Bigg Brother Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 What a wonderful achievement this is. 2015 ODI WC 2021 WT20 2023 WTC David Warner - Player of the tournament in 2021 wt20. Mitchell Starc - Beast in 2015 WC Smith - Numero uno of World Cricket. By far the most clutch player ever to play international cricket. Pat Cummins - Underrated Captain in world cricket at present , the guy is machine when it comes to bowling. Arguably the best fast bowler in test cricket at present. Do India have even 1 match winner who can turn up on the occasion of the finals rather than bashing minnows in bilaterals? These 4 are just bonafide match winners, India have none. India is just not good enough. Time to accept it and lower our expectations. rollingstoned, nitinbwj, Vijy and 3 others 1 1 4 Link to comment
zen Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) And we have Rohit & Kohli, along with Bumrah, etc … oh wait, but they don’t tend to click when it matters! Edited June 11, 2023 by zen deepdynamo, Bigg Brother, Zero_Unit and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment
Gollum Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 How can a 20 million strong country be so good in so many sports? Mad respect. Stan AF, Bigg Brother, Lord and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
Bigg Brother Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Gollum said: How can a 20 million strong country be so good in so many sports? Mad respect. Sporting culture and not worshipping their players. Also respect to their players for prioritising the national team over anything. Mostly these guys don't even play BBL. They skip IPL. Link to comment
Kothili Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bigg Brother said: Time to accept it and lower our expectations. Exactly what Dravid said. Yet, many ICF'ers keep baying for his blood. He is not the selection committee. He only plays the hand he is dealt. Edited June 11, 2023 by Kothili Lord 1 Link to comment
Kothili Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 25 minutes ago, Bigg Brother said: Sporting culture and not worshipping their players. Also respect to their players for prioritising the national team over anything. Mostly these guys don't even play BBL. They skip IPL. Exactly this. Indian fans are the most over the top imbeciles you'll ever see. LordPrabhzy 1 Link to comment
Kothili Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 31 minutes ago, Gollum said: How can a 20 million strong country be so good in so many sports? Mad respect. In their national fabric. And natural ability. Link to comment
maniac Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Kothili said: Exactly what Dravid said. Yet, many ICF'ers keep baying for his blood. He is not the selection committee. He only plays the hand he is dealt. So a coach who gets paid millions saying we suck so lower your expectations is being used as a defense to support him but the fans who actually pay $$$ either by buying subscriptions, merchandise, tickets and spending their energy and passion backing the team are imbeciles. Makes sense. you are a KL Rahul fan right? makes even more sense Edited June 11, 2023 by maniac Vijy, rollingstoned, Stan AF and 1 other 4 Link to comment
LordPrabhzy Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 5 hours ago, Kothili said: Exactly this. Indian fans are the most over the top imbeciles you'll ever see. some of these have already started to open WI tour selection threads- like how shameless can one be Lord, sage and Zero_Unit 2 1 Link to comment
LordPrabhzy Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 4 hours ago, maniac said: So a coach who gets paid millions saying we suck so lower your expectations is being used as a defense to support him but the fans who actually pay $$$ either by buying subscriptions, merchandise, tickets and spending their energy and passion backing the team are imbeciles. Makes sense. you are a KL Rahul fan right? makes even more sense he is getting paid millions due to imbecil fans who have seen what the priority of the BCCI and players is for 10 years and YET STILL find time to fund the BCCI's pockets. BCCI is clever as it knows what its doing, the fans are rightly imbeciles. maniac 1 Link to comment
Vijy Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 10 hours ago, Gollum said: How can a 20 million strong country be so good in so many sports? Mad respect. because they care... and by care, the people, the sportspersons, the govt (with resources), the coaches & staff, etc... not a fraudulent nepotistic inefficient crony ridden corruption fest Gollum 1 Link to comment
Zero_Unit Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 17 hours ago, Bigg Brother said: Sporting culture and not worshipping their players. Also respect to their players for prioritising the national team over anything. Mostly these guys don't even play BBL. They skip IPL. As if Virat will ever do that. If IPL was played during IND international matches RCB > IND for Virat. Link to comment
Lord Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 On 6/11/2023 at 12:52 PM, maniac said: So a coach who gets paid millions saying we suck so lower your expectations is being used as a defense to support him but the fans who actually pay $$$ either by buying subscriptions, merchandise, tickets and spending their energy and passion backing the team are imbeciles. Makes sense. you are a KL Rahul fan right? makes even more sense not defending him, but any coach,however well paid,can't manufacture talented players. Sure he needs be to sacked over selection calls etc but even before him we haven't won ICC trophy for long. After IPL especially talent for Tests have dried up. maniac 1 Link to comment
Vijy Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 12 hours ago, Zero_Unit said: As if Virat will ever do that. If IPL was played during IND international matches RCB > IND for Virat. RCB comes first for Brat nowadays Link to comment
Majestic Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Pat Cummins didn't played most of the games in 2015 WC. Warner, Smith and Starc definitely have won those three World tournaments. Hazelwood - missed WTC. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Apart from underhanded tactics of Aussies which i loathe, I am always a fan of Australian cricketing culture. Alan Border shaped it. Others just inherited and made it better. Instead of worshipping individuals, worship winning teams. Over my dead body approach of Shane Warne should be embraced. How many times they were nearly out of the game only to come back harder at the opposition? India needs more Rishab Pants. Link to comment
Stan AF Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 That 2015 batch had a slew of 2 time ODI WC winners in the names of Michael Clarke, Shane watson and Mitchell Johnson also. Let's not kid ourselves. This itself is a huge deal. The culture seems to be thriving. Link to comment
Stan AF Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 This is not even their best team by a mile is a scary thought Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Stan AF said: This is not even their best team by a mile is a scary thought Credit to Pant and other youngsters for toppling them with a B string side. Ashes might go in favor of England. But in Australia , England will find it harder. Link to comment
diga Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 6 hours ago, Vijy said: RCB comes first for Brat nowadays Anushka & Wokeness before that Vijy 1 Link to comment
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