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Never forget when DK scored 6 off 25, and fans somehow made Dhoni the villain.

explosive 6 off 25 balls definitely set up the chase.

u/JuiceStandard5973 — 18 hours ago
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Virat Kohli officially joins Goneri Gooners after clearing mandatory 4-hour edging session

His contract reportedly contains several unique performance clauses, specially negotiated after the Goneri Gooners of Goner, Rajasthan concluded that no active cricketer better represents the franchise philosophy of sustained buildup, frustrated release and completely disproportionate rage.

• One Australian must be available for screaming purposes at all times. Substitute Australians may be provided during rain delays, injury breaks or sudden drops in Virat’s blood pressure.

• Every opposition youngster will receive the traditional Goner welcome: prolonged eye contact followed by the expression of a man who has just discovered that a 22-year-old bowler has personally dishonoured seven generations of his family.

• Umpire decisions involving Kohli will be reviewed under the new Impotent Rage Protocol, where increasingly theatrical disbelief is encouraged even when absolutely nothing can be done about the decision.

• The club has purchased additional stump microphones, although broadcasters have been advised to maintain a seven-second delay whenever Virat begins a sentence with “Ben…”

• The sports science department will closely monitor his workload to ensure he never runs dangerously low on completely avoidable grievances.

• One annual Gautam Gambhir interaction has been included in the fixture list under Heritage Events, preserving an important North Indian tradition of two grown men discovering that eye contact is an act of war.

• Players are forbidden from telling Virat to “calm down.” Goneri’s medical department found that this can convert ordinary irritation into a five-minute masterclass in aggressive pointing.

• Any bowler celebrating his wicket within a 25-metre radius automatically triggers Article 18: Who The Fuck Do You Think You Are Protocol, regardless of whether Kohli himself has spent the previous six overs celebrating singles like regime change.

• Match referees have been issued protective eyewear for post-decision eye contact and instructed never to ask, “Why are you getting so angry?” unless they have twenty minutes free.

The Gooners’ Director of Cricket called him an obvious cultural fit:

“Virat can adapt to any situation. Chasing 220, defending 150, powerplay, middle overs, already dismissed, sitting in the dugout. Whatever the match demands, he has the experience to look needlessly furious about it.”

u/Particular-Sock875 — 2 days ago
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2 Professional Grown man btw .. 😅🤷

RAHANE got stucked between this 2 lafdebaaz on his first series as a commentator... 😂😉

u/shivam_45_ — 2 days ago
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digvesh rathi note celebration

my man digvesh did not learn from abhishek sharma 2025 epic fight, nitish rana or urvil patel agle ipl season priyansh se bhi pela jayega 😭😭

u/someone_ordinaryy — 2 days ago
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Big thanks to England for offering flat roads and Bowlers like Carse and Tongue to the Indian Test Captain

Babar averages 47 in NZ btw

Gill yet to play in NZ

u/BOOM_GOAT_93 — 3 days ago
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What if an IPL-style league was introduced for Test cricket?

Hear me out — what if Test cricket got its own league, similar to the IPL, but with matches lasting 2–3 days instead of 5?

The idea:

  • Start with the 8 original IPL franchises.
  • Each franchise can retain up to 6 players from its existing IPL squad.
  • The rest of the squad could be built through a Test-specific auction/draft.
  • Matches could have a maximum of around 180–270 overs, depending on the format.
  • A proper league table + playoffs/final could make the competition feel like a major sporting event.
  • The rules could still preserve the important parts of Test cricket while making matches shorter and easier for casual fans to follow.

Imagine something like:

MI vs CSK — 3-day Test RCB vs KKR — 2-day Test RR vs SRH — 3-day Test

And the biggest thing: it could potentially bring huge attention back to the format. Imagine established stars like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma playing in a franchise-based red-ball league again, alongside young Test specialists and overseas players.

I know there are obvious problems — international cricket, player workload, scheduling, and whether a 2–3 day match can really be called Test cricket.

But if leagues are what attract viewers to cricket nowadays, could an IPL-style Test league be one way to make red-ball cricket commercially viable again?

Would you actually watch this? And what rules would you change?

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u/sweta2468 — 3 days ago
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Unpopular opinion: India shouldn't ever qualify for WTC final.

Now i know this opinion will get me called as gambhir's pr and whatnot but honestly i feel India should never qualify for wtc final. What did we do the last time we qualified for WTC final, and there was no gambhir to blame? We played ipl until a week before the final ,went to the final totally unprepared with an exhausted squad playing t20 until a week before, and got our assess handed to us. And even in 2027 assuming by a miracle we win 9/9 remaining tests and qualify for WTC final we will repeat same process and gift the opponent a trophy.
So i believe until BCCI decides and our players who are in WTC final squad are ready to sacrifice their 1 season of ipl go to england and practice for 45 days earlier in the conditions of the WTC final we shouldn't even wish to qualify.

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u/Ok-Sheepherder1675 — 5 days ago
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And there is a batter who couldn't score a single century in 12 inns from his debut (one of them against Afghanistan)

Hopefully DDP replaces him permanently at No.3

u/Glittering-Win681 — 6 days ago
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IN ODI WC's :

500+ runs in single edition

King Shakib only in 2019 - 1

Ling Loli in 4 WC's - 1 ( after statpadding on Indian highways with earth shuttering SR of 80 in 2023 )

u/Present-Stage-9841 — 5 days ago