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Selectors Say Hi, Dravid Says Bye: A Few Questions for Indian Cricket’s Wise Men
So we are back to what we are good at: arguing and squabbling over what the wise men thought were wisest, sorry fittest, available members to form an Indian team…. Read more
Indian Cricket Team Selection: Fielding at Silly Point
Murali Kartik is hailed amongst the best in the business all around the globe, but unfortunately that sentiment isn’t shared by one man in this country, and hence isn’t shared… Read more
Loaded After IPL, Stars Rest; the Rest ‘Depart’ for Windies
Indian team departs for West Indies. That’s the DNA report today (June 1). Now before one gets overtly worked up and starts collecting DNA samples of the “departed” members, let’s… Read more
Third Man: Netagiri Zindabad, World Cup Zindabad
Cup in bag, how politicians would react (read with tongue firmly behind cheek). Laloo Prasad: India won because the Wankhede Stadium is so close to the railway tracks. The tracks… Read more
Third Man: V for Victory, Vodka, Vindication
It’s just past midnight here in Dhaka. Almost 24 hours since Dhoni hit the six to fix it. They say it takes a day for such heady feelings to sink… Read more
Third Man: Pakistan Blown, Bring on the Lankans
For all practical purposes, the heat was on. Almost everyone I know in Dhaka wanted a Pakistan-India (in that order; Pakistan and India!) semifinal. And just after Mahendra Singh Dhoni… Read more
Third Man: Choking Aus-trail-yeah!
The only Indian news channel I get in Dhaka is Zee News and as any viewer worth her or his sanity would vouch, it’s not exactly the channel for sane… Read more
Third Man: Liberated from Cup Trauma, Rooting for Ex-occupiers
Around 1 pm, a colleague who stays near Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, called up. The cliché that had made a nest in Dhaka media before every match at the stadium —… Read more
Third Man: Padded Up, Bat in Hand, Life on the Ramp
Ravi Rampaul doesn’t look much like a West Indian seam bowler. He is shortish, somewhat stocky, and doesn’t exactly try to bowl quick. Quite an odd sort of quick bowler,… Read more
IPL Over National Colours? Shut Up, Bhogle
What’s wrong with missing a tour or two? asks Harsha Bhogle in his latest column in cricinfo.com. I could have simply waved my little tricoloured-flag and asked him to go… Read more »