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V Veera Kumar

V Veera Kumar

Deputy Editor

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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Too close for comfort

Posted Saturday , August 25, 2007 14:09

India's win in the second ODI against England on Friday has not only thrown open the seven-match series but has also exposed their weaknesses in a big way. Whatever good work their batsmen did was almost undone by their floppy fielders and wayward bowlers (not all). Luckily for the visitors, the Englishmen's charge came too late leaving very less scope for a win. Sachin Tendulkar once again missed a century, his third dismissal in the nervous ninety in the last five ODI's he has played. However, this time....

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A star is made!

Posted Friday , August 10, 2007 14:44

It is difficult to complement any other individual than Dinesh Karthik himself for the way he has emerged as fitting answer to India's prayers for one of the opener's (batting) slot. However, one should give a percentage of credit to his skipper Rahul Dravid for his faith in Karthik's ability to adopt to open the innings, when natural opening batsmen like Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa along with an experienced but converted opener like Virendra Sehwag are finding it tough to cement their place in any form of cricket....

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