nevada Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Both results feel equally special. As an emotional rollercoaster, today's game is several notches higher. The inevitability of defeat when Rahane got out as soon as the day started, incredulity at Pant's audacious batting, a brief flicker of slight hope coupled with a fear of this rearguard being too good to last, the satisfaction of seeing the Aussies getting rattled, crushing disappointment when Pant fell short of a century, resigned to defeat after Pujara fell, and rooting for Vihari and Ashwin's unbelievable stand to never end. Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Wow SCG miracle winning by a landslide. We witnessed something so special today that even the legendary MCG win looks pheeka for so many of us. Link to comment
Stan AF Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Wow. Feels really great to have 2 options. Link to comment
Stan AF Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Yow Gollum, didn't you say mcg feels better than 1983 world cup win itself! Tridibans_16 and nevada 2 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 So even with Smith and Warner in, Kohli out and broken players, Aussies still can't win a test at home. Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 27 minutes ago, Stan AF said: Yow Gollum, didn't you say mcg feels better than 1983 world cup win itself! Yup, this series feels like a dream man. Who expected this? Tridibans_16 and coffee_rules 2 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 MCG ftw , literally! It was a tougher pitch, SCG was flat Tridibans_16 1 Link to comment
KiraReturns23 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Gollum said: How many feel this way? Hard fought draws in SENA are so rare, especially with us being behind the game for first 4 days.....and losing Jaddu, few other players not 100% fit. SENA wins we have several, but that 4th innings effort was something special. Super Pant, Monk Che and topped off with an ATG partnership between an injured guy and another guy with a dozen body bruises. Against one of the greatest bowling attacks ever assembled. Amazing warrior mentality!!!!! MCG was better Gollu Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Ashwin and Vihari batted 46.5 under utmost pressure. An exemplary display of giving a great fight and earning a draw, something which is very rare from batsmen who bat at 6 and 7. Credit to Sharma, Pujara and Pant as well for laying the foundations of a draw. Gollum, Tridibans_16, Suhaan and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Gollum said: Yup, this series feels like a dream man. Who expected this? I expected this bro Gollum 1 Link to comment
BacktoCricaddict Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Gollum said: How many feel this way? Hard fought draws in SENA are so rare, especially with us being behind the game for first 4 days.....and losing Jaddu, few other players not 100% fit. SENA wins we have several, but that 4th innings effort was something special. Super Pant, Monk Che and topped off with an ATG partnership between an injured guy and another guy with a dozen body bruises. Against one of the greatest bowling attacks ever assembled. Amazing warrior mentality!!!!! All true, but a win is a win is a win. And the MCG win had a lot of emotions around it too - coming back from 36 a.o., playing with a depleted squad etc. Also, this is probably not the time or place to make this confession, but what the heck, we are all friends today - I feel just a slight twinge of disappointment that we did not win. Obviously I didn't have that expectation going in to day 5, but the way Pant played, I started to truly believe. I started to do all my superstitious moves - sitting in the same spot on my couch, making sure my wife did not move from her spot, postponing dinner till it was lunch break in Sydney so I don't have to get up from the couch etc. Then when Pujara hit 3 straight fours off Cummins with the new ball, I was ecstatic and looking forward to a true push towards a win even though Pant was not there. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps! But it's all good. Gollum and Tridibans_16 2 Link to comment
Tridibans_16 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Gollum said: How many feel this way? Hard fought draws in SENA are so rare, especially with us being behind the game for first 4 days.....and losing Jaddu, few other players not 100% fit. SENA wins we have several, but that 4th innings effort was something special. Super Pant, Monk Che and topped off with an ATG partnership between an injured guy and another guy with a dozen body bruises. Against one of the greatest bowling attacks ever assembled. Amazing warrior mentality!!!!! Can't argue against anything you said. But SENA wins are so rare especially for us 90s kids having that mental scar of Aussie/ Saffer tours and getting our asses handed back to us that any win in a test (even a dead rubber J'oburg 2018) is to be cherished. Personally, MCG win triumphs todays draw, but contextually speaking, with everything going around, this is perhaps the best match I have witnessed in SENA by India. Link to comment
neel roy Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Gollum said: He is Bambi fanboy, I am DC....banter from IPL section. DC players did well today!!!! Of course Rahane Ashwin Pant. And dont forget Vihari s last ipl team was Delhi Capitals ;) Gollum 1 Link to comment
Real McCoy Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 MCG win. because of 36 ao in adelaide and how they were able to put it behind them and won the game. SCG draw would rank higher in terms on overseas draws and for the number of overs India faced. but still a win is a win and better than a draw no matter how you spin it. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Can we all agree now that the Gabbatoir win was the greatest of them all? :) Edited January 19, 2021 by Nikhil_cric nevada 1 Link to comment
Sonix768 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 2:56 PM, New guy said: Gabba win in next match>SCG>MCG Great insight, bro.. This Gabba win triumps all. Link to comment
Norman Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Gabba win in next match>SCG>MCG Link to comment
Norman Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Can we all agree now that the Gabbatoir win was the greatest of them all? :)Without a doubt. Link to comment
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