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May 14th, 2008

Its Official : Harbhajan Singh Banned for 5 ODIs

If you don’t have a clue what I am talking about, read this, and this.
The news is finally out. After the IPL Committee had banned Singh for 11 IPL games, the BCCI has banned him for a total of 5 One Day International matches for India. He has escaped a fine. Considering he has already […]

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April 16th, 2008

Firm Beginnings, High Hopes

Having guest blogged here before, the look and the feel of this blog was not new to me. It always inspired me. It was popular! I used to say to myself: “See, This is where you have to end up. Something similar at least!.” Now that I am here, its time to redefine the goals. […]

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February 17th, 2008

No Hopes for India

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Australia v India, CB Series, 7th ODI, Adelaide ; February 17, 2008
Australia 9 for 203 (Clarke 79, Pathan 4-41) beat India 153 (Johnson 3-42) by 50 runs

Australia beats India in the 7th CB Series ODI by 50 runs
There’s been a lot of talk recently about Australia losing the confidence and […]

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January 15th, 2008

Gary Kirsten Gears Up

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The other day someone was asking around, “Where’s the Gary Kirsten?” I recalled we had done one post on Gary Kirsten some time back, and then forgot all about him.
He deserves one more.
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November 20th, 2007

The BCCI cracks down on Six and Out. Net

I must be the next one in line after Vengasarkar and Shahrukh Khan. I have slammed them for their pathetic pitches time and again, I have debated over their selections, played accomplice to their other critters, and done loads of other things that can humiliate and agitate the forces that be at the BCCI.
I have […]

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November 10th, 2007

The Day of the Underdog

Kris Srikkanth and my dad are more than happy. Their deepest wish has come true.
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BCCI, in a hasty attempt to resolve the captaincy crisis following Tendulkar’s refusal, have passed on the hat to Kumble. They had several options beside Kumble: Dhoni, Laxman, and Ganguly. Not going for Ganguly and Laxman is understandable, but they must […]

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November 7th, 2007

Tendulkar says “nah”; the captaincy drama continues

Sachin Tendulkar has refused to captain India’s Test side for reasons that are unknown to mortals as of yet. Most self-claimed cricket experts (my dad included) are of view that Tendulkar simply lacks executive intelligence-the kind that is needed to lead an international team. He’s no match to Ponting, Waugh, and the like, of course.
Let’s […]

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