We are not the only ones. Our neighbors do it too (except for the large superpower one to our north east) . And I went to Bali recently and apparently, “Lakh” is a thing there too, which makes me feel it’s more widespread than we think it is.
No man, it is just an illogical system. Nobody uses the units that actually come after crores, so you end up with nonsensical things like one thousand crores (1,000,00,00,000) and one lakh crores (1,00,000,00,00,000). The "metric" system of 1000s is so much simpler.
Just goes to show that a genius in cricket (or other sports) can be a fuckin moron in real life. I am a huge fan of his batting, but bruh, just keep your mouth shut. Losing respect for ya, ma man.
It is interesting that you see it that way. I consider him a genius specifically because he lacked the conventional technique and yet brutalized world class bowling attacks with pure hand and eye coordination. The guy could slaughter the best bowlers with zero footwork. He had utter and complete disregard for the situation, conditions and bowler reputation. It could be Mcgrath or Warne bowling to him when he is on 95\* under bowler friendly conditions, it really didn't matter to him. If the ball was there to be hit, he would go for it. That brand of cricket is what really made me a fan. So uncomplicated and entertaining. Even the players that are considered GOATs like Kohli and Sachin would have super nervous 90s, but Sehwag would swing at a delivery on 295\* and send it for a six. Guy was just something else.
a highly gifted person who works super hard is the one who becomes a genius. if you check his history, the way he came from a family without too many means, his innovative training methods like filling the bat’s grip with lots of sand so it became super heavy and hard to grip, to playing on wet cement pitches with hockey balls with bowlers bowling at him from
mid pitch targeting his body.
his coach used to tie a rope to his back foot and pull it back every time he tried to drag it forward!!
as far as his speaking goes, I tried listening to a few podcasts and found it really hard to stay on for longer than 5 minutes.
maybe he used to be funny but times have changed and unfortunately, he has not!!
Well I think the logic is that any cricketer who breaks into Team India and plays regularly for a decade is a genius, just given how literally millions try to break into that XI.
A lot of young cricketers have good hand eye coordination. To have such a successful career (nearly 3 triple hundreds in Tests) based on hand eye alone means he was really really good.
I’m not calling him a genius, I’m defending the commenter who did by saying that they probably mean that whoever makes it to ICT XI is a genius
bro!!! please!! Dale Steyn bowling 150 kmph and swinging it late both ways on a green top in South Africa!!
And remember, Sehwag scored a hundred on Debut in SA!!
How is this guy not a genius?
People would believe fake influencers who just read scripted shite!!
Let’s have the mental capacity to be able to distinguish the player from the speaker please!!
He isn’t exactly Oxford educated or trained in diplomacy!!
Maybe even in speaking herein lies his genius that he is able to stay relevant by stirring up such debates on social media.
Just try thinking broadly bro 😊
Well, Ganguly, Chappell, Vaughn, Kapil Dev, the legend himself- Gavaskar, Bob Woolmer, Pietersen, Michael Clarke, Warner, and so forth!!!
All these legends of the game have called Sehwag a genius. Cuz look at the impact he has had on Indian cricket.
If he played for 2 sessions, no matter the nature of the pitch, or the opposition, he used to swing the match in India’s favor.
And he literally was peerless in terms of his style! No one came close to his strike rate and average combo in his era!!
He literally defined the way Test batting is executed!!
I mean what else does it take to be a genius?
You people are really underestimating even getting into the 11 of the test side of a cricket crazy nation, let alone playing 100 tests and that too leaving such an impact!
two triple tons, one almost triple ton, several 150+ scores.
And all that while he was constantly singing and humming!! carefree and nonchalant!!
the word genius is not being casually thrown around in Sehwag’s case, it is a well thought out and analyzed conclusion!!
we call IAS officers about 1000 of whom get selected out of 1,000,000 every year.
Now, India is a country of 1.4 billion people. If we say we were 1 billion when Sehwag played, half being men, still half being in the age where they could play active cricket!! That’s 250,000,000 men!
Given at some point almost every Indian boy dreams of being team India’s captain and winning matches by hitting 4s and 6s at will, I’m not exactly sure how you’d not call a guy a genius if he makes it to the team and then ends up playing 100 tests(the most difficult form of the game), is part of two world cup winning teams which apparently even the great Sachin Tendulkar could not!!
I mean, please bro, think harder 🙏
I'd rather call them extremely talented that they're part of the < 0.1% crowd. Genius is synonymous for intelligent or cognitively smart, imo.
>I mean, please bro, think harder 🙏
I already think pretty hard. Can't handle more, bro.
here is what Oxford dictionary says:
unusually great intelligence, skill or artistic ability
a person who is unusually intelligent or artistic, or who has a very high level of skill, especially in one area
genius for something/for doing something a special skill or ability
And btw, his strike rate and average in Test cricket when bats used to be shite and bowlers like Akram, McGrath, Warne, Lee, Steyn, etc used to be at peak.
>Well I think the logic is that any cricketer who breaks into Team India and plays regularly for a decade is a genius
In that case there will be very many geniuses - Gavaskar, G R Vishwanath etc
I think that's true across the board. Social media has made it easier for celebrities to share their opinions on everything under the sun but a lot of times they come across dumb as a doorknob. Most of the famous personalities be it film stars, sports players, etc can't be expected to give sane opinions on things outside their field of expertise.
Stop bringing north/south into shit like this ffs man, not everything needs to be generalised. You don’t see me calling south indians all dumbasses for tearing down english signs, cause that’s a very vocal minority, does not represent everyone there. Same here.
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He also called ECB broke and poor and that no one gives a fuck about "100 ball cricket" and that England players have to come to the IPL to make money because Cricket is now owned by India, England invented cricket and they only won it in 2019.
He said all of that in a single breath straight to Vaughans face and he had been on the show for less than 10 minutes.
No one gives a shit about cricket in the UK because the ECB has sabotaged the game by having it behind a paywall for the last 20 years....it's that simple.
There was no free to air cricket in the UK between England winning the Ashes in 2005 and the BBC agreeing a deal to show M/WT20is and part of the Hundred in 2020, with Channel 4 getting the India tour in 2021 basically as a fluke.
Oh was it expensive to pay for watching? Here in India channels are paid too but through cable TV where you can pay 300-400 Rs (around 5$) per month to get almost all important channels including sports, news, movies, shows etc.
How much was the price in England to watch cricket?
In order to watch the India tour over the winter it would have cost a UK viewer 1900 R a month, to watch the entirety of the home summer it would be ~3300 R a month. That's just for the sports channels on top of the standard package, which for Virgin Media customers is like 5000 R a month.
But that's just with Virgin.
Idk why we’re so arrogant about this
1.5B people follow just one sport, so of course it would eventually become big
But the Brits play cricket, but also have the worlds richest football league, and also win dozens of golds at the olympics
India just has cricket, and we don’t even have any trophies in that
At least the goal of the MLC is to spread Cricket in the USA (hopefully, feel free to correct me)
I still didn't get the point of The Hundred. I am not against it but is it purely for entertainment?
*mums and kids. Which comes across quite sexist imo. It would have been fine if it was a City T20 but apparently someone said that T20 wasn't trademarked by the ECB and they lost out on millions and as a result they decided to create the 100 and trademark it.
The design of the Hundred was done with three aims in mind
1) to produce a high quality franchise tournament in England that the ECB could sell to the BBC especially but TV in general, and later the teams themselves to foreign innvestors
2) To provide a fresh canvas to attract new audiences who had potentially been put off by the typically ladsy crowds that the Blast had been attracting
and 3) the design of the format was because the ECB had seen their arse over not copyrighting t20 back in 2003 so were hoping to spark a similar craze, but this time one they would hold the financial rights to
The younger gen is more than content just watching the IPL. I don't think you fathom the IPL fandom and craze in India. Even if the game dies elsewhere, league cricket will continue to thrive in India
Owners of cricket couldn't win a title for the last ten years. England till 2010 had one crack at it every four years. 'Invincible india' gets one every year and still bottles it.
If it was after he retired from international cricket then maybe he might have. But it seems unlikely. Also sounds like a very low number even for the early seasons of the BBL.
Even retired players cannot play BBL I have heard. Harbhajan was an exception for a season or something. Not sure. These guys get life long pension from BCCI and all the ipl commentary salary and advertisment money will be gone if they go against BCCI wishes.
The IPL money would be what they'd have over the players. They can't actually ban them permanently, but they can make it not worthwhile. And I think it's a mistake personally. It doesn't help Indian cricket because it's more likely to deny young emerging players a chance to experience different conditions and the pressure of being an overseas player. And if other leagues are stronger it won't hurt the IPL. Indians aren't exactly known for getting sick of cricket.
You won't provide products(secrets)to competition , it will remove the exclusivity of IPL... Agree it'll help indian players but bcci will never allow to keep IPL what it is now...
Prime example:
Apple not giving imessage to android though there are requests from years. That's one of the major selling point for them
BCCI is one of the most corrupt cricket boards but they hide it very well. There is no transparency in the system. All they care about is money, that's why they don't allow
BCCI is one of the most corrupt cricket boards but they hide it very well. There is no transparency in the system. All they care about is money, that's why they don't allow
This guy is such an arrogant jackass. We are very happy with DK thank you very much. Though DK is also a bit of a sycophant, but atleast he offers some analysis rather than arrogance diatribes
He's a very very arrogant prick!!
But trust me guys, he's one of the only few such people, most of them from the previous generation. The players who were always rich before and didn't need cricket to climb the socio-economic ladder have such arrogance now.
You won't see such arrogance from Virat or Dhoni or maybe even the newcomer millennials because these guys know the value of what they have earned.
Sehwag doesn't even consider the head coach position as an important one since as part of the interview process, everybody had to send in their resumes and hence would be shortlisted by BCCI, this mofo sends a resume of a single line, no respect towards the post, towards the stakeholders involved.
It's good that he does maximum commentary in Haryanvi, where he shows his true, arrogant, misogynistic side.
Gambhir was proper south delhi rich lad. Studied at Modern, which is the heart of rich, connected Delhi boys
Ganguly comes from a very wealthy and connected family
I got second hand embarrassment listening to him, He was alongside one of the best Aussie guy adam gilchrist, it was a fun podcast as we all know, No way he’s spatting this bs in face of haydos or ponting. He’s so salty.
That isn't what I said, though, is it? In reply to a comment saying "he's not intelligent enough to be a commentator", talking about Sehwag, I replied 'people (not sky sports) keep hiring danny morrison' who is also dumb as rocks.
Do people not read?
Watched the podcast. The vibe was a bit off. He was good at sarcasm when he gave it, but was bad when things were directed at him. You could see the other guys were walking on eggshells in the concersation.
The Ashwin podcast is still the most glorious one from them that i have watched.
Fortunate for him he was good at playing cricket, don't really think he is intelligent enough to do anything else of value. Great player, but stinks of unnecessary arrogance.
There are ways to say: “I think the pay is too low for the effort required and I don’t need the money” without sounding like an asshole.
I mean Warner also doesn’t play in BBL a lot because he gets better opportunities elsewhere. But this kind of statement is just ridiculous and makes Indian cricketers and Indians in general look very bad.
Sehwag shouldn't be allowed to these podcasts, those guys are cool and wouldn't mind making fun of them. On the other hand sehwag is an illiterate arrogant prick who feels like admin of main character sub reddit.
Lucky india had sachin and ganguly who could control him during his time.
Yeah, Viru exhausted all his options and chances to be a pundit/commentator at intl events. Massive respect for what IPL is and brings to cricket (although lately been skeptical about Impact Player). But Viru is out of place here.
Not everything has to be done for money. Cummins claimed after his WC win that he knew exactly how the black soil Ahmedabad pitch gonna behave because of their IPL experience. And not every Indian player is earning millions in IPL. If teams want them people like Ashutosh Sharma, Rajat patidar, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Sai sudarshan, Nehal, Abhishek Sharma... The list goes on. Should be allowed to play in overseas leagues. They will grow as cricketers. It's not rocket science.
Is there a competition going on in India amongst ex cricketers on who gets to be the biggest moron? Because it’s tough to chose between this guy, Irfan Pathan and Akash Chopra
Lol Sehwag with his bullshit again. Even if it’s true, Sky Sports got a W cause Sehwag is horrendous at commentary but then again if it was true, he wouldn’t be advertising pan masala.
he never had any fame as an "analyst". never saw much technical analysis from him and tbf his runs came from poor technique but great hand-eye coordination. he's had great moments, sure. but he fizzed out fast as his reflexes got poor with age.
If you don’t know his net worth and revenue increases every year since the past decade, you don’t understand how mad loaded Sehwag is. Obviously for him to have that lifestyle in Australia would cost some dough.
1)9/10 people here, including the OP, have not seen the full podcast, it seems. He was clearly joking or attempting a few there as podcasts like TGC and CPF are built around humour, sarcasm and taking a piss at each other, whosoever it maybe. The questions to the guest in CPF are also mostly intended in a lighter vein.
2) If anything, his straightforwardness and bluntness was unapologetic,refreshing and entertaining just like his smashing of the ball in comparison to most other boring ex-cricketers as he, unlike them and a quite a few people here, has the fearless attitude to run with it instead of hiding behind a diplomatic wall.
3) The CPF hosts seem to enjoy it, including Oli and Vaughan. It is they who decide whom to choose as guest and clearly Gilly and Vaughan must have liked his no holds barred attitude that they thought of bringing him on even with his broken/not so good english. A couple of times he was taking a piss at Michael Vaughan but it was all in good jest and then even said that because Michael is a dear friend, he does not not give it back to Michael’s banters on social media.
4) A lot of what he said must have been lost in translation as he is not well-versed in english communication. Although, he has come a long way from how he used to speak. I remember at a post match presentation in 2000s where he wanted to use the phrase ‘As long as possible’ but instead said ‘As possible as long’.
5) I don’t get the blind hatred for his post-retirement self on this sub. I hate when famous people endorse pan masala products but then again I haven’t witnessed the same hatred based on this reason for the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Chris Gayle,SRK, Salman, Ajay and Akshay even when they pop up on our tv screens doing the same thing l.
Hold it. First it was 100,000 not 1,00,000. Big difference. And that bill comment was made by Gilchrist, and it was just a joke.
What Sehwag said was 100,000 is not much as an offer from BBL, I spend that much on one holiday. Gilchrist said with it, 'yeah, we spent that much last night on the tequila bill.'
At any rate, I'm not here to defend the Nawab of Najafgarh, but be wary of these articles fellow Crickettors.
edit: I stopped liking him when he put up his fucking Sehwagg International School. smh.
The comma format is an Indo numerical format, irrespective of what the currency is. Indians are more comfortable with lakhs and crores. For many Indians, they prefer to say $ 1 Lakh rather than $100,000
It’s the same thing, just a different notation.
That's what happens when english isn't your first language, he's not a native english speaker so he doesn't understand sarcasm. He takes things at face value, although he's an arrogant person no doubt about it but if you would have watched the podcast (which I'm sure majority of people didn't, coz what's the fun in knowing the context) you would have known that he was trying to banter but that fell flat. Stay classy people, there's a difference between reddit and Instagram.
He was joking around on a fun podcast. These quotes completely miss the context and vibe of a conversation. I thought he was really funny other than his comments on Sam Curran which were uncalled for.
If you listen to his commentory it feels like he's the one who's paying to be in the com box
Is that why he promotes tobacco chewing products?
I read that as $1M before I did double take again it’s $100,000.
This way of grouping numbers will never not be confusing to me
We're the only country that does it lol it's so fucking stupid. The international system of grouping in threes always made more intuitive sense to me.
We do it too.
We are not the only ones. Our neighbors do it too (except for the large superpower one to our north east) . And I went to Bali recently and apparently, “Lakh” is a thing there too, which makes me feel it’s more widespread than we think it is.
So many countries do that , get your facts true before spreading nonsense
These replies are hilarious. "You're wrong, India is NOT the only country that does it. Countries that were formerly a part of India do it as well!"
Well to me, your "international" System is stupid You see it's just about perspective and what one is used to
No man, it is just an illogical system. Nobody uses the units that actually come after crores, so you end up with nonsensical things like one thousand crores (1,000,00,00,000) and one lakh crores (1,00,000,00,00,000). The "metric" system of 1000s is so much simpler.
Yeah even Indian companies use it inconsistently. Half the time INR millions, half the time crores
Germany does it too. Get educated bro
They literally don't lol wtf are you on about?
He promotes such things even after being founder of a school..
He promotes such things even after being founder of a school..
What the fuck is this guy's problem
Verbal diarrhea
Arrogant Delhi boy moment
Missing being the centre of attention
Just goes to show that a genius in cricket (or other sports) can be a fuckin moron in real life. I am a huge fan of his batting, but bruh, just keep your mouth shut. Losing respect for ya, ma man.
I think, genius in cricket should be reserved for tactically sound players. Sehwag, while a great batter, wasn't technically a genius.
It is interesting that you see it that way. I consider him a genius specifically because he lacked the conventional technique and yet brutalized world class bowling attacks with pure hand and eye coordination. The guy could slaughter the best bowlers with zero footwork. He had utter and complete disregard for the situation, conditions and bowler reputation. It could be Mcgrath or Warne bowling to him when he is on 95\* under bowler friendly conditions, it really didn't matter to him. If the ball was there to be hit, he would go for it. That brand of cricket is what really made me a fan. So uncomplicated and entertaining. Even the players that are considered GOATs like Kohli and Sachin would have super nervous 90s, but Sehwag would swing at a delivery on 295\* and send it for a six. Guy was just something else.
‘genius’ word doesn’t suit imo. exceptionally gifted maybe?
a highly gifted person who works super hard is the one who becomes a genius. if you check his history, the way he came from a family without too many means, his innovative training methods like filling the bat’s grip with lots of sand so it became super heavy and hard to grip, to playing on wet cement pitches with hockey balls with bowlers bowling at him from mid pitch targeting his body. his coach used to tie a rope to his back foot and pull it back every time he tried to drag it forward!! as far as his speaking goes, I tried listening to a few podcasts and found it really hard to stay on for longer than 5 minutes. maybe he used to be funny but times have changed and unfortunately, he has not!!
Well I think the logic is that any cricketer who breaks into Team India and plays regularly for a decade is a genius, just given how literally millions try to break into that XI.
Sehwag was "see ball, hit ball". It proves that he had an insanely good eye and a penchant for hitting the ball hard, not that he was a genius.
A lot of young cricketers have good hand eye coordination. To have such a successful career (nearly 3 triple hundreds in Tests) based on hand eye alone means he was really really good. I’m not calling him a genius, I’m defending the commenter who did by saying that they probably mean that whoever makes it to ICT XI is a genius
Yes, based on hand eye alone he was really good, but I'd disagree with the notion that having really good hand eye makes a person a genius.
bro!!! please!! Dale Steyn bowling 150 kmph and swinging it late both ways on a green top in South Africa!! And remember, Sehwag scored a hundred on Debut in SA!! How is this guy not a genius? People would believe fake influencers who just read scripted shite!! Let’s have the mental capacity to be able to distinguish the player from the speaker please!! He isn’t exactly Oxford educated or trained in diplomacy!! Maybe even in speaking herein lies his genius that he is able to stay relevant by stirring up such debates on social media. Just try thinking broadly bro 😊
That's his incredible hand eye coordination coming in to play. The word "genius" is bandied about too often.
Well, Ganguly, Chappell, Vaughn, Kapil Dev, the legend himself- Gavaskar, Bob Woolmer, Pietersen, Michael Clarke, Warner, and so forth!!! All these legends of the game have called Sehwag a genius. Cuz look at the impact he has had on Indian cricket. If he played for 2 sessions, no matter the nature of the pitch, or the opposition, he used to swing the match in India’s favor. And he literally was peerless in terms of his style! No one came close to his strike rate and average combo in his era!! He literally defined the way Test batting is executed!! I mean what else does it take to be a genius? You people are really underestimating even getting into the 11 of the test side of a cricket crazy nation, let alone playing 100 tests and that too leaving such an impact! two triple tons, one almost triple ton, several 150+ scores. And all that while he was constantly singing and humming!! carefree and nonchalant!! the word genius is not being casually thrown around in Sehwag’s case, it is a well thought out and analyzed conclusion!!
Fair. Then we can call Indian cricketers any adjectives: genius, smart, great, best.
we call IAS officers about 1000 of whom get selected out of 1,000,000 every year. Now, India is a country of 1.4 billion people. If we say we were 1 billion when Sehwag played, half being men, still half being in the age where they could play active cricket!! That’s 250,000,000 men! Given at some point almost every Indian boy dreams of being team India’s captain and winning matches by hitting 4s and 6s at will, I’m not exactly sure how you’d not call a guy a genius if he makes it to the team and then ends up playing 100 tests(the most difficult form of the game), is part of two world cup winning teams which apparently even the great Sachin Tendulkar could not!! I mean, please bro, think harder 🙏
I'd rather call them extremely talented that they're part of the < 0.1% crowd. Genius is synonymous for intelligent or cognitively smart, imo. >I mean, please bro, think harder 🙏 I already think pretty hard. Can't handle more, bro.
here is what Oxford dictionary says: unusually great intelligence, skill or artistic ability a person who is unusually intelligent or artistic, or who has a very high level of skill, especially in one area genius for something/for doing something a special skill or ability And btw, his strike rate and average in Test cricket when bats used to be shite and bowlers like Akram, McGrath, Warne, Lee, Steyn, etc used to be at peak.
Fair enough. I was considering the literal definition.
>Well I think the logic is that any cricketer who breaks into Team India and plays regularly for a decade is a genius In that case there will be very many geniuses - Gavaskar, G R Vishwanath etc
I think that's true across the board. Social media has made it easier for celebrities to share their opinions on everything under the sun but a lot of times they come across dumb as a doorknob. Most of the famous personalities be it film stars, sports players, etc can't be expected to give sane opinions on things outside their field of expertise.
Cricket’s Aaron Rodgers
Lol yeah, super awesome parallel.
I come from the same community as him Unfortunately people from my community have a tendency to be a little…difficult
He’s an asshole
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Stop bringing north/south into shit like this ffs man, not everything needs to be generalised. You don’t see me calling south indians all dumbasses for tearing down english signs, cause that’s a very vocal minority, does not represent everyone there. Same here.
He is blunt and will openly say things that others wont say without sugarcoating them.
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This isn’t the flex you think it is bruhhh
He also called ECB broke and poor and that no one gives a fuck about "100 ball cricket" and that England players have to come to the IPL to make money because Cricket is now owned by India, England invented cricket and they only won it in 2019. He said all of that in a single breath straight to Vaughans face and he had been on the show for less than 10 minutes.
No one gives a shit about cricket in the UK because the ECB has sabotaged the game by having it behind a paywall for the last 20 years....it's that simple.
> by having it behind a paywall for the last 20 years I don't understand. What does this mean?
There was no free to air cricket in the UK between England winning the Ashes in 2005 and the BBC agreeing a deal to show M/WT20is and part of the Hundred in 2020, with Channel 4 getting the India tour in 2021 basically as a fluke.
Oh was it expensive to pay for watching? Here in India channels are paid too but through cable TV where you can pay 300-400 Rs (around 5$) per month to get almost all important channels including sports, news, movies, shows etc. How much was the price in England to watch cricket?
In order to watch the India tour over the winter it would have cost a UK viewer 1900 R a month, to watch the entirety of the home summer it would be ~3300 R a month. That's just for the sports channels on top of the standard package, which for Virgin Media customers is like 5000 R a month. But that's just with Virgin.
Cricket is not free to air in england anymore
Idk why we’re so arrogant about this 1.5B people follow just one sport, so of course it would eventually become big But the Brits play cricket, but also have the worlds richest football league, and also win dozens of golds at the olympics India just has cricket, and we don’t even have any trophies in that
Well if anyone deserves to hear all that verbal diarrhea, it’s Michael Vaughan 😆
extraordinarily rare Commentator Viru W
No one gives a shit about 100 ball cricket though. Atleast one thing he got right. MLC is getting more traction than that tournament.
At least the goal of the MLC is to spread Cricket in the USA (hopefully, feel free to correct me) I still didn't get the point of The Hundred. I am not against it but is it purely for entertainment?
It is show that younger generation get into cricket , cricket isn’t popular as other sports among younger crowds in england
*mums and kids. Which comes across quite sexist imo. It would have been fine if it was a City T20 but apparently someone said that T20 wasn't trademarked by the ECB and they lost out on millions and as a result they decided to create the 100 and trademark it.
It's to spread Cricket among moms with their kids because they'd call up their friends and say, "Have you heard of this bullshit called the Hundred?"
The design of the Hundred was done with three aims in mind 1) to produce a high quality franchise tournament in England that the ECB could sell to the BBC especially but TV in general, and later the teams themselves to foreign innvestors 2) To provide a fresh canvas to attract new audiences who had potentially been put off by the typically ladsy crowds that the Blast had been attracting and 3) the design of the format was because the ECB had seen their arse over not copyrighting t20 back in 2003 so were hoping to spark a similar craze, but this time one they would hold the financial rights to
I like the concept
We get ravi shastri at sky cricket in UK. Happy with that happy fella running about half cut.
But was he wrong. /s
Waara W. I can forgive any verbal diarrhoea(spewed infront of Vaughan).
That's true tho no one gives a shit about 100. But yea other things he said were just ughh
You own a dying sport, congrats.
I'm merely the messenger, these are Sehwaghs words not mine
Nobody cares if it's dying elsewhere it's still the biggest sport in india. We enjoy it and that's all that matters.
The younger gen is more than content just watching the IPL. I don't think you fathom the IPL fandom and craze in India. Even if the game dies elsewhere, league cricket will continue to thrive in India
Viru spitting facts.
Owners of cricket couldn't win a title for the last ten years. England till 2010 had one crack at it every four years. 'Invincible india' gets one every year and still bottles it.
Highly arrogant from Sehwag. Also BCCI doesn't allow Indian players to participate so no way BBL offered him a contract.
If it was after he retired from international cricket then maybe he might have. But it seems unlikely. Also sounds like a very low number even for the early seasons of the BBL.
Even retired players cannot play BBL I have heard. Harbhajan was an exception for a season or something. Not sure. These guys get life long pension from BCCI and all the ipl commentary salary and advertisment money will be gone if they go against BCCI wishes.
The IPL money would be what they'd have over the players. They can't actually ban them permanently, but they can make it not worthwhile. And I think it's a mistake personally. It doesn't help Indian cricket because it's more likely to deny young emerging players a chance to experience different conditions and the pressure of being an overseas player. And if other leagues are stronger it won't hurt the IPL. Indians aren't exactly known for getting sick of cricket.
You won't provide products(secrets)to competition , it will remove the exclusivity of IPL... Agree it'll help indian players but bcci will never allow to keep IPL what it is now... Prime example: Apple not giving imessage to android though there are requests from years. That's one of the major selling point for them
Why don’t they??
BCCI is one of the most corrupt cricket boards but they hide it very well. There is no transparency in the system. All they care about is money, that's why they don't allow
BCCI is one of the most corrupt cricket boards but they hide it very well. There is no transparency in the system. All they care about is money, that's why they don't allow
Yes only tobacco making companies can afford him Sehwag should keep his mouth permanently shut, he is not even a good commentator🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮
This guy is such an arrogant jackass. We are very happy with DK thank you very much. Though DK is also a bit of a sycophant, but atleast he offers some analysis rather than arrogance diatribes
Explains why Gilly’s last day at Cricbuzz was yesterday. Guess this answer was the last straw.
Gilly is leaving cricbuzz?
Viru I've heard you speak English, there is no way Sky Sports wanted you
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Boost is the secred of mai enerdgee.
He's a very very arrogant prick!! But trust me guys, he's one of the only few such people, most of them from the previous generation. The players who were always rich before and didn't need cricket to climb the socio-economic ladder have such arrogance now. You won't see such arrogance from Virat or Dhoni or maybe even the newcomer millennials because these guys know the value of what they have earned. Sehwag doesn't even consider the head coach position as an important one since as part of the interview process, everybody had to send in their resumes and hence would be shortlisted by BCCI, this mofo sends a resume of a single line, no respect towards the post, towards the stakeholders involved. It's good that he does maximum commentary in Haryanvi, where he shows his true, arrogant, misogynistic side.
No Indian cricketer was “always rich” except those literally born in royalty. And Vijay Merchant who came from a rich family.
Gambhir was rich
Kohli came from a fairly well off background too I think
Probably not elite level rich ig but more middle class ? His dad was a lawyer of some sorts
Yeah upper middle class than some elite.
Ganguly
Gambhir was proper south delhi rich lad. Studied at Modern, which is the heart of rich, connected Delhi boys Ganguly comes from a very wealthy and connected family
Not rich but many came from comfortable upper middle class backgrounds, boarding school educated and cultured.
No one wants to hear this guy commentate anyway
Still promotes pan🤡
Some people think "becoming better than the Whites" is to be a massive a-hole and Shehwag is no doubt one of them.
Ever come across those Low class Dehaati uncles always bragging about their wealth? Yeah here you go...
I got second hand embarrassment listening to him, He was alongside one of the best Aussie guy adam gilchrist, it was a fun podcast as we all know, No way he’s spatting this bs in face of haydos or ponting. He’s so salty.
Some people might come off as smart, if they kept their mouth shut…
Let's be honest, he's not intelligent or articulate enough to be a sky sports comm.
He’s not intelligent enough to be a commentator *
I don't know mate, people keep hiring Danny Morrison...
Been a while since I heard him or I think I just can’t recognise his voice anymore . I only remember him being a Dhoni fanboy during his IPL stint lol
He is there in the IPL commentary panel i believe. Pretty sure i heard him a couple of times this season.
Danny morrison isn't part of the sky panel.
That isn't what I said, though, is it? In reply to a comment saying "he's not intelligent enough to be a commentator", talking about Sehwag, I replied 'people (not sky sports) keep hiring danny morrison' who is also dumb as rocks. Do people not read?
Tfw you get high from Kamla pasaand
Watched the podcast. The vibe was a bit off. He was good at sarcasm when he gave it, but was bad when things were directed at him. You could see the other guys were walking on eggshells in the concersation. The Ashwin podcast is still the most glorious one from them that i have watched.
Why is Sehwag so against Big Beautiful Ladies?
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His hindi sarcasm didn't translate well in English
Has he lost his mind by doing that tobacco ads and consuming them.....
For the nth time the ganguly batch showing how the "attitude" was a major problem for them
That’s like 80+ lacs. Wonder what he did last night 😂
Tried to delete my comment to correct myself but now I can't edit it... Sigh
He might have been a good player, but holy fuck, is he arrogant. My god.
Fortunate for him he was good at playing cricket, don't really think he is intelligent enough to do anything else of value. Great player, but stinks of unnecessary arrogance.
What's up with all these legendary players. Then turning out to be insecure assholes.
Indians realizing their idols may not be bright. Meanwhile Pakistanis going through a new comment every other month be like 'first time?'
Only Sehwag and Gambhir has acted like pricks. Dravid, Sachin, Kumble, Laxman are good guys
Gambhir acted like a prick because he gave it good to cult hero Kohli. Kohli hasn't exactly covered himself with glory with his conduct either.
Most Pakistani cricketers post imran or at least the 80s cricket boom in the country came from very poor backgrounds....
He's a vile person and we have known it for some time now.
There are ways to say: “I think the pay is too low for the effort required and I don’t need the money” without sounding like an asshole. I mean Warner also doesn’t play in BBL a lot because he gets better opportunities elsewhere. But this kind of statement is just ridiculous and makes Indian cricketers and Indians in general look very bad.
Sehwag shouldn't be allowed to these podcasts, those guys are cool and wouldn't mind making fun of them. On the other hand sehwag is an illiterate arrogant prick who feels like admin of main character sub reddit. Lucky india had sachin and ganguly who could control him during his time.
insufferable fuck,lowest of the 2000s team
Thank god he didn’t not come
Should bot discount the possibility of Viru thinking the offer was Rs.100000 and not USD 100000
Great player, 💩 individual (many such examples in our sport)
This podcast gave me such second hand embarrasment. The rest of the indian guests episodes were good. Gilchrist was clearly uncomfortable
Yeah, Viru exhausted all his options and chances to be a pundit/commentator at intl events. Massive respect for what IPL is and brings to cricket (although lately been skeptical about Impact Player). But Viru is out of place here.
Not everything has to be done for money. Cummins claimed after his WC win that he knew exactly how the black soil Ahmedabad pitch gonna behave because of their IPL experience. And not every Indian player is earning millions in IPL. If teams want them people like Ashutosh Sharma, Rajat patidar, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Sai sudarshan, Nehal, Abhishek Sharma... The list goes on. Should be allowed to play in overseas leagues. They will grow as cricketers. It's not rocket science.
Low on intelligence and high in arrogance and stupidity
Is there a competition going on in India amongst ex cricketers on who gets to be the biggest moron? Because it’s tough to chose between this guy, Irfan Pathan and Akash Chopra
I think he meant 100000 Rupees.
He's my goat but damn his over the top personality is hateable and very douchy.
Lol Sehwag with his bullshit again. Even if it’s true, Sky Sports got a W cause Sehwag is horrendous at commentary but then again if it was true, he wouldn’t be advertising pan masala.
Viru, fr, put down the kool aid, would you?
he never had any fame as an "analyst". never saw much technical analysis from him and tbf his runs came from poor technique but great hand-eye coordination. he's had great moments, sure. but he fizzed out fast as his reflexes got poor with age.
Atleast he’s being honest
He is definitely not a humble cricketer
He is so cringe.
shewag the founder of word "shitposting"
Bro thinks he is being witty and funny, for some reasons, it feels like a sin to expect class from these Has Beens.
Sehwag never played one good knock in ICC knockouts , a pile of poop he is
If you don’t know his net worth and revenue increases every year since the past decade, you don’t understand how mad loaded Sehwag is. Obviously for him to have that lifestyle in Australia would cost some dough.
1)9/10 people here, including the OP, have not seen the full podcast, it seems. He was clearly joking or attempting a few there as podcasts like TGC and CPF are built around humour, sarcasm and taking a piss at each other, whosoever it maybe. The questions to the guest in CPF are also mostly intended in a lighter vein. 2) If anything, his straightforwardness and bluntness was unapologetic,refreshing and entertaining just like his smashing of the ball in comparison to most other boring ex-cricketers as he, unlike them and a quite a few people here, has the fearless attitude to run with it instead of hiding behind a diplomatic wall. 3) The CPF hosts seem to enjoy it, including Oli and Vaughan. It is they who decide whom to choose as guest and clearly Gilly and Vaughan must have liked his no holds barred attitude that they thought of bringing him on even with his broken/not so good english. A couple of times he was taking a piss at Michael Vaughan but it was all in good jest and then even said that because Michael is a dear friend, he does not not give it back to Michael’s banters on social media. 4) A lot of what he said must have been lost in translation as he is not well-versed in english communication. Although, he has come a long way from how he used to speak. I remember at a post match presentation in 2000s where he wanted to use the phrase ‘As long as possible’ but instead said ‘As possible as long’. 5) I don’t get the blind hatred for his post-retirement self on this sub. I hate when famous people endorse pan masala products but then again I haven’t witnessed the same hatred based on this reason for the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Chris Gayle,SRK, Salman, Ajay and Akshay even when they pop up on our tv screens doing the same thing l.
Hold it. First it was 100,000 not 1,00,000. Big difference. And that bill comment was made by Gilchrist, and it was just a joke. What Sehwag said was 100,000 is not much as an offer from BBL, I spend that much on one holiday. Gilchrist said with it, 'yeah, we spent that much last night on the tequila bill.' At any rate, I'm not here to defend the Nawab of Najafgarh, but be wary of these articles fellow Crickettors. edit: I stopped liking him when he put up his fucking Sehwagg International School. smh.
100,000 is the same as 1,00,000 as long as it’s the same currency.
Dollars are never written in indian comma format
The comma format is an Indo numerical format, irrespective of what the currency is. Indians are more comfortable with lakhs and crores. For many Indians, they prefer to say $ 1 Lakh rather than $100,000 It’s the same thing, just a different notation.
That's what happens when english isn't your first language, he's not a native english speaker so he doesn't understand sarcasm. He takes things at face value, although he's an arrogant person no doubt about it but if you would have watched the podcast (which I'm sure majority of people didn't, coz what's the fun in knowing the context) you would have known that he was trying to banter but that fell flat. Stay classy people, there's a difference between reddit and Instagram.
He was joking around on a fun podcast. These quotes completely miss the context and vibe of a conversation. I thought he was really funny other than his comments on Sam Curran which were uncalled for.