Ultimate_Game Posted March 16 Posted March 16 2 hours ago, tapandrun said: Its a customary agreement pcb and nzc has that they will have a series during IPL. NZ has been wise using those series and tours to build up bench, Its similar to how Ind was playing SL during the time of sanga and Mahela to give chances to new players. It helped kolhi and Rohit's career. SL was was a good team but yet beatable so if some1 was good against them it was deemed that they are good in general. Pak plays full strength side in bi-laterals too so nz tested their bench and god some player like chapman, think orourke also played some matches vs pak in the initial stages Not denying that but surprised that the series was organized barely days after CT wrapped up. I can understand scheduling a few weeks after the CT is over or during IPL. But doing so barely a few days after CT reeks of PCB knowing what was gonna happen and looks like they planned it to divert attention from CT failure.
tapandrun Posted March 16 Posted March 16 9 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said: Not denying that but surprised that the series was organized barely days after CT wrapped up. I can understand scheduling a few weeks after the CT is over or during IPL. But doing so barely a few days after CT reeks of PCB knowing what was gonna happen and looks like they planned it to divert attention from CT failure. Ind board was doing it on-purpose to divert the attention and still keep audiences intrsted in Ind cricket by selecting some new player which ppl wanted to watch. But the nz and pak series nothing odd, check the history of the series. While IPL was on nz and pak team is having this series for sometime now. Pcb does not want to feel left-out while IPL was on so they came up with series like this during IPL. Not many teams are available during ipl. think only zim is fully available during that time, pcb came up with this series with nz so they have something for their audiences during ipl and not be seen as leftout. NZ play their b/c/d teams and try out some of their high potential player against a full strength pak team Ultimate_Game 1
Lord Posted March 16 Posted March 16 22 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said: PCB took the page from BCCI's playbook from our previous ICC knockout failures. I remember we used to hurriedly organize a series with WI or SL after losing a knockout game. The difference was we used to lose in knockouts, whereas Pak get humiliated in group stages and that we usually used to win those WI/SL series Ultimate_Game 1
tapandrun Posted March 16 Posted March 16 (edited) 14 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: A team that has Ayush Badoni, Ramandeep Singh, Rajat Patidar, Sindhu, PRabhsimran singh etc.. can easily beat this pakistan team eyes closed. Ind should send them in asa-cup, think this could be competitive side too. Send a b/c team. Thnk they can take on full strength pak team as well. Give that team some 4/5 matches to figure the combination and then play them in asa-cup. chikara Priyansh Patidar v.iyer raman Prab Edited March 16 by tapandrun vvvslaxman 1
crictime Posted March 17 Posted March 17 (edited) Wondering why Will Young, Rachin Ravindran, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips awho played in CT finals did not play in the first match yesterday. Devon Conway was also in squad for CT. Probably they are not even in the squad as they are possibly on way to India for IPL? Matt Henry was injured and missed CT finals too. Perhaps he has still not recovered. Edited March 17 by crictime
tapandrun Posted March 17 Posted March 17 19 minutes ago, crictime said: Wondering why Will Young, Rachin Ravindran, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips awho played in CT finals did not play in the first match yesterday. Devon Conway was also in squad for CT. Probably they are not even in the squad as they are possibly on way to India for IPL? Matt Henry was injured and missed CT finals too. Perhaps he has still not recovered. there are multiple reasons, yes ipl is one of them, nz played finals those player would have wanted to rest a bit, there in no icc event coming up so no need to play full strength side, pak came with their 2nd string side think this nz side is still better than pak side in their conditions. Nz has been working to create their own bench fr a long time time now , most of the player in nz side hav been in intnl circuit for sometime now crictime 1
Ultimate_Game Posted March 17 Posted March 17 48 minutes ago, crictime said: Wondering why Will Young, Rachin Ravindran, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips awho played in CT finals did not play in the first match yesterday. Devon Conway was also in squad for CT. Probably they are not even in the squad as they are possibly on way to India for IPL? Matt Henry was injured and missed CT finals too. Perhaps he has still not recovered. I thought players who're in IPL won't feature in the series. So this rules out majority of top NZ players who're selected in IPL. crictime 1
Chaos Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Im pure indian regardless of what i eat or hate few dumb idiots here. My india is number #1 . Where i live now wont change anything. Nikhil_cric, Tillu, New guy and 2 others 4 1
Autonomous Posted March 17 Posted March 17 On 3/16/2025 at 8:46 AM, Lone Wolf said: Indeed this pitch had good enough seam and swing... These Tepiyas don't have skill nor pace. Someone offer some protein rich diet to this Jahandad fellow... Tez hawa me udh na jaaye @the don @Autonomous Im not even following this series. We have gone with joke of a squad
Frustrated Posted March 17 Posted March 17 @Chaos I think Pooks are missing their best hitter. https://youtu.be/GfZlYzxOdsk?si=DHNaanyA0YFh_qVo Ultimate_Game, Tillu and Chaos 3
singhvivek141 Posted March 17 Posted March 17 13 hours ago, Chaos said: Im pure indian regardless of what i eat or hate few dumb idiots here. My india is number #1 . Where i live now wont change anything. Tillu and Chaos 2
Chaos Posted March 17 Posted March 17 3 hours ago, Frustrated said: @Chaos I think Pooks are missing their best hitter. https://youtu.be/GfZlYzxOdsk?si=DHNaanyA0YFh_qVo this idiot has no motion sense. He had seal like layer on him and he rather hit wickets Frustrated 1
vvvslaxman Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Pakistan players wanted to bat like how ABhishek sharma/Tilak varma. Ended up batting like Pakistan players. oh wait they are them. Frustrated and Chaos 2
Frustrated Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) 7 hours ago, Chaos said: this idiot has no motion sense. He had seal like layer on him and he rather hit wickets If u watch it on slow motion, u would find that fatso wasn't trying to hit the ball. He was rather trying to eat it live, probably visualising it as Mac Aloo Tiki Burger. Edited March 18 by Frustrated Tillu and Chaos 2
Tillu Posted March 18 Author Posted March 18 1st wicket for NZ. Another powerless play in the offing.
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