ICC Champions Trophy 2025
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Maybe India could have played games in India, perhaps on a rotating basis so they still had to travel, a wider at ground audience could have been reached than in Dubai, and other teams would have been spared the alomst 8 hour round trip? Seems to load the deck in India's favour to me
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Rohit has said India are not advantaged by playing all their games in Dubai, because
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they're not playing at home either.
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even though they play all their games in the same city, at the same ground, with no travel to speak of; they have no advantage because they don't know what wicket they will be playing on.
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all the wickets that are being used play dramatically differently to one another, so there's no real advantage at all.
https://tenor.com/en-NZ/view/gunther-walter-disappointed-great-sport-gif-7906333051162946619
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Rohit has said India are not advantaged by playing all their games in Dubai, because
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they're not playing at home either.
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even though they play all their games in the same city, at the same ground, with no travel to speak of; they have no advantage because they don't know what wicket they will be playing on.
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all the wickets that are being used play dramatically differently to one another, so there's no real advantage at all.
https://tenor.com/en-NZ/view/gunther-walter-disappointed-great-sport-gif-7906333051162946619
@dogmeat said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Rohit has said India are not advantaged by playing all their games in Dubai, because
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they're not playing at home either.
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even though they play all their games in the same city, at the same ground, with no travel to speak of; they have no advantage because they don't know what wicket they will be playing on.
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all the wickets that are being used play dramatically differently to one another, so there's no real advantage at all.
https://tenor.com/en-NZ/view/gunther-walter-disappointed-great-sport-gif-7906333051162946619
Yeah, ignoring the fact that
- Familiarity of conditions
- Might as well be a home game considering the number of Indian ex-pats in Dubai
- Zero travel
What a piston wristed gibbon
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Surveyed* local pub last night (in a tech hub) but most locals didn't agree with the BCI influence on location. They obviously continue to support their team, but I was largely surprised that even they would also prefer it to be a common location for all.
*sample size not statistically relevant but its the fern
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A couple of lovely shots by both Young and Ravindra so far.
16/0 off 3.1 overs.
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29/0 off 5 overs. NZ putting the bad balls away so far. Smart batting.
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29/0 off 5 overs. NZ putting the bad balls away so far. Smart batting.
@Canes4life said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
29/0 off 5 overs. NZ putting the bad balls away so far. Smart batting.
Stop building us up mate, Young almost holed out then
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Ravindra on fire. Three very good boundaries in that last over.
44/0 off 7 overs.
Ravindra 25 off 23
Young 18 off 20 -
Young gone. Silly shot really, didn’t need to do that.
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@KiwiMurph said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Change of pace is gonna be key
I feel like this pitch will suit the likes of Henry.
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@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Tighten up your jinx game C4L. Young holes out to a soft dismissal.
Don’t worry ‘Steady the ship’ is in.
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@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Tighten up your jinx game C4L. Young holes out to a soft dismissal.
Don’t worry ‘Steady the ship’ is in.
@Canes4life said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Tighten up your jinx game C4L. Young holes out to a soft dismissal.
Don’t worry ‘Steady the ship’ is in.
One more comment like that and you're off
https://media.tenor.com/4fVkGXsnK2IAAAA1/football-soccer.webp
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@Canes4life said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Tighten up your jinx game C4L. Young holes out to a soft dismissal.
Don’t worry ‘Steady the ship’ is in.
One more comment like that and you're off
https://media.tenor.com/4fVkGXsnK2IAAAA1/football-soccer.webp
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@Canes4life said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Tighten up your jinx game C4L. Young holes out to a soft dismissal.
Don’t worry ‘Steady the ship’ is in.
One more comment like that and you're off
https://media.tenor.com/4fVkGXsnK2IAAAA1/football-soccer.webp
We’ve got this.
