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cricket is a sluggish sports
by attacker on Oct 22, 2007 05:31 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

cricket is too boring and slow.. this thing people also realized after the T20 format..

still T20 is too slow as compared to power sports like football, tennis, basketball etc..

indians shud awake now.. and look forward for active sports and follow the path of gr8 sporting nations like china and european nations!!

hum me bhi hai dum bas sahi rah ki jaoorat hai!!

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by sandeep on Oct 22, 2007 05:36 PM   Permalink
IF you thought T20 is slow u should get ur head examined

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by Super User on Oct 22, 2007 06:21 PM   Permalink
T20 is quite low when you compare it with a sport like basketball, football or ice-hockey.

After every ball there is a pause, after every over there is a pause. The action is not non-stop. While in F1 the action is generally non-stop from start to finish (unless there is a Safety car period, where too the cars do not stop)

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by attacker on Oct 22, 2007 05:43 PM   Permalink
T20 is slow as compared to power sports like football, hockey.. u dont't understand real speed and power. before T20, u may b thinking ODI as fast.. but now u realised how slow it was..

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by sandeep on Oct 22, 2007 06:21 PM   Permalink
i need enjoyment not power and speed

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by Super User on Oct 22, 2007 06:27 PM   Permalink
Football is the world's most enjoyable game! It is played by most countries in the world and all it needs is a ball...unlike cricket where you need a bat and ball.

Cricket cannot even compare itself to football when it comes to enjoyment.



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by sandeep on Oct 22, 2007 06:49 PM   Permalink
just because it is played in most countries shouldnt mean we should play.then we should all convert to christianity as christianity is most popular religion in world

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by Amitabh Akolkar on Oct 22, 2007 06:39 PM   Permalink
yeah really enojyable. 1, 2 or 3 goals scored in 90 minutes is really enjoyable, isn't it?

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by Super User on Oct 22, 2007 06:47 PM   Permalink
Definitely more enjoyable than watching batsman tap the ground, move th sight-screen, adjust centre gaurd, bowlers slowly walking back to their bowling mark, fielders jogging to fetch ball from boundary, batsmen walking singles.

Atleast in football even if there are few goals it is usually 90 mins packed with action.

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by Super User on Oct 22, 2007 06:57 PM   Permalink
Sandeep,
Please take some time to read what I said. I only said that it is played by most countries around the world and hence the most popular sport.

I have not said, hence India too should play football. India can continue playing cricket and need not feel guilty about it.

However, the fact still remains: Football is the most popular sport in the world!

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by apurva singh on Oct 22, 2007 06:04 PM   Permalink
quite right. but cricket suits indians since we are basically lazy and stupid by nature. in addition, indians physique is very very low quality. so we cannot wear shorts. thus cricket is a good options for us. it suits our breed.

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by sandeep on Oct 22, 2007 06:12 PM   Permalink
apurva if you r stupid and lazy .why do consider all indians to be like you

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by apurva singh on Oct 22, 2007 06:39 PM   Permalink
i am not stupid and lazy. i am a double post graduate and am starting a PhD, and i can play most games quite well. i am talking about indians in general. indians are lazy, stupid and have a v poor low quality physique. sports requires a sort of a sporting intelligence which even top indian sportsmen lack.8

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by Philo on Oct 22, 2007 06:54 PM   Permalink
PhD = Pile High and Deep. And BTW, we ahve a smal joke. People who do Phd, do so because they can't find a job :-) HAHAHAHAHAH

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by Super User on Oct 22, 2007 07:41 PM   Permalink
A suggestion!

If you are ignorant and not very well educated, it is not something you must broadcast to the world. On the contrary guard it like a secret!
Only ill-informed people have such opinions about PhD

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by apurva singh on Oct 22, 2007 06:42 PM   Permalink
partner, only average sportsmen from australia, new zealand, south africa and england go to cricket. most people in england don't watch cricket and don't even know much about it. top sportsmen play rugby, football, athletics etc. but their low grade sportsmen are good enough to beat out top players because we have poor quality genes and frail, weak physique. also lacking in basic common sense and sporting intelligence. slow game like cricket suits us.

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by madhan mugundan nair on Oct 22, 2007 05:43 PM   Permalink
rightly said

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