Cricket match prediction discussions

[Sithara007]

Virat Kohli must feel like he is downgrading himself if he plays for domestic seasons right now. I think the main reason why he is not willing to do that is because of his ego. He has not performed well for a long time and we know even before his marriage they had a lot of drama simmering on between themselves. And that has also had some impact on his professional career but obviously, that was not worth much notice. But right now Virat Kohli seems to be so busy with his personal life that he doesn't seem to be giving enough time to his professional career. And this is the result of that.

If he is that busy with his personal life, then he should take some time off and stay with his family, right? If he thinks that playing domestic cricket will result in a downgrade, then I can't help. Legendary players such as Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Smith have played domestic cricket frequently despite their national commitments. Anyway, no one will force Virat to play domestic matches. If he don't want to play, then he don't need to. The decision by BCCI to allow family members to travel with the national team squad for overseas tours need to be revised. I guess that is causing a lot of issues and resulting in lack of focus.

[SATWAT]

Virat Kohli must feel like he is downgrading himself if he plays for domestic seasons right now. I think the main reason why he is not willing to do that is because of his ego. He has not performed well for a long time and we know even before his marriage they had a lot of drama simmering on between themselves. And that has also had some impact on his professional career but obviously, that was not worth much notice. But right now Virat Kohli seems to be so busy with his personal life that he doesn't seem to be giving enough time to his professional career. And this is the result of that.

If he is that busy with his personal life, then he should take some time off and stay with his family, right?

But now we can say most of the Indians cricketers are greedy, so they never look in this way.

[Juggy777]

Virat Kohli must feel like he is downgrading himself if he plays for domestic seasons right now. I think the main reason why he is not willing to do that is because of his ego. He has not performed well for a long time and we know even before his marriage they had a lot of drama simmering on between themselves. And that has also had some impact on his professional career but obviously, that was not worth much notice. But right now Virat Kohli seems to be so busy with his personal life that he doesn't seem to be giving enough time to his professional career. And this is the result of that.

If he is that busy with his personal life, then he should take some time off and stay with his family, right? If he thinks that playing domestic cricket will result in a downgrade, then I can't help. Legendary players such as Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Smith have played domestic cricket frequently despite their national commitments. Anyway, no one will force Virat to play domestic matches. If he don't want to play, then he don't need to. The decision by BCCI to allow family members to travel with the national team squad for overseas tours need to be revised. I guess that is causing a lot of issues and resulting in lack of focus.

@Sithara007 I’m waiting to see will Rohit and Dravid take the bold call of dropping Kohli, because if he’s choosing to avoid domestic cricket to get better then he should definitely be dropped. Furthermore dropping him temporarily could be the key to remind him why he needs to perform, and maybe then he’ll start performing again but if he yet fails then the selectors will have to consider about permanently dropping him.

[Sithara007]

@Sithara007 I’m waiting to see will Rohit and Dravid take the bold call of dropping Kohli, because if he’s choosing to avoid domestic cricket to get better then he should definitely be dropped. Furthermore dropping him temporarily could be the key to remind him why he needs to perform, and maybe then he’ll start performing again but if he yet fails then the selectors will have to consider about permanently dropping him.

Rohit for sure is not going to do that. If it backfires, then he can say goodbye to his captaincy ambitions for ever. Already he is facing mid-life crisis and probably doesn't want to antagonize Kohli at this point. On top of that, I heard that both Rohit and Virat are good friends. The call may come from Dravid. He is mild-natured guy, but can get very strict and stubborn. On top of that, Dravid enjoys good relations with Ganguly as well. If he takes the decision to drop Kohli, then it will be implemented without any delay.

[Rigon]

Virat Kohli must feel like he is downgrading himself if he plays for domestic seasons right now. I think the main reason why he is not willing to do that is because of his ego. He has not performed well for a long time and we know even before his marriage they had a lot of drama simmering on between themselves. And that has also had some impact on his professional career but obviously, that was not worth much notice. But right now Virat Kohli seems to be so busy with his personal life that he doesn't seem to be giving enough time to his professional career. And this is the result of that.

If he is that busy with his personal life, then he should take some time off and stay with his family, right? If he thinks that playing domestic cricket will result in a downgrade, then I can't help. Legendary players such as Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Smith have played domestic cricket frequently despite their national commitments. Anyway, no one will force Virat to play domestic matches. If he don't want to play, then he don't need to. The decision by BCCI to allow family members to travel with the national team squad for overseas tours need to be revised. I guess that is causing a lot of issues and resulting in lack of focus.

It was not right for Virat Kohli to do that. He never fixed the way he became housebound In fact, this is the first time I have seen a good player go down so easily.A field shaking player like him is very prestigious for a country.All the work he has done is not at all popular with people.But it is not right for his party to do so.It was his duty to keep Virat Kohli with his team and take the team forward.

[Sithara007]

It was not right for Virat Kohli to do that. He never fixed the way he became housebound In fact, this is the first time I have seen a good player go down so easily.A field shaking player like him is very prestigious for a country.All the work he has done is not at all popular with people.But it is not right for his party to do so.It was his duty to keep Virat Kohli with his team and take the team forward.

No one is denying his past contributions. But a time comes when the patience runs out. The same thing happened with Hardik Pandya, right? In case of Hardik, after he was dropped from the side, he focused really hard on his game and made a spectacular comeback. The problem with Kohli is that he is not even ready to admit that he is in trouble. Despite performing so poorly, he has refused to cut down on his activities other than cricket and focus on his game. And I can see that the selectors are at their at their wits end.

[doomloop]

No one is denying his past contributions. But a time comes when the patience runs out. The same thing happened with Hardik Pandya, right? In case of Hardik, after he was dropped from the side, he focused really hard on his game and made a spectacular comeback. The problem with Kohli is that he is not even ready to admit that he is in trouble. Despite performing so poorly, he has refused to cut down on his activities other than cricket and focus on his game. And I can see that the selectors are at their at their wits end.

Here just no Hardik Pandya we have too many other examples where players dropped from team due to poor performance, and they fight back for their place and achieve targets with their focus and good performance but sadly right now in Kohli case I am feeling BCCI inner politics is also having big part and as he is not having good interest in his performance and not giving any positive signal it's giving indicator that peoples behind him still are strong enough to giving him good back up for staying into team without good performance.

Three years is enough for any player from here now surely he dropped from team and bringing some other talented youngster is also very important for selectors if they want to be positive for future.

[Marvell1]

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If he is that busy with his personal life, then he should take some time off and stay with his family, right? If he thinks that playing domestic cricket will result in a downgrade, then I can't help. Legendary players such as Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Smith have played domestic cricket frequently despite their national commitments. Anyway, no one will force Virat to play domestic matches. If he don't want to play, then he don't need to. The decision by BCCI to allow family members to travel with the national team squad for overseas tours need to be revised. I guess that is causing a lot of issues and resulting in lack of focus.

I agree that he should take a break otherwise, I don’t think he will be able to play better any time soon. I really hate to comment on anyone's personal problems. Right now, personal issues are likely the only explanation for Virat Kohli's poor performance. He knew that when he married the Bollywood star, he was entering a life of glamour. But I don’t think he’s going to be able to handle that. Because his professional life is having a lot of negative effects.

@Sithara007 I’m waiting to see will Rohit and Dravid take the bold call of dropping Kohli, because if he’s choosing to avoid domestic cricket to get better then he should definitely be dropped. Furthermore dropping him temporarily could be the key to remind him why he needs to perform, and maybe then he’ll start performing again but if he yet fails then the selectors will have to consider about permanently dropping him.

At this point, there is no debate about this. Virat Kohli must be dropped for both the sake of him and the Indian team. Otherwise, nothing is going to be pleasant from this point on. I really hope that Virat Kohli also understands that. And at this point, I don’t think it’s about what Virat Kohli thinks. It should be about what is right for the Indian team.

[Sithara007]

Some more crap from the ICC:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-expects-cwg-commonwealth-games-2022-to-give-impetus-to-crickets-olympic-games-ambition-1326382

These guys think that the fans are complete idiots. The IOC made it clear that the ICC hasn't made any application to include cricket in the 2028 Olympics. And still these shameless people say that they are trying to get cricket included in the 2028 Games. Even for the Commonwealth Games, they managed to elbow the organizers to cancel the men's event, and to reduce the women's event to just 8 teams. I am glad that the Asian Games organizers told the ICC to GTFO and decided to continue with both men's and women's tournament for cricket.

[doomloop]

Some more crap from the ICC:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-expects-cwg-commonwealth-games-2022-to-give-impetus-to-crickets-olympic-games-ambition-1326382

These guys think that the fans are complete idiots. The IOC made it clear that the ICC hasn't made any application to include cricket in the 2028 Olympics. And still these shameless people say that they are trying to get cricket included in the 2028 Games. Even for the Commonwealth Games, they managed to elbow the organizers to cancel the men's event, and to reduce the women's event to just 8 teams. I am glad that the Asian Games organizers told the ICC to GTFO and decided to continue with both men's and women's tournament for cricket.

Now these jokes have no entertainment for cricketing fans around subcontinent because they understand what is going around ICC but still they are not understanding these facts and throwing shits like these.

If we have some good professional peoples in ICC management then surely we have much better things around like IOC, Commonwealth and Asian Games and strong communities with bright minds and good quality native players from many countries which are missing and most chances they will never have good future in this game because of these crap peoples.

Even now we are losing ground in West Indies with most chances cricket will be reduced in less countries even having good future in T-10 and T-20 Leagues with these franchise leagues.

[Tony116]

Some more crap from the ICC:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-expects-cwg-commonwealth-games-2022-to-give-impetus-to-crickets-olympic-games-ambition-1326382
These guys think that the fans are complete idiots. The IOC made it clear that the ICC hasn't made any application to include cricket in the 2028 Olympics. And still these shameless people say that they are trying to get cricket included in the 2028 Games. Even for the Commonwealth Games, they managed to elbow the organizers to cancel the men's event, and to reduce the women's event to just 8 teams. I am glad that the Asian Games organizers told the ICC to GTFO and decided to continue with both men's and women's tournament for cricket.

Now these jokes have no entertainment for cricketing fans around subcontinent because they understand what is going around ICC but still they are not understanding these facts and throwing shits like these.
If we have some good professional peoples in ICC management then surely we have much better things around like IOC, Commonwealth and Asian Games and strong communities with bright minds and good quality native players from many countries which are missing and most chances they will never have good future in this game because of these crap peoples.
Even now we are losing ground in West Indies with most chances cricket will be reduced in less countries even having good future in T-10 and T-20 Leagues with these franchise leagues.

This is absolutely unbelievable. They are still trying to make us think that cricket will be included in the 2020 Olympics. But obviously, people are not stupid. ICC has never said anything like that and we all know that is not going to happen. In fact, they are trying to get rid of this debate. And if cricket is included in the Olympics it is not going to be very favorable for the big four teams. That is why they do not promote cricket as an Olympic game at all. There is something really stupid about the ICC not doing anything about including cricket in the Olympics.

[Sithara007]

Now these jokers have no entertainment for cricketing fans around subcontinent because they understand what is going around ICC but still they are not understanding these facts and throwing shits like these.

If we have some good professional peoples in ICC management then surely we have much better things around like IOC, Commonwealth and Asian Games and strong communities with bright minds and good quality native players from many countries which are missing and most chances they will never have good future in this game because of these crap peoples.

Even now we are losing ground in West Indies with most chances cricket will be reduced in less countries even having good future in T-10 and T-20 Leagues with these franchise leagues.

Simply there is no accountability. ICC is one of the most incompetent sports bodies in the world. I had a small glimmer of hope when Shashank Manohar was the chairman, but then the pig-4 managed to replace him with one of their proxies. I have give up. ICC is never going to change and cricket will remain confined to a handful of countries. Cricket biggest advantage (money power) is its curse. There is so much money to be made from TV deals and sponsorship, that corrupt businessmen have now completely taken up the administration.

[jostorres]

Simply there is no accountability. ICC is one of the most incompetent sports bodies in the world. I had a small glimmer of hope when Shashank Manohar was the chairman, but then the pig-4 managed to replace him with one of their proxies. I have give up. ICC is never going to change and cricket will remain confined to a handful of countries. Cricket biggest advantage (money power) is its curse. There is so much money to be made from TV deals and sponsorship, that corrupt businessmen have now completely taken up the administration.

Cricket was game of gentlemen by gentlemen and for gentlemen now in hands of corrupt mafia by P-4 for their own sack and have no future because of their poor management because money is working for them in good way, and they have no one who give them challenge or bring them in accountability court is surely big setback for this game and its fans because we were feeling good and healthy environment, but now it's all going to dead they are having power to control and with this all they are giving good lolly pops to fans.
 
With this bad management they can face dilemma because this is never been ideal for anyone to stay like this, hopefully we will have some good or bad changes which will give us positive end of this all.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Cricket was game of gentlemen by gentlemen and for gentlemen now in hands of corrupt mafia by P-4 for their own sack and have no future because of their poor management because money is working for them in good way, and they have no one who give them challenge or bring them in accountability court is surely big setback for this game and its fans because we were feeling good and healthy environment, but now it's all going to dead they are having power to control and with this all they are giving good lolly pops to fans.
 
With this bad management they can face dilemma because this is never been ideal for anyone to stay like this, hopefully we will have some good or bad changes which will give us positive end of this all.

These big 4 are playing smartly they know there supremacy is only as long as there are small countries like Pakistan, west indies,  Srilanka and south Africa under them. Its best in interest of big 4 that big countries like USA, Russia and China don't join the cricket.

[KennyR]

ICC is no more sportsmanship prioritised, it is much into money. Whether it is the nation's cricket boards or the ICC, everywhere power is held by persons who have influence over the government as well as money. Even the players who are in the leader role on the board doesn't do anything good to the cricket. First of all there needs to equality as the New Zealand cricket paying similar salary to men and women cricketers.

[Sithara007]

These big 4 are playing smartly they know there supremacy is only as long as there are small countries like Pakistan, west indies,  Srilanka and south Africa under them. Its best in interest of big 4 that big countries like USA, Russia and China don't join the cricket.

The big4 doesn't want more teams. If more members are allowed to vote, then it gets harder for them to push through their proposals. Even now, after the recent changes, the pig-4 only controls 6-7 votes out of a total of 16. They need a minimum of 2 votes from the other boards to get their proposals approved. But they are still able to do that, and the best example is the election of Greg Barclay. The other candidate (Imran Khwaja) had initial advantage, but pig-4 managed to secure additional votes from other boards to secure the election of Barclay.

BTW, I am quite excited about the elections this time. Greg Barclay will be taking on Sourav Ganguly, although the latter is yet to confirm his participation.

[sovie]

Virat Kohli must feel like he is downgrading himself if he plays for domestic seasons right now. I think the main reason why he is not willing to do that is because of his ego. He has not performed well for a long time and we know even before his marriage they had a lot of drama simmering on between themselves. And that has also had some impact on his professional career but obviously, that was not worth much notice. But right now Virat Kohli seems to be so busy with his personal life that he doesn't seem to be giving enough time to his professional career. And this is the result of that.

In our culture it is said that marriage has a big impact on the life of man. It either makes his king or steals all the wealth.
So it does matter. However it is not personal but someone observed it - I think there is evil eye too. Nazar lag gaee - Kholi ko

[BobK71]

Simply there is no accountability. ICC is one of the most incompetent sports bodies in the world. I had a small glimmer of hope when Shashank Manohar was the chairman, but then the pig-4 managed to replace him with one of their proxies. I have give up. ICC is never going to change and cricket will remain confined to a handful of countries. Cricket biggest advantage (money power) is its curse. There is so much money to be made from TV deals and sponsorship, that corrupt businessmen have now completely taken up the administration.

Cricket was game of gentlemen by gentlemen and for gentlemen now in hands of corrupt mafia by P-4 for their own sack and have no future because of their poor management because money is working for them in good way, and they have no one who give them challenge or bring them in accountability court is surely big setback for this game and its fans because we were feeling good and healthy environment, but now it's all going to dead they are having power to control and with this all they are giving good lolly pops to fans.
 
With this bad management they can face dilemma because this is never been ideal for anyone to stay like this, hopefully we will have some good or bad changes which will give us positive end of this all.

The top cricket organization is ICC who have the responsibility to conduct all kinds of cricket with discipline. They are not just running behind the money, Showing their sympathy towards big countries and the stiffness towards the small country has become known as a major evidence of corruption. Such responsibilities of ICC will be destroyed in the future in the face of cricket. Therefore, their conditions must be changed in large interests.

[pakhitheboss]

Virat Kohli must feel like he is downgrading himself if he plays for domestic seasons right now. I think the main reason why he is not willing to do that is because of his ego. He has not performed well for a long time and we know even before his marriage they had a lot of drama simmering on between themselves. And that has also had some impact on his professional career but obviously, that was not worth much notice. But right now Virat Kohli seems to be so busy with his personal life that he doesn't seem to be giving enough time to his professional career. And this is the result of that.

In our culture it is said that marriage has a big impact on the life of man. It either makes his king or steals all the wealth.
So it does matter. However it is not personal but someone observed it - I think there is evil eye too. Nazar lag gaee - Kholi ko

Those believe do not work in 2022 when the whole world has seen so much suffering due to COVID 19. Kholi has achieved so much in such a small amount of time that know one can. I feel he thought he was invincible and that might have lead to his downfall. Sachin Tendulkar went through the same rough patch but he worked on it and  became a legend. Kohli lacks such attitude and this might be the reason why he is not able to perform after getting so many opportunities.

[JSRAW]

~snip~
Sachin Tendulkar went through the same rough patch but he worked on it and  became a legend. Kohli lacks such attitude and this might be the reason why he is not able to perform after getting so many opportunities.

This is fair analysis, there is nothing wrong on losing your form as it bound to happens at some point of time. No one expect any players to be invincible in their long career as it's part of process. It would be good for him and Indian team if he keeps his ego aside and talk to Sachin directly, after all this guy know thing or 2 about hardship and struggle.

Despite all bad signs. I still didn't lose hope and like to believe that he'll bounce back.