Tag Archives: MS Dhoni

Short Jabs: Episode 2

Posted on January 25, 2013 by thecricketcouch

Guests: Sana Kazmi – on her recent trip to India during the ODI series vs Pakistan, Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on calls for MS Dhoni to give up captaincy, and Mahesh Sethuraman tells us about what’s bothering him now. You can download … Continue reading →

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Morale-boosting MoM Award and the Media

Posted on January 9, 2013 by thecricketcouch

A controversy has arisen with Mahendra Singh Dhoni having been awarded the Man of the Match award in the third ODI of the recently concluded India-Pakistan series. It was low score affair and there weren’t outstanding contributions from the winning … Continue reading →

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Couch Talk Episode 36 with Chetan Narula, Cricket Writer

Posted on March 10, 2012 by thecricketcouch

In this episode, Cricket journalist and write, Chetan Narula talks about his book “Skipper – A definitve account of India’s greatest captains”, including the inspiration for the book, the research involved in writing it and also about MS Dhoni’s future … Continue reading →

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Couch Talk Episode 31 with Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Posted on February 5, 2012 by thecricketcouch

In this episode, former Cricinfo correspondent Sidhartha Vaidyanathan talks about India’s disastrous 4-0 test series loss in Australia and answers listeners questions on retirements of Dravid/Laxman, Duncan Fletcher, Sehwag, Dhoni’s captaincy amongst other things. Follow him on Twitter @Sidvee and … Continue reading →

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Couch Talk: Episode 6 with Dileep Premchandran and Gary Naylor

Posted on July 20, 2011 by thecricketcouch

In this episode, Dileep Premchandran and Gary Naylor preview the upcoming India-England test series, including discussions on the aftereffects of India’s tour match vs Somerset, the bowling line-ups, middle orders, openers, captains and their series prediction. You can also listen … Continue reading →

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On The Draw at Dominica

Posted on July 11, 2011 by thecricketcouch

When India decided to shake hands with the gracious hosts at Dominica with about 15 overs to go in a chase of 180 in 47 overs, all hell broke loose. At least on social networking sites anyway. Would I have … Continue reading →

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Chasing the Ball

Posted on June 23, 2011 by thecricketcouch

A couple of weeks ago, I played in a 40-overs-a-side league match in the Washington D.C. area and took a wicket in the first over I bowled (2nd over of the innings). Here is what my team mate wrote in … Continue reading →

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Hardworking Man

Posted on June 23, 2011 by thecricketcouch

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Autobiographies

Posted on June 1, 2010 by thecricketcouch

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 →

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Anatomy of a chase

Posted on May 12, 2010 by thecricketcouch

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 →

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