Really pathetic performance from the Netherlands. When they managed to defeat South Africa, a lot of people were praising them and were asking the ICC to provide more opportunities for the associate nations. But today's defeat was so embarrassing that this is not just a setback for the Dutch but also for the associate nations as a whole. The ICC on the other hand has got the perfect example to exclude associates from future events. There is no justification for their poor performance today. It was just plain horrible.
We can't expect much from them, they did their best, and expecting them to win against big teams every match is too much in my opinion. Their brilliance will inspire more people to play the game, so over the next few years they will have a complete side to beat the other side. Yes, it's pathetic performance, but they showed they can beat a team like SA too so that they will embrace for a while. |
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Also, correct the spelling of blockchain in the thread title.
Thanks for noticing it. 
Thanks for your feedbacks guys. Something is better than nothing so It's good to embrace anything may relate to cryptocurrency in my opinion and blockchain technology is going to be the future apart from crypto, so this is also the transition phase for the upcoming generation to choose their right path in their graduation which will help them to survive in the unstable employment space. |
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There is not a big difference in runs between the top two players on this table, hoping Kohli dethrones Quinton de Kock after the next Indian match against England.
The actual reason why our player can't be in number 1 position is due to the Indian bowlers who picked 50 wickets in 5 matches, so not enough runs on the board from opposition.
After his sickness he looks a little bit distracted and off form. Till now he has not played the way he was playing before the World Cup started.
I feel that things are okay now from batting unit, Rohit could have been the top scorer if he decided to play like that but he clearly said he wanted to play good for the team so he starts of his innings with big shots from ball 1 but the 2019 Rohit would start slow and once he scores 50 odd runs then he will shift the attack and move on to big tons.
Hardik will miss out Match against England too and possibly even the match against SL considering his recovering situation, still the official report is yet to come from medical team. For now it's okay but we definitely need him when the tournament progress especially at knockout stage because he is a bowler can bowl 10 overs and batsman can score 100 too. So what do you think about the probable XI? The same team or we can expect any changes. |
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Hindustan Petroleum, one of India’s largest oil and gas companies, is launching a blockchain system to enable automated verification of purchase orders.
HPCL has partnered with the blockchain software firm Zupple Labs to integrate its blockchain-based digital credentialing technology into the purchase order system, the firms said in a joint announcement.
"These POs will be dispatched to vendors, which in turn can be shared with third parties. Any third-party verifier can directly verify these POs on the HPCL vendor portal verification application"Source
This is not related to cryptocurrency but its related to payment and blockchain so I guess this should be considered as good thing to happen in India which may expose blockchain to more people which may eventually let them know about cryptocurrency too. Any of you guys came across this news? Because its announced almost a week ago and I didn't notice it until yesterday so I just wanted to share this and also would like to hear your views about this news and especially will it helps cryptocurrency in anyway?
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Australia vs Netherlands, 24th Match
Toss win: Aus
Team win: Aus
Best Batsmen: Mitchell Marsh
Best bowler: Josh Hazlewood
I missed submitting my prediction for the last two games, so I am kind of submitting sooner than usual.
Very important game for Australia and with these upsets its kind of favoring Aussies most now than any other teams, so hopefully they found their right combination for this tournament after pathetic start and when Aus starts their winning streak then it's not going to be easy to stop them so going all in with Aus in this match.
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Congratulations to our winners:
Digital:
1st - Alcadios
2nd/3rd - DevilSlayer
2nd/3rd - xLays
4th - Maus0728
Craft:
1st - taufik123
2nd - lucifur
3rd - Johnyz
Animations:
1st - DevilSlayer
2nd - Hatchy
Painting:
1st - summonerrk
2nd - Darkelf11
3rd - Twentyonepaylots
Hand Drawn:
1st - summonerrk
2nd - Darkelf11
3rd - Apocollapse
1st - Alcadios  2nd/3rd - DevilSlayer  2nd/3rd - xLays  4th - Maus0728 
Craft:1st - taufik123  2nd - lucifur  3rd - Johnyz 
Painting: 1st - summonerrk  2nd - Darkelf11  3rd - Twentyonepaylots 
Hand Drawn: 1st - summonerrk  2nd - Darkelf11  3rd - Apocollapse  |
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This match is so interesting to watch somehow. I still think Afghanistan could lose this, there will be hat-trick or something, probably just delusion.
I missed one of the exciting match of this tournament due to my busy schedule and to be honest I didn't even track the scores of either teams but at the time of match end I am surprised to see Pakistan got upset by AFG and most convincingly which shows the weakness of Pakistan's both batting and bowling and if they want to ensure their ability they have to make a big comeback against bigger teams or they will be considered as depleting cricket nation. While Pakistan is on field we can expect many things with drama and suspense as well which is nature of this team same happen in today game with at the end Afghanistan have their first win against Pakistan which is good for them after having big win against England now things are going worst for the two losers because they have minimum chances for the top four after this performance specially Pakistan which is completely failed to give their best after win against Sri Lanka. Here we have to praise Afghanistan which done good performance in all departments and have two big wins in this event with most chances they could be still out of the top six, but they have already done impressive job their lost against Bangladesh is surely going to hurt them otherwise I have feeling they could be in top six without any problem. Due to this loss Australia got better edge to be in the top 4 which was once at the bottom of the table so this week is going to be an exciting week, and probably it will give the sure contenders for top 4 spots at the end of this week. So now the second half of the tournament, any team with good spin attack can't be taken as easy pick. |
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This match is so interesting to watch somehow. I still think Afghanistan could lose this, there will be hat-trick or something, probably just delusion.
I missed one of the exciting match of this tournament due to my busy schedule and to be honest I didn't even track the scores of either teams but at the time of match end I am surprised to see Pakistan got upset by AFG and most convincingly which shows the weakness of Pakistan's both batting and bowling and if they want to ensure their ability they have to make a big comeback against bigger teams or they will be considered as depleting cricket nation. |
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which team do you think will beat India first?
25 points for right prediction
I would say India will go undefeated in this world cup tournament and lift the trophy again after 12 years. If you still insist for a name, then South Africa is the only remaining team can possibly do that due to their terrific batting ability, but don't forget they also lost to NED by 30 odd runs. |
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Shami Got five wicket haul in his first match itself so I think this is enough why he should be played in the playing XI over Takur. There is no debate about who the better bowler is, Shami would be a permanent fix if India had the luxury to pick the 3rd pacer and Shardul Thakur gives some stability to the tail and even in this match, if India losses one more wicket, the weak tail is exposed and New Zealand have a chance to turn things around. Yeah, I agree with you the long Indian tail can be an issue even if we need run a ball like 10 needed from 10 balls and with the last four batsmen then the match will go against us. So this means we are going to go with Takur? If they required an extra batter and who can bowl 5 overs, then Ashwin can do the same even better in Run rate column irrespective of pitch condition. Let's celebrate the win today and rivalry against NZ over 20 years in ICC completed now from India. Really disappointed when Virat got out, I felt that he should looked to hit boundary and take a single to complete his ton, but it didn't happen. Jadeja's batting box also ticked with this match completion, and we really deserved the top spot now more than any other team.
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Indians bowling attack again started extraordinarily against the best team which put the Conway under pressure and when he tried to hit he get caught at mid-wicket and Shami bowled a beauty in his first ever ball of this tournament and took Will young's wicket.
India is really in strong position now and without Kane Williamson then their middle order could be shaken down.
Shami could have got his second wicket if Jadeja could have taken the simple catch of Rachin. The spinners have stopped the flow of runs for now. They have brought the run rate below 5 again, we should expect another wicket anytime now. Indian bowling attack has been one of its plus point. They have been able to comeback everytime when the opponent batters have tried to increase the run flow. Shami Got five wicket haul in his first match itself so I think this is enough why he should be played in the playing XI over Takur. As of now, its testing situation for the Indian middle order KL got out unfortunately from review and SKY run out due to miscommunication and extraordinary fielding from New Zealand hopefully Kohli and Jaddu will take this match closer to the target. Still 73 runs needed of 86 balls. |
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Indians bowling attack again started extraordinarily against the best team which put the Conway under pressure and when he tried to hit he get caught at mid-wicket and Shami bowled a beauty in his first ever ball of this tournament and took Will young's wicket.
India is really in strong position now and without Kane Williamson then their middle order could be shaken down.
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Match 21:India vs New Zealand Toss Win: India Team Win: India Best Batsman: KL Rahul Best Bowler: Bumrah I guess this is going to be the biggest match of this tournament at this stage since its between two undefeated team and for the record NZ did always better against India in ICC events and who can forget that 2019 WC semi-final.  Availability of Williamson is still unknown, I remember on commentary of yesterday match they said Kane Williamson will play this match, but many experts say that he won's, so We can find out only at the toss. Not to forget Hardik is big loss for India and finding the right balance in the team is going to be a real challenge now, so excited to see what combination India is going to bring especially at the swinging condition. |
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Mad respect for the Netherlands. They successfully restricted this destructive South Africa's middle order. After watching SA vs ENG, their win against SA looks even more juicer. I hope ICC taking all the notes.
And they did with limited resources too, most of the players doesn't even practice a lot for cricket and I heard one of the player used to be a delivery person couple of months before the world cup while the front-runners are preparing themselves for years so yes mad respect for them. This performance may inspire the people from the Netherlands and in the coming years they will come as strong team with proper resources too. |
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16% of Indian citizens own crypto ? I guess the number was lower than 10%. According to previous years reports I guess less than 5% global population owns crypto.
So we can imagine how early we are and what will happen when the number goes above 10%.
Indian citizens contribute a lot to the global crypto population and I think the number will keep increasing.
I doubt that even 5% is unrealistic based on comparing the Indian population. If 5% is true then we should have 210 million crypto users from India and if that is true then why the biggest crypto Indian community is filled with numbers less than 20. Gold is far ahead in India in terms of comparison but the upcoming generation starts to realize the importance of investment, so hopefully they will choose the decentralized bitcoin over shitcoins. |
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The match is played in Dharamshala which showed that chasing a total is a bit tricky where Netherlands defeated South Africa and England scored 364 batting first, so the toss is an important factor.
India is having better bowling attack than other teams so either its chasing or defending we have the quality unit for that especially all of them are in extreme form since Asia cup. Still the Playing XI for tomorrow's match is unpredictable and for Kiwis Williamson seems to fit for tomorrow's match and if he plays then we will have some worries though cause he is someone who can defend and attack whenever needed and he is used to Indian pitches as well as against India. I would love to see SKY too but will the team management take the risk on this match? I don't think so. |
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We never imagined that 2019 champions England would perform so badly. As England have won only against Bangladesh and lost the remaining three matches, England's chances of winning will also become difficult in the later matches as well.
They are approaching the ODI game in the T20I mode that is why they are failing. I didn't expect this to happen at all and today everyone learnt a lesson about how someone shouldn't approach their game when chasing no matter how deep their batting line up is. For the last wicket they had a 70 run partnership which helped them to stay away from the bottom of the table but from now to reaching the top 4 seems quite an impossible task for ENG. |
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Netherlands vs Sri Lanka, 19th Match Toss Win: Sri Lanka Team Win: Netherlands Best Batsman: Kusal Mendis, Best Bowler: Bas de Leede I guess Sri Lanka might record their first win tomorrow, but I am going to take a wild chance and let's see if Dutchmen can repeat what they did few days back. and can bring me some bonus points as well for me.
England vs South Africa, 20th Match Toss Win: South Africa Team Win: England Best Batsman: Quinton de Kock Best Bowler: Reece Topley This match is really a tough one because both teams are equally strong and coming from a defeat of underdog team but this match is more important for England so I guess they will do everything they can to keep their name in top 4 of the table. |
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The major problem is that these ads are also displayed on TVs where even the kids watch it and get attracted to it.
Government should ban such ads to be displayed on TVs. Advertisements of Condoms with sultry scenes done by famous actresses are also there, these are usually the gulity pleasures of many kids and were once ours too when internet access was not so common. Same with gambling based ads, in my opinion. Actually government is the one who advertised about condom but with different words or atleast in southern India which is to create awareness about the protection now it became a business then company which manufactures it doing in the creative ways.
But don't you think that getting addicted towards gambling does more harm then porn ?
Showing condom ads the most that can happen is that a kid can get addicted to porn but if he gets addicted to gambling then he might start stealing money as well and end up in huge losses.
That is my major concern with showing gambling ads on TV.
By seeing condom someone intimidated then they need to work on it.  Porn is pretty dangerous too, and it has more psychological effect on an individual like creating an imaginary world of how these things happen is the reason people get divorced and feel not satisfied by their partner, but reality is completely different and for the reference we can even watch the interview of famous porn stars though. Another serious damage is it can make someone blunt if they consume excessive porn and its also same as any other addiction will have bad effect on the lifestyle. |
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After 28 overs, Pakistan collected 181 runs from 132 balls, the team still needs 187 runs. If the batsmen can't bat at a good strike rate then they won't be able to win this match from now on. They now need around 8.5 runs per over to win.
The required run rate keeps on creeping and if Australia is able to pick wickets then it is going to be a difficult chase for Pakistan even though they had a good start just like Australia when they started. With the way Australia started, for a while i expected them to score above 400 but full credits to Pakistan bowlers for pulling the match back and started picking up wickets after breaking the opening partnership. Losing a pile of wickets after a mammoth partnership is very common but in the last 10 overs Pakistani bowlers managed to keep the scoring level below par which helped them to score than what we expected. But what I didn't expect is good opening from Pakistani batsmen which actually put them in a better stand even now while Babar again failed and with long tail they can only hope that Rizwan can repeat the same that he did with Sri Lanka. |
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