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Quote from: Juggy777 on March 14, 2020, 08:17:54 AM

@Royse777 it’s just not espn all the sportsbook sites are blank because all the events are cancelled, and I also feel that the ICC test championship will also have to be canceled because ICC won’t be able to schedule any Test matches quiet a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–21_ICC_World_Test_Championship#2020

I think I need to start downloading all the movies those I were planning to watch from long time and fill up few terabytes of external hard drives with the downloaded movies.

Then turn on my TV and start watching them one after another for the next one or two months :-P

There will be few benefits if I can do that:

1. I can keep me isolated from the world so no corona for me
2. Since I will not read any news/article, I will not feel the stress
3. Once I come back, I can come up with a world record of watching moving for the longest time. (I will need to know what is the current longest time though :-P )

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 13, 2020, 11:38:18 PM

I am afraid about my job as well. The markets are collapsing and many of the companies are a few weeks away from bankruptcy.

This is very worrying. Economy almost in every country is affected by this virus spreading and it does not seem that we will recover this situation very soon. This virus is taking over the world like a big storm I guess. Good thing is that it spreads from person to person in close proximity. So as long as you are extra careful you are safe.

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The coronavirus - known as COVID-19 - spreads from person to person in close proximity, similar to other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/coronavirus-spread-protect-200130115539072.html

We need more people to be aware of the situation and protect themselves.

Go to espncricinfo.com and you will feel that you are in a ghost town LOL. Everywhere it's corona, rescheduled and postponed :-D

@vishnu.reang don’t worry you won’t loose your job, even though the global economy has taken a beating but I’m pretty sure that it’ll improve in the long turn, and till then avoid unnecessary expenses and save money wherever you can. @Royse777 it’s just not espn all the sportsbook sites are blank because all the events are cancelled, and I also feel that the ICC test championship will also have to be canceled because ICC won’t be able to schedule any Test matches for quiet a while now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–21_ICC_World_Test_Championship#2020

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 13, 2020, 11:38:18 PM

I am afraid about my job as well. The markets are collapsing and many of the companies are a few weeks away from bankruptcy.

This is very worrying. Economy almost in every country is affected by this virus spreading and it does not seem that we will recover this situation very soon. This virus is taking over the world like a big storm I guess. Good thing is that it spreads from person to person in close proximity. So as long as you are extra careful you are safe.

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The coronavirus - known as COVID-19 - spreads from person to person in close proximity, similar to other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/coronavirus-spread-protect-200130115539072.html

We need more people to be aware of the situation and protect themselves.

Go to espncricinfo.com and you will feel that you are in a ghost town LOL. Everywhere it's corona, rescheduled and postponed :-D

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Quote from: JSRAW on March 13, 2020, 06:11:18 AM

^^ It doesn't matter now..

England tour of Sri Lanka is also postponed due to Coronavirus threat, similar to IPL and all English players along with staff going back to England.

England tour of Sri Lanka postponed amid COVID-19 concerns

Every sporting event is either getting postponed or cancelled. Things are now turning from bad to worst. I just heard the the india vs south africa matches have been also cancelled in one of the news channels.
https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/cricket-news/india-south-africa-remaining-odi-series-called-off-amid-coronavirus.html

Yes now These matches postponed and we have very bore life mean no cricket no enjoyment most of peoples upset with IPL delayed because this was really fun to watch but this corona Angry

Everything for now has gone on a standstill as majorly all the big events of normally all the sports has being either halted or postponed or cancelled depending upon the situation or the availability of the dates etc. Fo a month or so things may be now very dull for any of the sports enthusiastic as need to just watch highlights and enjoy the time as also going out this days is nothing less than danger.

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Quote from: BitSat19 on March 13, 2020, 05:20:52 PM

Yes now These matches postponed and we have very bore life mean no cricket no enjoyment most of peoples upset with IPL delayed because this was really fun to watch but this corona Angry

This is the reaction from the Indian government:

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All existing visas, except diplomatic, official, UN/International Organizations, employment, project visas stand suspended till April 15, 2020

The United States has declared a national emergency and some of the Indian states are also thinking about the same. Forget about the sports events, you may not be even able to go to shopping malls and movie theaters. I am afraid about my job as well. The markets are collapsing and many of the companies are a few weeks away from bankruptcy.

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Quote from: pakhitheboss on March 13, 2020, 07:37:15 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on March 13, 2020, 06:11:18 AM

^^ It doesn't matter now..

England tour of Sri Lanka is also postponed due to Coronavirus threat, similar to IPL and all English players along with staff going back to England.

England tour of Sri Lanka postponed amid COVID-19 concerns

Every sporting event is either getting postponed or cancelled. Things are now turning from bad to worst. I just heard the the india vs south africa matches have been also cancelled in one of the news channels.
https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/cricket-news/india-south-africa-remaining-odi-series-called-off-amid-coronavirus.html

Yes now These matches postponed and we have very bore life mean no cricket no enjoyment most of peoples upset with IPL delayed because this was really fun to watch but this corona Angry

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Quote from: JSRAW on March 13, 2020, 06:11:18 AM

^^ It doesn't matter now..

England tour of Sri Lanka is also postponed due to Coronavirus threat, similar to IPL and all English players along with staff going back to England.

England tour of Sri Lanka postponed amid COVID-19 concerns

Every sporting event is either getting postponed or cancelled. Things are now turning from bad to worst. I just heard the the india vs south africa matches have been also cancelled in one of the news channels.
https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/cricket-news/india-south-africa-remaining-odi-series-called-off-amid-coronavirus.html

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^^ It doesn't matter now..

England tour of Sri Lanka is also postponed due to Coronavirus threat, similar to IPL and all English players along with staff going back to England.

England tour of Sri Lanka postponed amid COVID-19 concerns

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Quote from: JSRAW on March 11, 2020, 08:48:30 PM

Interestingly there is no front line spinner in England Squad.

Jack Leach was getting the important wickets for England (and getting runs at crucial situations). But he may not be able to play international cricket for sometime, due to health issues. And the other spinners have not performed up to the expectations. But it will be suicidal to tour Sri Lanka without any frontline spinners. The tracks in Sri Lanka can be either flat, or spin-friendly. In both the cases, you need spinners.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 11, 2020, 09:13:29 AM

My prediction: 2-0 in favor of England.

In perspective of World Test Championship.
Its very important series for England as dynamics has changed in WTC ranking after Indian faced a clean sweep in NZ by Kiwis and there is really tough competition for top 2 spot from now on. England might find it very hard to make in to top 2 if Sri Lankans managed to win or draw this series.

Interestingly there is no front line spinner in England Squad.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 11, 2020, 09:13:29 AM

Coming back to the topic, the last test series for the year 2019-20 will get underway in Sri Lanka, as the Brits are visiting the island nation. England will be playing a series of two test matches against Sri Lanka. Given the good form of the England team right now, I don't fancy much chances for the Lankans. Sri Lanka has dropped Lahiru Thirimanne, and included Kusal Perera. The England squad is of full strength, and the only notable omissions are that of Jofra Archer (stress fracture) and Mark Wood (side strain). My prediction: 2-0 in favor of England.

Though SL have an home advantage but still knowing this 2 sides and their strength the verdict will go in favour of the England team by 2-0 . They are playing a good cricket and with full strength they can more stronger then the existing SL team . Only chances of them would be if couple of them can make century which can help the team to have a good 400+ runs in a innings can help them to atleast draw the match if they can play with time.

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Coming back to the topic, the last test series for the year 2019-20 will get underway in Sri Lanka, as the Brits are visiting the island nation. England will be playing a series of two test matches against Sri Lanka. Given the good form of the England team right now, I don't fancy much chances for the Lankans. Sri Lanka has dropped Lahiru Thirimanne, and included Kusal Perera. The England squad is of full strength, and the only notable omissions are that of Jofra Archer (stress fracture) and Mark Wood (side strain). My prediction: 2-0 in favor of England.

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Quote from: mersal on March 06, 2020, 02:39:34 PM

Scoring not alone makes them best batsmen,their techniques and range of shots.

Okay lets take Sehwag and Dravid as an example,Sehwag scores more runs than dravid on most of the matches but based on techniques Dravid is most stronger than Sehwag so now who you will say as best batsmen?

You are comparing an attacking batsman and a defensive batsman, Virender Sehwag had a solid defense and good balance and his plus point was his hand eye coordination and he scored runs as long as his hand eye coordination was crisp, Virender Sehwag changed how openers played Test cricket as earlier we used to have batsman that could defend all the time to reduce the shine of the ball and Virender Sehwag came in and changed everything. So both are great players in their own right.

Quote from: pakhitheboss on March 06, 2020, 11:20:45 PM

You can also compare him with Sachin, he is the number one batsman in the world till now. He did not have a technique like Dravid but still was a match-winner most of the time. I never heard Dravid being called as a match-winner but a wall to hold middle order. Technique do not work when you play cricket nowadays. It is always the presence of mind and choosing the write short at the write time.

You really cannot compare techniques like that, Sachin had the best balance and the best technique and he had the best defense and offense and if not he could not perform well for 20 years around the globe and when they were playing all the countries had world class bowlers who could challenge any batsman and yet they were able to score runs against any class bowlers and without proper technique and shot selection you will not survive this long.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 10, 2020, 01:10:06 AM

^^^^ I was just saying that Sachin was considered as a "god", mostly because the team was overdependent on him. Back then, he formed the backbone of the Indian batting. Look at the situation now. The Indian team is not overdependent on Virat Kohli. Even if he fails, the other batsmen (such as Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan) are capable of guiding the team to a victory. Back then, India didn't had such batsmen. That may be the reason why Kohli is not being regarded as the "god". Despite that I would not consider him as inferior to Sachin.

Both Sachin and Kolhi are very good players. There is no need for any comparisons.

Still Indian team dependent on Kohli when there is situation come to chase down a match because he id definitely a better one while chasing than batting first but not as the old 1990s. yeah now we got some other run scorers as well like Sharma (hitman),Hardik Pandya,and the list goes on.

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^^^^ I was just saying that Sachin was considered as a "god", mostly because the team was overdependent on him. Back then, he formed the backbone of the Indian batting. Look at the situation now. The Indian team is not overdependent on Virat Kohli. Even if he fails, the other batsmen (such as Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan) are capable of guiding the team to a victory. Back then, India didn't had such batsmen. That may be the reason why Kohli is not being regarded as the "god". Despite that I would not consider him as inferior to Sachin.

Both Sachin and Kolhi are very good players. There is no need for any comparisons.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 10, 2020, 12:09:14 AM

the fact remains that Sachin scored most of his centuries in sub-standard tracks of India, and that too against weak opposition (Zimbabwe, Kenya.etc).

This is always a controversial opinion from you in this regard. Have you seen stats? I think we have pointed it many times before. Australia, Srilanka, Africa are week team? I see 9 of his 49 century in ODI is against weak opposition like you mention. I do not have the time now to check when Sachin scored all the century against Kenya, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. For your info, Kenya and Zimbabwe was not so weak country before.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 10, 2020, 12:09:14 AM

This is more like the real reason. Back then, the team was so dependent on Sachin. I have pointed out this before, but the fact remains that Sachin scored most of his centuries in sub-standard tracks of India, and that too against weak opposition (Zimbabwe, Kenya.etc). In that regard, I would rate Virat Kohli much above Sachin Tendulkar. He has performed well, irrespective of the surface.

Indian pitches are sub-standard but only for subcontinent players not for foreign players. Similarly SENA pitches are sub-standard for their respective players and hard for Sub-continent players.

By this logic should we discard Bradman's achievement too? as he only scored runs in familiar condition Eng and Aus?

Sachin's scored runs against all opponents in both formats

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Quote from: Little Mouse on March 09, 2020, 12:24:34 AM

Comparing any of the batsman with Sachin is really bad idea in my opinion. They call him GOD and yes Sachin is the god of cricket no doubt. Smith is a very good batsman, no doubt but Sachin is far above him or any other batsman. Don't forget that there is no Bret Lee, Muralidharan, Shane Bond and many more.

The reason why Sachin is called god beacuse their was a time where India teams for years were depended mostly on Sachin to fire or help the team for victories. When he used to get out people used to switch off the TV as most likely the result was known to people . While for other players of other team they had few good players who even get out can help team to win the matches . So pressure was not on just one player. This differs Sachin from other players.

This is more like the real reason. Back then, the team was so dependent on Sachin. I have pointed out this before, but the fact remains that Sachin scored most of his centuries in sub-standard tracks of India, and that too against weak opposition (Zimbabwe, Kenya.etc). In that regard, I would rate Virat Kohli much above Sachin Tendulkar. He has performed well, irrespective of the surface.

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Quote from: Little Mouse on March 09, 2020, 12:24:34 AM

Comparing any of the batsman with Sachin is really bad idea in my opinion. They call him GOD and yes Sachin is the god of cricket no doubt. Smith is a very good batsman, no doubt but Sachin is far above him or any other batsman. Don't forget that there is no Bret Lee, Muralidharan, Shane Bond and many more.

The reason why Sachin is called god beacuse their was a time where India teams for years were depended mostly on Sachin to fire or help the team for victories. When he used to get out people used to switch off the TV as most likely the result was known to people . While for other players of other team they had few good players who even get out can help team to win the matches . So pressure was not on just one player. This differs Sachin from other players.

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Comparing any of the batsman with Sachin is really bad idea in my opinion. They call him GOD and yes Sachin is the god of cricket no doubt. Smith is a very good batsman, no doubt but Sachin is far above him or any other batsman. Don't forget that there is no Bret Lee, Muralidharan, Shane Bond and many more.

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