Australia v India
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@MajorRage said in Australia v India:
Who cares?
Clearly at least 4 people in this thread
Put the boot on the other foot: if this had happened to an Indian player it would have been burnt effigies and protests and claims of racism.
As it is, we just think Kohli is being a petulant flog.
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@MajorRage said in Australia v India:
no interest in Aussies getting pissy about it.
Of course. But we're the Custodians Of The Game.
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@NTA said in Australia v India:
@MajorRage said in Australia v India:
Who cares?
Clearly at least 4 people in this thread
Put the boot on the other foot: if this had happened to an Indian player it would have been burnt effigies and protests and claims of racism.
As it is, we just think Kohli is being a petulant flog.
Did not expect to agree with all of your reply to this!
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@MajorRage said in Australia v India:
Who cares?
Aussies been treating opposition like shit for years on their home territory. Anybody want their fuckin arm broken?
Don’t condone it, but no interest in Aussies getting pissy about it.
Really?
I thought it was really fucking average behaviour. The captain of the most popular cricket team on the planet intentionally shouldering a 19yr old kid on debut because he was slapping their bowlers around a bit. What a complete piston wristed gibbon.
And what a pathetically (yet totally expected) weak sanction.
He should have been banned from the 5th test as a minimum. This wasn’t a few words about his mum, this isn’t getting into his head. It was deliberate physical contact.
And don’t get me started on the way he carried on like a wounded pork chop who’d been on the receiving end of a Jerry Collin’s special
Complete fuckwit, how could you look your wife and kids in the eye after that?
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@voodoo see the first 3 words of my last paragraph.
Think you are being way over the top with your critique myself. It’s not cool, but sheesh can’t look your family in the eye? Get a grip.
Top level cricket, especislly vs Aus at home, has always been top tier tough. Kohli looks pretty petulant here but that’s about it.
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Ultimately, cricket is a non-contact sport, where the ball is the vessel through which contact is made (from the bowler's hand, onto the batter's bat or body, or into the fielder's hands). Kohli deliberately and clearly crossed that line.
The very light punishment sets a precedent, I fear.
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@MajorRage said in Australia v India:
@voodoo can you read?
Why would I do something I don’t condone?
Well you opened with “who cares” and then tried repeated to tell us that it’s a tough game and the Aussie’s are pricks.
So you may not “do it “ or “condone it”, but you’re definitely making light of it
Nobody is suggesting we cancel him, but a Level 2 punishment of a 1 game suspension should have been the minimum for me
And for what it’s worth, the commentators all agree with me
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Why have I given up on test cricket almost? I agree Kohli looked a twat for wlking past and banging against his shoulder, but f*** me it was a bump and he looks a dick but that's about it? He didn't hurt him or anything. The game supporters seem to be looking for things to sqeal about?? My son here and he going crook, I reminded him of the sldging etc they used to do when he played rep cricket, that would hurt a lot more than that.
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To be fair to Kohli, the way the kid curls his top lip as the bowler is approaching is pretty bloody annoying.
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@Dan54 said in Australia v India:
Why have I given up on test cricket almost? I agree Kohli looked a twat for wlking past and banging against his shoulder, but f*** me it was a bump and he looks a dick but that's about it? He didn't hurt him or anything. The game supporters seem to be looking for things to sqeal about?? My son here and he going crook, I reminded him of the sldging etc they used to do when he played rep cricket, that would hurt a lot more than that.
Because cricket isn't rugby. Or even football. Contact is not required or allowed, and Kohli deliberately sought it out.
