Posts Tagged ‘ Gautam Gambhir ’

Time to stay calm and look for solutions

January 15, 2012

The heart bleeds after the Indian cricket team has been mauled for the seventh successive time in an overseas Test cricket but the mind must stay calm and analyse the slide that has hurt, upset, disappointed and angered us. It is only a sport and we have to hope that Indian cricket will come out of the morass that it finds itself in at the moment.

Yes, India’s woeful showing in overseas Tests needs to be addressed but let us not incite passion in doing so. It is critical that we remain collected as we sit down to find solutions to some problems that the Indian team is so obviously facing now. It is important not to become a part of the cacophony that follows each such defeat.

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A night when the heart fell and rose

April 3, 2011

Vijaya Nadar

Gautam Gambhir was one of the stars of the chase (Photo courtesy: Google Images)

What a night! A night to beat all other nights hollow! A night when the Men in Blue took centre-stage, with a performance none can find flaws in. It was incredible to see a team which was faltering during the World Cup, gain momentum and produce a less than a perfect performance, but still good enough to stun Australia in the quarterfinal, a doddering performance to stamp out Pakistan in the semifinal and come back strongly to reduce Sri Lankan grit to dust in the finals.

The night was incredibly perfect, as the calm, cool and collected captain MS Dhoni received the Man of the Match award and the flamboyant Yuvraj Singh the Man of the Series prize, but I could not help but feel sorry for the man of the moment Gautam Gambhir for not getting a share of the recognition with Dhoni. After all, his innings is what made the huge task look so surmountable in the first place.

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India leaves itself with fine-tuning to manage

March 9, 2011

The Indian team gave itself much food for thought with a lacklustre win yet again a Group B league contest in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. And, Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni had to pull the chestnuts out of the fire once more with a mature and calming presence.

If it was Ireland in Bangalore on Sunday, it was the Netherlands that caused creased foreheads in the Indian camp at the Ferozshah Kotla here today. It was up to Yuvraj Singh (51 not out, balls, fours) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni to share an unbeaten 52-run stand and steer India home with 13.3 overs to spare.

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My tweets

  • On the way back. Overwhelmed by the reception to my suggestion that we must look within to help eradicate doping menace. Have more ppl play.: 1 day ago
  • At an anti doping seminar in lucknow. Good initiative by Uttar Pradesh Athletics Association. Educative and informational.: 1 day ago
  • What a day it has been!: 2 days ago
  • I don't understand looking for restoration of pride by winning limited-over games. Test cricket IS Test cricket and the hurt will stay: 6 days ago
  • Liked Gaurav Kalra's blog there being no link between the Indian cricket's recent Test showing and IPL cricket.. http://t.co/dS8pDXHt: 6 days ago

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