@RandomCricketP1 I beg to differ. Rank turners are absolutely fine if it's gradual in a test match due to wear and tear. In India, if it turns square on day 2, it sure is a bad pitch. Not one wicket that fell today had any additional assistance from the wicket. It was just good bowling.
*RANT ALERT ON OUR MEMORABLE GABBA WIN TWO YEARS AGO*
Okay! we have done well to negotiate the first session. But there is still a long LONG way to go,” I told myself as Cheteshwar Pujara and Shubman Gill walked back to the dressing room for Lunch, ensuring that India was just one wicket down after the first two hours of what eventually turned out to be a HISTORIC day for Indian cricket.
As has been the ritual for a major part of the Test series, I had spent a sleepless night leading into the final day. 324 to win on a cracked-up final day pitch at the ‘Gabbatoir’ against the likes of Josh Hazlewood, Pat ‘The Machine’ Cummins, a temperamental Mitchell Starc- who one can never take lightly despite him being in poor form- and of-course the ‘GOAT’ Nathan Lyon.
I love Kohli. I loved India under Kohli, but more than anything, I loved Test cricket under Kohli.
Throwback to my favourite article I wrote in 2022.
The more I think of it, the sadder I get thinking about what could have been. It might be a while 💔
https://t.co/7DWR0xFmET
So true.
The joy that this afternoon gave is unforgettable for me. And I was just following the scores on Cricinfo from my office. Even then, just to know what this duo was pulling off was some feeling. Had similar emotions when Dada-SRT were racking up runs in England in 2007
A thread. Kalaignar #Karunanidhi succeeded where north Indian leaders of social justice failed. I looked at the different itineraries of the social justice movements and tried to investigate how the @RSSorg won the north but failed in Tamilnadu. #ForeverKalaignar … (continue)
Who wants to see 100 metre boundaries and smaller bats like the good old days? Let's sort the hitters from the hopers, the biffers from the the bluffers. Let's make six runs meaningful again.
A story on B'day Boy Sir Viv Richards that I hadn't posted as a thread earlier. So, here we go🧵
They called Vivian Richards ‘The King’ back in the day. And a cursory glance at his numbers would tell you that they had a good reason for it. And messing with the king ain’t always
The very first time Shane Warne bowled to Sachin Tendulkar wasn't in Warne's first test in January 1992, it happened a month earlier in a PM's XI match in Canberra. Fascinating viewing! Certified OLD GOLD!
கலைஞர்கருணாநிதியைப் போல விபரம் இல்லாத மனிதர் இந்தியாவிலேயே இருக்க முடியாது
1)ஐடிக்கு என தலைமைச்செயலகத்தில் தனித்துறையை 1998ல் உருவாக்கினார்
2)முதலமைச்சர் தலைமையில் ஐடி டாஸ்க் போர்ஸ் உருவாக்கினார்
3)இந்திய மாநிலங்களிலேயே முதன்முதலாக ஐடி பாலிசியை தமிழகம் தான் உருவாக்கியது
The Healy-Gilly Story!
Two men embracing each other to celebrate a win in a stadium probably devoid of the best lighting system which makes the yellow of their kit almost pop out. That's all that we see, right?
Let's go deeper into the story of the photo through the stories of
This well-reasoned editorial page article in The Hindu of February 9, 2022 by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin explains how and why NEET is unacceptable — and how The NEET Exemption Bill defends the right to education & social rights & upholds the State’s rights: