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Category Archives: Captain
Thank you. Honestly …
Now that one thinks about it, it couldn’t really have been any other way. The country, as was often the case with him, cribbing and questioning in the background. The batters scoring 600. And the team failing to win from … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Celebration, Cricket, heroes, India, Kumble, Nostalgia, Retirements, Rohit Brijnath
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Passing The Bat On …
The previous week seems to be the one to have witnessed the passing of quite a few batons. Men’s Tennis might have seen it on Sunday (a bit too early to call, admittedly), the Left parties passed the baton of … Continue reading
Posted in BCCI, Captain, Cricket, Debate, Dhoni, Dravid, IPL, Kumble, Rahul, Sachin Tendulkar, selections
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And Miles To Go …
This is the best of times. That was the worst of times. Indian cricket had let the nerves get the better of them. Pragmatically, winning the World Cup had been a fanciful dream – but a shock first round exit … Continue reading
Posted in BCCI, Captain, Celebration, Cricket, Dhoni, Dravid, Dreams, Graham Ford, Greg Chappell, heroes, ICC, India, IPL, Kumble, Mudar Patherya, Nostalgia, Personal, Rahul, Rohit Brijnath, Sachin Tendulkar, WC07
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The MCG and its history (and Geography) – and – All good things to those who bait.
The day one had spent weeks and months waiting for finally arrived this morning. Boxing Day at the MCG. You can click on the link to study its rich history but the more obvious parts are that the first ever … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Captain, Cricket, Dravid, India, Kumble, Other blogs, photographs
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How’s A Rest like an Emergency …
The good news is that we have some cricket again ! And by that I mean international cricket – the kind that seems to keep our hyperactive minds occupied. Because no matter how much domestic cricket we play (and there … Continue reading
Battles of the Mind …OR … Postcard from the Sledge.
When in 1991 Vishy Anand played his first Linares event he met a Spanish couple Maurice and Nieves. They were the reason Anand moved to Collado Mediano. They travelled with Vishy to many events over the years. Still when Vishy … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Captain, Cricket, Debate, Dhoni, India, Rohit Brijnath, Vishy Anand, waugh
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Halfway there – or are we ? ; Dhoni’s opening gambits…
Lets get this off to the realistic start it deserves. 4 matches into this series, we’re 1-2 behind and although we’ve won 1, it was our first win since 2004. Of the last 25 matches that we’ve played Australia, we’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, BCCI, Captain, Cricket, Dhoni, India, Sachin Tendulkar
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Warne’s 50 – and Australia’s XI
A few weeks ago, Shane Warne writing a column for The Times in the UK, started unleashing a list of 50 greatest cricketers he had played with or against. As with all things Warne, it was not without its share … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Buchanan, Captain, Clippings, Cricket, Debate, Sachin Tendulkar, Warne
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That Top of the World Feeling ….
Knock Knock Who’s There ? Misba Misba Who ? Misba 5 runs . Just for a brief while yesterday, surely, an old nightmare came back to haunt a few people. A young man named Sharma ran in to bowl to … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Celebration, Cricket, Dhoni, India, Nostalgia, Twenty20
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Plans that either come to naught or …
Today Rahul Dravid resigned as captain of Team India. Or offered to. Typically I’d wait till the dust settled and things got clarified about what that means before I wrote a post on something like this but I feel strongly … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Cricket, Dravid, India, Sachin Tendulkar, selections
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Rosebowl-ed … An unseen view.
9.30 pm to 5 am. Those are the timings of the day night games in Singapore. So yes – with a 5 am start to work everyday, I was dozing off just as Matt Prior was walking back to the … Continue reading
An August Performance …
Well done India. For all the BCCI baiters and slow-on-the-coach-bandwagon red rag wavers, this was a truly independent Indian performance. It does not matter that it was 1-0 and could have been 2-0 and it does not matter either that … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Celebration, Cricket, Dravid, England, Greg Chappell, India
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My Twenty/20 blur …
Even though I’ll say that I could see the Dhoni appointment coming a while ago, and I’ll even give the selectors a bit of credit for it, I’ll admit that the rest of the selections are beyond me. For the … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Cricket, India, selections, Twenty20, WC07
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Victory at Trent Bridge …
Luck with the toss and day one conditions notwithstanding (England had the same advantage at Lords), India were comprehensively the better side at Trent Bridge. Whats worrisome for England is that the weak links from Lords – Bell, Prior and … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Celebration, Cricket, Dravid, England, India
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G’day mate …
Posted in Australia, Captain, controversy, Cricket, Debate, heroes, Not Cricket, waugh
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The Irish Punt …
Am not sure why one reads of this little tour being a waste of time. And that too by some pretty astute thinkers of the game whose thought process one imagines reflects that of the team. Or is it the … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Cricket, Dravid, England, Greg Chappell, India, Ravi Shastri, Sachin Tendulkar, WC07
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One, Two ; Buckle Guru …
Its not that we won easily. To me, the importance of yesterday, was Sachin and Dada as India’s one-two. Its immaterial that it failed. Sachin Tendulkar back at the top of the order – a desire he’s expressed a few … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Coaches, Debate, Dravid, Greg Chappell, Sachin Tendulkar
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Writings on The Wall …
Graham Ford’s Runaway Bride act (for thats the politest one can be) has done this. Its turned the focus solely on Rahul Dravid. This is going to be his summer. It will have to be. It had to be that … Continue reading
Rock – Captain – Hard Place
This is another episode in the Steve Waugh series of this blog. Its also about captaincy and its associated calculated gambles. “When you’ve got to drop a player as a captain you become emotional. You don’t cry, but you feel … Continue reading
Chink ? Think Again …
In a move which oozes confidence and sneers at short sighted doubters like this one here, Rahul Dravid has announced the 12 for the game starting tomorrow morning at Mirpur. And no, there is no sign of any pressure of … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Captain, Dravid, India
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A Chink in The Wall ….
Sun Tzu said ………………..that if you see ground or position to be gained but do not act, you are weak. I’m a huge Dravid fan. But no matter how I cut it, Day 4 and 5 of the Chittagong Test … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Captain, Cricket, Dravid, India
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Captain and Coach.
I know I shouldn’t go there again. But its a perspective I want to share. For those that haven’t read Steve Waugh’s 800 odd page opus “Out of My Comfort Zone”, please do. Its an amazing study into the mind … Continue reading
Posted in Captain, Coaches, Cricket, Dravid, Greg Chappell, India
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