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Also finished the near 9 hour marathon of Rings of Power. Loved it. The acting needs to be improved I felt.

Fair point, may b there is nathing may be there is something. IMO there is a pattern emerging. It starts same way first ppl think its all good they are top player, there is data to back them up and then slowly we realize there was a problem Or may be just over watching and over analyzing like they through around and talk about clutch genes, being soft, no. of rings, post season game in NBA. But there has be to some reason Ind has/had win a single ICC title for so long having best ODI players in Rohit, Dhoni, Kolhi, Bhvi, Bhumrah. And there are no teams like Aus for 90-00 and WI of 70- mid 80s

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Not playing talented players is a master plan by Nehraji to keep their auction price low at the mega auction ... This season is a mixed bag so if talented payers are kept away, GT can get them back relatively cheap versus if they were to play and perform which could highlight them to other franchises With 2 back to back appearances in the final, including winning the title once, Nehraji is under less pressure this season.

We all know that Kohli will play. And so will Jadeja, Hardik, Mukesh. Rahul may sneak in too. These are just theoretical discussions about possible effective 11s.

everytime you try to transpose a player of the past into the present of vice versa, its conjecture. No. It isnt. Under no circumstances is Warne-McGrath-Lee-Gillespie-Fleming-Reiffel-McGill worse than the current lot. Same with Donald-Pollock-deVilliers-Ntini-Kallis vs the later bunch. He was clutchier than any other batsman of the highest class- more clutch than virat,smith,williamson and since all thse guys play at an easier bowling era, they stat pad more. It IS harder to face. This has been logically demonstrated multiple times already. Modern bowlers dont have it harder. It isnt more or less similar, since Vaas is waaaaaaaay better than any other sri lankan test pacer ever. And why they were better is irrelevant to the point that they were better. DRS would have him not out to the shoulder-before wicket to McGrath and the 3 times he got out in west indies to balls coming off of his arm. A man who absolutely murders Warne and murali would eat every single spinner out there today for dinner. there is no batter who averages 45+ against the same bowlers you mentioned. He would easily cross 60, since its already objectively demonstrated that he batted in an era of better bowling attack. The objective proof is simply the fact that WI,PAK & SL were waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than what you are arguing about in AUS, RSA, NZ. use your brain - if Wi, PAK, SL are 100% better and even if you were right about AUS & RSA ( which you are not), they are at best equal or 5-10% better,then overall, 90s is better.logic dictates so.

Can Kohli keep wickets ? Or can he give us 2 proper overs with ball ? If not Kohli then either Rohit or SKY has to take responsibility.

Again all conjecture. You can't extrapolate stats based on his achievements or lack of in 90s. My point being bowling attacks are better now amongst top teams overall. You saying otherwise. Sorry Tendulkar was not clutch enough. His stat padded centuries never helped us win a series but yes he did play for a weak team so that works in his favour. I have no issues with him being rated as the best in modern era but my problem is with the premise of 90s attacks being harder to face. Sure harder to face cause of the rule set and also things that went in their favour. Intangible things that were out of control. Doesn't equate to them being better. I don't buy that at all. If anything modern bowlers have it harder so I believe current bowlers from 2014 are better overall. Agreed with.indies and lanka were better but again sl benefitted cause of a chucked. If you look at their pace attack objectively it's more or less similar. Tendulkar I don't feel would average 60 due to drs. He has issues vs spin on turners and we played on some insane Bunsens post 2014. He also weaknesses vs premium bowlers judging by his average against the top bowlers of his era. That couple with drs etc I feel he won't touch 60. It's 55 plus.

Even if India becomes a 70 trillion dollar economy such attacks won't stop until we deal with traitors at home. How do you expect foreign institutions to respect us when our own top universities like JNU, Asoka & co are so viciously anti-Hindu and against nationalism? Even a failed, bankrupt and barbaric state like Pakistan doesn't get even 1 percent of criticism from foreign entities that India does. The reason is that Pakistan doesn't let anti-national lefty termites fester in their country.

Excellent post. There is no such thing as AI. Only weights.

He has not been captaining much better in MI, brings himself on at random times, and many other such goof ups. All said and done GT is still above MI in the points table.

Trusting your word man. Shall watch it this weekend.

Not played enough is not an excuse for players who have played 30+ matches. By England standards, Tendy didnt play enogh either. Not even close, since except for Steyn and Philander, the others wont stand a chance in the 90s either and as i said, 90s South Africa also had Kallis and Cronje for a much better balance of attack. So they cancel each other out more or less. Cancels each other out again. If my umpires are biassed at home and so are yours, we cancel each other out after each cycle of home-away trips. Thats irrelevant- ball tampering or chucking is irrelevant to the discussion, since it STILL means the batsmen who faced them had to face them and if its harder to face a chucker, then the point that the batsmen had a harder time still stands. Nonsense and this is because you didnt watch enough cricket in the 90s. Tendy didnt play much against WI back then either and if anything, the batsmen today are statspadding vs Lanka and WI than in the 90s. He was far more clutch than any batsman of his callibre in tests. Against quality ATG bowling, all batsmen have 5-15 points less batting averages. DRS cancels out the advantages of batsmen and bowlers. Bowlers dont get to get wickets off of the arm guard or no balls, but batsmen dont get to dodge close lbw calls either. Which would be far lower for virat, smith, etc. NZ is not well ahead. as i explained, they had better allrounders to balance their attack and their best spinner ever. overall they are slightly ahead. But as i said, the point still stands - WI, PAK & SL were country miles better in the 90s. There is absolutely no debate on this and marginal differences between rsa/aus/nz/eng doesnt cancel out this factor. Tendy averaged 60 in a period where only 6 other batsmen averaged over 45 in the entire world. Smith is already below 60 average and theres over a dozen batsmen who average 45+ in his period.

No Kolhi ...?? by now Kohli and Rohit have become Binary stars figuratively and literally. Either both are in the team or both are dropped

Even Sachin failed occasionally, so @Mariyam is excused for the pj.

Gutkesh Why man why. Why club this kid with that loser trundler?

Hardik is totally out of form. So no point in taking him. One possible playing 11 is .... 1. Rohit .. as he has been chosen captain 2. Abhishek .. spinner 3. Jaiswal 4. SKY 5. Pant 6. Rinku 7. Dube .. medium pacer 8. Harshit .. can hit big 9. Bumrah 10. Kuldeep 11. Mayank 12. Samson 13. Pan-less Parag 14. Axar 15. Arshdeep .... Bumrah and Harshit can bowl both in PP and at the death. .... Mayank and Kuldeep will bowl in the middle overs. .... Abhishek and Dube will share 4 overs. .... Abhishek should definitely be picked this time. No other Indian can bat at 300+ SR at the top and bowl spin. .... Dube at 7 lends a lot of depth to the batting.

France 24 interviewing Dhruv Rathee. It's a proper global cabal. I am sure Google is also helping them with their visibility. Important to break through GDP $7trillion as quickly as possible. It's money which makes the world go around.

So Gill will keep playing random trundlers but Tyagi can't get a game? Mohit went for 73 in his 4, still no Tyagi? Why give Shahrukh the ball earlier and introduce Sai in 19th over, thank God I skipped this crazy low IQ match.

Sai Kishore was given the ball in 19th over, same guy who got an impressive 4fer in previous game. What sort of demented captaincy is that? Gill is an idiot of the highest grade.

BCCI *ed up by scheduling so few tests for most of the 90s. Sachin in his peak years was playing random, meaningless JAMODIS and tri series. Wasim Akram too got shafted because of that. We needed more of these 2 in tests at their best.

Not really. Fannie dint play enough. He actually was pretty average in India and in Australia mostly. Also you are forgetting kyle Abbott. If you are going to include fanning then yes I can include kyle Abbott. He was a beast. Just dint get enough chances. Morkel steyn Abbott philander that can easily rival anything SA can throw in 90s. Also you are forgetting bowlers and batsmen both get scrutinised in depth given the advancement in technology. Weaknesses ar easier to spot. Video analysis is superior. Not to mention the no no ball umpiring and rigged home umpiring bias in 90s. Hugely favoured for home teams. Bowlers overstepping constantly especially w.indians and south africans etc. Ball tampering being rampant. All this would be put to an end in current era post 2014. I dont agree at all about aus sa having better attacks. It's about equal if not Better currently. I do agree with w.indies and lanka. Guess what tenda in modern era won't get ro stat pad much at all. It will be a constant grind vs sena and maybe w.indies occasionally and perhaps here and there with SL. We don't play Pakistan so including Pakistan is a moot point. Tenda is a great player but he was never clutch. Against quality bowlers his averages were 10 to 15 points lower than his standard average. Sounds to me like he wouldn't fare all that well in current era. And no drs doesn't just favour batsmen. Can go either way. If it clips the very top part of stumps and umpire gives it out, it's out. Tend averages only 42 compared to his actual average when mcg played. 34 when donald played and 37 when wasim played. The 90s series vs nz he failed vs doull and Nash on seaming tracks. Would be worse on the green seamers vs current lot. Nz is well ahead of what they were in 90s. They won the wtc for God sake albeit in a rubbish one off final in conditions that favour them. They had a 5 pronged deadly attack. 90s had just one good bowler for nz.

How many times they play each other?

Had some1 else played similar amount of test and Odis would they have/had similar or better stats ....?? In test most certainly Sachin played 200 test score ~16 k runs and Kallis and Ponting played 160+ matches got ~13.5 Runs Odi no1 even came close to the amount of runs he scored 18+k in 460 matches many played similar amount of matches but not even close. The problem with cricket there is no set parameter, you have set weight of the ball, bails stump height, pitch but no restriction on how big/small grounds and boundaries can be. Pitches are another variable. Few shots which would be 1 or a 2 in some ground it could be a 4/6 . In some grounds where that were 6/4 that could have be caught in the deep. Question could have been would you pick him as an opener in you all time ODI 11 and as no.4 in you all time Test 11 considering all the variables different pitches, ability to win matches, take team to safety in test and may be to a win. kind of bowling line he would face be it top spin of Warne or Murli, pace of Akthar, Wasim Mcgrath ??

Big part of my childhood, first Sachin, then Sehwag. Happy birthday maestro.