3d printing going to play a big role in this as well.

3d printed brain-tissue-cells then sub conscience transfer with the AI or whatever brainy guys call it.

Shit load amount of Rats going to die in this process.

https://www.3ders.org/articles/20190403-3d-printed-transparent-skull-lets-scientists-see-how-the-brain-works.html

Dhoni is eying on 20-20 World cup too which is scheduled in 2020, after that it makes sense for him to retire for his own good and for the team too. I am sure he will pass responsibility to new talents such as Ishan Kishan and Rishab Pant after 2020. and there are high chances that in ODI he can retire after this world cup.



Got bored Af 

Yeah, Hoomans are crazy...

When Twerk day for a pussy cat.

If I get to choose my playing XI for oz then Warner is my go-to opener any day be it Test Cricket or ODI. I highly rate him as a batsman, arguably one of the modern great. When comparing him with Khwaja (because he's new in ODI) and Finch (He sucks at Red ball cricket, so far) Warner is miles ahead of both of them and he's a complete batsman in this era. they don't come anywhere close to him despite how good they play.

The only drawback for Warner is his behavior. he's considered as the bad boy by CA and not because of Sand Paper Saga. somehow he managed to piss off very important people in Australian cricket with his rebel character. (Read: Salary hike incident).

This Chennai's pitch is very bad for 20-20 format. don't know what mumbo jumbo curators doing here. bottom line is this pitch turning majority of matches into the one-sided match.

@Sithara007 You might wanna try some old wine sometime not only Harbhajan but majority player in CSK are old and their average age is above 30+ as a unit. so experience counts

@Pffrt Agreed Khwaja playing very good cricket for Oz and it would be a big mistake if he didn't make into World cup squad. there is cutthroat but healthy competition in OZ team for the opening pair between Khwaja, Finch, and Warner.

Chances are all of them going to make in 15 men squad easily but in playing 11 only 2 can play.

More importantly, his Wright starts with "W" Wrong

I will talk about his Red Ball captaincy mostly because I don't consider IPL's success-failure in the bigger picture due to various reasons. We already covered that In ODI, Dhoni got his back, we have seen many times when towards the inning Dhoni take charge of Field positions, and Virat covers Long On- Long Off.

Virat takes a risk in Red Ball cricket. There is a reason we saw a drastic change in Indian bowling line up. Before the Indian team mostly used to rely on Spinners but Kohli pushed his 4-5 fast bowlers strategy in Red Ball cricket, and we are getting the results. But on Batting strategy and Team selection, he failed miserably. Result; we lost against Proteas and English.

Now back to IPL. It's an entirely different set-up. Win and lose margin depends on many factors, captaincy is one of them but will point out only one which is very important and defines the team performance during the whole season.

Does Virat have any say during the IPL auction or not?

I don't care about poachers either but being killed by Elephant and then eaten by big cats sounds bad tbh.

but I understand your point of view because you may be seeing this incident as " hunter being hunted"


Guess, he was already dead when the pride of lions ate him, it mentioned in The Guardian's article.

To be honest I am not really surprised how Virat handles his RCB team in IPL. I have seen him choking or getting over excited on many occasion when playing Red Ball Cricket or White ball cricket. In shorter format he has Dhoni and Rohit, they keep him on the check regularly, I have mentioned this many times whenever I talk about Virat's captaincy.

I always feel that Batsman Virat overshadow Captain Kohli and his team in every format be it franchise cricket or International. Viart personally believes in giving his 100% when playing cricket and when he doesn't play cricket he's working hard on his fitness and cricketing skills. and he expects the same from his teammates but they are copying his beard style and Tattoo except for cricketing skills. When the team wins then every mistake hide behind the victory but when you are on losing end it looks pretty ugly.

When talking about the pressure of captaincy. he was too proud (or call cockiness) to accept his mistake on many occasions, Read South Africa, England Tour (Red Ball cricket) but now he slowly understanding that every player has a different skill set and not everybody can play like him. the good thing is He plays better cricket as a batsman when he feels the heat and pressure.

There is saying that "If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far go together" that's what he needs to learn from Dhoni if he wants to be great Captain.

Shane Warne suggested his 15 men squad for World Cup 2019

1.Warner  2.Short  3.Finch  4.Smith  5.Maxwell  6.Stoinis  7.Carey  8.Cummins  9.Starc  10.Richardson J (if fit)  11.Zampa

Reserve

12.Marsh S  13.N Lyon  14.A Turner  15.Coulter-Nile

Surprisingly he ruled out Usman Khwaja and Hazelwood
https://twitter.com/ShaneWarne/status/1115373903503712256

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100% agreed with you on this that the majority of cricket viewers belongs to South Asia but I don't see any wrong in this. Our discussion should focus on what ICC doing for World cricket, as of now they are going slow but they indeed trying hard in this regard.

I somehow agree with the @Sithara007 point of view because I am in favor of more countries participating in the Cricket World Cup but not accusations and name changing of World Cup lol.

@Royse bhai got tired repeating the same argument, again and again,  As long as we are discussing cricket related issue within a healthy and respectful manner then it's all fine.

Animal Poaching is a serious crime in South Africa and from 2007-2014 Rhino poaching increased by 9,000% . after 2014 recorded incident went down but still
poaching incidents are quite high and Organized Crime still active in this business.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/wildlife-watch-rhino-poaching-crisis-continues-south-africa/

But this time it's another way around, Incident happened in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

On Tuesday 2nd April some of the poachers reached out to one of the accomplice poacher's family only to inform that, Elephant had killed their relative during the Rhino hunt. The family contacted the Regional Ranger, and then the search began only to find out that his body was eaten by Pride of lions and authorities just found the deceased's skull and pants in the end.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/08/rhino-poacher-killed-by-an-elephant-and-then-devoured-by-lions
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47843999

Don't know what to Call it, poetic justice of Mother nature or the extreme result of Karma. But this kind of death is really horrifying.

Hahaha, I hope some reporter dare to say the same thing to Kohli during any press conference. Would be great to see Kohli's reaction after this and God save that reporter . I bet he will use his trademark words B....C... hahaha

Personally, I don't care RCB losing all the game here, I consider this failure blessing in disguise for Kohli because now less pressure on him which is very necessary for him, I don't want to see break him down mentally or physically before the world cup and he can recharge his energy so that he can bring his "A" game in the World Cup as a captain. Batsman Kohli is all set for the World Cup.

Yeah, there are lots of excitement among the cricket fans, including Bookies too and not to mention some fixtures like Ind Vs Pak match tickets already sold out and skyrocketing in the black market.

I am not expecting a very big upset in this world cup (top team getting out) because there is no Group system in this edition. every team will play 9 matches with each team so its highly unlikely that top teams failing in the row unless they somehow forget how to play . I think that during the tournament run rate, the winning margin can come in gameplay when teams competing for top 4 spots.

Pretty ordinary Sunday for IPL. We witnessed 2 one-sided Match where..

RCB hitting a new low in IPL- Loosing 6 games in a row, I don't recall if other teams ever achieved this special feat. on another side, Delhi needs to reevaluate its strategy as well. their middle order looks shaky atm. they keep to failing to finish the match (Read Rishab Pant and 2 quick wickets in the end). they were lucky that target was 150 runs.

RR disappointed their local fans too. surprisingly it was like they were playing in the Alien conditions and completely unaware of their home condition. KKR were too good for them in all department in the end.

Hope will not witness one-sided matches in upcoming matches.

Its good to see that you now moved on from your previous accusations and talking about Cricket now.

I suggest you should check the links which already posted in this thread by other posters. this would clear your confusion about Cricket popularity around the World. It ranks 2nd in the world.

I agree In England and Australia cricket is not the most popular sport despite being a national sport but its arguably in 2 and 3rd spot when competing with Football and Netball/NRL respectively. Having said that you might wanna check Cricket craze during Ashes too.

In case you don't know there are almost 90+ countries who play cricket as an Associate member, but they are yet to qualify for Full Member. Recently Afganistan and Ireland promoted as a Full member. I am sure you know what's the condition of Afganistan. its war-torn country and not very rich but still they managed to qualify for Full membership. only because of their dedication and love for the game. if they can then everybody can.

If you think ICC doing nothing for World Cricket then that might be news for you that ICC already Gave 20-20 status to All Associate Members.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23324980/t20s-all-icc-members-international-status

And I strongly suggest that you should Google " World Cricket League" and check process of qualifier. I am sure, after checking this you will retract your quote

Will have.....

Should we quote this too?

See you in 2022!