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Javed Miandad was just an obnoxious character overall. He is just an illiterate gaon waala who I think just tries to play it to the galleries.

 

I remember a show during one of the Ind-Pak takra type bs we see before WC's where he started the whole Indians are cowards rhetoric and Sunil Gavaskar was on that show as well.   Sunny kept his calm and praised Javed as one of the grittiest fighters he has seen on a cricket field and Javed literally got emotional and started with the whole "Aaj tak Chunny bhai aul Viv Lichards se bada batsmen cliket me nahi aaya" and "main Chunny bhai ka balla phan tha" .

 

You see it with youtube shows as well the patronizing of Indian cricket by some Pakistani-Ex cricketers. They may not mean what they say but clearly the hatred and contempt is an act just like the love for Indian cricket. They are just trying to get with their lives.

 

However the biggest problem is with some one like Imran Khan. He was a role-model for most Pakistanis. He was western-educated and could speak English which was probably a first for Pakistanis. He hung around with the social crowd.

 

Now this supposedly educated man comes in makes random theories like genetic superiority and justifying things like ball-tampering and a whole generation of delusional Pakistanis bought this bs.

 

Just basic common sense, Pakistan's 3 fastest bowlers Wasim, Waqar and Shoaib are all Punjabis who share the same genes as their Indian counterparts, what genetic superiority did STD Khan see in them?

 

Imran the PM has nothing to do with this as he is  a dunce but I am not even going into his political career. He did a lot of damage to Pak cricket which obviously I don't give a fk about, however his smug look while spewing his bs as if some know it all messiah of cricket pisses me off.

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Posted
11 hours ago, nevada said:

I don't "personally dislike" any player but find a few of them annoying.

Javed Miandad was perhaps the most annoying of them all. I loved watching him getting pinged on the head repeatedly by Venkatesh Prasad's bouncers in his final match!

McGrath comes a close second. He was clutch, ripped the heart out of the top order and crushed opponents' spirits, bowled with metronomic accuracy, etc but acted like a prick with his mean sledging tactics. For someone of his talent, he didn't even need to sledge but he did it anyway. 

Dhoni - the worst non retirement ever. Selfish individual who has nothing left to give but continues to be greedy to grab ever more. After prolonging his faltering career by a good 2-3 years on the pretext of the 2019 World cup, he refuses to retire, putting undue pressure on Rishabh Pant with former players, media, public etc scrutinizing and magnifying his every little failure as if he stole Dhoni's place in the side. 

Mushfiqur - very childish and silly.

Miandad got kicked once by Lillee. There are videos on YouTube of that.

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I used to dislike Sanga, McGrath and Ponting during their cricket days .

 

Sanga has turned out to be one of the best analysts out there and bonus he lost his British accent after living in England. redeemed himself.

 

McGrath comes across as one of the nicest guys out there since his retirement and a guy who devotes his life to charity cannot be unlikeable.

 

Ponting too has redeemed himself since he has become an analyst.

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5 hours ago, Shaukat said:

Might as well name all induans Get bit more brave lol 

 

What's wrong with Yuzi tho That dude is harmless as fly 

There were some insane comments from that guy, don't really like him tbh anyways. Hardik Pandya at times is also very creepy. 

 

Virat, Jadeja, Bumrah, Bhuvi etc. are fine

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1 minute ago, Autonomous said:

From Pakistan:

Imam, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, Akmal Bros, Usman Qadir, Imran Jr, Junaid Khan

Has he even played? Is there any juicy story out there as to why he deserves to be hated?

 

 

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2 hours ago, Global.Baba said:

Has he even played? Is there any juicy story out there as to why he deserves to be hated?

 

 

He said he wants to play wt20 2020 for Australia and wanted to be an aussie. 

 

However came back to pakistan after being a flop show in australia and BBL.

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Generally disliked the cocky attitude of certain Pakistani cricketers like Shoaib and ajmal who were useless without tampering/chucking. The Aussies sledged and were the pits at times but they backed it up with real ability atleast. 

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13 hours ago, Autonomous said:

There were some insane comments from that guy, don't really like him tbh anyways. Hardik Pandya at times is also very creepy. 

 

Virat, Jadeja, Bumrah, Bhuvi etc. are fine

Pandya is Chill...gives me soothing vibes , dont give in too much to "Koffee karan" thing Dude has come from humble background, It is too much to ask from him to be politically correct , let him play cricket for now he will eventually Learn those things along the way

 

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Shikar Dhawan...specially when he grins after dropping a catch ....not to mention the irritating thigh slapping.

 

Bhajji was irritating but now he doesn't play for India ,so it is fine.

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23 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Generally disliked the cocky attitude of certain Pakistani cricketers like Shoaib and ajmal who were useless without tampering/chucking. The Aussies sledged and were the pits at times but they backed it up with real ability atleast. 

Thread is about great players.

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Hayden, Ponting, McGrath.  Easy trend to spot there.

 

But that's what makes me respect guys like Damien Martyn, Jason Gillespie even more - lionhearted quality players, who weren't @d$holes. 

 

As players, I detested Ponting, Fleming, Sanga and Nasser, but love them after retirement.  

 

Mushfiq Rahim, is another player, who with his performances has a legit case to make as a 'great', but is a small person and I am not talking about his height. 

 

Getting back to Greenbros, their smarmy ignorant fake pseudo-superiority complex was too institutionalized in the 90s to really blame it on one person, so putting that aside, there weren't many 'hate-worthy' players.  Miandad of course, but hes an idiot anyway.  

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