The Sports-India Community

The selectors and management, at least historically, love Rahul and Pant. Pant is in form and will hopefully not continue to embarass himself in T20Is. He was a slow learner in ODIs and got better. So, there is always hope. But, with the form Samson is in, let us see if the selectors can or will con...

What? The Forum is never wrong. So, there you have your answer.

Batting leaders (using BI/inn):

Abhi Sharma, Ash Sharma, Parag, Sanju, Dube, Rahul, Gaikwad, Shashank S.

The Kohli fade has happened. Rohit too. Gill, Tilak Varma, Karthik also not really winning matches although they played some good innings.

Smitten by Yukitis?

Newport never attracted the best of players. Post Wimbledon there is no need to play here. Only specialists who are looking at cheap points and an easy route to an ATP title came here. When Vijay won it, it was still an icon. Today it's lost relevance. Nothing to do with ATP The problem is not very...

Ishan and especially Rohit's slow batting did Mumbai in today. Of course, the bowlers got pasted too. But, when you are chasing a 200 Required Strike Rate, actually above, you cannot play at 140 and 100. Hit out or get out. If it clicks, then you have a game. They dug the hole so much that the other...

^^^ I don't know if this is the case, but I agree that it makes the most sense, and probably that is the only guess that makes any sense. He perhaps wants to see if whatever discomfort he felt heals fully, then try hitting with some good players at the Nensel Academy, get some good massages and all...

It is possible a niggle that he wants to heal fully. There is no other explanation for his actions.

I guess to each his or her own. I would be happy but I would not celebrate anything other than a medal at the Olympics. To me, no great loss. Yes, a doubles challenger win or a singles challenger win or a slam 2nd round win are great but again no great shakes. These are things we are happy for in th...

I still think about 7 would be what we will get.

So you think who among Samson and Rahul will be out? Or is Rahul going to be taken as a batsman and some other batsman like Yashasvi or Gill or Dube is out? Yes, Pant has lots of backers and after this innings he has played better than Kishan or DK overall in this IPL.

Sorry for the typo. I hope he is Raining Lies and gets Dinged. This also sort of shows the illegitimacy of the candidacy style tournament. The holder of the title gets a huge gain in this system. And, if he or she is not in form, then there is no correction. Ideally, there should be a cutoff and the...

Fundamentally, the old guard plays the Dhoni way. Leave it for the end. Common sense says that is a bad idea. A better idea is hit in the power play overs like crazy. That is because you have only two fielders outside and so the chances of you getting out is lower. The new Dhoni is like the old Dhon...

Hmm. Seems like a perfectly good word is going to get obsolete at this rate!

In a match with teams scoring above 210, Ravindra Jadeja SR 84 and Padikkal SR 68. Both played 19 balls each. RJ is mentally a slow batsman by nature. So, he should be sent after DLC so that he has no other option but to hit. When sent in such situations he has performed well. Given a choice, he is ...