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ornatebrute wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 9:27 am

ornatebrute wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 6:00 pm Great victory today! Just as we hoped for (and sort of expected). If our players play to their potential, we might win 3-0 also tomorrow (Touchwood).

This is ageing well, isn't it?

Yep! Hats off! To the team. And, to the ornate brute!!!

Neeraj's gold hands down. No questions about the other things.

Hmm. So, she is not in the pool. Thanks for setting the record straight. I must say that the pool is then quire narrow and more people should be monitored. Maybe we do not have the money to do so?

He is going into the FO just to earn money. Not that I am criticizing that. He perhaps only cares about the hard court season.

Go India!

Then there is Momota, Ginting, and GZL. You are saying in the last year Lakshya has performed better than them? I know he beat GZL but don't know if he can consistently beat the likes of these. And, if Chen Long were to play a full schedule he would be worse?

That's not true actually. Lakshya Sen would be #3 and LZJ #2 if the BWF rankings weren't frozen. LS hadn't faced CTC before, but his loss against him yesterday was surprising. LZJ is in great form and hasn't lost a match since the All England SF (where he lost closely against LS only). So, you are ...

Yes, our #2 pair is low in pecking order but not our #1 singles. Lakshya Sen lost to world #4 and #6 in last 2 matches while Srikanth beat those outside top 15 while Prannoy beat those ranked those outside top 40. They got easier opponents because Lakshya has moved up in rankings. True. But, your c...

Funny, we do not have great doubles depth. But, we have singles depth. Our singles #1 seems to be somewhat low in the pecking order as is our #2 doubles pair.

I am never serious.

The Indian bowling leaders (qual:10 wickets, by average): Mohsin Khan 10.9@5.19, Chahal 15.7@7.5, Khaleel 15.5@7.75, Nata 17.82@8.65, Avesh 18.25@7.96, Umesh 19.06@7.15, Kuldeep 20.66@8.71. Interestingly, three left-handed pacers here. Shows that Indians largely have a weakness against left-armers. ...

Phenomenal. But effectively in the second division though.

This behavior is just crazy. If she is not showing up for the dope tests, then she should be banned and dropped from the team. Period. Why do we try to put up with these shenanigans?

jayakris wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:35 pm Mukund needs to put things together. He seems to have some talent, but is not moving up like I was hoping...

Maybe he ate too much during the COVID hiatus too. So, he has gotten too heavy. More gravity means he has trouble moving up.

So, now that about 2/3rds of the matches are done, here are the batting leaders (by SR, qual: 307 runs): Tripathi 39@165, Samson 32@156, Rahul 46@140, Gill 35@137, Tillak Varma 37@136, Abhishek Sharma 30@132, Hardik 38@132, Hooda 29@131. Good to see Samson, Gill, and Hardik in some sort of form. Rah...