LOL... India finally got a wicket. Virat Kohli was getting restless up there and had asked Mohammad Shami to bowl against Warner and Finch. Shami did his job and got Warner. Now the advantage for India is that they got two right-handed batsmen at the crease (Smith and Finch). And also, Smith takes a bit of time initially to settle in and this gives Kohli some breathing space to bring back Saini and Bumrah.

I still believe that the inclusion of Pandya was a positive move. India needs someone who could score at a rate of 2 runs per ball during the final overs. Hardik suits that role better than anyone else. Theoretically, you can argue that Shubman Gill or Sanju Samson could have done a better job. But both these batsmen are more suitable for the top order, and they don't have much international experience.

Nope. Hotstar is not covering this series. I believe they have a partnership with Star Sports. When Star Sports have the TV rights for a particular series, Hotstar will get the online streaming rights. But this series is being covered by SONY-TEN, who have their own streaming platform (SONY-LIV). I watched the IPL on Hotstar, and their coverage was good. Never tried SONY LIV, but I have heard that their quality is good as well.

It is not going to be a smooth ride. I expect a lot of bumps and obstacles on way. Before reaching a new ATH, we are likely to witness several phases of correction, some of which may extend for a few weeks or even months. There will be a lot of panic selling as well, especially from the new users. Repeated bouts of price correction will make sure that only serious investors remain in the Bitcoin sector.

IPL is just like a mini-T20 World Cup, because you may find the best players from all over the world. And that's the reason why it may be logical to increase the overseas player limit to 5. It will remove the useless players such as Kedar Jadhav, and replace them with quality international players.

During IPL 2020, I noticed a large number of quality international players, who didn't got enough opportunities due to the 4-player limit. Some of them are Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Hardus Viljoen, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Zampa, Mohammad Nabi and Fabian Allen.

Why not? Both Bumrah and Shami are in excellent form, as seen from the IPL. On the other hand, the Australian bowlers (Cummins, Starc.etc) are not doing that great. I would say that right now the Indian bowlers have an advantage over their Australian counterparts. If they could settle in with the Australian conditions quickly, then the Australian batsmen will be in trouble.

Depends on the country. If you are a resident of India, then you can watch the action live on JioTV (you need to have a JIO mobile connection). JioTV is 100% free and you can just login using the Jio mobile number (either prepaid or postpaid). A paid stream is available from Sony LIV as well (subscription will cost you ₹999 for 12 months). For the other countries, I am not sure who are holding the rights to stream the matches.

Unlike most of the users here, I have stored my seed online. I know that there is always a risk of someone hacking in and stealing the seed, but I believe I have taken all the necessary precautions. Even if there is a chance, it is going to be extremely low (like 0.000001%). I am not very comfortable with writing down the seed on paper and physically storing it. IMO, it carries a greater risk.

Digital technology got a big boost with all the lockdowns and other restrictions. Things are unlikely to go back to the old normal, even if the pandemic is contained within the next few months. Anyway, here in my place there is an old saying. It goes like this - every setback brings a new opportunity. And I feel that it is right. The pandemic situation has resulted in a lot of opportunities as well.

Maybe you can try these sites for one or two days and decide whether it is worth working for them. I would never consider them, because the pay scale is too low. This is akin to slavery. I would never agree to work for such low wages. But then, if you are that desperate, there is nothing wrong in giving it a try. A better option would be to improve your skill set, so that you can qualify for better paying jobs.

Why should anyone get confused? Unlike the last time (2017), this time the reasons for the rally in exchange rates is known to all. On top of that, several top financial advisors have come up with their own predictions, claiming that Bitcoin would be priced in the $300,000-$400,000 range by the end of next year. So don't get confused.. because the bull run has just started.

PayPal is having billions of $$$ in reserve funds available and they can easily acquire medium-level exchanges and other cryptocurrency ventures. My biggest fear is that they may try to acquire Binance or Blockchain.com, which may have a very negative impact on the users of these platforms. What will happen, if PayPal acquires Blockchain.com, and then asks all the users to update their KYC?

Nope. IPL was not created to find young talent. We have various domestic tournaments, especially the Ranji Trophy to do that job. The main purpose of the IPL is to provide funds to the BCCI, so that they can develop the domestic cricket tournaments. IPL was always a business and will be so for the remainder of its lifespan. They are considering increasing the number of teams to 9, and a number of industry heavyweights (especially Adani and Goenka) are making their moves. Let's see whether the new team will be permitted from 2021 or not.

Any attempt to do that would be painted as "voter suppression" and liberal Democrat mouthpieces such as CNN, CNBC and MSNBC would go ballistic. For Republicans, what they need to do is quite simple. Voter fraud is unlikely to give more than 0.1% to 0.5% advantage for the Democrats. So if they could make up for that, from a higher turnout among their supporters, then they can easily win the elections in swing states.

I was expecting a major correction before the new ATH, so at least for me this is not very surprising. The basics are still strong, and this means that even if there is a temporary dip, the prices are going to rebound in a short while. My only advice would be not to indulge in panic selling. The rally has just started, and if you sell your coins now, then you may regret about it later.

I am pretty sure that it is not going to happen in my lifetime. There have been various delaying tactics from the ICC, to prevent the inclusion of cricket in the Olympics. The real problem is that the ICC is headed by money-minded businessmen such as Greg Barclay, who have no background of cricket. On the other hand, FIFA is headed by former international players, who always think about increasing the popularity of the game. Inclusion of cricket in Olympics would result in huge spike in popularity and government funding. But for now the ICC is not interested in those things.

No. Now the predictions are making more sense. If you want a really ridiculous prediction, then you can refer to the one made by John McAfee. He claimed that the exchange rates would hit $1 million by the end of 2020. But recent predictions by various individuals have been made after careful studies. One of them is the prediction made by Tom Fitzpatrick of CitiBank, who claim that Bitcoin prices can potentially climb to $318,000 per coin by December 2021. The one made by Dan Tapiero also makes a lot of sense.

I think by now we can safely consider John Roberts to be a liberal "torchbearer", in the league of Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and (late) Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And this is also one of the reasons why the conservatives needs to be thankful to Donald Trump. In just four years, he managed to place three conservative justices in the SCOTUS. None of the recent Republican presidents managed to do that. Let's not forget the fact that one of the most liberal judges in the history of the SCOTUS (David Souter) was appointed by a Republican president. John Roberts, although not a die-hard liberal like Souter was also appointed by a Republican president.

But the liberal media would tell Americans that they should support the RINO wing of the GOP (John McCain, Bush Sr., Bush Jr,  Romney.etc) rather than supporting true conservatives such as Trump. John McCain managed 173 electoral votes in POTUS 2008. Romney got 206 four years later. Trump outperformed both of them (in 2016, as well as in 2020) despite the media going ballistic against him.

I am not sure. So many new coins have come to the market during the last 12-24 months and many of them are in the top-10 and top-20 lists. Examples are Chainlink, Polkadot and Wrapped Bitcoin. And when new coins enter the market, they will obviously poach in to the existing market cap of other coins. So I would naturally expect the Bitcoin dominance to go down.

Obviously no one really expect cricket boards to field their full-strength sides, if cricket is ever included in the Olympics. I would prefer the format approved by FIFA for Olympics football tournament. They have a maximum age limit of 23 years (which has been extended to 24 for the Tokyo Olympics). This would mean that younger players will get the opportunity to showcase their skills, in front of large audiences. However, FIFA allows three over-age players in the playing XI for each team.