Popular Post cowboysfan Posted January 6, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2019 for its greatest cricketing achievement till date.I have no doubt that we will win a series in South Africa too and would have won already if not for losing all the tosses. Real McCoy, express bowling, velu and 7 others 10 Link to comment
beetle Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 It will start raining now. Cricketics 1 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, cowboysfan said: for its greatest cricketing achievement till date.I have no doubt that we will win a series in South Africa too and would have won already if not for losing all the tosses. Congrats to win the series. Greatest is doubtful. ODI wins: (1)1983 WC was special. Beat a strong WI team. (2)2011 WC was wonderful as well. Test Series wins overseas: (1) Test series win in 1967 against NZ in NZ (2)1971 test series win in WI was our first ever win against WI. (3)Next series after WI 1971 /1972we won test series series in England. Our first ever win in England. (4)1986 test series win in England. (5) 2007 test series win in England. (6) 2008 test series win against NZ in NZ. (7)This series win is special too as this is also our first win in Australia in test series. Edited January 6, 2019 by Straight Drive Real McCoy and velu 2 Link to comment
kubrickian Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 If you are a test fan, this is the greatest achievement in Indian cricket history. Congrats to Indian team and fans. Real McCoy 1 Link to comment
R!TTER Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Not the greatest but one of the best for sure, it all started with MAK Pataudi vs NZ when we were proper minnows. Then under Wadekar we beat 2 teams that were better than us, WI & England away, & we were ranked no.1 a few years under him. I rate those wins higher especially the first one outside Asia, in NZ. Edited January 6, 2019 by R!TTER Real McCoy and Straight Drive 2 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Yes,indeed express bowling 1 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, R!TTER said: Not the greatest but one of the best for sure, it all started with MAK Pataudi vs NZ when we were proper minnows. Then under Wadekar we beat 2 teams that were better than us, WI & England away, & we were ranked no.1 a few years under him. I rate those wins higher especially the first one outside Asia, in NZ. Indeed NZ 1967 is right there as well. Real McCoy and express bowling 2 Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 One of our greatest wins ever, for sure. Winning a test series in Australia is as special as it gets. Suhaan, Real McCoy and Mosher 3 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Pataudi taught the winning mentality. Got captaincy at 21. Sadly he missed those two good test series wins, 1971 test series against WI in WI and England in England. express bowling and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Wins in those days were special because the home umpires were very very partial. Our bowlers had to take more than 10 wickets in almost every innings to bowl the opponent's out. With neutral umpires and DRS nowadays we have to pick 10. That's why I like DRS and neutral umpire concept. Edited January 6, 2019 by Straight Drive Real McCoy, express bowling and Sgattick10 3 Link to comment
zen Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Ind Great to see players that I supported (Pujara, Kohli, Agarwal, Pant, Kuldeep, Bumrah and Shami) do well. If Pandya had played, may be he would have done well too .... These 8 players, along with Shaw and Gill will ensure that Ind will continue to enjoy such success Real McCoy 1 Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: Wins in those days were special because the home umpires were very very partial. Our bowlers had to take more than 10 wickets in almost every innings to bowl the opponent's out. With neutral umpires and DRS nowadays we have to pick 10. That's why I like DRS and neutral umpire concept. In Pakistan, before 1989, opponents needed to pick 30 to 35 wickets per test to win. And their top batsmen had 2 or 3 lives unless they were bowled or gave a looping catch. Their greatest wicket takers, Shakoor Rana and Khizaar Hyat, never got true recognition. The Australian umpires were quite notorious too in the 1970s and 1980s. Real McCoy, Suhaan, Straight Drive and 4 others 1 5 1 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, R!TTER said: Not the greatest but one of the best for sure, it all started with MAK Pataudi vs NZ when we were proper minnows. Then under Wadekar we beat 2 teams that were better than us, WI & England away, & we were ranked no.1 a few years under him. I rate those wins higher especially the first one outside Asia, in NZ. True. Imagine a captain who had lost eyesight in one eye after glass shattered his eyes in some car accident in England and his right eye was permanently damaged. What motivation would a captain give to teammates when they see someone with just left eyesight coming out to bat without a helmet . It would be a fairy tale now or someone with that disability would have played differently abled cricket tournaments nowadays. Great man With all that challenge he averaged over 35. Now normal batsmen are struggling to average 35 in tests. Edited January 6, 2019 by Straight Drive Real McCoy and zen 2 Link to comment
zen Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: True. Imagine a captain who had lost eyesight in one eye after glass shattered his eyes in some car accident in England and his right eye was permanently damaged. What motivation would a captain give to teammates when they see someone with just left eyesight coming out to bat without a helmet . It would be a fairy tale now or someone with that disability would have played differently abled cricket tournaments nowadays. Great man With all that challenge he averaged over 35. Now normal batsmen are struggling to average 35 in tests. Pataudi is a legend Straight Drive and Real McCoy 1 1 Link to comment
R!TTER Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Yes, people tend to forget we've been ranked number 1 for almost 3 years straight & Aus is nearly 6 - their lowest ever? Nostalgia aside, beating better teams away when we didn't have fast bowlers is an achievement worth remembering. Now in terms of our greatest achievement ever there's 1983 - daylight - then everything else. Putting this into perspective & better context would help us appreciate our past greats, without them there would be no SMG, Kapil, SRT, Yuvraj, Kohli & whoever follows after him. Just as we owe it to Gandhi & other greats of the freedom movement, our independence, these guys owe their success to the older gen. mishra and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment
mishra Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Great Achievement. Would have rated Greates ever if Smith and Warner were there Real McCoy 1 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, express bowling said: In Pakistan, before 1989, opponents needed to pick 30 to 35 wickets per test to win. And their top batsmen had 2 or 3 lives unless they were bowled or gave a looping catch. Their greatest wicket takers, Shakoor Rana and Khizaar Hyat, never got true recognition. The Australian umpires were quite notorious too in the 1970s and 1980s. Indeed these were challenges. Gary Sobers was not given out against Salim Durani in WI. Sobers scores century after that. Sobers not given out on return catch by Bedi was height of all that Illingworth not given out to Chandra in England. The umpiring in this series was horrible. In 1967 tour to NZ getting bowled was the only way to get them all out. LBW was like lucky to get. Especially the opponent captains used to get lot of decisions in favour at home as we have seen. Edited January 6, 2019 by Straight Drive Real McCoy and express bowling 2 Link to comment
RAZPOR Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, cowboysfan said: for its greatest cricketing achievement till date.I have no doubt that we will win a series in South Africa too and would have won already if not for losing all the tosses. We would have won even after loosing tosses if not for AB ' s genius. Edited January 6, 2019 by RAZPOR Link to comment
velu Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 series is almost dead for us .. need confirmation SrinjayDutta and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment
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