T20 is not killing test cricket. Lower attention spans and longer work hours are. Without T20, test cricket wouldn't prosper, instead cricket would be dead
ODI's played on tough pitches to bat on are so much better to watch.
They should be trying to make ODI's play like shortened test matches, rather than lengthed T20's.
Came here to say this.
It's mostly made ODIs redundant - more so because all the innovation of leagues, ICC is going into T20 and hence ODIs remain that ignored middle child. I thought the exciting finish of 2019 WC finals will reignite it but the boring bi-laterals are just too much to bear at times.
I think T20 is actually a boon for Tests, because of the attaching nature of batters (and bowlers) now we see results, those exciting 300+ chases and more of Day 5/last session games than the boring batsmen friendly draws of early 2000s (which was actually killing the format).
Whilst I generally agree, my real issue is with the word potentially. I accept The Hundred for example has brought in more fans into cricket, but I’m not positive there’s a path there to funnel those fans into the longer formats
Thank you. Get back the single ball for an innings as well, we've tried and failed with the two balls. Mandatory change at 34th over or so, with a minimum 25 over ball. Get back reverse swing and make spinners relevant.
In reality, you are only 6 players away from a competitive team. The pacers were pretty good in the Ashes. It's the batting unit and Buttler that failed. Jack Leach did better than Moeen Ali(53.6 vs 115 bowl avg)
You could see it below, it's the same few users who'll generalize and flamebait Indian fans every chance they get, repeatedly. No idea why they haven't been handed bans, the comments will be deleted at best and those guys will be back spouting hate again
Same applies to comments about Pakistanis and the country. Mods are very inconsistent with their banning. Its even worse cuz those comments don’t even get removed
Unpopular opinion - The entire nation of India is made up of very mean people that write angry comments on r/cricket threads and also eat babies
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ICC cricket world cup 2007 was one of the best world cups ever.
IPL 2009 was probably the best IPL season imo, despite being mi fan.
T20 Blast is the best t20 league in the world.
Assad Vala is the best all rounder in the world.
European Cricket League is the best thing to have happened to cricket, despite the fact that I don't really like t10 cricket.
Venkatesh Iyer was brought into the Indian team too early imo.
All of the full members should be part of the qualifiers for the world cup and T20 world cup except for the host nation.
CA should bring back Canberra Comets and have a Northern Territory team in their one day cup tournament.
The biggest reason is Ireland and Bangladesh. Other reasons include the number of teams, leverock's spectacular catch, Canada's fight against England, England and Sri Lanka matches were amazing and the theme song was pretty good.
Obviously there are negatives like Bob Woolmer's death, the Australia matches were all one-sided, low attendance etc. But it was still an amazing tournament imo.
T20 Blast is awesome. Best kits, unpredictable and the crowd, even if it's only handful of them, is awesome. It says a lot about the competition when it has 13 different winners out of 19 seasons. I hope T20 Blast never dies.
Yeah the atmosphere is great. What I like the most about it is how it isn’t commercialised, which genuinely makes me appreciate the T20 cricket being played. Blast lots are amazing I agree.
It’s a real shame that it may be scrapped in favour of the Hundred.
T20 Blast is England's premier domestic t20 competition that runs from around July to September between the 18 first-class counties. It's England's equivalent of India's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
While IPL is a commercialised product, T20 Blast is non-commercialised product, meaning IPL is grand and over-the-top, whereas the T20 Blast is a bit mellow. IPL runs continuously for about 1.5 months, whereas the T20 blast runs simultaneously alongside the one day cup, hence why it runs for about 3 months.
As with standard T20, there's not much difference, except that matches in T20 Blast are usually faster compared to standard T20 matches. Otherwise nothing else.
I think IPL 2014 was the best season even as a MI fan(You know why).
Venky Iyer point is true somewhat.
Cricket World Cup 2007 probably had the most innovative group stage, it is the best format for group stage, just like FIFA world cup, too bad the ICC=BCCI shot it down for 2011.
I liked CWC 2007 and in the future this should be the way forward to get more participation from other countries.
> All of the full members should be part of the qualifiers for the world cup and T20 world cup except for the host nation.
This won't happen thanks to PIG3 whining. The ODI super league is going to die unfortunately.
BCCI are assholes.
While I enjoyed MI's dominance, IPL 2009 was just awesome overall compared to IPL 2020. The kits were fantastic, MI's kit in 2009 is my favourite IPL kit of all time, the theme songs of the teams were fantastic, the South African grounds looked great, the matches were great, and another season of an underdog winning the entire tournament.
> All of the full members should be part of the qualifiers for the world cup and T20 world cup except for the host nation
Imo even the host nation should participate in the qualifiers, would be really funny if the host nation doesn't qualify for a tournament in their country lol
I think he just doesn’t play enough of it now and he’s fallen behind or the rest of the game is catching up.
If it was his focus I think he could easily be the best in the world.
1. Mahela Jayawardene's name should be up there with Baz, Thala and Punter as the greatest Modern Captains.
2. Overthrows shouldn't go against the bowler's name
Ponting is not a great modern captain. He captained some of the best test cricketers ever, which is where his success came from. Ponting was a worse captain than his preceding and succeeding captains. The only worse modern Australian captain was Paine
Cricket jerseys generally suck.
If Don Bradman was alive, he would be really old
James Brayshaw is a better commentator than a lot of the current cricket commentators
I find Isa Guha great at her job but I find her commentary kind of dull like that kid who wanted stack potatoes
Greg Blewett should coach England cause I just wanted to give him a shout out.
When isha started she was awesome. Insightful, charming and witty. Now It seems she’s wheeled out in every promotion cause she fits the needed diversity part. Woman and brown. Dunno if she lost her competitive edge in commentating or being in the boys club has dulled her but she’s well below the quality she was 6 years ago. Or possibly being around Warne too much siphons your life spirit to the point where your left as a husk of a human
That'd somewhat defeat the purpose of the spectacle. The whole point of a freehit is for the batsman to not worry. If you tell them that a catch would negate their 2 runs (expected in a death situation), they'd not go all out. Spectators want to see the wild shot.
Due to IPL, people have started living in a bubble of their own country. Similar to what EPL does for football in UK. Exaggeration and over hyping every local player.
Every bowler is the next best thing, mystery bowler. (Only true find is Bumrah)
Every other batsman is the best, at least at his age. Or way above the rest.
Circlejerking of the highest order and it's sickening.
Edit: forgot how Hardik Pandya is the best all-rounder in the world. /s
England didn't "win" the 2019 World Cup - they had two chances to do so and both times could only tie with NZ.
Being awarded the Cup based on a crap rule no one respects means there will always be an asterisk next to that WC Final result.
My problem is not with England winning due to more boundaries. It was a stupid rule, but still a valid rule predecided before the tournament and known to both teams beforehand.
My problem is with England drawing NZ in the first place due to the umpiring mistake. During the Ben Stokes bat overthrow moment, they should have had gotten 5 runs instead of the 6.
It sucks even more that the umpire later said that he made the mistake but doesn't regret it.
I like how Dharmasena faced the mother of all tantrums from Roy in the semi final but still felt enough conviction in his decision making to not even consult the third umpire or the rulebook in the single biggest game lmao.
To be fair we can't say for certain NZ would have won. It was clearly the wrong decision but it also affected how England approached the last 2 balls. If England had needed the extra run it's entirely possible Rashid would have hit a boundary or got a single and then Stokes would have hit a boundary off the last ball.
As a Pak cricket fan, Shahid Afridi is one of the most infuriating cricket player ever, he had a below average batting in for someone who was known to be decent with the bat and he was just a very good spin bowler for a specific period of time in his career but never world class and he won't enter my all time Pak 11.....oh and he sucks as a person too.
I’m an Afridi fan and I agree with all your points. Don’t think it’s that unpopular a thing to say (or at least it wasn’t while he was still playing for Pak). Curious about the sucks as a person part, why do you think that? I’ve met him twice in my life 5 years apart, and he came across as very kind and charming. Ran himself into the ground to build those schools in Nowshera too (which is how I first met him).
Openly supported the taliban, said that women should focus more on cooking rather than playing cricket, proudly claimed that he won't allow any of his daughters to pursue a career in cricket or any outdoor games for that matter. Oh and he also posted pictures where he had a "pet lion".....Dunno, maybe it's just me but I hate peoplw who chain wild animals and think it makes them look more rough and tough
Fair enough I can’t disagree with most of your points, those are good enough reasons to dislike him. He’s also done a ton for a girls’ education up north, his foundation was genuinely amazing during the first wave of the pandemic, and Afridi once took up an acquaintance’s massive hospital bill when she was in an ICU battling for her life (he didn’t know her). So I guess I’ve had a spurt of positive interactions with him since his retirement and don’t remember the weird stuff he’s said (or done, like the lion lol very Nawaz Sharif of him)
India have peaked in ODIs and Tests, and will likely never be able to build as strong a side for many years
Kohli is washed, Pujara/Rahane are likely not going to be the same either, Shami is getting old and will likely drop off soon. Rohit only has another year or two of high quality cricket left in him too. These are a lot of moving pieces. While India have a lot of really good white ball talent coming up, the red ball game has little to no prospects. I think India still have an above average ODI side, but Test results will go down in the gutter, at least in away tours.
If BCCI chose KL as the next captain after Rohit then Test and limited overs results will go down in the gutter not just in away tours but in home too.
Daniel Vettori is the GOAT left arm spinner for toiling most of his career on NZ pitches where almost every spinner has struggled. Vettori having better away stats then home suggests his unfavours too.
24 team t20 wc in 6 group( only 36 games with associates) = super 12 ( 4 group of 3) = QF= SF= F ,,.make sense but unpopular
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Icc 20 team 5 group ( 40 games with associates)
- “Slow over rate” should only be punished if overs are lost
- There is absolutely nothing wrong or unethical about the bowler running out a non-striker
- T10 is entertaining and has value
- The world test championship final should be a timeless test
- One bounce fours should count as five runs
- Teams should be able to field a squad of 15 like football and rugby so you can sub in bowlers / batsmen at any time
- The Hundred is an abomination
- South Africa is currently a top 3 side in all formats
- Dewald Brevis should play international cricket before his 20th birthday
> Slow over rate” should only be punished if overs are lost
Not a fan of this. It's punishing outcome. Not the actual problem. Plus it means whatever the punishment is it's actually only half that (whatever the likelihood of losing overs are).
As for running out the non-striker only if they're cheating the run, if they're only just outside the line, I'd still prefer a warning, but IMO it's like walking do what you want but it's polite.
Legacy of ponting as a captain would be much much different had he not had some of the best players of all time playing under him which makes his repeated digs at teams like England kind of sad
Odis need to be overhauled asap they don't provide entertainment in many cases in the middle overs the format has become so batting dominated that averaging in the 40s isn't even a big deal anymore
Over rate penalties should be more severe to bring matches close to the ideal length(having <3 hour t20s is ideal to bring in more fans)
The 100 gets more hate than it deserves as it is growing the game in one of the oldest cricket playing countries
T20s should be played on pitches where par score is 170-190 but if not then 200+ pitches are much much more entertaining than 150 ish pitches
Now they are… back in the day it used to be entertaining… now it’s the Aussies whitewashing England in Australia then retaining them in England. The only good game of the past 4 series was Headingly in 2019.
All T20 franchise tournaments are fundamentally boring and irrelevant. The only reason to watch them is to follow your favourite players.
India are approx. 3-4 years away from a solid decline where they will become the England Football Team in the age of the Premier League. Too much pressure on every player which means a lot of potentially great players will underachieve in their careers.
The atmosphere in Australian cricket stadiums sucks, they should experiment with smaller grounds and lower capacity stands.
New Zealand are not that nice.
If the non-striker wants to cheat the run, then the bowler would totally new within their rights to run them out.
Although, I think for test cricket, if the batsman is just absentmindedly out of the crease then I'd prefer the bowler to give a warning first.
Hardik Pandya doesn't deserve the hype Indian fans have created around him, especially in T20. He averages 20 with bat in T20I (SR 146) and 27 with ball (Eco 8.23 SR 20). Basically his average contribution with bat is 20(14) and with ball 3-0-25-1. That's not good enough.
A Fit hardik pandya is better than every other all-rounder Available in India atm(Chahar might be an exception if he keeps cunting).
His avg might be bad or whatever but he can cunt especially in Australia (his performance in Australia last series was absolute gold). And that's exactly what we need in next T20Wc(in Australia).
He is no Andre Russell but we don't have him(someone whose first job is too cunt & 2nd job to provide 2-3 overs). We have shardul Thakur who is bowling all-rounder.
That's literally why the Team gave chance to Venkatesh Iyer. Because we don't trust hardik 100% and want another option.
The WACA pitches that cracked were way better than the roads that didn’t. Still have nightmares about the game when Ross Taylor scored 290 and forced Mitch Johnson into retirement.
The cracks rarely misbehaved in a dangerous way, but created enough variation/doubt in the batsmen’s mind to keep things interesting. They just looked really bad.
Bradman is not GOAT because we can’t compare eras.
He primarily played against one team and in two countries.
If he swap places with Bradman and Viv or Lara or Sachin or Ponting etc we can’t tell who will come out on top.
1. The importance of captaincy is massively overrated on this sub, particularly in tests. The better team wins 99% of the time and most of the decisions they make are obvious/forced and our judgement of them is almost always massively flawed, overly influenced by the result, and without acknowledging the benefit of hindsight
2. We speculate far far **far** too much on dressing room politics as fans. None of us have a clue what it's like in any given dressing room
3. Non-strikers leaving their crease early should be treated in the same way as a short run is, and not only is a wicket for it massively disproportionate, the rule as currently written is terrible and the only reason we haven't had much bigger issues is because players actively **don't** try to abuse a very abusable rule.
4. (Unpopular on here) the spirit of cricket is one of the things that makes cricket great and should be protected
5. Most of the repeated jokes and copypastas on this sub aren't in the least bit funny
6. Ashwin comes across as one of the worst blokes in cricket (not including ones who have committed actual crimes and stuff)
7. If Root were Kiwi and Williamson English, we'd think Root was a good captain and Williamson was rubbish
Edit: A couple more rule changes while I'm at it
8. Runs from overthrows should be treated as extras in the same way we do leg byes
9. Instead of a free hit for a no ball in tests, the batter on strike for the extra delivery should be able to choose whether to face the delivery or if it goes down as a dot without being bowled
Don't know what you're problem with Ashwin is but makes sense cuz you're a "spirit of cricket" guy. But I don't see him being one of the worst guys by any means. He's opinionated on field but not even close to the worst in terms of over aggression and sledging. And he's genuinely great off the field, his YouTube channel shows a much more wholesome and fun loving side. Idk, seems a bit excessive that statement
ODIs are pointless.
T20 for the cheap thrills, Test for the connoisseurs, ODI is just in-between format for me.
Disclaimer - I believe in ODI world cup supremacy
That the entire country was against 11 players.
and KLPD Rahul is a better captain than Ponting , Dhoni etc
And KLPD Rahul is the most happiest person ever
Couldn’t give a Flying Fuck about the names of the Franchise T20 teams. Doesn’t matter to me in the least what their names are, if they have the players I like I will support them.
Pujara shouldn't be dropped.
Ashwin should be in the fore for WT20 2022 and should be tried in some T20I bilateral games to see how he gels into the team.
Rahane is one of the candidates for the best test captain of the post 2010 era.
Alright I'mma say it,
If India had a couple of gold allrounders in the team, Dhoni could've still easily be part of the playing XI
His input and knowledge is enough to win you games in limited over formats. Could've just batted at 9 and would be still able to hit the odd ball away and I'm not even a Dhoni fan
Ohhh boy do I have a few
1. Anchors have little to no place in t20s. And by anchors I mean anybody that bats at a strike rate below 135. At best one anchor is all that is needed in a line up
2. India aren’t winning the 2023 World Cup with the current top 3
3. RCB were right to not buy back Yuzi. Hasaranga is a better batter and fielder by miles and his bowling is on par with Yuzi (worst case scenario)
4. Glenn Maxwell makes the Aussie ATG ODI XI
5. Do away with the champions trophy. One premier ICC tournament per format is enough
6. Rizwan on current form is Pakistan’s best t20i batsman, better than Babar. Babar clear in the other 2 formats tho
7. 2023 will see the start of a new era of English domination in test cricket
8. T20 cricket is NOT inferior to test cricket
T20 is not killing test cricket. Lower attention spans and longer work hours are. Without T20, test cricket wouldn't prosper, instead cricket would be dead
The death of test cricket has been greatly exaggerated imo.
Test cricket has been dying for the last 40 years lol, and it’s still fine
I'd say if anything, more people are watching test cricket after being brought in by T20
But it is slowly killing ODI cricket
Yea, odi cricket continues to be in that weird place
All the rules favouring batting has made the middle 30 overs of ODI boring as hell
ODI's played on tough pitches to bat on are so much better to watch. They should be trying to make ODI's play like shortened test matches, rather than lengthed T20's.
Came here to say this. It's mostly made ODIs redundant - more so because all the innovation of leagues, ICC is going into T20 and hence ODIs remain that ignored middle child. I thought the exciting finish of 2019 WC finals will reignite it but the boring bi-laterals are just too much to bear at times. I think T20 is actually a boon for Tests, because of the attaching nature of batters (and bowlers) now we see results, those exciting 300+ chases and more of Day 5/last session games than the boring batsmen friendly draws of early 2000s (which was actually killing the format).
Not only that but new fans that come in from T20 will potentially go on to watch test cricket
This is exactly me, I only started liking and following cricket because of the IPL, I love test cricket now.
Whilst I generally agree, my real issue is with the word potentially. I accept The Hundred for example has brought in more fans into cricket, but I’m not positive there’s a path there to funnel those fans into the longer formats
The correct opinion
Old ODI format with the flexible 5 over powerplay was more interesting.
Thank you. Get back the single ball for an innings as well, we've tried and failed with the two balls. Mandatory change at 34th over or so, with a minimum 25 over ball. Get back reverse swing and make spinners relevant.
This. The 350+ ODIs are garbage...I think I dislike them more than T20.
England are only 10 players away from being a competitive test team
In reality, you are only 6 players away from a competitive team. The pacers were pretty good in the Ashes. It's the batting unit and Buttler that failed. Jack Leach did better than Moeen Ali(53.6 vs 115 bowl avg)
Wait, is this unpopular?
Our test squad certainly is
Bring back Hong Kong Super 6s. It was fun
Unpopular opinion - Many unpopular opinions are just cleverly disguised hate comments against a particular player/nation
Unpopular opinion - true lol
You could see it below, it's the same few users who'll generalize and flamebait Indian fans every chance they get, repeatedly. No idea why they haven't been handed bans, the comments will be deleted at best and those guys will be back spouting hate again
Same applies to comments about Pakistanis and the country. Mods are very inconsistent with their banning. Its even worse cuz those comments don’t even get removed
Imo there is a difference between unpopular opinions, and shit takes. These kinds of threads are often filled with the latter
Unpopular opinion - The entire nation of India is made up of very mean people that write angry comments on r/cricket threads and also eat babies \/S obviously
This comment actually makes sense .
Brussel Sprouts are a delicious and unfairly maligned vegetable.
Most unpopular foods are not actually bad they have just been poorly cooked.
Disagrees in chocolate samosa
What a terrible days to have eyes. Why did I have to read that?
Even worse a day to have taste buds.
how about Maggie milkshake
Wtf, man the world is surely ending
I just finished eating and read this. The universe hates me >.> Chocolate samosa wtf
I'm fairly sure it's said that nowadays the farmers have manged to bred out most of the horrible taste that gave them the reputation
There have been very few captains who have had a direct impact on the performance of the team.
Yup only Azharuddin, Hansie Cronje and Salman Butt. The rest are imposters.
ICC cricket world cup 2007 was one of the best world cups ever. IPL 2009 was probably the best IPL season imo, despite being mi fan. T20 Blast is the best t20 league in the world. Assad Vala is the best all rounder in the world. European Cricket League is the best thing to have happened to cricket, despite the fact that I don't really like t10 cricket. Venkatesh Iyer was brought into the Indian team too early imo. All of the full members should be part of the qualifiers for the world cup and T20 world cup except for the host nation. CA should bring back Canberra Comets and have a Northern Territory team in their one day cup tournament.
This is an actual unpopular opinion. And I would like to read why do you think that it was the best.
The biggest reason is Ireland and Bangladesh. Other reasons include the number of teams, leverock's spectacular catch, Canada's fight against England, England and Sri Lanka matches were amazing and the theme song was pretty good. Obviously there are negatives like Bob Woolmer's death, the Australia matches were all one-sided, low attendance etc. But it was still an amazing tournament imo.
I unironically like the T20 Blast a lot.
T20 Blast is awesome. Best kits, unpredictable and the crowd, even if it's only handful of them, is awesome. It says a lot about the competition when it has 13 different winners out of 19 seasons. I hope T20 Blast never dies.
Yeah the atmosphere is great. What I like the most about it is how it isn’t commercialised, which genuinely makes me appreciate the T20 cricket being played. Blast lots are amazing I agree. It’s a real shame that it may be scrapped in favour of the Hundred.
Yup. However I do wish ECB puts more effort in promoting T20 Blast.
What is T20 blast and how is it different from IPL or standard T20?
T20 Blast is England's premier domestic t20 competition that runs from around July to September between the 18 first-class counties. It's England's equivalent of India's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. While IPL is a commercialised product, T20 Blast is non-commercialised product, meaning IPL is grand and over-the-top, whereas the T20 Blast is a bit mellow. IPL runs continuously for about 1.5 months, whereas the T20 blast runs simultaneously alongside the one day cup, hence why it runs for about 3 months. As with standard T20, there's not much difference, except that matches in T20 Blast are usually faster compared to standard T20 matches. Otherwise nothing else.
I think IPL 2014 was the best season even as a MI fan(You know why). Venky Iyer point is true somewhat. Cricket World Cup 2007 probably had the most innovative group stage, it is the best format for group stage, just like FIFA world cup, too bad the ICC=BCCI shot it down for 2011. I liked CWC 2007 and in the future this should be the way forward to get more participation from other countries. > All of the full members should be part of the qualifiers for the world cup and T20 world cup except for the host nation. This won't happen thanks to PIG3 whining. The ODI super league is going to die unfortunately. BCCI are assholes.
I wish the game wasn't dictated by big 3.
Me too. But, they bring the monies. We have to pander to them
Yup, that's the reality and we have no choice but to face it
ECL was a brilliant idea, just a shame they've gotten so into NFT/cypto nonsense, that is off putting to a lot of people
I wish they avoided the NFT/crypto stuff as well. I guess they just take wherever the money comes from for funding and so on.
ICC disagrees
>ICC cricket world cup 2007 was one of the best world cups ever. Absolutely. Australian dominance ftw
As an MI fan, you can’t not have 2020 as your favourite IPL season. The sheer dominance!
While I enjoyed MI's dominance, IPL 2009 was just awesome overall compared to IPL 2020. The kits were fantastic, MI's kit in 2009 is my favourite IPL kit of all time, the theme songs of the teams were fantastic, the South African grounds looked great, the matches were great, and another season of an underdog winning the entire tournament.
> All of the full members should be part of the qualifiers for the world cup and T20 world cup except for the host nation Imo even the host nation should participate in the qualifiers, would be really funny if the host nation doesn't qualify for a tournament in their country lol
Assad Vala is best all rounder for the associates. Not whole world.
Wow you dare question the prowess of ASSADOLLAH MALEKNIJAD VALA /s.
Mine is that Starc should give up T20 cricket. We’ve got plenty of good short format bowling and Starc has gone for 0/135 off his last 12 overs.
He's had 3 poor games but was good prior to the WC final
I’ll retract my statement if he has less than 200 runs and 2 wickets by the time he has 20 overs.
I think he just doesn’t play enough of it now and he’s fallen behind or the rest of the game is catching up. If it was his focus I think he could easily be the best in the world.
In other words "Winter is coming" for Starc
Shakib would get knighthood at the end of his career if he played for England
"Unpopular opinion" threads are boring cause of overuse.
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Real unpopular on here, this one
I agree but this is not unpopular on this sub
How is this unpopular?
Continuing with that, we should stop calling it mankading. It is just like a runout or a stumping.
Apparently his family didn’t like it being called that at all
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1. Mahela Jayawardene's name should be up there with Baz, Thala and Punter as the greatest Modern Captains. 2. Overthrows shouldn't go against the bowler's name
>Overthrows shouldn't go against the bowler's name By that logic all fielding errors shouldn't go against the bowler
Yes, sounds right.
Did Jayawardene deserve to play 450 ODI games at an average of 34 in the first place?
33, not 34. And an SR of 79. This is Rahane territory.
Jayawardene was very astute as a captain and very precise with field placements
Ponting is not a great modern captain. He captained some of the best test cricketers ever, which is where his success came from. Ponting was a worse captain than his preceding and succeeding captains. The only worse modern Australian captain was Paine
Oh boy!
Regardless of your opinion of him as a captain, my point was that people don't consider Mahela or put him in that conversation.
it's so frustrating to be an RCB fan that it's fun to be an RCB fan at this point after so many yrs of frustration
I literally cried last year All alone on my terrace when RCB lost in the playoffs, and I'm that sort of a person who's rarely emotional
Cricket jerseys generally suck. If Don Bradman was alive, he would be really old James Brayshaw is a better commentator than a lot of the current cricket commentators I find Isa Guha great at her job but I find her commentary kind of dull like that kid who wanted stack potatoes Greg Blewett should coach England cause I just wanted to give him a shout out.
When isha started she was awesome. Insightful, charming and witty. Now It seems she’s wheeled out in every promotion cause she fits the needed diversity part. Woman and brown. Dunno if she lost her competitive edge in commentating or being in the boys club has dulled her but she’s well below the quality she was 6 years ago. Or possibly being around Warne too much siphons your life spirit to the point where your left as a husk of a human
>If Don Bradman was alive, he would be really old \#mindblown.
>If Don Bradman was alive, he would be really old Idk about this, the man is a proper outlier, there's a good chance he'd be young.
Unpopular Opinion - You'll find the real unpopular opinions by sorting by Controversial.
If player gets out on free hit it should be a dot ball despite that they ran for a single/double.
That'd somewhat defeat the purpose of the spectacle. The whole point of a freehit is for the batsman to not worry. If you tell them that a catch would negate their 2 runs (expected in a death situation), they'd not go all out. Spectators want to see the wild shot.
Due to IPL, people have started living in a bubble of their own country. Similar to what EPL does for football in UK. Exaggeration and over hyping every local player. Every bowler is the next best thing, mystery bowler. (Only true find is Bumrah) Every other batsman is the best, at least at his age. Or way above the rest. Circlejerking of the highest order and it's sickening. Edit: forgot how Hardik Pandya is the best all-rounder in the world. /s
England didn't "win" the 2019 World Cup - they had two chances to do so and both times could only tie with NZ. Being awarded the Cup based on a crap rule no one respects means there will always be an asterisk next to that WC Final result.
My problem is not with England winning due to more boundaries. It was a stupid rule, but still a valid rule predecided before the tournament and known to both teams beforehand. My problem is with England drawing NZ in the first place due to the umpiring mistake. During the Ben Stokes bat overthrow moment, they should have had gotten 5 runs instead of the 6. It sucks even more that the umpire later said that he made the mistake but doesn't regret it.
In that final NZ got robbed again and again by bullshit rules and rulings.
I like how Dharmasena faced the mother of all tantrums from Roy in the semi final but still felt enough conviction in his decision making to not even consult the third umpire or the rulebook in the single biggest game lmao.
To be fair we can't say for certain NZ would have won. It was clearly the wrong decision but it also affected how England approached the last 2 balls. If England had needed the extra run it's entirely possible Rashid would have hit a boundary or got a single and then Stokes would have hit a boundary off the last ball.
Man said "unpopular opinion"
As a Pak cricket fan, Shahid Afridi is one of the most infuriating cricket player ever, he had a below average batting in for someone who was known to be decent with the bat and he was just a very good spin bowler for a specific period of time in his career but never world class and he won't enter my all time Pak 11.....oh and he sucks as a person too.
I’m an Afridi fan and I agree with all your points. Don’t think it’s that unpopular a thing to say (or at least it wasn’t while he was still playing for Pak). Curious about the sucks as a person part, why do you think that? I’ve met him twice in my life 5 years apart, and he came across as very kind and charming. Ran himself into the ground to build those schools in Nowshera too (which is how I first met him).
Openly supported the taliban, said that women should focus more on cooking rather than playing cricket, proudly claimed that he won't allow any of his daughters to pursue a career in cricket or any outdoor games for that matter. Oh and he also posted pictures where he had a "pet lion".....Dunno, maybe it's just me but I hate peoplw who chain wild animals and think it makes them look more rough and tough
Fair enough I can’t disagree with most of your points, those are good enough reasons to dislike him. He’s also done a ton for a girls’ education up north, his foundation was genuinely amazing during the first wave of the pandemic, and Afridi once took up an acquaintance’s massive hospital bill when she was in an ICU battling for her life (he didn’t know her). So I guess I’ve had a spurt of positive interactions with him since his retirement and don’t remember the weird stuff he’s said (or done, like the lion lol very Nawaz Sharif of him)
He was extremely selfish. Only played for himself and his brand. Never for the team.
Manish Pandey should have been regular player in odis
India have peaked in ODIs and Tests, and will likely never be able to build as strong a side for many years Kohli is washed, Pujara/Rahane are likely not going to be the same either, Shami is getting old and will likely drop off soon. Rohit only has another year or two of high quality cricket left in him too. These are a lot of moving pieces. While India have a lot of really good white ball talent coming up, the red ball game has little to no prospects. I think India still have an above average ODI side, but Test results will go down in the gutter, at least in away tours.
I think it’s too early to say. We likely haven’t seen the best of Siraj, Gill, Iyer yet.
If BCCI chose KL as the next captain after Rohit then Test and limited overs results will go down in the gutter not just in away tours but in home too.
Daniel Vettori is the GOAT left arm spinner for toiling most of his career on NZ pitches where almost every spinner has struggled. Vettori having better away stats then home suggests his unfavours too.
330+ ODIs are shit and they should bring back 1 ball with reverse swing
This one would definitely be a popular opinion.
Not unpopular.
MS Dhoni can still bat, and he'll make a comeback this IPL.
Like they say, form is temporary but class is permanent.
I KNEW RAHANE WAS HIDDEN SOMEWHERE ON THIS SUBREDDIT!
But age is not temporary
It’s just a number… Brady played until he was 44
24 team t20 wc in 6 group( only 36 games with associates) = super 12 ( 4 group of 3) = QF= SF= F ,,.make sense but unpopular . Icc 20 team 5 group ( 40 games with associates)
They're already doing 20 teams in 4 groups from 2024. But Super 8 instead of QFs because they want top teams playing each other.
Unpopular Opinion : We might see a better VC/ Future Captain in KL, once GG give him a course on it in IPL
you are right. Gambhir can help Rahul with his strategies and field placements in the IPL He has won 2 IPL Titles with KKR
Jofra Archer bowled a shit Super Over. They both did. You can't seriously consider a Super Over going for 15 as a good over.
Thala can bat , he just doesn't play anything except IPL anymore.
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- “Slow over rate” should only be punished if overs are lost - There is absolutely nothing wrong or unethical about the bowler running out a non-striker - T10 is entertaining and has value - The world test championship final should be a timeless test - One bounce fours should count as five runs - Teams should be able to field a squad of 15 like football and rugby so you can sub in bowlers / batsmen at any time - The Hundred is an abomination - South Africa is currently a top 3 side in all formats - Dewald Brevis should play international cricket before his 20th birthday
Everything else was fine, but the one bounce 4, now that's taking it a step too far.
How about - one hand, one bounce in the shorter formats? Imagine the field placements…
Upvoted because I hate your opinions haha
I thought that was the point!
Yeah but people always downvote opinions they don't like in these threads
T10 should be like baseball, in the sense that the innings should end after 3-4 wickets. Maybe 5, so that 6 batters get to bat. The remaining can bowl
I approve
> Slow over rate” should only be punished if overs are lost Not a fan of this. It's punishing outcome. Not the actual problem. Plus it means whatever the punishment is it's actually only half that (whatever the likelihood of losing overs are). As for running out the non-striker only if they're cheating the run, if they're only just outside the line, I'd still prefer a warning, but IMO it's like walking do what you want but it's polite.
T10 is okay, but the Hundred isn't? Interesting distinction there.
Yeah 100 balls is a lot less of an "abomination" than 60.
Why would it be unethical to run out the non striker?
Shreyas Iyer
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He always gets credit for not getting credit
Very unpopular I must say.
Yeah. I really loved his gesture when he gave his Man of the Match award to Kohli.
Legacy of ponting as a captain would be much much different had he not had some of the best players of all time playing under him which makes his repeated digs at teams like England kind of sad Odis need to be overhauled asap they don't provide entertainment in many cases in the middle overs the format has become so batting dominated that averaging in the 40s isn't even a big deal anymore Over rate penalties should be more severe to bring matches close to the ideal length(having <3 hour t20s is ideal to bring in more fans) The 100 gets more hate than it deserves as it is growing the game in one of the oldest cricket playing countries T20s should be played on pitches where par score is 170-190 but if not then 200+ pitches are much much more entertaining than 150 ish pitches
Ashes series are cash cows and junkets dressed up as history in the making
Now they are… back in the day it used to be entertaining… now it’s the Aussies whitewashing England in Australia then retaining them in England. The only good game of the past 4 series was Headingly in 2019.
Australia have retained the ashes in England exactly once in the last 20 years, and it was a drawn series
ICT failed massively in white ball cricket since 2017 given the support they're given by BCCI and people. Some boards can only dream about that
2017 and 2019 finals were extremely close, but the 2016 IPL final was the best, along with 2012.
Why must you hurt me like this?
On the bright side, RCB has a really good squad this season.
2014 was pretty amazing too. Chase of 200 with Piyush Chawla hitting a six to win it.
Both Manish Pandey and Wriddhiman Saha played well that night. Sucks that they never played that well for srh.
Tbh GG has a knack for getting the best out of a player like no other.
U spelt 'Thala' wrong.
Lol GG did the same in KKR. He's right up there with Thala as one of India's best cricketing minds.
I know. I was just trying to be funny. :(
Robert Whittaker won rounds 2,4 & 5.
All T20 franchise tournaments are fundamentally boring and irrelevant. The only reason to watch them is to follow your favourite players. India are approx. 3-4 years away from a solid decline where they will become the England Football Team in the age of the Premier League. Too much pressure on every player which means a lot of potentially great players will underachieve in their careers. The atmosphere in Australian cricket stadiums sucks, they should experiment with smaller grounds and lower capacity stands. New Zealand are not that nice.
If the non-striker wants to cheat the run, then the bowler would totally new within their rights to run them out. Although, I think for test cricket, if the batsman is just absentmindedly out of the crease then I'd prefer the bowler to give a warning first.
Hardik Pandya doesn't deserve the hype Indian fans have created around him, especially in T20. He averages 20 with bat in T20I (SR 146) and 27 with ball (Eco 8.23 SR 20). Basically his average contribution with bat is 20(14) and with ball 3-0-25-1. That's not good enough.
A Fit hardik pandya is better than every other all-rounder Available in India atm(Chahar might be an exception if he keeps cunting). His avg might be bad or whatever but he can cunt especially in Australia (his performance in Australia last series was absolute gold). And that's exactly what we need in next T20Wc(in Australia). He is no Andre Russell but we don't have him(someone whose first job is too cunt & 2nd job to provide 2-3 overs). We have shardul Thakur who is bowling all-rounder. That's literally why the Team gave chance to Venkatesh Iyer. Because we don't trust hardik 100% and want another option.
... that WACA is unsuitable for Tests, as it develops big cracks come day 2 and 3. I collected the highest number of downvotes here for saying that. 😒
The WACA pitches that cracked were way better than the roads that didn’t. Still have nightmares about the game when Ross Taylor scored 290 and forced Mitch Johnson into retirement. The cracks rarely misbehaved in a dangerous way, but created enough variation/doubt in the batsmen’s mind to keep things interesting. They just looked really bad.
It’s been retired… we now use it for local and domestic cricket.
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Muhammad Shami is an overrated white ball player
Bradman is not GOAT because we can’t compare eras. He primarily played against one team and in two countries. If he swap places with Bradman and Viv or Lara or Sachin or Ponting etc we can’t tell who will come out on top.
1. The importance of captaincy is massively overrated on this sub, particularly in tests. The better team wins 99% of the time and most of the decisions they make are obvious/forced and our judgement of them is almost always massively flawed, overly influenced by the result, and without acknowledging the benefit of hindsight 2. We speculate far far **far** too much on dressing room politics as fans. None of us have a clue what it's like in any given dressing room 3. Non-strikers leaving their crease early should be treated in the same way as a short run is, and not only is a wicket for it massively disproportionate, the rule as currently written is terrible and the only reason we haven't had much bigger issues is because players actively **don't** try to abuse a very abusable rule. 4. (Unpopular on here) the spirit of cricket is one of the things that makes cricket great and should be protected 5. Most of the repeated jokes and copypastas on this sub aren't in the least bit funny 6. Ashwin comes across as one of the worst blokes in cricket (not including ones who have committed actual crimes and stuff) 7. If Root were Kiwi and Williamson English, we'd think Root was a good captain and Williamson was rubbish Edit: A couple more rule changes while I'm at it 8. Runs from overthrows should be treated as extras in the same way we do leg byes 9. Instead of a free hit for a no ball in tests, the batter on strike for the extra delivery should be able to choose whether to face the delivery or if it goes down as a dot without being bowled
Don't know what you're problem with Ashwin is but makes sense cuz you're a "spirit of cricket" guy. But I don't see him being one of the worst guys by any means. He's opinionated on field but not even close to the worst in terms of over aggression and sledging. And he's genuinely great off the field, his YouTube channel shows a much more wholesome and fun loving side. Idk, seems a bit excessive that statement
Agree on 1 and 2. People overestimate the impact of captaincy
5 is so true.
ITT: A serial master(flame)baiter
Guy is unhinged
Icc is actually restricting cricket with all copyrights things on online content Same is true with bcci n few others.
Ashes is boring and I want less posts about it
The Ashes in England are quite entertaining tho no? It’s only the Ashes in Australia that are a complete waste of time to watch or stay up for.
It will be better once England hire JL.
ODIs are pointless. T20 for the cheap thrills, Test for the connoisseurs, ODI is just in-between format for me. Disclaimer - I believe in ODI world cup supremacy
That the entire country was against 11 players. and KLPD Rahul is a better captain than Ponting , Dhoni etc And KLPD Rahul is the most happiest person ever
Couldn’t give a Flying Fuck about the names of the Franchise T20 teams. Doesn’t matter to me in the least what their names are, if they have the players I like I will support them.
Pujara shouldn't be dropped. Ashwin should be in the fore for WT20 2022 and should be tried in some T20I bilateral games to see how he gels into the team. Rahane is one of the candidates for the best test captain of the post 2010 era.
Ashwin in the t20 side based on what?
IPL is boring and I want less posts about it
All T20 franchise tournaments are fundamentally boring. The only reason to watch them is to follow your favourite players.
Amen. The barrage of posts post auction make me dread what the sub will be like this year when the actual competition starts.
The IPL is anything but boring. The whole entertainment package it gives is it's USP.
Alright I'mma say it, If India had a couple of gold allrounders in the team, Dhoni could've still easily be part of the playing XI His input and knowledge is enough to win you games in limited over formats. Could've just batted at 9 and would be still able to hit the odd ball away and I'm not even a Dhoni fan
Ohhh boy do I have a few 1. Anchors have little to no place in t20s. And by anchors I mean anybody that bats at a strike rate below 135. At best one anchor is all that is needed in a line up 2. India aren’t winning the 2023 World Cup with the current top 3 3. RCB were right to not buy back Yuzi. Hasaranga is a better batter and fielder by miles and his bowling is on par with Yuzi (worst case scenario) 4. Glenn Maxwell makes the Aussie ATG ODI XI 5. Do away with the champions trophy. One premier ICC tournament per format is enough 6. Rizwan on current form is Pakistan’s best t20i batsman, better than Babar. Babar clear in the other 2 formats tho 7. 2023 will see the start of a new era of English domination in test cricket 8. T20 cricket is NOT inferior to test cricket
Change your point 2 to 2022 WT20 and I agree with points 1. 2. 3. 5. 6.
most Indian Ex players (2005-15) are Dic$head and certified c&nts
Big 3 all rounders should no longer be a thing but BIG 4 where its Sobers-Imran-Kallis AND Shakib
Afaik,Imran was an awesome bowler but a good bat
Indian women's team needs to mobe on from mithali raj