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by indiansportsfan
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: Indian Premier League (IPL)
Replies: 2373
Views: 247274

Re: Indian Premier League (IPL)

Hardik Pandya acquisition seems to be another big mistake committed by MI top brass (following on steps of Jofra Archer acquisition). I think they should fire Jayawardene or whoever is making these calls.
GT won under Pandya not because of his captaincy, but because he got a really good team.
by indiansportsfan
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:46 am
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: Indian Premier League (IPL)
Replies: 2373
Views: 247274

Re: Indian Premier League (IPL)

While Kohli once again did great while chasing, we have the batting to chase down most totals even without him. Almost all of our crucial losses have been while batting first. I would like to see how he does when batting first, that's where he needs to show he can step up the pace. Our bowling is no...
by indiansportsfan
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:59 pm
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: Indian Premier League (IPL)
Replies: 2373
Views: 247274

Re: Indian Premier League (IPL)

I think Samson only works for #3 spot. I would prefer him over Kohli or Gill at that position. I would have preferred Tilak Verma more since he gives the extra bowling option, however Tilak Verma was a disappointment today. I like to rate players based on the early IPL form rather than the whole len...
by indiansportsfan
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:42 pm
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Paris Olympics 2024
Replies: 96
Views: 2722

Re: Paris Olympics 2024

I would think we will find it hard to match or exceed previous Games performance. We seem to have regressed in wrestling, weightlifting and hockey, so we could end up with 3 less medals than last time. Only in shooting we seem to be doing better than last time, but we all know what finally ends up h...
by indiansportsfan
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: ITF W35 Gurugram, Nagpur, Indore- Feb 26-March 17, 2024
Replies: 51
Views: 1925

Re: ITF W35 Gurugram, Nagpur, Indore- Feb 26-March 17, 2024

Well if Shrivalli could defeat a 175 ranked player with the loss of only 3 games, then this win is not totally unexpected. It would just seem that she is on the way to being our next big thing (after Sania)
by indiansportsfan
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Sports and Performance Enhancing Drugs (Doping)
Replies: 803
Views: 155130

Re: Sports and Performance Enhancing Drugs (Doping)

So the Chinese state machinery has become an expert in how to avoid getting caught, but the Russians are still not there?
by indiansportsfan
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Indian Boxing Thread
Replies: 1025
Views: 188885

Re: Indian Boxing Thread

Since Amit won gold in Strandja tournament and was our only boxer to do so, I would be inclined to select Amit as he seems to be in good form. Also there might have been bias in why Deepak was earlier selected in place of Amit since that process is not objective/data driven and Amit may have fallen ...
by indiansportsfan
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:26 am
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Indian Boxing Thread
Replies: 1025
Views: 188885

Re: Indian Boxing Thread

Nishant lost in the quota spot bout, thereby ending our miserable campaign. I think our male boxers are quite hopeless, but hopefully they let Amit Panghal compete in the final qualification event, he is the only one with a chance.
by indiansportsfan
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: Indian domestic cricket/ players
Replies: 2798
Views: 306166

Re: Indian domestic cricket/ players

It is unfortunate for Thakur that the seam friendly pitches we produce for our domestic games, we don't use similar ones for our international matches and hence Thakur doesn't come in the team reckoning. Thakur can be handful in SENA countries and occasionally in WI-SL as well (depending on the pitc...
by indiansportsfan
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:19 am
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: England in India 2024-25 : The Pataudi Trophy
Replies: 541
Views: 7918

Re: England in India 2024-25 : The Pataudi Trophy

I think the selectors did a good job in introducing in-form and young players such as Jurel, Sarfaraz, Akash Deep and Paddikal. However they also took a few missteps along the way in the form of Patidar and Mukesh Kumar. Another player I was hoping to be selected is Ricky Bhui. Saurabh Kumar should ...
by indiansportsfan
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:50 am
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: England in India 2024-25 : The Pataudi Trophy
Replies: 541
Views: 7918

Re: England in India 2024-25 : The Pataudi Trophy

I don't understand why few people are unhappy with Patidar being dropped. Does anyone really think he would have scored any runs? Would you rather have just 10 players in the team?
by indiansportsfan
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:25 am
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Indian Boxing Thread
Replies: 1025
Views: 188885

Re: Indian Boxing Thread

We made a big mistake not selecting Amit Phangal in place of Deepak (same mistake for Asian Games as well). He is the best male boxer and the only one with a realistic chance of qualification. I hope the selectors rectify their mistake for the next qualification tournament.
by indiansportsfan
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: England in India 2024-25 : The Pataudi Trophy
Replies: 541
Views: 7918

Re: England in India 2024-25 : The Pataudi Trophy

Gill was already a match winner the last time we toured Australia, and he also contributed to our solitary test win in RSA. The place he had a really tough time was in ENG, and I think that his relative success in RSA and new found confidence will help him do better in ENG as well.
by indiansportsfan
Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: T20 World Cup, Canada, USA 2024
Replies: 129
Views: 2464

Re: T20 World Cup, Canada, USA 2024

The problem is that often, it is not as black and white and then you have to take other factors into consideration. Things being roughly equal wrt IPL performances, I would pick Jurel because of the mental toughness and match-winning capability he demonstrated.
by indiansportsfan
Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:32 am
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: England in India 2024-25 : The Pataudi Trophy
Replies: 541
Views: 7918

Re: England in India 2024-25 : The Pataudi Trophy

Who in their right mind selected Patidar for this game? That we got 17 runs out of him should be considered a bonus. Paddikal or whoever is next in line should be no worse.