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Jacques Kallis vs Rahul Dravid vs Kumar Sangakkara

TheJediBrah

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Most successful sports people, successful people even, are assholes. There is a strong correlation.

Don't know why I'm not successful yet
 
Migara

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Teja. said:
I rate him higher than you but I agree with you on him obviously being an asshole. People not from the SC generally don't pick up on this and there's was this ridiculous idea that he is one of the nicest people in cricket. In the commentary for the WTC final, he was talking about how cricket is ultimately just an opportunity to become a better person, the importance of helping other people, the importance of balance in life etc and it was aggravating coming from Sangakkara.
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No ball gate was his brain child. Randiv put it in to practice. ICC, SLC, BCCI and every acronym pounced on Randiv because he was the easy target. Sanga was an unthinkable target even for a predator like BCCI.

Now Randiv at 35 years (supposed to be the prime of a spinner) drives buses in Melbourne.
 
OverratedSanity

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Migara said:
No ball gate was his brain child. Randiv put it in to practice. ICC, SLC, BCCI and every acronym pounced on Randiv because he was the easy target. Sanga was an unthinkable target even for a predator like BCCI.

Now Randiv at 35 years (supposed to be the prime of a spinner) drives buses in Melbourne.
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Man, first SL fan I've seen admit this. It was obvious at the time.
 
honestbharani

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Teja. said:
I rate him higher than you but I agree with you on him obviously being an asshole. People not from the SC generally don't pick up on this and there's was this ridiculous idea that he is one of the nicest people in cricket. In the commentary for the WTC final, he was talking about how cricket is ultimately just an opportunity to become a better person, the importance of helping other people, the importance of balance in life etc and it was aggravating coming from Sangakkara.
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Must be coz India was losing and he wanted to ride the "winning and losing" does not matter train :laugh:
 
Red_Ink_Squid

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Teja. said:
I rate him higher than you but I agree with you on him obviously being an asshole. People not from the SC generally don't pick up on this and there's was this ridiculous idea that he is one of the nicest people in cricket. In the commentary for the WTC final, he was talking about how cricket is ultimately just an opportunity to become a better person, the importance of helping other people, the importance of balance in life etc and it was aggravating coming from Sangakkara.
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I think Sanga successfully working a 'nicest guy in cricket' gimmick just adds to his legacy as an atg heel. World class batsman and troll, you gotta love the guy.

(Unless you're Himannv, apparently.)
 
Lillian Thomson

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Is Sanga genuinely disliked in the cricket community? Iffy keeper and overrated batsman for sure, but I didn't know he was unpopular.
 
OverratedSanity

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Also, Sangakkara cheated at the toss in the WC final after shastri ****ed things up ffs. Much worse than the no ball. If we had lost, SL's bus wouldve been shot at in India as well.

Too soon?
 
Migara

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OverratedSanity said:
It kinda did in how hilariously petty it was but not owning up to it and putting all the blame on randiv was a weak move.
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Actually he and Dilshan owned up to it. But SLC was **** scared of those two and BCCI was very much concerned with their utility in the IPL (both were stars, Dilshan was a mega star), and turned a blind eye on them, and even a slap on the wrist was not served in the menu.
 
Migara

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RossTaylorsBox said:
I loved the fact that Sehwag was supposed to be the guy who supposedly didn't care about the game situation but then got sad when he was denied a ton.
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Yeah, the whinging from the Indian fans and the team was at another level on such an uniumportant milestone to a "team player" :laugh:
 
Migara

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Lillian Thomson said:
Is Sanga genuinely disliked in the cricket community? Iffy keeper and overrated batsman for sure, but I didn't know he was unpopular.
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He was never forgiven for his 2003 WC misses against Aussies. First he missed stumping of Symonds. Then in Semi final, he ran out Aravinda. Sl would have won in a cakewalk if the that stumping was taken, and India might have ended up s WC winners. The semi was a difficult chase, but no way beyond Aravinda, who has regained form during the WC.
 
Gob

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OverratedSanity said:
Also, Sangakkara cheated at the toss in the WC final after shastri ****ed things up ffs. Much worse than the no ball. If we had lost, SL's bus wouldve been shot at in India as well.

Too soon?
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I don't think a guy who walks when nicks would take such a huge risk on his reputation. Is there in proof to justify this?
 
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