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301  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 03, 2023, 02:14:15 PM
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Ireland have recovered well in second innings. They are now 259/6 and trail by 93 runs.Andy McBrine and Mark Adair are on the crease and they both have added 100 runs to the total. Definitely Ireland are not in a position to win this game, the best result for Ireland will be to avoid a loss by an innings. Mark Adair is highest run scorer for Ireland in this game as he is not out on 61 (50).
Ireland can extend the match as long as they can and this is the third day and how long they can delay the inevitable. Mark Adair played an ODI kind of innings coming at 9th position and he should have scored a century for his performance but he went for the extravagant shot once again and lost his opportunity. Andy McBrine is on 76 and lets see how long he can extend his cameo.
302  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2022/2023 on: June 02, 2023, 09:08:24 PM
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But do you get my point that this doesn't change much in terms of the competitiveness of the league? In Europe we have the highest level soccer not because only Ronaldo on Messi were running around on the field, but because there was Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona. I don't believe that you can build a Real Madrid in the Saudi Professional League.
I understand your point and hence said signing CR7 was the first step to make the Saudi leagues known globally, before that i never watched any of the matches nor had any idea about the teams but now i am following the entire league and signing big names is the first step and more big time players will be moving to Saudi as they have the money.

They won't be able to build several teams up from the ground in order to make the league so highly competitive that everybody wants to see it and European soccer fans start buying hundreds of millions of jerseys from Saudi Arabian clubs. Yes it was a first step, but at least a thousand other steps have to follow. You also don't want all these players in their late 30s when they are declining in performance. But the young super talents won't go there, but that is what they need. The young fans want to buy a jersey from their 22 year old idol when they first watch soccer because they can identify themselves better with younger players. Messi and Ronaldo are exceptions there. Mbappe and Haaland are better examples. I have doubts that we will see a highly competitive SPL, which is equal to European top leagues, in the next three decades.
You need to understand that majority of the big English and European clubs are now owned by Arab countries like PSG, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Saudi's owned Newcastle United and Sheffield United. Common theme is that they have the money and if they are willing to give huge offers do you think that the young talents wont be signing with them. It is a long term plan and it is a matter of time that they start grooming youngsters like the rest of the European clubs and at the end of the day money talks and they have plenty of them.

Another aspect is that, you are just thinking about European Football fans, majority of the global population is in Asia and if they could attract the Asian crowd it is a much bigger audience.
303  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: June 02, 2023, 06:16:41 PM
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I am a Dhoni fan but this particular incident was a dick move from him, normally captain gets a 100% fine or worse match ban when they deliberately rig the gameplay.

In the past, many captains faced the consequence and were slapped with the fine for less but he's powerful enough to influence even the match referee.
Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar and Maheesh Theekshana already bowled their quota of overs and MSD wanted to bowl Matheesha Pathirana as he had 3 overs left in his quota and he only used the loophole that was available as this was the first warning by umpires even if they did that and only then the umpires could award the opposition team with 5 penalty runs for the delay and from what i understand the umpires even did not consider that situation.

If Hardik Pandya opposed the move then the match referee could have taken the action like you mentioned, do you really think that any players who played under him will raise any complaint against MSD.
304  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 02, 2023, 12:17:41 PM
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Srilanka still in the game but they need wickets to win this game. So far it's dry performance from Srilanka bowlers as they have picked only 2 wickets. The game can turn into SL favor if they can pick wickets in quick interval.
Expected Sri Lanka to perform better as Afghanistan is touring and yet they are able to perform better restricting Sri Lanka to 268 runs with Charith Asalanka playing the sole innings of 91 runs and the rest of the players did not contribute much and their bowlers are not able to pick wickets and put pressure on Afghanistan batsman and now they are cruising to victory as they only need 39 runs to win.
305  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: June 01, 2023, 10:12:02 PM
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I think it might happen in a span of 10 years. The way IPL is growing right now I do not see this as an impossible task. The only problem is that I do not trust cricket to actually stay alive after 20 years. Unless ICC changes some rules. Cricket is not going to survive only throughout the Indian and Pakistani players, if you know what I mean.
Cricket will be well and alive as long as people are interested in them and the reason IPL and India is able to generate huge revenue than any other country is because of the fan base and the ability to fill any stadium whenever a match is played and the TRP rating they are receiving. Australia, New Zealand and England along with the other Asian countries are the major teams and it will be like that for the decades to come and the present fan base wont be diminishing.
306  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2022/2023 on: June 01, 2023, 06:21:14 PM
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I disagree when you say that signing players like Ronaldo is a big step forward, or as you precisely said it is the first step or something like that. This is not enough as the global audience wants real competition between many of the best players of the world. If there is only Ronaldo and a few others, then this helps drawing attention to the league, but it is far away from any of the European top leagues. You need an army of the best players in the world to make the SPL an authentic top league.
We could definitely say that signing Cristiano Ronaldo was the first step from Saudi clubs for their grand plans of making them a major force in Football. Reports are coming out that Lionel Messi will be signing to a Saudi club for the next season and then there are rumors that Karim Benzema might be moving to Saudi clubs.

Have you heard the latest rumors regarding Messi moving to Al Hilal the Saudi league? This rumor has not been confirmed by Messi however local news sites continue to publish about this, reportedly Messi was offered a contract 3x higher than what Ronaldo got and I can't imagine if this news actually happens next season, obviously this is  El Clasico saudi League version.
Yes there is a report that Messi will be signing with Al Hilal and it is yet another huge deal they cannot reject. Looks like more players will be moving to Saudi clubs as they are willing to spend huge amount of money.
307  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 01, 2023, 03:53:15 PM
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Once again, Ireland has disappointed with their batting. Ireland made 172 in their first innings, with contributions coming from James McCollum (36), Curtis Campher (34) and Paul Stirling (30). Stuart Broad took 5 wickets till now and he has 581 wickets to his name.
Ireland is not having the caliber of batsman that could face Stuart Board and England should have experimented with youngsters when they are facing a team like Ireland. It is going to be a one sided match and i would be surprised if the match drags to the final day.

England trail by 154 runs and the England batsman would take this as a batting practice and would score a huge first innings lead.
308  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: May 31, 2023, 07:54:19 PM
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Everyone says that it is surprising that Gujarat Titans did not win the match despite playing so well. But I'd say it's no surprise. I had confidence in Chennai Super Kings since long.  In this year's IPL, Chennai Super Kings will gain fame as the champion team. But it must be admitted that the players of Gujarat Titans have played very well. Their batting performance was very good
Gujarat Titans had the best players and they were the heavy favorites with the best bowlers in Rashid Khan and Mohammed Shami, the inform batsman in Shubman Gill while Chennai Super Kings was winning because of their tactical game plans and the genius of MSD, promoting Ajinkya Rahane as a pinch hitter along with Shivam Dube and grooming the youngster Maheesh Theekshana.
 
309  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Do you like Meme Coins (Pepes project)? on: May 31, 2023, 06:21:10 PM
Pepe has a problem With Intelectual Property. I Think someday there is problem with this token. may be
What is the intellectual property issue they will be facing, since i am not following the project i am not aware of it.

Heard many investors making a fortune with this meme coin and many selling off their coins before the rally thinking that they would loose money and then regretting about it. Personally i am not going to invest in the meme coins craze but if there is another project during its infancy i might try my luck rather than investing when the market already rallied to insane figures.
310  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: May 30, 2023, 07:55:38 PM
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Dhoni has been leading Chennai Super Kings for a long time. And it was under his leadership that CSK won the IPL title five times. There should be no question about his captaincy. If we consider the category of best captaincy, he should be at the top. 
MS Dhoni is a tactical genius and he is one of the best captains in the world and the best India ever produced.

Fun Fact: For 15 years Dhoni is the CSK captain and won 5 titles, Virat Kohli is leading RCB for the same amount of time and is yet to win a title  Grin.
 
Four runs were needed off the last ball, if a good delivery off the last ball, the result of this match would have gone in favor of Gujarat Titans.
10 Runs required in the last two balls and Sir Ravindra Jadeja made the day for CSK even though rain tried to foil the game, it was one of the best finals as it went till the last ball and it was a thrilling match. All credits to the coaching staff and MSD for taking an average team and lifting yet another title.
311  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: May 29, 2023, 04:52:11 PM
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Dolly catch dropped and even Jadeja fumbled with the runout chance, that's the pressure of the final.

But one man is rock solid behind the stumps. He's 40 old guy and his reflexes are still working fine lol. Anyway, fingers crossed for the run fest.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be 42 years in couple months and his reflexes is incredible and that stumping was a thing of beauty when others were fumbling in the field.

Sad thing is that the rain has affected the match once again which is a real disappointment. With the way things are going with the weather both these teams might be sharing the trophy.  
312  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: May 28, 2023, 05:38:19 PM
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But since TopTort77 mention Poirier has no defence against ground games, he might lose against Islam. Too ironic to see a BJJ belt holder can not defend himself against a BJJ attack.
There are levels to the ground game and his recent losses were against Khabib Nurmagomedov and Charles Oliveira who are elite ground technicians and that too to rear naked choke and they were able to submit him when he was exhausted. Against Islam who is yet another elite ground specialist, he could have a chance with his boxing skills as he is an elite striker but he could hold his ground against other ground fighters.
313  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: May 28, 2023, 04:10:30 PM
The rain is back again and it is really unfortunate that the final is affected by rain. As a fan i wanted to see the entire 20 overs to get a rightful champion rather than a reduced match and as a fan of MSD i wanted to see MSD play the entire match and lift the cup once again and if this is his last IPL it should be a tribute to him as he is the greatest captain we ever had. Hopefully the match will be rescheduled for tomorrow.
314  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: May 28, 2023, 08:52:31 AM
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I agree with you.Virat Kohli and Rohit Sarma are very good and experienced batsmen who have given India many wins in international matches.They have been playing well in international matches. Subman Gill is a good player.I have not seen him play any international match well except these IPL matches.If he wants to become a player like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma,he needs to be very skilled and play well in international matches.
Shubman Gill has played some incredible innings for India in ODI and he has already scored a double century in ODI in his short career but in Test matches he is yet to establish his name as he lacked consistency in his short career and in T20 he made his debut this year and he played just 6 matches and he already scored a century, so there is no debate about his skills and he will be the pillars of Indian batting in the coming years.
315  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: My mistake was making my involvement with Bitcoin public on: May 27, 2023, 05:54:53 PM
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If you are still planning to get into Bitcoin, don't post anything about it in family group chat or on your WhatsApp status, this was my biggest mistake.
It is best not to advise anyone in the family group about any investment because even if they make a loss because of their decisions they will start blaming us for the loss they incurred. Personally i have talked about BTCitcoin to my family members and friends back in 2012 till 2015 when they asked questions when it was not that popular, but i never advised them about investing, but asked to check out the new market and make their decision.

They always get back to me whenever we enter bear market about my investment just to poke the bear, expect these from family members Cheesy.
316  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: May 27, 2023, 03:13:26 PM
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There are rumours that Dhoni might be banned from playing the finals against Gujarat Titans tomorrow.
If the rumours are true then there will be a huge disrupt in the fan base because we all know MS Dhoni has a huge fan base.
I doubt BCCI will be taking a decision to ban MSD from playing the finals as it will irritate the entire fan base of Chennai and MSD fans. He wasted time to overcome the bowling restriction of a bowler and they were penalized in terms of field restrictions in the final overs, the most they can do is fine MSD half the match fee and that is the best they can do rather than irritate the fans by restricting to play in the finals.
317  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion on: May 27, 2023, 11:31:24 AM
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It was all announced by Dana White just to cause hype and nothing more than that.
Dana White did not start this topic, Tyson Fury made a statement in social media last week to a podcast of Joe Rogan which was recorded months ago in which Joe Rogan says that if they fights one on one inside a room, he will bet on Jon Jones and there is no way anyone would beat him in a full on combat battle. Tyson Fury did not like that statement and he blasted Joe Rogan and challenged Jon Jones and Jon Jones responded to that challenge and invited to fight in MMA and during that period Dana White was asked about the question in an interview and he gave Tyson Fury the offer to fight in MMA and Tyson Fury backtracked as he is only interested in Boxing and not MMA.
318  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Only 89 days left for Litecoin Halving event! on: May 26, 2023, 11:48:13 PM
we still have the opportunity to invest in Litecoin and get profit, because I believe that when Litecoin halving occurs, then of course the price of Litecoin will increase very higher than the current price, therefore I will not miss my current opportunity to get a lot of profit from investing in Litecoin, because now is still the right time to invest in Litecoin before Litecoin halving occurs.
This is not the first halving in Litecoin, how many times have you seen the price rallying like crazy in the past halving's. I do not remember a time when the price of any other coin rallying simply because of halving and the only coin that will make an impact is BTCitcoin.

Investing is your choice but to claim that the price would rally in the upcoming halving while i have not witnessed any in the past halving's, if you are aware of any secrets, do let the community know about why you think there would be a rally this time  Wink .
319  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: May 26, 2023, 09:47:43 PM
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Test is now reducing, and white ball is just going to have one format T20 so from this all we can expect what is going to happen in near future ICC is not interested in any strategy as their deep pockets are already filled with BCCI money hopefully they will learn from FIFA and have some changes.
BCCI was reluctant to introduce the T20 format when it was introduced and now they really think that the future will be T20 and franchise cricket  Cheesy. Even Ravi Shastri has given interviews after he stepped down as the coach that franchise Cricket is the future. IPL dates are gradually increasing and more teams will be introduced in the coming years. Players are resigning earlier from International Cricket to prolong their franchise career which is ongoing and it all depends upon the fans.
320  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: May 26, 2023, 07:11:27 PM
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I heard Najam Sethi saying that PCB will lose 3 million usd in case Asia cup is not hosted by PCB and under given circumstances 3 million USD is quite a money for PCB. BCCI on the other hand is in no mood of coming to Pakistan. A decision will be made about Asia cup on final of IPL where India, SL, Bangladesh and Afghan rep will be present and final decision will be made after consulting PCB. PCB has proposed a hybrid model and it will only be executed if BCCI approves that. 
Personally i would love to see India and Pakistan matches as they are really competitive and a great experience for the sports fans but the government will be using this as a leverage for their political gains and with the right wing government India is having, i doubt there will be any leniency into this issue, moving India's matches to a neutral ground is a good option and i wish we will see that happen.
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