Tag Archives: VVS Laxman

Playing with the Tail

It is an intriguing job for the batsman slotted in at Number 5 or 6 in the batting order. He may be asked to drive home the advantage that the top order has achieved, or has to right the ship … Continue reading

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Safety Blanket

My wife has a weird fear, although I suppose all fears are weird at some level. She has to have a blanket covering her neck when she goes to sleep, so that she won’t have her throat slit. I think … Continue reading

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A Very Very Special Evening

VVS Laxman’s batting is known for its immaculate silken timing. It was no surprise then, that he walked in to Paradise Biryani Pointe, the venue for a meet-and-greet in East Windsor, NJ where DVD highlights of the epic 2001 India-Australia … Continue reading

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Couch Talk Episode 31 with Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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