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V Veera Kumar

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A keen student of the game V Veera Kumar represented Maharaja’s College, Mysore, in cricket. But he found his calling in writing, rather than playing, cricket. He has covered all major cricket tournaments, including Reliance World Cup. Some of the cricketing greats he has interviewed include Ajit Wadekar, Nari Contractor, Sandeep Patil, G R Vishwanath, Vivian Richards, Sunil Gavaskar, Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath and Sachin Tendulkar.

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Debacle at Durban

Posted Sunday , December 31, 2006 13:38

India’s batting woes continued unabated in the second Test against South Africa before the visitors succumbed to a 174-run defeat at Durban. With the three-match Test series level at 1-all, India’s chances of an away victory now looks a distant dream until and unless they can come back strongly in the third and final Test match at Cape Town starting on Tuesday. Despite a lion-hearted bowling by their in-experienced bunch of bowlers, India was badly let down by their batters once again with some spineless display. A....

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BCCI goof-ups continue

Posted Thursday , December 28, 2006 12:46

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seems to be in the habit of goofing-up even simple things like whether to send a replacement to South Africa or not, after sending back all-rounder Irfan Pathan due to poor bowling form even though he is the only Indian player to have scored a century during the African Safari. Before the start of the second Test at Durban, chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar unnecessarily asked Pathan to pack his bags and head home as they thought playing a couple....

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Santa Smith's gifts to Indians

Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 20:33

South African skipper Graeme Smith gave the Indians two precious Christmas gifts during the second day of the on going second Test at Durban. After century maker Ashwell Prince along with tailend batsmen fought tooth and nail to give his bowlers a fighting total of 328 all out off 91.3 overs in their first innings, after being 257 for eight overnight, the out-of-form opener handed the new ball to Andre Nel and Makhaya Nitni instead of local boy and a much experienced bowler like Shaun Pollock. The wicket....

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Why was Pathan picked?

Posted Monday , December 25, 2006 20:39

Does it take eight months for Indian selectors to realise that all-rounder Irfan Pathan will be better off playing Ranji Trophy for Baroda than warming the bench in South Africa? Otherwise why would they send back the only Indian batsman to have scored a century during the on-going African Safari mid-way through the tour? Or are the selectors simply blind and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is partial to certain senior players? Does the same yardstick apply to all the members of Team....

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