Who is under MORE pressure this summer? India or the Australian cricket team? - SEN

[@damianlynch5977]

Sorry, the ODI’s are being treated like an unwanted child!!! The ODI’s need to be treated as a real competition, go back to the tri-series & make something to play for.

[@matthewhutchinson1167]

💯 agree

[@futuregamer6987]

Yes 💯🙌

[@ranginginfinity]

That is cos its the middle child😅

[@supriyajoshi1347]

Yesssss

[@debankyajyotidas5495]

As India was traveling to Australia if the cricket boards made it a tri series and ind is playing less ODIs before the champions trophy that tri series would made a huge importance

[@macster1613]

I missed the tri-nation ODI series held in Australia. When i was growing up, i used to see it. It was called Carlton and United Series back then and then they changed it to VB series. Why have they stopped playing tri-nation series, it was so good. Aus-WI-Pak or Aus-SA-NZ or Aus-Eng-SL or Aus-Pak-Ind, such great contests, we need it back plz

[@tpjpower]

Yeah, those were the days 😔

[@abhinavkumar3232]

It stopped primarily because it was becoming difficult to find 3rd formidable opponent

[@stevemac5]

I have fond memories of ODIs in the 90s but here we are. *Thank God* we still value Tests.

[@donaldstewart444]

The poms the windies and the Oz…it’s not the game of cricket that it was.

[@jameshotchkin8438]

The ODI's used to be played after the test series in January and was on free to air television. No scheduling issues and everyone knew it was on. We could attend because it was on in the holidays. This ain't rocket science. Greed is leading cricket down the drain.

[@xdcian1304]

Agreed, would of gone to the mcg game if it was during holidays

[@ray.shoesmith]

One Day cricket started dying in Australia the moment they sold the fta television rights away. Cricket Australia killing Cricket in Australia

[@njokic2176]

Rubbish, the AFL has only grown in popularity since its integrated Fox Footy and Kayo. Facts are people dont have the attention spans that they used to and opt for other forms of entertainment over cricket

[@ray.shoesmith]

@njokic2176 Rubbish, the AFL is still on FTA. You work at Foxtel?

[@njokic2176]

@@ray.shoesmith what like 3 games a weekend out 9? If it was all about FTA killing sport, then why has the AFL only grown since its made a large portion behind a pay wall? Facts is cricket goes too long for the modern attention span of people today, even test cricket attendances are under's compared to 10-20 years ago. Has nothing to do with not being on FTA

[@stevemac5]

I remember Warney saying ODIs needed to go around 2010. He always knew what was up before the masses.

[@bharatvarsh2056]

For India to win or compete they need to ensure they can put up 300 total consistently and then have their bowling put pressure on Aus batting. If India cannot do consistently as a team,then Aus easily taking 3-1 series win or 4-0.

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

Australia used to go into the summer with the goal to win every series. Even after a 5 test series there'd be a long tri series after and the best players would still play with the odd one resting every now and then. Cummins missing the decider to go watch Coldplay is a disgrace. And this "we can't be arsed to go to Perth" attitude has to stop. Last time I checked Western Australia was still part of Australia and it's only a 4 hour flight, it's not like going to the UK for a one off game. Australia got what they deserved and their batting was really exposed by quality pace bowling, last year by Shamar Joseph and now by Pakistan. The last time they ignored odi cricket (admittedly because they got bored of dominating for so long), they took a nose dive after 2015 and it cost them the 2019 World Cup and potentially another 3 World Cup wins in a row. If they just focus all their white ball cricket on t20 after the test summer it will just become an exhibition series where no one cares if they win or lose and the results will just be a lottery anyway. I hope they don't fall into that trap. There's no value in international Big Bash

[@lxpang]

One day cricket is neither here nor there. If I want to watch cricket for a day, I can watch a day of a test. If I want short and explosive cricket I watch T20.

[@amanagrawal2113]

So ideally wouldn’t it make more sense to watch a ODI rather than Test match if you only want to enjoy a days play

[@amanagrawal2113]

Also test match these days are becoming more of 3 day contest and somehow not everyone wants to play out a day

[@amanagrawal2113]

I believe ODI should ideally be 35-40 over contest now and t20s should only be played in franchise cricket because any which ways now a days all the international players are playing franchise cricket so why to even have a t20i

[@SunilPokhrel-wo9ew]

​@@amanagrawal2113ODIs should be played more on World Cup years only and it should be limited to first class cricket only

[@danielrobinson2927]

Remember the days when players would do anything to play for Australia. They would kick up a fuss if they didn't get selected. They would play at all costs not just for the love of country, but because they knew if they gave the player behind them a chance to play well, they might lose their spot. Absolute disgrace where the game has got to in this country, where all stakeholders are comfortable with the captain going to a concert instead of leading the team in a must win game. If they don't care - why should we?

[@navdeepsinghchauhan7607]

dead format. against a non-rival dead team, they are world champions.

[@nicholasjolly7726]

We also didn’t have the ridiculous schedule we have today where our 3-format players have to play games almost all the time, transitioning between formats. If the schedule stays as is, there needs to be some give and take to allow those 3 format players time to rest and recuperate, especially leading in to a 5 test series in 6 weeks and especially for fast bowlers.

[@SunilPokhrel-wo9ew]

Modern day players are prioritising test and T20 cricket more than ODIs,T20s milk the bank balances of players whereas test cricket judges the players quality

[@nikhilmalladi6521]

This is the Best XI for BGT 2024 1. Usman Khawaja 2. Alex Carey † 3. Marnus Labuschagne 4. Steven Smith 5. Mitchell Marsh 6. Travis Head 7. Josh Inglis 8. Pat Cummins (c) 9. Mitchell Starc 10. Nathan Lyon 11. Josh Hazlewood

[@derekbos4404]

Of course cricket fans knew, it was a silly thing to say. Adelaide's crowd was very good per capita wise!!

[@pbfamous07]

melbourne if engaged with it, is pretty gorgeous. can be expensive. but go to vic market and go produce based to ease the cost. ez. amazing strips (streets), pubs, and arts. Pete as always a national icon of journalism, and what months we have ahead of us, as cricketers. cannot wait.... im just pleased to hear from pro's that test cricket is still dominating. ODI outside of world cup is junk and frankly T20 also outside of BBL IPL and WC is less than competitive.

[@andrewfleming2892]

All major cricketing nations have treated the One Day game poorly since at least 2015, with T20 Cricket becoming the main meal. For example England's domestic one day competition is held as the same time as the Hundred where all stars are playing. CA can't promote ODI cricket to the masses when you have sold the rights to pay TV not Free to Air, at least Rugby Union can still promote Wallabies end of year tour even if behind a pay-wall because the pay-wall is part of the Channel 9 family. This ODI series against Pakistan was the last ODI's before next year's ODI Champions Trophy so the squad should have been the thirteen players that we going to take to Pakistan for that tournament and the whole series should have been played in one location.

[@SunilPokhrel-wo9ew]

I think every other nation are tired of playing ODIS as Aus is winning too many 🌎 Cups in 50 over format,When one team wins too much then obviously other teams will give up on that format.Eng don't cares anymore about 50 overs,Ind cares more about T20 cricket,Other nations are more into T20 and they don't wanna play ODI format anymore

[@stevemac5]

Peter Lalor is a national treasure

[@ishansharma6025]

Cmon! Every cricket fan knew that there was a game on at MCG. Depends who you playing at the end of the day. If it was England or India playing that day things could’ve been different. Tell someone there’s Aus v India at MCG and there only a 25k crowd. They’ll probably laugh. Truth is that people didn’t think Aus v pak was a game worth spending $200 on for a night. I’d rather save my money for Boxing Day or even BBL for that matter

[@pakistangenzpd]

bro 200 dollars a ticket lmao even aus vs eng is not worth that money

[@derekbos4404]

YES the understudies were SO BAD. THAT is indeed the point. Worrrying! Australia weren't beaten .. they were THRASHED 😮

[@duzzonet1848]

Time for old fashioned style tri-series and multilateral world series. Doesnt have to bee that long may be for 10 days... Since tournament cricket has a final.. Tht may revive some interest.

[@amitm2692]

AUS is undoubtedly under more pressure having underwhelmed in the last 2 series at home....plus this AUS team has too many flaws ,& batting is bang average.....

[@stewartdavies929]

The tide of Australian opinion changed during the ODI WC in England when he signalled to the Indian crowd “ENOUGH!!” Over the treatment of Steve Smith.

[@saralagrawal7449]

My XI for the 1st test - Rahul Jaiswal Gill Kohli Pant Jurel Sundar Jadeja Akashdeep/prasidh Bumrah Siraj Might look a bit surprising, but feel it's a strong batting lineup, need to score runs there. Thoughts?

[@ManojSingh-zx5rt]

Perfect with one change - Play Ashwin instead of Washington. Dropping Ashwin in first test itself would demoralise him for the rest of the series.

[@saralagrawal7449]

@ManojSingh-zx5rt your point is valid. But the way sundar is batting these days I would drop anybody to keep him in, be it Jadeja or Rahul.

[@Annie_R18]

​@@saralagrawal7449 I would take a bold decision and go with Nithish Reddy and Mukesh Kumar. Somehow, Siraj is not giving me that confidence. So my team would be Yashaswi KL Rahul Shubhman Virat Rishabh Dhruv Washington Nitish Reddy Bumrah Akashdeep Mukesh If you check the previous stats, spinner are significantly less effective on this track and bowled very less compared to pacers. Nathon Lyon is an outlier. So I would take a bet only on off-spinner (Washi) which can be effective specifically against their two aggressive lefties Travis Head and Alex Carry. He is a decent off-spinner against righties as well and on top of it his current form. I would bet on Mukesh here than Siraj. He had been quite good in practice games as well. Moreover, I would prefer a bowler whose line and length is more consistent than other factors. Mukesh fits in perfectly. Last time when Pakistan visited the Perth Optus, a bowler name - Khurram Shehzad was more effective. He is a disciplined bowler. So I would go with Mukesh.

[@bored-x5s]

BREAKING NEWS: Australia two senior players injured: 1) Steve Bucknor 2) Sandpaper

[@muzammilsiddiqui6859]

ODI is ultimate. It requires hitting as well as staying long enough on the creae

[@wheeloflife17]

Peter Lalor is one of the best cricket tragic out there for sure. IMO it’s Australia”s series to loose. But the series will be drawn at 2-2. India’s batting is fragile but has enough experience and class to get 2 results. Aussie bowling will get them 2 and Sydney will be draw

[@SeriousBartYT]

No Shami, Siraj is off the ball, Akashdeep and Prasidh haven't been in Australia before. Nitish is raw too and you have an aging top order. I predict that if Australia wins the first test, then I think they would win the series 4-0 at a canter.

[@budheswarrajdey5880]

2 - 1 india kholi to fire

[@SeriousBartYT]

@budheswarrajdey5880 fire?

[@harveyhalloway]

Pish intro, greetings from the UK, I turned this off at 1:13! Hope India thrash the do gooder (Cummins) & the cheat (Smith).

[@nsh1772]

I just hope it's going to be a good, tough series. Not some nice PC, "spirit of cricket" bullsht. Let me see some sledging, controversies, even throw some fists if you can. Just make test cricket awesome again.

[@pakistangenzpd]

kohli paine had one i wont be surprised if in the middle sharma and cummins smooch each other

[@ss-vu7ub]

BGT is going to be very interesting❤

[@ss-vu7ub]

Test cricket is real cricket ❤

[@sfb1219]

ODI is my favorite series ... Forget cricket ... only grumpy old grampas love that 5 day ish ... im here in canada and you all need to get your act together ... nobody watches test

[@drjigarchaudhary]

Aussie are favourites because they are more settled side and we don't have shami...

[@aruns3907]

Why not? India of course ,I think India will be beaten by Aussies by five zero. Anything less than this results will be India's succes especially we lost the hone series very badly

[@Annie_R18]

In recent years, India has shown remarkable competitiveness in Test cricket, especially against strong fast-bowling teams on their home turf. Even though past home series may not have gone in India's favor, this BGT could be a totally different movie. You never know, just fasten your seat belt and wait, you may get to see something which is beyond imagination.

[@CHIRAGPATEL-tu2lg]

Australia…with out doubt…

[@CHIRAGPATEL-tu2lg]

Fear of loosing

[@Mehul1947]

Australia 5-0

[@rockzdhi8489]

In your dreams

[@anand13100]

India 0% pressure because they already know that they can't qualify 😂 Australia 100% pressure thinking India might qualify 😂

[@gangeshdubey6359]

Yes there is no pressure on India because they are expected to lose by Aus 5-0 😂😂

[@somadatta338]

Only series win matter now is the test series wins and icc trophies.. Else are baseless as most of top teams field their b, C team against each other in bilaterals.

[@ashishkapoor8995]

India

[@debasismohanty1952]

Odi cricket still the no1 format in sub continent 😂😂😂 in australia test no1 format but that's doesn't mean odi cricket loseing values 😂😂

[@subbaraochamarthi3609]

Australian team is under pressure. Because they lost previous series. So they started mind game

[@sydneyduke428]

Aus are always “under pressure”, and expected to win, at home against anyone.

[@muditchaudhary7255]

12:15 doesn't it always true for kl rahul that he looks good but doesn't score runs

[@gangeshdubey6359]

KL Rahul is the worst cricketer I have ever seen 😡😡😡

[@harishbabun7872]

King Kohli

[@damobax8344]

Nah poor form from pat there you can have your game off but dont go to gigs when your the captain and meant to be *resting*

[@vishnuvardhankumartarugu9889]

India 😊