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India Vs Australia :: Test 4 :: Nagpur :: Day-2
India ended day-1 probably a bit disappointed at not using its opportunities as wisely as it might have. India was presented with first use of a track that will wear down over the next five days. And...
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“Adjective Watch”: Alive and Kicking!
While we are on the topic of derision, here’s the latest offering from the “Adjective Watch” department of i3j3Cricket! In his match report, Malcolm Conn of ‘The Australian’ has referred to Harbhajan...
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India regain the Border Gavaskar Trophy
India regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on day-5 of the Nagpur Test. Just around Tea time on day-5 of the Test a crazy day mirrored the somewhat crazy days that had preceded that moment when a crazy...
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The Indian fan can dream… again!
The Indian fan can dream. The Indian fan first started dreaming in 2001 after “that series”! Team India fans will not need to know either the opponent or the score or the city. The term “that series”...
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The contenders
Saurav “dada” Ganguly has retired and that has opened up a slot in the middle order, that is up for grabs. The race is truly on. The list of contenders has been doing the rounds for a while now and …...
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Pitch Doctors
This is a note meant for Malcolm Conn and Peter Lalor and “their types”… Andy Moles, the New Zealand coach had this to say about the pitch for the 2nd Test between New Zealand and India in the ongoing...
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Take a bow Fab Five… Team India is the #1 Test Team
Some 10 years ago, the Fab Five of Indian Cricket undertook a near-impossible journey. After the morass that represented the match fixing scandal Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul...
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Does the team need a “mentally weak” player?
I am either quite unhappy with MS Dhoni or in sheer awe of him, and I am not able to decide which of the two states I ought to be in! Indeed, I don’t believe I know which of these … Continue reading →
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My problem is not with Navjot Sidhu…
For some time now I have been quite substantially irritated by Navjot Singh Sidhu’s cricket ‘commentary’ on TV. He does appear in non-cricket TV shows too. Whenever he guffaws his way to silliness in...
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An Architect, a Few Builders and a Decade…
On 22 March 2001, India made a compelling statement to the world of cricket. On that day, on a dusty track in Chennai’s M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, a week after that match in Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly’s...
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