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Tag Archives: Harbhajan Singh
On Ramdin’s Note to Sir Viv and the ICC
On Day 4 of the third England-West Indies test match at Edgbaston, after Denesh Ramdin completed his century, pulled out a folded piece of paper that carried the message “YEH, VIV, TALK NAH.” for Sir Viv Richards. Richards, who is … Continue reading
Whose blame is it anyway?
In a podcast interview I conducted with cricket writer Gideon Haigh, while talking about the use of technology in making umpiring decisions and the Decision Review System (DRS), he mentioned an event from the 2012 Ryobi Cup final, between South … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, IPL
Tagged Deccan Chargers, Decision Review System, Harbhajan Singh, IPL, Johan Cloete, Kumar Sangakkara, Mumbai Indians, Munaf Patel
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Pitch it up Bhajji
The pitch at Sabina Park, Jamaica started taking tremendous amount of spin on Day 1 of the first test between India and West Indies. When West Indies came in to bat after bowling out India for 246 in the 1st … Continue reading
Posted in Test Match Cricket
Tagged Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, India, India Tour of West Indies 2011, Jamaica, Spin bowling, Suresh Raina, West Indies
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The Aussiefication
If you were a fan of a cricket team other than the Aussie teams of the nineties and the early oughts, you know the feeling — Your team makes early inroads in to the strong Aussie batting lineup including greats … Continue reading
Muralitharan is a funny motherf**ker
Or he just confused his turbaned Indian spinners. Of course, Murali is the highest wicket taker in the history of test match cricket, and so, I generally tend to put some trust in his words when he makes comments about … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged Bishen Singh Bedi, Harbhajan Singh, India, Muralitharan, Sri Lanka, SSC Pitch
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Autobiographies
Recently I came in possession of a few books on cricket, including a biography and an autobiography. That made me think what the titles would be if some of the Indian cricketers decided to put their lives on print. Irfan … Continue reading
O Bowlers, Where Art Thou?
The fact that India could not defend a reasonably good score of 285 against a weak Zimbabwe team proves one thing that the followers of Indian cricket have long been aware of – the scarcity of match winning bowlers in … Continue reading
Posted in India
Tagged Afghanistan, Ajit Agarkar, Ashish Nehra, Australia, BCCI, Dirk Nannes, Dwayne Bravo, England, Harbhajan Singh, India, Ishant Sharma, Jerome Taylor, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Shaun Tait, South Africa, Sreesanth, Sri Lanka, Twenty20 World cup 2010, West Indies, Zaheer Khan
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Anatomy of a chase
Sri Lanka just wrote the coaching manual on how to chase down a target on a tricky pitch. SL needed to get 144 runs (of the 164 they needed to win the match outright) to boot India out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Angelo Mathews, Ashish Nehra, Dilshan, Harbhajan Singh, India, Jayarsuriya, Jayawardene, Kapugadera, Malinga, MS Dhoni, Sangakkara, Sri Lanka, Twenty20 World cup, Vinay Kumar, YK Pathan
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The IPL Finals – Running diary Part 2
Read the Part 1 of the running diary on Chennai Innings Part 2: Mumbai Innings We all settle back in. Some of the CSK fans, including me, bemoan the fact that they have to root against Sachin Tendulkar. Such are … Continue reading