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[Number]

5 minutes ago, goose said:

 

 

is that star sports? i had to put up with bhogle for fox during the ton

Yes it was on star sports.

[goose]

3 minutes ago, Number said:

Yes it was on star sports.

 

ok damn, doubt their passage of play is on youtube

[sensible-indian]

2 hours ago, Number said:

Actually the 2010 was extremely tense. Aussies had almost won the 2nd test and would have drawn the series. I recall we were saved by umpire for the last wicket where Ojha was plumb. We coped some really bad decisions in that test but somehow the most decisive one fell in our favour.

 

Laxman-Ishant partnership then that Ojha run out scare where Laxman got really angry and almost threw his bat him in anger was just epic.

Yeah but apart from that test, it was boring.

[Vijy]

4 minutes ago, sensible-indian said:

Yeah but apart from that test, it was boring.

yes, 1st test was an easy-peasy victory.

[Suhaan]

Fire @Gollum

@express bowling

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/AKzcaw4zcuU?si=j7qomBObEQii8phj

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Fire @Gollum

@express bowling

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/AKzcaw4zcuU?si=j7qomBObEQii8phj

One of the greatest series of all time, one day fans will realize how lucky they were to follow our 2016-17 home season, culminating in this epic clash. 

 

That Aussie team (especially God mode Smith) deserved a series win in India 10x more than this lodu NZ team. So many country greats and ATGs at the peak of their powers in that series 

Edited December 28, 2024 by Gollum

[Vijy]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

One of the greatest series of all time, one day fans will realize how lucky they were to follow our 2016-17 home season, culminating in this epic clash. 

 

That Aussie team (especially God mode Smith) deserved a series win in India 10x more than this lodu NZ team. So many country greats and ATGs at the peak of their powers in that series 

yeah, one of the great series. 2020-21 even higher of course.

[Gollum]

GOAT: 2020-21, 2001

 

ATG: 2003-04 (away), 2017

 

Memorable: 1998, 2004 (even though we lost), Monkeygate one, 2018-19

 

Only bad ones were 1999-00, 2011-12. Even 2013 home series, 2014-15 were captivating. 

 

Greatest rivalry, because of clash of styles akin to Federer vs Nadal. 

 

OnlY Aus-RSA rivalry comes close (still distant second) in the modern era. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gollum]

Just now, Vijy said:

yeah, one of the great series. 2020-21 even higher of course.

2020-21 is the greatest ever series.

 

2001 great but somehow not convinced about legality of Harbhajan's action. If I were an Aussie supporter, would be annoyed to see such blatant chucking going unpunished, similar effect as Senanayake against us in 2014 WT20 final. 

[Suhaan]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

GOAT: 2020-21, 2001

 

ATG: 2003-04 (away), 2017

 

Memorable: 1998, 2004 (even though we lost), Monkeygate one, 2018-19

 

Only bad ones were 1999-00, 2011-12. Even 2013 home series, 2014-15 were captivating. 

 

Greatest rivalry, because of clash of styles akin to Federer vs Nadal. 

 

OnlY Aus-RSA rivalry comes close (still distant second) in the modern era. 

 

 

 

 

 

Gollum,anyone will argue that away wins in 18/19 and 20/21 pips all are home wins,true absolutely true

But if you ask me ,I enjoyed the 2017 series the most,we had fire bowling as you said at peak of its powers,it was fiercely fought series

 

[Vijy]

5 minutes ago, Gollum said:

GOAT: 2020-21, 2001

 

ATG: 2003-04 (away), 2017

 

Memorable: 1998, 2004 (even though we lost), Monkeygate one, 2018-19

 

Only bad ones were 1999-00, 2011-12. Even 2013 home series, 2014-15 were captivating. 

 

Greatest rivalry, because of clash of styles akin to Federer vs Nadal. 

 

OnlY Aus-RSA rivalry comes close (still distant second) in the modern era. 

 

 

 

 

 

yeah, I completely agree.

[Lord]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

2020-21 is the greatest ever series.

 

2001 great but somehow not convinced about legality of Harbhajan's action. If I were an Aussie supporter, would be annoyed to see such blatant chucking going unpunished, similar effect as Senanayake against us in 2014 WT20 final. 

 

Also some shady umpiring. Gilchrist was not out in his hattrick

[Vijy]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

2020-21 is the greatest ever series.

 

2001 great but somehow not convinced about legality of Harbhajan's action. If I were an Aussie supporter, would be annoyed to see such blatant chucking going unpunished, similar effect as Senanayake against us in 2014 WT20 final. 

in 2001, there were lot more chuckers, so it is "reasonable" in a way to win that way. Besides, doosra was a bigger issue than regular offie.

[Gollum]

Just now, Suhaan said:

Gollum,anyone will argue that away wins in 18/19 and 20/21 pips all are home wins,true absolutely true

But if you ask me ,I enjoyed the 2017 series the most,we had fire bowling as you said at peak of its powers,it was fiercely fought series

 

Also, many of our players were fighting injury in that series, still gave it everything for the team. Ashwin, Jadeja, Umesh, KL etc. missed that year's IPL, even Kohli but he sustained it on field. Very packed schedule in 2016-17, 12 home tests season, imagine.

 

Underrated part of that series is Saha's keeping, I have never seen keeping of higher quality against both pace and spin. Pity BCCI doesn't have a montage of his keeping.

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, Vijy said:

in 2001, there were lot more chuckers, so it is "reasonable" in a way to win that way. Besides, doosra was a bigger issue than regular offie.

Mostly Asians. Big clampdown on suspect actions in Aus domestic that time. 

[sensible-indian]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Also, many of our players were fighting injury in that series, still gave it everything for the team. Ashwin, Jadeja, Umesh, KL etc. missed that year's IPL, even Kohli but he sustained it on field. Very packed schedule in 2016-17, 12 home tests season, imagine.

 

Underrated part of that series is Saha's keeping, I have never seen keeping of higher quality against both pace and spin. Pity BCCI doesn't have a montage of his keeping.

Saha is so under-rated.

 

Is he the greatest Indian wicket keeper?

 

Where does he stand at the world level?

[Gollum]

7 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Also some shady umpiring. Gilchrist was not out in his hattrick

Fans  who love to be nostalgic and **** on current era don't understand how infuriating umpiring, chucking, tampering, fixing etc. were in the old days. 

Edited December 28, 2024 by Gollum

[Number]

1 hour ago, goose said:

 

ok damn, doubt their passage of play is on youtube

Yeah man. Star are such a bitch.

It will be there on their app hotstar in sometime today. But I think you need vpn for that.

[Vijy]

3 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Fans  who love to be nostalgic and **** on current era don't understand how infuriating umpiring, chucking, tampering, fixing etc. were in the old days. 

remember role of umpire jayaprakash in kumble's 10-fer

[Number]

16 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Also some shady umpiring. Gilchrist was not out in his hattrick

Aussies were no saints either. 4 out of 6 of Sachin's dismissal in 1999-00 series in Australia were questionable some of them not even close.

Then of course their is Sydney till then TV umpiring and everything was so evolved still such blatant errors from umpires.