speedheat Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Source Hailing the Indian men's hockey team for bronze medal victory in Tokyo Olympics 2020, former India opener Gautam Gambhir said that the bronze medal win is bigger than 3 cricket World Cup wins. Edited August 6, 2021 by speedheat
speedheat Posted August 6, 2021 Author Posted August 6, 2021 Do you guys agree? rangeelaraja, Cricspin and velu 3
Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 why comparison in 1st place sorak and Cricspin 2
adkrish22290 Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 Of course I agree. Olympics is the pinnacle of world sport and I rate even an Olympic bronze medal won by India highly. Certainly more nationalistic and feel-good than any CWC win. kepler37b 1
LordPrabhzy Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 23 minutes ago, speedheat said: Do you guys agree? No.. 2007 and 2011 came in an era when BCCi was a powerful baord and nation was behind cricket 100% The bronze medal is equivalent to the 1983 win which heralded the shift to cricket for Indians. If this win makes kids and youngsters take up the sport- more media rights will be sold, more eye balls, more advertisements, more money for Hockey India to invest in rural areas esp Punjab, Jharkhand, NE and South and make as many astro turfs, modern hickey sticks, balls, shoes etc. The more people play the sport, the cheaper it will be to buy equipment ( laws of demand and supply) maniac and speedheat 1 1
Gollum Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Our WC winning teams never faced such nonsense umpiring. This was more like SCG 2008 level officiating especially in QF, SF, bronze medal match. Imagine, the crooks actually stopped the timer in dying minutes yesterday to give Germans more time to get the equalizer. Clock stopped for 11 seconds when 29 seconds were left in Q4, Germans got a PC in final 6.7 seconds, do the math. I have never seen anything like this in my life, even backyard matches against elder siblings see better officiating. Edited August 6, 2021 by Gollum Real McCoy, Vilander and Cricspin 3
GautiMaan Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 He might just be trying to raise the profile of Indian Hockey speedheat 1
maniac Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 Not 83 or 2007 but would definitely put it over 2011 in terms or importance. raki05, velu and speedheat 3
Lord Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 its just a bronze,lets not get ahead of ourselves Cricketers play under massive pressure,incomparable to other sports in India more comparable to 1983 if we lost in the final
G_B_ Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 Why compare? How about we celebrate all wins sorak 1
LordPrabhzy Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 42 minutes ago, Lord said: its just a bronze,lets not get ahead of ourselves Cricketers play under massive pressure,incomparable to other sports in India more comparable to 1983 if we lost in the final what pressure? the way that Indian captains laugh and joke after losing games… players still in the team after bad form and no contribution? im sorry to say Indian cricketers have no pressure raki05 1
Lord Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said: what pressure? the way that Indian captains laugh and joke after losing games… players still in the team after bad form and no contribution? im sorry to say Indian cricketers have no pressure current team hasnt won anything anyway. Talking about those who did.
Trichromatic Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 It's like saying more proud of one kid than other when both of them have done well in their respective fields. What's this nonsense of bigger?
Sean Bradley Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 Ok one question, why dint Gambhir Choose hockey as a career over cricket? Ankit_sharma03 1
maniac Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 2 hours ago, LordPrabhzy said: No.. 2007 and 2011 came in an era when BCCi was a powerful baord and nation was behind cricket 100% The bronze medal is equivalent to the 1983 win which heralded the shift to cricket for Indians. If this win makes kids and youngsters take up the sport- more media rights will be sold, more eye balls, more advertisements, more money for Hockey India to invest in rural areas esp Punjab, Jharkhand, NE and South and make as many astro turfs, modern hickey sticks, balls, shoes etc. The more people play the sport, the cheaper it will be to buy equipment ( laws of demand and supply) I wouldn’t say just hockey, Indian middle class now sees that any sport if the kid has enough talent can be a secure life looking at Saina,Sindhu,Mary Kom or the adulation the hockey team got
adi B Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 I would have agreed if we won the Olympic gold ,Winning a Hockey gold in a diversified field with almost all the continents competing in it ,would have been a great achievement. You can imagine how strong International hockey has become when pakistan currently are ranked 19th . Winning the bronze medal is also a great achievement! Winning the cricket world cup In a field of 5-6 major teams is no big achievement for me and we mostly under achieve in cricket tournaments
Mariyam Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 54 minutes ago, Sean Bradley said: Ok one question, why dint Gambhir Choose hockey as a career over cricket? Vertically challenged?
LordPrabhzy Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Vertically challenged? Nilakant Sharma who’s from the NE is deffo under 5’5. So height is not a prerequisite.
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