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[Abhishek Mukherjee @ovshake42]

Valentine's Day XI
(Only international cricketers, one entry per surname)

*WG Grace
Joe Darling
Janneman Malan
+Andy Flower
Martin Love
Brian Rose
Madan Lal
Shane Bond
Faith Thomas
Lily Rani Biswas
Alf Valentine
12th: Valentine Faithfull (not international)

Venue: Premadasa

[81allout @81allout]

What a pic. You see the three stumps. You see the bails. You see the ball. You see the stump camera. You see the back foot raised. A batter desperate to save himself while having no chance to save his stumps.

What you don't see?

The bowler.

But you knew that already.

[Kausthub Gudipati @kaustats]

Shamar Joseph hailing from a village with 350 population, was a security guard until last year. It takes min two days to reach there on a boat and until last five years, there was no mobile and internet connection till 2018. Logging was the only profession, and he had a near death experience when a tree fell and narrowly missed him. Then decided to move to another place. Was a labourer and then a security guard, working for 12 hours. At best could play cricket only on a Sunday.

Debuted in this series. Bought an arm guard only three days before the Test. Yet scores 36 against the highly experienced Australian attack in Australia. Also takes a five-wicket haul on Test debut, as West Indies bowl out Australia in AUS for the first time since 2009 (forget even winning).

Australia were 113/2 chasing 215. From this improbable position, Shamar Joseph in just his second Test took 7 wickets in a SINGLE SPELL. This is despite suffering from toe injury.

WI's first win vs AUS since 2003.
That too at Gabba where only India could win in last 35 years.
That too in a pink ball Test where Australia won 11 out of 11 before.
Also after losing many players to various franchise leagues.

WHAT A STORY!!!
Against all the odds.
This is a film!
(Thanks to cricbuzz's Bharat Sundaresan)

[uddipan @uddipan_m]

Kapil seems to be the only specialist pacer in the 11. I bet they are making a rank turner

[Johns. @CricCrazyJohns]

Cricketers invited for Ram Temple Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya. [PTI]

Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni, Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Dravid, Sehwag, Ganguly, Kumble, Jadeja.

[cricket.com.au @cricketcomau]

A moment to savour for India! #AUSvIND

[Abhishek Mukherjee @ovshake42]

Saw some troll responses. No one is countering the analysis, which is based on a paper presented at the International Conference on Sports Engineering at BITS Pilani.

Countering involves work.

"Cricket isn't played on Excel sheets haha" is easy.

PS
This part is very important.

[uddipan @uddipan_m]

@thauburger congratulations 🎉🍾

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

What an amazing story!

[uddipan @uddipan_m]

What is “unfisclosed” ?

[uddipan @uddipan_m]

@lmanul amazing! please keep us posted when and how to get it

[BLACKCAPS @BLACKCAPS]

Our 2023 @cricketworldcup squad introduced by their number 1 fans! #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #CWC23

[Ashwin 🇮🇳 @ashwinravi99]

UAE beating New Zealand is a big achievement and it’s also showing us what franchisee cricket has succeeded in doing.

There is hope for the next generation cricketer coming from countries that aren’t mainstream test nations and that’s good news for the game.

When @rashidkhan_19 broke into the IPL, Afghans weren’t a feared cricketing nation at world cups but now no one can refuse that fact.

The future may well see other nations having representations at the IPL and
turning the fortunes of the game in their respective countries. 🤞🤞

Well done UAE👏👏 #UAEvsNZ

[Philosophy Quotes @philosophors]

“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre

[Rituparna Chatterjee @MasalaBai]

The "toxic feminism" and "pseudo feminism" that most men bash you with is actually inconvenient for misogyny. A "good" feminist according to them is a feminist compliant with patriarchy.

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

“They are so damn 'intellectual' and rotten that I can't stand them anymore....I [would] rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those 'artistic' bitches of Paris.”

— Frida Kahlo

[The Dalit Voice @ambedkariteIND]

A female teacher explaining to children about good touch, bad touch, this country needs such teachers very much, salute to this female teacher.

[uddipan @uddipan_m]

@pankodragon 😂

[uddipan @uddipan_m]

what do you call the art of recycling an old tweet as a brand new post?
compost

[Philosophy Quotes @philosophors]

“Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

[Sujit Nair @sujitnair90]

“The day I got my postgraduate degree, I didn’t waste a minute– I rushed back to my village, Ausgrum in Bengal to become a teacher. Yes, I had higher salary offers from schools in bigger towns, but for me, the 169 Rs. I was offered at my school village meant everything; I was hungry to teach the students from my village who needed a good teacher the most.
And I taught at my school for 39 years and only retired because I’d hit my ‘retirement age’– 60, what a ridiculous concept!
So there I was at 60, retired and expected to spend my years drinking sugary tea and whiling away my time on the charpoy! But I was restless, I didn’t want to retire and kept asking myself, ‘What shall I do now?’ A few days later, I got the answer.
One morning, around 6:30 AM, I saw 3 young girls enter my house. I was shocked when they told me they’d cycled for over 23 kms to see the Master who’d retired! They were young tribal girls who were desperate to learn; with folded hands they asked, ‘Masterji, will you teach us?’ I immediately agreed and said, ‘I can teach you, but you will have to pay my school fees for the whole year–are you ready to pay?’
They said, ‘Yes, Masterji, we will manage the money somehow.’
So I said, ‘Yes, my fees are Rupee 1 for the whole year!’
They were so happy, they hugged me and said, ‘We will pay you 1 Rupee and 4 chocolates also!’
I was elated! So, after they left, I put on my dhoti and went straight back to my school and requested them to give me a classroom to teach…they refused. But I wasn’t going to stop– I had years of teaching left in me, so I went back home, cleaned my verandah and decided to start teaching there.
That was in 2004–my Pathshala started with those 3 girls and today we have over 3000 students per year, most of whom are young tribal girls. My day still starts at 6 AM with a walk around the village and then I open my doors to students coming from all over– some of the girls walk for 20 plus kilometres; I have so much to learn from them!
Over the years, my students have gone on to become professors, heads of departments and IT professionals– they always call me and give me the good news and as always, I ask them to please give me some chocolates! And last year, when I won the Padmashree, my phone didn’t stop ringing; the whole village celebrated with me–it was a happy day, but I still didn’t allow my students to bunk class!
And my doors are open to all– come visit me and my Pathshala anytime; our village is beautiful and all my students are bright–I am sure you can learn something from them!
So that’s my story– I am a simple teacher from Bengal who enjoys his tea and evening naps on his charpoy. The highlight of my life is being called Master Moshai–I want to teach until my last breath; it’s what I was put on this planet to do!”

Sujit Chattopadhyay

President Kovind presents Padma Shri to Shri Sujit Chatterjee for Literature and Education. A retired school teacher from Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, he is recognised over the state for his free coaching center named “Sadai Fakirer Pathsala”. (Courtesy: Characters of Calcutta)