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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Carribean Heartbreak

Why must every tour of the West Indies by the Indian team come with a truckload of heart-breaks?
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Superb superb bowling towards the death by Munaf. Amazing sang froid. With better umpiring and catching, he might have ended up with 3 wickets in his last 3 overs. This man is test-ready. Hope that Pathan gets his mojo back soon. What an opening combo that would be on helpful tracks.
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Bad bad catching by the Indian team. Especially Kaif and Yuvraj who are otherwise brilliant fielders. They are just not used to close in catching. Especially Kaif who stands up too early and invariably misses ankle-height catches.
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With some 4 overs to go and 4 wickets to be taken, Dravid dropped a fairly regulation slip catch off Munaf. Can you imagine what the media and crowd reaction would have been if it had been Ganguly who had dropped the catch as a captain?
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Amazing match for Sehwag. A blistering and masterful 180, and 4 crucial wickets. He is probably the most under-rated bowler around.
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I hate rain. Seriously, I hate rain!
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As the ever erudite Crime Master Gogo often said, haath ko aaya, moonh na lagaa :(