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The same Shastri later wrote a urugi urugi article on murali being hounded and how he is not a chucker. I was astounded. Apram yedachaiyA 2 days back newspaper pArthEn - an agency employing Shastri had taken over as media manager for Murali
Give money? Will wag tail clearly seems to be Shastri's mantra.
P.s: this is not to diss his character - I am just jealous that I am not in his position :)
after winning the 1 st test in bombay, india were in a very strong position at the 2nd test in delhi. during the 4th day the score was not bad and gavaskar and amarnath were cruising nicely and it looked as if the game would end in a draw. suddenly gavaskar was out 65 and india was leading with 61 runs with 6 wickets in hand. on the way to pavillion he met kapil who was coming out to bat and instructed him to go slow and play cautious. kapil was not happy wirth this advise and promptly started to hit from the word go. after hitting a 6 he was caught trying to hit another 6 the very next ball for 7 runs. That triggered the collapse and India lost the match as the english were able to score the required 125 runs easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by sathya_1979
The selectors were mad with kapil making him the reason for the lost match. So he was not selected for the next test in calcutta. Initially the reason given was lack of form but after a maddened kapil informed that he will end his career, they made it as a punishment for 1 test due to disciplinary actions. Even though Sunil tried to mend the damage by proclaiming no Kapil, no Test Kapil was rested for the match. The public were so angry with the selectors and Sunil and he faced a very hostile crowd in Calcutta, who threw banana peelings at him and abused him very much. A very agitated Sunil vowed that he would never play again in Calcutta and he kept his word till his retirement.
brilliant Sivan Sir :clap: BTW, bonus points for answering who dismissed Kapil, without googling :D
kapil was caught by lamb at long on as pocock bowled a juicy ball
Sunny bhai and his shenaignans. Sunny and Shastri are the true evil of Indian Cricket - their mouth will say whatever is required to get money and they'll manipulate using their influence wherever they can.
That instance of dropping Kapil was another of Sunny's manipulative streak. The best part was "No Kapil No test" stunt later.
Much similar to Shastri's U-turn on Muralitharan after being signed up by Murali's agency. I guess that was an astute move by Murali's PR agency.
Bedi, for all his indiscrete utterances, is atleast inscrutable.
The biggest joke was not only kapil but Sandeep patil too played absolutely reckless shot to gift his wicket as the situation needed caution and he is more a specialist batsman than kapil. Still it was only kapil who was made a scapegoat for the behind screen politcis of sunny
There were some views that the Mumbai gang of Shashtri and Sunny were behind Kapil's name being dragged into the match-fixing muddle. How far is that true?
Javed Burki, Majid Khan, -------: Complete the series
Connect: Colin Cowdrey, Javed Miandad, Gordon Greenidge & Alec Stewart
I don't know the answer for complete the series question.
In the connect question, you have missed another small chap, haven't you? :D Purposeful perhaps. I won't spoil the fun, let somebody else answer it.
Couple of more connect questions:
Allan Border, Javed Miandad and Hooper
Joel Garner and Garrincha
Series: imran khan?
Superunga Plum!
Scored 100 in their 100th tests. Inzi also acheived the feat and he was the small chap I was referring to. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sathya_1979
PB, Mahela Jayawardana also achived that feat :D
Oh, I didn't know that. BTW matha questions-ku ellaam eppo answer solla pOReenga. yaaraavadhu try panraangalaaQuote:
Originally Posted by sathya_1979
Football player Garrinchavukum Garner-kum enna sambandham :shock:
Border, Miandad, Hooper - Anything to do with playing streaks? Oru clue kudunga.
Garrincha-Garner - is it something to do with their post-retirement career?
It's in their Nicknames - Garner is Big Bird and Garrincha is Little Bird :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Border, Miandad, Hooper - Played their First and 100th Test on Same GroundQuote:
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
He was a young cricketer of promise. What's more, he was a son of a board official, too. But then, destiny is cruel and snatched him away at a young age before he could make a splash. He lives on as a stadium as his official father got a stadium in his hometown named after him. Who is he?
Shivlal Yadav - Arjun Yadav :?
I think, he was a teenager from Punjab.
The name eludes me :think: .
Clue please - I'm thinking it could be Ben Hollioake, Oru Singh cricketer who died in late 80's and one more punjab cricketer in early 90's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Dhruva Pandove (Father M.P. Pandove)
Profile:
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/32557.html
Stadium:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9461040
Dhruv Pandove, World record holder, youngest to score a century in first class cricket at the age of 14 yrs& 294 days, 137 runs in a Ranji Trophy.
:clap: Next question neengathanQuote:
Originally Posted by GP
am not good at asking questions.
simple googleable question.
Name the only team that has used all the 11 players (either in bowling or in fielding) to dismiss the opponents in a test innings.
LM, Shivlal-ku therinjA unga mEla supAri pottuduvAr. Arjun Yadav is well and alive to take the life out of Hyderabad CricketQuote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
:clap: Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
Not sure in Tests. In ODIs I remember once:Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
It happened in the 1999 World Cup in SAfrica v Englad match. S Every SA players were involved in atleast one dismissal. That was the only thing memorable in the match. It was the day before India-Kenya match where Sachin made a century.
oru match vidaama paartha naatkaL avai
aaga moththam unga keLvikku badhil theriyAdhu. :oops:
Clue kudunga.
it happened in 2000s, all 11 players involved in at least a dismissal and they took 10 wickets. it was 3rd innings. and they have lost the match.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
the same team again had used 11 players at least in a dismissal to take 9 wickets in 4th innings. this also happened in 2000s. and the match was drawn.
In ODIs it happened thrice.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
England have done it against Zim in 2001, Aus have done it against NZ in 2009
An easy one.
Who won the most consecutive MoM awards in ODIs? And how many?
Ganguly 1997 Toronto Series Vs Porkistaan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
:thumbsup:
Only player to score century in each of his first 3 test matches?
Azhar?Quote:
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
Correct.
Hey I have one suggestion-ya.
Cine Quiz-la Plum, P_R kekkura maadhiri A,B,C,D-nu total-a conpuse panni kelvi ketta topic konjam soodu pudikkumnu thonudhu. enna solreenga?
For e.g: A is an all-rounder from NZ. His namesakes are B - an Aus fast bowler and C - a SA spinner (yes that species does exist).
A - Chris HarrisQuote:
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
B - Ryan Harris (I don't think anyone remembers him and his only purpose in life is likely to be enabling this question)
C - Paul Harris
A,B and C made their debut in the same test match.
B dismissed A in that match
A and B went on to captain their respective teams
That was C's only Test match
D and E were the captains in that match
D has two 5 wicket hauls in ODIs none in Tests
Both E and D ended their career in the same world cup
A- Sachin, B- Waqar, C- Ankola, D- Srikanth, E - ImranQuote:
Originally Posted by P_R