The ICC T20 world cup was held in England this year. It followed close on the heels of the IPL and I was already burned out and had had enough of cricket. But then being an Indian, I did try to watch the matches and tried to follow the series. However, there was another factor [...]
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Tagged: adjust, Cricket, england, F1, ICC, india, timings, tv, viewership, world cup
This backdated post was penned down during the 2009 IPL season. In the IPL finals, I was in complete support of Bangalore and they were my favorites to pick up the IPL trophy, but that was not to be. In fact until the halfway stage of the IPL, although Royal Challengers Bangalore is my home [...]
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Tagged: catching, Cricket, Dravid, fielding, finals, ipl, lost, RCB, Uthappa
This is backdated post, penned down during the 2009 IPL season. During the IPL, I was thinking about which bowlers are good death bowlers. The captains should ideally preserve these bowlers for during the death overs so that they give away minimum runs. Taking wickets is not quite important since the batsmen are anyway looking [...]
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Tagged: bowlers, Cricket, death, ipl, runs, slower ball, variations, wickets, yorker
Are you among those who, when you were doing something and realized that someone else was doing it better than you, or realized that you needed some help to do better whatever it was that you were doing, got access to the internet, either on the phone, or through a nearby terminal, and googled on [...]
Categories: Personal
Tagged: arm wrestling, badminton, bowling, competition, Cricket, google, internet, learning, search, table tennis, tournament
So I decided to work on a combo of Wasim Akram’s short run up with Shoaib’s slingy bowling action. However this is not working out. A short and quick run up is throwing me off balance and I am losing my rhythm while delivering the ball. All the pent up energy has to be released [...]
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So thinking about my past experiences, I have tried to come up with some strengths and weaknesses in the way I have bowled. Strengths I have a very strong upper body – Strong Shoulders, Strong Chest and a Strong Back (though of late it has been paining a lot) I have a powerful sprint and [...]
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Tagged: action, bowling, Cricket, run-up, self, strength, style, weakness
I think I have mentioned this earlier, but I have a peculiar problem with my bowling action. I just cannot stick to one bowling action. I keep trying out different bowling actions and sometimes when I am tired I switch to some other action. I have a feeling that I can bowl certain types of [...]
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Tagged: academy, action, akram, akthar, bowling, Cricket, mcgrath
The match immediately after I made a scathing attack on the Bangalore team turned their fortunes and brought out the best in their players and they are looking a much more formidable team. For one, Ross Taylor has hit some form and is playing beautifully. That guy is really powerful and has a great temperment. [...]
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Face it, the only reason why the Chennai Superkings are still alive in this IPL is because of their batting performance. And much of that batting has come from the blade of Matthew Hayden’s bat. Otherwise the batting has been average to good but nothing better. They have just managed to be lucky and have [...]
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Being from Bangalore, I am extremely disappointed with the way that Bangalore have been performing in the IPL. Not just this season, but last season as well. In fact the last season the team was a lost cause thanks to the amazingly stupid team selection. However this season they did show some promise and I [...]
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