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If technology can avert mistakes, why shy away from it?

July 3, 2011

 

The page in Prabhat Khabar where this article (translated of course) appeared

You may shut your ears to the raging debate on corruption in the country but there is no escape from the argument over the International Cricket Council’s recent decision to implement a watered down version of the Decision Review System in all forms of international cricket and over how the Board of Control for Cricket in India has called the shots in getting ICC to drop ball tracking technology (Hawk Eye) from the list of aids for TV umpires.

And I paused to think if anybody has been able to stop the march of time or the advent of technology. We have come a long way from using valve radios to transistors to digital radio; from using typewriters to computers; from telephones to mobile phones; from cars that guzzled fuel to machines that are fuel efficient. Yes, technology touches our lives in every which way possible and it is natural that it makes its presence felt in cricket too – not just with making the TV viewing experience a memorable one but also in ensuring that umpires make the right decisions.

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Happy birthday, fiercely proud Indian

April 24, 2011

Intense Master

Like countless waves sweeping an idyllic beach, a number of images bob up in the mind at the mere mention of Sachin Tendulkar. The beaming smile that he breaks into upon taking a wicket or holding a catch. The push-drive past the bewildered bowler. A grateful look towards the sky on reaching a milestone with the bat.

And there is one of his being under-stated. There are some who believe that he has not expressed, let alone asserted, himself in cricket’s boardrooms. But perhaps he sees his role as having to just play cricket and not worry too much about the administrative aspects of the game. His role in the team may have been changing all the time and he has kept it simple all the time.

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An inner journey leads to calmer, more mature Yuvraj Singh

March 27, 2011

He sent fans of his incredible cricketing talent on a roller-coaster ride in the past year or so but, on the evidence of his showing in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 so far, it is clear that Yuvraj Singh himself has been on a fascinating inwards journey, one that has seen him emerge calmer, more mature and more self-assured than he has ever been.

More than the 341 runs that he has scored so far in the World Cup, it is the manner in which he has scored them that offers us insight into this calming journey. Of the six innings he has played, he has failed to cross the minor milestone of the half-century just once, falling for 12 in that game against South Africa in Nagpur. Read more »

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