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Deadly Deba

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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Why is Bedi quiet?

Posted Monday , January 22, 2007 13:15

As Sourav Ganguly gave the cherry a soothing wood-massage, something was ringing strident in my ears. I was reminded of a recent Talk Show anchored by Rajdeep Sardesai on CNN-IBN. The programme – telecast just prior to the Champions Trophy – was dedicated to Team India’s chances in the World Cup. As you would expect, the Ganguly-issue invariably cropped up. When Bishen Singh Bedi’s verdict was sought on the matter, I knew what was coming. In a cacophony of exasperation, Bedi remarked, “Why can’t we do....

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When numbers belie

Posted Thursday , January 18, 2007 13:34

This January end, Indian cricketers will have some digits dancing before their eyes. BCCI (The Board of Control for Cricket in India) is set to make an announcement that could make players' wallets typically corpulent or compared to the past, considerably underweight. Unappetising showing by the national side has provoked reassessment of players' contracts, calling hard for a performance-linked payment system. This month end, while handing over fresh contracts, BCCI would doubtless pronounce that much-awaited shibboleth: earnings would be the direct corollary to performance. Those on....

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Heavyweights needed a shake-up

Posted Friday , January 12, 2007 18:36

With the World Cup closing in, it would have been injudicious to whip up knee-jerk changes in the Indian team. But there was no doubt that after the neat drubbing in South Africa, some big-tickets in the Indian team needed a shake-up. To borrow a corporate term, Virender Sehwag has been handed his first ‘memo’. The charge, as we are given to understand, is his devil-may-care attitude. Form, at least in this context, is secondary. Team India is a ship tossed by mixed waves. Vulnerability has accompanied....

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Be proud it was our era

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 20:12

“Would you believe it, he’s done him between his legs.” Richie Benaud, commentating for Channel Nine, wasn’t the only one startled by the sight. That ball defied the physics of spin bowling. It was the last delivery of day three of the Sydney Test between Australia and Pakistan in the 1995/96 series. Basit Ali, the striker, met the first five balls with the full face of his front pad. Sensing that bat was Basit’s third line of defence (his back pad being the second), the bowler....

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