As an Indian what was your emotional experience from supporting a team lower than dirt to arguably one of the greatest teams of all time in 30yrs?

[subbu]

India in 90s wan an Average team ..92 and 99 wc were really poor

But they have few multinational tournaments

Asia Cup (1990-91): India hosted and defeated Sri Lanka in the final.

Hero Cup (1993): India won this 5-nation tournament at home, beating the West Indies in the final.

Asia Cup (1995): India won their fourth title, defeating Sri Lanka in Sharjah
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Singer World Series (1996): India won a three-nation tournament in Sri Lanka involving Australia and the hosts.

Independence Cup (1997-98): India won this tournament in Dhaka, known for chasing over 300 against Pakistan in the final.

Coca-Cola Champions Trophy (1998): A tri-nation tournament in Sharjah (Oct 1998).

and few more tri series wins..

 

[subbu]

Few more in 90s
Titan Cup 1996 -involving Aus, SA, and India
Tri series In Dubai 1998, involving Aus, Nzl India..Sachin's sand storm series

Nidhahas trophy 1998-99 tri series in SL 99
So it's not all below the dirt

Multi national tournaments Finals India won in 90s

 

[uppercut]

As a non Indian here is my perspective even though thread is not addressed to me.

Before : Indians lower than dirt.

Now: Indians lower than dirt but holding trophy.

It like the saying, you can't put lipstick on a pig, or polish a turd etc etc ( saying for analogy purposes only).

Is that due to cricketing reasons or non-cricketing reasons ?

 

[Kianig89]

From Robin Singh to Hardik Pandya definitely progress.

From Vijay Dahiya to S Samson definitely progress.

 

[SportsWarrior]

Still India plays 5 test matches in Australia & England. They will eventually get back the #1 ranking in test cricket too.

What about your favorite Sri Lanka - haven't won a single test match in India & Australia since 1982.

Less said about minnow Bangladesh - a 3rd class team who will play in Australia this year after 2008

at most you can say India is a mid tier team. How in the world is top 4 terrible? if top 4 is something BD hasn't every reached, if i remember correctly. If top 4 India is terrible, what does it say about BD? Pathetic, gone to sh**er? cr**?

 

[RahulBose]

I guess that is why they are not humble/mature about their victories.

They are rags to riches.

Anyway, I expect their decline soon. Their Test and ODI decline already started.

Rags to flithy rags - Bangla bondhos

 

[SportsWarrior]

He has been really inspired by Dhurandar movie, but fails to realise that you need to be subtle. I think he felt his subtle trolling was not getting enough attention so now is trolling in a much more obvious manner.

However that has made his recent trolling very unfunny and even Pak posters are not responding to him. Should go back to being subtle.

his original trolling was good some times. now he looks very cringe and attention seeking. dare i say desperate for approval. overall his post quality has gone done. i enjoy some trolling and trolling Indians will get the most views, but his has not been all that good. he is not getting the kind of attention he was getting earlier. @Bhaijaan has to go back to his original self and troll us

 

[RahulBose]

Nice try OP.

This is obviously a clickbait trigger happy thread title.

Congratulations on getting a few Indians triggered.

Will not change the number of trophies Pak has though....


Coz that takes actual effort, planning and Jigra.

Mocking is the tool available to Pak fans, yield it while you can

 

[SportsWarrior]

From my experience, Pakistanis are the biggest sore losers in cricket. They would rather claim their team fixed a match against India instead of accepting defeat gracefully.​

worlds most sore loser award in any sport is reserved for english people. They are followed by Australians who will either just walk away saying that format is not good or work in the background to completely remove that sport.

there are others like BD, but i don't consider them as they are perpetual losers. Aus is a legendary sporting nation, Eng wins often, but whining BDs are useless clowns and whine with zero achievements to their credit

then comes Pak fans. They just whine about everything and find conspiracies. they have the biggest victim complex every. Everything is against them, everyone is fighting them, while most boards don't even think much about them. they are just a mid tier team who will do well occasionally. I always put them in the same bracket as SL although recently SL has struggled a lot

 

[SportsWarrior]

Not sure why some emotional Indian posters are taking this the wrong way… yes the Indian teams of the past were nowhere near the current team in fielding and bowling.

Learn to take a compliment. Always crying and never grateful

To the Indians who genuinely answered the question, glad that you guys can appreciate the tough journey the team has been through for the last 30 years

lol you know fully well why indian posters are taking wrong way. You were both factually incorrect in stating that Indian team was lower than dirt and also giving back hand complements

 

[DeadlyVenom]

This has been going viral on social media. I don't see any need to make such comparisons but it did remind me of this thread. Indians shouldn't be so critical.

 

[jnaveen1980]

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This has been going viral on social media. I don't see any need to make such comparisons but it did remind me of this thread. Indians shouldn't be so critical.

Coping. They could very well share AMbani's house instead lol It is not like every Indian is living in this condition. Having said that i am sure tehse guys live more happily than some of the English guys who are rich and in state of depression. Happiness can be found anywhere.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Indians were never that bad...but yes it's true... Ignominious defeats in past plus pity from PCT fans were their fate
But how fast the night changes...it appears diagonally opposite now

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Coping. They could very well share AMbani's house instead lol It is not like every Indian is living in this condition. Having said that i am sure tehse guys live more happily than some of the English guys who are rich and in state of depression. Happiness can be found anywhere.

I think my post got edited. It was from a prominent Indian social media personality. People need to learn to separate cricket from other fields and enjoy the game for what it is.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

I think my post got edited. It was from a prominent Indian social media personality. People need to learn to separate cricket from other fields and enjoy the game for what it is.

Yes it was from an Indian handle, but we don't give space to such lots in CF

 

[nish_mate]

Indians were never that bad...but yes it's true... Ignominious defeats in past plus pity from PCT fans were their fate
But how fast the night changes...it appears diagonally opposite now

Not pity but scorn from PCT fans. Lets not attempt to paint a rosier picture. Hopefully ICT fans have better grace than PCT fans from the past year.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think my post got edited. It was from a prominent Indian social media personality. People need to learn to separate cricket from other fields and enjoy the game for what it is.

Those are rage baiting posts. Result of Elon Musk's evil money making tactics.