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Deba Prasad Dhar

Deba Prasad Dhar

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Had ICC legitimised beamers, Deba would have probably opened the bowling for India. Claims that unlike Sir Len Hutton, he has never got out Obstructing the Field. Fortunately for the game, there were no takers for his argument. Finally, he chose the pen to vent his spleen at the establishment, and till to date the BCCI continues to present him scores of opportunities. After spending the better part of his youth in a plastic company and plugging away mindlessly at the computer, he has found his true metier in sports writing.

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A tale of two incomprehensible omissions

Posted Saturday , September 16, 2006 11:14

In stature, Inzamam and Kiran More do not draw parallels. It would be equivalent to likening a messianic warhorse to a steed. But there is one trait they share in common - a template of perfunctory clichés. Inzamam-babbles at presentation ceremonies are fairly predictable, and so are More's reflexes in the form of "doors are not closed for anyone", "he figures in our scheme of things" and the like. After the two-hour wait had reached an agonising high-water mark, BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah presented the team, which was a foregone....

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A tale of two incomprehensible omissions

Posted Friday , September 15, 2006 12:09

In stature, Inzamam and Kiran More do not draw parallels. It would be equivalent to likening a messianic warhorse to a steed. But there is one trait they share in common - a template of perfunctory clichés. Inzamam-babbles at presentation ceremonies are fairly predictable, and so are More's reflexes in the form of "doors are not closed for anyone", "he figures in our scheme of things" and the like. After the two-hour wait had reached an agonising high-water mark, BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah presented the team, which was a foregone....

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