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India Breaks the Jinx, at last

Posted in Reflections, cricket, tagged , , , , , , on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The last test match between India and England proved to be a dullard following frequent interruptions from the weather. The match was always heading towards a draw, in the most unlikely case being, iff any of the two teams succumbs to a tame innings, which was quite an unlikely event as well.

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A Perfect Chase

Posted in Reflections, cricket, tagged , , , , , , on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t exactly remember when was I disappointed when the team lost. Yeah I do remember now, it was in Sri Lanka. The Test matches proved too heavy that we just ‘d ‘nt fathom the guile of Mendis and Murali. And that was a long time back. Now, look what we have here. A match [...]

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The Jumbo Lands for the last time at Kotla

Posted in INDIA, Reflections, cricket, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

India might win this series or not but this series will be remembered as the one which saw two of the legends of world cricket quit the international scene with a vow to never return. The two represented a phase that was responsible for the turnaround of the Indian cricket. They inspired millions in to [...]

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The God of OFF side calls it a Day

Posted in INDIA, Reflections, cricket, tagged , , , , , on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Never ever did I imagine this was coming. One of the heroes of Indian cricket, Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, the greatest captains this cricket frenzy nation has ever produced and once the face of Indian cricket has called it quits. Humiliated. Yes, guess that was the right reason. Not being selected for the Irani trophy, dropped [...]

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The Fantastic four

Posted in Reflections, cricket, tagged , , , , , , on October 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

They are at it again and it’s become a kind of a ritual for oldies like Geoff boycott who can’t just keep their swollen mouths shut. Any time Indias’ be gearing up for some series there is this build up to the series that whether the FAB four must retire or not. Its really sullying [...]

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Cricinfo International Scores

Posted in cricket, tagged , , on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Cricinfo Latest News

Posted in cricket, tagged , , , on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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THE BLAH-BLAH CHANNEL

Posted in Reflections, tagged , , , , , , on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In the recent years the Indian television industry has seen a proliferation of news channels and with that came the competition to establish each one of them as the cremedelacreme news channel. Naturally every channel can’t become the best but, yes few really stand out by the way of their presentation and the quality of [...]

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TIMELINE

Posted in INDIA, Reflections, cricket, tagged , , , , , , , on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

1947-48
One year into independence and India is still a young nation. Its still trying to gain some ground and make its mark on the international scene. A team of this still young nation sets off to Australia to play five test matches. The Australian side led by Sir Don Bradman nearly white washes [...]

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An Entertainer’s Last Bow…

Posted in Reflections, cricket, tagged , , , on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Paul Collingwood, wouldn’t be the only one to have an assuaged expression on his face and when asked about what he thought about the latest buzz he promptly replied “Thank God for that.” This ‘d be quite the most natural reaction of any bowler, of any captain or for that matter [...]

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THE INDIAN NEMESIS

Posted in Reflections, cricket, tagged , , , , , , on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Next time Australians will be trying to break their world record of the maximum test wins they would honestly make sure they wouldn’t be pitting against India. Ricky Ponting and his team at the end of the day would just be pondering about what did they get wrong or was it India who were [...]

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INDIA BUCKLES TO BUCKNOR AT SYDNEY

Posted in Reflections, tagged , , , , , , , on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A slurry of opprobrious things came out of the second test at Sydney, not to under play the fact the way the other team played it. It was the question of integrity and sportsmanship and the real motto behind these sort of games was under threat. In the good old days, games were a [...]

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We Are The Champs!!!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

No Sachin! No Saurav! No Dravid! India was just a team before the start of the tournament with little or literally no hopes atleast making it to the semis. Ask anyone who’s gonna win the World cup some said Australia, some were booing with South Africa, some with SriLanka and few were even betting [...]

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The Triumvirate

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on July 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »

All men on this earth retire one day and so will the triumvirate of Indian cricket who took India and this game of cricket which was, is and will be the heart of this nation to unreachable heights. And one need not ponder for any second guesses if anyone says so. Might [...]

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Dravid and his boys in blue….

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on July 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The men in Blue might’ve conquered South Africa though not convincingly but this is not the end of the road for them. Might be the proteas lacked the right kind of leadership which they had in the form of Greame Smith. But on a whole we can be content with the way the guys [...]

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