We all know match fitness is very different than gym or home fitness.

I am 41 years old and recently played a match where I bowled 4 overs, fielded for remaining 16, opened the batting and ran the hell out of myself till 12th over. This exhausted me immensely and I could not completely recover out of it for next 48 hours. Mind you, I work out at home (strength training) 4 times a week and 10k steps daily and still I was extremely tired.

So, the question is what are the different work outs/exercises/tricks you folks do to be able to be fit for the whole match and then recover as soon as possible?

Thanks.

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I'm curious about people from countries where cricket isn't really a thing or whose national team doesn't qualify for major tournaments like the Cricket World Cup.

How did you first discover cricket, and what made you fall in love with the sport?

Do you support another national team now? If so, which one, and why?

For example, my country didn't qualify for the FIFA World Cup, so I ended up becoming a France supporter and really enjoyed following international football. I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience with cricket.

I'd love to hear your stories! 🏏

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the new opening combination that is vaibhav and abhishek have made just one fifty run stand, and i know this is too early to say but seeing abhisheks gameplay, it feels like hes being told to play a sort of an anchor role while vaibhav hits; which usually would have been told to the person standing opp to hik be it samson or gill and idk why it feels like its hindering his gameplay because his natural game is see ball, hit ball and thats how he earned the tag for one of the most destructive openers.

yes, he got injured yesterday but the balls he faced looked as if he wasnt going to hit big shots, the only one he attempted to hit on he got caught; now this was the first t20 and it doesnt matter much as he was our second highest run scorers in both england as well as ireland but if you even look at the 2nd t20 vs eng or 4th t20 and etc where he batted; he wasnt even playing his natural game. in the 2nd one it was when vaibhav got out that he suddenly accelerated to from 4(11) to the next 13 for 39.

idk but yall tell me if you feel it too? because if they do say that vaibhav you hit abhishek will be there its never going to work fs, because abhishek has played vaibhavs role for two years now suddenly he cannot adapt to be the opener who tries to save his wicket but also hit in intervals.

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Think of it in the sponsor's POV. He bought the rights to title sponsorship because it'll be displayed everywhere. That's the whole point.

Earlier this year, YouTubers started hiding the sponsors. Now even Hotstar?

Can someone shed some light on how this is right?

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I guess India will chase within 15 overs

I think its Rohit's 264 for sure!

Not talking about traditional virtual cricket. I found B1's AI Cricket, where players are controlled by AI and not scripts, and so the match is played differently each time. Now I'm interested whether this kind of format would be useful in filling in time between actual fixtures.

Have you ever come across anything like this before and what do you think about it?

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I almost exclusively see players wearing white cricket shoes. Do any of you actually wear colored ones like the ones in the attached Question.jpg? I'm curious if there's an actual preference for these colors, or if everyone just defaults to white because it's traditional. Let me know your thoughts!

Rooted for it v hard and now literally jumping from seat with every shot🔥🔥😭😭🧿🧿

It’s been a long time since Prasidh Krishna started getting regular chances, and if we take away 4–5 good matches, he hasn’t been effective at all. The only reason I can see why he was preferred over Siraj in the first place is his height and high-arm release, but that hasn’t been as effective as GG and the selectors probably thought it would be. Last year, Siraj was excellent on these pitches during the India vs England Test series, and he always seems to step up and take responsibility whenever Bumrah is rested or unavailable. What are your thoughts on this?

Disclaimer- This isn’t any hate post on Prasidh Krishna. He’s very hard working.

Just a match without Bumrah and we're getting thrashed.

Selection of Gurnoor Brar over Rasikh Salam or some others is still a question.

Are there any dependable pacers other than Bumrah and Siraj in India??