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  • On 17May14 I got a mail in my inbox about the bi-centenary celebrations at Lords on 22May14. essay depot We had already bought tickets to the MCC Vs. ROW match […]

    The Lords of Dreams

    Posted on July 5, 2014 | 1 Comment
    On 17May14 I got a mail in my inbox about the bi-centenary celebrations at Lords on 22May14. essay depot We had already bought tickets to the MCC Vs. ROW match […]

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  • I’m rather proud I don’t cry easily and for cricket tears have flowed thrice. Chennai ’99 – The heartbreak that will never heal – angry and hurt; tears were the […]

    Tears

    Posted on November 16, 2013 | 5 Comments
    I’m rather proud I don’t cry easily and for cricket tears have flowed thrice. Chennai ’99 – The heartbreak that will never heal – angry and hurt; tears were the […]

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  • As much as it is being said that the first test of the Ashes was one of the finest – I’m not ready to believe it was. It was a […]

    Ashes – Episode 1

    Posted on July 16, 2013 | 2 Comments
    As much as it is being said that the first test of the Ashes was one of the finest – I’m not ready to believe it was. It was a […]

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  • Year 2000 – October – Kenya. India was recovering from the rude shock dealt earlier in the year in the form of the match-fixing scandal. It had eroded the system […]

    Memories of another Champions Trophy

    Posted on June 21, 2013 | 4 Comments
    Year 2000 – October – Kenya. India was recovering from the rude shock dealt earlier in the year in the form of the match-fixing scandal. It had eroded the system […]

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  • We were at the receiving end of that score-line twice last season. In England we were were walloped – we were injury stricken, without our best opening pair, without our […]

    4-0 That is All

    Posted on March 24, 2013 | 1 Comment
    We were at the receiving end of that score-line twice last season. In England we were were walloped – we were injury stricken, without our best opening pair, without our […]

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  • I was a bit baffled with folks criticizing and mocking Dhoni for coming ahead of Raina in today’s match at Ranchi with 12 runs left to win. Ranchi is not […]

    Dhoni – The Ranchi Lad

    Posted on January 19, 2013 | 5 Comments
    I was a bit baffled with folks criticizing and mocking Dhoni for coming ahead of Raina in today’s match at Ranchi with 12 runs left to win. Ranchi is not […]

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  • Sanjay Manjrekar’s album titled “Rest Day “ released somewhere around 1994-1995. I still have the audio cassette. Sachin had requested Sanjay to sing his favourite number from Hum Dono – […]

    Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya

    Posted on December 23, 2012 | 11 Comments
    Sanjay Manjrekar’s album titled “Rest Day “ released somewhere around 1994-1995. I still have the audio cassette. Sachin had requested Sanjay to sing his favourite number from Hum Dono – […]

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  • In the 10 losses that we have witnessed in the last 18 months Vs Eng and Aus – India had clearly forgotten what the phrase “to put up a fight” […]

    A Fight

    Posted on December 15, 2012 | 5 Comments
    In the 10 losses that we have witnessed in the last 18 months Vs Eng and Aus – India had clearly forgotten what the phrase “to put up a fight” […]

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  • Prodigious talent first spotted at the ICC Championships in Nairobi 2000. All of 18 hammering the likes of McGrath and Lee on debut. 84 in that match. 2 years later […]

    Yuvi…

    Posted on September 7, 2012 | 3 Comments
    Prodigious talent first spotted at the ICC Championships in Nairobi 2000. All of 18 hammering the likes of McGrath and Lee on debut. 84 in that match. 2 years later […]

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  • This day last year – we experienced the ultimate high of our cricketing fandom. I have no memories of the ’83 WC win. 28 years is a long wait, an […]

    World Cup 2011 Memories

    Posted on April 2, 2012 | 4 Comments
    This day last year – we experienced the ultimate high of our cricketing fandom. I have no memories of the ’83 WC win. 28 years is a long wait, an […]

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