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Category Archives: Sachin Tendulkar
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
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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 “cocking a snook” thing ….
This is an excerpt from Geet Sethi’s wonderful book Success vs Joy. An unassuming book with lots of depth – much like the man. On being highly strung. There are certain sportspersons who hype themselves up with gestures, punching the … Continue reading
Posted in Clippings, Cricket, Debate, Dravid, heroes, Rahul, Sachin Tendulkar, Sports, Writings
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Does anybody remember laughter …
The Million Dollar Question – Is it just me getting old fashioned or is sports really changing too fast ? Is the modern day sportsperson chasing that dream so hard that its becoming difficult to make him the role model … Continue reading
Posted in Celebration, Clippings, controversy, Cricket, Debate, F1, Federer, General, match fixing, Sachin Tendulkar, Sports, Tennis
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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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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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Ready or Not, Here I come …
There was a particular beauty to yesterday’s contest which underscores the times we live in. Everything is lightning quick. Everything is under the scanner and must be right. Every mistake is analysed. The run fest at the Oval showed that … Continue reading
Posted in Celebration, Cricket, England, India, Sachin Tendulkar
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Savour these moments …
“At a dinner in Leeds on Friday night, Sachin Tendulkar talked about playing under pressure. Nobody is better qualified to do so. He said the only way to cope with the extraordinary expectation that has followed his career was to … Continue reading
Posted in Celebration, Clippings, Cricket, England, heroes, India, Sachin Tendulkar
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B +ve
So One All with 5 to play in the one day circus. One suspects though that even if its coloured by hindsight, the Bristol game was decided as much at the team compositions stage as by the fantastic batting displays … Continue reading
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Palmolive da jawaab – and then some …
Grappled for a while with posting about the Kapil Dev jab at Sachin. How does one call a World Cup winning captain’s judgement “hideous” ? It doesn’t matter. It is. We should really be getting ready for a standing ovation … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, Rohit Brijnath, Sachin Tendulkar
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The fab four and our fickleness…
Its not a prompt start to the Trent Bridge Test and sure enough the discussions wander off to the topic thats always kept on simmer these days. The fab four. Ten days ago, just ahead of the Lords Test they … Continue reading
Posted in BCCI, Coaches, controversy, Cricket, Debate, Dravid, India, Media, Roebuck, Sachin Tendulkar, Zee
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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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Still not good enough … Bring back yesterday.
Sachin Tendulkar. 254 runs. 127 avg. 2 centuries. Yes, its against a weak bowling attack and its on batting surfaces but its still the highest in his team. But over at Cricinfo, Sidhartha Monga combines with Stats editor S Rajesh … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Clippings, Sachin Tendulkar
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Come on, Champion…
Sometime tomorrow, India will chose a team for Bangladesh. Chances are Sachin Tendulkar will keep his place. However, for a diehard fan like myself, its distressing that a debate for his place should even be considered. – Rohit Brijnath’s piece … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, India, Retirements, Rohit Brijnath, Sachin Tendulkar
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Bye bye Guru ….
Wake up this morning – See that Sachin has purportedly lashed out at Greg C. If that, and this and this and this is true, then irrespective, it seems unlikely that Greg Chappell can continue – Or should. Seems the … Continue reading
Posted in Greg Chappell, India, Sachin Tendulkar
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Media makes the fan …
Ironically, in a piece on his blog called Death of a Game, Rajdeep Sardesai provides a cricket loving mediaperson’s perspective of what should be. Somewhere in the piece, the love for the game comes through. Here’s hoping that there’s going … Continue reading
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Branded Like Beckham
After Ian Chappell had said the unthinkable, comes another piece from Mike Atherton which piles the pressure on. I’m with the Atherton view on this one. Partly because I’ll never be convinced that Tendulkar is incapable of magic but also … Continue reading
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