I don’t blame Kohli for being with his family: Engineer
By IANS| Published: 2nd January 2021 12:07 am IST
New Delhi, Jan 1 : India captain Virat Kohli’s decision to go back home after the first Test against Australia to be with his wife for the birth of their first child is “not too unfair”, says legendary former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer.
Kohli’s decision was met with polarised responses from the cricket community and by Indian cricket fans on social media when it was first made public before the start of the series. India’s dismal performance in the first Test in Adelaide, where they lost by eight wickets after being shot out for their lowest ever score of 36, added further fuel to the negative opinions.
File photo of Ashok Joshi at the memorable match at Valsad
Ahmedabad: Cricket fans in India are desperately hoping that the Men In Blue return with vengeance and entomb the bitter Adelaide memories of 36 their lowest Test score when they take the field in the Boxing Day Test beginning Saturday.
One of the million enthusiasts hoping for a riposte by India to the humiliation Down Under is Ashok Joshi of Ahmedabad. Just as Pat Cummins and Josh Hazelwood ripped through the Indian batting in Adelaide, Joshi, playing for Gujarat, had inflicted similar ignominy on the formidable Mumbai (then Bombay) in a Ranji Trophy match on this day – December 26, 1977.
Summer of 42 to the Winter of 36, but there’s no need to panic
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It was surprising that the latter should occur when coaching is ‘scientific’ and the computer is a crucial member of every squad
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It was surprising that the latter should occur when coaching is ‘scientific’ and the computer is a crucial member of every squad
The Goldilocks principle from the story of the little girl who found the third bowl of porridge (and chair and bed) in the bears’ house “just right” explains how life exists on earth. It is just the right distance from the sun, has just the right mix of gases in the atmosphere, the right temperature for the formation of water and so on.
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This is a standoff nobody had bargained for. Certainly not the Modi government, while steamrolling the legislation first via the ordinance route and then through Parliament.
The summer of 36 will not be forgotten, but will certainly be forgiven. Though the nature of the implosion was shocking for a team of proven pedigree and credentials, and would remain an all-time low, none of the 11 players would be condemned by what would be the equivalent of the devil’s number in Indian cricket. It would be a memory that would be tough to erase from the mind of these cricketers as well as the audience, there would be frequent reminders in the form of banter, sledge or genuine malice, but it would cease to be a crushing burden as time rolls on. It would haunt them, but would not define their career or life.
Ball didn’t swing as India made 42 on a sunny day in 1974: Bedi
By IANS| Published: 19th December 2020 8:27 pm IST
By Qaiser Mohammad Ali
New Delhi, Dec 19 : It was a sunny day on June 24, 1974, when India were all out for 42 their lowest innings score then in Test cricket against England in London, and it was a bright day in Adelaide on December 19, 2020, when India broke that dubious record, pointed out illustrious former spinner Bishan Singh Bedi. He played that match at Lord’s over 46 years ago and on Saturday, watched the third day’s play of India’s first Test against Australia on TV at his Delhi residence.