Are there any chances that IPL may include Pak players in coming seasons. I read that current government in India are very much against inclusion of Pak players in IPL. IPL quality will definitely improve if we see Pak players in action there. BCCI should separate cricket from politics.
I don't think so. The current government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is comprised of right-wing parties and they are very hostile to the idea of including Pakistani players. However, many believe that opposition leader Mamata Banerjee may become the PM by 2024. She is regarded by many as pro-Pakistan, and may allow the IPL franchises to include players from countries like Pakistan. Some of the franchises want to go for Pakistani players, and officials have spoken in favor of it, but the BCCI remains staunchly against it as of now. Who becomes the next PM of India we will only know in 2024. I do not support politics in sports but in my opinion, it will be not that easy to include Pakistani players in IPL in the coming years. Things are not that simple as it looks likes there are many within BCCI who do not want Pakistani players and remember IPL is still profitable and most watched without them. |
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I am sure, Indian government won't be able to ban cryptos. The exchanges in India have received a lot of funding from international hedge funds and there are tons of blockchain projects floating in the space right now. I am sure government will not be willing to face criticism by banning this technology, moreover in budget session too they won't bring any major ban because elections in 5 major states are going to take place just after the Budget session, so government will definitely play very safe in that session, chances are that such a bill would only come in monsoon session next year. No one knows what the bill is all about. They never said that they will be banning the blockchain startup. They have always said that they will encourage those startups. Considering Indian exchanges if they ban them then these exchanges will move out of India and will open up for the global community. There business will be hampered but they will survive. We as a community will only suffer. |
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The international team of west Indies is any ways weak and will never be able to prosper again, most of their players have become stars due to international leagues only, except a few rest have not played that much international cricket and most of their fame comes from T20 leagues, last great test batsmen of WI were Brian Lara, Chandrapaul and Sarwan, post that there has never been any giant player who has played consistently for them for a long time in all three formats.
Dont know what happens to WI team, they were once strongest team in cricket world and now a days they are playing WC qualifiers. We see there star players playing T20 leagues but they are not included in national side, I don't know wts the reason for that. 2016 was the last time they went up but since then its a dry period. Covid saved them from another whitewash in ODI series. They were once a team to reckon and till a few years back they were playing well and then suddenly this kind of decline is alarming. I think the WI board is unable to find good talent or they have become quite complacent in selecting good players. It can be also corruption but something is wrong with this team. The board need to reevaluate the current situation and the players need to work hard to improve there performance. |
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After losing two wickets for just 12 runs yesterday, now England's collection is 92 runs. England have not lost any wickets. As long as Root and Malan are at the crease, I will have confidence in England. If the pair break up before 150 runs, then England will not be able to collect 400 runs. Today is the third day. Most likely this match is more likely to be a draw.
This session clearly belongs to England. Both Root and Malan need to bat 1.5 more session to pull their team out of this mess. Wicket is not doing much atm so they are good to go for now at least but if by any chance Australia gets a breakthrough, their tail would be up and Aussie bowlers will lick their chops with shaky english middle order. Still trailing by 309 runs. Both Root and Malan are out and this match is slowly slipping away from the English side. Not much batting left in the side now considering the previous performance of the English batters. As soon as you start feeling that the English side is back in the game the Australian bowlers will reverse that feel. |
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A temporary delay but will happen in the next session. Still, it is a much-needed breather for the Indian community. Too much speculation and FUD had created a lot of panic selling in the Indian market. Good time for those who panic sell to re-enter the market as a heavy discount on the market at the moment. Those who had a panic sell might be able to cover their losses if they enter the market now. |
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Well, the most awaited ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies has been postponed due to the outbreak of covid in the West Indies players. Pakistan vs West Indies ODIs postponed to June 2022Both teams will resume the series in June 2022 when it will be summer and hopefully, things will be much better at that time of the year. That was supposed to happen because of the number of WI players getting infected due to this virus. I hope they are able to conclude the series as the situation is getting worse again because of the new variant. In any case I think the Pakistan team will win the ODI series too after seeing the worst performance by WI team in the T20 series. Covid came as a blessing for WI as they were whitewashed on T20 series and same was expected in ODI series. PCB will be satisfied since they were able to conduct international matches in Pakistan. WI players catching covid in Pakistan will be a set back for PCB as other team will show concern before touring Pakistan next time. Yeah, it did come as a blessing but we cannot deny that most of the WI team were tested positive and there were a few players left to play in this series. I do not think that they will be able to continue this series in the month of June next year as if you check the historical data of COVID those waves do come around this time in Southeast Asian countries. Already this new variant has started creating havoc in the European countries. |
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I have not been able to buy a single thing with my crypto except other cryptocurrencies and digital stuff. There is nothing that I can buy in my country with cryptocurrency but you do have an option to get cashback in Bitcoin by using an app if you make a purchase on Amazon using their service. I have done than paid in fiat on that app and got a cashback in Bitcoin.
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473 is a big total for the English side. They have already lost 1 wicket and I do not think it will be an easy task for them now. Australia had a bad start initially but they were able to come back. I think this match is already slipping away from the English hand. The second session is crucial for the Eng, they should not lose anymore wickets in this session.
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Well, the most awaited ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies has been postponed due to the outbreak of covid in the West Indies players. Pakistan vs West Indies ODIs postponed to June 2022Both teams will resume the series in June 2022 when it will be summer and hopefully, things will be much better at that time of the year. That was supposed to happen because of the number of WI players getting infected due to this virus. I hope they are able to conclude the series as the situation is getting worse again because of the new variant. In any case I think the Pakistan team will win the ODI series too after seeing the worst performance by WI team in the T20 series. |
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West Indies could not win today's match. Even after collecting 206 runs, they have been defeated. Pakistan scored 208 runs in just 18.5 overs. Mohammad Rizwan scored 87 and Babar Azam 79 runs. After a long time I saw a good innings from Babar azam. However, Pakistan has won all the matches of the T20 series. I hope they win all the matches of the ODI series.
This was very clear from the beginning that Pakistan will whitewash the T20 series. WI this time for a change did bat well and scored more than 200 runs but their balling was not up to the mark. Pakistan has been consistently playing well after the recent world cup, the fact that they fielded the same XI across this T20 series does say how settled this side is now. |
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an interesting trend is here on the forum. "Newbies" comes here and asks obvious questions about some banal things.
For example, OP asks about merit, how to attract. So it's obvious that he knows about the merit system here what it is for and what it is benefits. however, he did not research more about the forum, what are quality posts.
Also, he is interested in bounty and earnings opportunities of which he knows nothing, though his first four posts are the prof of auth in bounty threads.
After all, it would be logical for him to come here again and read the answers he received. surely there is something else he did not understand.
Most of them nowadays come here straight away to earn cryptocurrencies or money. Most of them have no idea what they are dealing with and only know one thing in general. Merits = High earnings whereas it should have been, Learn then Earn merits = Earnings. |
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Probably Jimmy and Broad will stay in the final squad of second test match. And there is no reason to put Woakes out of the final squad. I think Leach will be not included in the match. England should focus much to improve their batting lineup rather than the bowling section. The match is about to start in less than one hour, and it is confirmed that Michael Neser will be making his debut. Pat Cummins himself put up a tweet congratulating him. Meanwhile, today's match is the 150th test outing for Stuart Broad. He and Jimmy Anderson are having the experience of 317 test matches between them. I really doubt whether we ever had such an experienced pace bowling duo at any time in the history of test cricket (please correct me in case I am wrong). Mark Wood is not playing (dropped), but still some confusion about Leach. If Leach is in, then it is going to be a choice between Robinson and Woakes. A bad start by the Australian side they have already lost an opener after winning the toss and elected to bat first. If the English team and get a couple more wickets in the first session then the Australian side will be in trouble. This match is going to be intresting. |
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Poor Windies team can't catch a break nowdays. News are coming out that 3 more players Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein and Justin Greaves tested positive along with their Physio and Assistant coach. Almost 5-6 players are ruled out from the complete series (1 t-20 and 3 ODI). Hope they can field a team?
If they cannot field a team then most probably this series mat get postponed to a later date. Anyways they were on the verge of losing the T20 series this situation might help them to hide their face. But, this is really bad news for the WI team. I hope all other players are okay and doing fine. |
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I think the last T20 match between these two teams was competitive. Although Pakistan scored 172 runs but remember West Indies also chased well and ended up in 163 runs. They lost only by 9 runs and it is not a big margin. We cannot say that Pakistan will white wash the series. I think WI will play well in the 3rd T20 and the series may end up 2-1.
Pakistan is in really good T20 form since they started there T20 WC campaign this year. Its not easy for this new WI side to compete with such a strong team. Still there performance in 2nd T20 is very encouraging which will boast there moral for the final T20 and the ODI series coming up next. WI main aim right now will be to avoid white wash. There is no doubt that Pakistan has been playing very well from the T20 World Cup. Their moral and confidence level can be seen in this series too. In the second match, I think the bowlers were complacent or a little overconfident because of which WI was able to score 163 runs. Still they won the match and I think they will win the third match too. |
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I can’t believe how low WI player’s standards have fallen, because not long ago they were dominating T20 format but now they’re absolutely poor in this format too. Also Pakistan will be eyeing a whitewash win, hence I don’t expect them to show any mercy against WI in the final match.
I think Windies team is attracting unnecessary criticism, we all know what's the actual reason for this down fall (Mercenary behavior of big guns). Quickly looked at their squad roaster and i hardly find any recognizable name in the squad (only 4-5 names) and couple of em already ruled out due to covid so you can't compare this team to previous ones, even recent WC squad. Only positive for Windies is that their new players getting enough experience by playing against quality Pakistani team. Almost the whole team is pretty new in this series. But, out of these new players, there should be a few who would perform in this series and will cement their name in the national team. I do not see that happening in this series as most of us are predicting a complete whitewash by the Pakistani side. That means this is an issue of the Windies board who have not selected good players for this series or they do not have any talent left. |
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This is really bad. Whoever has done it, is not a supporter of cryptocurrency to be honest. Because such kind of heinous act actually brings down the reputation of Indian crypto community in front of the government. That shouldn't have happened!
Scammers have no motive except taking money, don't think there is any personal agenda in these. A scam is a Scam, whoever did this wants the Indian crypto community to suffer. It is a possibility that someone from the Priminister PR team might have done it but, why? As per my understanding, it is also handled by the ruling parties IT cell Why I do not believe that it is an internal doing is that this is not the first time that hackers were able to gain access to celebrity Twitter handles and this might be another instance. Whatever happened this incident might hit back the Indian crypto community. |
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PM Narendra Modi's Twitter account was hacked for a brief period a few days back. The hacker posted a scam message which I have posted below. Now my question is how secure is twitter? This is not the first time something like this has happened and it seems Twitter has now become the best place for Bitcoin scammers.  Do you think such an issue will increase the chance of a more robust and strict law apart from the bill that is planned to be presented in this session of Parliament? |
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NFT is super hyped and after Amitabh Bachchan and the news that Rajnikant will also enter it will become viral. What I like about it is that, these superstars are promoting cryptocurrency indirectly. Another aspect of NFT that in my opinion is it will help many new and upcoming graphic designers. Only if they are able to come up with some unique creation. What I dislike is that only celebrities are cashing out. Not all graphic designers are making enough money.
In my point of view a common man who is a good on canvas such as a wallboard painter cannot earn through NFT. He will still struggle to make his or her ends meet.
What do you guys think?
NFT is a garbage! It may be good for celebrities because they have something to back them up. If you own a NFT created by Amitabh Bacchan, then you have something to say about your purchase. But as a common man, it means nothing. If I create an image, I don't have anything to back up to increase its value so regardless of the quality of my images, it won't get any attention. NFT market is just riding on hype. This hype is bound to decease after a certain time period and may never ckme back again. It's a great tool for money laundering as well. So prefer to stay clear out of this market. You are right but people are going after this hype and some have also made tons in the NFT market. After celebrities now big companies are also venturing into this craze. Read a few days back the Pepsi has launched its first brand NFT known as Pepsi Mic Drop. They know this will generate a good income for them. Since I have been researching on NFT I have also seen people investing 0.03E and selling at 0.2E in a month time. While the crypto market is in red the NFT market is still in green. |
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Teams like West Indies, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are declining day by day. They have failed to find new talented players after their star players retired. Bangladesh has recently lost all the matches of the series against Pakistan. It seems to me that the West Indies will also lose all the matches against Pakistan. 3 T20 and 3 ODI matches will be played in this series.
You are correct these three have not been performing well when it comes to international tournaments. New players are also not up to international standards. There is so much talent in these three countries but the selectors are not able to find one it seems. Only a few players from these sides have been consistently performing. Unless their board reevaluate the selection procedure I do not think these three countries will be able to increase their performance level. |
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Haha yeah for like 30-40 minutes. Fox sports feed went poof and everyone suffered. It was hilarious tho, literally felt like i was watching county cricket or some other local league.
Even when they resumed the coverage, it was not the usual stuff. I don't really understand the point in reducing the number of passes allotted to the TV staff, giving the excuse of COVID protocols. They can reduce the number of viewers, but how can they reduce the number of technical staff? Even after two years, it is really irritating to see at least some of the countries engaging in this sort of restrictions. And I guess in Australia the vast majority of the adult population are already vaccinated. There is nothing wrong with taking precautions. But, they should allow TV staff from the next match onwards otherwise this same incident can again happen. I think it might have been a link failure someone might have tripped on the wire lol. Even after two years the virus is not leaving us and has been upgrading itself continuously. |
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