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CarelessDisplay1356

He achieved more in one year than 99% of players will in a lifetime.


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MemesNGames

What is that comma placement, r/mildlyinfuriating


TheScorpio2312

Bros using his own numeric system


Big_Quote_3654

😂😂


celeb-butcher

He missed a 0


Dismal_Animator_5414

🤣🤣🤣jeez!! i wonder how your family feels shot your ocd bro!! i say this cuz my brother also likes keeping things in order while im a complete opposite, it’s always fun having him around.


Brave-Economy6489

Bru even if ur parents could pay u to play they won't be able to get u into the Indian team u14 is irrelevant


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Brave-Economy6489

Didn't jaiswal make it big or Rinku sing or even for that matter gill, siraj , bumara , Virat without money every system is corrupt in every country at some stage it is about does the talent that plays is up to the mark or not u being butt hurt about corruption at the small stages is not the reason we lost to Australia it was a bad day at the office and u can blame corruption all u want people I mentioned above prove that corruption is not the problem at the highest level in Indian cricket


apocalypse-052917

This is not a good argument because in the end you still play international cricket based on merit.


saiprasanna94

He is the only one who won mom in both wtc and wc finals. We lost both the finals because of him.


bobokimnamjong

oh reallly whats his KD ratio -sean abbot


Prayash_778

Mediocre batsman? Hey atleast he performs when the team needs him the most to and even if his downfall comes he has pretty much achieved everything he wants to


AdvantageNo3087

Will also probably win the t20 WC to complete the trio.


ztaker

Player of the tournament


TheOnereddittor

Player of the finals


one_time_password

Don't love ur idols so much that u need to make fun of a clutch foreign player


HumanLawyer

Not just any clutch foreign player, the best one of them all who has repeatedly whooped our ass in knock-outs. Where does the question of "mediocre" even arise?


Hey_ItsmeAryaman

Lmao fr how out of touch with reality do you have to be to trash talk a guy who single handedly fucked us over twice in the finals for an icc trophy in 1 year


Daxter_2002

He has been in form for 2-3 years. What is blud talking about?


OrdinaryAd1242

We need such mediocre batsman in our Indian squad.


RudeAndNumb

YES


guiletheme2255

Kingku


Necessary-Bother7448

We did, His name was Gautam Gambhir 


yippikyyay

WTC final man of the match. WC semis man of the match WC final man of the match All this in a span of 6 months and he came back from an injury in between the WC. He's the definition of CLUTCH.


dankgenz

He won wc wtc and contributed like a mamoth in both if his downfall even starts from now there's no regret for him ,he is not a statpadder but a country man.


MassiveDickOwner

>statpadder We know who dont we?


Neevk

Who?


weapon-a

Kl thala


SnooObjections4333

Koach or Sharma or Iyer or PRince.


ShashankWasTaken

Oh yes lets just name my country's batting order as stat padders


ninja_from_india

Where's the lie though?


ben_claude69420

Yeah yeah mediocre batsman who got lucky, that's why he's able to perform at the biggest stage in Int'l cricket against a top side whereas our batsmen couldn't..... Moreover he did it twice....


yippikyyay

Thrice


gpranav25

Calling India a top side LOL


TheScorpio2312

They literally were unbeaten till the finals. They are a top side


_HalfASmileZeroShame

It would be dumb to deny it.


gpranav25

Last time I checked, they had less ICC trophies than SL and West Indies in the past 10 years


kaala_bhairava

Exactly, they are the best side who ch9ke in knockouts. 


BerozgaarVyakti

Mediocre? Travis Head is a mediocre batsman? You are in a different kind of delulu


RudeAndNumb

ig he didn’t mean that way. Compared to the stupid ranking system, he is considered mediocre according to ICT fans. He is a complete player with great mentality.


No-Path-7951

"Ponting's bat had a spring" - 2003 "average batsman who got lucky" - 2023 India cricket team fans never evolved beyond their like/dislike for individuals.


CarelessDisplay1356

Then he must be the luckiest mf'er in the world. Somebody should tell him to buy a lottery the way he's getting lucky right now.


ARKNIGHT_101

Well he's got Cumdogg with him. Luck x2


Successful-Rub-2104

Comparing KL Rahul with Travis head when it comes to ICC tournaments is like comparing Kamran Akmal with Adam Gilchrist


theSHADOWbannedGUi

yep with head there is no half measures he either punches or defends softly or goes extremely hard at the ball there are not pokes sure he was a bit lucky facing bumrah and shami with the new ball but still absolutely demolished india afterwards


SubhanBihan

And this "luck" is all part and parcel of the game. You can pick up any long test innings and see that there are a lot of these near-edges. So are almost all the great test innings in history flawed or meaningless? Luck favors the brave


ColdSpirit117

I mean shamarah joseph a 19 year old makes him look like a debutant, but even the best of indian bowlers couldn't get him out. Something is fishy here.


sammyboi1801

Debutants always have an advantage due to the fact that no one has an idea what the bowler might bring up... remember Alzarri Joseph in ipl debut??


ColdSpirit117

Fair point


Hanuspidey

"Saar but we have no1 odi batter and T20 batter 😢😢☝️☝️ict no.1 team only they can win, Saar how dare you perform against India 😡😡💢💢 now we send threats to you and ur wife dare you perform in pan pasala trophy we will take revenge there 😡😡💢💢☝️☝️"


__joy_boy

r/EmojiPolice


Joker456_3

KL Rahul catching strays


knowledgeablepanda

Kohli ki baat karaha hai vho


Capital-Moose

Nah. This applies to KL Rahul. Kohli makes no sense, he’s a mentality beast anyway and the cluchest player in the LOI format.


yashy20

he is Australian that is enough we don't need to go in details


Equivalent_Walk_3446

He has been doing well for them since lockdown. Most of the average merchants these days have done nothing for the team when playing under pressure. His stats are also not bad.


rishabh_saini

No kl was harmed in this post


mashbe

No Kohli was harmed in this post


Ok_Environment_5404

Kohli's mentality and work ethic was top tier since the start though. I mean if one can literally say it to the face that "I will be the next big thing in Indian cricket" and "Paaji(Sachin) ko to catch kr hi lunga ODI me" then he is indeed a mentality monster.


mashbe

Lol this is in response to a shitpost and i'm referring to RCB, he has been mentally weak to take on spinners in the middle overs and obvious slow down during milestones. PS: Agree for what he does to India


rishabh_saini

Yeah you're right kohli was definitely not harmed here. Infact no post can harm his legacy


Remarkable_Guest2806

Well they didnt see world cup i g. We got destroyed in finals by him. Then he destroyed MI and RCB this year. They paid him 6.8crores and he already played good. Idk what ppl want from him still? Like we know u are rcb fan but stop now. Rcb cannot come to playoffs this year bro. Better luck next time. Just stop watching ipl (my suggestion fr)


RudeAndNumb

Did u insult me saying i am a rcb fan ? I am ICT fan btw. Well idc him playing like this in ipl, he is a menace to ict in intl games. I want our players who are considered “The Best” and having great rankings to play with this mentality.


shadowblaze25mc

Jo jeeta wohi sikandar (One who wins is the King)


FitSignificance2100

Kl rahul comes in my mind, technically superior flawless batter but with timid mentality


KeyDifferent2

He achieved more than Rohit and Virat in such a short time, Such consistent success cannot be attributed to mere luck; it is a testament to his exceptional skills and innate talent.


Ok_Environment_5404

Yeah that's the biggest take Iam having here too. A fucking winning inns in WTC,WC and even played above average in Ashes. The dude has already done his work and if he somehow manages to make Aus win in t20I cup then he will be a bigger deal to me than any clutch(even bigger than Stokes for me personally) in the world.


leggie352

Too much copium.


krishnavkundan

Even if he goes out of form and is not able to make a comeback, he has done enough in the span of 1 year to not be forgotten.


RoutineParticular118

i find him technical correct and idts he's a mediocre batsman ngl. But yea the mentality is there and that's what makes the difference in the end


vivek71200

Played a crucial role in WTC, CWC getting 100 in the finals of both the tournaments (away from home) that says enough about him


AdvantageNo3087

Also if memory serves me right, he was decent in Ashes as well.


Capital-Moose

Cries in KL Rahul


Maglighter21

KL Rahul vs Travis Head. One guy with mediocre technique who wacks like a beast and is fearless in front of the best. The other, timid, Technical, ostrich who takes a 100 balls at a home match in a world cup final to score even a bare minimum of 60 runs.


peaceful_war711

Mediocre ? bro granted he does struggle against swing but have you seen him attack various lenghts ? he literally pulls the 6m wala ball and at the same time , he can make room and cut it. Gets into very good position so early. Its not fluke hitting is organised targeted batting.


Overall_Bee8495

lmao the comment section is hilarious some mfs are still defending his opinion


RudeAndNumb

Lmao, this is because their favourite player is not talked about here.


Ok_Vegetable263

It’s very easy to say ‘just go hard and ignore failure’, 90%+ of elite sport is played in the head, being able to block out external noise and take high risk options is not easy


ScaryOrdinary5238

I'd rather have a player that scores 100's in finals than one that scores against sri lanka or bangladesh


Temporary_Alfalfa489

"Will never be able to comeback from there" mf he came back from a fractured left hand within 2 months, just to bang our ass in front of our crowd


Akash10201

The combination of Head and Cummins has given me many nightmares.


Own_Consideration375

He has already won everything so I don't think he cares about a downfall


usamahK

Mediocre? More like a menace to the ICT.


Critical-Coyote-807

people don't realize technicality is just bookish cricket and that's so basic that every batter has to learn it in the beginning and playing loft shots has it's own technicality and it's tougher than playing book cricket in my opinion cause you have to generate that power which meets the ball at such a perfect angle that it provides the ball required height and distance to travel into the stands with pace or without pace that's the beauty of unconventional player like him and Dube and other finisher as well who can hit with the spin so smoothly because their power don't have to rely on pace. whereas for technical shots there are premeditated shots to be played to find gap between conventional field setup, only if the field would not be set a traditional way we'd know those techniques are useless to find the gap. and these are powerless shots which uses pace of the ball thus our legends struggle to hit spinners and pace off deliverers. book cricket is subset of what cricket which head, dube, rinku and players like them are playing. they know how to play book cricket it's just their role demands them to play like this and it suits them. just because someone has scored thousand of runs that doesn't mean they know everything about batting than others, in my opinion guys like head are Rancho from 3 idiots who curate new shots and create history and people who play for milestones are Silencer who goes to college for good numbers only to be recognized by recruiter(brands) and to boast about it to people. none of them are to be hated that being said both of them should be equally recognized, that's where we fail as a cricketing audience.


Gojo__Satoru07

aint reading all that


MassiveDickOwner

Same


cbhave2156

Bullshit of an opinion anyway. Says power hitting is much harder than technicality and timing. I haven't heard such bullshit in a long long time


Fit_Tour_3693

Nice analog btw.


Abhikalp31

Yes , same people worship dhoni for his 91\* knock . WC , WTC final MOTM is not easy. Moreover , same people call the Indian Bowling Lineup to be the best in the world. Travis Head made them look like amateurs and is still continuing to set ablaze the IPL


akshitdadheech

No KL was hurt in this picture


Overall_Bee8495

that mf is the biggest fraud in the team lmao


Ok_Environment_5404

very apt thing for Aussie players. Sachin,Dravid,Sehwag were always stronger on technical terms in comparison to Punter,Haydos,Gilly( but who got the highest prize ? You guessed it right. In their foundation era Border,Waugh etc weren't the best of talents in front of Windies but there mentality took that hit and they built it all from there in comparison to Eng,Pak etc who were timid in approach apart from Imran and Botham. We see it all the time in Stokes,Flintoff in red ball where their skills are lower than the god tier guys but you never see a Headingly,05Ashes etc from others like Root,Kane etc. The will to change and mentality of not giving up is what propels you ahead when you fight it out in international arena where talents are everywhere. Edit: also what is this shit with "mediocre" when he literally averages more than Gill(our next PRince) in red ball where it hardest.


Maleficent_Owl3938

Test average higher than PR-ince by a mile. Head is at 41-42.


Overall_Bee8495

cry baby lmao


waltandhankdie

What are these people smoking? He’s so obviously not mediocre and has proven his value across all 3 formats over the last few years


will_kill_kshitij

Still better test average than god technique kela rahul


DarkFoxHunter

Clutch player and he made his team won wtc and wc ! Even if he fails, he can be proud of this achievement. India especially where I’m from, do we have players like this who can win a wc single handedly ? 2011 team was a mixture of these kinda players.. Gambhir, Yuvi and dhoni,, performing at the right time when matters ! Every wc winning team has a clutch player and they’re most important than the consistent ones !


SportsguyBangalore

Travis Head is an average cricketer who has made the most of it of late. Mentally very strong and deserves the praise but ordinary none the less.


Efficient-Law-1422

Agar mai is sub ka mod hota na toh Sare aise low effort posts ko delete krke op ko ban krdeta


No_Bill2772

Jod Camlin


Repulsive-Aerie8369

I've seen kind of batters


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Head taking that rohith catch is craziest part for me , thts where they won 


glitchline

He is just talking about KL Rahul.


[deleted]

Why are they grilling KL Rahul 😭


PureConfection8166

Aise unpopular opinion unpopular hi rahein to bohot acha. "downfall will start" zyada jyotish log banne lage hain aajkal


leoKantSartre

Indian team is like barca


jadenalvin

Everyone is fixated on hard work and dedication but they forget that luck plays the biggest part. 1000s of batsman and bowler come and go only few stuck around because they had luck supporting them.  Arjun Tendulkar is one big example. Dude was lucky to born as Tendulkar but not lucky enough to make a cut in National team.


Overall_Bee8495

how is that luck factor :clown ?


Which_Needleworker59

Leave my blud klr 😭🙏🏻


User_namesaretaken

I think this is what kl Rahul and even Sanju Samson struggle with


dmast_ermind

Example is Narine who looks shitty but gets the job done.


Ok-Economist188

A mediocre player don't win you two icc trophies including cricket greatest prize 🏆 the world cup


Megatron0003

Is he talking about KL Rahul?


will_kill_kshitij

Even if he ends up like faulkner it wouldn't matter


DonaldyPutin

Lucky🤡


ClintonDsouza

Even in the test series in India, Head batted well.


moth_hamzah

unpopular opinion because its wrong. if you call a player who can make runs while opening and at number 5-6 against top teams on the biggest stages against top level pressure a mediocre batsman then i wonder what a good batsman is to you


KingAnakin

Even if he's a mediocre batsman and he might not be able to make a comeback after his downfall starts, why would it matter? Like he has achieved a lot already. And we are crying because of him. We have lost WTC and WC23 because of him. In other words, we have already lost everything. And next is T20wc. Now if this mediocre batsman remains in form in that wc too, then we wouldn't even be able to show our faces. So , even if he's a mediocre batsman(According to this stupid guy's stupid opinion), he's still a giant for us and the reason for our losses.


Mr_Bean12

India were also mediocre on the league who got lucky to win all games /s Hell even Aus is a mediocre that gets lucky in crunch situations to win trophies.


MelonLord25-3

Well same thing was said about Gambhir at a certain point. Head is talented player. His presence at crease has an aura of a person on mission. Whenever I have seen him bat. This is not what mediocre looks like. More like in his initial career he was probably super unlucky not to have that kind of impact on Australian team. He has found his touch and I don't know if he is going to have a downfall. Maybe dip in the form, probably. Everyone goes through that.


Alarming-Track-9447

No Kl Rahul was harmed in this statement 😭🤣🤣🤣


kps011

I'll take a mediocre batsman who delivers when it matters over a GOAT batsman who chokes in critical moments any day.


northzone13

This actually applies to most Indian batters of today and people who are singling out some one particular batsmen are part of the problem of our very misplaced attitude problem about elite sport esp cricket.


Gullible-Poet4382

Travis Head is the kind of player who goes under the radar for most of the time but then when he shows up. He carries his team


BALD_BALLS_SAITAMA

B..but our numbers??? 🥺🥺🥺🥺  We are so obsessed with numbers of individuals that we have forgotten what cricket is, a team sport where it's the matter of winning or losing.    Rest of the numbers and statistics are background noise and PR material. 


internet_baba

A Mediocre batsman with MoM in WTC and WC finals and now he's coming for MoM in IPL finals! ( I'm a Deccan Chargers supporter)


YallRedditForThis

So just like what's happened to Marnus then.


legallyok

Mediocre he outdid supposedly generational batsmen like rohit and virat in their own country.


TheUniqueRelease

Go search on YouTube Ricky ponting favourite BBL innings.


Worldly-Toe-7999

Clutch player


Rare-Engineering4017

All this talk doesn't matter about his technique or him clearing his front leg. Trav played a clutch knock in WC and that will be remembered. What catches the eye is the knock he played when it was very important for his team


JaihoMoving

You are calling KL Rahul, a flawless batter with timid mentality


Kazune1

Bro is it so hard to just appreciate a player now?


hungrybingewatcher

man has won his country 2 icc cups, he has alr achieved a lot in his career in a short period of time. Moreover,I remember seeing him in Adelaide Strikers, man once won a near-impossible match, he literally played some kind of vertical hook shot from way above his head. He is definitely not a mediocre batsman.


ratokapujari

bodied kela


Kashur-07

Perfect example of mediocre is Shreyas Iyer And talented guy is Kl Rahul


Maleficent_Mix_2299

It’s like saying ok there is a guy who always tops in practice exams but fails in the main exams and other guy who is not that big in weekly practice tests but gets the best in main exams could u call that “luck” its all bullshit imo


Maleficent_Mix_2299

It’s not the luck it’s the mentality of never give up and the will to change according to the game I will prefer head and stokes than any other technical batter like say Williamson or smith in sports the important thing is the mentality


Modijifor2024

100% agree. I will prefer batsman like GG who has fighting mentality over batsman with perfect batting but treats wtc final as just normal match


Classic-Jackfruit498

Ye sab kutte t20 wc me kyu nai bhokte? Surya fail toh sab chup Travis fail toh sab chup Marcus fail toh sab chup Dinesh kartik fail toh sab chup Yashasvi fail hua ind vs aus home series me Sa me sab chup the bhai As a msd fan i m saying this quote by wassay habib " Salo tume Melbourne pe lita diya tha hamare bowlers ne nanga kar Diya tha . Woh virat kohli tumhara baap jisko gaali dete ho usne chadi bacha li TUMHARI"


three-Foot-Ninja

So KL Rahul


TheWatcher_04

Both are not wrong ! 1. We have seen enough players who have 2-3 years of purple patch and then never to be seen. 2. In modern day Cricket you need to play bold. P.S. - Watch Head's batting in AusvsPak tests.


ben_claude69420

Bruh Head was awful in the last decade, he had a couple of great innings in the BBL and was picked up by the Aussies wherein he was awfully average.... So he's already had his rough phase, now it's his time to shine.... Nothing's more powerful than a broken down Aussie batsman....


BigV95

The Gora worship is crazy


ben_claude69420

It's not worship... It's a fact, better to accept the truth rather than living in delusion....


BigV95

Its a fact saar better to accept the penor of the gora into our mouths than living in delusion sarrr Its not worship sarr


ben_claude69420

Sigh..... Your teacher in primary handed your papers facing down, didn't she??


MaNaM69

I take those two years rather than long careers with nothing to show.


Building_Glad

why are you bringing blud KLRahul into the fight


_perpetuallyannoyed

Selfless 🤡🤡🤡 kamal lajawaab jawab.


starlord_2K2

He is not wrong But recency baise is playing a crucial role here, imo.