10 Questions for Vengsarkar
Dear Sirs, Please condescend to respond to the under-mentioned questions when time permits from your hectic schedule and pressing engagements. 1) If there is no real talent available in Indian cricket, what have you been doing as the head of the BCCIs ambitious initiative for discovering nascent wizards, as the Talent Research Development Officer for the last couple of years? Have you documented your findings and reported the same to BCCI as it is an alarming statement on ground realities of Indian cricket? Will the BCCI kindly share with....
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India enters the exit door
Team India got a serene, solid and spectacular burial at Mohali on Sunday evening. By the time the ceremonial formalities concluded' the exuberant stands were empty, and millions of wild cricket lovers had switched off their TV sets much before the post-match comments and commercials could be aired. The Monday morning blues were hurriedly pre-poned courtesy some awful antics of India’s bowling brigade. Earlier, the strong batting line-up had once again squandered a fine opportunity to hustle the Australians. Frankly, given our undistinguished track-record against the Australians of late'....
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Agony in Ahmedabad
Brian Lara was clearly suffering from a stiff back. But he was certainly not stiff-upper lip when doing a post-match post-mortem. As the West Indies, after an inexplicably exasperating crawl which almost resulted in a silly sensational collapse, finally carved out yet another rout of India at Motera, Ahmedabad, the Men in Blue looked like they had been shell-shocked, and not by Diwali firecrackers for sure. Without any pretension of reservation, Lara smacked and socked Indian coach Greg Chappell straight where it would cause acute pain and wobbly feet.....
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Hoo Ha India and Sourav Ganguly
What you instantly like about the Black Cap skipper besides his deep baritone voice is his spontaneous, pugnacious demeanour. On being questioned on the differing capabilities of India’s current captain and his immediate predecessor, Stephen Fleming did not flinch in any perceptible discomfort. Unlike many others astutely groomed in answering in diplomatic non-committal jargon, Fleming called a shovel a shovel. In simple terms, he called Sourav Ganguly, emotional, confrontational, passionate. Rahul Dravid by sheer contrast was measured, calculating and methodical according to the most-capped captain in ODI history. The contradictions....
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