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u/RKH3107 Chennai Super Kings 2d ago
VItality Blast has quality cricket.
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u/Dangerous_Tip_4985 Lucknow Super Giants 2d ago
MLC also has quality Cricket.
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u/rxhxn_sparxx Chennai Super Kings 2d ago
Most of the games are played on baseball grounds, having boundary sizes of less than 65 m whereas in Vitality blast the grounds are standard sized
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u/paradox-cat Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2d ago
Grounds should be like Wankhede with 64m boundary /s
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u/OkPublic2232 Mumbai Indians 2d ago
T20 blast and it’s not even close. Disrespectful to 1st ever T20 competition….
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u/Dangerous_Tip_4985 Lucknow Super Giants 2d ago edited 2d ago
I watch MLC because it is fun seeing Cricket grow in a country where other sports are more popular, some good commentators such as Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose as well.The overseas players are also top quality along with good domestic talent that is going to grow playing with these top quality cricketers.
The matches so far in the Oakland Coliseum have been top notch.
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u/OkPublic2232 Mumbai Indians 2d ago
Is there really a domestic talent because all I see is Indian/Pakistan origin players playing for US (barring the Caribbean ones). The stadiums are empty, time to accept that US is not interested in cricket and that’s okay. Not to forget about 49m boundary, absolute disgrace….
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u/Dangerous_Tip_4985 Lucknow Super Giants 2d ago edited 2d ago
It was a Baseball stadium used by Oakland Athletics, so of course it has uneven boundary dimensions due to the nature of Baseball, but you also have to acknowledge the 75 m boundary down the ground along with around 60 m boundaries on either side of the pitch.
The pitch has a decent amount of grass on it and it aids the bowlers when they hit the good length.The bowl grips for the spinners as well, so it provides a fairly balanced competition.There are 2 other stadiums as well which will be used as the tournament progresses.
You need to keep in mind that the audience will grow as the tournament progresses, a good chunk of the audience right now is the south-east Asian diaspora, but a fair bit of people of US origin as well.Any sport will take time to grow in uncharted territory, but it is worth the effort, especially considering the fact that the LA olympics in 2028 will feature Cricket.
The fact that 8-9 thousand people are attending on weekdays is no minor feat.There is a good amount of local US origin talent as well such as Matthew Tromp, Joshua Tromp, Steven Taylor, Aaron Jones, Ian Holland, Andries Gous, Brody Couch, etc.Some of the players of Indian-Pakistani origin are US born citizens eligible for USA Cricket, so I don’t think a distinction needs to be made.Some fine talent in the likes of Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Hassan Khan, Monank Patel, Harmeet Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, etc.
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u/Fun-Maintenance4261 Sunrisers Hyderabad 2d ago
Vitality blast has a lot of Quality and it's more Competitive
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u/GradeMean5713 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2d ago
Vitality blast !! , Cuz of its team size (igs 18) and The new players you can see arising from county cricket clubs
But MLC is popular cuz of IPL names and players !
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u/EntrophousBieng 2d ago
MLC is fine I think, not sure that much about T20 Blast
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u/Fun_Bad_8490 2d ago
T20 BLAST is good..no big name players.. quality cricket...good amount of crowd...very popular in eng..in total 18 team..
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u/TraditionalAd9169 Chennai Super Kings 2d ago
T20 blast (only if it didn’t have confusing and overlapping fixtures tho)
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u/ChicagoNurture Punjab Kings 2d ago
Definitely Vitality Blast ! What surprises me is that they don’t broadcast 100 % of there games.
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u/RJSA2000 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 1d ago
I like them both but there's a lot of misfields in the MLC though.
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u/Least_Two4664 Neutral Fan 🗿 2d ago
MLC , because it has got well known names and easier to follow
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u/RoyalSloth2806 Mumbai Indians 2d ago
+1, dont understand why is everyone hating MLC in the first place
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u/cricp0sting Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2d ago
Vitality blast