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Tag Archives: Rahul Dravid
Memories from Trent Bridge
It was a quick walk from the railway station, across the bridge over River Trent, when I got the full view of the floodlights that gave it away. I was near one of the most picturesque and uniquely shaped ground … Continue reading
Posted in Test Match Cricket
Tagged England, Ian Bell, India, India v England 2011, Nottingham, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Trent Bridge
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On desire (or a lack of)
Dear Rohit Brijnath, I have always enjoyed your writing style and your ability to discuss different sports with equal aplomb, be it cricket, tennis or badminton. I read your “Voice from within” and it is a neat little trick you … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Amit Mishra, Desire, India, India v England 2011, Praveen Kumar, Rahul Dravid, Rohit Brijnath, Sreesanth, VVS Laxman
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I Spot No HotSpot
Let us consider the two situations. Eoin Morgan thinks he edged the ball from Praveen Kumar during the first innings at Lord’s and walks off even before the umpire had made a decision. Rahul Dravid stood his ground as the … Continue reading
Posted in Controversy
Tagged DRS, Eoin Morgan, Graeme Swann, HotSpot, India v England 2011, Oval, Rahul Dravid, Steve Davies, UDRS
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Cricket is doing just fine
During my tube ride back from London, I picked up the Evening Standard and came across a column by Tom Collomosse pondering about the future of test cricket (online edition of the article). The crux of the article was that … Continue reading
Posted in Test Match Cricket
Tagged Kieron Pollard, Rahul Dravid, Test Cricket, Tom Collomosse, Twenty20
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Couch Talk: Episode 6 with Dileep Premchandran and Gary Naylor
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
On The Draw at Dominica
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
Posted in Controversy, Test Match Cricket
Tagged Dominica, India, India Tour of West Indies 2011, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, 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
Just Short
Test Match Sofa started an initiative where they published a short write-up of their favorite cricketers and opened it up to the fans and listeners as well. So, like any normal listener would do, I wrote with in the next … Continue reading
Who’s Next?
*This column is cross-posted at my column in CricAges* If for one fleeting moment, we can push the hullabaloo from India’ disappointing T20 world cup campaign and the debacle of the second unit in Zimbabwe aside, we can actually see … Continue reading