Cricket match prediction discussions

[BobK71]

The answer to this is very simple. When you are in good form and have no worries, you tend to forget about your religion and keep it behind. Success and excessive money are the major reason why people just ignore religion. But when they have some problems in their career business, they come back to their religion.

I guess the same thing is happening with Virat Kohli. He has been IN and OUT of good form and this may have made his mind to return back to Hinduism and hope the nature is again favorable to him. I don't see any other reason for him to do all this.

I appreciate the change of heart. But if he wants to take care of his lack of form, then he needs to practice more. Either he can take part in the Indian domestic cricket, or try his luck with the Sheffield Shield or County Championship. He spends most of his time on domains other than cricket and then he gets disappointed when he fails to score runs. Also, it will be a good idea to start behaving properly (on and off the field). Picking up needless quarrels with opposition players can result in lack of focus while batting.

The creator can give someone honor, respect, money and wealth as well as take away. Virat Kohli's cricketing career was good but his behavior often caused a storm in the media. He didn't care about anyone. When pride rises in man, it begins to fall. For some it is immediate and for some it may be after a long time. I think Virat Kohli now wants to step down from his place of pride. Maybe he realized even it too late. If so then it is a good initiative for him. I think he wants to be free of sin and return to the field.

[Ayers]

My question is why there is a sudden change in heart, after abusing Hinduism for so long. But I agree. He is free to do whatever he want and no one is going to stop him. That said, it will be a good idea to stay away from giving advise on how to celebrate Hindu festivals and all that. If Virat minds his own business, then I am sure that the public will also extend the same policy for him. BTW, I am wondering why Vamika is missing from the temple visit. Virat and Anushka didn't brought her to the temple?

Change of heart can happen to any person. Probably that has happened to Virat Kohli. I know it is hard to believe. But people change.
About Vamika Kohli I think they are trying to keep her away from social media and the internet. Which is obviously the smart thing to do.

The answer to this is very simple. When you are in good form and have no worries, you tend to forget about your religion and keep it behind. Success and excessive money are the major reason why people just ignore religion. But when they have some problems in their career business, they come back to their religion.
I guess the same thing is happening with Virat Kohli. He has been IN and OUT of good form and this may have made his mind to return back to Hinduism and hope the nature is again favorable to him. I don't see any other reason for him to do all this.

I appreciate the change of heart. But if he wants to take care of his lack of form, then he needs to practice more. Either he can take part in the Indian domestic cricket, or try his luck with the Sheffield Shield or County Championship. He spends most of his time on domains other than cricket and then he gets disappointed when he fails to score runs. Also, it will be a good idea to start behaving properly (on and off the field). Picking up needless quarrels with opposition players can result in lack of focus while batting.

Probably he understands that he needs God on his side if he wants to continue performing as he did before. Maybe he thinks that God is frowning upon him. So probably he is determined to satisfy God.

[fullhdpixel]

The creator can give someone honor, respect, money and wealth as well as take away. Virat Kohli's cricketing career was good but his behavior often caused a storm in the media. He didn't care about anyone. When pride rises in man, it begins to fall. For some it is immediate and for some it may be after a long time. I think Virat Kohli now wants to step down from his place of pride. Maybe he realized even it too late. If so then it is a good initiative for him. I think he wants to be free of sin and return to the field.

Even I never like to jump into things like this but right now situation is interesting, so I have to give my views as well because I believe creator is always with us even we are involved with any religion or have atheist's views, but one thing is surely while you are at best and doing things which are giving you satisfaction then mostly we avoid having any religion and enjoy with our success but as downfall started then surely we need someone to hold us, and we surely feel uncomfortable right now things happening with Virat Kohli who was at his best and never post any religion pictures or have anything related to religion but now as his downfall is extended he and his wife Anushka needs to be had sympathies and religion related views as well which is good even I have no positive about this, but he needs and doing good for him and his family as well.

[n0ne]

The creator can give someone honor, respect, money and wealth as well as take away. Virat Kohli's cricketing career was good but his behavior often caused a storm in the media. He didn't care about anyone. When pride rises in man, it begins to fall. For some it is immediate and for some it may be after a long time. I think Virat Kohli now wants to step down from his place of pride. Maybe he realized even it too late. If so then it is a good initiative for him. I think he wants to be free of sin and return to the field.

Even I never like to jump into things like this but right now situation is interesting, so I have to give my views as well because I believe creator is always with us even we are involved with any religion or have atheist's views, but one thing is surely while you are at best and doing things which are giving you satisfaction then mostly we avoid having any religion and enjoy with our success but as downfall started then surely we need someone to hold us, and we surely feel uncomfortable right now things happening with Virat Kohli who was at his best and never post any religion pictures or have anything related to religion but now as his downfall is extended he and his wife Anushka needs to be had sympathies and religion related views as well which is good even I have no positive about this, but he needs and doing good for him and his family as well.

Transition is part of life. Everyone experience it at some point and this couple have experienced it now. We seek the support of God when we feel ourselves down. Maybe for some reason the couple might be feeling down and that might've taken them towards the temple. In every religion the holy places used to give peace of mind, I'm not into their personal and nothing offensive, my inner mind says they had planned for kids.

[Sithara007]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has entered in to a deal with Sony Sports for media rights during the 2023-2027 cycle. The deal is worth only around $23 million, although there was a bidding war between Sony and Disney Star. Now the attention will be shifting to BCCI and PCB tenders, which will come out in the next few months. Currently the BCCI is having a 5-year deal with Disney-Star for 2018-2023, which is worth ₹6,277 crore. For the next cycle (2024-2028), we can expect this amount to increase by manytimes.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

The creator can give someone honor, respect, money and wealth as well as take away. Virat Kohli's cricketing career was good but his behavior often caused a storm in the media. He didn't care about anyone. When pride rises in man, it begins to fall. For some it is immediate and for some it may be after a long time. I think Virat Kohli now wants to step down from his place of pride. Maybe he realized even it too late. If so then it is a good initiative for him. I think he wants to be free of sin and return to the field.

Even I never like to jump into things like this but right now situation is interesting, so I have to give my views as well because I believe creator is always with us even we are involved with any religion or have atheist's views, but one thing is surely while you are at best and doing things which are giving you satisfaction then mostly we avoid having any religion and enjoy with our success but as downfall started then surely we need someone to hold us, and we surely feel uncomfortable right now things happening with Virat Kohli who was at his best and never post any religion pictures or have anything related to religion but now as his downfall is extended he and his wife Anushka needs to be had sympathies and religion related views as well which is good even I have no positive about this, but he needs and doing good for him and his family as well.

Transition is part of life. Everyone experience it at some point and this couple have experienced it now. We seek the support of God when we feel ourselves down. Maybe for some reason the couple might be feeling down and that might've taken them towards the temple. In every religion the holy places used to give peace of mind, I'm not into their personal and nothing offensive, my inner mind says they had planned for kids.

This is part of life and phases which comes with passage of time in anyones life,  early in your life you are carefree and you just focus on your career and fun and in later stages after getting married and kids your prospective and scope of life changes you focus on serious and different things in life .
Sames happening with virat Kohli.

[BobK71]

The creator can give someone honor, respect, money and wealth as well as take away. Virat Kohli's cricketing career was good but his behavior often caused a storm in the media. He didn't care about anyone. When pride rises in man, it begins to fall. For some it is immediate and for some it may be after a long time. I think Virat Kohli now wants to step down from his place of pride. Maybe he realized even it too late. If so then it is a good initiative for him. I think he wants to be free of sin and return to the field.

Even I never like to jump into things like this but right now situation is interesting, so I have to give my views as well because I believe creator is always with us even we are involved with any religion or have atheist's views, but one thing is surely while you are at best and doing things which are giving you satisfaction then mostly we avoid having any religion and enjoy with our success but as downfall started then surely we need someone to hold us, and we surely feel uncomfortable right now things happening with Virat Kohli who was at his best and never post any religion pictures or have anything related to religion but now as his downfall is extended he and his wife Anushka needs to be had sympathies and religion related views as well which is good even I have no positive about this, but he needs and doing good for him and his family as well.

Transition is part of life. Everyone experience it at some point and this couple have experienced it now. We seek the support of God when we feel ourselves down. Maybe for some reason the couple might be feeling down and that might've taken them towards the temple. In every religion the holy places used to give peace of mind, I'm not into their personal and nothing offensive, my inner mind says they had planned for kids.

This is definitely a good aspect. They are returning to the religion. Every person, irrespective of the religion he practices, if he comes out of the religion, his sense of humanity gradually diminishes. It is not possible to know if something like this happened between Virat Kohli or his family. But it is good for them that they are back. Because when people do not find their peace, then there is no condition except to reach God.

[Sithara007]

For those who are interested in associate cricket: First phase of American section qualifying tournament for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup has been completed. Out of the 5 participants, 3 have advanced to the regional finals: Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Panama. The two teams who couldn't qualify are Argentina and Bahamas. The three top teams will join Canada for the regional finals. The top team from the regional final will qualify for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Asian qualifiers will start shortly. 

[Juggy777]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has entered in to a deal with Sony Sports for media rights during the 2023-2027 cycle. The deal is worth only around $23 million, although there was a bidding war between Sony and Disney Star. Now the attention will be shifting to BCCI and PCB tenders, which will come out in the next few months. Currently the BCCI is having a 5-year deal with Disney-Star for 2018-2023, which is worth ₹6,277 crore. For the next cycle (2024-2028), we can expect this amount to increase by manytimes.

@Sithara007 that’s a very raw deal for Srilanka, I’m surprised that they have settled for so less and in my personal opinion they should have turned down this deal and called in for fresh bids. Furthermore I expect Pakistan will receive better bids as most of the countries are now visiting it, and obviously the highest bids will go to team India and I wonder if it’ll beat the previous records what do you think?

[S A KHAIR]

For those who are interested in associate cricket: First phase of American section qualifying tournament for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup has been completed. Out of the 5 participants, 3 have advanced to the regional finals: Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Panama. The two teams who couldn't qualify are Argentina and Bahamas. The three top teams will join Canada for the regional finals. The top team from the regional final will qualify for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Asian qualifiers will start shortly. 

I am personally interested to see how far Bermuda can go . Still remember watching Bermuda play in the world cup a long time ago. I honestly do not even remember when was the last time Bermuda played in the world cup. I just remember some really fat players diving to catch the ball .

[fullhdpixel]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has entered in to a deal with Sony Sports for media rights during the 2023-2027 cycle. The deal is worth only around $23 million, although there was a bidding war between Sony and Disney Star. Now the attention will be shifting to BCCI and PCB tenders, which will come out in the next few months. Currently the BCCI is having a 5-year deal with Disney-Star for 2018-2023, which is worth ₹6,277 crore. For the next cycle (2024-2028), we can expect this amount to increase by manytimes.

@Sithara007 that’s a very raw deal for Srilanka, I’m surprised that they have settled for so less and in my personal opinion they should have turned down this deal and called in for fresh bids. Furthermore I expect Pakistan will receive better bids as most of the countries are now visiting it, and obviously the highest bids will go to team India and I wonder if it’ll beat the previous records what do you think?

I think you have no idea about Sri Lankan market which is currently under pressure due to many political and financial and these media rights all depend on these factors so it's still good deal for them because they are not populated and developed like we have many other countries but if we have positive development then surely things could be changed in near future here I have feeling as mentioned in above post India and Pakistan are also going for the deals here India could be best with Pakistan is also going to suffer with their internal issues and many other factors so still a good and ideal contract for the SLCB.

Here we have few other factors are also which are not helping these subcontinent countries for having better deals and more money for their requirements due to poor structure and poor strategies which are also giving them not better deals in media rights which are currently having big impact in developed countries and now in India as well.

[Vaskiy]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has entered in to a deal with Sony Sports for media rights during the 2023-2027 cycle. The deal is worth only around $23 million, although there was a bidding war between Sony and Disney Star. Now the attention will be shifting to BCCI and PCB tenders, which will come out in the next few months. Currently the BCCI is having a 5-year deal with Disney-Star for 2018-2023, which is worth ₹6,277 crore. For the next cycle (2024-2028), we can expect this amount to increase by manytimes.

@Sithara007 that’s a very raw deal for Srilanka, I’m surprised that they have settled for so less and in my personal opinion they should have turned down this deal and called in for fresh bids. Furthermore I expect Pakistan will receive better bids as most of the countries are now visiting it, and obviously the highest bids will go to team India and I wonder if it’ll beat the previous records what do you think?

For sure the highest deals will go with India. The market is big and the revenue out of cricket from India is massive. With more and more leagues being conducted throughout the year it is possible for them to make the best out of it. With the PSL, the cricketing in Pakistan looks to be in better position. Maybe this can have them better price than the past.

[Sithara007]

@Sithara007 that’s a very raw deal for Srilanka, I’m surprised that they have settled for so less and in my personal opinion they should have turned down this deal and called in for fresh bids. Furthermore I expect Pakistan will receive better bids as most of the countries are now visiting it, and obviously the highest bids will go to team India and I wonder if it’ll beat the previous records what do you think?

They don't have a lot of options. The media rights deal with Sony for the previous cycle (2018-2023) was more lucrative when compared to the current one. But this time Sony bargained really hard, since the number of matches involving India is low. SLC did some last minute negotiations with the BCCI to schedule one more Indian tour, but the packed calendar for the Indian team didn't allowed that. SLC is in a difficult situation. Their franchise league is also not brining in a lot of revenues, and for the near future they will be dependent heavily on the funds from ICC.

I am personally interested to see how far Bermuda can go . Still remember watching Bermuda play in the world cup a long time ago. I honestly do not even remember when was the last time Bermuda played in the world cup. I just remember some really fat players diving to catch the ball .

It was Dwayne Leverock, who took that catch. 2007 was the only occasion when Bermuda qualified for the ODI cricket world cup. They played 3 matches, and lost all of them (against India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). And they lost all these matches by big margins - lost to Sri Lanka by 243 runs, lost to India by 257 runs and then went down against Bangladesh by 7 wickets.

[savetheFORUM]

For sure the highest deals will go with India. The market is big and the revenue out of cricket from India is massive. With more and more leagues being conducted throughout the year it is possible for them to make the best out of it. With the PSL, the cricketing in Pakistan looks to be in better position. Maybe this can have them better price than the past.

Few years back Pakistan was also having luxury deal with some Indian media groups but sadly due to Modi regime the was ended and Indian media house pullout of this deal which was big setback for the PCB, but now they have their deals with TEN SPORTS which is also part of the Sony Sports and this is also good even not luxury like they have first, but currently situation is not good for the another big deal specially political instability is at his highest level and peoples are also suffering badly due to grocery and petrol high prices life is going tough for common peoples these all factors going to have problems and I have feeling they will not have big dealt which is expected but most chances they could be able to have reasonable contract for the next tenure.

[BobK71]

For sure the highest deals will go with India. The market is big and the revenue out of cricket from India is massive. With more and more leagues being conducted throughout the year it is possible for them to make the best out of it. With the PSL, the cricketing in Pakistan looks to be in better position. Maybe this can have them better price than the past.

Few years back Pakistan was also having luxury deal with some Indian media groups but sadly due to Modi regime the was ended and Indian media house pullout of this deal which was big setback for the PCB, but now they have their deals with TEN SPORTS which is also part of the Sony Sports and this is also good even not luxury like they have first, but currently situation is not good for the another big deal specially political instability is at his highest level and peoples are also suffering badly due to grocery and petrol high prices life is going tough for common peoples these all factors going to have problems and I have feeling they will not have big dealt which is expected but most chances they could be able to have reasonable contract for the next tenure.

If these two countries do not take any aggressive policy without being hostile to each other, then the cricket world will remain entirely within the Asian continent. But as good as Pakistan is doing, it will take a lot of time to catch up with India. I doubt if any other nation has the genuine love that Indians have for cricket. I am not belittling any country. Pakistan is also a very potential country in cricket. In area and population Pakistan is smaller than India but they are relatively well developed in cricket.

[S A KHAIR]

It was Dwayne Leverock, who took that catch. 2007 was the only occasion when Bermuda qualified for the ODI cricket world cup. They played 3 matches, and lost all of them (against India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). And they lost all these matches by big margins - lost to Sri Lanka by 243 runs, lost to India by 257 runs and then went down against Bangladesh by 7 wickets.

2007 world cup was really dumb, especially the final. I mean it had a lot of teams participating. But the problem is the final was not good at all. I believe it was also the best world cup in terms of quality and teams played.

Anyway, watching Bermuda in the world cup again is going to be very interesting. I am actually really interested to see the type of players, especially the physicality of the players that Bermuda will play in the world cup. I hope that the physicality of the players is going to be better compared to what it was in 2007.

[Sithara007]

2007 world cup was really dumb, especially the final. I mean it had a lot of teams participating. But the problem is the final was not good at all. I believe it was also the best world cup in terms of quality and teams played.

Anyway, watching Bermuda in the world cup again is going to be very interesting. I am actually really interested to see the type of players, especially the physicality of the players that Bermuda will play in the world cup. I hope that the physicality of the players is going to be better compared to what it was in 2007.

I liked the 2007 format and it was the only edition which can be called as the "world" cup. There were a total of 16 participants, and all the geographies were represented. But then, this world cup turned out to be a disaster for the ICC, as India and Pakistan both failed to progress from the group stage. And as a result, they reduced the number of participants from 16 to 10 (just to avoid the possibility of India and Pakistan losing to associate teams). And I won't be really surprised in case they further reduce the number of teams to 8 or even 6.

Bermuda is a small island nation with a population of 60,000 or so. Ideally they should have been included in the West Indies team. But similar to the case with Cayman Islands and Bahamas, Bermuda cricket association decided to participate in ICC qualifiers as an associate member rather than as a part of the WICB. And back in 2007, they included David Hemp in the squad and he managed to score a total of 90 runs in 3 matches to give them some sort of respectability (including 76 not out against India).

[Tony116]

Few years back Pakistan was also having luxury deal with some Indian media groups but sadly due to Modi regime the was ended and Indian media house pullout of this deal which was big setback for the PCB, but now they have their deals with TEN SPORTS which is also part of the Sony Sports and this is also good even not luxury like they have first, but currently situation is not good for the another big deal specially political instability is at his highest level and peoples are also suffering badly due to grocery and petrol high prices life is going tough for common peoples these all factors going to have problems and I have feeling they will not have big dealt which is expected but most chances they could be able to have reasonable contract for the next tenure.

If these two countries do not take any aggressive policy without being hostile to each other, then the cricket world will remain entirely within the Asian continent. But as good as Pakistan is doing, it will take a lot of time to catch up with India. I doubt if any other nation has the genuine love that Indians have for cricket. I am not belittling any country. Pakistan is also a very potential country in cricket. In area and population Pakistan is smaller than India but they are relatively well developed in cricket.

Actually, nothing is going to "work out" between these teams. Actually, nothing is going to honestly work out between these countries, to be honest. And we all know which country is actually going to be the winner when it comes to having ICC convincing about anything. The problem is Pakistan knows very well that the odds are not in their favor. They also know very well that they are not making money anything close to what India is making right now. But they still do not want to back down. They still want to do what they think is right.

That is obviously brave but I'm going to say that is stupid as well. But at this moment nothing else comes to my mind except for that.

[Sithara007]

Actually, nothing is going to "work out" between these teams. Actually, nothing is going to honestly work out between these countries, to be honest. And we all know which country is actually going to be the winner when it comes to having ICC convincing about anything. The problem is Pakistan knows very well that the odds are not in their favor. They also know very well that they are not making money anything close to what India is making right now. But they still do not want to back down. They still want to do what they think is right.

That is obviously brave but I'm going to say that is stupid as well. But at this moment nothing else comes to my mind except for that.

Rather than blaming India, the PCB should look in to their own deficiencies. Despite having a population of 250 million, the media rights market is very small in Pakistan as a result of government regulations such as content sharing requirement. OTT revenues are impacted by low broadband coverage and slow internet speed. Despite all that, when Rameez Raja was the PCB chief, he managed to sign a few lucrative deals with PSL franchises and media houses. There is a lot of potential for PCB to earn revenue, especially from the PSL. But due to various reasons, this potential is never realized to the maximum extent. And right now Pakistan is going through difficult economic conditions, and I don't think that there is much room for maneuvering.

[S A KHAIR]

I liked the 2007 format and it was the only edition which can be called as the "world" cup. There were a total of 16 participants, and all the geographies were represented. But then, this world cup turned out to be a disaster for the ICC, as India and Pakistan both failed to progress from the group stage. And as a result, they reduced the number of participants from 16 to 10 (just to avoid the possibility of India and Pakistan losing to associate teams). And I won't be really surprised in case they further reduce the number of teams to 8 or even 6.
Bermuda is a small island nation with a population of 60,000 or so. Ideally they should have been included in the West Indies team. But similar to the case with Cayman Islands and Bahamas, Bermuda cricket association decided to participate in ICC qualifiers as an associate member rather than as a part of the WICB. And back in 2007, they included David Hemp in the squad and he managed to score a total of 90 runs in 3 matches to give them some sort of respectability (including 76 not out against India).

I agree with you, the number of teams that participated in the 2007 World cup was really good. And that was the only world cup that could be called a "World Cup". But the quality was not maintained in the world cup. In my opinion. A lot of matches had to be played short because of the rain interruption. And the way the final match was decided was really a shame.