I dont know how MEssi is gonna arrive to the next World CUp, right now he is in good level but i see him being so much tired than before, and with two years more ahead, is gonna be dificult to see him playing at high level, clearly he can still play in one leg or stary in one position and keep being a key player but can be more complicated than that.
Messi is not Ronaldo. At this point, Ronaldo is playing high quality football for Al Nassr. On the other hand, Messi has moved to Major League Soccer, which is not considered as one of the top-tier football leagues in the world. And from what I have seen recently, ageing is very evident in his performance. He maybe two years younger than Ronaldo, but I have a feeling that he is no longer in his prime. Anyway, we have these two players in action today, as Al Nassr is taking on Inter Miami at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. This match will give us an opportunity to compare the performance of both of them. |
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Khulna Tigers is moving very impressive this season and they are providing some good stuff and giving their best play to the audience and they are moving forward like they have worked hard in their whole training session. They have already won their match against the Team Rangpur Tigers in which Muhammad Nawaz was completely in the form and he takes over the control of batting by scoring the 55 runs in 34 balls which is good in t20 at this stage.
Khulna has won all the matches they have played so far and they are at the top of the points table with 8 points. In their last match, they smashed Durdanto Dhaka by a margin of 10 wickets. From what I have seen, Khulna has the perfect team balance. They have batsmen who are perfectly suited for the T20I format, such as Evin Lewis, Anamul Haque and Afif Hossain. And then they have the perfect mix of pacers and spinners, including Mohammad Wasim and Dasun Shanaka on one side and Mohammad Nawaz/Nasum Ahmed on the other. |
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A good match between the team Afghanistan U19 and USA was over and I have seen that a team like USA is going to move forward and they played in a challenging way that they have almost restricted the Afghanistan Team and they were in a trouble even to win the match at least they have won the match with only having the 3 balls remaining and the 3 wickets was in their hand. Although I have give an applause to the team USA that how fast they made themselves in a situation like this.
These two teams failed to qualify for the Super6 and I would consider them among the weakest teams playing in this tournament along with Namibia and Scotland. USA suffered a heavy defeat against Ireland, while Afghanistan lost a close match against Nepal in the group phase. I am not surprised with the performance from USA, but was disappointed with Afghanistan. Normally Asian teams are quite good in age-group cricket, but Afghanistan in this tournament has been an exception. Even Nepal performed decently so far. |
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I don't like Trump, but Biden is obviously the worst president for crypto. I'm sure you are aware of what Biden's people in Congress are trying to do, trying to ban bitcoin, ban mining, ban the right to self-custody... They made a number of crypto companies migrate out of the US. They shadow banned bitcoin by not allowing companies to get licenses to operate without any reason. They were denying bitcoin ETF for no reason as well, since in 2018 they allowed futures, but in 2021 the administration changed, Biden became the president and the applications for spot ETFs started to be denied for no reason. Senator Warren is basically Biden's right hand and she's not only a CBDC supporter, but also a hater of freedom. If she displays such attitude, I bet Biden does as well, but he's advised not to talk too much about it because it would be very easy for the people to prove that he has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to bitcoin. He doesn't even know the basics of how it works.
I like Vivek and he now supports Trump. It would be great if the guy became VP.
IMO Trump is going to win if he doesn't get involved in some scandal, or put in jail and it's going to be the lesser evil for the crypto space.
Trump is not overly pro-Bitcoin and Biden is not anti-Bitcoin. If Biden was against Bitcoin, then he had 4 years with him to ban the cryptocurrency exchanges and ban trading of Bitcoin. These extreme steps were not taken. And let's not forget the fact that although the permission was delayed several times, in the end the approval for Bitcoin ETF came from the Biden administration. And in recent days I am not hearing much about the CBDC shit. Probably the governments have realized that CBDC can't replace Bitcoin, no matter how much they try. |
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India did lose the last match in a very unexpected way. But I hope they will be able to do better in the next match. And now India will also be careful about taking things for granted. Because India could have easily won the match. But it was a great comeback from England. India will have to make sure that if they are in a situation like that again, they do not give England any chance. And even though we have not seen England perform really well recently, I think they do have a chance to actually win the series.
Indians were too complacent. They took things too lightly. What was the need to include two pacers (Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj) in the squad, when the pitch was not offering any sort of support for them? The track was tailor made to suit the spinners, and it backfired on the Indians as Tom Hartley routed them. Instead of Siraj, they could have gone for a pace bowling allrounder such as Shardul Thakur. Siraj bowled a total of 11 overs in this match and went wicketless. Bumrah on the other hand picked up 6 crucial wickets. |
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Anyone following SA20? Durban's Super Giants won yet another match yesterday, against the Pretoria Capitals. Matthew Breetzke scored 73 from just 46 balls to take them to 174/9. In return Capitals fell short by 8 runs with Junior Dala taking 5 wickets. Keshav Maharaj's captaincy has really worked well so far. His tactics were spot on in this match as well, and Dala's introduction to the attack is a perfect example. DSG is now at the top of the table with 32 points from 9 matches. They have won 7 matches so far. Paarl Royals are far behind with 22 points from 8 matches.
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With Pakistan and India winning their Super6 matches, it is almost certain that these two teams will qualify from the Super6 phase to the semi-finals. Bangladesh and New Zealand have two points each. NZ has only one match remaining, and therefore they don't have any chance to qualify to the next phase. Bangladesh need to win the next two matches by big margins, if they want to keep their hopes alive. From Group 2, West Indies have overtaken Sri Lanka in terms of points, but Australia remains as the front-runner.
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India U19 vs New Zealand U19
New Zealand U19 and India U19 will take on each other today in the first match of the U19 World Cup Superfix.
Earlier India U19 team played three matches and won all three.As a result they are in a very strong position.New Zealand u19, on the other hand, have won two out of three matches and lost one. Three matches will be held today in Super Six in which total six teams will participate.
India is in a more favorable position. They already have 4 points in Super6 and one more win would guarantee their entry to the semi-finals. New Zealand on the other hand need to win both of their Super6 matches to do so. And also, today we have the Pakistan vs Ireland match. In case Pakistan manages to win this one, then they are through to the semis. Nepal and Ireland are pointless in Super6, and have minimal chances to qualify for the next phase. New Zealand and Bangladesh are two teams who have small chances if they win all of their matches. |
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I really appreciate the performance of Khulna Tigers. The first partnership enter in stadium and they come out after winning match. Durdanto Dhaka is little bit weak in this league. They only collected 130 runs in 20 overs and lost 9 wickets. Bowling was also good from KT. Especially if you will see the Muhammad Nawaz performance. He collected 3 wickets for 15 runs. He is the player of the match too. Excellent performance KT and congratulations.  It's pure humiliation for Durdanto Dhaka. They lost the match by 10 wickets, and with 32 balls remaining. And all this after the first wicket partnership between Saim Ayub and Mohammad Naim put up 75 runs for the first wicket. From a relatively strong position of 75/0 after 8.5 overs, Dhaka ended up at just 130/9. In 11 overs, Dhaka could add just 55 runs, and lost 9 wickets. Mohammad Nawaz was unplayable and returned figures of 4-0-15-3. Mohammad Wasim was even more economical and had figures of 4-0-13-2. |
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Without Kohli, Jadeja, Rahul being there, now it feels like a youngsters team. Washington is perfect replacement for Jadeja, I don't think anyone else could replace him better. Sarfraz Khan, I have heard his name and watched him in Delhi Capitals, wasn't impressed, let's see how he does here. Don't think Saurabh will get chance while a Kuldeep is there.
Patidar better get chance in playing XI in 2nd test. Kuldeep Yadav in all probability will replace Ravindra Jadeja. Saurabh Kumar and Washington Sundar have been added to the squad, but chances are that they may not get a place in the playing XI. One of them may find a place in case Indian selectors opt for just one pacer. Saurabh Kumar is a well known name in Indian domestic circuit, and recently performed well against the England Lions. And it is a straight battle between Rajat Patidar vs Sarfaraz Khan to replace KL Rahul. IMO, Patidar will be a better choice given Sarfaraz's lack of consistency. |
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Today Three matches of the Super Six will be played where India U19 will face New Zealand U19. Sri Lanka U19 will face West Indies U19 and Pakistan U19 will face Ireland U19.
These three matches are likely to be tightly contested matches between Sri Lanka U19 and West Indies U19 but the competition between the remaining two teams will not be as intense as between Sri Lanka U19 and West Indies U19. Not very sure about the India vs New Zealand match. The Kiwis lost their group phase against Pakistan by a margin of 10 wickets (after being bowled out for just 140 runs). Indian attack is equally strong, and in case they are betting first I am not expecting New Zealand to put up a challenging total. Also, I don't know how challenging the Ireland vs Pakistan match will be. Pakistan is in top form, and Ireland has struggled till now. Their only win came against the United States. They lost to India by a massive margin of 201 runs. |
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In the first game which is between India U19 vs New Zealand U19 the odds favor India. I do agree with it as the Kiwis are not that good against the Indian bowling and batting depth. What makes India a strong team is its very good middle order. What makes India a good bowling side is its spin attack which the Kiwis struggle with.
Second match Sri Lanka U19 vs West Indies U19, West Indies are the favorite to win and they are a far better team than Srilanka. The last match between Pakistan U19 vs Ireland U19, we know which team is the favorite to win and there should not be any question about it. I am a bit confused about all this. Why there is no India vs Pakistan match there in Super6? Tomorrow, there is a match between India and New Zealand, and on 2nd February there is one between India and Nepal. But there is no match against Pakistan. Why is this? 3 teams qualified from Group B (Pakistan, New Zealand and Nepal). So ideally Group A teams (including India) should play against all three from Group B, right? On the other hand, Pakistan will play against Ireland and Bangladesh (30th January and 3rd February respecitvely). |
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Bad news for India.
Rahul and Jadeja are ruled out from the 2nd test match due to quadriceps pain and hamstring respectively. Would have been better if Gill and Iyer were the injured ones lol Btw replacements are Sarfaraz (finally haha). Sundar and Saurabh Kumar.
Given his extended bowling spells, it was just a matter of time before Ravindra Jadeja got injured. Let's not forget the fact that he's already 35 years old. I would say the same thing about Ravichandran Ashwin as well, as he is 37 now. Jadeja bowled a total of 52 overs in the first test, followed by Ashwin at 50 overs. Axar and the seamers were underutilized by India. And it would be better if India goes to the second test with just one pace bowler. Mohammed Siraj bowled a total of 11 overs in the first test. What is the point in including him to the playing XI? |
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I am going to tell you how Tagenarine Chanderpaul was out in the second innings. He was safe but Hazlewood convinced to Pat Cummins to take a review and he took and I think it was a very good judgement for them.
It was an out swing + air swing and this type of ball can't be played by Tagenarine Chanderpaul. He tried to hit on the leg side because he thought it was a wide yorker but when the balls came closer so he judged that it was not a wide yorker so he fastly moved back his foot and forward to the bat but the bat's edge touched and went to keeper's hands but the umpire did not see that it was out , so for this they took a review.
Luck was with the Australians. But that doesn't mean that Tagenarine Chanderpaul performed decent enough. So far in this series, he has been pathetic. A lot was expected from him, given his recent form and family background. But it seems now that this series may put his career at risk. And that doesn't mean that other West Indian batsmen performed any better. None of them could get to a century. Only Kavem Hodge and Joshua Da Silva in the first innings and Kirk McKenzie in the second made decent contributions with the bat. |
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Pakistan won the match against New Zealand by 10 wickets, and whenever any team won Pakistan won by 10 wickets so I just remember the 2021 match of Pakistan vs India when how Babar Azam and Rizwan finished the game of the Indian team and after that match Buveshkumar career has been finished, but this tie we will see this in under 19 against New Zealand under 19 team and from this match Pakistan team won all the matches that they played in this World Cup in group stages.
This was a wonderful match, this time Shamyl Hussain and Shahzaib Khan finished the game of New Zealand, Pakistan team loves to play against New Zealand. New Zealand is a small country with a population of around 4 million. At senior level, they are able to compete against the top teams, partly due to influx of players from South Africa, India and some of the other countries. But at U19 level, I don't think that they have this advantage. On the other hand, Pakistan has a youthful population and a huge player pool. So the outcome of this match is not very surprising for me. Anyway, both the teams have qualified for the Super6 phase. Let's see how they perform at this stage. |
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Rehan and Hartley were rather expensive for test cricket, don't you think? While Leach and Wood were significantly inexpensive, only Root was one who was good both economically and also took wickets.
Being expensive is OK. But it is important to take wickets. My issue is that both these bowlers had combined figures of 49-4-236-4. If not for Joe Root, India could have easily made a total of 500-550. England tried the same tactic used by Australia when they toured India last time. They included inexperienced spinners such as Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann in the playing XI and actually it worked quite well. But Rehan and Hartley were unable to repeat the success of Murphy/Kuhnemann. They just don't have the same quality. |
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Durdanto Dhaka team performed very badly as I can see the list of players total five players got out for zero runs. One player only Ross scored 51 runs and rest of the players performed poorly. It is never possible to survive by competing with the Rangpur Riders team with mind-blowing performances. That's why I consider Durdanto Dhaka team as a low class team as their performance has been discussed by many. The batting line and bowling line are so weak that the players of the Dhaka team seem very insignificant to other players. Dhaka team has been ranked 6th in the points table. Considering the team totals so far in this season of the BPL, the target set by Rangpur Riders was a bit too much for Durdanto Dhaka. Babar Azam lead from the front, and then Brandon King, Nurul Hasan and Azmatullah Omarzai all made good contributions. And I was actually surprised with the tactics being employed by the Dhaka captain (Mosaddek Hossain). He have just two overs to his best bowler (Taskin Ahmed), while allowing inexperienced players such as Alauddin Babu to complete their full quota of 4 overs. |
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A 10-wicket win is a huge achievement for the Pakistan U19 team. In this match, the Pakistan U19 team fans were surprised by the impressive batting of the two openers of the Pakistan U19 team. Pakistan U19 team players dominated this match from start to finish. First, the bowling of the Pakistan U-19 team was able to wound the New Zealand U-19 team for 140 runs. As the bowlers of Pakistan U19 team continued to destroy the batsmen of New Zealand U19 team one by one, the players of Pakistan U19 team started to accumulate more energy in their minds. The Pakistan U19 team became so formidable that it caused failure for the New Zealand U19 team. The biggest failure of New Zealand U19 team, Pakistan U19 team, could not break the pair of two openers. The advantage with age group teams of sub-continental nations such as India and Pakistan is that many of their U19 players already have first class experience (and in some cases even international experience). Historically Pakistan has performed really well in the U19 world cup, and in turn this tournament has produced a disproportionate number of future international players for Pakistan. But all that said, I will not consider Pakistan as one of the favorites in this tournament. IMO, they rank lower than India and Australia at the moment. |
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Victory for Pakistan team by 10 wickets in this match. Seven bowlers used by kiwis and none was able to pick any wicket. NZ lost 4 early wickets but then there is 61 runs partnership between Lachlan Stackpole and Oliver Tewatiya that raise chances of NZ giving big target. Once this partnership was broken by Naveed wickets start falling once again and whole NZ team got out for just 140 runs in 38 overs.
Anyway, both Pakistan and New Zealand have qualified for Super6 phase along with Nepal in Group D. But in Super6, they will face tough opposition, including India and Bangladesh. In the other Super6 group, the competition is even tougher, with teams like Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa and England. Zimbabwe is the only weak team in this group. So far looking at the group phase matches, India and Australia have the highest chances of winning the trophy. England and South Africa also have good chances. |
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Ben is not bowling in this test because he is recovering from knee operation. Now England is playing with only one fast bowler which is Mark wood. England have done quite good in second innings because of Ollie Pope 148 runs innings. England lead is 126 runs on completion of day 3. England avoided innings defeat but test defeat is still inevitable. While India was bowling, Jasprit Bumrah picked up a few crucial wickets. If England had one more pacer apart from Mark Wood, then they could have been more successful. Even Stokes's part-time pace would have made an impact. In India's innings, out of the 121 overs, only 17 overs were bowled by pacers. The pitch at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad may be supportive of spin, but England lacked any variety in spin department. And then Indians are among the world's best while facing spin bowling. |
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