"I don't think we should go gaga about him (Mohammad Amir)" : Rohit Sharma

[cricketpassion]

Mohammad Amir recently to Rohit Sharma:
2 balls
2 minutes
0 runs
1 huge appeal
1 wicket
1 x-ray


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[Deewana]

Key difference here is that if it were a statement made by some Pakistani cricketer ex or current flaming Kohli, and suggesting that he's a "normal batsman" then most of the pakistani fans would be against him; however, in this case, with the indian doing the trash talking you can see how their fans are split with half of them defending this stance. Which fanbase has the biggest chest-thumpers now?

Indians are just to self obsessed , They just always think they are right ...they defend there wrong decisions and deeds too unlike us Pakistani's ..
They seem to Think that what ever they do or Say can't be wrong
Now they are comparing Bumrah's bowing figures to Amir ..lol t20 is the criteria to compare a bowler ? What is exceptional about Bumhrah other than his awkard action he is just a 135-140 kph bowler and can bowl a yorker ...on the other hand Amir is on another level but they just can't admit it because of their bitterness ...Junaid is better than this guy Bumhrah and pointless to compare Amir with him...Amir can only be compared to Rabada (who is below Amir currently) and Starc (who pre injury was a level further Amir atleast in ODIs)

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[Sachin136]

Key difference here is that if it were a statement made by some Pakistani cricketer ex or current flaming Kohli, and suggesting that he's a "normal batsman" then most of the pakistani fans would be against him; however, in this case, with the indian doing the trash talking you can see how their fans are split with half of them defending this stance. Which fanbase has the biggest chest-thumpers now?

If some Pakistani batsman called Kohli or Rohit a “normal batsman”, then many Pakistani fans would be against him since most fans already dislike Pakistani batsman. But if Amir or someone else said it, I doubt many Pakistani fans will be against him.

 

[GrandMaster]

Indians are just to self obsessed , They just always think they are right ...they defend there wrong decisions and deeds too unlike us Pakistani's ..
They seem to Think that what ever they do or Say can't be wrong
Now they are comparing Bumrah's bowing figures to Amir ..lol t20 is the criteria to compare a bowler ? What is exceptional about Bumhrah other than his awkard action he is just a 135-140 kph bowler and can bowl a yorker ...on the other hand Amir is on another level but they just can't admit it because of their bitterness ...Junaid is better than this guy Bumhrah and pointless to compare Amir with him...Amir can only be compared to Rabada (who is below Amir currently) and Starc (who pre injury was a level further Amir atleast in ODIs)

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Amir is a great bowler, but how many matches (ODI & Test) did he play after his comeback? He was tonked by middle order Kiwis all over the park in NZ, but he had a decent Asia cup.

He still need to prove a lot in all formats of the game.

 

[Deewana]

Amir is a great bowler, but how many matches (ODI & Test) did he play after his comeback? He was tonked by middle order Kiwis all over the park in NZ, but he had a decent Asia cup.

He still need to prove a lot in all formats of the game.

He was tonked just in one match
Stop Posting fact stats
He took 5 wktz in 2 ODIs vs Nz at economy of 3 that too on flat tracks
In last ODI Both Guptill and Williamson were clueless against him on flat track (for insurance that it was flat u can watch scorecard Pakistan scored about 290 there)
Guptill hailed him after the match except that one t20 he was exceptional there too

Even in t20 series 3 catches were dropped if his bowling

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[KamranDestiny]

surprised to see such unprofessional comments from an indian player.

Is Sharmaji trying to make his next battle with Amir BIGGER than Kohli's dual with Amir ?

OH BOY, forget about Kohli vs Amir... AMIR VS SHARMA IS GONNA BE THE REAL DEAL!!!

 

[IcedCoffee]

If some Pakistani batsman called Kohli or Rohit a “normal batsman”, then many Pakistani fans would be against him since most fans already dislike Pakistani batsman. But if Amir or someone else said it, I doubt many Pakistani fans will be against him.

I said Pakistani "cricketer" not batsman, but sure let's say even if it were a batsman, then we'd oppose him in most cases unless it was a legend like Miandad or something, and even then it wouldn't be as credible a statement by him than had it been a bowler saying it. If Amir said it then he'd get flamed to no tomorrow. He already has a shaky reputation among Pakistani fans, and such a statement really wouldn't help his cause.

On the other hand even if Raina or heck even Jadeja made the same statement about Amir, it would make little difference in the support base he'd get by his fans.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Why such unprovoked aggression?

He is entitled to his views about Amir's return but he could have made the same points in a nicer way.

A bit cringeworthy interview to be fair.

Rarely do we see Indian's take the Pakistani route and doing something like this, and now Pakistanis will take the bait. Oy vey.

 

[Third_Umpire]

surprised to see such unprofessional comments from an indian player.

Is Sharmaji trying to make his next battle with Amir BIGGER than Kohli's dual with Amir ?

OH BOY, forget about Kohli vs Amir... AMIR VS SHARMA IS GONNA BE THE REAL DEAL!!!

Kohli is a champion bat, Rohit is not...

 

[gunner]

Sour grapes man. I think ROhit has cooked his goose after making such a senseless and insecure statement against a world class bowler. Amir doesn't forgive and forget when someone challenges him publicly we've seen in BPL what he does. ROhit is gone now. He was simply clueless against amir who sent the entire indian top order back to the pavilion in just one over. They were lucky not to have asif bowl at the other end warna whole team would have been out under 70.

 

[dauntless]

Wow seriously I was laughing when I first saw the news.He was just owned by him.I also remember when he said come to India to dale steyn after consecutive 3 maiden overs.I hope amir get better of him in world t20

 

[rhony]

Kohli talks trash on the field but is class off it.

Sharma pretends to be gentleman on the field but his true trashy colours come off the field.

And no surprise to see chest thumping Indian fans supporting him, expected nothing better.

How about Rohit "talented" Sharma uses a typical cricket bat that was made 20 years ago that had edges no bigger than 20mm and a spine no bigger than 50mm.
Let's see then how "talented" he will be then, maybe he will not get rewarded for all his mishits.

Pakistani batsmen should buy those bats

 

[rhony]

I believe these are the reasons why Sharma said so
1) He isn't classy as Dhoni, Sachin, Dravid etc
2) He is back in IPL territory where even Starc gets tonked around.
3) He doesn't respect Amir much because of the spot fixing saga
4) His giant ego was hurt when Amir got him twice in two balls
5) He/Indian team/Fans did not like Kohli going out of his way in praising Amir. This is their way to counter that.
6) He's been watching Amir since the NZ tour and feels that except for the Indian game, Amir wasn't that special.
7) His brain wanted to say something else but his mouth didn't listen to his brain

 

[ImranFarhatFan]

Guess he didn't see Amir look unplayable vs Williamson and Guptill in the 3rd odi?

And this is before he got his inswinger back

 

[Bilal7]

I believe these are the reasons why Sharma said so
1) He isn't classy as Dhoni, Sachin, Dravid etc
2) He is back in IPL territory where even Starc gets tonked around.
3) He doesn't respect Amir much because of the spot fixing saga
4) His giant ego was hurt when Amir got him twice in two balls
5) He/Indian team/Fans did not like Kohli going out of his way in praising Amir. This is their way to counter that.
6) He's been watching Amir since the NZ tour and feels that except for the Indian game, Amir wasn't that special.
7) His brain wanted to say something else but his mouth didn't listen to his brain

Please tell me how an average of 13 in your first ODI series in five years isn't impressive. How many Indian bowlers have ever averaged that low in a series?

 

[Balthazar]

Sour grapes man. I think ROhit has cooked his goose after making such a senseless and insecure statement against a world class bowler. Amir doesn't forgive and forget when someone challenges him publicly we've seen in BPL what he does. ROhit is gone now. He was simply clueless against amir who sent the entire indian top order back to the pavilion in just one over. They were lucky not to have asif bowl at the other end warna whole team would have been out under 70.

BPL, and that too against a hack like Hafeez? Your standard of comparison is highly laughable. There's a reason why RTG Sharma was highest run scorer in the Australian series. He thrives on those kind of wickets. Just hope Amir gets him in the initial overs, otherwise he'll be enough to blow your team away.

 

[gunner]

^ what are you smoking? ROhit is a complete hack himself. A totally clueless gall cricketer in front of Amir.

 

[rhony]

Please tell me how an average of 13 in your first ODI series in five years isn't impressive. How many Indian bowlers have ever averaged that low in a series?

Discussion is about T20s where he has only 4 overs to bowl.

 

[gunner]

Amir did not just take out Hafeez he has taken the wind out of many top batsmen's sails. Rohit the FTB stands nowhere.

 

[gunner]

Entire Indian top order was decimated by Amir. When he has a point to prove he spares none.

 

[rhony]

^ what are you smoking? ROhit is a complete hack himself. A totally clueless gall cricketer in front of Amir.

When the ball is swinging around, yes. You will see some of the flattest pitches on earth in India and Australia and he thrives on them.

 

[street cricketer]

When the ball is swinging around, yes. You will see some of the flattest pitches on earth in India and Australia and he thrives on them.

It's ridiculous people go around labelling each and everyone who can't play lateral movement. If that is the criteria for a hack, then I think most batsmen in the world nowadays are hacks. But that doesn't happen in the same way when bowlers fail on flat tracks. No bowler has ever been called a hack by people, but loads of batsmen have been labelled so.

For me, a hack is someone who can only play on flat tracks, and nowhere else when it spins or bounces or swings. Someone like Dwayne Smith comes to my mind. Whereas Rohit plays pretty well on spinning tracks and tracks with pace and bounce. The area where he will fail are on seaming tracks because his foot movement is lethargic and not fast enough to adjust to the swing.

 

[rhony]

It's ridiculous people go around labelling each and everyone who can't play lateral movement. If that is the criteria for a hack, then I think most batsmen in the world nowadays are hacks. But that doesn't happen in the same way when bowlers fail on flat tracks. No bowler has ever been called a hack by people, but loads of batsmen have been labelled so.

For me, a hack is someone who can only play on flat tracks, and nowhere else when it spins or bounces or swings. Someone like Dwayne Smith comes to my mind. Whereas Rohit plays pretty well on spinning tracks and tracks with pace and bounce. The area where he will fail are on seaming tracks because his foot movement is lethargic and not fast enough to adjust to the swing.

That's what I said. When the ball is swinging around, he isn't well equipped.

 

[cricketworm]

Great initiative to get inside Amir's head!

Ball is on your court Amir.

 

[carrom_ball]

lol @ people calling rohit a hack, I would love to see amir facing him on a bouncy track

 

[Suleiman]

Great initiative to get inside Amir's head!

Ball is on your court Amir.

Actually... ball was on Rohit's toe #iykwim

 

[cricketworm]

Actually... ball was on Rohit's toe #iykwim

Yes, it was. But if Amir read too much into it, it won't be on his toe next time. It may be on the stump or over the boundary line!

 

[Muhammad Saad]

On these kinds of phattas no bowler in the world can rip through decent/great lineups. So he is right in that but give Amir a green track there is a likely hood that he will rip through Indian lineup again and again.

 

[JaDed]

Key difference here is that if it were a statement made by some Pakistani cricketer ex or current flaming Kohli, and suggesting that he's a "normal batsman" then most of the pakistani fans would be against him; however, in this case, with the indian doing the trash talking you can see how their fans are split with half of them defending this stance. Which fanbase has the biggest chest-thumpers now?

Not really you should check out the Kohli hoga ghar ka Kohli thread for more info.

 

[JaDed]

surprised to see such unprofessional comments from an indian player.

Is Sharmaji trying to make his next battle with Amir BIGGER than Kohli's dual with Amir ?

OH BOY, forget about Kohli vs Amir... AMIR VS SHARMA IS GONNA BE THE REAL DEAL!!!

This could actually be the reason,Kohli has got all the praise for the recent series whereas Sharma again bashed.

So its all about Amir Vs Rohit now guys lets forget Kohli vs Amir!

 

[JaDed]

If some Pakistani batsman called Kohli or Rohit a “normal batsman”, then many Pakistani fans would be against him since most fans already dislike Pakistani batsman. But if Amir or someone else said it, I doubt many Pakistani fans will be against him.

Are you Telugu or Marathi bro?You seem to be a big fan of Rohit just asking not generalizing.

 

[Statsman]

Rohit Sharma is a gutter cricketer in front of the ATG Mohammad Aamir. What does Rohit have to show in his report card? A few useless double hundreds and some centuries against the same team most of the times (Australia). Aamir is an ATG and a FTB non talented hack has no rights to say any thing about an ATG. He won't last more than 1 delivery against Aamir on any pitch. Aamir is that good! Even talented players like Steve Smith, Umar Akmal, Kane Williamson and Shezzy are down to earth.

 

[JaDed]

Gambhir and Rohit seem to be of similar type with their mouth but atleast Gambhir performed in clutch situations lets see how Rohit does in T20WC.

 

[Belawal2014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ball swinging back in..... Not the first time it's happened! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/leftarmer?src=hash">#leftarmer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/outplayed?src=hash">#outplayed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sameold?src=hash">#sameold</a></p>— Mitchell Johnson (@MitchJohnson398) <a href="https://twitter.com/MitchJohnson398/status/707438601169215490">March 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Shots Fired.

 

[rhony]

Hehe. Looks like Rohit ruffled quite a few Aussie feathers after smashing them all over.

 

[street cricketer]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ball swinging back in..... Not the first time it's happened! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/leftarmer?src=hash">#leftarmer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/outplayed?src=hash">#outplayed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sameold?src=hash">#sameold</a></p>— Mitchell Johnson (@MitchJohnson398) <a href="https://twitter.com/MitchJohnson398/status/707438601169215490">March 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Shots Fired.

Ooh! I always thought MJ as a timid personality off field.

He's been on : since the retirement

 

[ChachaCricket]

Hahaha, good stuff from Johnson.

 

[Balthazar]

Hehe. Looks like Rohit ruffled quite a few Aussie feathers after smashing them all over.

Looks like it. Rohit still smashes him in the IPL though.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Hehe. Looks like Rohit ruffled quite a few Aussie feathers after smashing them all over.

Their C level bowlers.

 

[Madplayer]

Looks like it. Rohit still smashes him in the IPL though.

Yes how dare johnson and johnson baby soap dare talk about the brand ambassador of maggi 2 minute noodles

 

[rhony]

Their C level bowlers.

Its sort of unfortunate but it's the Aussie bowling attack now. The same C bowlers are playing against SA so you cam that their A bowling attaxk for this WC. Hazelwood is an average LOI bowler and was recently smashed by your? team. His inclusion wouldn't have mattered much.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Its sort of unfortunate but it's the Aussie bowling attack now. The same C bowlers are playing against SA so you cam that their A bowling attaxk for this WC. Hazelwood is an average LOI bowler and was recently smashed by your? team. His inclusion wouldn't have mattered much.

Hazlewood and Coulter Nile weren't playing.

 

[rhony]

Like I said, Hazelwood is an average LOI bowler especially on flat wickets. Indians are used to Coulter Nile in IPL and he gets smashed often. Only Starc could have made a difference.

 

[Vayuu]

Kolkata, March 8: He may have been bamboozled by Mohammad Aamir's toe crushing delivery but India opener Rohit Sharma today expressed dismay over the hype around the Pakistani pacer and said the focus should be on Jasprit Bumrah instead. World T20 schedule and squads;

"Just leave him... He's just come (after the ban) and I don't think we should go gaga about him. Let him perform for one more year and we will see whether he deserves so much. Woh koi... (I don't want to use those words). "He's good but he needs to prove again and again. It's not right to hype him so much after just one match. Not just for him or who are watching it, let him do it over and over again," Sharma said.

The pacer, 23, is being compared with Pakistani legend Wasim Akram and Sharma said this was a bit too much. "People are comparing him to Wasim Akram and all that. It's wrong. Let him achieve some bit. Definitely he is got talent but aisa kuch nahin ki aake woh sabko uda hi deta hai (it's not that he rips apart all line-ups). He's just a normal bowler who was good on that day." Asked whether he had reservation against the return from ban of Amir, he said: "It's none of my concern their politics their issues.

I'm not interested. I've nothing to say on that." Sharma went on to shower praise on young pacer Bumrah and urged the media to highlight the young Indian instead. "Instead of talking about Amir you should talk about Bumrah. He's our Indian bowler and doing well. He's a rare talent. He's young. He's got a long way ahead. The way he has started he will do something special." On his slinging action, Sharma said he's very difficult to pick in the nets, something that reminded him of Lasith Malinga when he joined Mumbai Indians.

"He's (Bumrah) an exception. He comes with a surprise, even the captain does not know. He's got everything in his bank. What we saw in Asia Cup and in Australia he did pretty well. He's got a good yorker, bouncer all what a modern day bowler needs. Only time will tell us where he will go."

http://www.oneindia.com/sports/cric...mohammad-aamir-says-rohit-sharma-2035037.html

I guess most pp didn't read the whole interview and I am quoting few lines,
"The pacer, 23, is being compared with Pakistani legend Wasim Akram and Sharma said this was a bit too much. "People are comparing him to Wasim Akram and all that. It's wrong. Let him achieve some bit. Definitely he is got talent but aisa kuch nahin ki aake woh sabko uda hi deta hai (it's not that he rips apart all line-ups)" .

 

[street cricketer]

I remember the duel in the world cup semi final.

Even though India had lost Dhawan and Kohli, Rohit was still there and I think he pulled a short ball to the stands of Johnson if I'm correct. Then MJ bowled that variation of his, sort of a cutter but a faster one (remember him bowling those in the test series too getting a few wickets), and that did Rohit and he played for the line and ended up getting bowled.

That was beautifully bowled by MJ. Though Rohit has had some good performances against MJ too.

 

[rhony]

I remember the duel in the world cup semi final.

Even though India had lost Dhawan and Kohli, Rohit was still there and I think he pulled a short ball to the stands of Johnson if I'm correct. Then MJ bowled that variation of his, sort of a cutter but a faster one (remember him bowling those in the test series too getting a few wickets), and that did Rohit and he played for the line and ended up getting bowled.

That was beautifully bowled by MJ. Though Rohit has had some good performances against MJ too.

Didn't they play for Mumbai together in IPL?

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Bowling performances of India Pak bowlers in Asia cup 2016

H.Pandya (part time bowler)
vs Pakistan 3.3-0-8-3
vs UAE 3-1-11-1
vs Bangladesh 4-0-23-1
vs SL 4-0-26-2

J.Bumrah ( main bowler)
Vs Pakistan 3-2-8-1
vs SL 4-0-27-2
vs Bangladesh 4-0-23-1
vs UAE 4-0-23-1


M.Amir ( premier strike bowler) of Pakistan
vs India 4-0-18-3
vs UAE 4-1-6-2
vs Bangladesh 4-0-26-2
vs SL 4-0-31-0

All these stats prove is
If the pitch supports fast bowling even someone like Pandya becomes a demon bowler.
If pitch is flat, even Amir is taken apart by SL batsmen who are not exactly world class as of now.
So basically Amir is bowler who is normal who can bowl some great spells based on pitch type.
BKumar had great figures in only match he played in Asia cup 4 overs-2-8-2 wkts after a long time out of team. Does that make him great?

Well put, Amir is no Mitchell Johnson that opposition fears. Mitch was a nightmare for the English team and later destroyed South Africa, Amir needs performance like that, so far he hadn't done anything. What he did pre fixing is forgotten as he fixed it , now it's time to show the world what he is capable of in Indian pattas.

 

[street cricketer]

Didn't they play for Mumbai together in IPL?

Yeah.. They won an IPL together..

 

[IcedCoffee]

Let me ask all Pakistan fans a question ..I agree your attack is better than Indian attack.But how many matches your bowling attack won you purely based on bowling in recent time?

If it is so strong why you didn't defend your total against Bangladesh in Asia cup. I agree defending 83 against India was quite difficult , and very rare bowling attacks in world across all era could done that ...

I think except Amir you don't have out and out match winning bowler .
Wahab is hot and cold most of the time and so is irfan .

Also I was readin couple of post from Pakistan fans before Asia cup match , most of you were saying that Amir will be effective only if there is little swing in the wicket or else kohli and company will hit him all over park.

I mean you want some help from wicket for amir to be effective , but on same track if rohit fails you think he is FTB.

Let Amir prove him on flat wickets first and then we will call him great . He has talent I agree may be the greatest talent to come through in last 15 years in bowling ..but you need to perform for atleast 10 to 15 years to start calling a great or to even compare with was in and waqar ..

It's a lot harder to bowl a devastating spell on a patta wicket with no life in it than it is to score on a green track (albeit being no easy feat either).

Some of the best bowlers in world cricket struggled to be half as effective on flat tracks (especially the ones they create these days —add to that shorter boundaries and bigger bats) as they were on lively ones. But comparatively a lot more batsmen were able to play on green tracks provided their techniques were sound.

That's probably why swing pace bowlers are so appreciated these days. They're a rarity.

 

[street cricketer]

It's a lot harder to bowl a devastating spell on a patta wicket with no life in it than it is to score on a green track (albeit being no easy feat either).

Some of the best bowlers in world cricket struggled to be half as effective on flat tracks (especially the ones they create these days —add to that shorter boundaries and bigger bats) as they were on lively ones. But comparatively a lot more batsmen were able to play on green tracks provided their techniques were sound.

That's probably why swing pace bowlers are so appreciated these days. They're a rarity.

Wasim and Waqar did it. Imran did it.

Steyn does it from time to time.

The West Indian quartet could do it too.

 

[Hawkeye]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ball swinging back in..... Not the first time it's happened! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/leftarmer?src=hash">#leftarmer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/outplayed?src=hash">#outplayed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sameold?src=hash">#sameold</a></p>— Mitchell Johnson (@MitchJohnson398) <a href="https://twitter.com/MitchJohnson398/status/707438601169215490">March 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Shots Fired.

Hehe. Looks like Rohit ruffled quite a few Aussie feathers after smashing them all over.

Ooh! I always thought MJ as a timid personality off field.

He's been on : since the retirement

I'm not getting it.

Is it a dig at Rohit or Amir from Johnson?

 

[rhony]

I'm not getting it.

Is it a dig at Rohit or Amir from Johnson?

Dig at Rohit of course.

 

[street cricketer]

I'm not getting it.

Is it a dig at Rohit or Amir from Johnson?

Rohit.

 

[Shaan]

Well Rohit just said how he feels, aamir is right now in hot firm but making too much hype about him is getting annoying for Rohit, everyone knows who is aamir so why so much talking then talking about rohits own countryman! I see a mind war started already before ind-pak confrontation.

 

[Lords]

Though Amir has not done anything substantial but looks like Rohit is ********.

Surprizing coming from him though, he is not known to give such interviews, or was it his nephew

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

If he's not been misquoted, Rohit does come across as a bit of a tool. Or more than a 'bit'.

But it's all good because suddenly there's more needle in the game and this is what makes India Pakistan games worth watching.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Aamir gonna get destroyed at the Eden Gardens. Indian batting lineup gonna take him to the cleaners.

 

[Deewana]

Ball swinging back in..... Not the first time it's happened! #leftarmer #outplayed #sameold. -Mitchell Johnson. (A fan Replied to it ) @MitchJohnson398 more to Amir than his spell against India, bouncers,yorkers in death overs at 150 K's,who wouldn't get excited watching it? (Johnson responded). [MENTION=131933]pa[/MENTION]nchi191 exactly, cricket needs more of it not huge bats and smaller boundaries. Exciting to watch -Mitchell Johnson

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[the Great Khan]

I don't get it..what is wrong with the Indians?? a few good searing Yorkers and all the sharjah and 90's ki yaadein come flooding back?? boy I wish we had two aamirs lol..I'm getting a bit sick of all this hype..

"oh how are ve going to play aamir" "vut ve going to do"..oh please..stop with the fakeness..

 

[Indiafan]

So i was wrong
he is in the same category of kohli,raina,dhawan,
Now i love MS and Rahane only because they are not too much aggressive against pakistan in and off the field

Are we going to ignore that Kohli has been very complimentary about Paksitan cricketers lately, went out of the way to congratulate Amir both on and off the field?

 

[Indiafan]

I don't get it..what is wrong with the Indians?? a few good searing Yorkers and all the sharjah and 90's ki yaadein come flooding back?? boy I wish we had two aamirs lol..I'm getting a bit sick of all this hype..

"oh how are ve going to play aamir" "vut ve going to do"..oh please..stop with the fakeness..

Someone still remembers Sharjah days fondly, I see

 

[Mainul]

This is how it feels to us whenever Dios hypes up the Bangladeshi bowlers

What is a patriotic emotional statement for one becomes hyping up, arrogance and chest thumping for others. That's the way it goes for Dios and Bangladeshi fans and probably Rohit Sharma also.

 

[the Great Khan]

Someone still remembers Sharjah days fondly, I see

and why not..but that's not the point..I don't get why the elements of the indian media and some players are hyoing things up like this..as ganguly said its only 4 overs..and he will probably get thrashed on these pitches..Is it another case of headline making? " Indian batsman overcome amir" India thrashes Pakistan, amir taken to the cleaners"..cue the puffing of tiny chests and much brouhaha..

 

[yasir]

Rohit is annoyed particularly at Amir's praise because it is at his expense.... After all he was out twice in two balls, not to mention fractured toe [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6]

Amir has being bowling well consistently after his return, it was not just one off spell...

Kohli has praise for him for a reason.


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[90MPH]

As Khan says it's only a 20/20 slog fest match.

How abouts lets sort these battles in a Test match or Test series ?

Now that's a contest, right ?? Oh India has been avoiding tests against Pak for 8 years.

So in essence these slog fest matches will not mean much or who gets the better of one or the other when you cut out all the hype.

 

[pillionrider]

Rohit doing well to not be a suck up like Virat.

Has learnt well from . Now to bat like him in WCs vs Pak.

 

[street cricketer]

As Khan says it's only a 20/20 slog fest match.

How abouts lets sort these battles in a Test match or Test series ?

Now that's a contest, right ?? Oh India has been avoiding tests against Pak for 8 years.

So in essence these slog fest matches will not mean much or who gets the better of one or the other when you cut out all the hype.

What he's saying is ridiculous.

What do you expect? Media outlets to remain mum ahead of the all important world cup encounter? Some of the things I read are funny to say the least.

 

[adit_sh]

As Khan says it's only a 20/20 slog fest match.

How abouts lets sort these battles in a Test match or Test series ?

Now that's a contest, right ?? Oh India has been avoiding tests against Pak for 8 years.

So in essence these slog fest matches will not mean much or who gets the better of one or the other when you cut out all the hype.

Precisely. Why compare a bowler or a batter in BS T20 format. It has to be atleast in ODIs if not in Test and that too over a period of time and not a 1 match wonder.

Dont think rohit deserve 3 pager thread for his stupid comments just coz his toe is in lot of pain

 

[90MPH]

What he's saying is ridiculous.

What do you expect? Media outlets to remain mum ahead of the all important world cup encounter? Some of the things I read are funny to say the least.

Who says remain mum ?? Just think logically and not believe all the hype they want you to believe because as you know the media likes to spout BS as well.

It's an over hyped match, especially considering it's just a 20/20 which hardly means anything or which player is going to get the better over the other.

 

[*syed59*]

any normal, respectful and sane person would give the same comment as Rohit.

Our people have huge inferiority and begarti complex which also makes us overly praise their stars like Kohli etc. WE have slave like mentality not them.

 

[Bilal7]

Are we going to ignore that Kohli has been very complimentary about Paksitan cricketers lately, went out of the way to congratulate Amir both on and off the field?

Amir deserves all the praise coming his way. Kohli didn't go out of his way to praise Amir, he is genuinely a fan and wants him to do well like the vast majority of the cricketing community.

Rohit and some of his countrymen are the only ones going out of their way to put Amir down.

Discussion is about T20s where he has only 4 overs to bowl.

Pretty sure Sharma wasn't talking about just a single format. He called Amir a normal bowler, not a normal bowler in T20s.

 

[street cricketer]

Who says remain mum ?? Just think logically and not believe all the hype they want you to believe because as you know the media likes to spout BS as well.

It's an over hyped match, especially considering it's just a 20/20 which hardly means anything or which player is going to get the better over the other.

What you're saying holds true for cricket purists.

However the media outlets don't cater to people here in PP. It caters to a wide variety of population, majority of whom are casual cricket fans. Obviously they'll hype up the match to garner more viewers.

 

[90MPH]

Precisely. Why compare a bowler or a batter in BS T20 format. It has to be atleast in ODIs if not in Test and that too over a period of time and not a 1 match wonder.

Dont think rohit deserve 3 pager thread for his stupid comments just coz his toe is in lot of pain

Exactly, at least you get it.

When a Test series happens between the countries then that will be a good contest between whoever player people want to compare.

These slog fests mean nothing. Even if Amir gets Rohit again cheaply it won't mean much.

 

[pillionrider]

Kohli didn't go out of his way to praise Amir, he is genuinely a fan

Wooah. Take it easy bud

 

[Strike Rate]

What a funny interview, seems his toe is still not fine. Rofel.
[MENTION=135445]Strike Rate[/MENTION] you will enjoy it man.

I am waiting for Rohit Sharma statement come to india i will see you Amir

 

[carrom_ball]

Already 3 pages for this thread, I wonder how many will this reach before 19th march and who will get to bump it on that day

 

[90MPH]

What you're saying holds true for cricket purists.

However the media outlets don't cater to people here in PP. It caters to a wide variety of population, majority of whom are casual cricket fans. Obviously they'll hype up the match to garner more viewers.

What's cricket purists got to do with it ??

20/20 didn't exist 9 years ago but all of a sudden it's the format that decides which player gets the better over the other. No it doesn't, it's a primarily a game that favours the batsman heavily and it's about how many you can slog in as little time. It's as close to baseball as you can get.

At most you can call it a mini battle if there is one, but no it's no contest and no ones going to convince me otherwise since I know what a contest is as I have been watching the game since the early 90s.

It will mean zilch if Amir gets Rohit first over again or he gets slogged over cow corner.

 

[Lords]

Usually it happens the otherway around but this time an Indian drew the first blood.

Now i am a bit apprehensive, usually the guy who talks arrogance before the match loses.

 

[Bilal7]

Wooah. Take it easy bud

Yes, Kohli is a fan of Amir the bowler, just like most other players around the world.

 

[Sachin136]

Are you Telugu or Marathi bro?You seem to be a big fan of Rohit just asking not generalizing.

I'm from Gujarat. I never really liked Rohit but he's turned out to be a brilliant LOI batsman.