You’ll get used to this, kid. whether you want to or not. It’s brutal at the start, that’s what you get by supporting @DelhiCapitals but somewhere along the way, you go numb. And the worst, most twisted part? You’ll realize that even numbness doesn’t save you.
#IPL#DC
So much for the ruthless calls, it is very hard to sustain taking such calls!
Cricket is too condition dependent. Cannot ask/expect consistency in the high risk approach.
Conditions won't be same everywhere so India will have to problem solve on the fly, immediately!
My fucking GOAT Marizanne Kapp was not having a great time with the bat recently and she just played her best t20l innings under immense pressure.!!
#INDWvsSAW#T20WorldCup
Marizanne Kapp let out a roar in Dubai on 20th October 2024. She had walked out to chase 159 against New Zealand in 2024 T20 World Cup final. She made 8 runs. Then she walked back & she roared.
Not at the bowler. Not at umpire. At everything. At the years of carrying this South Africa team through tournaments they were not supposed to win. At the final hurdle that kept showing up & tripping them. At herself probably. At the whole damn thing.
Today she walked out again. Same target: 159. And this time situation was worse.
Laura Wolvaardt gone, the one player South Africa builds everything around & just 25 for 2 after the powerplay. kind of start that tells you semifinal spot is slipping away.
Kapp does not look away. that is not what she does. she did not roar in anger this time. She roared with her bat. She roared with every boundary she found & every ball she refused to miss. She carried them...Again.
Some players are great because of their aversges. Some are great because of their trophies. Marizanne Kapp is great because she keeps coming back to the same place that broke her & she keeps trying to win it.
A great player, given this innings to the fans her greatness always deserved 👏
𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗜𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟯 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 🐐🔥
They Mocked Him For Everything…
He Answered Everything with Performances.
- “Kohli Can’t Win an IPL Trophy”
He Won the IPL Trophy with Most Runs for RCB, not once, but twice.
- “Kohli Can’t Win a T20 World Cup”
He Won T20WC with the Highest Score in Final.
- “0 P.O.M Awards in ICC Finals”
He Ended It by Winning P.O.M in an ICC Final.
- “Never Scored 450+ Runs in a World Cup”
He Scored 765 Runs in a World Cup (Highest Ever)
- “0 Boundaries in World Cup Semi-Finals”
He Responded with the Highest Score by an Indian in a WC Semi-Final.
- “No Century in a World Cup Chase”
He Smashed Century while Chasing in a WC
- “No 50s in Successful World Cup Chases”
He Registered 1 Century & 3 Fifties in Successful WC Chases.
- “No Century vs SENA Teams in World Cups”
He Scored Two Centuries vs SENA Teams in WCs
- “No P.O.M Awards vs SENA Teams in WCs”
He Won P.O.M Awards against SENA Teams.
- “No Half Century in World Cup Knockouts”
He Scored a Century/Half-Century in WC Knockouts.
- “No 50+ Average in World Cups”
He Now Averages 59.83 in World Cup Cricket.
- “No Century in Champions Trophy”
He Scored a Century in the ICC Champions Trophy.
- “He’s Finished” after Back-to-Back Ducks in AUS
He Answered with 5 Consecutive 50+ Scores.
- “Never reached 50 with 200 Strike Rate” in IPL
He reached 50 with 200 Strike Rate in an IPL Final.
- “0 P.O.M Awards in IPL Playoffs”
He Won Player of the Match in an IPL Final.
- “Poor Average in IPL Finals”
He Now Averages 50+ in IPL Finals.
The More They Doubted Him,
The Bigger He Became. 🐐
𝗔𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 🔥
To Be Continued.....
@CricCrazyNIKS The truth is not spoken enough. The truth is rest of the teams were often stupid in auctions to allow CSK and especially MI to get away with teams they had. In 2022, other teams became smarter and CSK & MI had average to poor auctions. CSK's 2023 title run had loads of luck.
Disastrous bowling there from RCB, you can see the ball holding and gripping a bit, but the lengths have either been full or short. 180 should be PAR, looks like LSG will get around 220 and @RCBTweets should first try to save their NRR #RCB#IPL
@cricbuzz Almost everything, they should have lost it last year itself. Spending 48cr on 2 batsmen, injury prone bowing line up
And finally asking way too many uncapped players to fill in the gaps. They just got lucky last year with marsh, markram and pooran performances