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From the archive: Gavaskar, my hero, now adorns a sideshow
Sitting in the Jet Lounge at New Delhi airport – fatigue and fantasy fill my mind and soul. Suddenly, my eye is caught by the sight of a short, sturdy man being brought into a television studio by a scantily clad young lady – as the band blared and the #IPL 5 #IPL Expert #IPL6 Fan Blogs #Sports #Sunil Gavaskar
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A testing time: Gandhiji’s murder; free India’s first tour
It was as if he had striven for Test status for more than thirty years, and having achieved it, he never got to play. Gandhiji was allowed to live in free India for five and a half months, before we killed him – and for those five and a half #OnOurMind
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Rahul Dravid: our John Wayne, our Gregory Peck
On the occasion of Rahul Dravid's 40th birthday, we're republishing an old Tom Alter article originally published on 23 June, 2011. Enjoy. Like John Wayne in his later films, or maybe the whole team of ‘The Misfits”, Rahul Dravid fought a lone battle – scarred and wounded, but full of such #Cricket #Rahul Dravid #Sports #TheLongView
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After Gavaskar and Dravid, can Kohli be ‘the Man’ for India?
Rule Britannia – In the early 60’s, when players like Ted Dexter and MJK Smith led the MCC to England, it was rare that a full-strength English side would make the trip to England. Fred Trueman never came, Colin Cowdrey came only in an emergency, and hence the team was usually #England #India #OnOurMind #series #Sunil Gavaskar #Virat Kohli
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Let’s hope Sachin wins our hearts again
Pain, not anger... I write this in deep, deep pain – not anger... Tendulkar has just been bowled by Bracewell – not bowled, but cleaned-up – totally – if anyone from a club side had played a shot like that in the nets, he would have been asked to step-down and Tendulkar #Cricket #Gautam Gambhir #InMyOpinion #Sachin Tendulkar #Sahara
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The five missing men of Indian cricket
India vs. Sri Lanka, World Cup finalists of 2011, as we all know – but of the 11 who played and won the final for India, five of the players are not there – Sachin, Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Sreesanth, and Munaf – for various reasons – some sad, some predictable, and #Cricket #Harbhajan Singh #OnOurMind #Sachin Tendulkar #Yuvraj Singh
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Let’s hope Indian cricketers aren’t ‘resting’ too much
After a week in England, the sun finally comes out – even though as I write a shadow chuckles across the sun. But what a week – and what a final Test. The English media loved it, because they love to poke fun at English sport, especially cricket – and a #Cricket #Gautam Gambhir #Ian Botham #JustSaying #Mike Atherton #United Kingdom
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Who wants an IPL motivated by greed and revenge?
IPL —it is not only cricket — and yet it is cricket. Therein lies the rub — or, should I say, it not only about cricket – and yet it is about cricket. Here I go... The motivating factors behind the Indian Premier League are greed and revenge — greed to make even #BCCI #Cricket #Indian Cricket League #Indian Premier League #JustSaying
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Sachin should explain Indian eclipse from Test rankings
More than competent Compton, totally my fault, I did not pursue his pursuit right at the end, and the last day in May was not merry, and the rain deprived young Nick Compton of the chance to score 1,000 first class runs in that magic month. He proceeded to do #Cricket #India #JustSaying #Sachin Tendulkar #Shivnarine Chanderpaul #Sports #Test cricket
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Amarnath, Manjrekar, Chanderpaul – three of a kind
933 is the latest tally, as of today; the average is down a little – 103.66, but there are still six days left in May – he (Nick Compton) will make it – in the nick of time. But why is he grieving? Aah... because he is not playing for England, #Cricket #JustSaying #Mohinder Amarnath #Sanjay Manjrekar #Shivnarine Chanderpaul