Sir Sachin Tendulkar 4

I hope they take another 4-5 decades for their next win.

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Originally Posted by Plum

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.

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Originally Posted by Plum

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.

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Not just that. BCCI goons decided to play politics and put their own causes above team's benefit (Nagpur green pitch) :banghead:

Tendulkar not playing the first two matches due to the tennis elbow injury didnt help much either. Enakku idhula sollikolla oru sandhosham ennanna thalaivar illadha appo series jeichutanuga :lol:. He only came back in the 3rd test but it was too late. Andha side Ponting velayadalainnu sollalam but he was never a factor in India.

P.S: Thalaivar's 55 in the 4th test 2nd Innings at wankhede was a very crucial knock. Idhellam 4th innings knocks aa theriadhu punditskku.

What is that?. Never heard this before.

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

Not just that. BCCI goons decided to play politics and put their own causes above team's benefit (Nagpur green pitch) :banghead:

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Originally Posted by ajithfederer

What is that?. Never heard this before.

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The green pitch was a result of BCCI politics.

From CF,

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Its widely known that then Vidarbha Cricket Association President Shashank Manohar asked the curator Kishore Pradhan to prepare a green-top pitch to teach the Indian/BCCI/Dalmia cricket team a lesson and make it likely that India would lose the series. Sashank Manohar was then involved in a bitter electoral war with Dalmia.

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Ganguly pulled out of the match just before toss, because of this.

P.S: This post by another CF member throws more light into the issue.

IIRC, they prepared a grassy pitch just to please other international cricket boards. This was critisized heavily then. Also, there was a speculation that Ganguly and Harbhajan pulled out of the match at the last minute after seeing this grassy pitch.

For the last match, they prepared a 90' turner in Mumbai. Clarke best bowling figures anga than..

unga karumam pudicha moolaila epdiyaa ivlo visayattha nyabagam vechu, ennamo pona vaaram nadandha maadhiri agalvaaraaichi discussion pannittu irukkeenga...
keragam kaalaila threadkulla vandhadhum inferiority complex, naama avlo periya fan illayon'ra guilty concious ellaatthayum karaichu oottharinga.... :evil:

Oh thanks lm for the wonderful link. :bow:.

LM, One more query

Wasn't this on the air that when the Indian team toured australia in 1999-00, some BCCI Official commented that the team would lose 3-0 even before the test matches started?.

That was JY Lele, a famous BCCI comedian.

Nagpur 2004: Manohar and gang who were against Dalmia wanted to derail India and got a green pitch prepared. Ganguly (had a back problem so skipped the match) or (saw the grass and opted out due to fear - Chappell brothers' version). adhAvadhu adhukku munnAdi avar grassy pitchla veLayAndadhE illaiyAm. adhai pArthavuNE quarter adichuttu kavundhuttArAm.

But that is ok - we got favourable pitches in South Africa in the 2006 tour(we registered our first win there) and even Australia in 2004 and 2008 had neutered pitches which helped us.

That can happen to a home team. But the Chennai test loss was a total robbery by destiny. That is what made the series loss unpalatable.

All i can seriously hope is for Tendulkar not having to associate to anything even remotely with BCCI when he decides to retire. It's such a shitehouse.

We could have had our first test series win in Australia as early as 1986. We drew 0-0. As usual, rain robbed us of a win in the final match although diffident scoring rates (of the order of Sub 2.0 run rate could be blamed too - but then that was the general rate of scoring). Also, a few home favouring umpiring decisions by Aussie umpires as usual.

Most famously Srikkanth, Gavaskar and Amarnath scored centuries from #1, #2 and #3 in the Sydney test. Srikkanth who probably scored at a rate of S/R 50 was considered too dashing and dynamic for that era :-)

Ofcourse, did I mention it was a post-golden-era emaciated Aussie team reeling from the loss of Chappell Jr, Rod Marsh and Lillee at a single stroke?

In 1979, we lost 2-3. That was to a Packer-demaciated Aussie team led by Bobby Simpson at 45 years of age. Should have won that one too.
In 1983, Kapil Dev, the Dhoni before Dhoni, inspired us to a famous win but still no Cigar

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Originally Posted by Wisden Report of Melbourne test, 1986

AUSTRALIA v INDIA 1985-86





At Melbourne, December 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. Drawn. Australia, who except for Matthews and Border batted poorly, were saved by the weather and by the Indians' lacking a sense of urgency. India, who had almost all of the post-lunch play on the last day in which to score 126 to win, were 59 for two at tea when the weather intervened.
The pitch was well grassed, but not green, and yet the ball turned from the first day. By the third, Australia lodged a protest about its quality, even though India were in the process of compiling a big score. Anticipating a turning pitch, India had included Sivaramakrishnan, despite his lack of form, while Gilbert had returned for Hughes in the Australian side. Waugh, a batsman and medium-pace bowler, won his Test cap because Ritchie had fractured toes.
India won the toss and bowled, a tactic inconsistent with their selection of an extra spinner. It succeeded, however. Damp underneath, the pitch helped the spinners and Australia were 127 for six before tea. A seventh-wicket partnership between Matthews and Bright enabled them to reach 210 for eight by the close, all the wickets having fallen to spin, and Matthews, 54 overnight, continued his defiance next morning. Taking 50 off the last 70 balls, he deservedly reached his century, which included a 6 and ten 4s. Of the 46 he and Gilbert put on for the last wicket, Matthews scored 41.
India were twice interrupted by bad light, losing 65 minutes, but his was compensated for by a rollicking 86, off 89 balls, from Srikkanth. At the close India were 187 for three from 56 overs, and they conceded no ground on the third morning until just before lunch. In the afternoon, however, the innings lost momentum until Kapil Dev came in at 291 for five, half an hour before tea, and struck 55 from 50 balls. When 46, he became only the third all-rounder, after G. S. Sobers, and I. T. Botham, to score 3,000 runs and take 200 wickets in Tests, India finished the day 431 for nine.
Australia, 183 behind, went in again with almost two days left, and that they were not beaten on the fourth day was due to Border's skill in playing spin and his fortitude. Having batted for 228 minutes, he was unbeaten at the close with 98 in a total of 228 for eight. In the last over before the close, Reid, seemingly caught at slip, off Yadav, was adjudged not out, and although he did not remain for long next morning, the decision gave Kapil Dev added ammunition with which to attack the umpiring. Gilbert dug in again, staying for 115 minutes while Border, whom the Indians were reluctant to attack, added 64. The Australian captain was last out for a heroic 163, from 358 balls, containing sixteen 4s. The weather forecast for the final day was unfavourable, yet the Indians seemed to have ignored it, judging by their tactics against Australia's last pair and by their approach afterwards to getting the required runs.
Border was the Man of the Match. The attendance was 81,715.
© John Wisden & Co

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BTW, this was your favourite Waugh's debut :-)

These days if a side is left with 126 to win in 25 overs on the last day and crawls to 59/2, there will be inquisition.

What happened wa: India needed 126 to win in almost 2 sessions. They crawled to 59/2 by tea and were done in by the weather.
In other matche sin the serries also, they lost time to bad light which was controversial(although Wisden and co deftly avoid mention) in that it was seen to favour Australia who were in trouble rather than genuine case of bad light

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Originally Posted by Plum

In 1979, we lost 2-3. That was to a Packer-demaciated Aussie team led by Bobby Simpson at 45 years of age. Should have won that one too.
In 1983, Kapil Dev, the Dhoni before Dhoni, inspired us to a famous win but still no Cigar

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It's 1981, India defended less than 150 with Dev taking 5-28 playing with pain killing injections and due support from Dilip Doshi with 3 wickets

Yeah, 1981. ungaLa mAdhiri vayasula periayvangaLukku correctA gnAbgam irukkum sathya :-)
Even that 2-3 loss was probably not exactly 1979. Maybe 77 or 78

Danks plum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C72dVXdk_E8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDU2k8pkh90&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Finally somebody uploads in youtube.

On the wake of the BG Trophy discussions from yesterday I found this great channel today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu7odnUMccc&feature=relmfu

It has almost all the hi-lights of Border Gavaskar trophy 2007/08 in Australia.

Seeing RP Singh, Ishanth and Pathan bowling with such vigor in Perth. Ennangada ungalukku aachu ippo :cry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AeApbPC_Y0

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Originally Posted by ajithfederer

Seeing RP Singh, Ishanth and Pathan bowling with such vigor in Perth. Ennangada ungalukku aachu ippo :cry:

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RP Singh and Ishanth especially. Ripper! I had great hopes on them. :banghead:

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AeApbPC_Y0

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good video master :thumbsup: still remember the four he hit on 0:58.. it was hit really hard that Rhodes let it go though it was so close to him.. this final was a re-match actually.. the actual match was rained out but play was possible for some time.. he was in some kind of form blasting Klusener on that day.. but eventually, he was caught in point by Rhodes. It was one of the best catches of all time though the replays showed that Rhodes grounded the ball when completing the catch...

Sachin becomes the first Indian to have a million followers in Twitter 8-) Total no of tweets: 237 :lol:

master :evil:

Why evil :huh:

andha newsa naan post pannalaamnu vandhaen....

u know what...
thats a tweet from fakingnews.com it seems. :lol:
nallaa venum.....

http://twitter.com/#!/sachin_rt

It is 999,062 as of now.

Excellent video that RR. Great(Ethana matchkku sollaradhu) knock from tendulkar. If only he had batted for another 5-6 overs we would have won that game. I think in this match only allan donald abuses dravid and dravid walks away.

SS, you fail :poke:

Check his twitter page :p

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Originally Posted by ajithfederer

http://twitter.com/#!/sachin_rt

It is 999,062 as of now.

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

SS, you fail :poke:

Check his twitter page :p

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I checked sometime back and he had crossed 1 million followers :roll:

haha idk lm, now its 999.062.

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

SS, you fail :poke:

Check his twitter page :p

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:poke:

999, 637 now.

I swear it was over a million :cry:

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

I swear it was over a million :cry:

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padippu satthiyamaa?

Even cricinfo live commentary said so.

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

I swear it was over a million :cry:

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I swear it was over a million :cry:

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screenshot pOttu prove paNNunga!

I should have done that :|