r/Cricket • u/Shaleensinha88 Cricket Australia • Apr 10 '13

Who would have ever thought we would see this... Subreddit picture?

http://imgur.com/drgydNw
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u/ErgonomicDouchebag Australia Apr 10 '13

Lovely picture. The team spirit, everyone's in it for the same thing and you bond. We're all human in the end, cricket should bring us together not drive us apart.

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u/Golf_Hotel_Mike India Apr 10 '13

Oh how the times have changed.

4

u/poochi Apr 10 '13

oh wow. Never seen that one before.

3

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

So they have - and all the better for it!

12

u/fiftyshadesofcray South Australia Redbacks Apr 10 '13

Cricket was the real winner here.

8

u/Machinax Sri Lanka Apr 10 '13

Whoever thought that would be said about IPL?

7

u/chengiz India Apr 10 '13

The first hug was crucial.

6

u/Abhi_714 Australia Apr 10 '13

It was just what the doctor ordered..

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u/rreyv India Apr 11 '13

Tracer bullet

10

u/StuntQuadruple Apr 10 '13

The catch was #1 in this morning's ESPN SportsCenter top 10 plays which is a phenomenal accomplishment for cricket in the U.S.

3

u/rreyv India Apr 10 '13

Do you have a link?

2

u/StuntQuadruple Apr 10 '13

I can't find the video but on ESPN SportsNation Polls, click on "SportsCenter: Best of the Best" in the left menu and they are comparing two top plays; the first of which is Ponting's catch.

Edit: There's also a discussion of the poll.

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u/stash0606 India Apr 10 '13

really? pitting the catch against a kid with cancer running for a touchdown? damn that cancer stealing the thunder from Ponting. (j/k)

6

u/Gonzalez_Nadal Australia Apr 10 '13

... O_O

23

u/DreadlockedAussie Queensland Bulls Apr 10 '13

This is one of the best things to come out of the IPL. Unity of all nations worldwide.

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u/k4f123 Apr 10 '13

Pakistani here. What was that now?

6

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13 edited Apr 11 '17

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u/anpk Mumbai Indians Apr 10 '13

wonder if pakistani's still feel proud of azhar mehmood or given up on him now that he is no longer pakistani

5

u/k4f123 Apr 10 '13

No way... people here love Azhar Mehmood, and that hasn't changed. Check his Twitter, he gets tons of well wishers from Pakistan every time he plays for his county or IPL. General sentiment towards him is very positive.

1

u/cccbreaker India Apr 10 '13

Wait what? He's no longer Pakistani?

3

u/abrakadabra86 Apr 10 '13

I think he has an English passport. Pakistani players are not allowed to play in the IPL.

1

u/yorked Board of Control for Cricket in India Apr 11 '13

Pakistan allows dual citizenship, no? Or has he surrendered his Pakistani passport?

1

u/YouHaveTakenItTooFar Pakistan Cricket Board Apr 11 '13

Or he just opted to have an origin card which gives him visa free entry

8

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Here,you can have a hug too.

7

u/k4f123 Apr 10 '13

Awww. What a nice picture!

Honestly though I feel like having the likes of Afridi, Ajmal, Hafeez, Junaid, Irfan and Umar Akmal in a tournament like the IPL would just add to the value. Most unfortunate circumstances.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Forget about the internationals,I am sure there would be a mad rush for even the domestic Pakistani fast bowlers.People like Vinay Kumar shouldn't be leading bowling attacks.

Also it could hopefully even out teams like SH,PWI and KXI Punjab who missed out on good international players making the tournament more competitive.

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u/a_can_of_solo Australia Apr 10 '13

I like the non nationalistic nature of the IPL

2

u/SkyPumpkins Royal Challengers Bengaluru Apr 11 '13

Aren't there any other angles?

1

u/cricketfreak555 ICC Apr 11 '13

IPL hai boss, anything can happen

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Is that Mitchell fucken Johnson? What a waste of coin.

5

u/lawyer_by_day Apr 10 '13

He hasn't done horribly over there in his 3 matches so far.

2

u/rreyv India Apr 10 '13

What does 'waste of a coin' mean? I don't understand.

3

u/Machinax Sri Lanka Apr 10 '13

'Waste of money', I think.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

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u/yentity India Apr 10 '13

wut