tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18279039637768414032011-07-08T07:10:00.796+05:30RShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16256449412402924947noreply@blogger.comBlogger1351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827903963776841403.post-17900625904934952212010-04-04T08:02:00.004+05:302010-04-04T09:18:13.868+05:30

A lovely match to see in the stadium! It is not often that you see a classy innings with the bat (Vijay) and a good bowling performance (Bollinger) in the same T-20 match. I doubt Bollinger has ever received such a reception! Vijay's innings was great to watch, no slog at all and Morkel's six hitting is always good fun.But my first reaction in the stadium was "hats off" to the teams who actually

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I am not qualified to give advice nor is it sought, but I am going to anyway, as there is no one to stop me:)Scores in the 20s and 30s with a strike rate of less than 100, without taking the team to victory == not good.Exude some confidence. If you don't believe you can do it, how can we?Don't know what your role is, but at this point, the teams would rather have you on strike than any of the

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I watch many of the matches on TV with my nephew (avid cricket fan and 9 year old).We try not to be cynical during the match and don't comment about the quality of commentary and clichéd phrases or that "like a tracer bullet" are trademarked :) so that we don't spoil his experience.So yesterday as SMG and others went on and on about how MRF is pioneering some cutting edge technology by bringing

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Dear Matthew,I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a bat has been inspired by me. Just look at this, isn't the connection between a bat and me immediately obvious!However my fraternity have felt left down. After so much hype, they don't understand why you are choosing us after 6.8 minutes in every innings. It seems distracting, halting the momentum and you are not doing our reputation any good

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A evening out at the Chennai Open (tennis) a few days ago watching Cilic and Marcel was quite a lot of fun. This is my second trip in the past few years and am I pleasantly surprised. The price of three tickets was less that what I would pay for one ticket for an IPL match -- yeah!There is no fencing, so one gets to experience the match much more than in a caged in atmosphere at a cricket

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The commonwealth games that is.It was reported even a year back that things were behind schedule. No media person, no organizing member is able to defend the progress (only give assurances that it will be pulled togehter somehow...). Instead of taking the responsibility Kalmadi (who has been with the Indian Olympic committee for thirteen years or more, comes out in attack against another CWG

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Not to single out bhajji for yesterday's performance (as the blame can be shared liberally), but came across an interview which taken out of context, resonates with the performance in the match yesterday."Main sochta nahin hoon" - :)"How many bowlers send down six different deliveries in each over?"duh, the object is not to bowl as many different deliveries, the object is to take as many wickets

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My TV time has reduced significantly as work deadlines have overtaken me. But in the limited time I have watched the news, I have been unable to bypass the media circus surrounding the Indian cricket team. The television media (in a quest for ratings) have lost the ability to give a balanced, mature view of events. Rather hysterical reports are the norm, with decibel levels of reporters

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There is one team that needs the most help this year - KKR (what with the allegations of racism, match-fixing investigation, multiple captain-coach theory for a solitary D/L win etc.) So pooling my knowledge (albeit non-existent) of numerology, palmistry (predicting by reading my palm for KKR -- a novel concept that should go well with the team with many theories), factoring in saturn in the

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Thus far I have seen no official comment (from the CEO or owners of KKR) on the racism charge. This is a serious charge and "no comment" answer from the team management should not be accepted. It is not enough for Buchanan to respond, it is important for the CEO or owner to make a statement, as it otherwise sets a poor precedent.Whoever is subjected to discrimination, as owners and as a business

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As KKR loses yet another match, it is hard to pin-point a single flaw in their approach, as everything seems broken. The most surprising has been their auction strategy. While the KP and Freddie buys have gotten a fair share of criticism, the teams atleast had an idea, went for it and implemented it.KKR, on the other hand, bid for Murtaza as if he was Schumacher or V. Anand of cricket. One

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Sree, let me dispel any false notions. God's gift to women, you are not.PS: your only girlfriend (cricket) who happens to be a good friend of mine, mentioned that she was not pleased with you either for getting hammered for 3 sixes by Hayden and general bowling at the death. That relationship is in jeopardy.

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Modi may change the timeout method for the semis and finals.- Teams are finally getting used to 7.5 mins "strategy break", and there is a thought of switching it for this year's finale? If it is not for commercial reasons (as no one is watching the IPL during the break), why would they consider switching it at the end of the tournament.- If common sense prevails, a new rule will not tested in the

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Have been reading on and off about this young tennis player. Appears to be performing consistently well. Well done Yuki! He has also won the Australian open junior title. BTW, does anyone know if he was brought up in India or abroad?

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Chris Gayle has been granted permission to stay an extra day or two in the IPL before he flies to join his team which he captains.Incidentally, this was quoted on the official website (from McCullum's interview). "On his conversation with the umpires before the start of the 19th over: One of the guys (Graham Napier) had a flight to catch. They were asking if they can take him off and get another

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"... Ganguly bowled by a duck" heard in the news yesterday -- (I believe on cnn-ibn).Given KKR's struggles, anything is possible...?

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Yes, I am writing about cheerleaders :(KKR recently sent back their cheerleaders who were selected from a reality show. It was reported that only "local" South African girls would be allowed to cheer and therefore they would not get the opportunity. KKR did the decent thing and they atleast got a holiday.But that got me thinking about the White mischief gals (who I believe are from the US). So

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Just heard Harsha commenting about nice guys finish last or something to that effect (after reviewing the kingfisher fair play award table). Thus far nobody in the IPL or the commentary team have mentioned that the fair play awards don't factor in rained out matches.So Mumbai Indians who are listed as having 30 from 4 matches actually have 30 from 3 matches as they did not play one and should

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I could not believe this when I read it... Can we credit this innovation to the Modi and IPL or is it simply the T-20 effect?"Manpreet Gony has played two one-day internationals for India. No great pace but good control." -- I have to excuse Gony's performance from yesterday ..."I don't think you can make a change to the field!"Whatever next?

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Albie, why are you attempting to york Dhoni (the wicket keeper of your team) instead of the batsman?

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SRK, Modi have joined the club last week.So if you are a glutton for punishment (like me), and really miss the fact that you see them and hear from them only half the day, you can now read them the rest of the time.Modi's blog is full of innovations. The standard theme across his entries is everything I/we do, we do it for the game -- to innovate and improve the quality of cricket!!I am unclear

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Apparently DD, DC, MI have been fined thus far. Will be interesting to see if team gets fined the next step of $220,000 which is a significant amount of money. However I thought most matches went past their allotted time.

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Australia has pulled out of the Davis cup tie in India (@ Chennai). Until the security hue and cry, I did not even know that the Davis cup matches were going to be held locally. Given it is a question of protecting a small contingent for 4-5 days, and a small crowd, I don't think it should have been a problem (unlike IPL with 100s or players, multiple locations and huge crowds for several weeks).

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90% tickets sold = empty stands.Unless SA have a penchant for buying tickets and not showing up, what gives?

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KKR have signs? Come on KKR, keep it simple!However this will create new job opportunities which is invaluable in these times. Opponents can now hire somebody to steal the signs and teach the player at the non-striker's end to communicate to the batsmen with its own signs.Imagine if this is RR and Munaf is signed to bowl a bouncer and he bowls everything but one -- is it because he missed the

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With the batting, the costly drop and the bowling.Postives:Balaji's bowlingHayden, Patel and Raina's batting.Both loses have been to other strong teams, and have not lost badly yet. Negatives:Shabby performance by CSK overall especially after getting Delhi Duo out early and then the Hayden innings and the close finish.Flintoff -- batting and bowling figures are reversed Dhoni -- old Dhoni is

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Really like the vodafone ones -- different, eye-catching, entertaining, and you remember them as well. However at home, we have been wondering what a "beauty alert" might be???You tube link for the ad.

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KXIP have lost 2 matches, but in between the two games they are yet to bowl even 20 overs. They have logged in under 15 overs in 2 matches. There were not in strong position in either of the two matches -- but I am sure they must have a grievance. They are yet to experience a strategy break!BTW, was D/L ratified by D or L for the T-20 game or simply by others? I think they should have D/L v2 for

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Yesterday during the CSK -- RCB match, I heard the phrase "like a tracer bullet". But hold your breath -- I don't think it was dear Shastri. Can cricket survive more tracer bullets? Given that some 'Indianness' is missing in this IPL, I suggest that we get Abhinav Bindra to give some lessons on other ammunition (surely there must be other kinds of bullets). Or better yet, use mythological ones

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Modi very humbly mentioned that FIFA should learn from him IPL. There are a couple of things that perhaps he could learn from them.- Have a working website -- the IPL official website is dismal -- inaccessible most of the time, stale data when available.- Follow the soccer approach - no ads are shown here when I watch the premier league and definitely no forced breaks. I hope the IPL will realize

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First 14 oversThen 12 oversNow 6 oversEach bowler gets to bowl once (except for the privileged 2)? Lets make sure there can be a strategy break after the 3rd over, if not, if I was KXIP I should complain.

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Apparently the live streaming of the match crashed the "official" IPL website. So how to turn that into a positive? Call it popularity going through the roof.As I write this, the site does not load again -- you wonder when they had a year to fix the site, what were they doing.Note also the site is called slave.iplt20.com -- now I understand "master/slave" machines -- but have yet to see

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That's not me bemoaning anything! That is Robin shouting from behind the stumps. And he did a decent job. So beware Partiv and Dinesh -- your backup job to Dhoni is not safe :) The lone warrior Dravid's innings was sweet to watch. Will Ganguly and Laxman do the same today? BTW: I did not get a feeling that there were too many ads -- recession...? Also the coverage does not show the dug-outs

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Is it just me...? Or was the first game, pre-game show, Mandira (Lekha and Sonali missing?), atmosphere, just about everything less interesting than last year. The 7.5 mins breaks are terrible -- I used the first one to complete some chores and the second one to go online and have not followed much after that. The match has lasted 4 hours -- is someone getting fined (or is the dog the excuse)?

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Dear Dhoni,You missed the Padma Shri awards given by the president. Where were you? If the award meant anything, short of an emergency, you should have made it -- if not you should have declined it a long time ago, so that another sportsman/woman should have been awarded it. Surely there needs to be a public word on why you did not make it? I did not see you in the IPL parade either (though I

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What's new this year?- Floats and a parade- Fan mentor (Shree)- Lots of new team jerseys -- (Feng Shui/colour therapy?)Perhaps the two below will be the most asked questions and the most typical answers.How do you feel about the IPL being shifted out of India?It is sad that it had to been moved out of India -- we will miss the Indian atmosphere, but we are still glad that it being held (in the

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The IPL somehow always causes the press to lose track of facts especially teams/players combination. Take a look at this article.According to a report by the Australian Associated Press (AAP), Symonds would have earned USD 1.91 on current exchange rates from his franchise Bangalore Royal Challengers.I will gladly give Symonds $1.91 (USD)When did he move to RCB :)I am assuming they mean $1.91

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Is a player fit for T20, ODIs or tests? The new mantra appears to be that if you are not fit for tests, the way to get there is to play high intensity T-20 virtually non-stop for a month (though some may call it entertainment). I wonder if Watson, Symonds or Lee can make use of the same concept -- as they perhaps have been recalled at an inopportune moment (atleast financially)?

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Indian team wins a gold in the archery world cup (not sure what stage 1 means -- I hope it is not just a qualifying round). I remember Champia from the Olympics -- but I am assuming gold is good. The women's team also win a bronze.For Chennaites out there, do you know if there is archery arena/place where you can try archery for fun?

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It is reported that the IPL folks may be planning an additional 5 min of advertising/breaks per innings. It is unclear if this would be after 10 overs or at some other time. Last year hardly any match finished within the stipulated time. This seems to be more and more like the NBA/NFL, where the last 2 minutes could take half an hour. I realize that they won't show ad after ad, but perhaps

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IPL players' views on votingThe elections were never part of my plans for the season and even if we were playing in India, I don’t think I would have voted. My job is to play cricket and I rate it more highly than my responsibility as a citizen.Jaago re!Does not appear to be any proxy voting. All the more reason for MSD and SRT to fly back to vote to set examples as celebrity citizens.

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The F1 season kicks off this weekend and it is suggested that the cost cutting of about 30% and new rules could make F1 more competitive. I would love for that to happen as it is tiring for it to be McLaren vs Ferrari with Renault thrown in. The other teams have just been completing the grid. Hamilton downplays their chances and hits Warne for a few sixes. Mallya wants a point from Force

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Just wondering if any of our cricketers who are idolized and put on a pedestal, are going to request permission to come back and vote? After the hue and cry over Dhoni's name on the rolls, I wonder if any of them are planning to fly back to cast their vote?

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The IPL will start on Apr 10 Apr 18 -- * Compromise *The English players will be available for less than 2 weeks -- * Compromise *Huge losses in hosting it outside India -- * Compromise *No home/away concept -- * Compromise *Significant crowds unlikely for weekday matches -- * Compromise *Double headers on many days meaning poorer TV ratings for early matches -- * Compromise *Only SA, NZ and SL

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With this novel idea from the coach, I would like to know 2 thingswho is going to keep warne waiting for the toss?which "captain" is ultimately going to take responsibility for a loss?----So how do you think that idea is going to play out? Don't you need one person in-charge on the field regardless of who helps him?"Equally, it’s possible that the captaincy could be rotated during the period that

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I am okay with the elections getting priority and the IPL being scheduled around it, truncated or even shifted to another country (my preference would have been a truncated IPL) .However with the shifting of the IPL, I am surprised that the latter half of the IPL could not be held in India? Why can't the last couple of weeks be held here with each team getting atleast 2 home matches?Modi's reason

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More than a decade of the D/L system, we can safely say that the majority of the cricketing world including spectators don't understand it. We have now reconfirmed what we knew earlier, that even identifying the winning score is a tough job. So it is time for fans to come up with creative ideas to help teams.So I have seriously come up with some:- Build an application, that senses that captain

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It is karma -- my last post was about dusting off decade old winter clothes, and lo and behold, I had to travel to places were sub zero temperatures were the norm. The sweaters were inadequate and so the preparation itself took more time than the trip! I did not ski (don't know how to ski), but went on a sleigh ride. I played a lot of Wii (can we treat it as a sport or atleast get some credit for

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Winter sports to a Chennai gal like me is very alien, after all winter itself is a scary thought. The only time you dust off a decade old sweater is when you travel to places that are colder than 30 degrees celsius. When I see folks who jump off slopes in skis and fly in the air before landing, I have a great sense of awe. Actually, the jumping and flying sounds exciting, it is the landing that

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I periodically like to look back on search terms and phrases that lead people to this blog and I am constantly amazed and very often amused.So to begin with I apologize to all the people who landed on this blog looking for f1 pit stop jobs. I had no idea that people would find this page when they are looking for jobs. FYI, the McLaren website has information on what their pit crew does, but so

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The trading is now open for about a month and there is no salary cap restrictions for trading - I think this really throws the notion of salary cap out of the window.However since this is a league in its nascent stage, the trading won't be as interesting as say an NBA - I would love to see a 3 player trade between 3 teams but that is unlikely.... Already there are rumours that Gibbs, Afridi and

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Lets forget all the world's problem and send Asif to a neutral venue-- perhaps to Burkina Faso, Timbuktu, Ulan Bator or the most neutral of all places Switzerland :) You wonder what has taken the IPL to long to handle what I believe is an open and shut case? During the same time, Harbajjan has been suspended, recovered, danced, played matches and won and has started chirping again. Shree, the

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Looking back at this post written in July, things have continued to slide down further for Dravid - and I think it is time to drop him or for him to retire. As a sincere fan of Dravid, it pains me to watch him - I think luck has totally deserted him and if he does not want to quit, it is time for him to wait in the sidelines for his form, luck and confidence to return and not at the crease.The

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Continuing the why series, I was quite surprised to hear that Sania Mirza has been granted an honorary doctorate. Why? She is in her 20s and has had a career marred by injury. I do believe she is a good sports person and needs to rewarded with appropriate sports awards, sponsorships etc. But a doctorate ??!

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I have been distressed by hearing about this news item about Zaheer Khan. Why the hollow sentiment of giving match fees to mumbai victims and cops if we cannot first follow basic rules and respect security staff? This is not the time for exceptions and as cricketers they need to remember that the security is trying to protect not only them but others around them as well. There are armed escorts

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There is bright sunshine in Chennai today, so that perhaps bodes well for the match. You wonder how it is so sunny in Chennai for most days in a year and for the few days it rains, a match is scheduled! I am interested in seeing how many people show up, given a chance of rain, the additional security checks, diminishing interest in test matches, and the economy (I doubt very many working folks

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Quietly she has made her way to the top 10. At the start of the year, I did not know who Saina was, but have since then followed her tournaments online. The road will be tougher from here on it but she is aiming for the top 5 and then even the number one. Well done!. And in the news reports and the interviews I have seen, she seems to be dignified about her success and celebrations. Hope

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I have tried many posts in the past few days but nothing seems to be able to express half of what I felt (shock, anger, outrage, sadness...). Recovering from relentless rain and power cuts from cyclone Nisha (since when did cyclones start having names?) to reading and watching about Mumbai. It is seems inconsequential to talk about sports now but now that news reports are coming in of Chennai

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Several thoughts in no way connected to each other run through other.Ishant's hair: I have talked glibly about it in the past, but it is a loss to the cricketing world :) You know you are succeeding in cricket in India, when you can cut your long hair!ODIs much too complicated.: I yearn for the days when you could look at the scoreboard and could predict what was needed in terms of runs/overs

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Pietersen has this to say: "We need the bowlers to take wickets and the batsmen to score runs"Insightful...??

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BCCI asks ECB to delay the start of the test series by a day so that Dhoni and perhaps Badrinath if he selected in the test team will have a chance to play in case CSK qualify. At the time of scheduling, they did not make this request - I wonder why now?Assuming that remains unchanged and CSK qualify, I have been wondering who will be the captain. Fleming is expected to be the coach instead of

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Jeev Milkha Singh edges out Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington to win the Singapore Open. The son of "the flying Sikh", he scored 7-under-par to win about $790,000 in prize money in a field that included Phil Mickelson. Congrats Jeev! Other Indians who finished in the top 50 are Gaurav Ghei who finished 22 and Shiv Kapur 31.Along with the cricket team which is doing well, there has been much more

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This 22 year old from Chennai, became the first Indian woman to win a Squash tournament in the Women's League ((WISPA).She is currently ranked 39th in the world. Well done Joshna.I hope she, Saina and others like them get some support from the corporates.

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What constitutes exclusive interviews in the Indian media? Does it mean it is not a press conference? Does it mean the room is exclusive?Does it mean that the person conducting the interview is exclusive to the channel?Does it mean that it is exclusive for 4-5 hours?Just checking... because in the last 5-7 days I have come across atleast 5 if not more "exclusive" interviews with Ganguly in both

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Wow! after wicket keeping in 4 test matches and captaining in 2, he now has to play 7 ODIs, captain, bat and keep as well - then participate in some Champions League matches (captain, bat and keep wickets there as well) and then go and play 2 test matches - captain, bat and keep again... And all of this is within the next 40 days. Except for 10 day break between a couple of tours, this continues

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Ponting gets a gentle slap in the wrist - a 20% fine (of course the lost match is probably what is going to hurt him more)Dhoni himself was guilty of slow over rate in some sessions, though the end of the day tally was generally okay.The extra half hour has been used everyday- something is wrong - that should be for contingencies.The fines and threat of suspension are not working. If this

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It does not appear that to anyone outside the Aussie team the strategy after tea was remotely sane. Why was something that was so obvious to one and all, missed by Ponting and his team? I wonder if they were busy planning the next book. I would have loved to listen in on Dhoni's and Bhajji's conversation in the middle when they saw White, Hussey and Clarke bowl instead of Johnson/Watson/Lee.And

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It will be odd to see a test match without Ganguly or Kumble. Kumble had one of the better voices in the cricketing world :) As there are already proposals of him being a spin coach, I think he should give match refereeing a shot as well.But as I watched the lap of honour around the stadium - I was well and truly stunned when Dhoni lifted him on his shoulders. Prior to that when Dravid and Zaheer

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Seriously, she is young enough to compete in the junior scene! After her excellent performance in the Olympics and other recent tournaments, it is indeed not a surprise to see her excel at this level. Congrats, Saina!.

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Lewis Hamilton is the new and youngest F1 champion edging out Massa by finishing fifth in the Brazilian grand just ahead of Glock in the very last lap of a rainy race. How disappointing for Massa. But it is always exciting to see the championship go to the wire - the last lap of the last race.Force India did not score any point this season but finished ahead of Super Aguri. It has been a tough

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Just like we have a pre-game and post-game show, it is time to have a daily court session to handle disciplinary incidents between the two teams.I am sorry Gambhir and Zaheer - I cannot condone your behaviour. Much of the time, I watch the matches with my young nephew and his friends, and what Watson said could not be heard or copied by them, but they very much see your actions. Being provoked

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Anand is a draw away from winning the world title in chess. The next match is today.Looking back, I wonder when I lost interest in chess and I think it has to do something with explaining chess like this report on Monday's match below."1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5

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The champions league is going to be held from Dec 3 - Dec 10 with several matches in Chennai including the final.Now has anyone from the organzing comittee visited Chennai in the past week - are they hoping that the monsoon ends before December first week?

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Dear Gilly,At the outset, let me say that Harbajjan, Zaheer, Sreesanth, Hayden, Symmonds etc. are not angels. Nor I am about to defend Sachin's character. But I have a few questions to ask of you in response to this.Why now?Gilly, if you so strongly believed that your teammate was wronged in a manner that could not be justified:how easy would it have been to speak then?how easy would it have

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While we were all busy watching the Aussie series, the Bangkok meet with franchisees has happened and here is the reported outcome.Looks like there will be about $2 million additional salary cap to get the Pietersons and Flintoffs of the world. The trading rules have been setup as well (though I am confused by "This means that trading can be done for existing players with absolutely no budgetary

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from behind the stumps (dhoni)... You get to hear what he is thinking at the moment... It is a lot of fun.Wonder why I never heard him so much earlier or don't hear Haddin at all. Is Dhoni talking more now?

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Where are the crowds in India for test matches? Mohali stadium despite the SRT record, is very empty. In Bangalore, the weekend crowd was good, but the rest of the time, it appeared to be empty as well. I think this does not bode well for test cricket. When I was in school, (I sound like my grandparents used to :) ) I remember the stadiums being crowded even during weekdays.Even with my

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Just a few days earlier Vengsarkar had this to say about Ganguly's comments."I won't answer him now as this is not the right time because India are in the middle of a Test series and it might affect the focus of the team"However, it does not stop him from criticizing Kumble, the captain, right in the middle of the same series. [PS: I think there should be ban in Indian media against the words

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With the recent Tata sky switch and package changes, I currently don't have most of the sports channels (which makes it hard to blog about sports). I have not yet decided the package I want -- so that I don't get saddled with tons of other channels I don't wish to watch. And so I turned to trusted DD to watch the cricket match - alas it was not to be trusted. At least, as a reward for bearing

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By now it is known that that Chappell and Frazer are assisting the Aussies in the upcoming series, first by helping secure variety of facilities at the RCA for which he is the head coach, and then by providing tips about the Indian players. Frankly, I don't think the second issue will matter. Most players if astute, should know enough about each other (including the strengths and weaknesses) from

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It has been a month since my last post. What a busy, crazy month it has been from a work standpoint. If I was Dhoni, I would have taken a break from work (yes, it still rankles that he decided to skip a test series...)!So what has happened in the past month in the sporting world.Saina Nehwal won a second grand prix - congrats to her again.Vijender was on the ramp somewhere.Bindra has not been

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As the sports minister met Saina Nehwal to congratulate her, he asked who Gopichand was? Correct me if I am wrong, but if you watched Saina's matches, you would have seen Gopichand as the coach. And as a sports minister, you may try to recollect that he has won a prestigious Badminton tournament less than 10 years ago, and is also the recipient of the nation's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv

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If you were a mostly ignorant sports fan like me, you would have searched for the meaning of this fancy sounding French word, right after Sushil Kumar's bronze medal. How can someone who lost in the first round get a medal --- Repechage provides a way. It means (re-fishing) or to be rescued. So a bronze medal was rescued for India :) However, this does not take away anything from Sushil Kumar who

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Ever since hearing the sports minister's "congratulating all including himself" comment, I have been trying to find a reason to congratulate myself for playing any direct part in the success of our athletes. But can I be congratulated forFinding out about our Olympic athletes once every 4 years and forgetting about them immediately afterwards?Not having seen any national championships even on

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Indian athletes on a roll! Vijender is assured of a bronze atleast.With Saina and a couple of other boxers doing quite well as well, do you think we have turned the corner in Olympics?

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We have a multiple medal olympics!Sushil Kumar is the medalist.Watch out for the boxers later on today.

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I was impressed with the Olypmics opening ceremony, but as various facts emerge, it does bring down the wow factor.Did you know the little girl who sang the song, was not the voice behind it? It looks like the girl who sang it was not "the image" they wanted to project. I think both the kids were cute, but why should a child be made to lip sync for someone else?Some of the fireworks in the sky (

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Contrary to my own expectations, I have been watching boxing. Whether it was Dinesh Kumar and Lakra bowing out or Akhil Kumar beating the world champion yesterday, I have been watching the bouts. However it still very much a passing curiosity, more to support the Indian squad (how about 2 medals?) rather than actually liking the event. But as I watch the bout, I am left wondering at what time in

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Thanks to a comment in an earlier post, I came across this link. When you get past the shock of an Indian being fielded in diving, you start wondering who this mystery athlete is. So on further investigation, I find this information (select India in the country drop down). This appears to list the nearly 100 squad of India, of which only 56 are athletes.What are these folks doing in Beijing?

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Mangal Singh Champia and Saina Nehwal are both out of the Beijing Olympics. Saina had the match under her control in the third game/set and let it slip away. Champia also lost by one point in the round of 16!So an additional medal chance rests with boxing, tennis and a couple of shooting events. However in our flawed reward policy, I hope India can find a way to honour all these athletes, they

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- 2 test matches- a series- RSVS batting reputations (the legends)- reputation as best players of spin- reputation as good spin attack- the confidence boost from the Aussie series- SRTs record quest (temporarily misplaced)- any slim chance of reentry into the ODI team for RD & SG- any chance for Dinesh and Parthiv to challenge for Dhoni's spot- Ishant to injury Gained:- Gautam and Sehwag's

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Interestingly Abhinav Bindra, Saina Naiwal, Mangal Singh Champia are all supported in part by Lakshmi Mittal's trust. So while India goes into an overdrive over the gold medalist, it is important to note that many of those doing well for India have had some much needed additional support. Tata does many things as well (like the academies for archery, the tata-padukone academy etc.)But where are

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Just saw it on DD! It was fantastic final round of shooting, with it being tied after 9 rounds! Wonderful shooting by Abhinav Bindra today. Who knew shooting could be so exciting to watch :)Abhinav shot the best in the final rounds today, but his qualification rounds from yesterday had placed him in 4th (I think?), so he had to climb up in the rankings. Here is my earlier shooting profile if you

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Here is a detailed recap of Indian athletes on day 1. Archer Champia did well (got seeded/ranked 2). The women archers did not get ranked well, however, it is now an elimination round - so anything is possible. A boxer (Vijender Kumar), the rower(Bajrang Thaker), and the badminton player (Saina Nehwal) qualified for the next rounds. A couple of shooting prospects (Manavjit and Mansher) remain

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Accolades are being lavished on the opening ceremony - I too found it creative, culturally interesting, spectacular and befitting of the event. It reminded me of one difference I found between IPL closing ceremony and this one. The former had an overdose of bollywood and the remaining were imported performances while the latter kept it essentially Chinese. The lighting of the torch (a la Akshay

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Here is a great video of a bear interrupting play at a golf tournament. Maybe it wanted a beardie. The spectators look mighty calm, don't they? So seeing this video, I was reminded of Arun Lal's commentary during the last test match. I am fascinated by places, wonder about the impact of the tsunami on galle, put away information about whale watching and turtle farming for future reference. But

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I never thought I would do this post! My interest in boxing is zilch. Besides being aware of "The Greatest" and figuring out if Mike Tyson has bitten any more ears, I don't follow it at all. Come to think of it, maybe a Tyson - Harbajjan contest will be good.. - (bite or slap)?But here the the pugilists for India at the 2008 Olympics, who could come up with a medal or two (they came very close

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Badminton: Did you see Deepika and Prakash Padukone play in a recent match? They seemed to glide across the court. Well I have recently resumed badminton for fun. And I don't seem to glide at all - far from it... ( the court seems so small, but when you play it is exhausting!) But anyway it is good to watch Badminton when the players are good :-) Here are the duo of badminton olympians from

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Continuing the names and faces posts: (without the faces - it is taking too long - so skipping them for now)The Shooting Stars:Sanjeev Rajput (50 m Rifle 3 Positions Men): This 22 year old navy man is a son of Krishan Lal Rajput who earns his livelihood by selling food items on roadside in Jagadhri! He won the bronze medal in the Men's 50m Rifle Prone at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. These are

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It turns out there aren't too many sites with profiles of Indian athletes - so much so that my blog is in the first page of google results today for the phrase "indian olympic contingent" - yikes - we are in deeper trouble than I realized if I am the source of information :-)FYI, thanks to a comment (courtesy preeti) in my previous post, check out Mittal Champions trust for some more details on

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