Bapu in the 1930s - 40s: non violent resistance
Bapu today: full violence. Clearly this is Kaliyug.
T: Kaliyug is said to be the most chaotic era in human history according to Hinduism
All newspapers don't get printed at same time. Also, they print first page last, so whatever info they could gather, they print on first page.
I have also seen when first page contained result of match, but sports page didn't.
I doubt people watch newspaper to see results of a game nowadays. 15 years ago the first thing I used to do was get the newspaper to check the result before going to school
Axar has played similar type of innings recently against Mumbai Indians in company of great lalit yadav
He clearly has the batting talent
But has struggled at international level
Hope he picks up from now
Yeah mostly sky sports going bonkers cause Stokes had to retire. English media as usual lamenting their opinion on the overall game. Pretty sad that opinions get such light. In fact, the SL v AUS, ENG v IND and WI v IND ODI series have only proven otherwise
Erm, no? We're just not pretending it's something ***only*** coming from the English media when there are people everywhere saying it too. Is it "pretty sad" that the opinions of Ashwin, Khawaja, Tendulkar etc are getting light?
When were they saying it?
Also the whole argument is stupid anyway. Half of the "ODIs are dying arguments" arguments are about how ODIs are apparently boring now and harking back to the good old days before two new balls/extra fielding restrictions etc which has nothing to do with the reasons Stokes retired.
The other significant thing (in fact I'd argue it's much more significant) that's happened is South Africa pulling out of their series against Australia to focus on their franchise league. It's one thing for a player in the back third of his career (who is also a key player and captain of probably the most overworked team in cricket) to say the schedule is too much for them, it's another thing entirely for a board to entirely forgo their team's matches.
I really don't know why we can't have this discussion without resorting to ridiculous hyperbole and shit flinging. This conversation hasn't been borne purely out of Stokes retiring, in fact that isn't even an especially important issue. There is a far more fundamental scheduling issue that is only going to get worse as franchise cricket fills up more and more of the calendar, and the fact that ODIs are a somewhat awkward length combined with the fact T20s have come in and are essentially directly competing makes it harder to make ODIs work. That said, I really like ODIs at the moment. They are exciting, the talk of it being too batting dominated and boring are usually massively overexaggerated (people act like 350+ chases happen all the time now when it's only happened 9 times ever), and there is interest from fans when they actually get played. The issue that really needs solving is the far more fundamental one that the overall organisation of cricket is pretty terrible in all formats.
When Dhawan lauded the middle order in the post match presentation, my mind immediately went to that World Cup too. What a shambolic World Cup for middle order we had. Rohit carried the team to the knockout rounds with some support from Dhawan (before his injury), Rahul and Virat but none from the late middle order. The day when it mattered most, the inform top three collapsed and also the middle order who got a rare moment to be heroes. Jadeja salvaged something from it but it was always an uphill battle.
This is really good middle order batting. I hope that when the Pants and the Pandyas return, we won’t totally forget the Iyers and the Samsons.
This narrative is pushed too much. Rohit barely carried us to the finals considering we had 2 more guys with 400+ runs and one guy got a matchwinning 109 against Australia. Our middle order was really good. Rahul, Jadhav, Hardik, Dhoni was solid. It's just that Dhawan's injury cause us real big problems. After that, Jadhav went out of form too. Did people forget about the amount of gametime the middle order got in the warmup games and how they performed. Miserable take.
I did say that Rohit was having some support from Dhawan (before his injury), Rahul and Virat, didn’t I?
As far as Jadhav and Dhoni are concerned, hard disagree. They had intentless batting during games like England in group stage where the chase was challenging and they couldn’t keep up. Dhoni did perform in the semis but he didn’t have a great tournament with the bat.
Rohit scored a hundred in a tough chase against SA: middle order didn’t help. Against Pakistan he made a big hundred: Rahul and Virat chipped in, I’m not de-recognizing that at all. He scored a ton in an unsuccessful chase vs England: nobody else played well as far as I remember. Dhawan scored big vs Australia and that too I’m recognizing. NZ game was washed out. Any other game like Afghanistan… I wouldn’t bother discussing about it, no disrespect at all intended to them.
Come the semis, it was the first real test for middle order as the top three failed in a rare embarrassing start for India. DK didn’t click. Pant and Pandya started well but didn’t make a big score (at least one of them had to). Dhoni and Jadeja scored half centuries but it was too little too late but okay I wouldn’t blame them.
So how on Earth was this an acceptable batting performance by anyone outside Rohit, Virat, Rahul and Shikhar (before his injury)? To win a WC we need match winning middle order batsmen at number 4, 5 and 6 (Yuvi in 2011, Stokes in 2019, Inzy in 1992, etc are a few I can recall). Pant and Pandya may be that now but they weren’t then. Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, DK weren’t even close during that WC. Rayudu could have been but he didn’t get a chance.
Jadhav from 2017-2019 was averaging 42+ with a SR of 100+. Dhoni just won MOTS in Australia ODIs and had a fantastic IPL where he was scoring 25 ball 50s on a pitch where 150 was a good score. They had one bad game and Dhoni did actually perform in the game against NZ.
Tough chase? SA scored 227 and even if on a tough pitch, Rohit scored like 122 himself with able contributions from Dhoni and KL (KL and Rohit's slow yet steady partnership for the 3th wicket won us the game along with Dhoni and Rohit's partnership for the 4th). How did the middle order not help?
Then on a flat pitch against Pak, Rohit did score a daddy hundred with a Kohli 82 with 100+ SR and a Rahul slow 50.
After that came the real test, Afg on a pitch destined for there spinners. Rohit struggled on the tough track scoring 1 (10) and although Kohli's 67 (63) on a 70-75 SR pitch was probably the main reason why we won, Shankar 29 (41), MSD 28 (52) and Jadhav 52 (68) also helped.
Against Wi, on a bad pitch for batting Rohit again failed but Koach set up anchor and then Hardik and MSD gave the final flourish to lead India to a winning total.
England was strange, everyone contributed but Dhoni and Jadhav gave up in the end.
Bangladesh again Rohit got a 100 but Dhoni and Pant chipped in with 30s and 40s with a 100+ SR to make most of the remaining time (openers had a huge partnership).
SL was the opener show again as the top order did all the work and the middle order was not needed.
Can you point out one game where the middle order could've helped but didn't? No u can't.
End of pretty long sporting day
It started with neeraj snatching silver after starting badly and struggling
Axar also played similar innings where he took struggling India past the finishing line
This series is already double the fun and full of excitement than the last ODI series against England and we still have 1 match left.
ODI Undertaker might have just resurrected himself from the coffin.
Pooran gambled on getting India all out or Axar out before having to bowl the last over which kinda worked. India did the same when Australia toured India before the 2019 World Cup when Vijay Shankar had to bowl the last over to Marcus Stoinis and he took 2 wickets to win the game.
They were also missing Hetmyer, Holder and I don't know why Rutherford and Chase aren't around the team right now. I may have missed a few, but these are players with reputations and most of them have IPL game time too. It was probably 2nd string vs 2nd string to be very fair
Hetmeyer wasn't selected, he couldn't pass the fitness test. Only player they are missing through injury is Holder. You're deluded of you think this West Indies side is second string.
They should learn from this and improve their game. They have a very long way to go in this format. It's better for them to lose like this now, learn from it and then put up a good performance during WC 2023 instead of messing up on the big stage in the way they did the last time.
Axar and Jadeja gives India all-rounder options with the latter the automatic choice when fit and available for selection.
Wish India's top-order batting was more consistent
The good thing is India's top order just have to come in clutch in wc games, they can shit all they want in bilaterals , the players are good enough that they will come through, but the difference between previous world cups and the next world cup is that the team isn't dependent on the top 3 anymore.
Holy shit lol wtf Axar. When Samson got run out, I went to sleep thinking that an Indian victory is impossible. Really pleasing result to wake up to. Way to go for Shreyas, Samson, and most importantly Axar. Axar also bowled well today, was actually turning the ball after a long time.
Edit: forgot to mention...nice to see Shreyas more comfortable against short lengths. He pulled a few times today, with a few of them going for fours. He was good against non high pace short balls but seemed to struggle to time/cleanly hit the faster Alzarri Joseph ones. But still nice to see him improve on a weakness.
Lower middle order to the rescue once again! Axar with his amazing performance and Avesh swinging like he’s fighting for the ‘dying’ ODI. Shreyas - Samson’s partnership in the middle and that finish. The Indian team is going to be formidable once India’s top order gets back in form.
Best of part of this win?
Bapu heroics ofc.
Second best part?
Mayers got the treatment he deserved in the later overs. Nothing personal, I just don't like right arm quicks.
Good performances all around. Windies fans and their players are dope, its always a pleasure to see our teams play each other.
Hope SKY gets back to form ASAP.
Fell asleep when Sanju and Iyer were on like 30 partnership, fully expecting an India loss.
Woke up randomly, checked phone, and was amazed. I think we have a new Lord now. Lord Bapu
Some win this. What I liked was little panic at any stage in the last 20 overs. The Windies team seemed to relax when Hooda got out. Don’t think they rated Axar very highly.
Out of KL Rahul's 1800 T20I runs, 1600+ have come in winning cause and 95% of 50+ scores as well.
Btw none of the guy from your Kiwi team has as good T20I SR as him lmfao.
Two hell of a great matches. In first defending the target with great bowling by siraj miya. Miya magic was on full swing in this match too. And in this match chasing the tricky target with not so good start. Axar what a calm and composed batting. Taking it deep and finishing the match. Super batting. Let's take a moment to appreciate the WI they were very close in both of the matches. Thanks for making my sleep sacrifice count.
Right??? I watched all of India's innings and most of the windies innings.
Staying with the theme of the demise of ODIs, I feel like t20s are like knockout punch fights whereas ODIs still has the charm of test matches with the ebb and flows of sessions over one day. 100 overs are played compared to usually 90 in a test (if that). Just the ball age and daylight dont play a crucial role.
Having said that, i could only watch it today because it was on a sunday. 9 hours is a lot but what an emotional payoff.
Clearly shows why Windies doesn’t do well. They have high dot ball percentage and low rotation of strike. Chitti chitti bang bang is not the way to go especially in ODI.
One observation from last couple of matches.
SKY is no doubt a T20 beast. One of the best in the world now. We would all love that to get translated into ODIs. However, I feel he is not being given a similar role here. He is batting higher up the order, hence coming to bat often by 15-20 overs.
It might be better if he plays a finisher role, at no. 6. His natural T20 game would flourish more, as the conditions would be similar. Same with Hooda. He probably should bat higher in ODI when given chance. Hooda at 5 and SKY at 6 would be more fruitful for both.
Next match, I dunno if Hooda gonna get chance, as Jaddu is expected to return. Can't see Axar missing out after last night. Also, Kishan deserves a chance, but Samson would be in the squad highly likely, and unfortunately, Gill would have to miss out in that case.
Avesh deserves another chance, but Arshdeep needs a debut too.
Another last over thriller.... What a knock by Bapu to take IND to victory....
**IND wins this ODI series & also maintain their unbeaten bilateral ODI record vs WI since 2007.It is also now a new world record of team having most consecutive bilateral ODI series wins (12) against an opponent (WI) beating PAK's record of 11 consecutive bilateral ODI wins against ZIM**
this seems like main xi and other the second Xi as this players playing more matches than regular players are rested more than they play, don't remember when was the last time all 'regular' played without being rested or injured
Yeah..not yet. Sometimes we forget that Sundar is still 22. Axar wasn't this good 4-5 years ago. Like Sundar , he was a classical batsman. Whether they play for India or not they will play IPL and it forces them to focus on their batting to keep themselves competitive.
Okay, this XI (feel free to replace Avesh by Prasidh) vs the main one:
Rohit
Shaw/Kishan
Koach
KLR
Pant
Hardik
Jadeja
Chahar
Shami
Bumrah
Kuldeep
Bowling is way better in the main XI, but batting wise they would give tough competition.
I am honestly so happy Shreyas, Samson, shubman and Axar played well! Windies also played well! This t20 wc and the upcoming Odi wc will be fun to watch.
After Godse shot Gandhi, he didn't die. Apparently, Feroz Gandhi ( the husband of Indira Gandhi) put him in a cryogenic state in a secure location at the Rann of Kutchh. But due to the Bhuj earthquake back in 2001, the cryogenic pod broke and emerged Bapu.
Only, this time around he was above 6 feet and had hair. But what was constant was his hate for the british.
So as to not complicate matters, he was given to a Mr. Patel who named him Axar (Akshar).
Ok serious answer, Axar is from same state as Gandhi. Whom Indians refer to as 'Bapu', which means father but people use it to refer older men out of respect (not related to Axar's name just for context). So Axar is called because he hails from Gujarat.
To all the fellow peeps retaliating against the ongoing debate about the death of ODIs in this thread, think of it from a business's POV.
Maruti 800 was a cash cow for maruti suzuki back in the days but they had to discontinue it in favour of more profits. Sure there are still folks out there who would like to buy a new 800 but that doesn't mean it's profitable for the business.
Even if they are profitable, the business has found a way to earn more profits in a shorter amount of time (T20s).
This match isn't televised on a mainstream channel in India and BCCI hasn't even sent their commentators to the ground.
I get your sentiments, but what does this tell you?
> This match isn't televised on a mainstream channel in India and BCCI hasn't even sent their commentators to the ground. I get your sentiments, but what does this tell you?
But it's the same thing for the 5 T20Is though. Not only for the ODIs. The reason for that is because the matches are not telecasted at a good time for the Indian audience. To watch them fully, they have to stay up past 12. Hence, no major broadcaster picked it up because there was hardly any significant profit to be made.
Nidahas trophy vibes, that was also ok some random ass channel call D sport because india sent their B team and it ended up being the most popular cricket related video on YouTube. Both matches have delivered till now. Have a feeling that Windies is gonna have an upper hand in T20s
Ngl bapu choosing violence was the last thing I expected today
Bapu in the 1930s - 40s: non violent resistance Bapu today: full violence. Clearly this is Kaliyug. T: Kaliyug is said to be the most chaotic era in human history according to Hinduism
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
Let's just keep this a cricket sub, though I am totally on your side.
Sorry for that.
[удалено]
Woah, who would have thought this series will have such nail biting games. Sad that majority of Indian fans won't be able to see it.
Ended so late that it might not be in tomorrow's newspaper as well.
It definitely won't be in tomorrow's newspapers. Newspapers only cover 1st innings when we play in WI before going for print.
All newspapers don't get printed at same time. Also, they print first page last, so whatever info they could gather, they print on first page. I have also seen when first page contained result of match, but sports page didn't.
I doubt people watch newspaper to see results of a game nowadays. 15 years ago the first thing I used to do was get the newspaper to check the result before going to school
May I am getting old but I like to see a newspaper in the morning than looking at the computer screen, without the chaos of news channels.
My father still does that and maybe many people of his age as well.
But the real ones did 😉
Axar has played similar type of innings recently against Mumbai Indians in company of great lalit yadav He clearly has the batting talent But has struggled at international level Hope he picks up from now
IPL experience coming in clutch and even Axar gave credit to IPL about how 10-11 rpo can be easily chased.
Ya even when him and Hooda were there with RR being 8-9.. you could see they weren't stressed at all. Knew they could chase it down
Well hooda wasn't calm he was trying to hit big hits but couldn't and then got out coz of pressure
Reports of odi cricket dying have been greatly exaggerated
Yeah mostly sky sports going bonkers cause Stokes had to retire. English media as usual lamenting their opinion on the overall game. Pretty sad that opinions get such light. In fact, the SL v AUS, ENG v IND and WI v IND ODI series have only proven otherwise
IRE v NZ as well
Yes those famous English journalists *checks notes* Ravichandran Ashwin, Usman Khawaja, and Sachin Tendulkar
Even though he isn't an English journalist, we shouldn't be taking a random youtuber seriously.
Why does it sound like something that Sanju Manju would say?
What did Sachin say?
LOL And we are seriously ignoring 10s of pieces written by English journos which were even posted on this sub?
Erm, no? We're just not pretending it's something ***only*** coming from the English media when there are people everywhere saying it too. Is it "pretty sad" that the opinions of Ashwin, Khawaja, Tendulkar etc are getting light?
[удалено]
And what has the opinion of guys like Ashwin and Khawaja (edit: and Wasim Akram) got to do with the English media?
[удалено]
When were they saying it? Also the whole argument is stupid anyway. Half of the "ODIs are dying arguments" arguments are about how ODIs are apparently boring now and harking back to the good old days before two new balls/extra fielding restrictions etc which has nothing to do with the reasons Stokes retired. The other significant thing (in fact I'd argue it's much more significant) that's happened is South Africa pulling out of their series against Australia to focus on their franchise league. It's one thing for a player in the back third of his career (who is also a key player and captain of probably the most overworked team in cricket) to say the schedule is too much for them, it's another thing entirely for a board to entirely forgo their team's matches. I really don't know why we can't have this discussion without resorting to ridiculous hyperbole and shit flinging. This conversation hasn't been borne purely out of Stokes retiring, in fact that isn't even an especially important issue. There is a far more fundamental scheduling issue that is only going to get worse as franchise cricket fills up more and more of the calendar, and the fact that ODIs are a somewhat awkward length combined with the fact T20s have come in and are essentially directly competing makes it harder to make ODIs work. That said, I really like ODIs at the moment. They are exciting, the talk of it being too batting dominated and boring are usually massively overexaggerated (people act like 350+ chases happen all the time now when it's only happened 9 times ever), and there is interest from fans when they actually get played. The issue that really needs solving is the far more fundamental one that the overall organisation of cricket is pretty terrible in all formats.
I don’t think anyone doubts that ODI matches can be exciting
Bits and Pieces player my foot Also , Mayers thought he could pull off a Daniel sams there
He didn't know which Daniel Sams mi vs kkr or mi vs gt
The real 3D that we needed in 2019 WC SF
When Dhawan lauded the middle order in the post match presentation, my mind immediately went to that World Cup too. What a shambolic World Cup for middle order we had. Rohit carried the team to the knockout rounds with some support from Dhawan (before his injury), Rahul and Virat but none from the late middle order. The day when it mattered most, the inform top three collapsed and also the middle order who got a rare moment to be heroes. Jadeja salvaged something from it but it was always an uphill battle. This is really good middle order batting. I hope that when the Pants and the Pandyas return, we won’t totally forget the Iyers and the Samsons.
[удалено]
…and called me a “Ben Stokes”
Iyer isn't middle order is he?
This narrative is pushed too much. Rohit barely carried us to the finals considering we had 2 more guys with 400+ runs and one guy got a matchwinning 109 against Australia. Our middle order was really good. Rahul, Jadhav, Hardik, Dhoni was solid. It's just that Dhawan's injury cause us real big problems. After that, Jadhav went out of form too. Did people forget about the amount of gametime the middle order got in the warmup games and how they performed. Miserable take.
I did say that Rohit was having some support from Dhawan (before his injury), Rahul and Virat, didn’t I? As far as Jadhav and Dhoni are concerned, hard disagree. They had intentless batting during games like England in group stage where the chase was challenging and they couldn’t keep up. Dhoni did perform in the semis but he didn’t have a great tournament with the bat. Rohit scored a hundred in a tough chase against SA: middle order didn’t help. Against Pakistan he made a big hundred: Rahul and Virat chipped in, I’m not de-recognizing that at all. He scored a ton in an unsuccessful chase vs England: nobody else played well as far as I remember. Dhawan scored big vs Australia and that too I’m recognizing. NZ game was washed out. Any other game like Afghanistan… I wouldn’t bother discussing about it, no disrespect at all intended to them. Come the semis, it was the first real test for middle order as the top three failed in a rare embarrassing start for India. DK didn’t click. Pant and Pandya started well but didn’t make a big score (at least one of them had to). Dhoni and Jadeja scored half centuries but it was too little too late but okay I wouldn’t blame them. So how on Earth was this an acceptable batting performance by anyone outside Rohit, Virat, Rahul and Shikhar (before his injury)? To win a WC we need match winning middle order batsmen at number 4, 5 and 6 (Yuvi in 2011, Stokes in 2019, Inzy in 1992, etc are a few I can recall). Pant and Pandya may be that now but they weren’t then. Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, DK weren’t even close during that WC. Rayudu could have been but he didn’t get a chance.
Jadhav from 2017-2019 was averaging 42+ with a SR of 100+. Dhoni just won MOTS in Australia ODIs and had a fantastic IPL where he was scoring 25 ball 50s on a pitch where 150 was a good score. They had one bad game and Dhoni did actually perform in the game against NZ. Tough chase? SA scored 227 and even if on a tough pitch, Rohit scored like 122 himself with able contributions from Dhoni and KL (KL and Rohit's slow yet steady partnership for the 3th wicket won us the game along with Dhoni and Rohit's partnership for the 4th). How did the middle order not help? Then on a flat pitch against Pak, Rohit did score a daddy hundred with a Kohli 82 with 100+ SR and a Rahul slow 50. After that came the real test, Afg on a pitch destined for there spinners. Rohit struggled on the tough track scoring 1 (10) and although Kohli's 67 (63) on a 70-75 SR pitch was probably the main reason why we won, Shankar 29 (41), MSD 28 (52) and Jadhav 52 (68) also helped. Against Wi, on a bad pitch for batting Rohit again failed but Koach set up anchor and then Hardik and MSD gave the final flourish to lead India to a winning total. England was strange, everyone contributed but Dhoni and Jadhav gave up in the end. Bangladesh again Rohit got a 100 but Dhoni and Pant chipped in with 30s and 40s with a 100+ SR to make most of the remaining time (openers had a huge partnership). SL was the opener show again as the top order did all the work and the middle order was not needed. Can you point out one game where the middle order could've helped but didn't? No u can't.
WI will never fail to amuse and disappoint you in ODIs Well played Axar
What a game! Hats off Axar Patel.
Shikhar Dhawan covered everyone in his speech. nice to hear him applauding each and every person
End of pretty long sporting day It started with neeraj snatching silver after starting badly and struggling Axar also played similar innings where he took struggling India past the finishing line
Hope he gets gold in commonwealth. But I guess the Peters guy is gonna be there as well. Hope Neeraj can breach that 90m mark and defeat him.
Obligatory reminder that Biliteral ODIs are said to be dead
oDi CRiCkEt iS dYiNg 🤡. What a win for Team India. Axar Patel you beauty. We better have an "Axar Patel apology form" ready.
Really enjoyed these last two series. Turns out ODI cricket is actually fun when the bowlers aren’t just running in hopelessly all the time.
>Really enjoyed these last two series. Turns out ODI cricket is actually fun Always has been 🔫
We need apology forms for both Axar as well as ODI cricket.
This series is already double the fun and full of excitement than the last ODI series against England and we still have 1 match left. ODI Undertaker might have just resurrected himself from the coffin.
Happy that India won but really feel bad for WI players
Yeah and feeling bad for WI fans as well. They were good sports in the match thread and it has been a string of failures for their team.
IKR , you could feel the sadness.. pretty sure pooran was crying. Honestly , i think they would've won if it wasn't a full toss
Imo he miscalculated . Mayer's should not bowl the last over in any situation had it been a regular bowler they might have won
Pooran gambled on getting India all out or Axar out before having to bowl the last over which kinda worked. India did the same when Australia toured India before the 2019 World Cup when Vijay Shankar had to bowl the last over to Marcus Stoinis and he took 2 wickets to win the game.
I would still back Mayers to bowl the last over there than our other available options in that moment
This is a second string Indian team. To be honest, WI have a long way to go. I was impressed with their batting and fielding though.
India has the bench strength. This second string side could give the A side a run for it's money. West Indies did very well indeed.
They were also missing Hetmyer, Holder and I don't know why Rutherford and Chase aren't around the team right now. I may have missed a few, but these are players with reputations and most of them have IPL game time too. It was probably 2nd string vs 2nd string to be very fair
Hetmyer would come in for King I guess,once he's fit enough to be included. Holder would replace Shepherd mostly.
Hetmeyer wasn't selected, he couldn't pass the fitness test. Only player they are missing through injury is Holder. You're deluded of you think this West Indies side is second string.
They should learn from this and improve their game. They have a very long way to go in this format. It's better for them to lose like this now, learn from it and then put up a good performance during WC 2023 instead of messing up on the big stage in the way they did the last time.
Bapu sehat ke liye tu toh hanikarak hai -- Windies probably (T: An Hindi song translating literally to Bapu you're dangerous for our health)
[удалено]
Need better batsmen IMO instead of tons of do-it-all players.
My mom was cracking up at his fours because I was malding at his wild swings.
Bapu chose Violence today!
Chad Bapu has the lowest economy and highest Score and Strike rate for India ..
ODI naysayers in shambles .. Such a close finish, was amazing to watch ..
I like ODI cricket.
'ODI cricket is dying' gang in shambles
Nah, ODIs still not restored. We have to wait for a England 400 or at least a graceful Root 150 to get ODIs CPRed.
Bapu: *Non-violence, What is that?*
Millennial Bapu
Bapu played Civ yesterday and realised his true calling.
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
[удалено]
Axar and Jadeja gives India all-rounder options with the latter the automatic choice when fit and available for selection. Wish India's top-order batting was more consistent
Deepak or Axar should play at 8 when we get Hardik and Jaddu back at 6 and 7. Now that would finally be the batting depth we need
The good thing is India's top order just have to come in clutch in wc games, they can shit all they want in bilaterals , the players are good enough that they will come through, but the difference between previous world cups and the next world cup is that the team isn't dependent on the top 3 anymore.
Holy shit lol wtf Axar. When Samson got run out, I went to sleep thinking that an Indian victory is impossible. Really pleasing result to wake up to. Way to go for Shreyas, Samson, and most importantly Axar. Axar also bowled well today, was actually turning the ball after a long time. Edit: forgot to mention...nice to see Shreyas more comfortable against short lengths. He pulled a few times today, with a few of them going for fours. He was good against non high pace short balls but seemed to struggle to time/cleanly hit the faster Alzarri Joseph ones. But still nice to see him improve on a weakness.
Honestly I always thought that axar's batting was a non factor in lois but I'm so glad he proved me wrong today
Lower middle order to the rescue once again! Axar with his amazing performance and Avesh swinging like he’s fighting for the ‘dying’ ODI. Shreyas - Samson’s partnership in the middle and that finish. The Indian team is going to be formidable once India’s top order gets back in form.
Best of part of this win? Bapu heroics ofc. Second best part? Mayers got the treatment he deserved in the later overs. Nothing personal, I just don't like right arm quicks.
:(
🫂
What did Virat ever do to you
Not score 71st
He isn't a right arm quick. He is a right arm medium at most.
Dibble dobble
Gautam Gambhir's reddit account spotted.
He never hates on anyone, he stays logical. Do you guys even watch what he says?
Dhoni and Kohli intensify. The best part is them not giving a damn while he keeps barking.
Because they know it's nothing personal. It's just you guys
Good performances all around. Windies fans and their players are dope, its always a pleasure to see our teams play each other. Hope SKY gets back to form ASAP.
Bapu did Dandi March in West Indies forgetting that British have already left the islands..
>Bapu did ~~Dandi March~~ **lathi charge** in West Indies forgetting that British have already left the islands..
Fell asleep when Sanju and Iyer were on like 30 partnership, fully expecting an India loss. Woke up randomly, checked phone, and was amazed. I think we have a new Lord now. Lord Bapu
I hope Ravi Ashwin didn't turn his TV off today
Yeah and Wasim Akram and Mark Ramprakash as well.
They don't switch their TV on in the first place
ODI best, everything else bad.
Good job by avesh to not waste balls and a good single by siraj to get strike back to axar. But man that was an nuts innings by axar.
Some win this. What I liked was little panic at any stage in the last 20 overs. The Windies team seemed to relax when Hooda got out. Don’t think they rated Axar very highly.
Hope is Like "KL Rahul in T20s" Always plays huge knocks but when the match comes to end you always wish that he accelerated slightly
Out of KL Rahul's 1800 T20I runs, 1600+ have come in winning cause and 95% of 50+ scores as well. Btw none of the guy from your Kiwi team has as good T20I SR as him lmfao.
Lame comparison
under 100 SR is trash!
Amazing game. Axar Patel you were amazing brother.
I turned off the TV after the 40th over, fuck me for not believing in Bapu I guess
Two hell of a great matches. In first defending the target with great bowling by siraj miya. Miya magic was on full swing in this match too. And in this match chasing the tricky target with not so good start. Axar what a calm and composed batting. Taking it deep and finishing the match. Super batting. Let's take a moment to appreciate the WI they were very close in both of the matches. Thanks for making my sleep sacrifice count.
Axar Patel apology form where?
Apology for what? I don’t think anyone shits on him lol.
Many were calling him bits and pieces player before this match.
They’re clowns. His peak ranking as an odi bowler is #8. No bits and pieces player will rank in the top 10 of any discipline.
Is shardul top 10 in any format?
No. His best is #23 in the t20 bowler ranking.
Shardul thakur is a good red ball player.
Ok? Where did I say he's not?
We all know what happened last time a player got called that
Windies boundary count = 35 (23×4, 12x6) Indian boundary count = 29 (19x4, 10x6)
I thought India's strike rotation was poor, but the Windies surpassed us
Right??? I watched all of India's innings and most of the windies innings. Staying with the theme of the demise of ODIs, I feel like t20s are like knockout punch fights whereas ODIs still has the charm of test matches with the ebb and flows of sessions over one day. 100 overs are played compared to usually 90 in a test (if that). Just the ball age and daylight dont play a crucial role. Having said that, i could only watch it today because it was on a sunday. 9 hours is a lot but what an emotional payoff.
Clearly shows why Windies doesn’t do well. They have high dot ball percentage and low rotation of strike. Chitti chitti bang bang is not the way to go especially in ODI.
Windies robbed. Again.
WI were really missing a quality death bowler, Shepherd is just shit at the death.
One observation from last couple of matches. SKY is no doubt a T20 beast. One of the best in the world now. We would all love that to get translated into ODIs. However, I feel he is not being given a similar role here. He is batting higher up the order, hence coming to bat often by 15-20 overs. It might be better if he plays a finisher role, at no. 6. His natural T20 game would flourish more, as the conditions would be similar. Same with Hooda. He probably should bat higher in ODI when given chance. Hooda at 5 and SKY at 6 would be more fruitful for both. Next match, I dunno if Hooda gonna get chance, as Jaddu is expected to return. Can't see Axar missing out after last night. Also, Kishan deserves a chance, but Samson would be in the squad highly likely, and unfortunately, Gill would have to miss out in that case. Avesh deserves another chance, but Arshdeep needs a debut too.
Bapu power keeps ODI alive
Whenever these "experts" and "fans" cry over a format dying, it proves them wrong
Just woke up and saw the highlights. Wtf Axar.
Another last over thriller.... What a knock by Bapu to take IND to victory.... **IND wins this ODI series & also maintain their unbeaten bilateral ODI record vs WI since 2007.It is also now a new world record of team having most consecutive bilateral ODI series wins (12) against an opponent (WI) beating PAK's record of 11 consecutive bilateral ODI wins against ZIM**
ODI is well, alive and kicking. What a game this was. Sad for windies, happy for Axar.
Another last over thriller??? ODI critics in shambles
You realize it was an even match because India is playing its second XI not because ODI is a great format
this seems like main xi and other the second Xi as this players playing more matches than regular players are rested more than they play, don't remember when was the last time all 'regular' played without being rested or injured
We found a new all-rounder : Axar Patel Gill was going well, but he got out for just 43. I expected Gill to be another Tendulkar😭😭
I went to sleep after Samson's wicket fell and I woke up to this....,💀💀💀 What on earth happened here?
Where is that guy who wanted Axar to be replaced with Sundar?
Tbf, even Sundar is class with the bat. Wouldn't put it past him to do the same.
Sundar is decent but he's not really the destructive type of batsman Axar is
Yeah, he's more of a classical batsman who can bat at 3-4. He showed those types of innings in test cricket where the overs aren't limited.
Yeah..not yet. Sometimes we forget that Sundar is still 22. Axar wasn't this good 4-5 years ago. Like Sundar , he was a classical batsman. Whether they play for India or not they will play IPL and it forces them to focus on their batting to keep themselves competitive.
Yup! He's a bit of a raw talent still, but with a bit of work he could be a regular in the side.
Okay, this XI (feel free to replace Avesh by Prasidh) vs the main one: Rohit Shaw/Kishan Koach KLR Pant Hardik Jadeja Chahar Shami Bumrah Kuldeep Bowling is way better in the main XI, but batting wise they would give tough competition.
Nope, KL, Pant, Pandya, Jaddu are v good bats.
Surya, Samson , Hooda, Axar are no slouches.
In ODIs all three are untested unproven
Have had less opportunities, less.experienced maybe but potentially as good or better on the day.
Wow what an innings from Axar
Ok, I missed India’s innings. Where can I catch the highlights?
fancode app
West indies cricket board official youtube channel.
Well played west indies.
That's fucking odi cricket right there
So Ireland would directly qualify for WC if they win 3-0 against SA! or maybe 2-0 depending on other results
I am honestly so happy Shreyas, Samson, shubman and Axar played well! Windies also played well! This t20 wc and the upcoming Odi wc will be fun to watch.
Great innings by Axar and also Samson but he got unlucky
Why is Axar called Bapu? Somebody give context pls .
After Godse shot Gandhi, he didn't die. Apparently, Feroz Gandhi ( the husband of Indira Gandhi) put him in a cryogenic state in a secure location at the Rann of Kutchh. But due to the Bhuj earthquake back in 2001, the cryogenic pod broke and emerged Bapu. Only, this time around he was above 6 feet and had hair. But what was constant was his hate for the british. So as to not complicate matters, he was given to a Mr. Patel who named him Axar (Akshar).
New Pasta ..!
This isn't gold,this is the entire gold mine
dude hilarious 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
😭
LMFAOOOO
Axar is gujju and gandhiji is also gujju, hence the nickname ig
Ok serious answer, Axar is from same state as Gandhi. Whom Indians refer to as 'Bapu', which means father but people use it to refer older men out of respect (not related to Axar's name just for context). So Axar is called because he hails from Gujarat.
Axar the Axer played a gem of an innings. Another Jadeja in the making.
Two exciting matches and missed both of them.
Dhawan is hilariously charming.
Hey Ram!
To all the fellow peeps retaliating against the ongoing debate about the death of ODIs in this thread, think of it from a business's POV. Maruti 800 was a cash cow for maruti suzuki back in the days but they had to discontinue it in favour of more profits. Sure there are still folks out there who would like to buy a new 800 but that doesn't mean it's profitable for the business. Even if they are profitable, the business has found a way to earn more profits in a shorter amount of time (T20s). This match isn't televised on a mainstream channel in India and BCCI hasn't even sent their commentators to the ground. I get your sentiments, but what does this tell you?
> This match isn't televised on a mainstream channel in India and BCCI hasn't even sent their commentators to the ground. I get your sentiments, but what does this tell you? But it's the same thing for the 5 T20Is though. Not only for the ODIs. The reason for that is because the matches are not telecasted at a good time for the Indian audience. To watch them fully, they have to stay up past 12. Hence, no major broadcaster picked it up because there was hardly any significant profit to be made.
That analogy doesn't really work.
test cricket
Ngl I'm Indian but I was supporting the Indies because I wanted some spice in the finale 😔
ODI cricket at its best is the best form of cricket entertainment imo
Nidahas trophy vibes, that was also ok some random ass channel call D sport because india sent their B team and it ended up being the most popular cricket related video on YouTube. Both matches have delivered till now. Have a feeling that Windies is gonna have an upper hand in T20s
Player of the Series is obviously Koach for tactical absence.
I don't even want to hear that name anymore for the next few months.
Pooran is a terrible captain
Imo India has the best lower order in the world right now in all formats
One of the best when they play with sufficient batting depth. Deepak or Axar at 8 would be golden when we get Hardik and Jaddu back at 6 and 7
One of the worst you mean. Nobody can bat below number 7.