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Strategy…
I feel India should declare on their overnight score of 384 for 6 and try and get stuck into the Bangladesh batsmen on a fresh pitch. With 2 days gone and 3 more to play — probably rain-marred — this …...
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India declare
As Mohan suggested earlier, India should have declared at the overnight score of 384. It makes more sense considering the fact that we lost another day to rain. Instead, they decided to bat on…and...
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Retrospective for the 1st test
In Software Engineering, at the end of a project (or an iteration), the team gets together to discuss/review the project and to reflect on what worked, what didn’t; what the team learnt and what the...
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Team India XII for the second Test
India has announced its XII for the second Test against Bangladesh. India’s XII for the Test is: Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra Dhoni, Anil...
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India bat first
Given the pitch conditions and the fact that Bangladesh’s bowling line up is not that great, it was surprising to see Bashar win the toss and put India in to bat. Obviously, the Bangladesh camp would...
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Good Day 1
It almost seems like a repeat of the previous test with India on top at the end of Day 1. The top order shone and the Rain God stayed away. He probably watched the first session of play from afar and...
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Even better Day 2
India tightened the grip on the match on day 2. Dravid, Tendulkar and Karthik completed their hundreds, making it the first instance in test cricket where the top four batsman have compiled a ton....
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The opposition view
Here are a few links to the Bangladesh newspaper’s coverage of the action - A Collective non-effort, writes Bishwajit Roy in The Daily Star. The same paper also talks about Karthik’s self belief...
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So India, Dravid and Tendulkar win a lose-lose series…
Rahul Dravid has kept his head on his shoulders and feet on the ground after the win against Bangladesh. He did acknowledge that this was always going to be a “lose-lose series” for India. “Had we not...
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Deserving the Asia Cup
It was a deserving day of cricket. But only Bangladesh deserved to win the finals. Even before players could wake up. Everybody in the world was sure that Bangladesh will win the Asia Cup, because,...
View ArticleThe i3j3 Cricket Podcast — Episode-3
The i3j3 Cricket Podcast (Episode 3), where Mahesh Krishnan Paddy Padmanabhan, Vish Krishnan and Mohan Krishnamoorthy ramble on about the India V Bangladesh Test match, Ashwin’s 250 wickets, BCCI v...
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