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Question about the IPL

Fri, May 22, '26 at 9:56 AM

Does anyone know when this match fixing exhibition lickit shitfest ends?

Fri, May 22, '26 at 10:04 AM

@SnoopDog

maybe week after next. this season has been the absolute worst and the pandering has been grotesque. the few times the organizers have allowed a sporting wicket, batsmen have been at sea because all they have played on the entire tournament have been hard, low pitches....this season has been the equivalent of tennis ball cricket with a white ball. i mean i'd take a million dollars for a season of cricket even if it meant me getting hit for six every second ball i bowl but scores of 200 plus being taken down on a consistent basis is absurd and does nothing for the game

Fri, May 22, '26 at 10:12 AM

@Jumpstart

Totally agree: the pitches might as well be concrete strips by and large

it’s beyond my limited understanding how Indians could jump up and down at every 6 when a teams plays each other about 10 times and just slugfest.

however, apparently the machine is still making money and still growing, so who are we to criticise

West Indians left behind.

Fri, May 22, '26 at 10:13 AM

@Jumpstart

They obviously tapped in successfully to Modi’s City v City concept. If you build a culture of tribalism like in English football for example, you’re on to a winner.

Fri, May 22, '26 at 10:23 AM

@Halliwell

it’s beyond my limited understanding how Indians could jump up and down at every 6 when a teams plays each other about 10 times and just slugfest.

Match fixing and gambling.

Fri, May 22, '26 at 10:28 AM

@Halliwell

i thought it unbelievable that marco jansen could go to india and win a test match bowling bouncers on the subcontinent.........but now you know why. these new indian batsmen have been conditioned by hard, low very flat wickets in the ipl, and its feeder systems so when they are confronted by something outside their comfort zone, they become walking wickets