Big natural hitters: It seems it depend upon the diet of nation

[Singh bling]

17 hours ago, MechEng said:

@Alam_dar I have different take on pakoda, samosas, naan and etc. They are counted as unhealthy foods today but it used to be a part of regular diet for people living in medieval era who were physically much fitter than us.

1 ) Earlier fitness was because of Survival of fittest. There were no modern medicines or hospitals to save unfit people or kids. So only fittest best genes used to survive.

 

2) physical work was much more than today's world. Armies used to march thousands of km on foot . So no matter how much you eat calories were going to be burned.

[Mesky99]

On 10/31/2021 at 5:52 PM, Alam_dar said:

India has problem in finding out power hitter. 

 

Pakistan also has the same problem. Although Pakistan had Asif, but he is not reliable enough. 

 

Bangladesh is also suffering from the same problem. 

 

In Pakistan, especially the Karachi batsmen are also suffering from this same problem. 

 

The only thing which is common among them, is the diet. 

 

West Indies of the past had huge cricketers like Garner etc. They still have it and they are producing great power hitters. 

 

And now Afghanistan has showed this talent. 

 

Power hitting comes automatically with the physical health. Just look at Yuvraj Singh. 

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If I am not making a mistake, then I think that the staple diet of West Indians was Cassava and Tapioca Roti.  It has changed in the last few decades, but still it seems that Tapioca Roti is very good for the digestive system as compared to Rice. 

 

And welcome to the Afghan Cuisine. I really like the Afghan dishes. They are simple, tasty and extremely healthy. They are similar to Uzbek (Central Asia) cousine and all of them are very healthy. 

 

While Indian/Pakistani Cuisine is full of OILY foods, and also mostly one sided. That is people are only eating Dal/Chawal or Dal/Roti. And other favourite things are pakoda, samossa, which are again not healthy. There are hardly any green raw  Salads (but mostly pickles, which are again not so healthy)

India is to big a country hence staple diets change statewide, no oily samosa, pakoda is not staple in any state, doodh, dahi, curd, wheat, sorghum, millet, lenthils, legumes, beans, khichdi, rice is staple, south Indian diet is very healthy with ragi flour, dosa, uttapham, ghee etc 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mesky99]

Every young Indian batter can power hit from gaikwad, paddikal, jaiswal the issue is they are all top order batsmen none bat in the middle order, Rohit is probably one of the greatest six hitters ever, even in the practice games Rahul, kishan, Surya out did the English batsman in six hitting, we have lost two matches and this is down to a psychological issue, all the batsmen in the team bar kohli are playing for their positions and sadly all have lost form at the same time

[Mesky99]

What India need to change is the mindset, high risk players at the top with anchor at three 

Edited November 1, 2021 by Mesky99

[coffee_rules]

Nothing new here. Pelle, jazba aur junoon in fast bowling meant beef eating. Now power hitting means meat eaters skill set. 

Edited November 2, 2021 by coffee_rules

[Mesky99]

47 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Nothing new here. Pelle, jazba aur junoon in fast bowling meant beef eating. Now power hitting means meat eaters skill set. 

Well let them have some fun, except Asif none can even a hit a bowl properly in Pak let alone power hit, batting second has helped them big time in all the games, India as early as 2006 would rack up scores above 320 plus, Pakistan even today in t20s is at best a 150 team, we have beaten all from aus, SA, NZ, eng all in their backyard. Two bad matches, nothing else.

 

[Alam_dar]

42 minutes ago, Mesky99 said:

Well let them have some fun, except Asif none can even a hit a bowl properly in Pak let alone power hit, batting second has helped them big time in all the games, India as early as 2006 would rack up scores above 320 plus, Pakistan even today in t20s is at best a 150 team, we have beaten all from aus, SA, NZ, eng all in their backyard. Two bad matches, nothing else.

 

I didn't criticise Vegetarians and boasted about meat eating, but I was criticising the collective diet culture of Pakistan/India/Bangladesh where a lot of rice is consumed with lot of oil and one sided dishes like Daal/Roti, or Daal/Rice, with almost no green salads etc. 

 

Meat is not an issue, while whole of Bangladesh and Pakistan consume meat, along with 30% to 50% of Indian population too. It seems that Bengal Team has the least big hitters despite being meat eaters (perhaps they are at the top in consuming rice as their staple food). 

 

Indian Behar region also consumes rice as their staple food, and people seem very much like Bengalis too. 

 

While the Indian region, where Bajra and Jawar and barley are staple (or even consumed in big quantity), they are bigger in stature. It seems most of the Northern India consumes wheat as staple, along with lot of rice too. 

Edited November 2, 2021 by Alam_dar

[Mesky99]

35 minutes ago, Alam_dar said:

 

I didn't criticise Vegetarians and boasted about meat eating, but I was criticising the collective diet culture of Pakistan/India/Bangladesh where a lot of rice is consumed with lot of oil and one sided dishes like Daal/Roti, or Daal/Rice. 

 

Meat is not an issue, while whole of Bangladesh and Pakistan consume meat, along with 30% to 50% of Indian population too. It seems that Bengal Team has the least big hitters despite being meat eaters (perhaps they are at the top in consuming rice as their staple food). 

 

Indian Behar region also consumes rice as their staple food, and people seem very much like Bengalis too. 

 

While the Indian region, where Bajra and Jawar and barley are staple (or even consumed in big quantity), they are bigger in stature. It seems most of the Northern India consumes wheat as staple, along with lot of rice too. 

Again can't decide by region only to see someone is big or not, tribals of eastern India are terrific in sports and have won many medals, ganguly was a Bengali and a terrific six hitter, marathas are from Western India strong/stocky built but hardly play cricket, Bihari diet varies, Ishan Kishan is a bihari, he has immense six hitting skills, Umesh Yadav to is from Eastern India, Surya Kumar  and so is Varun Aaron, lithi Choka sattu (super food), Kadi bhari are all staple eaten with a variety of different lentills and vegetables.

Juwar, bajra, wheat, milk, dahi is staple in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab but none of these states are successful cricketing teams, Gujarat in the last 15 years have produced a lot of great cricketers, best six hitters in India now are all currently south Indians Rahul, Sanju, Shreyas iyer, paddikal, Venkatesh iyer, uthappa, rayudu. 

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2021 by Mesky99

[Alam_dar]

3 hours ago, Mesky99 said:

Juwar, bajra, wheat, milk, dahi is staple in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab but none of these states are successful cricketing teams, Gujarat in the last 15 years have produced a lot of great cricketers, best six hitters in India now are all currently south Indians Rahul, Sanju, Shreyas iyer, paddikal, Venkatesh iyer, uthappa, rayudu. 

 

In general, I think that people from Punjab and Haryana are strongly build. It may be that they are not producing good enough cricketers, but indeed Kapil and Yuvraj Singh were genuine hard hitters. Even Harbajan Singh was able to hit hard.

 

South Indian Cousine seems to be little different and healthier as compared to the North. 

[Mesky99]

22 minutes ago, Alam_dar said:

 

In general, I think that people from Punjab and Haryana are strongly build. It may be that they are not producing good enough cricketers, but indeed Kapil and Yuvraj Singh were genuine hard hitters. Even Harbajan Singh was able to hit hard.

 

South Indian Cousine seems to be little different and healthier as compared to the North. 

That's the thing you dont have to be a big guy to hit sixes, its the base, lower body and bat speed which is important, kumble was huge in size, nicknamed Jambo but could never hit big, bhaji a lot smaller had a free flowing bat swing, same with vvs a big guy but could never power hit, Asif Ali ain't no big guy but has a great bat swing and stable lower body, it's the technique that matters, Nicholas pooran again hits a long ball but not big in size.