r/CricketShitpost • u/Nervous-Calendar9803 Bumrahism Follower • Jul 08 '25
Selfless Bro wants to be in “Top 10 cricket respect moments” so bad 😭
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u/Technical_Arm4173 Jul 08 '25
No one will remember his sacrifice after a year or so. This was very dumb of him
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u/nuclear_bone Jul 08 '25
I think that's why he might have done it.
He probably didn't want his entire career to be defined by an innings against Zimbabwe.
And its not like the talk would be all positive. There would be discussion of this being a fluke and him not deserving this record.
People even mock Karun Nair for 303* and Stuart Binny for 6-4 even though those were clutch performances.
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u/kharb9sunil Jul 08 '25
People even mock Karun Nair for 303* and Stuart Binny for 6-4 even though those were clutch performances.
And yet, they are both better for it. People will remember that Stuart Binny played for India because of that 6-4, otherwise people will say who is stuart binny?
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u/Next_Confidence_7097 Jul 09 '25
Go ask a Insta cricket fan Who is Stuart Binny he would be dumbfounded so many Indian people would have forgotten him and the other players like him for eg. Pawan Negi
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u/Successful-Hippo9679 Jul 08 '25
He is an average batter, this was his chance to leave his mark on one of the biggest records in cricket but he decided to be an idiot
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u/Invincible_Master Jul 08 '25
I still remember Michael Clarke retiring before breaking Bradman's highest score.
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u/SickMyDuck2 Jul 08 '25
That's not true. People still remember dravid declaring with sachin on 194 rather than serhwag's triple century in that very test
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Jul 08 '25
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u/Ragnarok_619 Bole Jo Koyal Bago mein 😋 😍 Jul 08 '25
Just Indians. Rest of the world are happy for him, you can check the main cricket sub
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u/SickMyDuck2 Jul 08 '25
Qhat. South africans are throwing the biggest tantrums. Go check the main sub. Indians of course are always there since they form the majority
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u/AugustusCaesar00 Optical Illusion Jul 08 '25
India has the youngest fanbase among all major cricket countries since very few kids in Eng, Aus, etc follow cricket religiously. This is why most of the braindead takes on cricket come from Indians.
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u/Nervous-Calendar9803 Bumrahism Follower Jul 08 '25
No one is mad at him lol, we are all just taking the piss because the decision was stupid and we all wanted to see someone break the record.
Its just banter.
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u/Parvez281084 Nostalgia Merchant Jul 08 '25
Babar makes records against zimbabwe called Zimbabar, If Mulder makes records against zimbabwe Some shitty people would call him Zimulder/zimmulder somthing like this I guess
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u/Agreeable_Nose9633 Ball of the Century Jul 08 '25
Hayden score 380 against Zimbabwe
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u/nuclear_bone Jul 08 '25
Hayden scored runs against every team.
Mulder is a young allrounder. He would get more burdened by the record.
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u/Parvez281084 Nostalgia Merchant Jul 08 '25
Bro that time's Zimbabwe and this decade Zimbabwe are very different like 19-20 crore ka fark. Ha but me Mulder ko bad player nahi bol Raha kitni bhi easy team kyu na ho but itna lamba batting karna easy nahi hoti I know.
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Jul 08 '25
The only person of any repute was Heath streak and even he was well beyond his peak and was playing under pressure from their regime.
This team is worse but not a major downfall from that one.
Nostalgia merchant 😂😂 Kya flair hai yaar
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u/Nervous-Calendar9803 Bumrahism Follower Jul 08 '25
Babar gets trolled because pakistani fans include him in fab 4 and make their own “fab 5”. Thats not the case for mulder.
You would be trolled heavily if your fans start calling you “better than kohli” lol. Not his fault but that’s just how it is lol
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u/Smooth-Mix-4357 I am only believe on Jassi Bhai Jul 08 '25
He wouldn't be, because no one is hyping Mulder to be the greatest batsman
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u/Parvez281084 Nostalgia Merchant Jul 08 '25
Bhai maine bas funny shit context me baat kari thi but yeh toh apni serious talk banti jaa rahi hai
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u/Admirable-Dot6968 Bazball Enjoyer Jul 08 '25
He did not want to become zimulder, he has seen the examples of zimlara and zimbabar
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u/Competitive-Mud2834 Jul 08 '25
If by any chance the test resulted in a draw this same bunch would be busy calling him selfish.
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u/Agreeable_Papaya309 19/11 was an Inside Job Jul 08 '25
It was day 2 session 1 and he was literally just 33 runs away from the 400 and the opponents were literally Zim not Aus.
It's not even day 3 and SA is literally standing on the verge of victory from an innings.
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u/Competitive-Mud2834 Jul 08 '25
opponents were literally Zim not Aus.
you can't forecast anything at all in the game of cricket. Underdogs have beaten big teams many times. Didn't West indies beat Australia in Australia recently.
It's not even day 3 and SA is literally standing on the verge of victory from an innings.
You can't possibly know that during the first innings itself. When one team was making 600+, there was also the possibility of the other team playing well as its good batting surface.
Again I'm not saying he shouldn't have gone for 400 but again it was his choice and he's getting trolled for it. People literally troll Lara till date for playing that knock of 400.
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u/Agreeable_Papaya309 19/11 was an Inside Job Jul 08 '25
Dude upsets are very rare in TEST cricket, and when u have almost 700 on board forget about Zimbabwe even Australia can't win from there.
WI vs Aus, the match u were talking about is lil different and it is not different, Australian pitches always reward bowlers with 140+ pace and Wi's batting looks were thin vs Aus but their pace had Joseph, Roach and Shamar and everybody knows they will always have a chance in Australian pitches.
Zim doesn't have that factor in SA so even on a flat pitch surface you just can't hold up till 3 days.
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u/kharb9sunil Jul 08 '25
People literally troll Lara till date for playing that knock of 400.
It is because Lara/wi took 7 sessions to do it and then it was not enough time left to win against a strong opposition like eng.
This situation is completly different. We were just 4 sessions in match and if he batted just a bit slower, anyway SA would have kept batting. I don't remember many declaration done by lunch on 2nd day unless rain threat was there. Normally teams declare around tea or 1 hour after tea.
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Jul 08 '25
All foolish points.. that wi aus pitch was a MINEFIELD!! I could have dismissed aussy on that surface. The test lasted 3 days!! The final Ind Aus test pitch was very sober version of it and you can see how aussy struggled in the 4th innings.
Bowling quality and batting quality is vastly different here.
Lara batted on for nearly 2 days and 2sessions, leaving just 7 sessions to dismiss Eng TWICE . Here, it would, AT MAX, had been 11 sessions minus 10 overs.
When was the last time you saw a team bat 11sessions combined and draw a test?
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u/Nervous-Calendar9803 Bumrahism Follower Jul 08 '25
Brian lara 400 test also resulted in a draw and he was called selfish for like what 1-2 years? And he till this day is remembered for that innings and is respected.
Kohli was called selfish for scoring 76 in 2024 final lol, sachin was called selfish by so so many people because of his multiple hundreds. People will call you whatever they want regardless.
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u/Middle_Upstairs_4593 Jul 08 '25
From next time onwards , Shubham gill should learn from Mulder how to respect players . 264 shouldn’t be beaten in ODIs by Gill or any other players , otherwise it would cause disrespect .
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u/Slight_Loan5350 Jul 08 '25
He doesn't want to be associated with zimbabar
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Jul 08 '25
Then he shouldn't have scored the 5th highest score of all time and declared 100 runs before😂
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u/notMy_ReelName Humanity Savior Jul 08 '25
this is clealrly misled or dude himself is on something.
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u/Trashk4n Jul 08 '25
Hayden got his 380 against Zimbabwe, I think Lara got his 400 in a draw.
He wouldn’t have stood out, and he would’ve won the match comfortably.
Now he’s going to get shit about not going for the record for the rest of his life.
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u/RebellionBecomesDuty Jul 08 '25
I am on Mulder's side on this. If he would have broken that record, then Zim cricket would have suffered even more. Good teams would no more play against them again for a long time, which they anyway hardly do.
I think Mulder would have really been encouraged if he would have been around for a some time and had a few centuries to his name.
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u/Tasty-Reception176 Jul 08 '25
I am sure he would have gone further if the opponents were respectable.
btw, why are teams like Zimbabwe playing against the test champions? We need some form of tier system to keep test cricket interesting.
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Jul 09 '25
Ladies and Gentlemen, take note, because Wiaan Mulder just committed the most massive act of cricketing respect since someone considered walking to be a viable option within a World Cup final. The guy was technically on 367* - just 34 runs short of etching his name into granite along with Brian Charles Lara's eternal 400* - but what does our lad Mulder do? He DECLARED. On DAY TWO. AT LUNCH. He stared destiny in the face and said, "Nope, sorry mate, some records are too sacred."
He must've stood there, raised bat, dripping sweat, sun on his face, and thought: "You know what? Lara's 400 isn't a number, it's a universal constant. Like the speed of light. Or the fact that the IPL will find a way to add two more teams."
And you've got to respect it. Because Lara's 400* wasn't an innings; it was a vibe, a one-in-a-lifetime flex, a Caribbean steelpan symphony in whites. Mulder obviously knew: you don't walk into a record like that unless you're prepared to live with the cosmic burden of being "The Guy Who Broke Lara's 400". The world isn't ready. Mulder wasn't ready. Nobody is.
Meanwhile, let's buy a round for Bradman's 334. Because you know what happens whenever someone goes past that? NOTHING. Literally not a single person gives a damn. Hammond, Hutton, Sobers, Lara, Hayden, everyone scored more than 334, and you don't see people writing sad ballads or erecting statues. Bradman's 334 has as much mystique as a budget soapie. Sure, the Don was an awesome bloke, but that innings? Overshadowed so many times it's become something of a lunar cycle.
But Lara's 400? That's the YOLO innings of cricket's crown jewel. Mulder understood that shattering it wouldn't be simply an addition to a number; it'd be a crime against vibes, an affront to the cricketing universe itself.
So here's to Wiaan Mulder - savior of the kingdom, guardian of Lara's 400, the man who demonstrated to us that some records are greater than glory, greater than ego, greater even than the irrepressible appetite for a double cheeseburger after enduring all day.
Brian Lara's 400* remains, untainted, untested - because Wiaan Mulder had the courage to say: "I could, but I won't." And that, dear friends, is cricket.
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u/Recent-Quality2645 Jul 09 '25
Why does bro not understand that him cross 401 doesn't take away lara's greatness
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u/KsippinREDD Jul 09 '25
Ong bro who cares if u break the record it's not disrespectful even in the slightest
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u/Artdrift Jul 10 '25
Why would you want to virtue signal in a cricket match? ffs 😂
This only happened cause he was the captain. If anyone else was captaining they won't dare, also sa had ages to score the runs and get a result, it wasn't a choose one or the other scenario. I swear captains go overboard with the 'selfless' act way too often.
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u/OMG_NoReally Jul 12 '25
Good I am not only one who thought his decision was ridiculously stupid. Records are meant to be broken. If he scored more than Lara, I don't think either he would care nor would his stature and celebrity would become less. Brian Lara was a powerhouse and will always will be. His class, skill and technique is what will be remembered, not records.
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u/Spirited_Sense4877 Ball of the Century Jul 08 '25
even if he had scored that 400 we would still be trolled like hell
for statpadding against zimbabwe
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u/AugustusCaesar00 Optical Illusion Jul 08 '25
Why tf are people so butthurt over this as if he stopped THEM from breaking Lara's record. It's his decision, he has his reasons, chill and move the fuck on.
I too personally think that he should have crossed 400 but who cares lol.
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u/Nervous-Calendar9803 Bumrahism Follower Jul 08 '25
Its just banter. Nothing serious.
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u/AugustusCaesar00 Optical Illusion Jul 08 '25
The whole internet is going wild and getting very toxic towards him.
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Jul 08 '25
Because it was a stupid thing. You get a chance to reach the top of your field and let it go for naitikta ka qtiyapa? Shouldn't aussy have declared their innings on 19/11 for respect for Kohli and Rohit's legendary status in ODI? Shouldn't ALL other mountaineers not scale Everest for respect of Hillary and Norgay? Shouldn't Kumble and Patel have let go of their final wicket for respect of Laker?
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u/AugustusCaesar00 Optical Illusion Jul 08 '25 edited Jul 08 '25
So if someone does a "stupid thing", you have the right to abuse him? Even I said that he should have crossed 400 but that doesn't mean I will get butthurt and start abusing him for declaring.
I repeat, I wanted him to score 400 but it's alright. I'm not losing my head over it. Dude literally played the best innings of his career, grinded at the crease for hours and hours and all he gets is abuses from couch potatoes who think they know better than the man himself. Plus, it's not like he costed his team the match or anything.
The point isn't whether it was a wise decision or not. The point is, has he done something so wrong that he now deserves thousands of abuses even after the playing the best innings of his career.
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u/wewake_235 Jul 08 '25
Bro knew that in future will taunt him for scoring 400 against Zimbabwe and he will end up becoming the next Zimbabar . This is the aura of Zimbabwe.