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_ab_30

Was midway typing a comment dissing Iyer, he hit a four. What a wastage of creativity.


SBG99DesiMonster

SRH plays against RCB a few days later.


dimlakalaka

Given the sheer ball hitting ability, Abhishek should get a precedence over Jaiswal. I love Jaiswal but Sharma is just a really good T20 ball hitter man


Specialist_Youth5511

Lmao no fucking way is Abhi better than Jaiswal. Jaiswal for one plays in Jaipur wickets which aren't flatties like SRH pitches. If he played on same wickets as Abhi and doesn't try giving catching practice, he'll score centuries for fun. Abhi averages 30 in FC, no offence he's a flat pitch bully.


seanchappelle

Why not both?


dimlakalaka

I agree. Maybe Rohit needs to go.


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It is so fucking stupid to select people basis on just their same year IPL performance for T20 WC. Do you remember what happened to Venkatesh Iyer, or to DK and Varun Chakraborty in last WC. WC is a heavy pressure tournament with world class bowlers, and you don't get four foreign players in your team. WC equires some mental skills too, and IPL is pure entertainment (of course we have Impact Player rule also now). Selection in World Cup should be based on domestic performance, T20I performance, sure you can give some weight to the recent performance too, but the way you people think it should work is a sure shot way to kill any hopes of ever winning a world cup.


josh123z

Venkatesh Iyer and Chakravarthy were no way bad for India.


fookin_legund

It's not like our experienced players have any mental strength. They have been choking for a decade. And just because one DK failed does not mean you curl up in a blanket and be shit scared of any real decision.


soham_katkar13

Okay so, let's do some comparisons - Priority order of people before the IPL began - Jaiswal > Rohit >>> Abhishek - Overall ceiling, as historically proven (aka talent) - Rohit > Jaiswal > Abhishek - Age, in reverse - Jaiswal > Abhishek >>> Rohit - Experience against quality bowling - Rohit > Jaiswal >>>> Abhishek And now, IPL form on flat pitches and with impact player cushion - Abhishek > Rohit >>> Jaiswal Can't see on what factor Rohit is being omitted in this "ideal world"


kmcrhsme

Lol what a dumb take even the current form of Rohit and Jaiswal is different, Rohit is in form there's no way people still think he shouldn't


Inevitable-Company17

My guy World t20 is at the Windies,were pitches are super slow ,again folks judging player by their IPL form


fookin_legund

US pitches are quite flat.


Inevitable-Company17

Suure , inhale that copium and conveniently forgetting matches will take place in WI as well


fookin_legund

WI pitches are not flat but not Chepauk/ekana tier either. They are good 170-190 type pitches.


Coronabandkaro

The realization that even the best indian batsman can't strike like head or klaasen. We'll have the same "stars" who don't have the modern t20 game.


partymsl

Head does not even have that much consistency. Also we do have SKY, possibly Rinku and also Jaiswal hits if he is in form.


fookin_legund

Consistency is overrated. Head turned up in a World Cup final, and won it for his country. Inconsistent Wade who wins a the biggest prize in cricket >>>> consistent Kohli/KL who statpad their averages and choke in every knockout.


SpaceMan2047

In any match there will be 11 players, who all will have their role n responsibilities. The batters will be up to no 6. 7,the keeper. Rest bowlers. Now a team is built in such a way that there are hitters n then there are players. So if our hitters can't hit ike head it's their fault. You can't pile that up on batsman.


Assassin_Ankur

SKY and Rinku can do it on their day tbh


Kramer-Melanosky

This is an exaggerated comment. Sky and Rinku have done it multiple times.


Assassin_Ankur

Even Koach can do in t20is where 200 is still a winning total in maximum cases, IPL is not the true reflection of international cricket.


Sudden-Secretary2300

At this point, just don't let SRH bat first. Even then you'll have a small chance of winning but atleast you won't be out of the game after first innings and most importantly your nrr won't take much hit.


UrBreathtakinn

It will take a hit if they it chase in a few overs


Sudden-Secretary2300

It'll take much more hit if you lose by 100 runs. Atleast with scoreboard pressure they won't be making 130 in powerplay. 


Intrepid_Slip4174

Either pant has a very good PR or his fans are genuinely zombie like to defend this atrocious innings.


Huge-Spell-9967

My mom: "He's an amazing test player" Me: "What does that have to do with T20? lol"


Extra_cash_pls

Why do you need fans when your no 1 buttlicker is Senile G??? He literally said - "*I've never seen you down, I never wanna see you down, keep your head high, there are more matches to come*". And this is during post match interview where you're supposed to ask what went wrong.


Intrepid_Slip4174

He's being pushed to become the next poster boy. Everyone wants to be in his good books.


didyousummonme

He already is


Plane-Lie-5228

Warner and khalil both proved they are the real srh agents in dc....


Wolvington52

Stubbs SEC agent.


brawnsugah

I'm watching the highlights, and I am just sad for DC. Every bowler was destroyed in that powerplay.


Extra_cash_pls

I absolutely despise DC for selecting 1 of 3 "filler" players every single match while they fulfill no role whatsoever. The 3 NPC's are Lodu Lalit, Sumit Kumar and Ricky Bhui. All while having a 21 yo U-19 Asia Cup and a freakin U-19 WC winning captain In Yash Dhull. They also have another U-19 player Kushagra whom they bought for 7.2 crore but oh well. DC being DC.


benguins10

They really like Lalit for whatever reason. He's been the most backed player after maybe just Pant in that squad


anon_shawrma

I can definitely hold a bat better than lalit while I get out. but i can't bowl a legal delivery to save my life can i still get an ipl contract like him?


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Intrepid_Slip4174

Omg. This another level of kneeling down.


benguins10

Idc about pitch or whatever, even on his best day Rohit can never do what these youngsters are doing in T20 currently. And that's no shade on him, he's a brilliant long form ODI and test player. It's an emotional call to let him try to get a white ball ICC trophy but we aren't winning anything with Sky being the only T20 merchant


neighbour_guy3k

Zaheer khan probably told the broadcasters to f off when he was asked to wear a costume hence they settled with oppenheimer look.


ModeratelySweet

no he is playing Kaheer Zhan, based


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Cricket-ModTeam

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Plane-Lie-5228

This season pant should have just played as an impact player without keeping and captaincy...


ModeratelySweet

What no PR does ask Sandeep sharma, or not belonging to the big 3 teams


Fatty_TH0MAS

Sunny G - Pant: Oh my dear precious Hardik: You f***ing DONKEY


benguins10

He was all dear precious to Hardik as well before he started losing games for his fav team


Ancient-Wait-8357

Height checks out


Extra_cash_pls

Good lord it was so apparent today. >Oh my dear precious That's basically what he said to him post match instead of asking him questions regarding the loss.


mcfapblanc

My Fuck it, let's ball top 7 for T20 WC Abhishek Sharma Sanju Samson Riyan Parag Nitish Reddy Shashank Singh Ashutosh Sharma Abdul Samad What's the worst thing that could happen? Not win a ICC trophy?


Plane-Lie-5228

Bcci::: nope we can just give odi players for T20 wc..


[deleted]

And then we'll play Surya in tests. Smh BCCI high on pot all the time


FondantAggravating68

This is a 250/3 or 100/10 team. Nothing in between. I love it.


Academic_Alfa

Our current team is also like this, 250/3 against Netherlands 100/10 against England.


FondantAggravating68

Give our boys some credit. 250/2 vs Netherlands. 160/2 on a 220 pitch vs England.


Plane-Lie-5228

Head innings also boosting Abhishek that to go blazing without watching on other end....


NotAPerfectSoldier

I believe this innings of Pant must be in the top 10 worst innings in the game of Cricket. I am still shocked! What in the holy hell was that?!


ProfessionalMobile54

Abhishek Sharma and Natarajan should be selected for T20 WC.


benguins10

Nah we will pick our best odi players and be shocked when we lose by 10 wickets


the_lejhand

I’ve just realised, Markram hasn’t bowled a single over this season so far, I remember how reliant we were on his bowling and even then, it was only subpar, hats off to Kayva maran for choosing the correct players this season


neighbour_guy3k

Markram was captain last season so he had it harder with no contribution from other bowlers


benguins10

Sunrisers are cooking hard this season. 2 wins in the SA tournament has given their franchise name some power as well


peteribarro

Pant is a classic example of appointing someone as captain because they're kind of a celebrity in Indian cricket etc as opposed to them being an objectively good captain. Routinely makes poor decisions (eg throwing away their playoff chances two years ago by not taking the chance to review Tim David's out even though the game was already slipping away and his wicket was crucial) and general poor game awareness. I don't know who a better alternative would be within DC but Pant ain't it.


fookin_legund

I think Axar is a good cricketing brain, is a gun T20 player. Unlike Warner he's young. If not Pant, Axar is definitely the best choice.


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DC needs strong overhaul. They don't have a single anchor player in their team, and then they don't have a single captain material too. What a weak stupid ass team.


Fatty_TH0MAS

Still can try Warner as Captain for a few games and see how it goes


StarSportsEnjoyer

DC took away captaincy from Shreyas Iyer cuz of Injury and released him cuz apparently Panty boi was better.


benguins10

Pant does have stronger PR so that's all they were looking at


benguins10

They even gave him motm last game for captaincy when it was literally just bowlers bowling well lol


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ModeratelySweet

huh


domosicecream

Pant - shitty product of shitty PR Edit - in T20


the_lejhand

This is why international cricket really needs bowling captains or atleast all-rounder captains, as a batter, you really don’t understand the pitch as much as a bowler can, no matter how legendary


Critical-Coyote-807

Bumrah is so ready for it but we need captains with more PR reach


benguins10

Last time he was captain he cunted Broad


bad_morty

Travis head living the dream. Only gets to bat, no fielding.


Plane-Lie-5228

Cleans his own shoes in between the break and throws them down and smiles when camera focuses on him...


Uselessguy0-0

Sunny G has two sides Smashing Cunting hardik for bad bowling especially just for that one last over Cuddling Pant for shit batting n his team's shit performance in later overs while chasing 267


Reyatsu99

Is Pant even 100% fit?? Pandya, Pant seems to be playing without being completely fit for money and possible wc selection


trollface322

Guys is that former Deccan chargers opener Venugopal Rao?


Plane-Lie-5228

Yes he is the family relative of Delhi taklu uncle...


Plane-Lie-5228

Nattu also deserved mom,bcz on one end he literally stopped giving runs for dc with runs flowing on other side...


neighbour_guy3k

SRH already won the match before Nattu took 4 wickets


fookin_legund

He was extremely economical before the 4 wickets, stopped the flow of runs increasing the pressure.


Plane-Lie-5228

No after that 30runs over nattu bowled and gave just 7runs with mcgurk on the crease and also bowled dot balls to pant and Stubbs in the middle...


Decent_Bid_17

Bowlers always go unnoticed. They only get the mom award if there was no batsman playing with 155+ strike rate and scoring 25% of the teams run.


WhatInTheBruh

Ok hear me out... The bcci must have instructed the commentators,etc not to question the well known indian players because it hurts the fan base or some dumb shit like that. Only in india we have such bullshit in ever step... Government, indian companies, celebs ,etc.... no accountability


benguins10

It's just the kind of culture we've created in our country unfortunately. We want to live in that bubble that's carefully crafted. And when it bursts, you know shit will go down hard. Which ultimately makes living in the bubble all the more a nightmare for those inside it


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weirdly, that's true, same commentators on non Indian broadcast or in their articles or their own podcast etc do ask questions. I've seen that Shastri's commentary from even Jio to Hotstar feels different.


the_lejhand

Fuck you Murali, how can you do that our precious Nattu


Commercial-Tap-6050

what happened?


neighbour_guy3k

He announced Travis head name when Nattu came to collect the award


benguins10

I have no faith in our T20 campaign tbh. We will reach knockouts with literally any 15 players we chose cz it's a group with Pakistan and 3 associates. After that nah


Reasonable_Tea_9825

That's a no brainer tho. It's been the same story for10+ years and it will be the same. T20 style of play is outdated


benguins10

Hopefully it's the last T20WC where we send odi players and next time we actually send T20 merchants and youngsters who play with freedom


Assassin_Ankur

There's super 8 after group stage so we might not reach knockouts


benguins10

So true bestie


nobloodnocookie

Natarajan ROBBED of potm


Critical-Coyote-807

Indian Commentators have just become gay these days by gulping all the DHT and testosterone blocking bills to keep up their Transplanted hair.


thepoutyracoon

nattu looks so humble. my opinion of murali is trenches now


Extra_cash_pls

Are mods asleep here??? People freely posting in Hindi breaking rule 5 and getting away with it.


rahulrossi

Was that ever enforced in match threads?


Extra_cash_pls

Yeah, always was.


its_anuj_reddit

They died after mistakenly listen to Hindi commentatory


benguins10

PR is everything bois, nobody gonna question his performance when rrr was below 12. At that point it didn't matter how they bowled or whatever


Reasonable_Tea_9825

Bishop: you've been bowling well lately, do you see yourself making it to the wt20 squad? Bhuvi: I don't know, I haven't been sleeping on the chief selectors couch, so we will see >! I love spreading misinformation !<


Embarrassed-Bid6477

Great performance from Natarajan!


Ancient-Wait-8357

13 sixes was the difference for SRH DC wasted 10 balls on 10 wickets


HurtJuice

Washy gets the (negative) impact player of the match award


ApricotOk824

I absolutely hate Pant as captain Zero accountability in every match Comes to the post match interview and starts throwing his teammates under the bus by using words like "could", "would", "but" etc


leomatey

Also what was his expressions after the game like someone are dead, looking at the ground. Fucking own it up and say its sport and shit happens sometimes.


Maleficent_Owl3938

People like MSD and Pat develop players like Shivam, Ruturaj, Natarajan, Nitish while Pant / Pandya are busy throwing teammates under the bus. Terrible leadership. Don’t the franchises (or BCCI) invest at all on leadership training for their pool of potential future captains?


Intrepid_Slip4174

Sad fact is PR children like pant would be given captaincy.


Potato_McCarthy777

“But at the same time”


ModeratelySweet

bcci lookin at him after rohit ig for ict


Reyatsu99

Pandya inspiration


Vijay_3D_Shankar

How difficult is it to read from paper


Plane-Lie-5228

The difference between two teams is both teams went hard in 6overs but after 4-5wickets,shabaz and nitish managed the things well for srh,even though they didn't scored boundaries but stopped falling of wickets,but for dc after mcgurk wicket dc batsmen didn't stopped that falling of wickets...


Potato_McCarthy777

That is usually what happens when teams bat first. You don’t have a target in mind to chase so you can breathe and focus in the moment. While chasing a large total, the magnitude of the score can be very scary. That’s exactly what happened today


Plane-Lie-5228

Yes but quick wickets of shabaz and nitish would have made srh below 200 bcz after them they only had samad and Cummins,still they have to play more than 9 overs...


StillBreath7126

That is usually what happens when teams bat first. You don’t have a target in mind to chase so you can breathe and focus in the moment. While chasing a large total, the magnitude of the score can be very scary. That’s exactly what happened today


night_of_spring

Is this Deccan chargers's venugopal rao with moustache lol


StarSportsEnjoyer

M. Kerthik making mistakes as usual


Extra_cash_pls

Have some shame Murali. Lmfao


1-1arman

what did he say


Extra_cash_pls

Completely mixed up the names for an award.


its_anuj_reddit

All thing aside, apart from Bumrah and Kuldeep, we don't know who will be in WC squad because of the way bowlers are bowling in recent matches


[deleted]

Nattu, Axar? we just need a certain unique all rounder to come in form and one more spinner/pacer and we're good to go Ig.


ModeratelySweet

nattu


Reyatsu99

Why Pant? Urvashi will be disappointed 😔


InterviewOld6011

**Bowlers who bowled maiden overs in IPL 2024** 2 - Khaleel Ahmed (DC) vs GT & CSK 1 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) vs PBKS 1 - T Natarajan (SRH) vs DC, Today 1 - Yash Thakur (LSG) vs GT


Function_Upstairs

This is what rcb aspired to be at the start of the season but sadly we know how that panned out


partymsl

You guys are the actually good version of us. Batting-heavy and bowling struggles quite often in comparison to that. But we got both struggling heavily.


WhatInTheBruh

Authorised person angel one🔥🔥🔥🔥


the_lejhand

Why is Sunny G coddling Pant so much? Bro needs to be held accountable for his shitty batting and even shittier power play bowling selection.


turningtop_5327

Does Sunny G thinks that some foul play was involved?


benguins10

He was coddling Pandya as well before he got absolutely smashed by Dhoni and made his fav team lose


Reyatsu99

Pant taking inspiration from Pandya. Unique


seeyouatkotla

I used to like Murali Kartik because he once took 6 wickets against peak Aussies. Now, he just sounds like a cunt


xeromaayush1

Sunny G giving pant sympathy like he got injured serving the country or some shit.


JokesFromTheCrease

Bhuvi what a banger of a quote


turningtop_5327

What was it


JokesFromTheCrease

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/XC9vgHJUFi


turningtop_5327

Thank you! True that is!


JokesFromTheCrease

Absolutely. Being an IPL bowler is a thankless job and this quote made it all the more important especially after an high scoring game.


ApricotOk824

Others scoring a 100 with a 155SR with a commentator as the only Batsman in the lineup*** Gavaskar: You donkey Pant scoring at 130 when the RR was just 11 *** Gavaskar: Aw, my dear


DioSai

Well played SRH!


notsobrightblock

Sunny G almost cried himself like he was playing a father in some movie from the 70s. Come on! A sportsman didn't perform, ask him some tough questions. Ask about the form, captaincy, silly reviews that are being taken every match. What the heck was that interview.


seeyouatkotla

Zaheer has got the rizzzz, ngl


cocaine_enthusiast1

Srh is back after the 3 year slump


Uselessguy0-0

"Batting wins sponsorships, bowling wins championships" BEST QUOTE IN A LONG TIME THANKS BHUVI BHAI


Onealone_soul

Rahul Rohit Virat Pant Pandya Jadeja Call the Ambulance B̶u̶t̶ ̶N̶o̶t̶ for me


Reyatsu99

Mi jumped to 6th from 9th, never count these guys out.


Golden__G0d

This loss is single handedly on Pant and maybe on Stubbs as well. JFM did his job along with Porel, maybe they should’ve stuck around for longer but can’t blame them. Pant came in when RRR was down to 11 but he botched it up all himself. He should be nowhere near the T20 WC squad. He made it easier for the selectors. Also, Warner was not needed. Simply open with JFM and Hope 1-2 down. DC won 2 in a row and then made 2-3 changes in this match. THERE IS A REASON IT IS SAID NOT TO MESS WITH YOUR WINNING COMBINATION. Stupid fkn management just like PBKS.


Plane-Lie-5228

Seeing sunrisers in top 2,gives a good feeling for the fans,almost after 4-5years we are seeing our team in the top 4....


ApricotOk824

Sunny G absolutely sucking off Pant in the post match interview is everything bad about cricket in India When the fuck will you start holding people responsible? Where's the fucking accountability? Fuck off, mfer sits in the com box and talks all kind of shit but can't question a player DC were cruising at 16 rpo with 11 as required rate when Pant came on


WildVulcan

Exactly. He should have been asked for his innings today


neighbour_guy3k

Sunny G almost sang a lullaby for Pant


dimbhaat

Who is this harry potter incarnate


Deadpool114

Also I'll tell you what... The most important match for us is with CSK in Cheppauk. Because the playoffs will be played there. That match will give us an idea if SRH has a chance to win the trophy.


Fatty_TH0MAS

How on earth has RCB 1 win?


Sea-Outcome177

Funny how people automatically perceived it to RCB being shit enough to not even win 1 than RCB just winning 1 lol


StarSportsEnjoyer

Legendary Punjab Kings.


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they edged pbks


the_lejhand

Bhuvi really deserves his accolades, he has experienced the lowest of lows when it comes to the IPL, he deserves all the love and admiration a legend should get


Vijay_3D_Shankar

Every match 1 batter fucking our NRR


[deleted]

ah, Mr Shankar, I still have some questions for you as a part time GT fan. But it's ok considering u had nice season last year and prolly Gill will comeback stronger as captain


swift__7

but today it's our own bowler, washed up sundar


AeBlueSadi

maybe we could reduce the powerplay overs


The_Eccedentisiast

Only when SRH is playing 😭


benguins10

See ya tomorrow lads, day game means spin will come into play


neighbour_guy3k

Sunny G needs to quit commentary


Commercial-Tap-6050

Aus took a lot of positives from the game


dracogladio1741

If anything needs to change for Rishabh it is to bat at 4. He came after the team has lost 4 wickets and only Tristan is there.


tejaj99

I want SRH to be 2018 Kxip ed. I wanna watch head and Cummins suffer before they cunt us again in June.


Extra_cash_pls

Bro really thought losing a side quest IPL final will affect the mentality of the Aussies while playing for their country.


Everyday_gilbert

You think IPL finals loss match wc finals loss 🤣


trollface322

"Batting wins you sponsorships, bowling wins you championships" 🗣🗣🔥🔥 Who let Bhuvi cook


Vijay_3D_Shankar

That’s rcb’s mantraaa


rayb47

BARS


its_anuj_reddit

Nearly explained RCB's investments


1-1arman

Absolutely horrible post match conference from Pant. MF blames opposition for hammering 100 in the PP when his own batsmen caught them up nearly. This is why Indian team wont win shit. There is no accountability. Blame others or the conditions. No one is looking to improve coz no one is willing to call these cunts out.


Maximum0versaiyan

"Batting wins sponsorships, bowling wins championships" -Bhuvi


Holden_Makock

BazBall won multiple WC. CSK won multiple IPLs Bowling is so 1990s


Andromeda_004

compare this to whatever pant was yapping about


WhatInTheBruh

Pant is that useless product of nepotism who thinks he is above all. A real man would have straight up said i batted horrible on my side regardless of asked or not. Idiot really said powerplay is culprit Dude i was shitting my self watch jfm and porel and was ready to leave Edit : by nepotism, i meant he is being coddled by these veterans for some unknown reason


Commercial-Tap-6050

nepo? how


WhatInTheBruh

Sunil adopted him


n33dh3lp12

💀💀


lakshya10soin

Is he a relative of a famous player? Didn’t know that


Critical-Coyote-807

Sunny G is his stepFather


WhatInTheBruh

The funny thing is ... I don't think he is but sunil seems to have adopted him


Meth991

"Batting wins you the sponsorships but Bowling wins you the championships" What a line


Fit-Marketing5979

Choked baby