What started off as a hunt in Bristol with @sidvee ahead of the 2nd ODI in England ended in Durban during the World Twenty20 a month later, that too on a day he was announced ODI captain. It appeared in Hindustan Times on Sept 20, 07 #DhoniRetires
Huge props to @karhacter, who first broke the story.
People might know of murmurs and talks etc, but Amol was willing to put his name to the news and take the risk of going public.
That courage is as crucial as the ability to break news, and Amol has both.
Thanks, Kushan. The fans should understand our job - and duty - as objective journalists is to put out the latest information out in public domain. In a dynamic scenario, we don't dabble into predicting the future :)
Axar Patel and Ashutosh Sharma aren’t going anywhere and will continue to stay with Delhi Capitals.
@DelhiCapitals are done with the trade for this season. So put all speculations to rest.
Decision over captaincy yet to be taken.
So Axar Patel isn’t being traded by Delhi Capitals. DC’s Parth Jindal has quashed all ‘rumours’ and ‘click baits’ - not to CSK nor to GT but very much with @DelhiCapitals@ParthJindal11#IPLTrade
Salute to @karhacter’s act of acknowledgement is such a rarity that it almost overshadows his big breaking news of the Hardik-Arshdeep trade.
The generosity in appreciating fellow reporters, even those working for competing organisations, was truly refreshing. He has raised the bar high.
Our profession would be a much better place if even 25% of journalists had this perspective. Professional generosity is underrated.
Just after Laxmi Poojan, the lights went out. Turns out our inverter died somewhere along the way. Apart from a nice Diya-light dinner, got me thinking:
We buy inverters because electricity is not assured.
We buy tanker services because water supply is not assured.
We buy water purifiers because the water, when it does come, may not be fit for consumption.
We buy air purifiers because the air we breathe is poison.
We live in gated societies and pay through the nose for amenities because there just aren’t enough Third Places, parks and public sports amenities in our cities.
We buy two-wheelers because our public transport sucks.
We buy high ground clearance cars and SUVs because we can’t rely on roads to be smooth.
We need our elected representatives to solve these basic problems and actually develop the nation. It’s been over 80 years we’ve been an independent country. All of this should have been long solved by now.
@sportstarweb Both players were involved in a discussion with supervisor Sheetal Iyer and a medical expert.
Visibility not good enough to play a match at this point.
The players have left the court now.
Final may be played tomorrow. Official confirmation awaited.
@sportstarweb
Bad luck #RutujaBhosale and #VaishnaviAdkar you went down but won a million hearts with your lion hearted performance. Rutuja Is nearing top 100 in doubles . Vaishnavi is moving into top 300 and will play bigger events beginning next year. Watch out for Indian women’s tennis 🎾
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