Absolutely brutal day for Jaiswal. Three dropped catches in the field.

Game is balanced on a razor's edge and those drops have hurt India greatly.

It's basically Bumrah and a bunch of dipshits at this point.

On 1/16/2025 at 4:11 PM, Fudge Nuggets said:

It's basically Bumrah and a bunch of dipshits at this point.

Pakistan is in danger of getting bounced from their own tournament after just two games.

82nd international century for Kohli, and India dispatches Pakistan!

 

 

Edited February 23, 20251 yr by satyanash

Afghanistan knocks England out of the tournament!

 

India defeats Australia in the semifinals!

 

Edited March 4, 20251 yr by satyanash

Target of 252 for India in the final. Shami and Pandya's awful death bowling undid the good work done by the spinners.

India have collapsed from 106/0 to 122/3 in the chase. Incredible catch by Glenn Phillips has triggered a meltdown 

India completes the chase! Second white-ball trophy for ICT in nine months.

 

 

King Kohli retires from the test format.  Good, should have happened a few years earlier.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/virat-kohli-retires-from-test-cricket-1485712

Pretty good test series in England, still anybody's to win.

did everybody give up on sparking recent interest? i have to admit my interest goes up in the football offseason but still....im trying to pick up the details of the sport.  given so few recent posts here, is there a popular season ?  spend most of our time in spain surrounded by brits so I've working on understanding this and rugby. 

Edited August 2, 20251 yr by beer

Mohammed Siraj just bowled the spell of a lifetime to win India the fifth Test match and draw the series against England.

 

Monday was certainly a welcome surprise.  England had that thing in the bag at stumps on Sunday.

On 8/2/2025 at 6:51 AM, beer said:

did everybody give up on sparking recent interest? i have to admit my interest goes up in the football offseason but still....im trying to pick up the details of the sport.  given so few recent posts here, is there a popular season ?  spend most of our time in spain surrounded by brits so I've working on understanding this and rugby. 

My personal interest level has dropped considerably the last couple of years due to nothing in particular.  Maybe it's I'm getting old and the time zone differences for matches of significance are total shit.

There's no set "popular season", but global interest usually picks up whenever one of the 10 million World Cups gets played or the Indian Premier League kicks off.  Other big series that gain interest are things like The Ashes between England and Australia, India vs England tests, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India v Australia).  Basically unless it has England, Australia or India in it; no one gives a shit.

Edited August 6, 20251 yr by Fudge Nuggets

India just won their ninth Asia Cup with a perfect record, including a 3-0 whitewash of Pakistan 😁

The Asia Cup drama was totally worth it. India, with a flawed squad, beat Pakistan at every stage including the final. 

I, for one, liked the Indian team's approach of not acknowledging Pakistan in public. The women's ODI WC just kicked off and I wonder if we'll see the same approach from the ladies in their match with Pakistan.

Pakistan's meltdown is like aggy tears to me.

Zimbabwe. Grant and Andy and Heath and Henry would be proud.

And after the usual hemming and hawing, once more unto the breach tomorrow morning.

India bats first, posts a total of 175 on a challenging pitch. Ishan Kishan went bonkers but all the other batsmen struggled to cope with the turn.

Should be an interesting chase.

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• Prasanna @prasannalara

India end up with 175. They will defend this. This is a tough pitch to bat and spinners will be diffuclt to score against in the second inns. Not even in a wildest imagination one would chose Shaheen to bowl the last over. Pak needs to be 61/2 after power play to stay ahead of

• 3:12 PM · Feb 15, 2026

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• Prasanna @prasannalara · Feb 15, 2026

This is a tough pitch with uneven bounce and the ball stopping for the spinners. If india can manage to get 173 or more , the chase will be a Herculean task and almost impossible.

Pakistan already four wickets down after the powerplay 😄 Pandya and Bumrah ripped through the top of the order before the spinners even began play

Never in doubt.

India cruises to victory, in what has become a very one-sided "rivalry".

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• ESPNcricinfo @ESPNcricinfo

Pakistan never quite recovered from the early jolts as India's bowlers kept the pressure on consistently with wickets - their biggest win by some distance against Pakistan in the format

👉 https://t.co/1yhhOmNa9u

• 4:48 PM · Feb 15, 2026

Reactions from former cricketers:

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• Michael Vaughan @MichaelVaughan

India seem to intimidate Pakistan on the cricket field .. they are so much better in all facets of the game & such a better mentality of coping with the huge occasion .. #INDvsPAK

• 5:00 PM · Feb 15, 2026

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• Abid Ali @AbidAli_Real

Reputation ≠ Selection.

Pakistan T20 squad needs impact players, not passengers. Babar, Shaheen, Shadab and others must earn their spots through performance, not past glory. Fans deserve fight, not excuses. Time to reset.

#PakVsInd

• 5:14 PM · Feb 15, 2026

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• Sohaib Maqsood @sohaibcricketer

Everyone blaming batters yes they played poorly but your bowling the reason by far for today,s defeat its not a 180 pitch even 140 could have been tough to chase on this pitch above all we prepared on such pitches against australia at home before worldcup where Agha won all the...

• 4:20 PM · Feb 15, 2026

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• Ahmad Shahzad 🇵🇰 @iamAhmadshahzad

Pathetic cricket from Pakistan.

Sad story of Pakistan cricket.

Same old faces

Same old results.

Plz don’t fool the nation anymore 🙏

still have time bring some positive changes in this WC.

Fakhar

Nafay

Salman

They should b playing now.

#INDvsPAK

#PAKvIND

• 4:48 PM · Feb 15, 2026

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• Angelo Mathews @Angelo69Mathews

Colombo was lit tonight but India were too good for Pakistan . A convincing win by them

• 4:50 PM · Feb 15, 2026

Great catch by Axar Patel to dismiss Harry Brook in the T20 WC semifinals.

England are 2/38 chasing India's target of 254 runs.

Edited March 5Mar 5 by satyanash

India wins, and it'll be New Zealand vs. India in the finals.

Sunday morning gon be good.

Back-to-back T20 World Cup Champions!

Edited March 8Mar 8 by satyanash

One of the more ridiculous run-outs I've seen in international cricket. Agha (the non-striker) caught napping outside his crease.

On 3/13/2026 at 8:50 AM, satyanash said:

One of the more ridiculous run-outs I've seen in international cricket. Agha (the non-striker) caught napping outside his crease.

Kinda weak to go for the run out once he was clearly trying to help the bowler by bending down to pick up the ball, but still, can't put yourself in that position.