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Mohammed Azharuddin and the start of Indian cricket’s unique 20 year run
There are challenges aplenty facing Indian cricket and the idea of the nation of India, today. Happy days on either front are not as plenty as we’d like them to be. But to put this in context I wanted...
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Six defining memories of Australia vs. India in India
Dean Jones vomiting at Chepauk 1986 courtesy Wisden My first memories of test match cricket are of a batsman vomiting. Five year old me watched Dean Jones puke, many times over. I don’t remember what I...
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Anticipation is the best part – Test cricket edition
This post will be irrelevant an hour from now. Day 3 of the gripping test match between India and Australia at Chennai would have commenced then. And the anticipation and predictions in our head would...
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The First of March – This is why I watch
Every time the calendar moves to the 1′st March, I need little spiritual me-time. No single date on the calendar has affected the sports fan in me, as much. 11-year-old me watched a cricket match on a...
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Cricket’s next great commentator – Matthew Hayden
The elusive search for a cricketer-turned-commentator who doesn’t spout clichés and actually talks in an entertaining and informative manner is over. Two days are no sample size to make a decision on...
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IPL6 – GMR using Delhi Daredevils as a pawn in corporate game?
The IPL confirmed recently that the Delhi Daredevils (DD) would play two of their eight home games in Raipur. Franchises do play a game or two away from the home stadium in their home city. Kings XI...
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Kai Po Che – Finally a worthy cricket movie
A few days back, prolific tweeter and hard-core cricket fan Mahek Vyas tweeted about the shocking paucity of cricket movies in Hindi considering how big and wide cricket’s influence is. Outside of...
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My ESPNcricinfo Google+ Hangout with Rahul Dravid
Thanks to the wonderful folks at ESPNcricinfo I was lucky enough to be part of their Google+ Hangout with Rahul Dravid aka the only cause I cared for. It lasted 50 minutes and was an educational and...
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I am a CSK fan and I think their home games this year are a sham
Chennai is my home town. Virtually everything I learned about cricket as a kid in the 80′s was from being around knowledgeable Chennaites. I have an almost familial attachment to the city and the...
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Why I will watch IPL6
Kartikeya Date wrote a piece titled ‘Why I won’t watch IPL6′. Like most things he writes, the piece is analytical, scathing and brutally honest. I agree with a lot of what Kartikeya says in this piece...
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A full-throated cheer for the IPL
They call it a tradition unlike any other. It is one of the most revered events in sports and brings a twinkle to the eyes of connoisseurs worldwide. It is a four-day event held at the same time in...
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The Sachin desert storm – 15 years later
Fifteen years ago on this date, Sachin Tendulkar played the most memorable limited overs knock of all time. I am not saying it was the best innings or the greatest knock ever. It wasn’t even a...
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2013 Chennai Super Kings – Exhilarating and logic defying
During the second “strategic” timeout of the chasing team’s innings in the games at the M.A.Chidambaram stadium the song below is blared for the entirety of the 150 seconds. The lines at the 1:00...
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L Sivaramakrishnan – Mediocre, devoid of insight and powerful
Image courtesy ESPN CRICINFO Several posts and articles have expressed several different concerns about the elevation of BCCI-employed commentator and India Cements employee L Sivaramakrishnan (Siva)...
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Five quick thoughts on IPL 6 spot fixing allegations
Five initial and quick thoughts on the IPL 6 spot fixing scandal that just broke a few hours ago - 1. Innocent until proven guilty - This needs to be repeated time and again. Three cricketers have...
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A champion’s trophy – Birmingham, India and an unforgettable Sunday in June
“God is not coming to save us,” Dhoni told his team in the huddle. Indian team huddle. Image courtesy http://www.icc-cricket.com under the Creative Commons license terms. It might as well have been a...
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Duncan, who? – A request for the definitive Duncan Fletcher piece
In the latest instance of the excellent Cricket Sadist Hour podcast, the two most important voices covering Aussie cricket today vent freely about the sudden and yet understandable move to replace the...
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The day India learnt to chase
Image courtesy Getty Images under the Creative Commons license Cricket teams rarely become good overnight. They take steps. They take a step. And then they take the next step. The confluence of...
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My 100′th post : Why I write
“When you sit down to write, there is only one important person in your life. This is someone you will never meet, called a reader”, Former Guardian science editor, letters editor, arts editor and...
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Cricket, technology and the Silicon valley: A conversation with Rohan Chandran
Rohan Chandran is one of the original guys behind Cricinfo. He has been in the Bay Area for 20 years and lives at the intersection of technology, cricket and Silicon valley. He is now an entrepreneur...
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