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From what logic does Ahmedabad deserve the most important matches that have been played in every tournament for the past several years? Imagine thinking Ahmedabad is getting all these matches because they “deserve” it and not because of a certain narcissist.

Wankhede was rocking and Eden Gardens showed up for NZ-SA. And yet we have to play the finals in this PoS stadium.

People make a lot of stupid comments on this forum. This one somehow manages to set itself apart McGrath had 100% control and accuracy over his bowling. He could drop the ball exactly where he wanted every single time. And he could swing or cut it either way in nearly every condition. McGrath would have been like Bumrah if he played in the T20 era.

These guys lost to USA in the World Cup. They don’t have “raw talent”. This is a holdover from the 1980s and 1990s when Pakistan was a richer country on a per capita basis than India and had a lucky streak with a few generational talents. Indian cricket OTOH was held back by incredible corruption where you had to pay several lakhs to get into a Ranji team unless your talent was at Sachin level. Also, Pakistan recruited from the streets whereas India recruited from the coaching classes. And Indian coaches were terrible. They took players and made them worse. Pakistan’s big advantage was their players didn’t usually go through terrible lower level coaching classes because they were picked off the streets. It’s when Dhoni started doing this that Indian talent improved, and it’s only over the last 10-15 years that Indian coaching at the grassroots level has upgraded to not making players worse.