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even though the ball to sehwag would have missed a probable seventh stump down the leg side but he kept appealing for it as strongly as you would have seen in recent times... goes to show how competitive he is... how passionately he plays cricket...
of course it's another matter when someone else (need a hint?) does it... then it's called excessive appealing and borders on unfounded aggression...
siddle is fiercely competitive...
Not a Paine in the Aus.
In the first two games against India, Australia opened the batting with Tim Paine. They must have had their reasons, beyond me. Meanwhile Marsh, he was in the basement, hanging out with the tail.
Nearly 25, Tim Paine still looks too young, even for under-19 cricket. In barely two months he’s gloved 15 ODIs. If seven are too many, what about fifteen, Ricky?
Poor Paine, he even has a hundred, against England of all people. Now Marsh doesn’t have a hundred, but there’s something about him that whispers, I can open.
The quiet reassurance that classy openers have, Marsh has that. I see him scoring a ton this series, either Delhi or Mohali. If it happens at some another venue, I’ll take that.
Marsh has five gears, breaks, and car insurance too, top that his model is called Shaun. It worked for Pollock, it will for him; like a boon.
As too Paine’s injury for this Aussie team; they could just unearth a long term opening option; and to think, they weren’t even looking.
Well, I’ve been. Like to see Marsh open with Hopes. If they’re good enough for Kings XI, they’re good enough for me. And of course, their national side.
(of course Hopes is injured, but then isn't everybody; cricket is like love, it hurts)
sangakkara is right actually...
in a press conference before the start of india's tour, sangakkara said that the players should focus on things within their control rather than complain about the pitches... weather or food...
i think he is right...
after the thrashing they are expected to get on this long tour, the best of weather... pitches... or even the best of food... will not taste good...
The Persian connection
Not too many people know that Emmanuel B. Agassi, an Iranian Olympic pugilist is a champion (till day before) tennis players father.
Most of us would have guessed the person right, Andre Aggasi. Hairy, balding and balded champion… Brooke Sheilds, Barbara Streisand and Steffi Graf…
Truly multifaceted this man is.
So truly multifaceted that he also has a bout of crystal meth to his CV, this being the latest addition a couple of days ago.
But what hurts is the fact that this crystal meth usage happened a decade back in 1997, and he was caught by the ATP. It hurts more when you learn that he escaped any sentence by saying that his drink was spiked and therefore he couldn’t be held liable, ATP upheld his words, he was exonerated and he went on to win so many titles including the famous French Open against Andre Medvedev in 1999, He went on to register a creditable performance in the tournaments to come and retired as a champion.
We know the kind of crowd that converged to watch him and Steffi Graf play exhibition matches and the euphoria of seeing him and Graf in the stands of Grand Slams. Is that all justified ?
Think not, after 12 years he has confessed that he is a crystal meth abuser. But what is the tennis world doing today ?
They are saying that Aggasi is the epitome of truth, he has dared to spell an unpleasant truth out. But he is not, he is a shrewd business man.
Can anyone imagine a florist who would be selling flowers the day his mother dies ?
Aggasi has done something like this, yes.
Retired 12 years ago and the conscience that didn’t wake up all these years has woken up when his publisher fixed a tag on his bald head.
For all those who think Aggasi came clear of stuff I have some examples to think about…
Marion Jones, Olympic champion… An amazing sprinter, jumper. She was one of my favorite sports people those days.
BALCO ??
The drug masking drug controversy … Tim Mongomery and his Ex Marion Jones were the notables there.
Marion tried to be mother Mary by foregoing those Olympic medals when she was cornered. This trend is not specific to sports, we have had a Ramalinga Raju. Try thy luck to delay the undertaker, that has been the famous philosophy these days.
When Andre Aggasi wants to sell his book he would say he doped and wasn’t found.
But is that all about a book and sales ?
No, it is about the sanctity of a game. That is the reason why we need a WADA and the “Whereabouts” clause.
May be at ATP, they signed for a WADA thosedays, Aggasi would have been caught, shammed and probably I would still have fancied the chance of hitched to Ms Graf.
So it is just the difference between knowing that your favorite cricketer is a dope head while he is playing or after he has retired and has ensured that you buy his $12 autobiography or the coffee table book at $125.
You bought the book or not, he is a dope head.
Would you want it this way or an independent body like WADA exonerating him saying that he took drug X when he underwent that knee surgery and therefore he didn’t break any law.
So, we do need WADA.
Let’s welcome them…
Bhajji the batsman versus Chotu the #@$%
In the Daredevils vs. Victoria game at the Kotla, Mishra hit what should have been a six, then some spoilsport did a MI3 manoeuvre and stole Chotu of a six. That could have been the highpoint of a lowly game, not to be.
Mishra can bat, he wants to bat; and if he makes it as a batsman he will be a compact batsman for more reasons than one.
Big bro Bhajji meanwhile is the real deal lower order resident all rounder for the Aussies. He is a mascot first, then a player.
On the basis of Bhajji’s charge against the Aussies, you’d think he has some stratospheric first class batting average. It’s a charming 19.11. Point to be noted milord. 11 fifties too. That’s how he always makes the 11.
Poor Chotu’s first class average is merely 19.50 – only .39 more than Bhajji’s.
Also, he has played 86 to Bhajji bhai’s 141 games. And to Bhajji’s 11, he only has 9 fifties.
But a moment of batting beauty, both Bhajji and Chotu have a first class high of 84. What a magical number, 84.
I rest my case, both should play for India. One always will, the other, by the grace of Bhajji.
(I’ve chosen to compare Bhajji and Chotu’s first class batting numbers for two reasons 1) Chotu has only played five tests to Bhajji’s three million, and Chotu is yet to register an ODI average in his five games. Another day, we will pack some sandwiches and talk first class bowling numbers)
Bad Headlines And The Power Of Gossip
If you're a cricket fan on the inter tubes then there probably is only one website that caters to all your needs, BCC! of course. But there are a number of other cricket related websites, even here in India, that aren't all bad. But they just haven't got that something extra to catapult them into the upper echelons of intertube-cricket. Then along comes a rubbish gossip blog which has just about as much to do with cricket as Ricky Ponting's use of spinners has to do with the Spirit of Cricket, that ends up putting them all to shame.
There are very few people who write professionally today without an agenda. Take for example, how differently the same issue was reported by two different new sources as pointed out in this article here on Bored. With that in mind, I popped over to cricketnext* and noticed they too covered that story. But honestly tell me what the first thing that comes to your mind is when you see a headline like this:
BCCI Mum on Kohli-photographers SpatThis is a family blog, but its hard not to have the image of some rancorous Board official's mother atop some Kohli-photographers, whatever they are, spitting to glory. They're learning you see. It is our mission to find these headlines where ever they may be, post them here and admire them, so that we don't end up with poor unsexy titles like "Bad Headlines And The Power Of Gossip"
Footnote: I think cricketnext was acquired by in.com, but I don't know how that has influenced the page's ranking.
Breeding little jatboys
Crawling through dark Cricinfo recesses (actually, not so dark because this information is just over a week old), I came across some truly Bored news - a 349 run partnership for the second wicket in a Delhi under - 16 match.
In a cup that seems to be named after a gentleman who passed away in what later became the Uzbek capital. Whatever.
Look a little closer, and move beyond the obvious Sachin-Vinod parallels. Lucky oye?
It should definitely bring a smile to your ugly face. Forget ugly faces, whole ugly districts of Delhi light up when you drop this surname: yes, the boy is named Sehwag.
Don't stop there. Take a right under the Naraina flyover.
Sample what the boy had to say about the partnership:
We eat from the same plate … we understand each other enough," Sehwag, the Delhi Under-16 captain, told the Hindustan Times. “We like to bat together.”
Now where have you heard that one before?
Smoking cricket
There’s a bunch of guys huddled up squatting, smoking, cricketing. Between the six of them the Delhi ODI’s date is undecided. Some say 30th, others say 31st.
Me, I’m stuck in the mobile with the blues again, say 31st. Heads turn, they hang on the 31st, it’s been declared law, the Delhi game is now on the 31st. One of the guys thanks me, the others nod, I nod. I’m still in the mobile.
Then the ‘thank you’ guy appears with a cigarette for me, and he thanks me again. I’m loving it, just fixed a match day.
I refuse the cigarette, he insists, at the cost of breaking a new cricket bond, I refuse again.
But that’s enough for me to join their cricket chat. They ramble on about Bhajji and Sachin, there’s more positivity in this bunch than in the entire world cricketing order.
For them, a Delhi win makes India No.1, and Bhajji would have been world famous had he won it for us with the bat.
I like the cigarette guy’s take on Bhajji’s bowling – if he’s not bowling well, bowl him less. Bowl Yuvi more, bowl Jadeja more. He puffs away, that simple. Is it any coincidence that Warne smokes too?
A matter of scheduling..
| Wed Nov 11 - Fri Nov 13 09:30 local | 04:00 GMT 23:00 EST -1d | 22:00 CST -1d | 20:00 PST -1d | Indian Board President's XI v Sri Lankans Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai |
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
23:00 EST -1d | 22:00 CST -1d | 20:00 PST -1d Group A - Mumbai v Orissa
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
The Ranji Schedule
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Rohit Sharma will captain the Board President's XI against the visiting Sri Lankans in a three-day tour opener to be played in Mumbai from November 11 to 13. The 14-man squad, announced by the selectors in Nagpur today, also includes Robin Uthappa who was named vice-captain after an impressive showing in the Champions League Twenty20.
Karnataka play Delhi.. Delhi loses Sangwan, Karnataka Uthappa. Mumbai loses 4 players, Bengal 3. And Bengal are playing Baroda.
What should have been a post congratulating the selectors on a job well done( the BP XI composition is very interesting, to say the least) ends with me questioning the genius who decided to schedule the BP XI game to run parallel to the Ranji Trophy.!
david shepherd on 'nelson'...
most of us remember him for that little hop he used whenever the score reached 111, 222, or 333...
here, from david shepherd, how this 'little hop' started and why he used it...
A lot of people are quite familiar with one of my superstitions, the little hop I give when the score passes certain milestones.
It harks back to when I was kid playing village cricket down in Devon and we had an unlucky number - 111.
We call it The Nelson, which you would also get with other multiples like 222 and 333.
We found that the only way to counteract something bad happening on a Nelson number was to get your feet off the ground.
You could just lift your feet off the pavilion floor if you weren't in the middle, but if I was on the field of play I would just jump or hop.
I would usually jump, but maybe hop depending on what time of day it is, how long I've been out there or how hot the weather is.
When I took to umpiring, I thought I couldn't keep doing that, but a few mates urged me to carry on and not many people noticed it at the time.
Then I did it in my second Test match at Edgbaston and someone wrote into dear old Brian Johnston on Test Match Special and he let the cat out of the bag.
I've been stuck with it ever since!
Sometimes I miss it when I'm too wrapped up with what's happening on the field.
I can't think of any other umpires with superstitions like that. Perhaps there's only one idiot!
here was another bored cricket crazy guy who managed to create a niche for himself when all we do is view umpires as machines who do mundane things on the field only to be stripped naked by the dissecting eye of the camera...
rest in peace david...
A story that needs to be told
From the Hindustan Times
Photojournalists and the Indian cricket team have always had a love-hate relationship but things became a bit explosive before the start of the Nagpur ODI.More grist to the juniors who think no end of themselves, have their head in the clouds, lack professionalism or commitment, value the IPL over the India cap etc etc... You have heard that before, haven't you?
All cricket stadiums allot specific vantage points for photographers to set up their elaborate equipment in order to capture on-field action.
On Thursday, before the match began, a few players chose to warm up right in front of the space allotted to the picture men.
Ordinarily that would not matter except that one of the balls smacked by Amit Mishra knocked down a laptop.
Thereupon the players were requested to go through their moves some distance away; after all they had the whole ground at their disposal. That did not go down too well with two players in particular – Virat Kohli and Praveen Kumar.
They chose to make their displeasure quite clear through a heated exchange and aggressive gestures. Not just a gentleman’s game anymore, is it?
Now, same incident, different newspaper -
NAGPUR: It turned out to be a wicked Wednesday for Virat Kohli. The Delhi middle-order batsman not only had to sit out of the second ODI after doing reasonably well in the first match at Vadodara but he also got involved in a fight with photographers at Jamtha just before the match started.I wonder how there can be such remarkably dis-similar narratives of the same incident.Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
After the toss, Kohli, Munaf Patel and Praveen Kumar were enjoying their own little game of cricket along with some local boys near the pavilion. When Kohli was knocking, one of his shots went through the hands of a fielder and almost hit the camera of one of the photographers who were sitting with their equipment behind the advertisement hoardings.
As soon as the ball went past the lensmen, a concerned photographer shouted and asked Kohli to practice at some other place. When Kohli refused to pay attention, all the photographers started abusing both Kohli and Praveen Kumar, who was asking the mediamen to calm down.
Stunned by the abuse, Kohli and Praveen too started using foul language at the lensmen. The situation became tense at one point when Kohli came within the handshaking distance of the lensmen as exchange of abuses continued.
Just when the situation looked to be getting out of control, Praveen and some Vidarbha Cricket Association officials, including vice-president Rajeev Gokhale, rushed to Kohli and helped in cooling down the tempers.
The incident certainly made the Delhi youngster furious as he thought he was doing nothing wrong in knocking the ball around with the local boys. On the other hand, the lensmen insisted that the cricketer had no business knocking near their expensive equipment.
The day this Jadeja will be called Jaddu.
Shukla, my big, fat sabzi wallah was a diehard Ajay Jadeja fanatic. He was also big on Azhar but Jaddu always came first. He often quizzed me when Jaddu would return? “Jaddu khelega na?” I never gave him false hope, but he never gave up. And when he didn’t quiz me about Jaddu, he asked after Azhar.
Obviously Shukla doesn’t watch NDTV, otherwise I would’ve had a thing or two coming on Jaddu the cricket expert. But I’m curious what he thinks of Ravindra Jadeja – I have a feeling he likes all things Jadeja.
Must confess, I like Ravindra Jadeja. Not from today, but from IPL1. He seems so damn young, energised, earnest, you gotta have him out in the middle.
Today, he was in the middle, good they didn’t drop him after the first game no-show with the bat. Anyway, with the ball, he was way better than Bhajji.
So too in the second game today. And even though Jadeja came into bowl in the 30th, he had Hussey by the third ball. Hussey had Bhajji for three fours. That was obviously one of the two bad overs Bhajji had according to MSD.
Such is the protective shield around Bhajji that no matter what I or you say or think, he will play all seven games. And when his bowling numbers come off, they will fly a plane, and we will read his figures in that great big gig in the sky.
So forget about Bhajji and Mishra for once. Let’s stay with Jadeja, the sharp lines, the canny lengths, the bounce about him. Let us for once not say he had 354 runs behind him, Bhajji had them too, what came of it. Honestly, I find it punishing beyond words to watch Bhajji bowl. Short, wide, short, wide. There’s just so much a man can take. And that too from another man. I don’t have to, you don’t have to either.
Let’s hop on to Jadeja vs Yusuf Pathan. I have an inventory here of Yusuf’s miraculous ducks, no scores, zeroes, (lotta first, second ball ones too). Don’t duck, have a look here.
He played 30 odd ODIs, got a lotta chances, lotta overs, contrary to what some people will want us to believe.
Let’s give Jadeja half those chances, half that backing, half that belief. I’ll be damn surprised, if by then you don’t start calling him Jaddu.
As for you Shukla, we'll talk about this Jadeja tomorrow. It's time to live in the now.
The Opening Conundrum
Partnership A:
Innings 92
Runs 3475
Average 38.61
Strike Rate 99.00
Innings per 50 partnership 7.08
Innings per 100 partnership 8.36
Partnership B:
Innings 33
Runs 1669
Average 52.15
Strike Rate 109.50
Innings per 50 partnership 4.71
Innings per 100 partnership 8.25
Take your pick as to which one you'd like at the top of the order if you were captain.
Six is a fix
There was a plan, it got laid. Here I was, sure to survive seven one-day games, now I just can’t say. I know it’s a day-night game, I know it starts at 2.30 pm IST, I know it’s in Nagpur, I know too much.
But I still haven’t slapped that itinerary on the desktop. But I know there’s a game in Delhi, on the 31st I think. Now I’ve done it again, looked up the itinerary, it is the 31st. I know now. I even looked beyond the 31st, what sort of itinerary is this – there’s a game on the 2nd, sure it’s next door, Mohali. But even Mohali isn’t that next door. They will fly to Chandigarh – or will it be 3-4 hours on road? Shatabdi, no way.
The timelines are killing - towards the end, the only Aussie standing will be coach, and we all know he sits through games.
We can either sit on these seven ODIs, or do something about it – like not watch them. There’s a film festival on, but these Romanian movies suck, on the jugular. There will be blood in this one day series too. You cannot survive seven. Six is a fix. Gimme five.
What shoud India do at Nagpur today?!
Well, it is really very simple!
Batsmen should be able to bat well, bowlers should be able to bowl well, and fielders should be able to field well! It may not guarantee a win, but it will at least avoid shame to the Indian team!
After all, it is a shame that the No. 2 ODI team in the world, can not bat, bowl or field well! Of course, a 4 run defeat hides all these facts! India may not get another chance though!
Indians in a FIX to MATCH up with the Aussies
I have been reading a lot today. As I was reading, I just realised how timeless Indian cricket had been, apart from knowing how a certain Marquee can offend a person. I also read a great congratulatory for Pakistan on the T20 win, and add to that a sincere bashing of MSD’s tactics.
I capped off my knowledge acquisition by finding out what a Characters XI would look like.
To cut a long story short
HAPPY BORED DAY BHASKAR KHAUND
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Now to something far less important.
It seems that I was shouting out the words “fix” and “match”. In fact, I was. In the past 2 days, ever since a man who could Singh took to the Aussies and showed what anger and a little bit of Praveen Kumar can do.
Everyone has been talking of the match being fixed and the Aussies were paid off to bowl Watson (crap outside off) and Siddle (shit round the wicket). Brett ‘Shukriya India’ Lee could also have bowled, but then he would have had to bowl full tosses at head height. Just 3 of them.
So what is cricket all about? Is it about fucktards believing in theories, or about questioning the moral fibre of the players and authorities. I am not talking about the moral fibre of the bookies here. Or, is cricket about how it makes us feel.
When Harbhajan was teri-maa-keeoing the Aussies to all parts of Vadodara, what if Ponting was grinning from the inside? Was Shane Watson assured of a place in the next game that he was bowling his ‘natural’ deliveries? Was Peter Siddle hyptonised into believing that hitting the back of Harbhajan’s knee would stop the world from being destroyed on Dec 21st 2012.
I don’t care.
What I care about is the game was a treat to watch. Fans loved the excitement, Sehwag showed the bowlers how to get him out if the ball is swinging away, Sachin reiterated his commitment to temporary mediocrity, Students of the game got to know about a lot of skills to be learnt and not to be learnt, and Gambhir proved why he is the new Dravid.
The only people who seem to have a problem is those of a thick moral fibre and a thicker vacuum of attention. So let them be, and let us enjoy the game. If there is something wrong, trust me the ICC knows more than you guys. And if the ICC can’t do anything about it, no petition will.
If you really care about cricket, talk about how beautiful it is, not what is supposedly wrong with it. All that will get you is more pageviews. Oh, I forgot, you are happy with just that.
Ankit also blogs at the Brand New Paddlesweep
Not a fast one.
As a batsman, you see the dust clouds long before the bowler descends on you. Though I never measured the run-up, the bowler ran from the far end of Hauz Khas Park, and at times, from the road behind it. He ran so fast, that by the time he hurled the ball at you, such was the bustle, that smokes, lights, coins, confessions, all disembarked, all at once. Looking back, I now know this was a distraction, guerrilla cricket warfare.
The action was slingy, possibly even chucky. But damn, it was fast. This bowler had put the sum total of his cricketing disgust for Venki's faster one into that one delivery.
And it was one such delivery, on the Hindu grounds, in the mid nineties, in speed and year that felled Ajay Jadeja. Hope the ball was not fixed.
It became part of DU folklore, he sings Dylan, he sinks Jadeja.
It has taken me all these years, but I now know it takes an Irfan to laugh, it takes a Pathan to cry. Here’s to the grey areas of cricket. Here’s to you, Happy Bored Day Bhaskar Khaund.
This DAREDEVIL is now also a KNIGHT RIDER
Dear All,
I’ve not been able to blog for quite a while now. First it was the hectic schedule and then it was my ill-health that kept me away from BCC!
As soon as I landed in Kolkata on the morning of 15th October for a press conference, I started experiencing difficulty in breathing and my blood pressure shot up.
I then consulted the doctor at the Kolkata airport who examined me with his stethoscope, gave me a medicine and asked me to visit a nearby hospital. Even as I walked out of the airport, my condition worsened.
It was then that I received tremendous help from the taxi drivers at the airport. As soon as I brought my problem to the notice of my taxi driver, another gentleman (a godsend) by the name of Mr. Ashok Ganguly (he runs some taxis from the airport) came to my immediate rescue.
From there on Mr. Ganguly took charge of the situation. He accompanied me to Charnock Hospital along with two others in a taxi and asked me a few questions about my condition before speaking to his doctor. He reassured me that everything would be alright. He arranged for a doctor to see me at the hospital even while we were in the taxi, got me admitted to the ICU, took care of all my belongings and helped me get in touch with my boss who was already in Kolkata and with my family in Delhi.
He also got the medical insurance formalities done after I had given him my medical insurance card. He then not only waited at the hospital all day while I underwent several tests but also went to pick up my mother from the Kolkata airport (he was also calling up my mother every half an hour to give her an update on me).
I remember he mentioned to me that if I get discharged the same day, he will himself accompany me on the flight back to Delhi.
Through all of this my organization (Professional Golf Tour of India) and my colleagues stood by me and helped me in all possible ways.
Today is my first day at work (back in Delhi) after a week’s rest. I have more or less recovered now and can’t help but think what would I have done on that day had Mr. Ashok Ganguly not come to my help. I am still in touch with Mr. Ganguly. We talk every second day.
So this Delhi Daredevil is now also a Kolkata Knight Rider (I used to despise KKR before this event).
Nikhil Kalaan
some straight points on the one day series...
the first match demonstrated very aptly that this series will be a close one... and as i said earlier the result of the match and eventually series will depend on which team shows more discipline on the field...
india ran very close to an unexpected victory... and while some may say india flattered themselves by the margin of defeat... i wonder what would have happened had the scenario been just the opposite...
one reaction would have been to hail australia for their never say die spirit and they would have gone on to say that this is why australia are a champion side coz even their no. 8 & 9 batsmen can come and contribute to the team cause...
but the more obvious reactions would have been to loathe our bowlers to allow no. 8 & 9 batsmen to score the way bhajji and praveen kumar scored against them... so much for in the name of 'in-depth analysis'...
having said that i think some minor tweaking will do us no harm... i would always prefer sehwag or for that matter gambhir over specialist slipper in sachin with his heavily bandaged forefinger... his natural reaction seems to protect that finger first and thats why his reactions are slow to the catches coming in... and this is also the reason he is not placing his body behind the ball in case the catch comes on the bounce...
any captain who allows nehra to field at long off or long on should seriously think about the man management on the field... and praveen should be told to curb his itch to experiment if he lands couple of balls in the good cordon... and for god sake no short ball... the guy just doesn't have the pace to surprise batsmen... and more over when you can swing both ways by bowling up why ruin the over with a mandatory itch to 'experiment' with length in the name of variations...?
the win has come at a cost to australia... while we will be near full strength tomorrow ozies will be missing lee and mitchell... but somewhere a fan in me wants australia to be beaten with full strength so there is no scope of ifs and buts left in anybodies mind...
Better late than
Bhajji the batsman was born again in Baroda. But who gave birth to him? Is it not known that his batting boss is one Sachin Tendulkar? Now, Bhajji, wadaya say, repeat after us, “Thank You Sachin!”
If you are thankless, join the Thank You Sachin group. Better to suck up than stick out like a sore thumb.
Questions from Match 1!
Did you sh*t in your pants watching the last 4 overs of the match 1 of Hero Honda Cup 2009?!
Edge of the seat cricketainment is here! Australian or Indian, never mind, if you weren't at the edge of your seats in the last four overs of yesterday's match, my friend, you are not following cricket!
What is a convincing victory?!
The news channels keep calling yesterday's result a convincing victory for Australians! I believe that convincing victories are those, which grant you an undisputed psychological advantage for the next matches, and Australia do not take that from this match!
Is ODI format dead?!
My pants full of sh*t on your faces, ODI detractors! Because when the Top 2 ODI teams battle it out, it creates Cricketainment!
Edge of the seat cricketainment is here! Australian or Indian, never mind, if you weren't at the edge of your seats in the last four overs of yesterday's match, my friend, you are not following cricket!
What is a convincing victory?!
The news channels keep calling yesterday's result a convincing victory for Australians! I believe that convincing victories are those, which grant you an undisputed psychological advantage for the next matches, and Australia do not take that from this match!
Is ODI format dead?!
My pants full of sh*t on your faces, ODI detractors! Because when the Top 2 ODI teams battle it out, it creates Cricketainment!
Better to have batted and lost than to never have batted at all.
On 7th Sept. during the Corporate Trophy, SP wrote about Praveen Kumar’s batting potential here. Now look what he's gone and done.
On 9th Oct. during the Challenger series, SP wrote about Bhajji as a bowling all-rounder here. Now look what he's gone and done.
On 11th Nov. SP will write about Nehra as India’s next big late order batsman. Don't look.
How to survive seven
Do not plonk the itinerary on to your desktop. This may not be enough to ignore game dates, but it will help you ignore game timings; and like me, you will expect every game to be a day-night game.
After all in India the floodlights move in even before Hon’ble Chief Guest can lay the foundation stone. Then follows camera, action and lastly the stadium. But Vadodara turned out to be a day game. Had it been Baroda, who knows what would have been.
Like the players, plan for a hedonistic night-before match - you will wake up wasted in the 48th over of the first innings. Good only, Amit Mishra’s not playing. For that matter, the eleven on the field are not playing either– by now you will have updates on missed catches. So what, you missed them too.
Hydrate yourself. Make yourself useful round the house. Turn up for the first over; be there to see Jatman off. See yourself off.
Count on a powercut, one hour and middle overs gone. Return with power, and the batting power play.
Feel vindicated that the batting power play should not be taken before the forty fifth over. Watch the tail-enders smash it around. See the last ball of the game, finally that’s what leaves you with that ‘I-saw-it-all feeling’. You will have invested very little, but the returns will be Reliancelike (and it was the Reliance stadium today)
Stick to these simple steps, not only will you survive this series, you will live through another seven. Just like Bhajji the bowler.
Satyameva Jayate
You know the argument, the one which says that the Champions League is not quite the Champions League because the Pakistanis are not in it.
But but, I say, what about the ban on the Pakistan players imposed by the Government of Pakistan?
Bogus, you say, it is all Modi's fault.. He made some bogus claims about cut off dates and Pakistani government clearances to shut the door on Pakistan.And hey, the poor Pakistanis were not even aware of their exclusion.
But but, I say, there is nothing forthcoming from either the PCB or the Pakistan Foreign Ministry on cricketers being allowed to travel to India. So the status quo has not changed.
Hogwash, you say, the ban was in place only until the IPL. And didnt Yasir Arafat travel to India for the Champions League? And dont mention the fact that he got his passport stamped in the UK, because, as a Pakistani national and cricket player, he traveled to India and that's that. A pox on Modi's house!
Enter left, Ijaz Butt, Chairman of the PCB
LAHORE: Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board, Ijaz Butt said on Saturday that revival of cricket ties and playing cricket matches of 2011 World Cup in India solely depend on Pakistan Government's decision. "We will be following Government advice as far revival of bilateral cricket ties with India and playing matches of World Cup in India are concerned and PCB cannot take decision on its own to permit its team to visit India," he said at a news conference here Saturday. Also present on the occasion were Chief Operating Officer, Wasim Bari, newly appointed General Managers Media,Tariq Hakeem and Media Nadim Sarwar. Ijaz Butt said PCB is up-dating Government on cricket issues on regular basis and seeks its advice whenever it is needed and similar practice will be followed regarding Pak teams visit to India.
Exit the bowling coach... Enter the bowling coach.
You know the story.. Venkatesh Prasad got the boot as bowling coach. Leading to a lot of breast beating ( and not a few snide remarks on the workings of the BCCI).The boot was ostensibly because of the decline in fortunes of India's next great bowling hope.
Which is why today's bowling effort was important. And what a bowling effort it was.
Ishant spoke to a lot of people today and a lot more people spoke to him. There was Nehra. And Kohli.. Delhi statemates. But not his India captain. Or his Delhi one.
But one man spoke to Ishant more than most. When he was not in the young man's ear he was more than willing to pull his ears, literally and figuratively. Standing at mid on, the little man spoke to Lambu.
But then again, he has been speaking to Ishant for a long time.. Remember "Ek Aur Over Karega?"
The God of Sehwagology is back. As is With him, India's bowling coach.
Cricketers who can Singh.
Australia
Singh, M (Manjot Singh)
Bermuda
Singh, T (Trevor Singh)
Canada
Singh, B
Singh, D
Singh, SY (Yvette Singh, 1977- )
Denmark
Singh, B (Baljit Singh, 1977- )
England
Ramanpreet Singh (Ramanpreet Singh, 1993- )
Singh, A (Anurag Singh, 1975- )
Singh, A (Anirudh Singh, 1983- )
Singh, KR (Krishana Singh, 1982- )
Singh, KS (Kanwar Singh, 1879-1975)
Fiji
Jaswant Singh (Jaswant Singh)
Hong Kong
Inderjit Singh Gill (Inderjit Singh, 1990- )
Singh, G (Gurjant Singh, 1994- )
India
Abhimanyu Singh (Abhimanyu Singh, 1992- )
Ajit Pal Singh (Ajit Pal Singh)
Amarjeet Singh (Amarjeet Singh, 1990- )
Amriteshwar Singh
Anureet Singh, K (Anureet Singh, 1988- )
Arminder Singh Oberoi (Arminder Singh, 1991- )
Awijit Singh (Awijit Singh, 1990- )
Birinder Singh (Birinder Singh, 1985- )
Charanjit Singh (Charanjit Singh, 1988- )
Harpreet Singh (Harpreet Singh, 1991- )
Joginder Singh (Joginder Singh, 1980- )
Mandeep Singh (Mandeep Singh, 1991- )
Narender Singh (Narender Singh, 1987- )
Paramveer Singh (Paramveer Singh, 1987- )
Parminder Singh (Parminder Singh, 1984- )
Sandeep Singh (Sandeep Singh, 1981- )
Singh, SP (Suraj Pratap Singh, 1985- )
Singh,G (Gajendra Singh, 1988- )
Singh,KK (Kamal Kumar Singh, 1979- )
Surjit Singh (Surjit Singh)
Abhijit Singh (Abhijit, 1981- )
Abhishek Singh (Abhishek Singh, 1986- )
Adhiraj Singh (Adhiraj Singh)
Aditya Singh (Aditya Singh, 1989- )
Ajay Singh (Ajay Singh, 1983- )
Ajit Kumar Singh (Ajit Kumar Singh, 1985- )
Ajit Singh (Bengal) (A Singh, 1980- )
Ajit Singh (Rajasthan) (Ajit Singh)
Ajit Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Ajit Singh)
Alok Singh (Alok Singh, 1986- )
Amandeep Singh (Amandeep Singh, 1984- )
Amanjot Singh (Amanjot Singh, 1987- )
Amanpreet Singh (Amanpreet Singh, 1989- )
Amarjeet Singh (Amarjeet Singh, 1985- )
Amarjit Singh (Amarjit Singh)
Amar Singh, L (Amar Singh, 1910-1940)
Ameet Singh (Ameet Singh)
Amir Singh (Amir Singh)
Amrik Singh (Amrik Singh, 1940- )
Amrinder Singh (Amrinder Singh, 1980- )
Anand Singh (Anand Singh)
Anand Singh (Anand Singh, 1986- )
Anirudh Singh (Anirudh Singh, 1980- )
Ankush Singh (Ankush Singh, 1982- )
Anoop Singh (Anoop Singh)
Anupam Kumar Singh (Anupam Kumar Singh, 1985- )
Anup Singh (Patiala) (Anup Singh)
Anup Singh (Services) (Anup Singh)
Aprajit Singh
Arjun Singh, K (Arjun Singh, 1935- )
Arun Singh (Arun Singh, 1975- )
Arvind Singh (Arvind Singh, 1977- )
Ashish Singh (Ashish Singh, 1985- )
Ashok Singh (Haryana) (Ashok Singh, 1970- )
Ashok Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Ashok Singh)
Atma Singh, A (Atma Singh, 1949- )
Atma Singh, G (Atma Singh, 1928- )
Avtar Singh (Avtar Singh, 1969- )
Badal Singh (Badal Singh, 1987- )
Bahadur Singh (Bahadur Singh)
Balbhadra Singh, R (Balbhadra Singh)
Balbir Singh (Punjab) (Balbir Singh)
Balbir Singh (Southern Punjab) (Balbir Singh)
Baldev Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Baldev Singh, 1945- )
Baldev Singh (Sikhs) (Baldev Singh)
Baldev Singh (Southern Punjab) (Baldev Singh)
Baljit Singh (Orissa) (Baljit Singh, 1981- )
Baljit Singh (Southern Punjab) (Baljit Singh, 1940- )
Balkar Singh (Balkar Singh)
Balmukund Singh (Balmukund Singh, 1983- )
Balwant Singh (Balwant Singh)
Bantoo Singh (Bantoo Singh, 1963- )
Basant Singh (Basant Singh)
Bhagwat Singh (Bhagwat Singh)
Bhupinder, Singh (Bhupinder Singh, 1986- )
Bhupinder Singh (Bhupinder Singh, 1980- )
Bhupinder Singh (Delhi) (Bhupinder Singh, 1980- )
Bhupinder Singh (Madhya Pradesh) (Bhupinder Singh, 1964- )
Bhupinder Singh (Northern Punjab) (Bhupinder Singh)
Bhupinder Singh (Services 1949-50) (Bhupinder Singh)
Bhupinder Singh (Services 1958-59) (Bhupinder Singh, 1936- )
Bhupinder Singh (UP) (Bhupinder Singh, 1968- )
Bhupinder Singh jnr (Bhupinder Singh, 1970- )
Bhupinder Singh (snr) (Bhupinder Singh, 1965- )
Biji Singh, KS (Biji Singh)
Bikram Singh (Bikram Singh)
Bimal Singh (Bimal Singh, 1987- )
Binwant Singh (Binwant Singh, 1982- )
Bipin Singh (Bipin Singh, 1978- )
Bola, MS (Maninder Singh, 1981- )
Bola, MS (Maninder Singh, 1981- )
Brijender Singh (Brijender Singh, 1977- )
Brijinder Singh (Brijinder Singh)
Chanchal Singh (Chanchal Singh)
Charajit Singh (Charajit Singh, 1955- )
Charanjit Singh (Bengal) (Charanjit Singh, 1978- )
Charanjit Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Charanjit Singh, 1981- )
Charanjit Singh (Punjab) (Charanjit Singh)
Chattha, GS (Gurprit Singh, 1983- )
Chetan Singh (Chetan Singh, 1989- )
Dalbir Singh (Dalbir Singh, 1960- )
Dalip Singh (Hindus) (Lt Dalip Singh)
Dalip Singh (Patiala) (Dalip Singh)
Daljeet Singh (Daljeet Singh, 1985- )
Daljinder Singh (Daljinder Singh)
Daljit Singh (Services) (Daljit Singh)
Daljit Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Daljit Singh, 1937- )
Darshan Singh (Darshan Singh)
Devender Singh (Devender Singh, 1969- )
Devendra Singh (Eastern Punjab) (Devendra Singh, 1940- )
Devendra Singh (Uttar Pradesh Under-16) (Devendra Singh, 1985- )
Devinder Singh (Devinder Singh)
Devi Singh (Devi Singh)
Dhananjai Singh (Dhananjai Singh, 1982- )
Dhananjay Singh (Dhananjay Singh, 1969- )
Dhanraj Singh (Dhanraj Singh, 1968- )
Dharmendra Singh (Dharmendra Singh, 1978- )
Dhiraj Singh (Dhiraj Singh, 1987- )
Dhruv Singh (Dhruv Singh, 1986- )
Digvijay Singh (Digvijay Singh, 1970- )
Dilbaugh Singh (Dilbaugh Singh)
Dilip Singh (Dilip Singh)
Dilraj Singh (Dilraj Singh, 1966- )
Gagandeep Singh, R (Gagandeep Singh, 1985- )
Gagandeep Singh (Gagandeep Singh, 1981- )
Gagandeep Singh (Gagandeep Singh, 1987- )
Gaganinder Singh (Gaganinder Singh, 1981- )
Gajinder Singh (Gajinder Singh, 1987- )
Gajraj Singh (Gajraj Singh)
Ganesha Singh (Ganesha Singh)
Ghai, RS (Rajinder Singh Ghai, 1960- )
Gill, DS (Dilbir Singh Gill, 1972- )
Gopal Singh (Gopal Singh)
Gulab Singh (Gulab Singh)
Gurbachan Singh (Eastern Punjab) (Gurbachan Singh, 1924- )
Gurbachan Singh (The Rest) (Gurbachan Singh)
Gurbaksh Singh (Gurbaksh Singh)
Gurcharan Singh (Gurcharan Singh, 1935- )
Gurdip Singh (Gurdip Singh, 1942- )
Gurdit Singh (Gurdit Singh)
Gurinder Singh (Gurinder Singh, 1966- )
Gurjeet Singh (Gurjeet Singh)
Gurmeet Singh (Orissa) (Gurmeet Singh)
Gurmeet Singh (Southern Punjab) (Gurmeet Singh, 1945- )
Gurpal Singh (Gurpal Singh)
Gurpreet Singh (Gurpreet Singh, 1969- )
Gurpreet Singh
Gursharan Singh (Gursharan Singh, 1963- )
Gursharan Singh (Gursharan Singh, 1986- )
Gurudyal Singh (Gurudyal Singh)
Gurusharan Singh (Gurusharan Singh, 1978- )
Gurvinder Singh (Gurvinder Singh, 1983- )
Hanumant Singh (Hanumant Singh, 1939-2006)
Harbans Singh (Harbans Singh)
Harban Singh (Harban Singh)
Harbhajan Singh (NWFP) (Harbhajan Singh)
Harbhajan Singh (Punjab) (Harbhajan Singh, 1980- )
Harcharan Singh (Harcharan Singh, 1938- )
Hardavinder Singh (Hardavinder Singh, 1986- )
Hardeep Singh (Hardeep Singh, 1981- )
Hardip Singh (Hardip Singh)
Hargopal Singh (Hargopal Singh)
Harjeet Singh (Harjeet Singh, 1983- )
Harjinder Singh (Harjinder Singh, 1960- )
Harjinder Singh, AG (Harjinder Singh)
Harmeet Singh (Harmeet Singh, 1987- )
Harmeet Singh (Harmeet Singh)
Harminder Singh (Punjab b 1978) (Harminder Singh, 1978- )
Harminder Singh (Punjab) (Harminder Singh, 1947- )
Harminder Singh (Services) (Harminder Singh)
Harpal Singh, M (Harpal Singh, 1932- )
Harpreet Singh (Delhi) (Harpreet Singh, 1967- )
Harpreet Singh (Punjab,Services) (Harpreet Singh, 1974- )
Harvinder Singh (India Under-19s) (Harvinder Singh, 1987- )
Harvinder Singh (Punjab, Railways, India) (Harvinder Singh, 1977- )
Harvinder Singh (Vidarbha) (Harvinder Singh, 1971- )
Hazara Singh (Hazara Singh)
Himmat Singh (Himmat Singh)
Hira Singh (Hira Singh)
Inderjit Singh (Delhi) (Inderjit Singh)
Inderjit Singh (Himachal Pradesh) (Inderjit Singh)
M Inder Singh (Inder Singh, 1974- )
Inder Singh, M (Mahesh Inder Singh, 1959- )
Inder Singh, R (Ravi Inder Singh, 1987- )
Indrajit Singh (Indrajit Singh, 1979- )
Indrapal Singh (Indrapal Singh, 1966- )
Iqbal Singh (Iqbal Singh)
Jagdishchandra Singh, R (Jagdishchandra Singh)
Jagdish Singh (Jagdish Singh)
Jagjit Singh (Northern Punjab) (Jagjit Singh)
Jagjit Singh (Tripura) (Jagjit Singh)
Jagtar Singh (Jagtar Singh, 1975- )
Jagteshwar Singh (Jagteshwar Singh)
Jaideep Singh (Jaideep Singh, 1972- )
Jai Singh, S (Jai Singh)
Jangjit Singh (Jangjit Singh)
Jarnail Singh (Jarnail Singh, 1990- )
Jasbir Singh (Punjab) (Jasbir Singh, 1950- )
Jasbir Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Jasbir Singh, 1970- )
Jasbir Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Jasbir Singh, 1946- )
Jaskaran Singh (Jaskaran Singh, 1989- )
Jasminder Singh (Jasminder Singh, 1976- )
Jaspal Singh (Jaspal Singh, 1968- )
Jasvir Singh (Jasvir Singh, 1978- )
Jaswant Singh (Services) (Jaswant Singh)
Jaswant Singh (Sikhs) (Jaswant Singh)
Jaswinder Singh (Railways) (Jaswinder Singh, 1974- )
Jaswinder Singh (Railways) (Jaswinder Singh)
Jitender Singh (Jitender Singh, 1976- )
Jodh Singh (Jodh Singh)
Joginder Singh (Haryana b 1975) (Joginder Singh, 1975- )
Joginder Singh (Haryana b 1983) (Joginder Singh, 1983- )
Joginder Singh (India) (Joginder Singh, 1904-1940)
Joginder Singh (Punjab) (Joginder Singh)
Joginder Singh (Sikhs) (Col Joginder Singh)
Jude Singh (Jude Singh)
Jyotiraditya Singh (Jyotiraditya Singh, 1986- )
Kanwaljit Singh (Kanwaljit Singh, 1958- )
Kapoor, Singh (Kapoor Singh, 1986- )
Karam Singh (Karam Singh)
Karanveer Singh (Karanveer Singh, 1987- )
Karan Singh (Karan Singh, 1987- )
Kaul Singh (Kaul Singh, 1975- )
Kavaljit Singh (Kavaljit Singh, 1973- )
Khenwar, SS (Shivraj Singh Khenwar, 1986- )
Kishan Singh (Kishan Singh)
Kripal Singh, A (Arjan Kripal Singh, 1969- )
Kripal Singh, AG (AG Kripal Singh, 1933-1987)
Kripal Singh, S (Swaran Kripal Singh)
Kuldeep Singh (Kuldeep Singh, 1978- )
Kuldip Singh (Bihar) (Kuldip Singh)
Kuldip Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Kuldip Singh)
Kulwant Singh (Kulwant Singh, 1959- )
Kundan Singh (Kundan Singh, 1992- )
Lachman Singh (Lachman Singh)
Lakhbir Singh (Lakhbir Singh, 1972- )
Lall Singh (Sikhs) (Lall Singh)
Lall Singh (Southern Punjab) (Lall Singh, 1909-1985)
Laxman Singh (Laxman Singh, 1952-1988)
Lokendra Singh (Lokendra Singh)
Mahabir Singh (Mahabir Singh)
Maheshwar Singh, D (Maheshwar Singh, 1946- )
Mahinder Singh, K (Mahinder Singh, 1921- )
Mahipendra Singh (Mahipendra Singh)
Malinder Singh (Malinder Singh)
Manbir Singh (Manbir Singh)
Mandeep Singh (Mandeep Singh, 1972- )
Mangal Singh (Mangal Singh)
Maninder Singh (Delhi, India) (Maninder Singh, 1965- )
Maninder Singh (Haryana) (Maninder Singh)
Maninder Singh (Madhya Pradesh) (Maninder Singh, 1982- )
Manish Singh (Manish Singh, 1973- )
Manjeet Singh (Manjeet Singh, 1979- )
Manmohan Singh (Punjab) (Manmohan Singh)
Manmohan Singh (Southern Punjab) (Manmohan Singh)
Manohar Singh (Manohar Singh, 1977- )
Manoj Singh (Manoj Singh, 1983- )
Manoj Singh (Manoj Singh, 1990- )
Manoj Singh (Delhi) (Manoj Singh, 1972- )
Manoj Singh (Madhya Pradesh Under 14) (Manoj Singh, 1990- )
Manoj Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Manoj Singh, 1976- )
Manvendra Singh (Manvendra Singh, 1978- )
Manvinder Singh (Haryana Under 14) (Manvinder Singh, 1988- )
Manvinder Singh (Railways) (Manvinder Singh, 1972- )
Man Singh, A (Man Singh)
Man Singh, PR (Man Singh)
Milkha Singh, AG (AG Milkha Singh, 1941- )
Mohan Singh (Mohan Singh)
Mohan Singh (Himachal Pradesh Under 19) (Mohan Singh, 1981- )
Mohan Singh (Nawanagar) (Mohan Singh)
Mohan Singh (Rajasthan) (Mohan Singh, 1972- )
Mohan Singh (Saurashtra) (Mohan Singh)
Mohinder Singh (Mohinder Singh, 1930- )
Narayan Singh (Narayan Singh)
Narendera Singh (Narendera Singh, 1975- )
Narender Singh (1984) (Narender Singh, 1984- )
Narender Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Narender Singh)
Narinder Singh (Narinder Singh)
Navdeep Singh (Navdeep Singh, 1974- )
Neetu Singh (Bihar Women) (Neetu Singh, 1980- )
Neetu Singh (Uttar Pradesh Women) (Neetu Singh, 1986- )
Nirmal Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Nirmal Singh)
Nirmal Singh (Sikhs) (Nirmal Singh)
Nishan Singh (Nishan Singh, 1987- )
Padam Singh (Padam Singh)
Padmanha Singh, R (Padmanha Singh)
Pankaj Singh (Pankaj Singh, 1985- )
Paramjit Singh (Paramjit Singh)
Parampal Singh (Parampal Singh, 1964- )
Pargat Singh (Paragat Singh, 1986- )
Parminder Singh, S (Parminder Singh, 1983- )
Parvinder Singh (Delhi) (Parvinder Singh)
Parvinder Singh (Rajasthan) (Parvinder Singh, 1966- )
Parvinder Singh (Southern Punjab) (Parvinder Singh, 1943- )
Parvinder Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Parvinder Singh, 1981- )
Patwal, SS (Surender Singh Patwal, 1975- )
Poninder Singh (P Singh, 1981- )
Prabhat Singh (Prabhat Singh)
Prabjot Singh (Prabjot Singh)
Prahalad Singh (Prahalad Singh)
Prahlad Singh (Prahlad Singh)
Prasanjeet Singh (Prasanjeet Singh, 1983- )
Pratap Singh, P (Pratap Singh, 1986- )
Pravin Singh (Pravin Singh)
Pritpal Singh (1984- )
Pururaj Singh (Pururaj Singh, 1980- )
Push Singh (Push Singh)
Raghbir Singh (Raghbir Singh)
Rahul Singh (Rahul Singh, 1970- )
Rahul Singh (Rahul Singh, 1987- )
Rai Singh, K (Kanwar Rai Singh, 1922- )
Rajan Singh (Rajan Singh, 1983- )
Rajawat, VS (Vikram Singh, 1987- )
Raja Maharaj Singh (Raja Maharaj Singh, 1878-1959)
Rajbir Singh
Rajdeep Singh (Rajdeep Singh)
Rajendra, Singh (Rajendra Singh, 1970- )
Rajendra Singh (Rajendra Singh)
Rajesh Singh (Rajesh Singh, 1967- )
Rajesh Singh (Rajesh Singh, 1990- )
Rajesh Singh (Blind Cricketer) (Rajesh Singh, 1983- )
Rajinder Singh (Assam) (Rajinder Singh, 1969- )
Rajinder Singh (Bengal) (Rajinder Singh, 1960- )
Rajinder Singh (Haryana) (Rajinder Singh, 1966- )
Rajinder Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Rajinder Singh)
Rajinder Singh (Northern Punjab) (Rajinder Singh)
Rajkumar Singh (Rajkumar Singh)
Rajput, MS (Mayank Singh Rajput, 1988- )
Rajwinder Singh (Rajwinder Singh, 1989- )
Raj Singh (Raj Singh Dungarpur, 1935-2009)
Raminder Singh (Raminder Singh)
Ram Singh, AG (AG Ram Singh, 1910-1999)
Ram Singh (Ram Singh)
Ranbir Singh (Delhi) (Ranbir Singh)
Ranbir Singh (Punjab) (Ranbir Singh)
Randhir Singh (Jammu and Kashmir 1968-69) (Randhir Singh)
Randhir Singh (Jammu and Kashmir 1982-83) (Randhir Singh)
Randhir Singh (Orissa) (Randhir Singh, 1957- )
Ranjeet Singh (Ranjeet Singh, 1983- )
Ranjit Singh (Ranjit Singh)
Ratan Singh (Ratan Singh, 1966- )
Ravinder Singh (Ravinder Singh, 1987- )
Ravi Singh (Ravi Singh)
Roop Singh (Roop Singh)
Sajjan Singh (Sajjan Singh)
Salil Singh (Assam) (Salil Singh)
Salil Singh (Tripura) (Salil Singh)
Sambu Singh (Sambu Singh)
Sandeep Singh (Sandeep Singh, 1988- )
Sandeep Singh (Sandeep Singh)
Sangram Singh (Sangram Singh, 1978- )
Sanjay Singh (Sanjay Singh, 1976- )
Sant Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Sant Singh)
Sant Singh (Sikhs) (Sant Singh)
Sarabdeep Singh (Sarabdeep Singh)
Sarabjit Singh (Sarabjit Singh, 1986- )
Sarabjit Singh (Sarabjit Singh, 1987- )
Sarabjit Singh (Haryana) (Sarabjit Singh, 1948- )
Sarabjit Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Sarabjit Singh, 1974- )
Sarandeep Singh (Sarandeep Singh, 1979- )
Sarbjit Singh (Sarbjit Singh, 1977- )
Satish Singh (Bihar b 1963) (Satish Singh, 1963- )
Satish Singh (Bihar b 1969) (Satish Singh, 1969- )
Satwender Singh, AG (Satwender Singh, 1946- )
Satyajit Singh (Satyajit Singh, 1981- )
Satyendra Singh (Satyendra Singh, 1964- )
Saurabh Singh (Saurabh Singh, 1987- )
Saurabh Singh (Saurabh Singh, 1991- )
Saxena, DS (Daljit Singh, 1935-2009)
Seemant Singh (Seemant Singh, 1976- )
Seema Singh (Seema Singh, 1976- )
Shakti Singh (Shakti Singh, 1968- )
Shamboo Singh (Shamboo Singh)
Shamser Singh (Shamser Singh)
Shamsher Singh (Shamsher Singh, 1972- )
Shamsher Singh (Rajasthan) (Shamsher Singh, 1983- )
Sharanjit Singh (Sharanjit Singh, 1955- )
Shashank Singh (Shashank Singh)
Sher Singh (Sher Singh)
Shivdayal Singh (Shivdayal Singh, 1947- )
Simant Singh (Simant Singh)
Simran Singh (Simran Singh)
Singh, A (A Singh, 1980- )
Singh, AB (Ankush Bikram Singh, 1982- )
Singh, Amit K (Amit Kumar Singh, 1982- )
Singh, Arvind K (Arvind Singh, 1945- )
Singh, Aditya P (Aditya Pratap Singh, 1989- )
Singh, Ajay P (Ajay Singh, 1980- )
Singh, Amit P (Amit Pal Singh, 1978- )
Singh, ASP
Singh, B (B Singh, 1980- )
Singh, BBK (Krishna Singh, 1979- )
Singh, BK (Barun Kumar Singh, 1982- )
Singh, Bhanu P (Bhanu Singh)
Singh, Birendra P (Birendra Singh, 1981- )
Singh, BR (Bhup Singh, 1959- )
Singh, CP (Chandra Singh, 1963- )
Singh, D (Dhananjay Singh)
Singh, DA (Dalpat Singh, 1983- )
Singh, DJ (Dhruba Jyoti Singh, 1977- )
Singh, DK (Deepak Singh, 1980- )
Singh, DP (Devendra Singh, 1975- )
Gagandeep Singh (Gagandeep Singh, 1991-2009)
Singh, GI (Gulzar Inder Singh, 1980- )
Singh, GP (Guru Singh)
Singh, I (I Singh, 1982- )
Singh, IA (Ismeet Singh Anand, 1984- )
Singh,ID (Ian Dev Singh, 1989- )
Singh, J (Jitendra Singh, 1965- )
Singh, JS (Jitendra Singh, 1982- )
Singh, K (Krilendra Singh)
Singh, KA (Kawal Singh, 1979- )
Singh, KD (KD Singh, 1981- )
Singh, M (Manish Singh, 1975- )
Singh, MK (Manish Kumar Singh, 1984- )
Singh, MKB (Bhalindra Singh, 1919-1992)
Singh, MM
Singh, MR (MR Singh, 1954- )
Singh, N
Singh, Nagesh (Nagesh Singh)
Singh, Narender P (Narender Singh, 1973- )
Singh, Narinder P (Narinder Singh, 1954- )
Singh, NP (Jammu and Kashmir)
Singh, O (Onkar Singh, 1971- )
Singh, PK (Praween Singh, 1983- )
Singh, PP (Madhya Pradesh)
Singh, PP (Uttar Pradesh Under-16) (Prabal Singh, 1988- )
Singh, R (Robin Singh, 1970- )
Singh, RD (Rameshwar Singh)
Singh, RD (Rameshwar Singh)
Singh, Ranjan K (Ranjan Kumar Singh, 1984- )
Singh, RK (Services) (R Singh)
Singh, Rajinder P (b 1949) (Rajinder Singh, 1949- )
Singh, Rajinder P (b 1975) (Rajinder Singh, 1975- )
Singh, Ramesh P (Ramesh Singh)
Singh, RP (RP Singh, 1985- )
Singh, RP (RP Singh)
Singh, Rudra P (R.P.Singh, 1965- )
Singh, RR (Robin Singh, 1963- )
Singh, RV (Vijay Singh, 1973- )
Singh, S (Sunita Singh, 1974- )
Singh, Shibsagar (Shibsagar Singh, 1979- )
Singh, Swaranjit (Swaranjit Singh, 1932- )
Singh, SD (San Dev Singh, 1989- )
Singh, Sudhir K (Sudhir Singh)
Singh, Sunil K (Sunil Singh, 1960- )
Singh, SO (Surendra Singh, 1981- )
Singh, Sanjay P (Sanjay Singh, 1964- )
Singh, Shivender P (Shivender Singh, 1981- )
Singh, SP
Singh, SP (Himachal Pradesh) (S Singh)
Singh, SR (Sandeep Singh, 1981- )
Singh, TP (TP Singh, 1978- )
Singh, V (V Singh, 1984- )
Singh, Vijay B (Vijay Singh, 1981- )
Singh, Vivek B (Vivek Singh)
Singh, VRV (Vikram Singh, 1984- )
Singh, YS (Yuvraj Surendra Singh, 1982- )
Singh, Amit (Gujarat) (Amit Singh, 1981- )
Somanan Singh (Somanan Singh)
Soni, GS (Gurjeet Singh Soni, 1979- )
Soumen Singh (Soumen Singh, 1975- )
Sugan Singh (Sugan Singh)
Sujay Singh (Sujay Singh, 1987- )
Sujjar Singh (Sujjar Singh)
Sukhbinder Singh (Sukhbinder Singh, 1977- )
Sukhbir Singh (Sukhbir Singh, 1974- )
Sukhdev Singh (Sukhdev Singh, 1971- )
Sukhvinder Singh (Assam) (Sukhvinder Singh, 1967- )
Sukhvinder Singh (Rajasthan) (Sukhvinder Singh, 1962- )
Sukhvir Singh (Sukhvir Singh, 1987- )
Sukhwinder Singh (Sukhwinder Singh, 1988- )
Sumeet Singh (Sumeet Singh)
Sumer Singh, HH (Sumer Singh)
Sumit Singh (Sumit Mahatim Singh, 1983- )
Sundeep Singh (Sundeep Singh)
Sunny Singh (Sunny Singh, 1986- )
Surendra Singh, MV (Surendra Singh, 1983- )
Surendra Singh (Surendra Singh, 1974- )
Surendra Singh (Surendra Singh, 1983- )
Suresh Singh (Suresh Singh)
Surinder Singh (Himachal Pradesh) (Surinder Singh, 1973- )
Surinder Singh (Madhya Pradesh) (Surinder Singh)
Surjeet Singh (Surjeet Singh)
Suryaveer Singh (Madhya Pradesh) (Suryaveer Singh, 1936-2002)
Suryaveer Singh (Rajasthan) (Suryaveer Singh, 1973- )
Swapnil Singh (Swapnil Singh, 1991- )
Taranjit Singh (Taranjit Singh, 1987- )
Tarjinder Singh (Tarjinder Singh, 1987- )
Tejit Singh (Tejit Singh)
Tikam Singh (Tikam Singh, 1968- )
Venkatesh Singh, AV (Venkatesh Singh, 1943- )
Vikram Singh (Vikram Singh)
Vinay Singh
Vineet Singh (Vineet Singh, 1988- )
Vishwajit Singh (Vishwajit Singh, 1974- )
Vivek Singh (Vivek Singh, 1978- )
Wadhawa Singh (Wadhawa Singh)
Yadav, VS (Vishal Singh Yadav, 1967- )
Yadev, AS (Arun Singh Yadev, 1975- )
Yadvinder Singh (Yadvinder Singh)
Yajurvindra Singh (Yajurvindra Singh, 1952- )
Yashpal Singh (Yashpal Singh, 1981- )
Yashwinder Singh (Yashwinder Singh, 1980- )
Yograj Singh, B (Yograj Singh, 1958- )
Youraj Singh (Youraj Singh, 1968- )
Yuvraj Singh (Yuvraj Singh, 1981- )
Kenya
Jasmer Singh (Jasmer Singh)
Kuwait
Navtej Singh (Navtej Singh)
Singh, HP (Harmeet Pal Singh, 1984- )
Malaysia
Amarjit Singh Gill
Gill,BS (Bhupinder Singh Gill, 1950- )
Mahinder Singh (Mahinder Singh, 1941- )
Ranjit Singh (Ranjit Singh)
Singh, M (Manrick Singh, 1986- )
Suresh Singh (Suresh Singh, 1973- )
Nepal
Anupam Singh (Anupam Singh)
Trishna Singh (Trishna Singh, 1992- )
Netherlands
Baidwan, RS (Ravi Singh, 1974- )
Singh, G (Gagandeep Singh, 1990- )
Singh, RG
New Zealand
Singh, A (Amandeep Singh, 1987- )
Singh, B (B Singh)
Oman
Jatinder Singh (Jatinder Singh)
Qatar
Ashish Singh (Ashish Singh)
Jaspreet Singh (Jaspreet Singh)
Scotland
Singh, H (Harmanjit Singh, 1982- )
Singapore
Abhiraj Singh (Abhiraj Singh)
Bachitar Singh
Harnam Singh (1943- )
Manbhir Singh (Manbhir Singh)
Pritam Singh (Pritam Singh, 1945- )
South Africa
Singh, D
Singh, G
Singh, P
Singh, Y (Yadene Singh, 1980- )
Suriname
Singh,VA (Vishaul Singh, 1987- )
United States of America
Singh, C (Chris Singh)
Singh, P (Paul Singh, 1965- )
West Indies
Singh, devika (Devika Singh)
Singh, C (Chatrapaul Singh, 1954- )
Singh, CA (Cherry-Ann Singh)
Singh, CK (Charran Singh, 1935- )
Singh, D (Daniel Singh, 1972- )
Singh, G (G Singh)
Singh, G (Gajanand Singh, 1987- )
Singh, K (Kamal Singh, 1955- )
Singh, P (Paul Singh)
Singh, PR (Parasram Singh, 1975- )
Singh, VA (Vishaul Singh, 1989- )
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Singh, M (Manjot Singh)
Bermuda
Singh, T (Trevor Singh)
Canada
Singh, B
Singh, D
Singh, SY (Yvette Singh, 1977- )
Denmark
Singh, B (Baljit Singh, 1977- )
England
Ramanpreet Singh (Ramanpreet Singh, 1993- )
Singh, A (Anurag Singh, 1975- )
Singh, A (Anirudh Singh, 1983- )
Singh, KR (Krishana Singh, 1982- )
Singh, KS (Kanwar Singh, 1879-1975)
Fiji
Jaswant Singh (Jaswant Singh)
Hong Kong
Inderjit Singh Gill (Inderjit Singh, 1990- )
Singh, G (Gurjant Singh, 1994- )
India
Abhimanyu Singh (Abhimanyu Singh, 1992- )
Ajit Pal Singh (Ajit Pal Singh)
Amarjeet Singh (Amarjeet Singh, 1990- )
Amriteshwar Singh
Anureet Singh, K (Anureet Singh, 1988- )
Arminder Singh Oberoi (Arminder Singh, 1991- )
Awijit Singh (Awijit Singh, 1990- )
Birinder Singh (Birinder Singh, 1985- )
Charanjit Singh (Charanjit Singh, 1988- )
Harpreet Singh (Harpreet Singh, 1991- )
Joginder Singh (Joginder Singh, 1980- )
Mandeep Singh (Mandeep Singh, 1991- )
Narender Singh (Narender Singh, 1987- )
Paramveer Singh (Paramveer Singh, 1987- )
Parminder Singh (Parminder Singh, 1984- )
Sandeep Singh (Sandeep Singh, 1981- )
Singh, SP (Suraj Pratap Singh, 1985- )
Singh,G (Gajendra Singh, 1988- )
Singh,KK (Kamal Kumar Singh, 1979- )
Surjit Singh (Surjit Singh)
Abhijit Singh (Abhijit, 1981- )
Abhishek Singh (Abhishek Singh, 1986- )
Adhiraj Singh (Adhiraj Singh)
Aditya Singh (Aditya Singh, 1989- )
Ajay Singh (Ajay Singh, 1983- )
Ajit Kumar Singh (Ajit Kumar Singh, 1985- )
Ajit Singh (Bengal) (A Singh, 1980- )
Ajit Singh (Rajasthan) (Ajit Singh)
Ajit Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Ajit Singh)
Alok Singh (Alok Singh, 1986- )
Amandeep Singh (Amandeep Singh, 1984- )
Amanjot Singh (Amanjot Singh, 1987- )
Amanpreet Singh (Amanpreet Singh, 1989- )
Amarjeet Singh (Amarjeet Singh, 1985- )
Amarjit Singh (Amarjit Singh)
Amar Singh, L (Amar Singh, 1910-1940)
Ameet Singh (Ameet Singh)
Amir Singh (Amir Singh)
Amrik Singh (Amrik Singh, 1940- )
Amrinder Singh (Amrinder Singh, 1980- )
Anand Singh (Anand Singh)
Anand Singh (Anand Singh, 1986- )
Anirudh Singh (Anirudh Singh, 1980- )
Ankush Singh (Ankush Singh, 1982- )
Anoop Singh (Anoop Singh)
Anupam Kumar Singh (Anupam Kumar Singh, 1985- )
Anup Singh (Patiala) (Anup Singh)
Anup Singh (Services) (Anup Singh)
Aprajit Singh
Arjun Singh, K (Arjun Singh, 1935- )
Arun Singh (Arun Singh, 1975- )
Arvind Singh (Arvind Singh, 1977- )
Ashish Singh (Ashish Singh, 1985- )
Ashok Singh (Haryana) (Ashok Singh, 1970- )
Ashok Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Ashok Singh)
Atma Singh, A (Atma Singh, 1949- )
Atma Singh, G (Atma Singh, 1928- )
Avtar Singh (Avtar Singh, 1969- )
Badal Singh (Badal Singh, 1987- )
Bahadur Singh (Bahadur Singh)
Balbhadra Singh, R (Balbhadra Singh)
Balbir Singh (Punjab) (Balbir Singh)
Balbir Singh (Southern Punjab) (Balbir Singh)
Baldev Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Baldev Singh, 1945- )
Baldev Singh (Sikhs) (Baldev Singh)
Baldev Singh (Southern Punjab) (Baldev Singh)
Baljit Singh (Orissa) (Baljit Singh, 1981- )
Baljit Singh (Southern Punjab) (Baljit Singh, 1940- )
Balkar Singh (Balkar Singh)
Balmukund Singh (Balmukund Singh, 1983- )
Balwant Singh (Balwant Singh)
Bantoo Singh (Bantoo Singh, 1963- )
Basant Singh (Basant Singh)
Bhagwat Singh (Bhagwat Singh)
Bhupinder, Singh (Bhupinder Singh, 1986- )
Bhupinder Singh (Bhupinder Singh, 1980- )
Bhupinder Singh (Delhi) (Bhupinder Singh, 1980- )
Bhupinder Singh (Madhya Pradesh) (Bhupinder Singh, 1964- )
Bhupinder Singh (Northern Punjab) (Bhupinder Singh)
Bhupinder Singh (Services 1949-50) (Bhupinder Singh)
Bhupinder Singh (Services 1958-59) (Bhupinder Singh, 1936- )
Bhupinder Singh (UP) (Bhupinder Singh, 1968- )
Bhupinder Singh jnr (Bhupinder Singh, 1970- )
Bhupinder Singh (snr) (Bhupinder Singh, 1965- )
Biji Singh, KS (Biji Singh)
Bikram Singh (Bikram Singh)
Bimal Singh (Bimal Singh, 1987- )
Binwant Singh (Binwant Singh, 1982- )
Bipin Singh (Bipin Singh, 1978- )
Bola, MS (Maninder Singh, 1981- )
Bola, MS (Maninder Singh, 1981- )
Brijender Singh (Brijender Singh, 1977- )
Brijinder Singh (Brijinder Singh)
Chanchal Singh (Chanchal Singh)
Charajit Singh (Charajit Singh, 1955- )
Charanjit Singh (Bengal) (Charanjit Singh, 1978- )
Charanjit Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Charanjit Singh, 1981- )
Charanjit Singh (Punjab) (Charanjit Singh)
Chattha, GS (Gurprit Singh, 1983- )
Chetan Singh (Chetan Singh, 1989- )
Dalbir Singh (Dalbir Singh, 1960- )
Dalip Singh (Hindus) (Lt Dalip Singh)
Dalip Singh (Patiala) (Dalip Singh)
Daljeet Singh (Daljeet Singh, 1985- )
Daljinder Singh (Daljinder Singh)
Daljit Singh (Services) (Daljit Singh)
Daljit Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Daljit Singh, 1937- )
Darshan Singh (Darshan Singh)
Devender Singh (Devender Singh, 1969- )
Devendra Singh (Eastern Punjab) (Devendra Singh, 1940- )
Devendra Singh (Uttar Pradesh Under-16) (Devendra Singh, 1985- )
Devinder Singh (Devinder Singh)
Devi Singh (Devi Singh)
Dhananjai Singh (Dhananjai Singh, 1982- )
Dhananjay Singh (Dhananjay Singh, 1969- )
Dhanraj Singh (Dhanraj Singh, 1968- )
Dharmendra Singh (Dharmendra Singh, 1978- )
Dhiraj Singh (Dhiraj Singh, 1987- )
Dhruv Singh (Dhruv Singh, 1986- )
Digvijay Singh (Digvijay Singh, 1970- )
Dilbaugh Singh (Dilbaugh Singh)
Dilip Singh (Dilip Singh)
Dilraj Singh (Dilraj Singh, 1966- )
Gagandeep Singh, R (Gagandeep Singh, 1985- )
Gagandeep Singh (Gagandeep Singh, 1981- )
Gagandeep Singh (Gagandeep Singh, 1987- )
Gaganinder Singh (Gaganinder Singh, 1981- )
Gajinder Singh (Gajinder Singh, 1987- )
Gajraj Singh (Gajraj Singh)
Ganesha Singh (Ganesha Singh)
Ghai, RS (Rajinder Singh Ghai, 1960- )
Gill, DS (Dilbir Singh Gill, 1972- )
Gopal Singh (Gopal Singh)
Gulab Singh (Gulab Singh)
Gurbachan Singh (Eastern Punjab) (Gurbachan Singh, 1924- )
Gurbachan Singh (The Rest) (Gurbachan Singh)
Gurbaksh Singh (Gurbaksh Singh)
Gurcharan Singh (Gurcharan Singh, 1935- )
Gurdip Singh (Gurdip Singh, 1942- )
Gurdit Singh (Gurdit Singh)
Gurinder Singh (Gurinder Singh, 1966- )
Gurjeet Singh (Gurjeet Singh)
Gurmeet Singh (Orissa) (Gurmeet Singh)
Gurmeet Singh (Southern Punjab) (Gurmeet Singh, 1945- )
Gurpal Singh (Gurpal Singh)
Gurpreet Singh (Gurpreet Singh, 1969- )
Gurpreet Singh
Gursharan Singh (Gursharan Singh, 1963- )
Gursharan Singh (Gursharan Singh, 1986- )
Gurudyal Singh (Gurudyal Singh)
Gurusharan Singh (Gurusharan Singh, 1978- )
Gurvinder Singh (Gurvinder Singh, 1983- )
Hanumant Singh (Hanumant Singh, 1939-2006)
Harbans Singh (Harbans Singh)
Harban Singh (Harban Singh)
Harbhajan Singh (NWFP) (Harbhajan Singh)
Harbhajan Singh (Punjab) (Harbhajan Singh, 1980- )
Harcharan Singh (Harcharan Singh, 1938- )
Hardavinder Singh (Hardavinder Singh, 1986- )
Hardeep Singh (Hardeep Singh, 1981- )
Hardip Singh (Hardip Singh)
Hargopal Singh (Hargopal Singh)
Harjeet Singh (Harjeet Singh, 1983- )
Harjinder Singh (Harjinder Singh, 1960- )
Harjinder Singh, AG (Harjinder Singh)
Harmeet Singh (Harmeet Singh, 1987- )
Harmeet Singh (Harmeet Singh)
Harminder Singh (Punjab b 1978) (Harminder Singh, 1978- )
Harminder Singh (Punjab) (Harminder Singh, 1947- )
Harminder Singh (Services) (Harminder Singh)
Harpal Singh, M (Harpal Singh, 1932- )
Harpreet Singh (Delhi) (Harpreet Singh, 1967- )
Harpreet Singh (Punjab,Services) (Harpreet Singh, 1974- )
Harvinder Singh (India Under-19s) (Harvinder Singh, 1987- )
Harvinder Singh (Punjab, Railways, India) (Harvinder Singh, 1977- )
Harvinder Singh (Vidarbha) (Harvinder Singh, 1971- )
Hazara Singh (Hazara Singh)
Himmat Singh (Himmat Singh)
Hira Singh (Hira Singh)
Inderjit Singh (Delhi) (Inderjit Singh)
Inderjit Singh (Himachal Pradesh) (Inderjit Singh)
M Inder Singh (Inder Singh, 1974- )
Inder Singh, M (Mahesh Inder Singh, 1959- )
Inder Singh, R (Ravi Inder Singh, 1987- )
Indrajit Singh (Indrajit Singh, 1979- )
Indrapal Singh (Indrapal Singh, 1966- )
Iqbal Singh (Iqbal Singh)
Jagdishchandra Singh, R (Jagdishchandra Singh)
Jagdish Singh (Jagdish Singh)
Jagjit Singh (Northern Punjab) (Jagjit Singh)
Jagjit Singh (Tripura) (Jagjit Singh)
Jagtar Singh (Jagtar Singh, 1975- )
Jagteshwar Singh (Jagteshwar Singh)
Jaideep Singh (Jaideep Singh, 1972- )
Jai Singh, S (Jai Singh)
Jangjit Singh (Jangjit Singh)
Jarnail Singh (Jarnail Singh, 1990- )
Jasbir Singh (Punjab) (Jasbir Singh, 1950- )
Jasbir Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Jasbir Singh, 1970- )
Jasbir Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Jasbir Singh, 1946- )
Jaskaran Singh (Jaskaran Singh, 1989- )
Jasminder Singh (Jasminder Singh, 1976- )
Jaspal Singh (Jaspal Singh, 1968- )
Jasvir Singh (Jasvir Singh, 1978- )
Jaswant Singh (Services) (Jaswant Singh)
Jaswant Singh (Sikhs) (Jaswant Singh)
Jaswinder Singh (Railways) (Jaswinder Singh, 1974- )
Jaswinder Singh (Railways) (Jaswinder Singh)
Jitender Singh (Jitender Singh, 1976- )
Jodh Singh (Jodh Singh)
Joginder Singh (Haryana b 1975) (Joginder Singh, 1975- )
Joginder Singh (Haryana b 1983) (Joginder Singh, 1983- )
Joginder Singh (India) (Joginder Singh, 1904-1940)
Joginder Singh (Punjab) (Joginder Singh)
Joginder Singh (Sikhs) (Col Joginder Singh)
Jude Singh (Jude Singh)
Jyotiraditya Singh (Jyotiraditya Singh, 1986- )
Kanwaljit Singh (Kanwaljit Singh, 1958- )
Kapoor, Singh (Kapoor Singh, 1986- )
Karam Singh (Karam Singh)
Karanveer Singh (Karanveer Singh, 1987- )
Karan Singh (Karan Singh, 1987- )
Kaul Singh (Kaul Singh, 1975- )
Kavaljit Singh (Kavaljit Singh, 1973- )
Khenwar, SS (Shivraj Singh Khenwar, 1986- )
Kishan Singh (Kishan Singh)
Kripal Singh, A (Arjan Kripal Singh, 1969- )
Kripal Singh, AG (AG Kripal Singh, 1933-1987)
Kripal Singh, S (Swaran Kripal Singh)
Kuldeep Singh (Kuldeep Singh, 1978- )
Kuldip Singh (Bihar) (Kuldip Singh)
Kuldip Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Kuldip Singh)
Kulwant Singh (Kulwant Singh, 1959- )
Kundan Singh (Kundan Singh, 1992- )
Lachman Singh (Lachman Singh)
Lakhbir Singh (Lakhbir Singh, 1972- )
Lall Singh (Sikhs) (Lall Singh)
Lall Singh (Southern Punjab) (Lall Singh, 1909-1985)
Laxman Singh (Laxman Singh, 1952-1988)
Lokendra Singh (Lokendra Singh)
Mahabir Singh (Mahabir Singh)
Maheshwar Singh, D (Maheshwar Singh, 1946- )
Mahinder Singh, K (Mahinder Singh, 1921- )
Mahipendra Singh (Mahipendra Singh)
Malinder Singh (Malinder Singh)
Manbir Singh (Manbir Singh)
Mandeep Singh (Mandeep Singh, 1972- )
Mangal Singh (Mangal Singh)
Maninder Singh (Delhi, India) (Maninder Singh, 1965- )
Maninder Singh (Haryana) (Maninder Singh)
Maninder Singh (Madhya Pradesh) (Maninder Singh, 1982- )
Manish Singh (Manish Singh, 1973- )
Manjeet Singh (Manjeet Singh, 1979- )
Manmohan Singh (Punjab) (Manmohan Singh)
Manmohan Singh (Southern Punjab) (Manmohan Singh)
Manohar Singh (Manohar Singh, 1977- )
Manoj Singh (Manoj Singh, 1983- )
Manoj Singh (Manoj Singh, 1990- )
Manoj Singh (Delhi) (Manoj Singh, 1972- )
Manoj Singh (Madhya Pradesh Under 14) (Manoj Singh, 1990- )
Manoj Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Manoj Singh, 1976- )
Manvendra Singh (Manvendra Singh, 1978- )
Manvinder Singh (Haryana Under 14) (Manvinder Singh, 1988- )
Manvinder Singh (Railways) (Manvinder Singh, 1972- )
Man Singh, A (Man Singh)
Man Singh, PR (Man Singh)
Milkha Singh, AG (AG Milkha Singh, 1941- )
Mohan Singh (Mohan Singh)
Mohan Singh (Himachal Pradesh Under 19) (Mohan Singh, 1981- )
Mohan Singh (Nawanagar) (Mohan Singh)
Mohan Singh (Rajasthan) (Mohan Singh, 1972- )
Mohan Singh (Saurashtra) (Mohan Singh)
Mohinder Singh (Mohinder Singh, 1930- )
Narayan Singh (Narayan Singh)
Narendera Singh (Narendera Singh, 1975- )
Narender Singh (1984) (Narender Singh, 1984- )
Narender Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Narender Singh)
Narinder Singh (Narinder Singh)
Navdeep Singh (Navdeep Singh, 1974- )
Neetu Singh (Bihar Women) (Neetu Singh, 1980- )
Neetu Singh (Uttar Pradesh Women) (Neetu Singh, 1986- )
Nirmal Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Nirmal Singh)
Nirmal Singh (Sikhs) (Nirmal Singh)
Nishan Singh (Nishan Singh, 1987- )
Padam Singh (Padam Singh)
Padmanha Singh, R (Padmanha Singh)
Pankaj Singh (Pankaj Singh, 1985- )
Paramjit Singh (Paramjit Singh)
Parampal Singh (Parampal Singh, 1964- )
Pargat Singh (Paragat Singh, 1986- )
Parminder Singh, S (Parminder Singh, 1983- )
Parvinder Singh (Delhi) (Parvinder Singh)
Parvinder Singh (Rajasthan) (Parvinder Singh, 1966- )
Parvinder Singh (Southern Punjab) (Parvinder Singh, 1943- )
Parvinder Singh (Uttar Pradesh) (Parvinder Singh, 1981- )
Patwal, SS (Surender Singh Patwal, 1975- )
Poninder Singh (P Singh, 1981- )
Prabhat Singh (Prabhat Singh)
Prabjot Singh (Prabjot Singh)
Prahalad Singh (Prahalad Singh)
Prahlad Singh (Prahlad Singh)
Prasanjeet Singh (Prasanjeet Singh, 1983- )
Pratap Singh, P (Pratap Singh, 1986- )
Pravin Singh (Pravin Singh)
Pritpal Singh (1984- )
Pururaj Singh (Pururaj Singh, 1980- )
Push Singh (Push Singh)
Raghbir Singh (Raghbir Singh)
Rahul Singh (Rahul Singh, 1970- )
Rahul Singh (Rahul Singh, 1987- )
Rai Singh, K (Kanwar Rai Singh, 1922- )
Rajan Singh (Rajan Singh, 1983- )
Rajawat, VS (Vikram Singh, 1987- )
Raja Maharaj Singh (Raja Maharaj Singh, 1878-1959)
Rajbir Singh
Rajdeep Singh (Rajdeep Singh)
Rajendra, Singh (Rajendra Singh, 1970- )
Rajendra Singh (Rajendra Singh)
Rajesh Singh (Rajesh Singh, 1967- )
Rajesh Singh (Rajesh Singh, 1990- )
Rajesh Singh (Blind Cricketer) (Rajesh Singh, 1983- )
Rajinder Singh (Assam) (Rajinder Singh, 1969- )
Rajinder Singh (Bengal) (Rajinder Singh, 1960- )
Rajinder Singh (Haryana) (Rajinder Singh, 1966- )
Rajinder Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Rajinder Singh)
Rajinder Singh (Northern Punjab) (Rajinder Singh)
Rajkumar Singh (Rajkumar Singh)
Rajput, MS (Mayank Singh Rajput, 1988- )
Rajwinder Singh (Rajwinder Singh, 1989- )
Raj Singh (Raj Singh Dungarpur, 1935-2009)
Raminder Singh (Raminder Singh)
Ram Singh, AG (AG Ram Singh, 1910-1999)
Ram Singh (Ram Singh)
Ranbir Singh (Delhi) (Ranbir Singh)
Ranbir Singh (Punjab) (Ranbir Singh)
Randhir Singh (Jammu and Kashmir 1968-69) (Randhir Singh)
Randhir Singh (Jammu and Kashmir 1982-83) (Randhir Singh)
Randhir Singh (Orissa) (Randhir Singh, 1957- )
Ranjeet Singh (Ranjeet Singh, 1983- )
Ranjit Singh (Ranjit Singh)
Ratan Singh (Ratan Singh, 1966- )
Ravinder Singh (Ravinder Singh, 1987- )
Ravi Singh (Ravi Singh)
Roop Singh (Roop Singh)
Sajjan Singh (Sajjan Singh)
Salil Singh (Assam) (Salil Singh)
Salil Singh (Tripura) (Salil Singh)
Sambu Singh (Sambu Singh)
Sandeep Singh (Sandeep Singh, 1988- )
Sandeep Singh (Sandeep Singh)
Sangram Singh (Sangram Singh, 1978- )
Sanjay Singh (Sanjay Singh, 1976- )
Sant Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Sant Singh)
Sant Singh (Sikhs) (Sant Singh)
Sarabdeep Singh (Sarabdeep Singh)
Sarabjit Singh (Sarabjit Singh, 1986- )
Sarabjit Singh (Sarabjit Singh, 1987- )
Sarabjit Singh (Haryana) (Sarabjit Singh, 1948- )
Sarabjit Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) (Sarabjit Singh, 1974- )
Sarandeep Singh (Sarandeep Singh, 1979- )
Sarbjit Singh (Sarbjit Singh, 1977- )
Satish Singh (Bihar b 1963) (Satish Singh, 1963- )
Satish Singh (Bihar b 1969) (Satish Singh, 1969- )
Satwender Singh, AG (Satwender Singh, 1946- )
Satyajit Singh (Satyajit Singh, 1981- )
Satyendra Singh (Satyendra Singh, 1964- )
Saurabh Singh (Saurabh Singh, 1987- )
Saurabh Singh (Saurabh Singh, 1991- )
Saxena, DS (Daljit Singh, 1935-2009)
Seemant Singh (Seemant Singh, 1976- )
Seema Singh (Seema Singh, 1976- )
Shakti Singh (Shakti Singh, 1968- )
Shamboo Singh (Shamboo Singh)
Shamser Singh (Shamser Singh)
Shamsher Singh (Shamsher Singh, 1972- )
Shamsher Singh (Rajasthan) (Shamsher Singh, 1983- )
Sharanjit Singh (Sharanjit Singh, 1955- )
Shashank Singh (Shashank Singh)
Sher Singh (Sher Singh)
Shivdayal Singh (Shivdayal Singh, 1947- )
Simant Singh (Simant Singh)
Simran Singh (Simran Singh)
Singh, A (A Singh, 1980- )
Singh, AB (Ankush Bikram Singh, 1982- )
Singh, Amit K (Amit Kumar Singh, 1982- )
Singh, Arvind K (Arvind Singh, 1945- )
Singh, Aditya P (Aditya Pratap Singh, 1989- )
Singh, Ajay P (Ajay Singh, 1980- )
Singh, Amit P (Amit Pal Singh, 1978- )
Singh, ASP
Singh, B (B Singh, 1980- )
Singh, BBK (Krishna Singh, 1979- )
Singh, BK (Barun Kumar Singh, 1982- )
Singh, Bhanu P (Bhanu Singh)
Singh, Birendra P (Birendra Singh, 1981- )
Singh, BR (Bhup Singh, 1959- )
Singh, CP (Chandra Singh, 1963- )
Singh, D (Dhananjay Singh)
Singh, DA (Dalpat Singh, 1983- )
Singh, DJ (Dhruba Jyoti Singh, 1977- )
Singh, DK (Deepak Singh, 1980- )
Singh, DP (Devendra Singh, 1975- )
Gagandeep Singh (Gagandeep Singh, 1991-2009)
Singh, GI (Gulzar Inder Singh, 1980- )
Singh, GP (Guru Singh)
Singh, I (I Singh, 1982- )
Singh, IA (Ismeet Singh Anand, 1984- )
Singh,ID (Ian Dev Singh, 1989- )
Singh, J (Jitendra Singh, 1965- )
Singh, JS (Jitendra Singh, 1982- )
Singh, K (Krilendra Singh)
Singh, KA (Kawal Singh, 1979- )
Singh, KD (KD Singh, 1981- )
Singh, M (Manish Singh, 1975- )
Singh, MK (Manish Kumar Singh, 1984- )
Singh, MKB (Bhalindra Singh, 1919-1992)
Singh, MM
Singh, MR (MR Singh, 1954- )
Singh, N
Singh, Nagesh (Nagesh Singh)
Singh, Narender P (Narender Singh, 1973- )
Singh, Narinder P (Narinder Singh, 1954- )
Singh, NP (Jammu and Kashmir)
Singh, O (Onkar Singh, 1971- )
Singh, PK (Praween Singh, 1983- )
Singh, PP (Madhya Pradesh)
Singh, PP (Uttar Pradesh Under-16) (Prabal Singh, 1988- )
Singh, R (Robin Singh, 1970- )
Singh, RD (Rameshwar Singh)
Singh, RD (Rameshwar Singh)
Singh, Ranjan K (Ranjan Kumar Singh, 1984- )
Singh, RK (Services) (R Singh)
Singh, Rajinder P (b 1949) (Rajinder Singh, 1949- )
Singh, Rajinder P (b 1975) (Rajinder Singh, 1975- )
Singh, Ramesh P (Ramesh Singh)
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Cosmic connection with Brett Lee.
Yesterday was a waste of a final. Not so much because T&T lost, but because Lee and Bored frequent the same fortune telling parrot. While we waited our turn, parrot squawked to Lee how the finals would unfold.
So in way, we saw it coming. Every NSW wicket brought us closer to the inevitable Binga innings.
BoredCricket On twitter: two more wickets and we can watch Lee bat. #clt20 about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck
And then again: One more wicket, Lee is in #clt20
Asked for it, got it. Knock them off. Bring on Lee #clt20
Even if NSW get 120, could be down to Lee.'s bowling #clt20
Lee's gonna be a hand full bowling #clt20
Clearly Brett Lee wants to open the innings with Mitchell Johnson #clt20
Early Bored Call: On Lee, match result before Lee's innings and outing #clt20
Now there are two ways to go about it: Follow Lee or follow BoredCricket.
For Love of the Game.
Most of us grew up playing cricket because it was fun. Depending on what you were good at, you used to dream of scoring the winning runs for the gully team or taking a hat-trick in the final over. Some of us thought we were good enough to do both. It didn’t matter how hot it was or if we had an exam the following day, all we wanted to do was play.
I’m not going to go into being proud of playing for the country because that comes a lot later than the joy of hitting the ball over the boundary or watching the stumps go flying. Cricket, like any other sport, is supposed to be fun. It is something you play to get away from that annoying school teacher who gives you so much homework. I assume anyone who takes up cricket as a career would have gone through these emotions when they started playing. Yet, somewhere along the line most of them seem to lose that zeal for cricket. It’s easy to pin the blame on too much cricket, but there are a lot of players who don’t seem into it even when they’re coming off from a long break.
So why am I talking about this? Well, it’s because of a couple of games from the recent Champions League. The first one was between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils. The Cape Cobras had just defeated the Victoria Bushrangers, a result that had knocked out Bangalore. That didn’t stop Anil Kumble from leading his side against the Daredevils who needed to win in order to stay in the competition. Staying true to his reputation of a fighter, Kumble strangled the Daredevils middle order before Ross Taylor blitzed Delhi out of the tournament. What was heartening to see was Kumble’s intensity throughout the contest. He looked like he was going to explode every time there was a misfield. The result rendered the Daredevils-Cobras game inconsequential as far as Delhi was concerned. As a result, we saw a Daredevils side sans Sehwag, who had been the one constant in Delhi’s performance throughout the tournament. He was coming off from a long injury layoff but looked like he hadn’t been away from the game at all. So why exactly did he sit out? Sure they won the game without him, but that’s beside the point. Was it too much trouble for him to come out for a game that meant little? What about the sellout crowd that had come to see him bat? These are the people who are responsible for the lifestyle he enjoys, through a career he chose because he loved playing cricket!
The intent of this post is not to slight Sehwag or praise Kumble. I would still like Sehwag to open for India in all forms of the game, and for Kumble to stay retired. But I would like to see cricketers play like they enjoy the game and want to be out there every time they have a chance to play. Let’s put the fun back into cricket!
by Mahek
You can read more of Mahek at his blog Confessions of a Forced Spectator
Turbanator XI
All Star Sikh team to thwart Australia
Harbhajan Singh (c)
Sarandeep Singh
Maninder Singh
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Bishen Singh Bedi
Balwinder Singh Sandhu
Harmeet Singh
Bantoo Singh
Kanwaljit Singh
Bhupinder Singh Sr.
Gurshuran Singh
12th man: Monty Panesar
Undercover Chief Guest:
Coaches, Baggage Handlers, Lies, Stats and Google!
July 31, 2009 - Paul Farbrace has announced that he will be quitting his post as Sri Lanka's assistant coach when his contract ends on August 20 to take up the position of head coach of Kent.
17 August 2009 - Sri Lanka Cricket is on the hunt for a new assistant coach to fill Paul Farbrace's position.
2nd Match: India v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS) - Sep 11, 2009 - India is in Sri Lanka for the Compaq Cup thru Sept 14th 2009
Sep 19, 2009 - India depart for South Africa for the Champions Trophy
6th Match, Group A: India v Pakistan at Centurion - Sep 26, 2009
October 6, 2009 - Robin Singh, the former India allrounder and current fielding coach, has been appointed coach of Mumbai Indians for the third season of the IPL, and former fast bowler Paras Mhambrey as his deputy.
Oct 16 2009 - Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh fired as coaches by the BCCI
October 23, 2009 - de Silva revealed that Venkatesh Prasad, the former India bowling coach released from that post last week, was also a contender for the post and had submitted "a strong application" but the SLC decided in favour of Law as he suited their requirements better.
Our blues, yer blues, whose blues are you?
A devious ploy by the Champions League organisers no doubt, though one wonders, what took them so long. The only viable explanation, they decided to wait for the big finals.
Until now, Trinidad & Tobago has been nigh unstoppable, winning all their games so far. Who you’re going to call – The Blues! Word has gotten around that the men in blue will be taking on the T&T team.
While it is correct that the New South Wales Blues play T&T in the finals, locals have been made to believe that our men in blue, the India XI will be playing T&T in Hyderabad.
Tickets have been moving faster than Hyderabadi biryani, even the presence of Brett Lee has not convinced people otherwise; one gullible young girl argued, only the other day Lee was spotted in a Sherwani, everyone knows he is now part of our Blues. Or Yer Blues, right John?
Go Trinidad & Tobago!
Go Trinidad and Tobago!
Even though you have no bowling
You love the free hits
Even though you have no bowling
You’re a team born from a nation
Not from some random trains arriving at the railway station
In this club cricket motorcade
Of brand name teams
And star power buys
Of little faith
You bring a little hope
For the unification of cricket
In your tiny nation by the sea
What will be, what will be
Go Trinidad & Tobago
You will be, you will be
You are the young
You are the Twenty20 haircut
You are the gymnastic catch
On the boundary line
That was hurled and swirled up
In the sky
That was caught again
But it was called a lie
But it was the truth
As we could see
Go Trinidad & Tobago
You are the Twenty20 haircut
The laughter, the old men high five
The IPL contract is on its way
Go Pollard
Go Trinidad & Tobago
Somethings are meant to be
Even if they don't turn out to be
Go!
Go T&T part 1: written ten days back that they would not lose the Cape.
It’s not easy being Henry Davids.
Earlier today, Davids dropped two catches. Never before has a man looked so bald and exposed. Davids was plugged in to speak with the vultures.
But the vultures let him be. Had they swooped upon him, this island of a man would’ve evaporated. As it is I doubt he’ll play another game of cricket. My guess is he’ll just drop it all.
All this prompted me to check Davids’ cricinfo profile, not much there, but he does have some hair. He does bowl medium pace, wonder why he didn’t bowl today – a few beamers wouldn’t have gone amiss.
Play, don't play politics.
Take some risks on the sidelines tonight
Choose a team that can deliver the fine lines tonight
Choose a team that can dodge the mine fields tonight
Open your heart surgery to the world tonight
Pick that quiet boy who’s nobody’s favourite toy
How do you know he’s no fun to play with?
When you've won so many a game with him
Why do you say he’s so much fun to play with?
When you’ve lost so many a game with him?
Kill the backroom politics
This is sport, not politics
Play, don’t play politics
Play, don’t play politics
Take some risks
A new face, from some forgotten race
Take some risks
Open your heart surgery to the world tonight
Take some risks
Look at that kid from a forgotten state
Take some risks
All he needs is a gentle push
And he will shove the world
For you
Take some risks
It’s a risk worth fighting for
It’s cricket pop!
It’s your cricket pop song
You’ll be the one who
Took some risks on the sidelines tonight
Chose a team that delivered the fine lines tonight
Chose a team that dodged the mine fields tonight
Opened your heart surgery to the world tonight
Picked that quiet boy who was nobody’s favourite toy
He was so much fun to play with
He won you a game
Because you played him, not politics.
5 things Sehwag is likely to contemplate on his b'day
The idea came from Som’s bestseller "7 things Sehwag is likely to do on his b'day".
5 things Sehwag is likely to contemplate upon on his b'day:
1. It’s an established practice among homo sapiens “To Think Before Speaking”.
2. Its one thing to be helpful to a teammate, but giving him even your underwear for him to survive, will make you naked.
3. Only equal men have arguments and fights; so leaving the battleground for the fear of enmity, makes you a subordinate to your opponent.
4. People can learn things even at 31; so believing something is not your cup of tea is like saying I learned everything from my mum’s tummy.
5. There’s absolutely no need to move feet while playing a shot. What matter is the place where ball lands.
First Champions League semi finals shifted from the Kotla.
It’s not as if Arun Jaitley and his DDCA mates are falling over each other to give me a corporate box pass. But if they did, I’d refuse. Yes, there will be free food and drink, a bird’s eye view, but since when did birds watch cricket? In Adelaide yes, but Delhi?
More than that, it’s odd watching only firangs play at the Kotla. Frankly with the expected turnout they should shove the firangs into the smaller Ambedkar stadium behind. It will look packed up with a few hundred, and the boundaries won’t hassle.
Then again, if the match heats up, and freeloaders threaten to storm the Bastille, the Ambedkar can hold up to 20,000. We all know at least 15,000 free passes are doled out for Delhi games. What, only 15k?? What is Delhi coming too?
If only Jatman knew, he could threaten the DDCA with another move - to Jharkand this time. Jatman from Jharkand, some things are meant to be. Soon to be united with his old Daredevils’ teammate, Tejaswi Yadav, son of Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Now use your imagination: picture Lalu & Jatman in a talk show. Priceless. For everything else there is the Kotla.
india-oz series: curtain raiser...
recently before the champions trophy finals, ricky ponting urged his team mates "discipline... not spectacle..."
i think it will do india a world of good if they follow the advice... specially our bowlers... if they can just stick to their line and length without trying too many variations... they can still fair better on 'belter of pitches' that are expected in the upcoming series...
with not even 300+ scores safe on these pitches... most matches will be decided by which team shows greater discipline on the ground... rather than going for a spectacle...
its easier said than done... but if you seriously want to be the top team in the world then you will have to back it with superlative performances rather than doing mere lip service which sounds good when heard...
harbhajan singh has a chance to redeem himself and he will find no better opponent than australia to come good which has always made him focus more on his game...
tho personally i will be particularly interested in raina's progress in the series and how he will emerge after the doubts raised on his handling of the short pitch stuff... he will be undoubtedly tested there and if only he remembers ponting's advice of discipline before spectacle... we could see the making of another established middle order bat that the world will fear...
next: gautam's 'gambhir' form...
Nimbus buys Indian Cricket for Rs. 2000 cr
Nimbus Communications have bagged the rights for cricket hosted in India, for another four years, from 2010 to 2014! Never mind the fact that Future Tours Program by ICC is not yet fixed, and that India wouldn't know how many matches it is going to host! There is money to be spent (for Nimbus) and money to be gathered (for BCCI)!
Test matches have been regarded as the same as ODIs and T20s, each going for an approximate Rs. 31 cr. Never Mind the fact that the audience watching them are completely different! There is money to be spent (for advertisers) and money to be gathered (for Nimbus)!
Nimbus will have another 4 years of Indian Cricket hosted by it! Never Mind the fact that I don't even get Neo Sports for most of the year!
Mind the fact that this is my Bored Post after an entire month! And I mind the fact, that my Bored Birthday post is yet to come! Watch out for that one!
7 things Sehwag is likely to do on his b'day
1. Wonder why it took him so long, three decades to be precise, to reach 31;
2. Look out for Gambhir when asked to uncork the bubbly. "After all, we open together".
3. Tally Allan Donald's photo with his own and wonder how come Donald looks so old if he was born the same day;
4. Wipe his shoes on a carpet which has Buchanan's face on one side and Mike Denness' on the other;
5. Open one of the gift boxes to find a Kapil Dev-autographed Rapidex English Speaking Course book.
6. Politely request Navjot Singh Sidhu not to embarrass him in front of his son by repeatedly calling him the 'Hauz Khas Howitzer';
7. Watch 'Dostana' with Gambhir.
This is Mother of Sehwag speaking
Recall the ‘Sehwag ki Maa’ ad, it was born out of deep research into Sehwag’s psyche – how he was still a child at heart and only a message from Mother could make him hit that last ball winning six.
Now here we are years’ later, Jatman’s birthday eve. Sure he loves his cricket, but a dead rubber doesn’t do it for him. That's almost like school, pointless.
So he asked mother, as he did many years’ back, if he could bunk dead rubber (which feels like school) for his birthday. What do you think Sehwag ki Ma said?
An ode to Jatman, and my best moments
We all know you are capable of something which we all are not. And we all are not capable of what you can do. We are talking about things with the bat in hand, of course.
Two moments which reposed faith in Viru Jatman Sehwag
Cut to 3 November 2001 v South Africa
India were something for 5, you were making your debut. What we also know now that you had your learning hat on as well. Sachin was on the other end, on the way for another century, yawns. Uncontested, unrivalled, and simply the best. You envied yourself for having that seat in the house.
WAKE UP, cried a voice in your head. This is not a field in Najafgarh and Sachin is not your God anymore. Not JUST your god. He is your teammate and teammates means you have an opportunity to show him what you have in you.
But how? These saffers are digging it in more than Booker T would ever allow us to! There was pain, there was misery, then there was a solution. If you can’t be different from the master, then don’t be. Who cares! The lift-shot was born that day, invented by God, and learnt on the very day by the disciple. Talk about devotion. Talk about Jatman.
Cut to 9 August 2005 v Sri Lanka, ODI, Indian Oil Cup, Premadasa
True Story. The score was 20/0 after three overs. At the beginning of the fourth, I was sitting in the hostel, with a radio in tow, thinking about turning it off as Viru wasn’t being Viru and sort of shouted inside my head that “dude, kick some arse”. What happened next, as they say, is history:
5.1 Dilhara to Sehwag, FOUR
5.2 Dilhara to Sehwag, FOUR
5.3 Dilhara to Sehwag, SIX
5.4 Dilhara to Sehwag, FOUR
5.5 Dilhara to Sehwag, FOUR
5.6 Dilhara to Sehwag, FOUR
Talk about answering a fan’s plea. Talk about Jatman.
Happy Bored Day Jatman - Where It All Began
On this day 31 years ago, Indian Cricket's first (test) triple centurion was born. Watching him over the years we have seen his technique evolve a bit, but his temperament and attitude have changed little. It is no coincidence that his inclusion in the team coincides with its reemergence as one of the top sides in international cricket. Arguably the most destructive batsman of this decade, cricket has surely benefited enormously from his contributions.
The Tendulkar-esque flicks, cuts and drives have been refined to a more sehwag-ishtyle, and along the way his charteristic sixes to get to a landmark have perhaps been the most distinguishing feature of his boldness and confidence. Looking back at where we first saw the true genius announce his arrival, it is hard not to rekindle the joy at believing India had finally found its second Tendulkar, and one shivers on hearing Ravi Shastri say "This is no surprise for those who have seen him take attacks apart in domestic cricket!", for he is no longer our second Sachin, he is Jatman... and he has taken apart every attack in international cricket with a brutal ruthlessness no other cricketer has.
Happy Bored Day Jatman!
Happy Bored Day White Lightning
Some moniker that, isn't it?
Allan Donald the man who many fast bowlers, like myself grew up idolising, turns 43 today.
Still clearly remember how he tormented India on the SA tour of 96. Especially the 66 and 100 all out.
Although India were struggling with the pace and bounce, I loved every moment of watching Allan bowl.
I might have been the only person in the country cheering him on when he got stuck into Dravid during the ODI series.
That 98 tour of England, when he made Atherton shit in his pants was worth a watch for the duel itself.
Check this to know what i mean.
Although Wasim and Waqar were around back then, but that aggression was what made him stand out.
Fell in love with that action, although never aped it. It's amazing how many times he would just burst through a batsman's defense.
Also loved the extended follow through and stare when he wanted to let the batsman know that he was in space. That was something I incorporated into my own action.
Earlier, I would just run in, bowl then head back to the mark, irrespective of whether i had bowled a jaffa or a lame mid pitch long hop.
Though I didn't sledge much, did make it a point to follow through right upto the batsman after a bouncer or when I beat the bat.
That little ramp shot over the slips that Sachin is credited with was actually played by Allan first. True Story.
Can't find the video of him playing the shot though.
Here's to you Allan for being an inspiration to at least this fast bowler. It's only fair we share the same birthday
P.S: Today is Viru's Birthday too. But you know the relation between fast bowlers and opening batsmen right?
Happy Bored Day Mad Fast Bowler
The fitness isn’t looking good, he’s off again, and threatens to be for a while. Isn’t that always the case with India’s fast bowlers – sure is with Right Arm Fast. Not Ishant or Praveen but Prafs, Bored Member Prafs. Take a deep breath, live a little, blog a lot. Happy, happy, joy, joy!
Prafs shares his day with Allan Donald, mad or what?
Amit Mishra downsized.
Soon after the artist formerly known as Mishra came to be known as chotu, he was ripped into, four overs for fifty nine, he was like a house with a bamboo door, blown apart.
It didn’t feel right to call him chotu anymore. Especially as his Daredevils' mate, Rajat Bhatia was already Chotu (how could we forget? – because everybody forgets Rajat urf Chotu).
Good time to unleash the tinier, creepier Mishra – here you go, chotu point five. (c.5) He will blurt out 'Make my day' in guttural Hindi, send off openers, and in between take wickets too.
Bhajji has found his match. A bowler whose bark is worse than his bite. Go c.5, BOW us over!
Freemasons aren't us!
“Looks like they're some sort of a secret society and the only thing they reveal is that they're made up of Bored Members, who meet for Bored Meetings and sing the Bored Anthem.”
Cricket Superblogroll picks BCC! as its featured blog. Not long before someone makes a feature or writes a book on us. Paging Dan Brown.
Daredevils, a misnomer.
In IPL1 and 2, the Daredevils were just that, daredevils. Firing till the semis, topping the pool, and then bottoms up, ready for a spanking.
The two captains so far, Jatman and friend-of-Jatman, are both highly inventive – they are hands-off, the wind and waters will steer the ship type of captains. The captain is one of the crew, so in a way they’re from the world-is-flat school of thought. Though at times it would appear there is no thought.
Look what they did: they played an Englishman; he may not look like one but Owais Shah is just that. So far he and Collingwood were bench boys. In Delhi they would call them Bench*****. Two semifinals in two years would suggest that’s the way to go.
Then their lucky mascot Vettori, sure he was injured, but when was a mascot supposed to play? Having Vettori on the sidelines makes Mishra work extra hard to keep it that way. In Vettori’s absence Mishra went for 59 of 4, he hasn’t gone for those many in an ODI?
Then there’s Jatboy Sangwan, he’s a wicket-taker, but old man McGrath took his place.
Gambhir and Dilshan converted their T20 form into 0DI form, both scoring at nearly run a ball. Poor gutsy long nosed Mithun Manhas did his hamstring.
And the Daredevils did themselves. Now they play the Cape Cobras, for pride and crap like that. How low can you get?
His master’s voice: ICC speaks to BCCI on WADA
At Bored we have covered the WADA conundrum from day one. This is probably one place where you saw many perspectives on the issue, the people for it & against. There were the diplomats too. However, there was one vital cog missing in this coverage. What does the master have to say? Doubt the master, ICC commented on this issue. At Bored we wanted to hear the master’s voice, not only the voice but the master’s thoughts on the issue of doping and the anti-doping regime in cricket.
We sent them an elaborate questionnaire, which covered a variety of doping related issues. From WADA to Mohd Asif to starting their own anti-doping body. Many thanks to ICC and Mr James Fitzgerald for obliging our many requests and also to Mr Sami-Ul-Hasan, both from the Media & Communications department of the ICC.
What is ICC’s position on WADA? Are you still a signatory?
Yes.
What about the “Whereabouts” clause?
That particular element of the code is on hold while a resolution is sought.
While they say that the clause has been put on hold, their website still has the complete range of forms and information about the “Whereabouts” clause. So for someone who goes to the ICC website it may seem that the ICC are still compliant to the “Whereabouts” clause. This is actually not the case.
Is that mandatory that once you sign with WADA you need to comply with the “Whereabouts” clause?
We are attempting to find a workable solution that satisfies all parties.
One thought the ICC could have been a bit more elaborate answering this question. But I am sure the ICC wants a consensus among its stakeholders before they spell their position out.
We have read / heard enough that BCCI is not too happy with the “Whereabouts” clause. There also have been reports of other boards supporting BCCI’s position. Could you elaborate on what the consensus is right now?
There have been reservations expressed about the filing of “whereabouts” information. All the other elements of the ICC Anti-Doping Code remain in place including in and out-of-competition testing. The consensus right now is that all parties are committed to a zero-tolerance approach to drugs in sport and there is a desire to find a solution to the difficulties being experienced.
“Desire to find a solution”, it might mean that we shouldn’t expect any decision on the anti-doping code anytime soon. So we need to see how long it takes for the anti-doping code to jump out of the boardroom into practice.
BCCI is not governed by the Indian government, but there are other boards that are. What would be the implications of this standoff when it comes to them?
I don’t know. Perhaps the individual boards could help you there.
Bored would now try and reaching out to the individual boards and get their views.
Olympic sports comply to WADA in its full form, if a Michael Phelps, Roger Federer, Abhinav Bindra et al can tell their “Whereabouts” how different do you think the cricketers are?
That discussion will form part of the debate as we seek to resolve the issue.
What can we say ? Let us only hope that the debate happens anytime soon and the issue is resolved.
Bored and the cricket world can only wish goodluck to the ICC.
There are talks about the ICC starting its own anti-drug body, what is the latest on this?
I am not aware of talks about that.
It is clear from the answer that the ICC is not looking at starting its own anti-doping body. As we mentioned in Bored earlier, this is a paper tiger that BCCI unleashes every time there is any talk about WADA. So that brings us to a very vital question, is the BCCI serious about the anti-drug regime ?
Let us hope the BCCI does something credible to answer this question satisfactorily.
We saw Shane Warne, Shoaib Akhtar & Mohd. Asif. Then Mohd. Asif was caught in the UAE in a much more serious situation. We have also seen the cricket world’s reaction to those acts by these known names. They are back in action, they are playing now. Given this scenario, (a) we want to know how serious the ICC is dealing with this menace of drugs in sports. (b) What is the guarantee that the anti-drug body that ICC is planning to form wouldn’t by driven by vote politics amongst its member nations rather than preventing drugs in the great game of cricket?
a) the ICC has a zero-tolerance approach to drugs in cricket. We conduct in-competition testing at all our events and out-of-competition testing at other times. We work closely with WADA and our member boards to ensure that cricket remains clean.
b) I am not aware of any anti-doping body being set up by the ICC.
We got back to the ICC asking for some clarifications on 8a. We wanted to know about the ICC’s seriousness about the Mohd. Asif episode. What their position is about him being a repeat offender ? We were a bit disappointed by their response that Asif has never failed an ICC drug test and that he is eligible to play as he has served his sentence.
We fail to understand what they mean by an ICC drugs test. He failed a test at IPL, isn’t IPL an ICC sanctioned event ? if it is a sanctioned event then is not a test conducted during that event an ICC drug test ?
This one place where one doubts about the ICC’s intentions. What exactly is the ICC’s position about doping and the anti-doping regime?
We read reports that the PCB has asked ICC to assist for getting Mohd. Asif into the UAE to play cricket. Our understanding is that he is banned from entering this country for live because of his past records. What is ICC’s position on this? If ICC does help PCB then would it not send wrong signals in terms of ICC’s fight against drugs in the game?
I cannot comment on that because it is a UAE police/immigration matter.
We feel that the ICC has not responded to our query. The question we asked was straight forward, we asked them if they would help the PCB with respect to getting a UAE visa for Asif. We asked this question because there were many reports and the officials of PCB were quoted as to asking ICC’s assistance on this matter.
We fail to understand how this could be a UAE police / immigration matter at this point in time.
How did the ICC sign-up for the WADA regulations first place? Weren’t the member nations consulted? Didn’t the member nations see a draft of the regulations? What was the BCCI’s position at that point in time?
The ICC Anti-Doping Code was approved by all Full Members of the ICC last year and it came into effect on 1 January. There was a full consultation process that took place before and since then.
It is interesting to note that all the full members were aware of what WADA and its regime would mean. In fact it is clear that they approved the move by the ICC to comply the WADA regulations. So it is quite funny why they should make a U turn after almost an year.
With cricket becoming lucrative with IPL etc. the cricketer these days is always under pressure to be at the pink of both his fitness and form. Given this scenario of cricket becoming a money tree that bears fruit 365 days a year, the players might be driven to other means that could enhance their performance. What are your thoughts on this? What is ICC’s position on the taxing workload (or should it be playload) of the international cricketer of today?
As we have said many times before, it is necessary to find the right balance.
We hope the ICC find the right balance and resolve this WADA standoff. Let us hope the individual cricket boards take this menace of drugs in the game seriously and work earnestly towards a solution.
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