Posts Tagged ‘ Virat Kohli ’

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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Who else wants to make Indian hearts beat with pride?

March 31, 2011

The fireworks over Delhi – and I guess elsewhere in India – lasted an hour and more on Wednesday night after India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in Mohali in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semifinal. As I drove back home after completing a show on All India Radio, it seemed that flag-waving cricket fans, young and old, were driving to India Gate and Connaught Place, showcasing an outpouring of emotion.

With the final against Sri Lanka just two days away, the team itself may have quickly shifted its focus to calming its nerves and preparing for that massive game against Sri Lanka. But it appeared as if all India, unconcerned yet about the preparations for the final, was in a celebratory mood.

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Kohli shows team’s selfless approach

February 20, 2011

“Maaro!”

None of the many moments that have stuck in mind from India’s comfortable win over Bangladesh in the opening game of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 are more significant that the sight of Virat Kohli telling Yusuf Pathan “Maaro”.

Kohli had taken a single off the first ball of the final over and Pathan approached him in the middle of the pitch, ostensibly wanting to know what the young man would like him to do, especially since he was batting on 99. The answer was instinctive: “Maaro!”

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My tweets

  • Won!: 1 day ago
  • L-o-o-o-o-n-g day at work!: 2 days ago
  • 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.: 4 days ago
  • At an anti doping seminar in lucknow. Good initiative by Uttar Pradesh Athletics Association. Educative and informational.: 4 days ago
  • What a day it has been!: 5 days ago

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