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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: mumbai
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| ![]() What was Mallika Sherawat doing there? ![]() Maxwell innings was the difference between both sides. Brad Hodge was badly missed by the Royals today. And once again Tendulkar overshadows Dravid! Sad. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Jaipur
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| ![]() Not much of a cricket buff lately but still this CLT20 was a memorable one for me. Not because of cricket but because I had a chance meeting with Wasim Akram and in that meeting we were friends enough to invite him home for dinner to which he kindly obliged. What amazed me about the gentleman was not his reverse swinging yorkers, nor the amount of wickets he has taken or nor his humility ( yes he is very very humble and behaves just like you and me) but was how he got over his condition of being a Type 1 Diabetic and continued to be on top of his game for another 8 years after being diagnosed. BTW type 1 diabetes is a different condition than normal or type 2 diabetes and requires a different approach. Its a fine balancing act between the amount of insulin you inject 4-5 times a day, the amount of food intake and the amount of exercise you do. Wasim did that admirably and continued to be on top of his game besides the setback. He has been a great motivator to me atleast. Apart from him Alan Wilkins also joined us at home for dinner ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chennai
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| ![]() Thamizhan Bravo! Fully blinged up! ![]() Photo from FB! |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2010 Location: TN-14
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| ![]() Sachin to retire after test number 200: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...ry/678469.html Thanks for everything, sir |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Zurich
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I hope for their sake that you told them of your travels. I know they may have traveled more, but your travels are different ![]() Thanks to Sachin Tendulkar for accompanying my journey from a fifth grader to a middle aged IT majdoor. Just cannot imagine this guy has been playing for the last 25 years. How many of us can do half the things we did then, with such passion. Hats off sir! Last edited by selfdrive : 10th October 2013 at 16:04. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: mumbai
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| ![]() Bowlers usually get better with experience but then there is Ishant Sharma! ![]() Even if you ask Dhoni when will our bowlers improve their death bowling, even he wouldn't have an asnwer! |
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| ![]() Ishant is not a limited over bowler at all. His stock length is perfect for the batsman looking to go after him. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: mumbai
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| ![]() This Virat Kohli is something special, he is well oncourse to becoming a 'Legend' provided his temperament remains the same if not get better! The way he was batting today was as if somebody told him we had to chase down 460! In other news, Ajit Agarkar has retired. I thought he had already retired considering he hasn't been in the news for a very long time! Remember, he held the quickest to 50 ODI wickets record in those days. And he also managed a 100 at Lord's something the great Tendulkar couldn't achieve. |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Delhi
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| ![]() As a friend said on FB - I think Agakar just forgot announcing his retirement till the Tendulkar thing reminded him ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kannur
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kannur
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: mumbai
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Damn, just googled it & that is indeed true! I wasn't knowing this. So he was the invisible all-rounder in our team all these years!! ![]() Also its difficult to believe he got close to 300 ODI wickets! He was quite under-rated & never got the recognition he deserved. |
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After the series, He was offered Rs 5 crore for posing with 5 duck/ducklings, which he declined. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New Delhi
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He's playing like a player on 'quota' where performance isn't the criteria. He comes, gets plonked for runs, gets a tailender out and stares at the tail-ender as if he's bowled like Steyn. He doesn't contribute with the bat or in the field to justify his constant selection. If selectors can show the door to a senior yet proven performer like Zaheer I wonder why they let Ishant get away time & again? He's played for 6 years and now is the time where he goes back to Ranji cricket and make improvements to earn a spot. This might be odd but whenever Ishant comes to bowl in ODI's or tests I personally don't expect him to take wickets. | |
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