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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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Captain diffident

Posted Monday , August 13, 2007 23:10

Apart from his spotless technique, if there is one trait that sets Rahul Dravid apart from the rest, it is indifference. Win or loss, praise or censure, the Indian captain is grounded in reality. There are times, though, when you can't afford to remain stoic to the point of being a doormat, particularly when you allow history to repeat itself. No, this is not to broach the issue of his not enforcing the follow-on or making a meal of a dolly at first slip. The former was a....

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Rising beyond

Posted Saturday , August 11, 2007 12:09

Cricket captains swear that landmarks are negligible in the face of team goals. India had just pipped over the 600 mark and viewers must have braced for a 15-over assault at England. But is the business of declaration that easy, particularly when your numero uno bowler is nearing an elusive hundred? Spare a thought for the skipper. Rahul Dravid may not want to revisit the painful plains of Multan 2004 when he called his team in, with Sachin Tendulkar six short of a double hundred. What should have....

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