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What started off as a hunt in Bristol with
@sidvee
ahead of the 2nd ODI in England ended in Durban during the World Twenty20 a month later, that too on a day he was announced ODI captain. It appeared in Hindustan Times on Sept 20, 07
#DhoniRetires
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When Dinesh Karthik made his India debut at Lord's in September 2004, Alex Wharf was playing his third ODI. Today Wharf is an on-field umpire with Karthik in India's XI
#ENGvIND
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Dhoni se pehle bhi, Dhoni ke saath bhi aur Dhoni ke baad bhi! DK, the finisher, has a different charm altogether
#RCBvsRR
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India's international cricketers: Gimme a break!
Domestic cricketers in India: Gimme a game!
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How does Sarfaraz Khan celebrate Mumbai's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title. He lands in Mumbai from Kolkata early morning, heads to a maidan straight from the airport to play Purshottam Shield and scores a hundred too!
#crickettwitter
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Honestly, 170/8 sounds better than 155/5 or 160/4 batting first. Doesn't matter whether the new approach works every time or not, it is the need of the hour
#ENGvIND
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To all those who are surprised with Kuldeep Yadav's batting abilities: he was Uttar Pradesh's highest run-getter and highest wicket-taker in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy season
#INDvENG
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Ajinkya Rahane and Yash Dhull will steal the headlines for their hundreds but how creditable has Sarfaraz Khan's hundred been! Had a 900+ run season, he has continued to score at will even after two years
#RanjiTrophy
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In June 2014, I received a clip on WhatsApp from a friend. Don't ask who. It was the era before select domestic
#cricket
games were streamed on OTT platforms. It was cut through BCCI's own six-camera set-up
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Polite reminder to all those who are celebrating "15 years of IPL" today: It's 14 years since the first IPL game
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We all make mistakes but can't help but think that the Sheldon Jackson episode underlines how domestic cricket is grossly ignored by the Indian cricket ecosystem itself
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Ranji Trophy is finally set to start around Feb 10. Hopefully the other domestic tournaments, age-group and women, will follow suit
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BCCI rightly told the whole world to respect the privacy of a player's health emergency. Looks like it forgot to inform some of their own to follow the same
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The fact that many of the crorepatis in the
#IPLAuction2022
are not starting for their respective teams on the opening day of the
#RanjiTrophy
indicates that first-class cricket is a different ball-game altogether.
PS: Some of those have suffered due to internal politics too!
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Watch out for these two. Expecting both of them would be regulars in the blue jersey
#CricketTwitter
#KuldeepSen
#UmranMalik
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Wow!!!! Ruturaj........... The first ball of the day, Shardul runs in and pitches it short. Ruturaj pegs back and despite the deep-fine and deep-square in place, goes for a full-blooded hook that sails over Tanush Kotian at deep square! First ball, six! That's set up this opening
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The North Stand starts chanting "Rohit, Rohit" and almost the entire stadium joins in the chorus and there we go, just when Hardik Pandya is displayed on the giant screen for tossing the coin there were a few - more than a few, actually - boos. Hardik wears a bemused look. Royals
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Ian Bishop is not only the best broadcaster in cricket but also a gem of a person! Respect!!!
@statscian
I take an “L” on that one. I am very aware of what T20 batting entails, and my insertion of that word was inaccurate. My choice of words and language in keeping with the format of the game needs to be more accurate and it will be going forward. Apologies.
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Intent!
This team of soft spoken gentlemen transforms on the field into warriors who never cross the line but never take a backward step. Matching opposition punch for punch, putting body on the line. Whatever happens from here this team has won the respect of the cricket world.
#AUSvIND
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Stop this nonsense and do your fact checks, please!
समय सबका आता है। बस संयम की ज़रूरत होती है।
साल 2004, दिनेश कार्तिक नामक युवा विकेटकीपर ने भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम ने अपना डेब्यू किया। उनका क्रिकेट जीवन परवान चढ़ रहा था और सन 2007 में अपनी बचपन की दोस्त निकिता वंजारा से शादी कर ली।
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From being "not allowed to do any interviews" to doing instagram lives during a series, Indian cricket has come a long way
#justsaying
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They questioned his age: he scored at higher levels!
They questioned his discipline: he responded with tons of runs!
They questioned his technique: he responded with scoring everywhere he got an opportunity at!
And they questioned his weight too: he shed a few kilos!
The hundred
The run machine seems to have hit the top gear. Here's a piece on Sarfaraz Khan's phenomenal form and how he has been managing Daddy and daddy hundreds
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COVID breaching ProKabaddi bubble has, for now, resulted in rescheduling a few games. More importantly, it's yet another reminder that large biosecure bubbles in India continue to be vulnerable
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@sportstarweb
@TheHinduSports
Tanush Kotian appreciation post! Do not be misled by his heroics at No 10 in the QF and SF as feats by a tailender. He is a proper No 8 bat, can even deliver higher. Once Shardul came back, he had to move down to No 9 and with nigthwatcher having been used, Tanush has batted at
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50 per cent attendance for spectators and zero per cent for media for India's games. Waah, BCCI!!!
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The fitting farewell. Picked the first and the last of Vidarbha's 20 wickets in the
#RanjiTrophyFinal
. Fare well beyond the wickets too, Dhawal Kulkarni
#MUMvsVID
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Ruturaj Gaikwad hundred alert
In the seventh over of the morning, Ruturaj grounds the short-ball by Thakur and sprints two. Turns around, and then takes his helmet off and acknowledges the applause from his team. It has taken him only 87 balls for hundred (14x4, 2x6). This has
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Five debutants in a series for India. The last time such an instance happened was in a series where India's head coach, batting coach and bowling coach all debuted in the same series
#INDvENG
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Ashwin has now bowled more balls in the first session than he bowled during India's maiden
#PinkBallTest
in Kolkata in 2019
#INDvENG
@sportstarweb
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Such heartwarming tale about glorious uncertainties of the game called life! Juned Khan is making the movie of an opportunity that came him way by luck
#Mumbai
#CricketTwitter
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Ruturaj Gaikwad drives Shams Mulani for a single to reach his fifty. It's taken him only 45 balls to get there but he doesn't celebrate at all. Looks like he has his eyes set on a big one! And he follows it up with a sweep for his ninth four. Maharashtra 94/1
#MUMvMAH
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Dhiraj Bommadevara, Arjun Babuta and Sarabjot Singh!!! You all are superstars!!!
#Archery
#Paris2024
#Olympics
I can't believe that!
Just utterly cruel on Dhiraj Bommadevara.
This is the margin of his defeat. 2.4 cm!
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All those who dismissed the
#HardikPandya
trade as fake news will soon have to eat their words!!! Respect the professionals
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Hardik Pandya being trolled online, booed offline is understandable. But being heckled as Chhapri is stretching it a bit too far. Yes, it's a casual taunt in Bambaiya, even all over urban Maharashtra (possibly Western India as well). But that doesn't take away the casteist
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Don't judge Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad based on their first hit in the IPL
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He may be on the cusp of turning 35 but Wriddhiman Saha remains the only wicketkeeper in India who you would pay to watch for to enjoy his skills behind the wickets
#INDvSA
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Hahahahahahahaha
Me when the person who got the job which I had also applied for asks for a congratulatory meme 😛😂
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23 years ago, after MP lost to Karnataka in the
#RanjiTrophyFinal
, which also turned out to be his last FC game, Chandrakant Pandit was sobbing with his hands on his face. Today he is all smiles. Life does come a full circle
#RanjiTrophy
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Himachal Pradesh being crowned the
#VijayHazareTrophy
champion is a wonderful achievement, not just for HP cricket but also for the so-called smaller teams on the domestic circuit
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Official broadcaster will again plan the programming around squad announcement! 6pm, it is, btw
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The heat and humidiy has gotten to Ruturaj Gaikwad. He is down with a wet towel and it takes almost five minutes for the physion to work with him and finally Ruturaj is up and standing. The break has ensured that the over ended up being the last of the morning session.
Ruturaj
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Rohit Sharma lifts Harbhajan Singh and the North Stand is going wild chanting Rohit's name as he rejoins the high-catching group
#MIvRR
@sportstarweb
@TheHinduSports
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A franchise representative informs that the auctioneer is fine. Should resume in a while. That's a relief
#IPLAuction
#IPLMegaAuction
@sportstarweb
@TheHinduSports
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@vikrantgupta73
"Those who are not a part of the dressing room don't know or realise what it takes to be here." And "we don't care about what those outside the group feel or say about us."
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An important
#thread
. And the onus lies primarily on the state associations that are desperate to host big games. Respect the Indian cricket fan with bare minimum hygiene facilities. Or stop selling tickets altogether
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Just in: Not player contracts but the Mumbai Cricket Association has decided to top-up the Ranji Trophy players' match-fees as much as the BCCI pays from the next season onwards. So the domestic cricketers from Mumbai - senior men - will earn 2X from the next season onward
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A team that wins together, celebrates together. The Mumbai boys even made Ajinkya Rahane dance at the felicitation ceremony organised by the MCA.
The Mumbai Cricket Association has announced a bonus of Rs 1 crore - 50L each for the players and the support staff - for bringing
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Who cares for thousands of fans who had planned a holiday in the mountains while enjoying a high-profile Test match. In-stadia spectator is sadly the least important entity in the Indian cricket pyramid!!!
#INDvsAUS
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Rohit Sharma states Gill will open with him and Ishan will have to unfortunately miss out. That confirms that KL Rahul will keep wickets. Does that mean Shreyas and Surya at 4 and 6, with a solitary allrounder in the XI?
#INDvSL
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You earn the confidence of someone in position of power, break into an informal chat, secretly record it and present it as a sting operation. Insane!
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Yash Thakur was hooked to cricket after watching MS Dhoni lift the World Cup and started keeping wickets. Once his coach Praveen Hinganikar saw him rolling his arm over by mistake and told him to never wear keeping gloves ever again. "But I want to be like Dhoni, sir!" Hinganikar
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Picture of the day in
#RanjiTrophy
Bade bhaiya toh bade bhaiya, chhote sher bhi...
Musheer Khan's innings break up
Unbeaten 128 off 216 balls
Dots: 124
Singles: 76
Twos: 6
Fours: 10
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What can raw pace and accurate yorker mean to a batter? Ask Jaydev Unadkat and the Saurashtra batter was left in disbelief after Umran Malik's perfect yorker crashed into the off-stump. Rest of India pace trio rolling over Saurashtra. 60/8
#Iranicup
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Shouldn't he have been asked to play a
#RanjiTrophy
game before joining India's squad?
🚨JUST IN
The All-India Senior Selection Committee has included Jasprit Bumrah in India’s ODI squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Details👉 I
#CricketTwitter
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One should never let go of an opportunity to be around the
@NorthStandGang
every time cricket comes calling to Wankhede stadium
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Opening with Uthappa is resulting in a sweeping success for Rajasthan Royals
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Intent. That's one of the first words used by Ravi Shastri in the comm box
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BCCI senior men's chief selector addressing a press conference has been such a thing of past that it becomes breaking news! Understandable since for the first time in 20 months will a chief selector address the fans through the media
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Privileged to have witnessed most of these knocks from the sidelines. Run mach(o)ine
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The loudest scream of the match has been heard, courtesy Shams Mulani. And it's understandable since the left-arm spinner gets the prized scalp of Ruturaj Gaikwad. It pitches around leg-stump, turns and takes a glove en route Ajinkya Rahane in th slip.
Ruturaj's marathon knock
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Arjun Tendulkar becomes the second Tendulkar to mark his First Class debut with a hundred! Incidentally, the other Tendulkar had scored his debut
#RanjiTrophy
ton in the same week 34 years ago.
@sportstarweb
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Oh noooo..... Sachin Dhas is also playing his third FC match. Just when he is two runs shy of his maiden FC hundred, he finally miscues a pull off Royston Dias and Shardul Thakur runs in a couple of steps at deep square leg to shatter Dhas. Dhas trudges along and on the way, gets
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Jaydev Unadkat is given a rousing applause by his family and the Saurashtra captain acknowledges it. His unbeaten 78 and partnership of 144 with Prerak Mankad means Saurashtra end the day with a lead of 92. Can they pull off a heist tomorrow?
#IraniCup
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Rather than waiting for things to happen, Virat Kohli the captain made things happen in charge of India's Test team. It reaped rich dividends and will remain his legacy as Test captain
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Many would have thought of the decision to give Abhishek an additional over with Hetmyer at the crease as a suicidal move. But that's where great captains come in. On a pitch where the ball is gripping and turning, the one coming into the stumps is more lethal than the one going
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With his twin boundaries off Stokes, Pant has given India the lead and has become the highest individual scorer at the Narendra Modi Stadium
#INDvENG
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As much as M Vijay is a less-credited/ forgotten hero of India's Test surge over the last decade, Shikhar Dhawan has played quite a similar role in the ODIs. A phenomenal batter who took time to blossom after emerging as an U-19 star! As for the Tests, that whirlwind debut will
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Stock market will now open 2020 points in the green tomorrow
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Here's to all those who will now say: "wasn't she funded by the Govt?"
Let's remind ourselves that she didn't raise her voice against the Govt. It was against an administrator of her sport's governing body
#Vinesh
#wrestling
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Ruturaj Gaikwad creams Tanush Kotian for a boundary in the last over of the day's play as Maharashtra end the day at 142/1. Gaikwad (80*) and Sachin Dhas (59*) have been fluent. They will have to keep up the tempo on Sunday morning. See you tomorrow! Do follow our
#RanjiTrophy
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Asia Cup plan likely to be firmed up at the IPL final. Jay Shah, BCCI secretary and ACC president confirms the heads Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka Cricket Boards will attend the final in Ahmedabad 1/2
@sportstarweb
@TheHinduSports
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Such a great loss to the cricket fraternity. Rahul Mankad, multiple Ranji Trophy winner and the last surviving son of the legendary Vinoo Mankad, passes away after a brief ailment
@sportstarweb
@TheHinduSports
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@rgcricket
Well said. But no point in trying to explain anything logically to those who only care about reach and impressions, Rajneesh :)
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The run machine seems to have hit the top gear. Here's a piece on Sarfaraz Khan's phenomenal form and how he has been managing Daddy and daddy hundreds
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Ever since the advertisement for selectors was released in November, I have maintained that the selection committee was "NOT SACKED". Soon everyone who said/ wrote/ reported may have to eat their words
#JustSaying
#RandomThoughts
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Shreyas Iyer hundred
The 131st ball that Shreyas Iyer faces - he taps Satyajeet Bachhav to mid-on, completes a single and the dressing room roars. He turns around, gently walks towards Suryakumar Yadav and finally raises the bat in the air. Surya forces him to raise the bat even
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To all those givinig gyaan about how she should have faked an injury and secured a medal instead of failing weigh-in, read the last sentence from the UWW rules and regulations
#Vinesh
#Paris2024
#wrestling
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Samit Dravid, son of former India captain and present head coach, scored a valiant 87 for Karnataka against Mumbai in pre-quarterfinal of the Vinoo Mankad (U-19) Trophy
#CricketTwitter
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Lovely thread. Even though my bike was stolen from the cinema hall parking lot while watching the film, still love Swades
The year 2004 saw the release of a film that many feel is the best role portrayed by
@iamsrk
- Swades.
After the highly successful Lagaan,
@AshGowariker
took on this project, about a brilliant NRI engineer wondering if he can make a difference back home.
A Thread🧵
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Mayank Agarwal and Shardul Thakur have every reason to be gutted for having not made the XI in Sydney
#AUSvIND
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Yet again. A show for the host broadcaster has been branded as a "press conference". Stop this, ICC/ BCCI
#WorldCup2023
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Ajinkya Rahane waits for the Steve Smith pitch-scratching controversy to boil. "I didn’t actually see when Smith did that. I will watch it and then react."
#INDvAUS
#stevesmith
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