scam projects. And the worst part is that even after so many scam projects, most of the ICO promoters failed to ensure adequate security mechanism, to improve the confidence level of the investors. They continue to refuse requests for third party escrow of the project funds and independent audits. So it is only natural for the investors to stay clear of the new ICOs.

US Dollar has remained as the reserve currency of the world ever since 1945. If nothing miraculous happen, then it will remain in that position at least for another 100 more years. Other governments have tried hard to elevate their national currencies to the position currently held by USD. Examples are Japanese Yen, Euro, GBP and Chinese Yuan. But none of them even achieved distant success. Such is the strength of the USD.

This is wrong argument. There are coins such as Cardano (ADA) and NEO available in the market and they are much ahead of Ethereum, as far as technology is concerned. But they are unable to topple Ethereum from the no.2 position, as their acceptability is much lower than ETH. Ethereum was the first smart contract platform in the cryptocurrency market. And this gives an almost invincible advantage for that coin.

Have you read my previous post? If not, read it to get yourselves educated about the situation. First of all, 30% is not abnormal and in many of the countries the rates are much higher than this. And secondly, 30% is the maximum possible tax. If you are in the lower tax slabs, then you pay a much lower tax rate. In India, the maximum rate kicks in only when your annual salary (after deductions) is above ₹1,000,000. And less than 1% of the Indian population earns that much.

LOL. It is ridiculous to even think about USDT as an investment asset. If you want to invest in US Dollar, then you can do it directly by purchasing the banknotes. You can also invest in the US treasury bonds, which will give you an annual interest. There is no point in investing in USDT (which happens to be a token issued by the Bitfinex exchange) when these better options are available.

Unless they burn the coins, it will not remove them from the circulating supply. Prices may increase if ETH 2.0 is successful. But you should not forget the fact that the exchange rates have already rallied by a lot, as a result of the hype surrounding the ETH 2.0 rollout. The spike will be limited, as a result of this pre-existing rally. On the other hand, if something goes wrong then we can expect a major crash.

Agreed. IMO, Natarajan will be a better partner for Bumrah, when compared to either Saini or Siraj. India didn't had a quality left-arm pacer for quite sometime now, and I am sure that Natarajan will be able to fill that vacuum. The fact that he plays for SRH shouldn't be held against him. And the Indian selectors need to tell Kohli that he should not get too biased while selecting the playing XI.

ROFL. Most of the retirees would devote anywhere from 50% to 75% of their portfolio to non-volatile assets such as US treasury savings bonds. But the problem is that their returns are very low and the future outlook also says that the returns will decline even more in the next few years. So obviously they need to devote the remainder of their portfolio to those assets which can give better returns. Stocks and bullion are good options, but small amounts of cryptocurrency would act like icing on the cake.

OP is asking others to commit fraud. He would take loans from various banks and then flee to some other country to avoid the repayment. I am not sure whether this will work that easily. In many nations, the banks can actually impose a ban on international travel with the help from courts, if they have sufficient evidence to prove that the individual who took the loan is trying to default.