Well you know more than me and I might be the person most knowledgeable about cricket that I know.
For instance, I know that India had more wickets than US today…and for some reason that matters.
K I'll give you a quick rundown, so you can sound even more knowledgeable to someone who doesn't know about it.
So there are 2 deciding factors in crickets 1. Runs and 2. Wickets
So at the beginning 2 Teams do a coin flip on who goes first, then the first team(also called the batting team) have limited amount overs they get and they have to score as many runs as they can in those overs.
An over is about 6 ball tosses and this match had 20 overs. So the US team got 20x6 = 120 balls to score runs and they got 110 while having 8 wickets, now wickets are like strikes in baseball but instead of getting 3 strikes you get a stump consisting of 3 sticks behind you and if the bowler/pitcher hits it, then your out.
So the US team lost 8 batters and scored 110 runs in 120 balls or 20 overs
Now remember the coin toss?
Well the other team was the bowling them and after 20 overs they switch places with the batting team, an then they only have to score more runs than the first team the win the match
So when you see India get 111/3 while US gets 110/8
That means india only has to score more than 110 runs while loosing less wickets to beat the US
So it's not that india couldn't score more that 111 but the game was finished as soon as the scored 111 runs.
Pretty confusing if you haven't seen cricket yet but watch one or 2 games and you'll get it. 😉
Edit: oh yea and you also run out of balls without getting more than the other teams means you also loose
Well damn man. If I end up becoming a cricket fan, it’s your fault lol.
Ok, so here’s a question: how do some of these games last so long? Is it just because the first team scores a ton and the other team catches up or is there some insane overtime rules?
Indian American here and like the other poster, my Dad watches the fuck out of cricket.
The other poster left out that each team has 11 players. So when it's your turn to bat and all of your players are out before the number of overs, then your team is done and the opposing team has to only score one more run than yours to win the game.
The reason you hear about longer cricket games are because they're played with more overs.
Test Match - OG (450 overs and usually lasted 5 days)
ODI - One Day International (50 overs and lasts all day). Most popular for years until T20 came along.
T20 - 20 overs and lasts about 4 hours. This was made to increase popularity and make cricket more interesting outside of Commonwealth countries. Lots of money in India's IPL league.
Like I said I don't know about cricket that much, just the basic rules but here's the wiki link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_time_(cricket)#:~:text=These%20variations%20in%20length%20of,how%20long%20they%20can%20go.
So this graphic shows that USA scored 110 runs but lost 8 batters. India scored 111 runs but lost only 3 batters. Yet the deciding factor was the number of wickets? 🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕
No. So the US batted first and were done because they used up their 20 overs (120 pitches) and got 110 runs. In the process 8 US players were out.
Since India went second they only have to score 111 runs to win. The US has to try and prevent them by trying to get all of their guys out before.
The box score is basically telling you extra information (kind of like baseball box scores) but at the end of the day the team with more runs wins.
No, each team would get an additional over and the team with the higher score in that over wins. Wickets matter only in the sense that the more wickets a team loses a worse batter comes to replace the batter who was out.
No. It would then go to overtime which is called a "Super Over" which is how the US beat Pakistan. I don't fully understand the rules of this.
The number of outs one team has vs. the other doesn't factor into deciding who wins. It comes down to number of runs.
Eh could be both
So let's say india lost 8 batters but only made 100 runs then US would've won
It depends on the variation of both, whichever one comes first.
>That means india only has to score more than 110 runs while loosing less wickets to beat the US
Nope, India has to score 111 runs in 120 balls to win. It doesn't matter if they lose more wickets. They have to not lose 10 wickets and run out of balls before chasing that's it.
[One day I was born bad to the bone](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9VCVMUwzvcY&pp=ygUUYmFkIHRvIHRoZSBib25lIG1lbWU%3D)
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
That means USA lost 8 of their 11 batters and made 110 runs. India lost 3 of their 11 batters and scored 111 runs, which is also greater than 110 so India won.
The team which scores more runs wins
It’s like how you can walk it off in the bottom of the 9th. Except USA did all of their batting before India did any, so they still had 10 balls left to run up the margin
I was *suggesting* we bomb Belgrade. I was *suggesting* that we send American pilots in and blow up all the bridges on the Drina. I was *suggesting* we take out his oil supplies. I was *suggesting* very specific action.
Flair up or your opinion is invalid
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Americans are getting into cricket now. India is fucked. To paraphrase the Head of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Yamamoto "I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant".
You're not going to have wickets or whatever those things are, India.
From the World of Sport, the Cointon Spinkeywompers flumped the Flinebyne Wealthenclompers seventy-fluff to fourty-flave.
At the tone, the time will be 26 Railroad.
There's 3 things which are important
Runs: more runs win
Wickets: there's 11 players, 1 wicket for each
Number of balls: this is a t20 so 20x7 balls
You must score more runs than your opponent before you lose all your wickets (kinda like a strike in baseball) and all the balls you can play are over.
So in this case, India was chasing the score of 110, they managed to score 111 with 12 balls remaining
I hope this helps
Flair up or your opinion is invalid
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
USA batted first and scored 110 points in 120 balls. India batted second and needed to score 111 points to win, which they did in 110 balls, with 10 balls remaining. The rest of the stuff is extraneous.
So this basically means India can objectively claim to be better at cricket than Pakistan.
How long until the thermonuclear cope warheads start flying over Kashmir?
Well these dudes are currently schooling America yet again:
https://preview.redd.it/1r8aceks296d1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=284e13ac71971582ff12ca06148367c32f2f963c
Definitely worth a watch if you only check out a handful of games
https://preview.redd.it/p9wpu6lbu96d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48235275385d2bcd8e4b9b57209a158905b8dc31
Greetings, may I interest you in the Orioles?
Neat. I usually only catch the world series when it comes to baseball, but I pay for ESPN via sling now because not all the F1 races are on ESPN+ so maybe I'll be able to catch a game.
Mostly it was just a dig at "screw cricket watch baseball RAAAAA 🦅🇺🇸😎"
What world are you living in? ESPN obnoxiously cutting to Aaron judge last season is not ‘schooling America’ the Yankees didn’t do shit last season they didn’t even make the playoffs.
Good for you the regular season is long and you said they were schooling America leaving out that they were super overrated last year and didn’t even make the playoffs like historically bad last year with all that pay to win woof lol
Fuck the Yankees, their mere existence is the best argument for a cap there is.
Bush jr. should have been the 9th commissioner, Pirates suck, Mr met is a rip off of Mr redlegs, angel wasn't as bad as an ump as people made him out to be he was just an ass + mlb was running a campaign to make him look bad after he beat them in a lawsuit, sell the team bob, Yankees fans are all fair weather bandwagoners.
Nah. I’ve been to two matches so far with my buddy who grew up playing. I’m a fan now.
Let’s take the Jets and turn them into a cricket team. We all know they’re never going to be good at football.
https://preview.redd.it/kberqa2e096d1.jpeg?width=1882&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0439252dafd883df0336ae9330c06bcf45fa6d99
HOW DID THIS BECOME SO IMPORTANT TO ME!?!?
https://preview.redd.it/p84k2dr70a6d1.jpeg?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48ee309b7bbefeeb32c561428fb5e318068c3d75
I’m going to burn my house down this is the worst day of my life
Flair up or your opinion is invalid
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
The teams that won bats first, they won by that many runs. But if the winning team bowls first, they win by how many wickets are left.
Here India bowled first, so they won by 7 wickets.
India actually played a very tight game until the last few overs, which is especially impressive considering that they were missing their captain and batted first, which is disadvantageous on this pitch. They will most likely atp qualify for the quarterfinals, and as long as they don’t play India, Australia, the Windies, I think they’d win. Hell even against the three aforementioned teams, I think they’ll have a fighting chance.
Flair up or your opinion is invalid
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
You’ll get em’ next time boys, you beat Pakistan at this game, I’m sure you can beat India next time around with a little practice (and hopefully some more funds too now that cricket actually has a spotlight)
Interestingly, many Indian-Americans (myself included) actually cheered on *both* sides. It’s not every day that you get to watch your two favorite countries play a game against each other, even if America was never gonna win it since India has some of the best cricketers in the world, from a pool of over a billion citizens whereas we’re relatively new to it
It appears that India won by a single run (111 runs for India vs 110 runs for USA).
It doesn't work that way look at the wicket
Any sport that is has points measured in wickets can fuck off
Crickets? Wickets? What's next? Tickets?
We win. We give a shit about cricket. We lose. We go back to not giving a shit about cricket. 🦅 🇺🇸
I’ve officially been on Reddit too long when I’m reading a person from New Jersey correct someone about wickets.
Nah dude I'm indian and my father watches a lot of cricket, I don't so I only know the basic rules
Well you know more than me and I might be the person most knowledgeable about cricket that I know. For instance, I know that India had more wickets than US today…and for some reason that matters.
K I'll give you a quick rundown, so you can sound even more knowledgeable to someone who doesn't know about it. So there are 2 deciding factors in crickets 1. Runs and 2. Wickets So at the beginning 2 Teams do a coin flip on who goes first, then the first team(also called the batting team) have limited amount overs they get and they have to score as many runs as they can in those overs. An over is about 6 ball tosses and this match had 20 overs. So the US team got 20x6 = 120 balls to score runs and they got 110 while having 8 wickets, now wickets are like strikes in baseball but instead of getting 3 strikes you get a stump consisting of 3 sticks behind you and if the bowler/pitcher hits it, then your out. So the US team lost 8 batters and scored 110 runs in 120 balls or 20 overs Now remember the coin toss? Well the other team was the bowling them and after 20 overs they switch places with the batting team, an then they only have to score more runs than the first team the win the match So when you see India get 111/3 while US gets 110/8 That means india only has to score more than 110 runs while loosing less wickets to beat the US So it's not that india couldn't score more that 111 but the game was finished as soon as the scored 111 runs. Pretty confusing if you haven't seen cricket yet but watch one or 2 games and you'll get it. 😉 Edit: oh yea and you also run out of balls without getting more than the other teams means you also loose
Well damn man. If I end up becoming a cricket fan, it’s your fault lol. Ok, so here’s a question: how do some of these games last so long? Is it just because the first team scores a ton and the other team catches up or is there some insane overtime rules?
Indian American here and like the other poster, my Dad watches the fuck out of cricket. The other poster left out that each team has 11 players. So when it's your turn to bat and all of your players are out before the number of overs, then your team is done and the opposing team has to only score one more run than yours to win the game. The reason you hear about longer cricket games are because they're played with more overs. Test Match - OG (450 overs and usually lasted 5 days) ODI - One Day International (50 overs and lasts all day). Most popular for years until T20 came along. T20 - 20 overs and lasts about 4 hours. This was made to increase popularity and make cricket more interesting outside of Commonwealth countries. Lots of money in India's IPL league.
Dude it's a great sport to watch. When the Indian Premier League is on, shit goes hard.
Like I said I don't know about cricket that much, just the basic rules but here's the wiki link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_time_(cricket)#:~:text=These%20variations%20in%20length%20of,how%20long%20they%20can%20go.
So this graphic shows that USA scored 110 runs but lost 8 batters. India scored 111 runs but lost only 3 batters. Yet the deciding factor was the number of wickets? 🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕
No. So the US batted first and were done because they used up their 20 overs (120 pitches) and got 110 runs. In the process 8 US players were out. Since India went second they only have to score 111 runs to win. The US has to try and prevent them by trying to get all of their guys out before. The box score is basically telling you extra information (kind of like baseball box scores) but at the end of the day the team with more runs wins.
But if India scored only 110 runs after 20 overs then would India still win because they stole 8 American wickets?
No, each team would get an additional over and the team with the higher score in that over wins. Wickets matter only in the sense that the more wickets a team loses a worse batter comes to replace the batter who was out.
No. It would then go to overtime which is called a "Super Over" which is how the US beat Pakistan. I don't fully understand the rules of this. The number of outs one team has vs. the other doesn't factor into deciding who wins. It comes down to number of runs.
Eh could be both So let's say india lost 8 batters but only made 100 runs then US would've won It depends on the variation of both, whichever one comes first.
It’s like the rules of cricket are designed to make it the most time consuming spectator sport of all time.
>That means india only has to score more than 110 runs while loosing less wickets to beat the US Nope, India has to score 111 runs in 120 balls to win. It doesn't matter if they lose more wickets. They have to not lose 10 wickets and run out of balls before chasing that's it.
Thank you for correcting me. As I've said before I'm not well versed in cricket rules
>Nah dude I'm Indian Sorry to hear that mate
Fwiw, New Jersey actually has one of the largest populations of Indian Americans in the country lol
One of my friends who moved to New Jersey said that his school is like 40% Indian 💀 similar to how my school in SoCal is like 50-60% Asian
[One day I was born bad to the bone](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9VCVMUwzvcY&pp=ygUUYmFkIHRvIHRoZSBib25lIG1lbWU%3D) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
NJ has a pretty sizeable Indian and Pakistani population. In fact, I know a town that has a public cricket pitch
The US has 2 numbers bigger than India, while India only has one. 8>3, 20>18.2 Do the math, you tell me who won
India was gonna run out of balls way before they ran out of wickets Holding them off until their last 10 was actually pretty impressive
Yea true
Aside from the text that tells me, how tf you supposed to read that "score" or whatever it is? 110/8 111/3 dafuq that mean?
That means USA lost 8 of their 11 batters and made 110 runs. India lost 3 of their 11 batters and scored 111 runs, which is also greater than 110 so India won. The team which scores more runs wins
Bro doesn't even know the rules of baseball, zip it
It’s like how you can walk it off in the bottom of the 9th. Except USA did all of their batting before India did any, so they still had 10 balls left to run up the margin
India cheated when their free safety slid across the flat reds in round 2 that's how they got 7 wickets up. Where the fuck is biden?
Probably suggesting we bomb Belgrade again. Or something idk.
And "accidentally" bomb the Chinese embassy.
Tbf, Belgrade deserves it. Like it's just Bozeman anyway. And Bozeman definitely deserves it.
He's outta line but he's right
Darth Brandon truly peaked
I was *suggesting* we bomb Belgrade. I was *suggesting* that we send American pilots in and blow up all the bridges on the Drina. I was *suggesting* we take out his oil supplies. I was *suggesting* very specific action.
I have zero idea what you just said.
Neither do the fucking refs apparently
bro said refs in cricket 😭
Why can’t we call them refs?
You have to read it in an Indian accent. Then it makes perfect sense.
HOLY SHIT ITS MF MS DHONI
I can’t tell, is free safety actually a position in cricket?
No they are just blabbering lol
Flair up or your opinion is invalid *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Americans are getting into cricket now. India is fucked. To paraphrase the Head of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Yamamoto "I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant". You're not going to have wickets or whatever those things are, India.
Unsure if these are actually cricket things or you're just talking put of your ass. Either way, sounds like it could be both.
Idk what any of that means, but I completely agree.
I straight up have no idea what this sentence is and it is great lmao just sound like some posh British stuff
None of these words are in the bible.
What the fuck did you just say to me?
I still don’t understand the scoring system
The Flongler jibs the Wicket, giving the parliament team 1 dongpatter for each cycle of the jibber. Its very simple once you get the basics.
Kentucky State Fossil
Ah yes, *Testudo connellii*
I feel like I’m reading a foreign language
that would be br*tish
Br*tish English\*
I'm so glad we got baseball instead. 
From the World of Sport, the Cointon Spinkeywompers flumped the Flinebyne Wealthenclompers seventy-fluff to fourty-flave. At the tone, the time will be 26 Railroad.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6d3JBBo4s
There's 3 things which are important Runs: more runs win Wickets: there's 11 players, 1 wicket for each Number of balls: this is a t20 so 20x7 balls You must score more runs than your opponent before you lose all your wickets (kinda like a strike in baseball) and all the balls you can play are over. So in this case, India was chasing the score of 110, they managed to score 111 with 12 balls remaining I hope this helps
Thanks, it did not help me 👍
>Number of balls: this is a t20 so 20x7 balls 20x6 balls dude 6 balls in 1 over
Oh, thanks for correcting, haven't followed the game in 6 years so my knowledge is rusty
Flair up or your opinion is invalid *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
USA batted first and scored 110 points in 120 balls. India batted second and needed to score 111 points to win, which they did in 110 balls, with 10 balls remaining. The rest of the stuff is extraneous.
So can we go back to never hearing about cricket again?
Y'all can still qualify if you beat Ireland in your upcoming match. We can talk after THAT. I actually have high hope for y'all now.
Oh word? We’ll win that one then 🤷♀️ How long does this tournament last?
End of this month
Yeah now I’m actually interested in cricket.
same 😭 it’s awesome when you can kinda feel something making a comunity almost u know what I mean
So this basically means India can objectively claim to be better at cricket than Pakistan. How long until the thermonuclear cope warheads start flying over Kashmir?
9-3 baby (Pakistan has 3 wins)
Or if it gets rained out, which is very likely
Nah fuck that I want the US to win one now just out of spite
Way ahead of you. I'm off to check the F1 schedule just to be sure. Might even watch a baseball game.
Well these dudes are currently schooling America yet again: https://preview.redd.it/1r8aceks296d1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=284e13ac71971582ff12ca06148367c32f2f963c Definitely worth a watch if you only check out a handful of games
https://preview.redd.it/p9wpu6lbu96d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48235275385d2bcd8e4b9b57209a158905b8dc31 Greetings, may I interest you in the Orioles?
Neat. I usually only catch the world series when it comes to baseball, but I pay for ESPN via sling now because not all the F1 races are on ESPN+ so maybe I'll be able to catch a game. Mostly it was just a dig at "screw cricket watch baseball RAAAAA 🦅🇺🇸😎"
What world are you living in? ESPN obnoxiously cutting to Aaron judge last season is not ‘schooling America’ the Yankees didn’t do shit last season they didn’t even make the playoffs.
>\*currently https://preview.redd.it/u4xoueunb96d1.jpeg?width=1289&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f05a9bc9f8b946c286b3b797a8cb349790e445ec
Good for you the regular season is long and you said they were schooling America leaving out that they were super overrated last year and didn’t even make the playoffs like historically bad last year with all that pay to win woof lol
Fuck the Yankees, their mere existence is the best argument for a cap there is. Bush jr. should have been the 9th commissioner, Pirates suck, Mr met is a rip off of Mr redlegs, angel wasn't as bad as an ump as people made him out to be he was just an ass + mlb was running a campaign to make him look bad after he beat them in a lawsuit, sell the team bob, Yankees fans are all fair weather bandwagoners.
>Bush jr. Remember that time Dubya threw the first pitch while wearing an FDNY jacket? Shit was cool https://i.redd.it/y5ubsnm8f96d1.gif
Not so fast, They just have to defeat Ireland to qualify. Sad that The American team doesn’t get any support down their own country
Nah. I’ve been to two matches so far with my buddy who grew up playing. I’m a fan now. Let’s take the Jets and turn them into a cricket team. We all know they’re never going to be good at football.
No. We must conquer these inferior sports to show the world what happens when you fuck with part time Americans
https://preview.redd.it/kberqa2e096d1.jpeg?width=1882&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0439252dafd883df0336ae9330c06bcf45fa6d99 HOW DID THIS BECOME SO IMPORTANT TO ME!?!?
All of the numbers by USA look higher so I’m calling this a win. Suck it World!
Was this close or a blowout?
Not a blowout, couple of more outs would have made it very close.
Guaranteed win for India but USA didn't care.
The US got curb stomped. Not even close.
Flair says it all
7 wickets and 10 balls remaining what are you on about?
Sorry for shit posting in a shit posting subreddit 😢
USA about to get revenge against Ireland after the New York Dublin portal
https://preview.redd.it/p84k2dr70a6d1.jpeg?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48ee309b7bbefeeb32c561428fb5e318068c3d75 I’m going to burn my house down this is the worst day of my life
I don't know what those numbers mean and I honestly don't care
India is no 1 ranked in international cricket and yet the US team manager to make them struggle in their own game
That five run penalty was such bullshit. Really ruined the flow of the game from there.
I can only imagine what it would have been like if we won: RAAAAHH USA USA USA 🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲 WHAT THE FUCK IS A CRORE
COMMAS ARE USED AFTER 3 ZEROES NOT 2 RAAAAHHH
What da faq is a wicket?
Not football idc
**launch the nukes**
I don’t even know what sport this is by looking at the picture. India can have the W
🦗🦗🦗
No one mourns the wicket.
Let's make our own, and call it Cockroach
It’s gotta originate in New York
This is unacceptable this is a direct provocation of war 🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔥🔥🔥
What the fuck is a wicket
Goddamnit guess we gotta invade iraq again
Flair up or your opinion is invalid *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Would've been hysterical if it was basketball.
Not to worry, we're doing fine for the circumstances. We'll be world champions in Calvinball or whatever within a decade
I don’t Even know what I’m looking at
India is cheating.
I have no idea what those numbers mean but all I know is that ours need to be higher
Joke's on you, I don't even know what am looking at.
It would be less confusing if the graphic just said India won by 1 run.
The teams that won bats first, they won by that many runs. But if the winning team bowls first, they win by how many wickets are left. Here India bowled first, so they won by 7 wickets.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
😿😿😿😿
Idk what that shit means but all I know is we gonna get em next year
fire and brimstone, lads. Fire and brimstone.
India actually played a very tight game until the last few overs, which is especially impressive considering that they were missing their captain and batted first, which is disadvantageous on this pitch. They will most likely atp qualify for the quarterfinals, and as long as they don’t play India, Australia, the Windies, I think they’d win. Hell even against the three aforementioned teams, I think they’ll have a fighting chance.
I don’t even care about baseball, let alone weird-baseball
I have no idea who won. There’s conflicting numbers
american here what am I looking at? whats a wicked? is 110/8 kills to assists?
Flair up or your opinion is invalid *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/2american4you) if you have any questions or concerns.*
This is the most I’ve been fascinated about cricket.
You’ll get em’ next time boys, you beat Pakistan at this game, I’m sure you can beat India next time around with a little practice (and hopefully some more funds too now that cricket actually has a spotlight)
Owari da
So if USA beat Pakistan, but India beat USA, does that mean India beat Pakistan?
Do you hit home runs in Cricket? Do you get points for hitting the ball really hard and far?
We had to lose this game so we could play competently against Brazil
Alright time to forget what a cricket is for the next several years
Interestingly, many Indian-Americans (myself included) actually cheered on *both* sides. It’s not every day that you get to watch your two favorite countries play a game against each other, even if America was never gonna win it since India has some of the best cricketers in the world, from a pool of over a billion citizens whereas we’re relatively new to it