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staryu-valley t1_itg5vej wrote

Pakistan snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

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GamerA_S t1_itg6jeu wrote

King Kohli

I mean I don't even care what anyone says He is always there to carry us He is my goat

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SABJP t1_itg73m9 wrote

What a match. Kohli played like a madman. One of his greatest innings.

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Swathe88 OP t1_itg7g8a wrote

Replying to SABJP (#187,919)

He was seeing it like a beach ball. Didn't matter where they put it he sent it over the fence. The amount of composure and ability to drag that deficit back is just unfathomable.

I can't remember seeing anything like it.

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ducky7goofy t1_itg9dzd wrote

Insane one of the best t20I matches I've ever seen with one of the best innings. Cricket is very healthy with Ind v Pak games as competitive thrillers.

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Every-Citron1998 t1_itga2z9 wrote

Hilarious the Melbourne Cricket Ground played Kashmir during the epic final over. Such a crazy finish with drama that would be hard to match in any sport.

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See_A_Squared t1_itgcqjq wrote

Insane game of cricket! It went from being reported to be washed out due to rain to being one of the greatest games in T20 cricket. Incredible.

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atherw3 t1_itgdobv wrote

M. Nawaz becomes the 2nd Nawaz to defraud Pakistan.

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lachjeff t1_itgec0m wrote

Great game. Shame it was ruined by a shocking umpiring call in the final over

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tahajc t1_itgg0ub wrote

I won't say too much about Nawaz because this just wasn't his day and man was crazy nervous. But Kohli is Kohli, and as always, he is the one who carries Team India. Ifti Chacha chewed the highest quality niswar for todays amazing batting. Pandya being a literal bro to Kohli and stood by him. Rauf was unlucky with 2 sixes from Kohli but man was on fire. This was perhaps the best cricket match I have ever seen. Stadium atmosphere, the drama, the heartattacks, the match heading into the last ball. BEST. CRICKET. MATCH. EVER.

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swagzzuu t1_itghdae wrote

Best game i ever watched

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Daybreak_99 t1_itgj5d6 wrote

That was a beautiful game. Enjoyed it till the end.

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RijDuck t1_itglqjo wrote

Just watched the highlights, what a fucking game

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mccrrll t1_itgpln5 wrote

Replying to Every-Citron1998 (#188,179)

Dying laughing at the apparent trolling.

Did my due diligence and asked the internet: Melbourne Cricket Ground, T20, Kashmir. No luck though. Hopefully someone will come through with a vid because that’s just too rich.

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tommypopz t1_itgq96n wrote

That’s the greatest t20 match I’ve ever watched

The king is back. Kohli is the greatest white ball bat of all time

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garytyrrell t1_itgqmlj wrote

Anyone have a link to highlights? I don’t watch cricket, but lots of people saying it’s the best game they’ve seen - would love to get a glimpse.

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atherw3 t1_itgsu4r wrote

Replying to garytyrrell (#189,595)

Here's the final over

If you're confused about the terms I've explained some in layman...

No ball = Ball went over the waist height of the batsman (in this video)

Free hit = Basically an extra life for the next ball only (batsman can hit as he wishes)

Wide = The ball was bowled far away from the batsman

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ryemigie t1_itgsxxr wrote

The celebrations were nuts in Parramatta lol

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what_it_dude t1_itgty5s wrote

I’m going to need Jomboy to breakdown this game for me so I can fully appreciate it.

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h3isenburg t1_itgwf16 wrote

Those last 3 overs were wbaaaaaaaa

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lokesh1218 t1_itgxfak wrote

Those 2 sixes by Kohli off Haris in 19th over should be the best shots ever played by a cricketer.

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McNugget63 t1_itgxwdj wrote

Can someone explain in NBA terms

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kroxigor01 t1_ith2qkf wrote

Replying to SABJP (#187,948)

It's better to put your worst bowler last.

Imagine they're chasing 24 from the last 2 and you bowl the crap bowler first and they tonk him for 20. Now your good bowler is defending 4 runs and he can't do shit.

Contrast to bowling the good bowler first, the batsmen will definitely try to score more than 4 runs and maybe they'll get out, making the shit bowler have a worse batsmen at the crease and maybe now he won't leak so many!

I think this is broadly true for the whole innings, not withstanding fielding restriction (powerplay) specialists and specific batsmen match ups (spinner against a batsmen bad against spin). You'd prefer to bowl your best bowler in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th over.

The best case scenario is that your best 3 bowlers finish the job, taking 10 wickets lol. Then they never even get to look at your 2 worst bowlers!

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cinred t1_ith6zr9 wrote

I don't follow soccer but that's gotta be the worst soccer/world cup/tournament icon ever. It looks like it belongs on a juice box from the 1980s.

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Jcod47 t1_ith9yu8 wrote

What a freaking game

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Ngothadei t1_ithdb3c wrote

Replying to McNugget63 (#190,163)

India down by 30 points in the final quarter and ended up winning the match with a buzzer beater and their best player (LeBron?? of Cricket) showed up today with an absolute master class.

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Picaloco86 t1_ithdslp wrote

Replying to SABJP (#187,948)

Nawaz bowled the 13th over, where he got smashed...what I guess Babar was looking for was one his fast bowlers to take a wkt, preferably Kohli, and then reintroduce Nawaz as soon as that happened..since we didn't lose a wkt, Babar had little choice but to leave Nawaz with the last over.

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WaynneGretzky t1_ithexop wrote

Replying to Swathe88 (#187,830)

If this comment is a joke, then funny.

But Nawaz is no where at fault. It wasn't a mammoth score on his tab to defend. Then bowling in death and he didn't get battered by some tailenders, it was Virat Kohli. Bowling the 20th over as a spinner on a pacers' pitch wasn't meant to be. Babar fucked up, big time.

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NavyNUCa t1_ithiaz2 wrote

Any stampedes yet?

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shahoftheworld t1_ithm5jq wrote

I don’t know much about cricket. How do I read that score? Is the second number a denominator?

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wasbatmanright t1_ithoaj0 wrote

So following are the rules and explanation . 11 players play from each team and 2 players " bat" and all 11 in opposition "Field ! Pak batted first and made 159 points .. let's call them runs! They also lost 6 players out their 11 in the process! India had to make 1 run more to win....so 160 runs in just 120 opportunities which we call balls!
They made it after an insane finale on the last ball all thanks to one of the Greatest modern players "Virat Kohli". India and Pakistan have relations as friendly as Israel , Palestine or Ukraine and Russia! Needless to say more than 1.8 billion people were invested in probably the fiercest sporting rivalry ever and India came on top this time!

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Haffaith t1_ithszde wrote

Replying to WaynneGretzky (#191,497)

Neither of them fucked up. Babar felt, justifiably so, that if Virat bats 20 overs, he’ll win it for India. So I gotta get my best bowler in to get him out. He just got out batted by Virat. Nothing you can do other than go back in time and bat better

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JagsFraz71 t1_ithuxl3 wrote

Replying to shahoftheworld (#192,024)

Runs / Wickets.

So each team has 120 balls to bat in T20 cricket (An “over” is 6 balls so 20 overs, hence T20). If a team has ten batters out then the innings ends regardless of balls bowled.

So 100/2 for example would mean that the team had scored 100 runs with 2 batters out.

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thegreatbrah t1_ithvjf8 wrote

Idk how cricket works. Why is there two different numbers for the scores?

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Savings-Secretary-78 t1_ithxu37 wrote

Fucking the greatest t20 match ever, you can even say what is going to happen in next ball,

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Risc_Terilia t1_ithyh6o wrote

Replying to thegreatbrah (#192,641)

The number of runs the team scored and how many wickets ("outs" I think they're called in baseball) they conceded. It's actually somewhat anachronistic in this form of cricket since the amount of overs gone is usually more important than the amount of wickets you're down. It's just that these are the usual factors in longer and older forms of the game.

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vouwrfract t1_ithzerv wrote

Replying to thegreatbrah (#192,641)

The first number is the actual score (the runs). The second number indicates how many batters were out trying to get that score (you can lose a maximum of 10 batsmen after which your team can no longer bat). So for the purposes of determining the winner you can ignore the second number, but it reveals probably how exciting the game must have been, etc.

For example, if India had got 160/1 chasing Pakistan's 159/8, you know that Pakistan never really managed to get many Indians out (only one), so it was easy for India. Here it's more of a parity with India getting 8 Pakistani batters out and Pakistan getting 6.

But of course nothing can tell the whole story as just watching the game - you normally feel a 3-1 victory was easier than a 1-0 victory in football in general, but it could've been a late-stage comeback from 0-1 to 3-1, etc., which you wouldn't know unless you watched the game.

Edit: Also don't mind the downvotes. We don't learn without asking.

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-Not-Racist- t1_iti1kl4 wrote

Replying to thegreatbrah (#192,641)

Cricket has 3 formats, this one is called T20 and is played over two innings.

Both teams get 120 balls (pitches) in 20 overs of 6 balls each to score as much as they can with 10 outs. One player can bowl 4 overs at Max and can not bowl consecutive overs. Batter once out can not bat again in the game.

Scoring is done by hitting the ball and then running in between the two wickets on the ground. If you hit the ball and it goes aerial outside the boundary circle you get six runs, if the ball Crosses the boundary circle after hitting the ground you get 4 runs.

After the 120 balls are over or all 10 outs are done the inning ends for the team batting first and then other team comes to bat. The team batting second has to score as many runs as scored by the team that batted first, the match ends if they outscore the first team.

The top 7 players can bat properly, after that it is the bowlers who can not bat that well as 5 of them bowl 4 overs each to complete the 20. In some cases there are all rounder players who can bat and bowl but most players do only one thing.

Here Pakistan Scored 159 in their 20 overs losing 8 batters and india scored 160 in their 20 overs losing 6 batters. Winning on the last ball possible.

This match was great because Pakistan have Babar and Rizwan, two of the best batsmen in this format in recent times, both of them failed to score. Other batters took them to 159 which is not that High a score.

India's batting struggled a lot , but we have King Kohli, the absolute Best Batter in the last decade at this sport , who sadly had been going through a rough phase in the same time as the two Pakistani batters rose to the top. Not today evidently as he single handedly with very little support won us the game.

We needed 28 runs of the last 8 balls, which is something that is not happening 99 percent of the time. But Kohli hit 2 sixes , both of them were shots that looked so fucking good. Absolute shots of the tournament already , no matching them. Then with 16 needed of the last 6, we lost a wicket on the first ball. 1 run on the second, 2 runs on the third. Now needed 13 runs in 3 balls, one good ball and india would have lost. The ball was shit so Kohli hit it for another six, now 7 of 2 But wait, the Pakistani Bowler Mohammad Nawaz bowled a no ball, a no ball is an illegitimate delivery which gives the batting team one run extra and the ball is not counted but the runs are counted. The ball after no ball is a free hit, which counts but you cannot get out on that ball.

So now it's 6 off 3 plus it's a free hit. Next ball is a wide, a wide is a ball that is outside the reach of the batter, gives one run and does not count. Now 5 of 3, still a free hit. Next ball Kohli misses and it hits his wickets, normally that means you are out but it is a free hit so they run across 3 times and get 3 runs. Now 2 needed of 2, India certain to win celebrations up and running. Dinesh Karthik faces the next ball, and is out. Fucking hell

Now Pakistan is right back in the game, new batter Ashwin faces the final ball. 2 off 1, if he scores 2 we win of he's out Pakistan wins, if he scores 1 it is super over. Pakistani Bowler bowls a wide, horrible bowling at such a key stage made me and my friends literally jump up with excitement laughing at him. last ball Ashwin plays it as he does every single thing in his life, ethically and takes india home.

Thanks for Reading 🎇, Happy Diwali

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flossdog t1_iti4h3m wrote

I take it the 160 and 159 is the final score (total runs). What do the 6 and 8 refer to?

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razor_eddie t1_itiqf6z wrote

Replying to awkward2amazing (#192,226)

India and Pakistan aren't fond of each other.

One of the places it comes to a head is in the disputed province of Kashmir. It's a gorgeous, mountainous region that is currently being disputed between India, Pakistan and China.

Until this recent unpleasantess in Ukraine, it was my personal pick for "most likely place for a nuclear war to break out".

So, playing Kashmir, the Led Zepplin song can be seen as an excellent troll by the Australians (who are hosting the match) to both sides.

(you may know the riff from Puff Daddy (as he was then) sampling it for the theme to 1998s Godzilla movie)

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bharat4ever t1_itirczf wrote

Replying to SABJP (#187,948)

For me it was the right decision. He was trying to shape the innings in Pakistan's favour before it reached the last over. He was hoping the fast bowlers could get wickets which didn't happen.

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SavoryBagels t1_itirxl6 wrote

Ahahahahhahahhahahahahagagagagagaggaaggagagag

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jaysmoove42 t1_ititiql wrote

Removal of recency bias if possible but how does this compare to the Australia v South Africa world cup game?

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evolvedapprentice t1_itj4004 wrote

Replying to tahajc (#188,678)

>Rauf was unlucky with 2 sixes

This was the turning point. Up until then I thought Pakistan had it in the bad, even with a spinner in the final over. Such a shame for Rauf, he had such an amazing game up until then. If he only concedes 4-8runs off those last two balls, then I think Pakistan win. But Kohli pulled it off

Great game

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Dz4 t1_itjelku wrote

Over 90,000 fans at the ground on a Sunday night. I've literally never heard the MCG so loud. Unreal atmosphere

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sescobreezy727 t1_itjmqsk wrote

Let’s not emanate this anymore. @advancepublications

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Mahameghabahana t1_itke35z wrote

Replying to razor_eddie (#198,758)

My guy indian think kashmir is the state of their, indian states have different ethnicities, culture and language. Many indian states also have a trend of sub-nationalism or state nationalism. The problem of Indians isn't kashmir but the separatists i kashmir.

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shivaenough t1_itkivi8 wrote

Replying to imnotmarvin (#195,234)

Let me try to explain in different way. If you are at exam and you are trying to score as much as possible. You see you have 5 minutes remaining with 5 questions 3 easy, 2 tough problems.

if you will start with trying to solve easy ones first then going for tough one. You will have better chances of scoring.

Or if you will try to solve tough ones first, then maybe due to time pressure you might make mistakes and have to re-do solutions midway. Scoring less because you couldn't do easy ones too because no time left for them.

Here same with bowling team, if they would send their less experienced bowlers first, they are giving batters chance to score much because this bowler might not perform well under pressure or batters can read them well.

But if you send your best bowler first batters will still try to hit him, but they would also feel the pressure and maybe make mistakes while trying to maximize runs and gets out.

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razor_eddie t1_itkjd8l wrote

Replying to Mahameghabahana (#199,009)

My guy, just MENTIONING Kashmir has trolled the hell out of you.

I didn't even mean to. All I was doing was pointing out that Kashmir is under dispute.

As long as you don't nuke anyone, I don't give the tiniest fuck what happens there. I find the entire thing incredibly stupid, everyone involved with it equally stupid, on all sides, and a complete and utter waste of time to even think about.

I have spared 2 minutes to type this out, but that's about as much as I care about it.

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shivaenough t1_itkjxrg wrote

Replying to MikeLilPauseRodick (#195,409)

If you want to watch World Cup live then might try willow (check before, they stream most of tournament, but still better to check before).

Hotstar is available is US, I guess, so you can check that too. Highlights are free for every sports, so if you want to watch highlights then hotstar should be your option.

Other options for highlights:- Aus cricket (YouTube channel) , ICC TV (most of the time they don't upload on same day though, they might have uploaded by now ) .

ESPN+ too (not sure about it though)

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Nizzleson t1_itktanc wrote

Replying to garytyrrell (#189,595)

There are internet denizens here who will have links for you, but all I can offer is a bit of advice.

A truly great cricket match is a journey. Highlights are fine, but I really do recommend a leap of faith with a game like this.

World cup on Aussie soil. 90,000+ in attendance at the massive, hallowed MCG. One of the great rivalries. Established legends on both teams. And you already know it's a fucking trip of a game.

Just say "fuck it."

Grab six beers and some snacks.

Make an evening of it. It's worth it.

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pulsarian_13 t1_itlm5dl wrote

One of the best game of cricket I've ever seen

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shadowknight094 t1_itmn673 wrote

Replying to shivaenough (#199,299)

Willow doesn't have world cup. But you get promo code for sling. If in usa espn plus is what I would recommend. Also you cannot cancel willow subscription by yourself. You need to email them etc.

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