June 2008 - Posts - Pinch Hitter

June 2008 - Posts

ALL FOR THREE

Posted by Manoj Madhavan at 
I was trying to think of players who could walk into a side in all three forms of cricket. Test Cricket, One Day International and Twenty-20. I so much wished Sir Don Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Wasim Akhram, Graham Pollock, Viv Richards had played these versions. After mulling over it for sometime, I created two super XI: One a team of present stalwarts...

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For my 'name' sake

Posted by Manoj Madhavan at 
Ganpat, Chandidas, Rasiklal, Omprakash, Devjibhai, Manohar, Ramlal, Musa, Ramesh, well all these are Cricketers who played Test matches for India. Never heard of such names is what you would wonder. These are middle names of Vinod Kambli, Saurav Ganguly, Dilip Doshi, Ashok Malhotra, Karsan Ghavri, Sunil Gawaskar, Kapil Dev, Munaf Patel and Sachin Tendulkar...

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What next after T-20?

Posted by Manoj Madhavan at 
There were two things that went through my mind: The immediate remedy and the futuristic solution. One -- Is it going to be the usual boring soaps from here on or will it be Salman Khan making fun of himself along with the contestants? I dread the coming few days until I get used to other sporting events. For now thank god for the French Open. Second...

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