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Rational Optimist

Texas, USA Katılım Mart 2019
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@LalitKModi I’m confident that if you had been involved, it would have reached even greater heights. What do you think is stopping other countries from replicating that level of success. Is it India’s market size, or is there something uniquely built into the IPL model that’s hard to copy?
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Lalit Kumar Modi@LalitKModi·
⸻ The Indian Premier League was never meant to follow cricket’s traditional pathways—it was built to disrupt them. From day one, the idea was simple: stop waiting years to discover greatness and instead force it to reveal itself under the brightest lights, against the best in the world. What we are seeing today with players like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Mukul Choudhary, and a relentless wave of fearless young cricketers is not evolution—it is disruption playing out exactly as designed. The IPL has done what no system before it could. It has collapsed time. A player who would once have spent five years in the shadows now gets five matches to prove he belongs. And if he does, the world knows his name overnight. Mukul Choudhary didn’t “arrive” slowly—he exploded into relevance. Vaibhav didn’t “learn the ropes”—he walked in and took control. This generation is not asking for permission. They are taking it. That is the IPL effect. Let’s be clear—this is not accidental scouting success or a lucky pipeline. This is the most efficient talent identification and acceleration system the sport has ever seen. In the last few years alone, we have seen players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi and others go from unknowns to international mainstays in record time. The IPL has effectively rendered the old model of “waiting your turn” obsolete. More importantly, it has broken the hierarchy of cricket. Reputation, geography, and legacy no longer guarantee relevance. Performance does. A teenager from a small town can walk into a dressing room with global superstars and, within days, become the headline act. That is not just opportunity—that is a complete reset of the system. And with that reset has come a new breed of cricketer. Faster. Bolder. Unapologetically confident. These players are not overawed by big names or big moments—they are conditioned for them. The IPL has removed fear from the equation. It has replaced it with ambition and belief. There was always skepticism when the league was conceived—questions about format, sustainability, and impact. Those questions have now been answered, decisively. The IPL has not just changed cricket; it has redefined how talent is discovered, developed, and delivered to the world stage. As its founder, I can say this unequivocally: the IPL does not just find talent—it forces talent to declare itself. Every season, new names emerge, new stars are created, and the game moves forward at a pace no traditional system could ever sustain. The names will keep changing. The phenomenon will not.
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@TedHZhang That’s a wise 80 yr old soul in a 25 yr old’s body. Love your takes Ted. No wonder you are so successful at such a young age.
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Ted Zhang@TedHZhang·
Always start with a why before starting anything.
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@Rajiv1841 Absolutely, even just by looking at him, one can make out that it's a kid. Anyone trying to question his age is either just doing it out of envy or need to get their eyes checked.
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Rajiv@Rajiv1841·
Stop saying, lets assume even if he is 17-18.... Vaibhav Suryavanshi is 15, just put this in your brain. He has went through all age tests of BCCI & never had any issue, we have seen his childhood pics. There is no doubt.
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@CelebDog1 @WG_RumblePants Even at a glance, it’s clearly a kid, not an adult. I’m not sure what you’re getting at.
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C Dog@CelebDog1·
@WG_RumblePants He isn't 15. Why does everyone participate in this falsehhood?
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WG RumblePants@WG_RumblePants·
I don’t generally dabble in the IPL that much. Partly because it clashes with the County Championship, partly because I’m usually at work when it’s on and partly because I just can’t keep up with all cricket everywhere. There are also way more knowledgeable IPL Twitter pundits than me. So I mostly stay quiet. But, when I do watch, I usually watch RR. I even have an old RR shirt at home somewhere. What can I say? I like pink from my days as an 11 year old Bret Hart fan. I have to say, though, that this kid is making me sit up and pay attention. He only scored 39 today. No great shakes you may fairly say. But he scored 39 in 25 minutes off 14 balls, having hit 5 sixes. His strike rate was 278.57. He’s 15 FFS!!! I may have to buy a new RR shirt.
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@DanielSson85 Damned if you do , damned if you dont. Somehow find a way to discredit bcci, right?
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@SixSigmaCapital Voted below 6300 so it gets more votes, and the opposite happens which I actually believe in 😛
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SixSigmaCapital@SixSigmaCapital·
Is the SPX going to go below 6300 this year or was that the low? Sentiment check Vote below
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@pradeepmagazine The comparison is irrelevant. In the long run a team culture rather than star culture will serve the team and country well.
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Pradeep Magazine@pradeepmagazine·
In 2024 did win the T20 WC because it was infested with star culture and two years later they won it again because coach Gambhir dismantled that star culture? A bit confusing I must say.
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@bookwormengr People have short memories nowadays.. this gas price increase will be forgotten by the time elections roll in.
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GDP@bookwormengr·
Is this how Modi falls? =========== Nothing could bring down Modi in elections: 2014, 2019, 2024 - opposition seems incapable. Saying he is quite popular is an understatement. People love - Infra push, Make in India mission, Vande Bharat trains, UPI, direct account transfer, pro-AI stance, and strong stands against terrorism. But, this rising energy crisis has potential to undo Modi magic. What makes it worse is last Modi visit to Israel - that (unwittingly) gives an impression that he condones this war. Also, lately there is lot of dissatisfaction over quality issues in Infra projects; caste politics over reservations, UGC etc. (in which two sides can not be satisfied at once). Many Indian are also upset with how the war is progressing. There are sympathies with Iran across religious & political divide. Even the right wing is split over Iran. Killing of leaders when negotiations are on, bombing schools and hitting oil reserves located close to city causes people to naturally sympathies with Iran. Also, India receives close to 50B USD of Forex through remittances from middle east. That helps with India's import-export imbalance. So this crisis is really bad for India, as it doesn't just impact energy supply but forex situation. A few Indians have lost their lives in Iran's counter attacks on GCC countries and millions are at risk - for a war that many Indians do not think is a honorable fight. Covid could not bring down Modi. =========== Most parties in power during Covid lost power post Covid across the globe. But in India, people forgot Covid by 2024 election. Also, Modi team has some of the best PR instincts. They even spin crisis caused by them in their favour. There is more time before next election (2029), but if this crisis prolongs and triggers a recession; then BPJ alliance has lot of challenges in state elections that keep happening every year. The sad part is the poor in India will suffer a lot, so will the middle class; for a war that was avoidable.
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India invokes emergency powers to redirect supplies of liquefied petroleum gas away from industrial users to households bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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@bhaleraosarang Good analysis and prediction Sarang. Shows you have a great cricketing brain. Do more of this and maybe on YouTube? Will surely be watching.
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Sarang Bhalerao@bhaleraosarang·
Please read this. I had predicted how you should bat first at R.Premadasa Stadium and the score predicted was 175. Preparation comes first then skills to execute. India were far better prepared and they had a plan
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Preparation comes first then skills to execute. Before talking about India v Pakistan game here's a very important point Sikandar Raza, who plays in the LPL, told the dressing room to aim for 150+ and eventually team got 10-12% more runs. He knows conditions at R.Premadasa Stadium well. Many would've thought Bennett is playing a negative knock but Raza knew how crucial the knock was. Raza got himself to bowl the first over - again it was for Head - the outcome wasn't favorable but there was preparation. The placement of fielders on square boundaries was spot on. Correct personnel was stationed in the deep. All these points are missed. You saw Burl and Cremer - wrist spinners were effective. This isn't a six hitting venue So lessons for India v Pakistan game - Not a bad idea to bat first - aim for 150-160 and get to 175 keeping wickets in hand. Rather than aiming for 180 and finishing under 150 - that may be game over unless some bowler has am exceptional day - Ones and twos are very crucial. The shorter boundaries is behind the wicket. Teams could look to have LHB-RHB combination and sweeps - fine and reverse sweep are better options than trying to clear boundaries straight down the ground or in the cow corner - Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy bowling wicket to wicket with enough protection in the sides could be attacking options. - 3 or 4 spinners is an important call. It is upto the management if they see value in a swing bowler early on or go for the plan to bowl spin in the middle overs spreading Bumrah’s overs. - Change of pace for pacers important rather than giving pace. Ramp shot is the key for batters to find boundaries - Absolutely important for batting team to have an anchor till 15. KEY KEY POINT. Even if there's a good start in first 2-3 overs the team that has a set batter batting till 15th over will have a good chance - India should not worry about Usman Tariq. Teams that have tried to slog v him have struggled. Plenty of options for 1s and 2s. Tilak will be crucial. He'll play those reverse sweeps v Nawaz, Shadab. India must attack Nawaz, Shadab. Play Saim as a leg spinner and play Usman on length and backfoot Well that's as comprehensive as I can get. There are still a lot of things. As I said, preparation is the key. Execution will happen if preparations are spot on

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Richard Hanania
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania·
Vivek in the WSJ on why he's getting off social media this year. As he points out, politicians themselves are often getting a distorted sense of reality. He compares how people react to him in real life versus on the internet. My experience at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference in December was a case in point. I delivered a speech arguing that the U.S. is a nation defined above all by ideals, not shared bloodlines. Based on social-media comments beforehand, I expected to be booed. If you scrolled through them after, you’d believe that’s what happened. But in reality, I received a standing ovation from a politically engaged audience of well over 20,000 attendees. In 2025 I saw a spate of shocking racial slurs and worse on social media. Yet that same year I visited tens of thousands of voters across all of Ohio’s 88 counties—from inner cities to farms, union halls to factories, Republican rallies to one-on-one discussions with protesters—and I didn’t hear a single bigoted remark from an Ohio voter the entire year. Social media’s warped projection of reality is reinforced inside modern government. Political staffers on both sides of the aisle skew young and hyper-attuned to social media. Twitter was built to imitate real-life conversations, but in modern younger political circles, real-life conversations are imitating Twitter. As political commentator Richard Hanania observed last year, young political aides now compete to be the most “based,” one-upping each other with increasingly unhinged positions on race, sex and who the good guys were in World War II. If you’ve ever winced at a social-media post by an official government account, remember that the person who wrote it is often a young employee who takes most of his cues from the internet. Over time, the state itself begins to sound like X. A positive development, and hopefully more people in politics follow his example.
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@gdalmiathinks Nice read. Thanks for sharing! Love reading these interesting insights. I guess Narayan Murthy meant exactly this when he talked about 70-hour work week.
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Gaurav Dalmia
Gaurav Dalmia@gdalmiathinks·
Bill Gates-types or Olympic athletes focus on excellence/achievement, and for that they sacrifice work-life balance in the short term, while they still achieve this over the long term. Choose your priorities, choose your definition of work-life balance, and choose carefully.
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Abhishek AB
Abhishek AB@ABsay_ek·
Guess the cricketer (Batter) and I mean guess like a boss...no retries, no question marks, just clean bold confidence...
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@markminervini GOAT with audited results to back the performance claims! I am sure some people will still try and find issues with this.
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Mark Minervini
Mark Minervini@markminervini·
For those interested, here's the independent audit of my 2021 U.S. Investing Championship results with a full list of the names I traded. minervini.com/68543/
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@markminervini Effectively Mark is out of all longs .. not a good sign
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Mark Minervini@markminervini·
Update: We sold $ALHC today and nailed down a 25% profit. It was originally purchased on two dates: Mar 14 & Mar 18. We sold $BRK.B about 5-days ago into strength and nailed down a decent little swing profit. The purchase date was Mar 13. $SPY I covered a few days ago (too early😪) and nailed down a 9R profit. Shorted it on Feb. 24. $VSEC was purchased on Mar 11. we got stopped out last week at a loss. minervini.com
Mark Minervini@markminervini

Over the past two weeks we've added a small handful of longs. On balance they are profitable and behaving normal. Our best performers include: $ALHC, $VSEC, $BRK.B. We tried to play $BABA, but got stopped at a very small loss. Around the market lows, I covered half my $SPY short that I put on 2/24. Still holding the remaining half at a profit. By default it turned into a hedge against my longs. minervini.com

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@markminervini In the full interview he also said , I am not a fan of tariffs and if done in moderation he is fine with it. Not what is happening right now.
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Mark Minervini@markminervini·
Druckenmiller on Tariffs. 👇
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@sardesairajdeep Any word about india playing in 9 different venues during 2023 World Cup? Or playing in 2 different t countries during t20 World Cup to promote the game in the US?
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Rajdeep Sardesai@sardesairajdeep·
So another Champions Trophy match is washed out. This is a crazily unfair global tournament. India plays all its matches in one venue with a week’s break between matches while the other countries criss-cross countries/venues all the time . ICC is International Cricket Conference and NOT India Cricket Club for gods sake ! At the very least, India should have been made to play in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi too. Yes, we are the best white ball team in the world but at the risk of being labelled ‘anti national’ this is like trying to ‘fix’ a trophy with hugely non level playing conditions. IT’S NOT CRICKET as the late Bishan paaji would have said (sadly few of our cricket experts will call this out either). -#AUSvsAFG
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@anandragn Looks like Mark minervini sent you a DM 🙂.. nice work man, keep it up
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Anand@anandragn·
Said this many times, will say it again like a broken record. Sometimes this app feels unreal!! The same legends I’ve watched and studied for years are now friends, reaching out directly - it’s surreal. Truly grateful for this journey. We’re not worthy, man! X (formerly Twitter) is hands down one of the best platforms, if not the best ever 🐐 Don’t fade this app!
Anand@anandragn

The only app where your heroes become your friends when you stay consistent and honest. Don’t fade this app. Have a great weekend y’all 💰🍻

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@ESPNcricinfo Really like Usmain's attitude. Honest, humble and comes across as a gentleman whenever he speaks. Hope he finds his form soon and does well!
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ESPNcricinfo@ESPNcricinfo·
'The toughest bowler I've ever faced' 6 dismissals across eight innings later, Usman Khawaja reveals how tough the Bumrah challenge really is Read more: es.pn/3DGhfTz | #AUSvIND
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@BoriaMajumdar @RevSportzGlobal Reflects poorly on Indias coaching staff. head coach and the assistants should be held responsible here.
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Boria Majumdar@BoriaMajumdar·
What shot was that from Virat! Each one is worse than the one before! Again chasing the ball for what? This has been a true exhibition of how bad Test match batting can be. Each one of the batters. @RevSportzGlobal #INDvsAUS
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ESPNcricinfo@ESPNcricinfo·
Which Travis Head will India get in Brisbane? #AUSvIND
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@LalitKModi @TedHZhang @Rajiv1841 @CelebDog1 @WG_RumblePants @DanielSson85 @SixSigmaCapital @pradeepmagazine