Great catch at long on off Inzamam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeIYy0eLfA
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Great catch at long on off Inzamam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeIYy0eLfA
first ODI chenchury :) - The shot that got the Hundered if off Warne :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5grWjhanZQ&NR=1
MOM knock of 54* vs Pak in 1992 WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZBfeBqICsg&feature=related
One of the best ever video on God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCDsB3Ybx6g&feature=related
Speaking of Warne, one remembers Kambli's assault of Warne in Sharjah
Much as Warne has nightmares of Sachin, wish he had bowled more to Sidhu Kambli and the likes
Sachin to Warne: unnai adikka nAn edhukku? En allakaingaLE podhum
Indians generally play spin well. adhuvum Sidhu ellAm kEkkavE vENAm :) But, Warne's psyche was damaged by Sachin in Chennai in 1998 (I presume they lost the 3 day practice match vs Mumbai when Sachin scored his first First-Class Double ton).
Ofcourse bu if it had only been Sachin, someone of Warne's mental strength would have explained it away as Sachin's genius and recovered but the likes of Amol mazumdar, sidhu and kambli tearing into him put him in place in his india tours. If only England/SA had a couple of batsmen like Kambli/sidhu in their ranks in the 90s! Or maybe muzumdar could have tried emigrating to England
First impression is the bestngra mAdhiri THAT ball off Warnie to Gatting subdued Eng for the next 10-15 years! mandhirichu vitta kOzhi mAdhiri aayittanuva
While randomly checking for bowling figures I just realized that not only was sachin the highest scorer in the forgettable 1996 semi final he was also the best bowler. He had figures of 10 - 1 - 34 - 2 and 1 catch. He had the best econ rate in the whole match.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65190.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8G5dh-f_4I
Brett lee's debut in a ball by ball version. tendulkar's 116 in mcg is also there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVr_sqn5_R4
Jr boy talks after wc win.
Disclaimer: Cricket-e paakka maatten nu mudivu pannittu U-tern potrukken
http://hawkeyeview.blogspot.com/2011...kar-story.html
(Factual errors munna pinna 1-2 irukkaradha excuse panni padikkalaam)
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I have never been this nervous while watching cricket. At some point during the quarter finals against Australia, I understood why. When Tendulkar nicked one off Tait and walked back - we were shown an image of man with small eyes staring upwards and walking back dejected. At that time I felt - Is the world cup dream over for this man? Is that it? He is the only reason why I watch cricket - Will I never see him again in an ODI?
Anyone who has followed Tendulkar's career closely, and many have, would remember the pain of 1996, 1999 and 2003. His very first batting line-up was Shastri, Srikkanth, Azhar, Tendulkar, Kambli, Manjrekar, Kapil and Kiran More. Not the best batting line-up but a combination chosen because of the 1985 B & H cup success. And in his very first world cup appearance Tendulkar went down the way Umar Akmal went down against India in the semi-final. With Shastri occupying so many deliveries, Tendulkar was forced to up the scoring rate and was out caught behind. India never really got going that tournament. The only matches we won in that entire world cup (against Pakistan and Zimbabwe) Tendulkar was the MoM - and a superb 81 against NZ going to waste because of Greatbatch's heroics. No Indian fan really expected India to win the world cup. The team had 3 ex-captains and were generally screwed even before the cup began. But that was the beginning of new India. As the oft-repeated cliche goes. A new economic India was born, The cable TV era began with Star TV coming to India. Liberating us from License Raj and DD. Sachin Tendulkar and A.R. Rahman were introduced to the new India. My generation began to dream.
1996 was to me was the ultimate Tendulkar's World Cup. It was a world cup where we had a real chance. And Tendulkar represented that chance. Anybody who was in college during the time - became part of the Tendulkar generation. He became the reason for watching cricket. And how? In New Zealand, thanks to N.S. Siddhu - who went on to be the worst T.V. commentator ever - we had discovered that Sachin could open and do a Greatbatch. Here was one man who could challenge anybody. The rest were humans. But Sachin was a cricketing god who could tame any team. Even Ambrose went for an economy rate of over 5 an over. McGrath was taken apart in Mumbai. Every single game barring the Pakistan game became a Tendulkar show. He was the highest scorer in the tournament scoring an amazing 523 runs. It was the one man batting line-up with Siddhu, Manjrekar, Azhar, Kambli, Jadeja, Mongia merely acting as props. Unsurprisingly no other Indian was in the top 20 highest scorers list. To put it simply, if Tendulkar failed. Game over. No one would forget the dropped catch in Gwalior by Bravo when Sachin was on 44. That won us the match. The stumping of a wide ball against M. Waugh was stuff of Greek tragedy. In that context - that we reached the semi finals was a super human effort. It showed the distance that one man could carry a average team. In a square turner of a pitch not very un-similar to what Gavaskar played his last innings on. Tendulkar tragically got stumped in the most freakish way possible. Game over. It was probably the saddest moment of my teenage years. No one in my age-group knew how the 1983 felt like. We wanted another one. And we had to wait.
1999. 5AM. A bunch of grad school students in Columbus, Ohio who had installed dish antenna illegally woke up to find out Tendulkar not in the team. Why? It took a while for the commentators to mention his personal tragedy. The only match he wasn't with the team - we managed to lose to Zimbabwe. Damn Sadagopan Ramesh. You may be Thamizh but I will never forgive you for that indiscretion. Even after Jadeja told you not to swing wildly, you did, and you gave away the game. That was the reason we didn't make the semi finals. This was a world cup where we actually had a batting line-up. It was the new generation batting line-up that had the core 3 batsman. This core would go on to redefine the country's cricketing future. Ganguly, Tendulkar, Dravid were that core nucleaus who were teamed with S. Ramesh, Azhar, Jadeja, Robin Singh. It seemed like a decent line-up on paper but the batting machine took a while to start given Sachin's absence and our fate was sealed by the time the first two matches of the world cup were over.
2003 was the world cup of the awesome Tendulkar and the cup of bad captaincy decisions. We started by leaving out Laxman in favor of Dinesh Mongia. No matter what anyone says India's 2003 campaign was a 1-man effort. The only difference between 1996 and 2003 was that it was no more Tendulkar Vs India. It was more of Tendulkar vs the other team with Indians finally learning how to close matches without choking after their best batsman got out. There was finally some value to the 4th, 5th and 6th batsman (there was no value from the other opener and Ganguly). Sachin started with a 80 against Zimbabwe, went on to hand back Caddick a new ass, and hit some incredible 90s against Pak, SL and NZ. 673 runs. A level of maniacal scoring that surpasses any other sporting achievement I have seen. That we reached the finals inspite of Sehwag and Ganguly sucking beyond belief is a testament to the superhuman efforts of 1 man. And then the finals became Tendulkar Vs India. Again. This time we had a colossal moron of a captain who couldn't score crap against any test playing nation. And upon winning the toss and he chose to field. The least this totally useless fellow could have done is at least not cause us pain. To me - we lost the match then. To a few others we lost the match after Zaheer's frst over. To most the match was beyond over by lunch. I wonder why we walked out to bat. Might as well have completed the presentation ceremony at lunch. Only a few retarded morons thought the match was over after Tendulkar got out in the first over. To see him answer questions asked of him the post-match interview after winning the MVP award was heart-wrenching. It was the most painful thing. More painful than Ian Chappell sadistically torturing Lance Klusner when he won the 1999 MVP award.
2007: We deserved to lose. If there is a captain or a coach who thought that Sehwag or Ganguly (or anyone else) are better ODI openers than Sachin Tendulkar - neither of them deserve anything better than a first round exit. I cannot think of a cricketing strategy that has statistically failed more times, more reliably and more painfully than Tendulkar at #4. This suggestion alone is a high confidence indicator that the person suggesting it has no cricketing brains. I was glad that our exit was as shameful as it turned out to be.
And there we were. In the Quarter finals of the world cup 2011 against Australia. India was still undecided about Sachin Vs India. In the two matches against Eng and South Africa - India successfully pulled off a strong resistance to Sachin's efforts to win us the match. This Indian team had the best batting line-up I have ever seen in any team in any world cup. Every single person was capable of changing the match in their own right. So when Sachin was walking back towards the pavilion after getting caught behind to tait - I was thinking - is this the end? Has all the pain come to naught? Will the greatest batsman of my generation not win the world cup. Then Gautham Gambhir my pre-tournament favorite player stepped up his act. Then Yuvraj and then Raina. Finally it looked like this was India Vs the other team (way better than just Sachin Vs the other team). The icing on the cake was him winning the 3rd MoM award in a total of 5 WC clashes against Pakistan. To me beating Pakistan was high up the priority list. That Tendulkar screwed them over thrice in 5 times was a glorious achievement. Pakistan stand comprehensively defeated by India for the past 15 years. That Javed Miandad Six is buried somewhere in Chetan Sharma's retirement fund.
There were several points in the QF, Semis and Finals where I just couldn't bear the tension. This is the best world cup I have seen and featured some of the best matches involving India. Every single match against a test playing nation was closely contested, could have gone either way and was tense as hell. I am glad we won it the way we did. Just disappointed that Sachin didn't hit a 100 in the finals and take us over the line. Ironically his world cup campaign started in 1992 with a caught behind to Stewart and ended with a caught behind to Sangakara. But as a consolation price my 2nd favorite player stepped up his game and made sure all the bets I kept with anyone I knew didn't go to waste. Virat Kohli summed up the entire history of Tendulkar at the post-match interviews with one powerful line. And I can't believe he was this articulate so naturally. No one could have come up with that line even if they were given a day to prepare. And he said it causally - "Sachin has carried the nation on his shoulders for 21 years, it is time we carried him on our shoulders". They did that literally and metaphorically through their performances. It was the happiest day of my life. After almost a decade of cynicism I truly became a believer. Sachin was the only person I watched the game for. If he retired I may not watch cricket at all. He was the filter through which I enjoyed cricket and I am glad there was a happy ending.
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P.s: Contrary to what experts are saying - I don't think this win completes Sachin's list of achievements. To me his cupboard is only 50% full. Lack of Test series wins in Australia and South Africa is a failure that frankly must make him feel ashamed of his 21 year old effort. I fully blame him for the 2007 loss in South Africa (which got re-confirmed later in 2010) and 2003 loss in Melbourne. He had his greatest chance to close out the series in India's favor and he failed. I'd be very surprised if Sachin himself viewed those failures any differently. He may repair the Australian record by beating a dead team this winter but I doubt if he'd be able to get a series victory in South Africa before he retires. That is a bigger gap than a world cup win. But thats for another day
2010 SA Tour final MATCH was saved by Tendulkar. 146 of the toughest runs in the first innings in the most hostile bowling faced.
2003 Melbourne may be yeah but still we could have won the sydney test in 04 if we have umpiring decisions on our way. S waugh, Langer etc were very out and it was not given by bucknor.
Yes, strange he includes 2010 SA in that kanakkuQuote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
50% full :rotfl:
Seriously what kind of bull shit is this. Ehh. Lack of test series wins in SA, aus eh?. Eppadi oru aal mattum aani puduinga mudiyum? eh?. 1999 =la he was the MOS there (With 3 bad decisions). What abt the fucking team he had?. Easy aa blog la enna mayirayum ezhudhalam!!. 2003, He didn't play well in melbourne but he played out of his skin and honestly if we even had some luck (Thanks bucknor) we should have won the sydney test in 2004. Avvalavu yen, sydney 2008 symonds made 162 not out after being three times out. Some things are in destiny.
There is a limit to expect from an individual.
P.s: Contrary to what experts are saying - I don't think this win completes Sachin's list of achievements. To me his cupboard is only 50% full. Lack of Test series wins in Australia and South Africa is a failure that frankly must make him feel ashamed of his 21 year old effort. I fully blame him for the 2007 loss in South Africa (which got re-confirmed later in 2010) and 2003 loss in Melbourne. He had his greatest chance to close out the series in India's favor and he failed. I'd be very surprised if Sachin himself viewed those failures any differently. He may repair the Australian record by beating a dead team this winter but I doubt if he'd be able to get a series victory in South Africa before he retires. That is a bigger gap than a world cup win. But thats for another day
And in 2007, we could have won the series if India, in its collective wisdom(not just the team management, the consensus across pundits, paamarans, tea stall talkers etc), decided to make Rahul Dravid open just so we can accomodate the great Yuvi in the middle order. He had made 169 runs against a good Pakistani attack in Bangalore. And that was taken as proof that he'll do it in Australia against Lee and co. It is hindsight now but even in foresight, quite a few people saw the futility of it - not the least because Dravid as opener is a curse beyond belief and it is one role even the ultimate team man lets it get to his psyche and lets the team down with his lack of interest and lack of full-Dravidness in application. We bargained that for the expected centuries from Yuvraj Singh in Australia.(And ofcourse his fielding which was supposed to lift us- dont believe me? Look up at justifications for his selections before the match)
Dravid-Chopra opening killed us in the first two tests and it was too late by the time Viru came in - although Australia still needed Bucknor and the Third Umpire to secure them the series win - that shows how strong that Indian team was.
It seems like destiny denied him that one - how I wish we had home umpires(Taufel!) instead of 'neutral' ones(Bucknor!) in that series.
You can say he could still have won it with a Lara-like 153* but that sort of comment betrays a lack of understanding of Cricket, the sport.
That too bala in 2010 in the 3rd test 2nd innings sa were 130/6. If only we bowled better we could have won that test match. Idhukkellam oru aal enna panna mudiyum?. And guess who removed boucher after his 50 and a 100 run partnership, It was tendulkar who caught him plum lbw.
Well, even if we do beat Australia this winter, it doesnt count for much. We had the opportunity - destiny willing - to beat a full-strength peak-capability all-time-great Aussie side in a test series TWICE. And twice we were denied by destiny. A win against an Aussie team with Steve Smith or Krezja or Hauritz as its spinner plus a comparitively mediocre pace battery and a poor middle order, cannot compensate for that.(although I think even that is a difficult proposition with Watson/Ponting/Clarke/Hussey bound to prosper against our mediocre bowlers)
2007/08 colossal batting failure by yuvraj in test series. He scored like 25 runs in 4 innings picked as a specialist batsman with one or two ducks in that. The more i dislike Ian chappel but he correctly wrote in cricinfo that shewag should have been picked instead of yuvraj. Common sense prevailed and shewag was picked for 3rd and 4th test in perth and adelaide which we won and drew. In fact in adelaide shewag hit a blistering 150+ in 2nd innings to add to sachins 150 in the first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwXUGVMcN90
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Yeah, feddy and the galling thing is if we suggest this now, it will be derided as hindsight. At that time he was riding on that 169 against a *good* Pakistani attack.
The trouble with that definition is that a *good* Pakistani attack on paper is not necessarily a *good* Pak attack in the field. It really is futile to judge people on performance *only* against Pakistan. The counter to this is everyone else failed and he lifter us from 69/4 but to me in a test match, the conditions and the bowlers are a bigger threat than the situation. Yuvraj can prosper in certain conditions and if he succeeds, be assured that those conditions have prevailed - he is not the kind to adapt to a difficult pitch or quality bowling. It was screaming obvious we needed Sehwag to open.
It was not just Yuvraj's expected failure but also that Dravid-Chopra opened to accomodate Yuvraj - that was really muddled thinking. Chopra-Sehwag worked because Chopra survived till Lunch and Sehwag usually took the score to 100+ by then putting pressure on Aussies. To believe that Chopra-Dravid, especially with Dravid reluctant to open as always, would give us a good start was really really stupid. And I said this before the event, too. I dont blame the team management alone because 90% of Indian Cricket followers found that logical at that time. Very few saw the alternative vision with Sehwag-Chopra opening and Yuvraj dropped. Sometimes, you have to drop the guy who scored 169 in the previous match to succeed in a place like Australia. That needs vision and Kumble didnt have it.
:lol: amaidhi amaidhi. I see it the way i viewed the WC final. "If only..." Final la adikkaadhadhunaala it doesnt make him a lesser God. That's not the point, illaya?
2003 Melbourne la Thala evvalo? Onniyume nyabagam illa :oops:
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2003 melbourne first ball duck or first over duck in the first innings. Caught down the leg side by gilchrist off lee.
2nd innings a 30 or a 40 nga, seria theriala.
But the annoying thing of 2003 melbourne was shewag smashed everybody :bow:. Even when sachin got out in the first day India were comfortably placed at like 320/4 or something. But then next morning a collapse and all out for 369.
Holding Sachin (or any batsman) responsible for not winning a series: Bowling ellam nalla pottu Sachin rendu innings layum sodhappirukkanum (Sachin-a mattum eppadi blame pannalaam ngaradhu oru pakkam irukkattum), illa reachable target chase pannumbodhu fail airukkanum... indha madhiri edhavadhu nadandhucha?
2003 melbourne
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64061.html
2006 sa tour yeah may be sachin had some blame to take. He hit a 44 and 2 more 60's. That was the only tour to sa where thalai didnt hit a ton. He has hit a ton in every other tour before that. Even then we started by winning the first test lost the second and we had an upper hand in the 3rd test only to lose it.
Shewag in general has always played well against Aus. Onnu rendu innings sothapinalum he always blasts big against them. Only the last tour (2010) he didnt do much but that was just a 2 match series.
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Aus series - we should have won in both times-nga. We were very unlucky. Me being the harshest Indian team basher naane solren. We were very unlucky in 03 not to win and in 07/
SA yeah - in 06/07 tendulkar had some blame to take. But he really tried hard in 2010 ; thanks to our bowling we just managed to draw the 3rd test.
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Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
"It was not just Yuvraj's expected failure but also that Dravid-Chopra opened to accomodate Yuvraj - that was really muddled thinking. Chopra-Sehwag worked because Chopra survived till Lunch and Sehwag usually took the score to 100+ by then putting pressure on Aussies"
Romba kaalama namma thinking is based purely on survival. Ball-a old aakkaradhu dhaan priority!
May be BCCI should push CSA for a series next year. The present FTP Runs out in mid 2012 i guess.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64100.html
And this was the match why i so hate the chennai weather. Bloody aussies should have never won the series in 2004. Chennai weather ruined India's record. Shewag had held them by the scruff of the neck and he would won this match and drew the series.
Ha! That 120 is a hard wound to heal, Bala. perungkodumai. Match Fixer AzharuddinlAm irundhApla still 120 was tantalisingly within reach.Quote:
illa reachable target chase pannumbodhu fail airukkanum... indha madhiri edhavadhu nadandhucha
One thing people forget about Sachin's peak as a batsman and his captaincy is that at any given time, he had 3 match fixers in the team to deal with. I mean, not like he knew it then but there were people in the team working hard to lose.
Another reason why people keep throwing these stones at Sachin is fortunately or unfortunately, that other colossus of our era, Brian Charles. He did it. Atleast twice. Against Australia. On his own. That kind of tends to make people believe that Sachin failed in something that is possible for the best batsmen. What people wont remember is the luck Lara had in those innings with dropped catches and ungiven decisions. I'll be the last person to grudge Lara his destiny, not the least because I was once passionately on his side of the debate, but I'd be the first to concede that those two innings dont automatically place Lara above Sachin as a match winner, no matter how romantic and dramatic those victories were
Plum, Twice? apart from 153*, in which other match Lara scored a century in 4th innings? None IIRC. Sachin also have a 4th inning match winning century (103* Vs Eng in 2008). It's all even if you consider scoring 100 in 4th innings as a match winning knock.
Also, look at the no. of 40-50+ scores of both Sachin and Lara in 3rd and 4th innings of Tests - To Win / To save. Sachin is better, IIRC.
Plum, how can we forget 136 vs Pak in Chennai, the greatest inning for a losing cause :(
feddy, 2007 series, even if we had won the Sydney test, it will merely be a drawn series...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
2003 - of course, we had a upper hand after the first day in Melbourne but thrown it away.. but I think we had a better chance in the last test in sydney.. if NOT for Steve Waugh's 80, we would have won that match and sealed the series..
2007 if we had won the sydney test it is 2-1 for india. We won the perth test.
Steve waugh was earlier plum lb to kumble when he just started his 2nd innings. He was not given out. And langer was lb to agarkar twice. Even he was not given out.
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
also, 2003 did NOT have McGra / Warne...
Frankly, we were Bucknored twice. The wound still festers for me because it is South Africa that is credited with dethroning Australia at home for the first time since their dominance years. We deserved that status. Not the least because we were the only one to consistently challenge Australia during that time and actually could have won two series at Australia if not for some really bad karma. Yes, Umpiring decisions go both ways but the number and quality of decisions that screwed us was too much in those two tours. I dont believe in decisions evening out over a career because what use India getting a favourable path due to favorubale decisions in 2011 as a compensation for 2007? A lost opportunity for history is a lost opportunity. A win now 2011 with some favourable decisions will not substitute for that - not the least because a generation of steely Cricketers retired without a credit that they richly deserved.
And as Feddy said Australia should still be searching to conquer the Final Frontier. 2004 was really lucky for them with the Chennai test washed out on last day.
This really goes to show how much destiny has a part in shaping up unbeatable records of champion teams. They are champion teams alright but they are also lucky.
Mcgrath was always injury prone. He always missed a couple of series in his career. And also his wife's medical condition in the later part of his career didn't help much either.
Warne illangradhai vida avanai velayada vidalaingradhu dhan unmai. He was banned for a year by CA for usage of the banned substance.
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