Adelaide Test musings…

Ref: First India-Australia Test at Adelaide.

Aus series he kya?
Nahi, Aasu series hai.
‪#‎IndVsAus‬

Kohli, Viru ya ho Dhoni,
Fast bowling, spin ya kuch bhi anhoni,
Foreign pitches pe bas wohi hi honi.
‪#‎IndVsAus‬

2011: Can’t play fast bowlers on foreign pitches.
‪#‎Eng‬ ‪#‎Aus‬
2012: Can’t play spinners on home pitches.
#Eng
2014: Can’t play spinners on foreign pitches.
#Eng #Aus

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Latest round of match-fixing musings…

Scamster ho ya match-fixer ho…
Aakhir chhoot jaata hai, chhoot jata hai…

Reporter: Srini?
Mudgal: Sriknew.
‪#‎IPL‬ ‪#‎MudgalReport‬

Selector: Did you check out Powerplay 1, Powerplay 2 and Powerplay 3?
Official: No, I was checking out Individual 1, Individual 2 and Individual 3.

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My Contrary Sachin articles…

Sachin book: Well left (Not 1, but all the balls!)
November 8, 2014, Sify.com

And why shouldn’t Chappell have played politics?
November 5, 2014, Sify.com

7 failures of Sachin Tendulkar
22 November, 2013, Sify.com

Padma Bhushan for world beaters…
Bharat Ratna for cricket!
17 November, 2013, Sify.com

Thank God Sachin is retiring!
13 November, 2013, Sify.com

It’s painful to watch Sachin struggle like this
25 March, 2012, Sify.com

2012: Sachin’s worst year ever
18 December, 2012, Sify.com

Sachin vs Ponting: Who’s the greatest?
30 November, 2012

Should Sachin make way for younger blood?
19 November, 2012

Tendulkar is well past his sell-by date
03 September, 2012, Sify.com

8 question marks for Sachin’s all-time great status
19 March, 2012, Sify.com

Time for Sachin to go
17 March, 2012, Sify.com

Is Sachin really the greatest batsman of all time?
Sify.com, 2 March, 2010

Rohit Sharma 264 musings…

Such a long journey…
From Rohit to Nohit to Superhit Sharma.

Fact of the day…
India crossed 260 in an ODI match only once from 1974-1981 (17 years).
Rohit Sharma matched that feat in 3.5 hours.

1998, Chennai.
Saeed Anwar on 194 in just the 47th over, one hit away from becoming first to hit ODI double hundred.
Sachin gets his wicket and finishes the job 12 years later.
And then the Indians just can’t get enough of them!

If Maggi wanted to hire Rohit Sharma as its brand ambassador, then they would be forced to launch 200-minute noodles.

Finishers all…
Dhoni: I can stay till the end.
Raina: I can also stay till the end.
Kohli: Me too.
Rohit: Me too.

ODI innings separated by nearly 40 years.
7 June, 1975, Sunil Gavaskar: 36* (174).
13 November, 2014, Rohit Sharma: 264 (173).

Said Shakespeare in Macbeth…
Double, double toil and trouble!
Lankan player: Really? I thought that was Rohit taunting us at Eden Gardens.

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Indispensable Dhoni musings…

BCCI: We hereby make you captain!
Dhoni: Does the captaincy come with a guarantee card?
BCCI: Yes, in your case, it is valid for your entire cricketing life.

BCCI logic…
Fatigued Dhoni = Indispensable.
Losing Dhoni = Indispensable.
Injured Dhoni = Indispensable.
‪#‎IndVsAus‬

Fact of the day…
About 24% of all Test matches ever won by India from 1932-2014 against the Top 8 teams were done under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
(26/110)
Next best Azhar: Half of that (13).

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When Raina shone in the CLT20 final…

If we had Day/Night Tests in coloured clothes, then Suresh Raina would be a great Test player.
P.S. Raina means Night.

The SSS record…
First to 10,000 Test runs: Sunil Gavaskar.
First to 10,000 ODI runs: Sachin Tendulkar.
First to 10,000 T20 runs: Odds on Suresh Raina.

After the 2011 IPL win, Dhoni didn’t win a single overseas Test series or T20 tournament.
One jinx broken.

#CSK

These versions by Sunil Rajguru