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by SaniaFan
Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:07 pm
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

Furthermore, 20 matches is not that large. Players improve. Point is if someone does not have good record in 20 matches then you wait till the number of matches increase for record to get better and not select him for test matches unless you are doing an eye test. Actually for eye test to work you ...
by SaniaFan
Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:29 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

And I think Bashir was also picked like that, off a video that stokes saw.
by SaniaFan
Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:56 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

prasen9 wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:27 pm As I have been saying, we can use the eye test to select precocious teens who are geniuses.
Actually England also believes in eye test, not just for geniuses, and they are doing very well. Hartley had 40 wickets in 20 first class matches with an average of 37 and he was selected for test matches.
by SaniaFan
Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:45 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

But Kuldeep does have a googly so he turns it both ways. That is the advantage of wrist spinner if he is accurate(Which Kuldeep has become recently). Also I think Kuldeep is a better test batter than a limited over batter and I think adequate number 9. It is difficult to say anything about Kuldeep b...
by SaniaFan
Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:38 am
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: Australian Open 2024
Replies: 168
Views: 7278

Re: Australian Open 2024

Also the respect is proportional to the achievements.
by SaniaFan
Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:26 pm
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

Jadeja may not be available for next match and that will compound India's problems. India does not have a bowler who can spin both ways(wrist spinner). Kuldeep is their but typically I have seen that in test cricket chinaman bowlers are not selected. Now if Jadeja is not there and Kuldeep is selecte...
by SaniaFan
Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:13 am
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: India A Series ....
Replies: 344
Views: 30537

Re: India A Series ....

But I don't think he'll get a chance in this series as I don't expect our batters to fail. English spinners are not good and though our batters are also not great, I don't expect them to fail against this raw English attack.
by SaniaFan
Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:37 pm
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 we will win this in 3 days. Ours is more balanced attack. Bumrah will be effective in 3rd innings also. BTW, Sarfaraz Khan finally scored a hundred in A tour match. But I don't think he'll still get a chance as I don't expect our batters to fail that badly in this series. Timing is also impo...
by SaniaFan
Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:33 am
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: Australian Open 2024
Replies: 168
Views: 7278

Re: Australian Open 2024

Saw the entire match. Sumit was very good in the first set but Shang was also making lot of mistakes. And the combined effect was that Sumit won it very convincingly. Later Sumit got tired and Shang also upped his game. Shang is 18yo and I think we'll hear more about him in future. He was able to ad...
by SaniaFan
Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: The Indian Hockey Forum
Topic: FIH Olympic qualifier
Replies: 56
Views: 1809

Re: FIH Olympic qualifier

Lost, in the end, on sudden death after teams ended with 3-3 after penalty shoot out.

Hopefully they'll win tomorrow against Japan to win bronze and qualify.
by SaniaFan
Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: General Football Discussion
Topic: AFC Asian Cup - Qatar, Jan-Feb, 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 1043

Re: AFC Asian Cup - Qatar, Jan-Feb, 2024

Much better second half. Still Uzbeks are dominating but India also had few attacks. One hitting goal post and another drawing a very good save from their goalkeeper. But the gulf in technical skills is too much.
by SaniaFan
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: Australian Open 2024
Replies: 168
Views: 7278

Re: Australian Open 2024

He'll be around 118 in terms of ranking. What would be required by him to get direct entry to other slams? How many points are going to dropped off in coming week for Sumit and what is the cutoff in the slams for direct entry?
by SaniaFan
Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: India in South Africa, December 2023
Replies: 159
Views: 3978

Re: India in South Africa, December 2023

I think average of 57 at better than run a ball is better than just good. But I agree he had played fewer matches than needed for WC selection. My question is why was he not played more and against tougher opponents in that 2 year period. FC, T20 does not(at least should not) matter for ODI WC selec...
by SaniaFan
Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:46 am
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: India in South Africa, December 2023
Replies: 159
Views: 3978

Re: India in South Africa, December 2023

This is Sanju Samsons ODI innings 46 70 46 5 1 100.00 3 caught 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 23 Jul 2021 ODI # 4312 12 31 18 0 1 66.66 5 lbw 1 v West Indies Port of Spain 22 Jul 2022 ODI # 4436 54 102 51 3 3 105.88 5 run out 2 v West Indies Port of Spain 24 Jul 2022 ODI # 4438 6* 10 7 0 0 85.71 5 not ...
by SaniaFan
Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:47 am
Forum: The Indian Hockey Forum
Topic: 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, Malaysia
Replies: 72
Views: 2298

Re: 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, Malaysia

@Kind moderator
Could you please move the non relevant posts to a separate thread so that those who are not interested be spared.