IPL Vs Tests; Festival Vs Funeral

[LORD_analyst]

ipl can such my d*ick ....test cricket is the real deal....only cskians  rate ipl more than india games..

[WeStMiDz]

People are swayed by current events. IPL is the current hot event so test cricket is at the back of people's minds.But nobody can tell me those test matches against South Africa were not enjoyable. Rabada v Kohli going hammer and tong against each other. Boring? Get out of here. 

[Autonomous]

You wont see this sort of bowling spell from broad and anderson in a t20 played on phatta. 

 

This is edge of the seat stuff. 

[kosingh]

I love watching test matches played in Australia, England and to some extent in India. But I understand these things are market driven. 

 

I quite like the T20 format too, but mostly international T20. This was the first year I tried to closely follow IPL. It was certainly better than no cricket. My biggest complaint about IPL is not that I think it's more entertainment than cricket. And not that the quality of cricket if poor. But it is that I find it hard to call a team "my" team. I am from Delhi, but that in no way has translated into my becoming a Daredevils fan. It almost feels awkward cheering for foreigners like Glen Maxwell and Chris Morris and Ian Plunkett, and cheering against Indians like Kohli, Rahul and Bumrah only because.......IPL.  

[Vilander]

Some people like t20 because its like a movie.

 

Tests people will remember for their entire fan life cycle. There is no sense of heritage in t20 except for may be Wt20 and IPL trophies win.

[Vilander]

19 minutes ago, kosingh said:

I love watching test matches played in Australia, England and to some extent in India. But I understand these things are market driven. 

 

I quite like the T20 format too, but mostly international T20. This was the first year I tried to closely follow IPL. It was certainly better than no cricket. My biggest complaint about IPL is not that I think it's more entertainment than cricket. And not that the quality of cricket if poor. But it is that I find it hard to call a team "my" team. I am from Delhi, but that in no way has translated into my becoming a Daredevils fan. It almost feels awkward cheering for foreigners like Glen Maxwell and Chris Morris and Ian Plunkett, and cheering against Indians like Kohli, Rahul and Bumrah only because.......IPL.  

Delhi will suffer from this problem always, because its national capital - true delhiites will want to cheer for India primarily, its a bit less of a problem for a city like Chennai which is not main stream Indian so can Cheer for its own even if the team has some alien faces, and CSk has been clever in roping in some players like Raina/Bravo/Lungi who are not from the state or even country but are still easy to assimilate ( or feel like it)

[Clarke]

I fully agree with OP. I have been watching for half an hour and where the hell are the chuk chuk express and star plus nayi soch crowds, the essential component of any cricket game ? 

[velu]

'Test cricket won't be around in time' - McCullum

 

In an interview to the Cricket Monthly, the former New Zealand captain, who now plays in T20 leagues around the world, said: "I firmly believe that Test cricket won't be around in time, because there's only so many teams that can afford to play it."

McCullum said that he adored Test cricket and for him it was the purest form of the game, but added, "I'm also a realist that people are turning up and watching T20 not just at games but also on TV - society's changing, isn't it? People don't have four or five days to commit to Test cricket. They might watch the first session, and the last session on day five if it's tight, but they're not going to then you strip it back a level as well and you think domestically, how can teams around the world afford to even exist?"

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23487652/test-cricket

 

 

[Khota]

2 hours ago, mancalledsting said:

if you're cultured, intellectual, appreciate the intricacies of difficult cricket then test cricket is your game

 

if you are shallow, simple minded and don't have a deep understanding of cricket t20 for you

 

t20 cricket will burn out....its foundations are poor (low quality players can contribute, best team doesn't always win, overkill with superlative performances). If India decide to break away from ICC and test model and have IPL all year round...viewership will be low outside of India as prestige of IPL currently resides in the International status of its players. Lose international cricket and you lose what makes the tournament. Id like to see how many people from around the world tune in to see Shreyas Gopal against Ambati Rayudu in a domestic tournament. 

I have never seen a more demeaning post than this. People who dont like test cricket are not cultured? Who taugh you this sheet. So you think you are better than us? Arrogant much?

[Khota]

3 hours ago, Gollum said:

Baaghi 2 vs Newton-> Festival vs Funeral

Transformers 5 vs Dr Zhivago-> Festival vs Funeral

Salman Khan vs Naseeruddin Shah-> Festival vs Funeral

Honey Singh vs Manna Dey -> Festival vs Funeral

Chetan Bhagat vs Vikram Seth-> Festival vs Funeral

Justin Bieber vs Mozart-> Festival vs Funeral

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Horse Carriage vs Car > Funeral vs Festival

Train Ride Vs Air Flight > Funeral vs festival

8 mm Porn Vs Streaming Video > Funeral vs Festival

Abacus Vs Computer > Funeral Vs Festival

 

Oh BTW all your examples were festivals but were celebrated differently.

[Khota]

Did anyone see half the old folks were asleep. That is early in the morning.

[Khota]

1 hour ago, Autonomous said:

You wont see this sort of bowling spell from broad and anderson in a t20 played on phatta. 

 

This is edge of the seat stuff. 

This is snoozefest going on. Enjoy it. Play 30 balls to get off the mark. Seriously.

[Khota]

5 hours ago, LORD_analyst said:

test cricket is best cricket.

test cricket is the worst cricket.

[Khota]

5 hours ago, cric_fan said:

You should hang your head in shame OP

 

But most likely a troll thread.

 

Proud of forward thinking.

[mancalledsting]

4 minutes ago, Khota said:

I have never seen a more demeaning post than this. People who dont like test cricket are not cultured? Who taugh you this sheet. So you think you are better than us? Arrogant much?

there are certain common traits amongst simpletons e.g. excessive tomato ketchup, drunken violence, being unable to decipher media propaganda, unjustified prejudice....T20 is closer to this culture than test cricket. Just because someone displays one trait of a simpleton, doesn't necessarily mean he is a simpleton overall.

[Khota]

5 minutes ago, mancalledsting said:

there are certain common traits amongst simpletons e.g. excessive tomato ketchup, drunken violence, being unable to decipher media propaganda, unjustified prejudice....T20 is closer to this culture than test cricket. Just because someone displays one trait of a simpleton, doesn't necessarily mean he is a simpleton overall.

Stop it. have you ever watched test @ Feroze Shah Kotla? If yes you will immediately delete your ill informed post. 

How the heck do you know people who like T20 are simpleton. I may be one then I may not be either. You for sure cannot make that call.

[mancalledsting]

20 minutes ago, Khota said:

Stop it. have you ever watched test @ Feroze Shah Kotla? If yes you will immediately delete your ill informed post. 

How the heck do you know people who like T20 are simpleton. I may be one then I may not be either. You for sure cannot make that call.

dude you clearly didn't understand my previous post. Pre requisite to arguing passionately is to understand what the person said. 

 

there is a difference between calling someone a simpleton full stop and saying they may have a simpleton trait

[beetle]

If people don't like a format..just don't watch. No one puts a gun to anyones face.

Why call it a funeral?

Ek baar bola, do baar bola , baar baar kyun.It is offensive.

It is like vegetarians saying ewwww looking at people eating non veg.

 

 

 

 

[MechEng]

Although I consider tests to be the most meaningful format, my best expereinces of watching cricket were ODIs from 1990s to mid 2000s before the T20 era. This was a time when the bats used by Ganguly, Dhoni and etc. were easily available in any decent sports goods store near your house (unlike high tech weapons which are passed on as cricket bats today!), when there was no free hit off no ball and reverse swing was still a lethal weapon in LOIs, bowlers bowled to pick wickets and not to restrict runs.

 

In fact my best ever experience as a cricket fan was winning the 2008 CB series in Australia, even bigger than 2011 World Cup for me. The off field controversies where Ponting, Symonds and Hayden were verbally taunting/challenging India and the effort put in by both the sides in that ODI series was something I had never seen before. Even Aussie cricketers looked more dejected during the presentation ceremony after the 2nd final than they were after 2005 Ashes loss, kind of sums up how badly they wanted to beat us as well.

Edited May 24, 2018 by MechEng

[The Dark Horse]

Don't agree with the headlne but awesome choice of words