ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[Little Mouse]

Back then it was entirely possible. Sri Lanka was a really good team, capable of giving strong competition to big 3 teams and India had a weak bowling attack (especially in the pace bowling department). And back then, Virat Kohli had just started his career, and was being overshadowed by heavyweights such as Gautham Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.

It is true that India had weak bowling attack than Srilanka at that moment. It was advantage for Srilanka but don't forget that batting line up of India was the best at that time which Srilanka had not.

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[JSRAW]

Back then it was entirely possible. Sri Lanka was a really good team, capable of giving strong competition to big 3 teams and India had a weak bowling attack (especially in the pace bowling department). And back then, Virat Kohli had just started his career, and was being overshadowed by heavyweights such as Gautham Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.

It is true that India had weak bowling attack than Srilanka at that moment. It was advantage for Srilanka but don't forget that batting line up of India was the best at that time which Srilanka had not.

True..

But back then they did okay job whenever team needed them, there is a reason that they lost only one game (if my memory serves me well) in playoff, home conditions helped Indian cause, as bowlers were familiar with the conditions. For better or worse things now changed completely in the modern cricket, as home condition don't matter much in T-20 and ODI.

Interestingly in every ICC tournament whenever India plays against Pakistan, Indian bowlers takes a driving seat.

[pakhitheboss]

Back then it was entirely possible. Sri Lanka was a really good team, capable of giving strong competition to big 3 teams and India had a weak bowling attack (especially in the pace bowling department). And back then, Virat Kohli had just started his career, and was being overshadowed by heavyweights such as Gautham Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.

It is true that India had weak bowling attack than Srilanka at that moment. It was advantage for Srilanka but don't forget that batting line up of India was the best at that time which Srilanka had not.

True..

But back then they did okay job whenever team needed them, there is a reason that they lost only one game (if my memory serves me well) in playoff, home conditions helped Indian cause, as bowlers were familiar with the conditions. For better or worse things now changed completely in the modern cricket, as home condition don't matter much in T-20 and ODI.

Interestingly in every ICC tournament whenever India plays against Pakistan, Indian bowlers takes a driving seat.

Correct Indian bowling performed when they were required to. Srilanka had better bowlers than India. The batting line up of India was the strongest at that time. Not to forget India still had sachin at that time.

[Pffrt]

Indian bowling was not that bad in 2011 world cup. Yuvi was in good rhythm for a while. Munaf Patel was always a good performer and Zaheer Khan & Harbajan was always the best bowler in Indian team. This combination wasn't that bad to be honest.

[JohnBitCo]

You know what would be more funny and bizarre situation?

People betting on these games with full seriousness and then ending up on losing side by losing bet

So tomorrow is the live match between India and Srilanka. Any guess who will win the match so i can bet and not lose  

Please bet on SL...

My prediction : India Bats first and SL is going to chase down the target easily.. Sangakara wins the World Cup for his team by hitting six...  

Ok I have placed my bet of 0.1 BTC on SriLanka as per your advice, So now if Srilanka lose will you pay me half the amount to
compensate my loss ?

[Vishnu.Reang]

Back then it was entirely possible. Sri Lanka was a really good team, capable of giving strong competition to big 3 teams and India had a weak bowling attack (especially in the pace bowling department). And back then, Virat Kohli had just started his career, and was being overshadowed by heavyweights such as Gautham Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.

It is true that India had weak bowling attack than Srilanka at that moment. It was advantage for Srilanka but don't forget that batting line up of India was the best at that time which Srilanka had not.

Well.. you can say that... players such as Sehwag, Sachin and Gambhir were among the top-10 batsmen at that time (I am not listing Kohli here, because at that time he was not being considered as a "legend"). If we talk about the bowling, then Sri Lanka had Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan, who were legends. For comparison, India had Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth and Munaf Patel, with Harbhajan Singh being the first-choice spinner.

[JohnBitCo]

Back then it was entirely possible. Sri Lanka was a really good team, capable of giving strong competition to big 3 teams and India had a weak bowling attack (especially in the pace bowling department). And back then, Virat Kohli had just started his career, and was being overshadowed by heavyweights such as Gautham Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.

It is true that India had weak bowling attack than Srilanka at that moment. It was advantage for Srilanka but don't forget that batting line up of India was the best at that time which Srilanka had not.

Well.. you can say that... players such as Sehwag, Sachin and Gambhir were among the top-10 batsmen at that time (I am not listing Kohli here, because at that time he was not being considered as a "legend"). If we talk about the bowling, then Sri Lanka had Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan, who were legends. For comparison, India had Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth and Munaf Patel, with Harbhajan Singh being the first-choice spinner.

Well you did not mention MS Dhoni, who was the player of the match in this final. He was at super form that time. He made a not out 91 in just 79 balls. If he had not played this innings, it would have been difficult for India to win this CUP. After this worldcup the downfall of Srilanka started and they never recovered even in 2020.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Well you did not mention MS Dhoni, who was the player of the match in this final. He was at super form that time. He made a not out 91 in just 79 balls. If he had not played this innings, it would have been difficult for India to win this CUP. After this worldcup the downfall of Srilanka started and they never recovered even in 2020.

Don't have anything against Dhoni. He is definitely one of those "legends", but I just picked the top 3 names that came to my mind. Dhoni was like the backbone of the batting then, especially with others such as Gambhir and Sehwag close to retirement. And at the same time, Sri Lanka had their legendary player in Kumar Sangakkara. Mahela Jayawardene was also a part of the team, but I would not rate him as a "legend".

[UmerIdrees]

ESPN revive some of the golden memories of the ODI

[Indymoney]

You know what would be more funny and bizarre situation?

People betting on these games with full seriousness and then ending up on losing side by losing bet

So tomorrow is the live match between India and Srilanka. Any guess who will win the match so i can bet and not lose  

Please bet on SL...

My prediction : India Bats first and SL is going to chase down the target easily.. Sangakara wins the World Cup for his team by hitting six...  

Ok I have placed my bet of 0.1 BTC on SriLanka as per your advice, So now if Srilanka lose will you pay me half the amount to
compensate my loss ?

You deserve full compensation but please wait until next world cup final because this promo available for only cricket world cup final with if India will again in otherwise you have to wait for some more years because these two conditions are very important for this promo final and India.

[JohnBitCo]

Tomorrow we have another World cup match Quarterfinal between Pakistan Vs India.

Who will win this one ?

[amishmanish]

Tomorrow we have another World cup match Quarterfinal between Pakistan Vs India.

Who will win this one ?

If its a world-cup and an India vs Pakistan WC knockout game, virtual or not, you know it can go only one way..

Ohh man..1996!! Those were the legendary days of cricket when we used to be kids placing flowers on the top of the B/W Television set praying "Six lag jaa, six lag jaa". Just watching the highlights here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA2Ojyb0gqg. Its amazing as the commentary opens with these comments, "They say Bangalore is the biggest computer and software organization and city in the whole world".

We were kids. Was it already? Good times man. When becoming a "software engineer" used to be THE Dream for a lot of people. I recall listening about "Unn didi ke liye NRI ka rishta aaya hai, software engineer hai". LOL..Too bad poor software guys aren't that cool anymore..Goin to watch the highlights for the next 30 minutes. Highly recommended..

[onrise]

Tomorrow we have another World cup match Quarterfinal between Pakistan Vs India.

Who will win this one ?

It actually refresh a lot of old memories by watching this World Cup matches between any countries it may be . With some special matches the moment become more workable as you relive those moments again only thing here is you know the story before itself . But good way to spend some time for cricket fans .

[FIFA worldcup]

Tomorrow we have another World cup match Quarterfinal between Pakistan Vs India.

Who will win this one ?

It actually refresh a lot of old memories by watching this World Cup matches between any countries it may be . With some special matches the moment become more workable as you relive those moments again only thing here is you know the story before itself . But good way to spend some time for cricket fans .

Why would you waste your 8 hours to watch this full match tomorrow ?

You can watch the highlights of this match here and save your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA2Ojyb0gqg

[UmerIdrees]

If its a world-cup and an India vs Pakistan WC knockout game, virtual or not, you know it can go only one way..

I noticed that cricinfo is only showing old matches in which India had played and India had Won  ... Oh Common...There are other good matches too in the history of ODI's.  

[pakhitheboss]

If its a world-cup and an India vs Pakistan WC knockout game, virtual or not, you know it can go only one way..

I noticed that cricinfo is only showing old matches in which India had played and India had Won  ... Oh Common...There are other good matches too in the history of ODI's.  

Suddenly few YouTube channels have popped up wherein they are also broadcasting old IPL matches and Indian matches where India has won. I guess they are cashing into the demand of cricket crazy nation under lockdown.

[UmerIdrees]

If its a world-cup and an India vs Pakistan WC knockout game, virtual or not, you know it can go only one way..

I noticed that cricinfo is only showing old matches in which India had played and India had Won  ... Oh Common...There are other good matches too in the history of ODI's.  

Suddenly few YouTube channels have popped up wherein they are also broadcasting old IPL matches and Indian matches where India has won. I guess they are cashing into the demand of cricket crazy nation under lockdown.

You mean they are showing full 20 overs or 50 overs matches and not only the highlights ?  Is this thing really working and people really enjoy watching the old match in full ?  Very strange for me.

[BitSat19]

If its a world-cup and an India vs Pakistan WC knockout game, virtual or not, you know it can go only one way..

I noticed that cricinfo is only showing old matches in which India had played and India had Won  ... Oh Common...There are other good matches too in the history of ODI's.  

Suddenly few YouTube channels have popped up wherein they are also broadcasting old IPL matches and Indian matches where India has won. I guess they are cashing into the demand of cricket crazy nation under lockdown.

You mean they are showing full 20 overs or 50 overs matches and not only the highlights ?  Is this thing really working and people really enjoy watching the old match in full ?  Very strange for me.

@UmerIdrees StarSports never telecast matches in which Pakistan won because they have biggest market in India and this can hurt them very badly so right now they are telecasting all matches those won by India against Pakistan in World Cups TenSports Pakistan based channel it telecasting matches which are won by Pakistan in world cups and other events.

[Juggy777]

If its a world-cup and an India vs Pakistan WC knockout game, virtual or not, you know it can go only one way..

I noticed that cricinfo is only showing old matches in which India had played and India had Won  ... Oh Common...There are other good matches too in the history of ODI's.  

Suddenly few YouTube channels have popped up wherein they are also broadcasting old IPL matches and Indian matches where India has won. I guess they are cashing into the demand of cricket crazy nation under lockdown.

You mean they are showing full 20 overs or 50 overs matches and not only the highlights ?  Is this thing really working and people really enjoy watching the old match in full ?  Very strange for me.

@UmerIdrees StarSports never telecast matches in which Pakistan won because they have biggest market in India and this can hurt them very badly so right now they are telecasting all matches those won by India against Pakistan in World Cups TenSports Pakistan based channel it telecasting matches which are won by Pakistan in world cups and other events.

@BitSat19 I haven’t switched on the sports channel as there’re no live matches to watch, but I’m aware that StarSports is doing this as my friend had send me a link regarding it, and I feel it’s unethical to show only one team winning, they should be impartial and show other teams winning against India too. Further now the only time these two teams will clash is the Asian cup provided it’s not canceled due to covid-19.

Source:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/star-sports-to-show-india-s-wins-over-pakistan-amid-lockdown/story-Ts2F0szwwQZjpbUSjk53pL.html

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/india-pakistan-asia-cup-2020-sourav-ganguly-bcci-cricket-news/article30944416.ece

[pakhitheboss]

If its a world-cup and an India vs Pakistan WC knockout game, virtual or not, you know it can go only one way..

I noticed that cricinfo is only showing old matches in which India had played and India had Won  ... Oh Common...There are other good matches too in the history of ODI's.  

Suddenly few YouTube channels have popped up wherein they are also broadcasting old IPL matches and Indian matches where India has won. I guess they are cashing into the demand of cricket crazy nation under lockdown.

You mean they are showing full 20 overs or 50 overs matches and not only the highlights ?  Is this thing really working and people really enjoy watching the old match in full ?  Very strange for me.

@UmerIdrees StarSports never telecast matches in which Pakistan won because they have biggest market in India and this can hurt them very badly so right now they are telecasting all matches those won by India against Pakistan in World Cups TenSports Pakistan based channel it telecasting matches which are won by Pakistan in world cups and other events.

@BitSat19 I haven’t switched on the sports channel as there’re no live matches to watch, but I’m aware that StarSports is doing this as my friend had send me a link regarding it, and I feel it’s unethical to show only one team winning, they should be impartial and show other teams winning against India too. Further now the only time these two teams will clash is the Asian cup provided it’s not canceled due to covid-19.

Source:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/star-sports-to-show-india-s-wins-over-pakistan-amid-lockdown/story-Ts2F0szwwQZjpbUSjk53pL.html

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/india-pakistan-asia-cup-2020-sourav-ganguly-bcci-cricket-news/article30944416.ece

How is this unethical?

Starsports is only broadcasting those matches in India and Indian viewers want to see matches that were won by the Indian team. There broadcast is not mean for international viewers but for the domestic viewers. I do not see anything wrong in it.