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I doubt any Mumbai sports journalist watched how Surya Yadav prepared for the WC. He requested Parsi Gymkhana cricket secretary Khodadad for green top bouncy pitch. He would get his side arm specialist & Gymkhana coach former Mumbai opner Vinayak Mane would invite different
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A cricketer who was sent off the field by the umpire in a Ranji trophy match in the early 80s for misbehavior is asking paid spectators to behave. What an irony !
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If mere ' Security Threat ' advice of the NZ govt was enough to abandon the tour of Pakistan next time when Pakistan team visits NZ this ' Security Threat ' can force Pakistan team to abandon the tour.
Saddest day in the history of Pakistan cricket.
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planned meticulously and executed perfectly it was fantastic. So you know the secret beyond the success of Surya Yadav. Keep pressing accelerator, Surya. Thanks Vinoo Mane for your efforts.
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type of bowlers. In 4 hour practice session Surya and Vinoo Mane would create match simulations and put more emphasis on perfecting strokes. Surya was all ears when Vinoo spoke. When I watched from the first floor of the pavilion it was a method in madness but the way these guys
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Arjun Tendulkar's 100 on fc debut must have gladdened the heart of Yuvi's father Yograj Singh who had sent me 60 odd videos of the boy couple of months back with a message ' Mac ,mark my words he will score big hundreds.'
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Harmanpreet should be sacked as captain of the team. She is a disgrace to the game of cricket. She should be dropped for a series.
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Listen, listen to Yash Jaiswal crediting Zubin Bharucha for getting him ready for big cricket. It's 10 hour a day working on different situations by practicing in the nets, spending hours in drills, mtch simulation ,no rest no holidays. Well done Yash. Well done Zubs.
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Ben Stokes sends message to retired Test player Moin Ali, ' Ashes ? '. Ali replied ' Lol'. He is back in the England Test team because Australians have 5 left hand batsmen. And we made great offie Ashwin sit out. Indian think tank is leaking.
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Tonight Quinton de Kock will pass a sleepless night. Stand in front of the mirror young man. You need to apologise to the batsman publicly. You have embarassed great cricketers of your country.
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Sunil Gavaskar is a Legend. That he had to clarify his comment speaks poorly of understanding of the context. This country doesn't deserve Legends.
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Cricket is a religion in Mumbai. An average Mumbaikar won't like demotion of Rohit Sharma. Won't be surprised if the fan base of MI weakens drastically. Mumbaikars will never accept outsider leading their team. When pigheaded John Buchanan demoted Dada he lost his job.
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@BoriaMajumdar
you are on twitter for all the wrong reasons. Is Wriddhiman Saha blaming you ? Since Ravi Shastri, Sehwag , Harbhajan Singh & quite a few international players have criticised the journalist, can you confirm or deny ? It's a serious matter.
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Yuvi deserves Bharat Ratna not for winning 2 World Cups but for handling his father every moment of his ( Yuvi's ) 30 years of life.
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Babar Azam is my most favourite young batsman. Imagine Virat Kohli and Babar Azam batting together for any team, the jugalbandi of strokes that will be exhibited can be of world class. It can be compared with Gundappa Viswanath and Zaheer Abbas partnership.
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In the early 60s a Bombay opener Sudhakar Adhikari tied a knot 90 minutes before the imp Ranji trophy game, rushed to Brabourne stadium, scored a hundred & returned for the reception in the evening. Sad to hear young Bombay players are now avoiding to play Ranji trophy matches.
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The day Sanju Samson is picked to keep wickets for India & bats at 3 I will open a bottle of Champagne. I haven't seen such injustice meted out to an impact player in India. Yes he is partly to be blamed for squandering chances but he is now a 29 yr old performer. He must play.
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Ashes ..... Quality cricket, quality viewing and top class commentary on Sony. Can't say the same thing about the ' debate society' in the commentary box of STAR when non cricketers try to show off & sometimes get snubbed by international players.
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Whatever pitch is offered by the ICC for the WTC final India will play Rohit Gill Pujara Kohli Rahane Pant Ashwin Jadeja Ishant Sharma Bumrah and Shami provided all are fit.
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Indian Cricket needs national selectors of stature like Vijay Merchant who had the guts to sack Pataudi in 1971. When senior journalists asked him the reason he said' I am a businessman. To me results count. Sadly Pataudi hasn't delivered so he has to go'. Rest is history.
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With great difficulty I managed to get a county contract for Prithvi Shaw for Northants after speaking to half a dozen counties. I only hope I get to read his on field performance more than off the field videos.
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Happy Birthday Yuvi. Born on 12 December, 12 pm , room number 12, 12th floor of PGI hospital which is in Sector 12.
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M S Dhoni turned 42 today. 21 years ago when P C Podar and Raju Mukherji of my TRDO system spotted this gem who was a TC with Railways hitting everything out of sight in a BCCI match, little did we think one day he will be a national treasure. Many Happy Returns of the Day, Dhoni
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Have said before & repeating again for young players when in town Surya Yadav plays even a first round club match. His logic is more you play in the middle better you become. Let me be blunt he is the only international player from Mumbai who plays club cricket.
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Fakhar Zaman is a batsman who knows how to read the game & pace his innings an art not many possess these days in bang bang batting. Now he has to watch the video of this match to be in ' if I can do it once why not do consistently ' frame of mind. Cricket is a mental game.
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When 13 yr old Ravi Jadeja turned 1st ball sharply to beat the bat in the CCI academy trials both the coaches Nari Contractor & Hanumant Singh said this kid is going to be India's next Salim Durani.
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When as a teenager Rohit Sharma was effortlessly tonking the ball deep in the stands of the Wankhede stadium, coach Vasu Paranjape said " have you observed even crows and pigeons have vanished".
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@nasserccricket
in 2017 when you were shooting a documentary for BBC on Bombay cricket at Azad maidaan 200 meters away was a tent that had a tenant called 14 yr old Yashasvi Jaiswal. I was part of that documentary.
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As per ICC ranking Babar Azam is number one ODI batsman. Congratulations young man. Well Done.
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Doble standard of ECB thoroughly exposed. No wonder they took 48 hours to give reason for withdrawal. Hope PCB chairman has sent a strong letter of protest to the Head of the ICC. ECB should be made to pay because explanation isn't convincing.
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Most likely Rameez Raja will be the Chairman of the PCB because he was the CEO a decade ago and is aware of international cricket politics. An erudite person he is known to be a problem solver. Wasim Akram may be given a big role in Cricket Management.
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When 21 yr old Kapil Dev was dropped from the u 22 team that played against MCC at Nagpur in 1977 he was found crying in the nearby garden. It's 2 years Kuldeep Yadav hasn't played a Test after taking 5 wickets in his last Test. Hope Ravi Shastri is talking to him.
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After trying various permutations & combinations with & without Shreyas Iyer I feel Ajinkya Rahane should be told to prepare himself mentally & technically for the WTC final. He has always enjoyed English conditions. In fact he should be the vice captain.
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Guys , pl don't criticize Pant for poor efforts in the field. Keeping wickets & fielding are 2 different skills in terms anticipation, cutting angles, sliding & throwing. Compromises in skills never works in sports.
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Coach Vasant Amladi demonstrates to a 16 year old Sunil Gavaskar, importance of leading the elbow in the vacations camp held at the Brabourne stadium in 1966.
Pic in my updated book on Bombay Cricket. Picture shared by Former Bombay capt. Shishir Hattangadi
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If nurtured properly Mukesh Kumar has the potential to be Vernon Philander of India. He varies his movement subtly by adjusting line & length shrewdly. A skiddy bowler.
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Watch out for 10 year old Bengali boy Prithvi Shaw from Mum who is dealing in hundreds and double hundreds. Amazing kid.
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Well done skipper Shreyas Iyer, coach Chandru Pandit and assistant coach Abhishek Nayar you guys are absolutely superb. I have watched how you guys have prepared KKR boys in Bombay. It was amazing. Congratulations boys.
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Watch out for 19 yr old WK batsman Vaibhav from Mumbai. He reminds you of young Dhoni when he plays well timed 100 meter lofted shots. He is a brilliant WK too. Last year batting at 7 he scored 627 runs with 3 hundreds in 6 matches of Cooch Behar trophy. Mumbai selectors wake up
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Pakistan team is functioning like a well oiled machine with each player fulfilling roles assigned to him. Out of 3 teams Pakistan England and New Zealand 2 will be in the finals. My gut feeling is Pakistan will lift the cup if they hold thier nerves.
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Fakhar Zaman is a sensational talent. He bisects the field placings with geometrical precision without being a slave to technique. Deserves annual license of freedom to express himself in all the formats of the game. Colour of the ball is irrelevant.
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Presented art of captaincy book by Mike Brearley to future Bombay and India captain Surya Kumar Yadav
http://t.co/UhCs5e2e8T
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Is it true Sports Minister demanded 600 passes of IPL matches & when denied his govt sent a notice of 120 cr to MCA ? Stadium was renovated in 2010 with all the permissions & notice is sent 9 years later. Wah re Wah !
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India u 19 team which toured Pakistan in 2006. Won all 6 matches. From this team Kohli Jadeja Pujara Ishant Sharma Piyush Chawla and Shahbaz Nadeem played for India. Boys were spotted by TRDOs.
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MCA Secretary Ajinkya Naik has been quoted by a local newspaper that Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan had expressed their keenness to play the Ranji trophy final but there were no connecting flights from Dharamshala to Mumbai. Terrific Commitment.
@ajinkyasnaik
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BCCI must put Surya Yadav on the flight to Bangladesh and make him play Test cricket. Enough of white ball cricket. He has 5000 runs in first class cricket.
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Zaheer Khan pays homage to his coach and mentor Sudhir Naik.
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@sardesairajdeep
Rajdeep, you must check facts before writing. MCA guys have tolerated this boy for past 2 years. MCA says he broke tv in the hotel, tore a mattress. The flashing incident took place a day before the match yet he wasn't dropped. Your father wouldn't hv picked him at all
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I hear Dhoni is preparing for the T20 World Cup. For a WK T20 isn't a big problem because batsmen have a go at every ball. While at the crease it's the bat speed that will matter & he knows how to get it right. Mark my words Dhoni will go for the T20 World Cup.
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Though BCCI should be complimented for shifting Rishabh Pant to Bombay, this isn't the first time BCCI acted swiftly. Wasn't Yuvi sent to US for the treatment of Cancer ? BCCI reimburses hospital bills upto INR 10 lakhs of former Test players & Test umpires.
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This is for national selection. committee. Prithvi Shaw 134 in 61 balls with 13 fours and 9 sixes. Strike rate 219.67. Dear selectors , how long you are going to ignore him.
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R Ashwin will be 36 in September 22 and Jadeja will be 34 in December 22. Together they have captured 684 Test wickets. Do we have replacement for them in Test matches ?
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Madhav Apte played Kanga league for 55 years. He quit cricket at 71 !
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Decide once and for all whether Sanju Samson is a T20 or ODI player. To me he is a white ball player. Give him a long rope and he will shorten it. That's the player he is. An unpolished diamond.
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Yashswi Jaiswal has it in him to be a star on International scene. He doesn't need sympathy which his coach & media should realise. Jaiswal isn't the 1st nor will he be the last to come up the hard way. There have been quite a few who came up the hard way & performed.
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What a lovely evening organized by Sunil Gavaskar for young and old friends. With former Bombay captain & selector for 3 decades, Milind Rege & Sunil Gavaskar, buddies from the kidengarten days.
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Sometimes I wonder if my TRDO system hadn't spotted Dhoni in 2002 we would have missed a genius who would have been still checking tickets on the Kharagpur rly station. He wasn't picked for the u 19 World Cup & when TRDOs picked him he was 23 !
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Looks like Dhoni will take over from Shastri after the World Cup.
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I have watched great batters struggle in half a century of my journalism. But they were backed by the media & fans. We need to back Virat Kohli. Leave him alone. It's a phase. He is a genius. Will bounce back.
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Shrewdest move of Afghanistan was to involve Ajay Jadeja as mentor. How to use the playing conditions to the best of the team strategy there is no better person than him. Boys on the domestic circuit call him tricks of the trade expert.
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Unless the new coach Rahul Dravid implements rotation policy for the main players they may not last till end of 2022. Cricket is a mental game. Indian players are so jaded that their skill level has dropped drastically.
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Sunil Gavaskar. Friends, watch his head position and balance. Amazing.
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There are 37 associations of BCCI. If one considers 4 middle order batsmen per association, 148 are available for selection. Though I fully back recall of Rahane it's not a good sign for Indian cricket that not one from 148 was found good enough to replace Shreyas Iyer.
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This Indian team is looking totally different after 36 all out. And for that credit must go to Ravi Shastri. Not easy to motivate a bunch of 20 international players after they were subjected to ridicule by entire country. Shastri made them believe in themselves. Not easy.
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60 years ago a metal plate was inserted in the head of Nari Contractor after he was hit by a bouncer from Charlie Griffith The plate was removed today in a pvt hospital
Get well soon Naribhai
Picture courtesy former Bombay fast bowler Hoshedar Contractor son of 88 yr old Naribhai
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Best thing to have happened to Pakistan cricket is the appointment of Ramiz Raja as the PCB chairman. He is experienced enough to chalk out road map for Pakistan cricket. What Rahul Dravid is to Indian cricket Raja can be to Pakistan cricket provided there are no speed breakers.
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@bhogleharsha
Don't waste your time Harsha explaining cricket laws to political journalists who make their laws & write totally one sided articles. Politics is a fiction. Cricket is a science.
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Usually batsmen play in the V or in the semi circle of non striker's end but shrewd Ben Stokes had reverse V position of fielders, no slip, kept third man open that temped Khawaja to run the Yorker to third man and was bowled. Brilliant captaincy by Stokes.
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@CricCrazyJohns
When a similar shot was played 36 years ago by one of the legends of Indian cricket in a Test match that India lost, he was dropped for the next Text. Another player didn't play for India again.
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When Salim Durani passed away IPL teams wore black armbands but not when another Test player Sudhir Naik passed away. Didn't both play for India ? Very sad.
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Picturesque ground at Malvan in Konkan, Maharashtra.
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In his tweet PCB chairman Ramiz Raja virtually pleading with his players to win tomorrow's game. This tweet will put more pressure on the boys who in limited opportunities that they have received done exceedingly well. Let's have a good game of cricket. I always back underdogs.
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The turning point of the match was the way Mayank Aggarwal tackled Nathan Lyon's first spell dancing down the pitch & hitting cleanly. First psychological battle was won.
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Parthiv Patel is a brilliant commentator while explaining strategy. In fact he simplifies it without using technical jargons.
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Bombay fast bowler Tushar Deshpande who lost his mother today will travel with the Bombay team tomorrow to Indore to play in the knock out of the Mushtaq Ali tournament. I will do my best said Tushar. Brave Boy.
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@ShekharGupta
@ajinkyarahane88
Now now where did you get this information. Must be in the cocktail parties. Last time you had observed fault with the technique of Mayank Aggarwal when he had scored 2 double hundred. Now this bullshit. You are a joker. Stick to your politics.
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Bombay's Siddhesh Lad's request not consider him for d 1st Ranji trophy game because of his marriage reminds me of 1962 when Bombay's Sudhakar Adhikari got married
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.03, rushed to Brabourne stadium to play Ranji trophy, scored a hundred & returned to marriage venue for reception
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If skipper Sourav Ganguly would show subtle aggression Virat Kohli reminded England team that Indians too can give it back. Who started sledging first ? It was England. Now face the music. Tim Paine experienced it. Now it's the turn of Root.
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After watching irresponsible shots of Rahane & Sharma no one should talk of Bombay Batting Gharana. And Rahane is a vice captain. Kapil Dev & Sandeep Patil were dropped for playing such shots in 1985. Patil wasn't picked again.
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Biggest advantage Pakistan has is the technical & mental inputs offered by coach Mathew Hayden about each Australian player. All that Babar Azam has to do is get the plan executed thru his boys. Hold the nerve & Pakistan will find it easier to win the game.
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Indian World Cup team should be picked before the auction of IPL. Those who are picked shouldn't be allowed to play IPL. Compensate them adequately but don't let them play IPL. The team should play practice matches in English conditions for 3 weeks.
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Back spasm of Shreyas Iyer is as baffling as of Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna. Both underwear surgery on back. Iyer missed the 1st Test. Didn't look comfortable when he lunged forward in 2 & 3 & today he didn't bat. Isn't this unfair to fit batsmen sitting in the reserves ?
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Sad PSL is called off. With PCB cutting down number of participating provincial teams from 18 to 6 where do you expect hugely talented boys to exhibit their talent. PSL was the only platform. Each province should organise T20 league. There are thousands in India.
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Hardik Pandya unfit to play in the ODIs but fit to dance in the Ambani wedding ?
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After watching 9 Bombay captains who led India I feel Rahane is the most attack-retreat-attack type capt. A capt is as good as his team but it's also true a capt must know how to handle good team & both Rahane & Rohit Sharma know how to get the best out of their players.
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Ajinkya Rahane bisecting the field placings with geometrical precision is pleasing to watch. If your basics are right everything falls in its place
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In 88 years of Ranji trophy Tamilnadu won the championship only Twice.
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Mr Dhoni, you owe an apology to cricket lovers for your action. You had no business to argue with the umpires. You should have been suspended for at least 2 matches.
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Expect selectors to pick Prithvi Shaw Mayank Aggarwal & Vihari. Get rid of Deadwood who have negative mindset. We need openers who are in form. Shaw scored 3 hundreds for India A in England.
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Big stadiums do not guarantee more Test cricketers. More and better cricket facilities ensure great cricketers. 28 acre Shivaji Park ground has contributed more Test players to Indian cricket than any other city in India.
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BCCI shouldn't allow Bumrah to play in IPL. He is absolutely tired.
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Those who are comparing Surya's catch with that of Kapil Dev haven't watched Eknath Solkar's blinders at the forward short leg. Without any protective gear he took blinders. At Eden Gardens in 1972 Tony Lewis swept Bedi only to be plucked by Solkar. Lewis was stunned.
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