Tendulkar’s Tight Slap
As India celebrated their most gigantic Test triumph against a struggling Bangladesh, there was additional incremental reason for jubilation other than the convincing whitewash. Sachin Tendulkar announced that he was pulling out of the farcical sequel of the Afro-Asian ODI duel in June. Tendulkar’s decision to give the striped pajama version of the inter-continental conflict a contemptuous miss is symptomatic of the prevalent malaise in international cricket. Even as a short-sighted if not altogether blind BCCI rubbished Rahul Dravid’s humble request to scissor excess cricket, the BCCI is....
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Rahul, Sachin and Sourav
There was something surreal, serene and substantial about Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar at Chittagong in the Ist Test between Bangladesh and India. It had nothing to do with the fact that they are both erstwhile captains. That until Sanath Jayasuria and Uthpal Tharanga devastated the Englishmen, they had held the world record of highest opening partnership in ODI cricket. That they had been silently evicted from their prima donna positions in the limited version of the game. That they are not getting younger anymore. That over a tumultuous decade....
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What's up, Whatmore?
I have been accused with both endearing reminders and impertinent nudges bordering on unconcealed rudeness by my readers that I should keep my columns abbreviated, and should desist from using abstruse language , best left in archeological ruins. With due apologies, I confess to being a willing victim of incorrigible bad habits, and albeit I will put up an enthusiastic endeavour to make amendments, I hope you will endure my insufferable pieces with your usual panache. God bless you ! I hate to say this, but I had warned....
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What's up, Whatmore?
I have been accused with both endearing reminders and impertinent nudges bordering on unconcealed rudeness by my readers that I should keep my columns abbreviated, and should desist from using abstruse language, best left in archeological ruins. With due apologies, I confess to being a willing victim of incorrigible bad habits, and albeit I will put up an enthusiastic endeavour to make amendments, I hope you will endure my insufferable pieces with your usual panache. God bless you! I hate to say this, but I had warned the billion....
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