*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[TheJediBrah]

What was WI's population and they managed to boss it for so many years. SA too and up until recently, only Afrikaans and English Saffers who were tiny minority of overall population cared about the game and they have managed to produce so many ATGs.

Cuba has population of 11 million vs 300+ million from USA and still they have won more babseball gold medals; despite USA being crazy about the game and having far more resources/ training facilities at their disposal.

There are several other examples. So, I don't see any direct correlation between population/ economy and the quality of output.

You clearly do see a direct correlation. What you're saying is that you don't see an absolute correlation without exceptions. There will always be exceptions, it doesn't mean that a trend isn't strongly supported.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Well done to us. Hopefully this distinctly beta-sque overcelebration becomes a thing of the past as we make winning abroad a habit.

 

[Heboric]

Congrats India

Please be gentle on YouTube

 

[TheJediBrah]

Even if cricket has competition it is still one amongst equals. Might not be no 1 like as in Asia but still popular. Even the average casual Aussie knows something about cricket. /in england football is way way bigger. It's like hockey in india compared to cricket. Only diehards follow it.

Not even close. It's popularity is diminishing as well. I predict a decade or 2 from now cricket in Aus will be mostly ex-pat Indians & Sri Lankans. It's already looking that way in some club circles (they just aren't very good).

 

[social]

Well done to India

Pretty sure that I picked 2-1 prior to the series so well done me

Hoping that this will be catalyst for a massive overhaul of the game here but not holding my breath

 

[TheJediBrah]

Well done to India

Pretty sure that I picked 2-1 prior to the series so well done me

Hoping that this will be catalyst for a massive overhaul of the game here but not holding my breath

I can see it now: We clearly suck at Tests, so we should focus on T20, make the Big Bash 5 months long.

 

[ishqiya]

Well done to us. Hopefully this distinctly beta-sque overcelebration becomes a thing of the past as we make winning abroad a habit.

We are in Pax Indica brother. This is just the beginning.

Ganguly was like Babur, created the empire.
Dhoni is like Humayun, expanded the empire for a while but got weak in the end.
Kohli is Akbar, the greatest of them all and who will recover the losses of his predecessor and expand the empire further.

And in a couple of generations we'll have the zenith, cricket's Taj Mahal.

Pyaar kiya to darna kya o pyaar kiya to darna kya

 

[ishqiya]

Not even close. It's popularity is diminishing as well. I predict a decade or 2 from now cricket in Aus will be mostly ex-pat Indians & Sri Lankans. It's already looking that way in some club circles (they just aren't very good).

Cricket might become like NBA, MLB etc then with becoming a pure Indian league sport with foreign players playing with a few internationals here and there.

 

[the big bambino]

Not even close. It's popularity is diminishing as well. I predict a decade or 2 from now cricket in Aus will be mostly ex-pat Indians & Sri Lankans. It's already looking that way in some club circles (they just aren't very good).

Frankly if test cricket became obsolete I'd walk away and encourage my children to other activities.

 

[Shri]

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Originally Posted by Shri
Result: 1-1 - no
Runs Aus: Finch - lol
Runs Ind: Kohli - no
Wickets Aus: Starc/Lyon - your prevarication earn you half
Wickets Ind: Shami/Bumrah - ditto
Dropped players: Smarsh, Rahul, Rahane, Pujara, Ashwin, Bhuvi - no, yes, no, , no, not selected
Weird: Head will win a test with the ball for Aus - what were you on?

Re head, see Moeen Ali.

Re finch, sorry.

This ranks next to the 2 WC wins for me. Yeah Australia, but this was coming eventually. ****s need to train smarter.

 

[social]

Well done to India

Pretty sure that I picked 2-1 prior to the series so well done me

Hoping that this will be catalyst for a massive overhaul of the game here but not holding my breath

 

[social]

I can see it now: We clearly suck at Tests, so we should focus on T20, make the Big Bash 5 months long.

Apparently there’s moves afoot to make some traditional junior competitions T20 only

Absolute insanity

 

[Starfighter]

We are in Pax Indica brother. This is just the beginning.

Ganguly was like Babur, created the empire.
Dhoni is like Humayun, expanded the empire for a while but got weak in the end.
Kohli is Akbar, the greatest of them all and who will recover the losses of his predecessor and expand the empire further.

And in a couple of generations we'll have the zenith, cricket's Taj Mahal.

Pyaar kiya to darna kya o pyaar kiya to darna kya

I don't think your Mughal analogy is as good as you think it is considering that the Mughals very much began as foreign rulers and maintained a linguistic and cultural separation from the Indian populace. You also know that the logical end is the destruction of Indian cricket as a independent entity.

 

[Burgey]

How good would that be?

 

[ishqiya]

I don't think your Mughal analogy is as good as you think it is considering that the Mughals very much began as foreign rulers and maintained a linguistic and cultural separation from the Indian populace. You also know that the logical end is the destruction of Indian cricket as a independent entity.

I am just having fun, man. Chill. Let me enjoy the afterglow of this victory.

 

[Starfighter]

I am just having fun, man. Chill.

Your fun, our annoyance.

 

[ishqiya]

Your fun, our annoyance.

Winner's privilege.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Your fun, our annoyance.

How is it annoying?

 

[Starfighter]

How is it annoying?

I tend to find economy with facts annoying (except when I'm doing it), especially when used in the pursuit of smug.


You wouldn't have thought this team had just lost 4-1 against an England team with no top order thanks to a sandy haired 20-year old. Winning this series doesn't mean that India will constantly dominate forever from now on.

 

[the big bambino]

How is it annoying?

Try reading your own posts from another’s perspective.