Anand Vasu
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Author. Journalist. Writer. Poet. Ex Cricinfo, Hindustan Times, Sports Illustrated India, Wisden India. Book: Like Words From Smoke
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My favourite will always be the P Sara Oval, but Galle over Lord's any day of the week and twice on a Sunday!
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Notice how
@cheteshwar1
doesn’t cross the rope and get onto the playing area even though nobody would have objected if he did.
Look who's in attendance for the third
#INDvAUS
ODI 😃👌
#TeamIndia
catch-up with local lad
@cheteshwar1
🤝
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Loving Ashwin's bilingual performance here. Giving it back to Paine in English and mentoring Vihari in Tamil.
Multi-tasking of the highest level while saving a Test.
@ashwinravi99
#AUSvIND
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Combined figures of Ravindra Jadeja and Keshav Maharaj in this Test match across two innings:
0-0-0-0.
#INDvSA
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Unpopular opinion, but the dressing-room is literally the only private and safe space left for the players and support staff. It should be theirs and theirs only.
Yes, they occasionally release videos from the dressing-room. But, in that case they control the content, the
#WATCH
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Team India in their dressing room after the ICC World Cup Finals at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 19th November.
The PM spoke to the players and encouraged them for their performance throughout the tournament.
(Video:
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An athlete being interviewed in a language other than his native tongue and two things. The athlete does not feel small, is not made to feel small. Cricket has much to learn.
"My English is not good enough!"
Even at 39, you never stop learning - right,
@rogerfederer
?
#Wimbledon
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As a cricket writer you get much more wrong than right. But I think it's safe to say this prediction about
@YUVSTRONG12
back in January 2000 pretty much hit the nail on the head: Go well champion, and thank you for the good times
#cricket
#YuvrajSingh
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Michael Clarke saying LB referring to LBW on commentary reminds me so much of playing cricket in Madras as a kid. In the streets, in the ground, it was always LB rather than LBW.
@wvraman
@cricketbalaji1
@s_badrinath
@ashwinravi99
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In his last 10 Tests at home Umesh Yadav has 48 wickets at an average of 16+ and a strike rate of a wicket every 29 balls.
#INDvENG
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Rohit Sharma was in rare form at his presser (a thread)"
"I honestly don’t mind playing on pitches like this. As long as everyone keeps their mouth shut when they come to India. Yes, it is dangerous, it is challenging. When you play Test cricket, you call it the ultimate prize
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Can't help but feel Pujara would be better off with a county stint than IPL. Especially with England tour coming up.
#IPL2021Auction
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Rahane "When you see local cricket in Mumbai, Kanga league, you've played on more dangerous pitches than this.When you represent your country whatever challenges are ahead you have to face and overcome them. You can't call it a dangerous wicket just because Elgar got hit.
#SAvIND
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The saddest reflection of our times is that
@SGanguly99
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India's attack at the Gabba could include R Ashwin, Washington Sundar and T Natarajan. Did not think I would see an Indian Test attack with three TN bowlers in it in my lifetime.
Imagine the thamizh on the stump mic!
#AUSvIND
@ashwinravi99
@prithinarayanan
Vadivelu jokes galore!
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Pant drops Pucovski off Ashwin. Then manages to drop Pucovski twice off the same ball from Siraj. When you pick keepers on batting you can't expect different.
#AUSvIND
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I don't know the details, but this is scary at a time when player-journalist relations in Indian cricket are at the lowest point since I started out 23 years ago.
After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so called “Respected” journalist! This is where the journalism has gone.
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Interesting to hear the West Indies players and coaching staff took a 50% pay cut thanks to the financial pressures of the Covid 19 crisis. And still travelled to a country that is deep in the throes. The cricket world owes West Indies. Hope that's not forgotten.
#ENGvsWI
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Sad to see that administrators have learnt little or nothing from the Pallekele leg of the tournament. If you can't fill up Khettarama for a Sri Lanka match on a Saturday afternoon you've definitely got ticket pricing wrong.
#SLvBAN
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Courtney Walsh is the kind of cricketer who declined to run out the non-striker backing out of the crease because he thought it unsportsmanlike. He will be deeply ashamed of the behaviour of the team he is now coaching.
#NidahasTrophy2018
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Time was you woke up at 4am just to listen to the Channel 9 commentary out of Australia. Today it's almost impossible to follow the game if you listen to some of sniggering, chuckling Australian "commentary". Mates have a laugh at the pub, not a broadcast.
#AUSvIND
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There are 7 people sitting around an IPL auction table and yet when the bidding gets fierce every team gets on the phone to call someone else. My question is, why is that person, who actually takes the final call, not sitting at the table?
#IPLMegaAuction2022
#AuctionArithmetic
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@MichaelVaughan
Wicketkeepers should also shun the go to tactic to of stumping poor batsmen and when they step out of the crease. Need to change the laws. Also umpires calling bowlers for no balls when they can’t keep some part of the front leg behind the line. Utterly silly rules.
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What does more damage to the game? 20-odd players almost having a bust up on the field, a dressing-room trashed, captain calling his players off over an umpiring call or Rabada saying "yes! yes! yes!" and brushing sleeves with Smith? Utter inconsistency from
@ICC
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One of the nicest guys in cricket, one of the best players of spin in trying conditions,
@VVSLaxman281
provides a masterclass on how to bat, score runs and succeed on Indian pitches:
#INDvENG
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"Gavaskar was only doing his job when he had his say on Kohli’s strike rate. But, even setting that aside, Kohli and friends would do well to realise that they are not the first generation to play cricket for India. Without Gavaskar, and all the players who came before him, there
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Williamson, who will go down in history as both bearded sweetheart and sorted braveheart of the game, was so humble, so self aware and so righteous that he ended up being bigger than the game on a day when the game could not be bigger.
#CWC19
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This is India's most abject Test performance in recent memory. Even 36 all out in Adelaide was essentially one bad session of play, which can happen to the best of teams. Aside from Rahul in the first innings and Bumrah with the ball and to some extent, Ashwin keeping things
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Done and dusted. Two players whose role was under the scanner: Pant, Vihari, show why they were picked. Two players who deliver day-in and day-out, come good yet again: Ashwin, Pujara.
Anyone talking about intent in future gets one tight slap.
#AUSvIND
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This is unnecessarily condescending and disappointing coming from someone such as
@sanjaymanjrekar
who I have respect and affection for. Of course playing the game at the highest level is great. But, as
@bhogleharsha
says, no harm at all in asking those involved in THIS game.
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Yes, I know he is R Ashwin and not Ravi Ashwin. But reporters don't do the headlines. Bear with me, but please read:
#INDvENG
@ashwinravi99
@prithinarayanan
@guardian
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Not sure “we’ll keep fighting” is the best choice of words in the circumstances.
#IPL
If there's one thing you should know about this team, we never give up. We'll keep fighting, we'll keep going.
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This. Warriors aren't always in your face or aggressively exuberant.
This team of soft spoken gentlemen transforms on the field into warriors who never cross the line but never take a backward step. Matching opposition punch for punch, putting body on the line. Whatever happens from here this team has won the respect of the cricket world.
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Temba Bavuma is one seriously impressive individual. The manner in which he handled the press conference following the incredible developments around Quinton de Kock was stellar. Maturity. Balance. Grace. A credit to South Africa and cricket.
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#SAvWI
#quintondekock
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The audition begins. First in the MCG nets, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul and M Vijay, all at once.
#AUSvIND
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Those asking about rain in Centurion ... This little guy will have to play out of his skin to produce a thunderstorm
#SAvIND
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They only stay in the fanciest five to seven star hotels that have award winning chefs and multiple restaurants.
At one level this is just offensive.
England to take chef to India to avoid players falling ill
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Well said.
Asif Ali extremely impressive under pressure. Well played Pakistan 👏🏼 Heart goes out to Afghanistan though. Brilliantly fought till the end.
Seeing Afghanistan tonight, I wouldn't call
#IndvNZ
a virtual knockout, this group is more open that you'd think.
#AFGvPAK
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Expected an admission of mistakes made and some intelligence. Ashwin gives you more with the bat and ball than Umesh and Shardul in these conditions. Ask Travis Head, he’ll tell you.
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Oooh, cheeky that, a day after MSK Prasad said Vijay Shankar was a three-dimensional player (batting, bowling, fielding). Shots fired!
Just Ordered a new set of 3d glasses to watch the world cup 😉😋..
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There are small things in life that tell you a lot about a person. As Dhruv Jurel's father, a war veteran, meets
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players and staff,
@KumarSanga2
makes it a point to take his cap off before shaking hands. We live in times where being loud and crass is the fastest
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Numbers coming in from the
#CWC23
8 billion* viewing minutes clocked on linear TV; 43% increase over 2019
Total of 364.2 million* viewers to date for live broadcast of the biggest Cricket World Cup ever
Disney+ Hotstar witnessed a world record across any format of cricket for
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Dinesh Chandimal, gracious to a fault, thanks India's crowds for their support. This despite his team being booed and repeatedly called "losers" in chants from the Kotla stands. Wishes Kohli and team the best for the South Africa tour. Class.
#INDvSL
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Cricketers often complain about the quality of questions at pressers.
@ashwinravi99
solves that problem
#WIvIND
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Just heard that VB Chandrasekhar, former Tamil Nadu and India cricketer, attacking batsman, gentle bull of a man, is no more, at 57. Too soon. He was a generous man, a bloody good batsman and a witty, intelligent companion. This is shit news. Just shit.
#RIPVB
Go well, Veebs.
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Kuldeep beats Smith on the charge but the ball spears away off pad. No chance for the keeper. And yet some sections of the crowd chanting Dhoni! Dhoni! Immediately met with return chants of Rahul! Rahul! from the stands.
#INDvAUS
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This is very disheartening to see. What is happening to India's cricket fans?
Shoaib Ali, Bangladesh's superfan, fondly known as 'Tiger Shoaib' has faced harassing behavior from the Indian fans in the India vs Bangladesh match in Pune
Look how his Tiger Mascot had been torn apart by the Indian fans!
It's not acceptable from the HOME crowd
#INDvBAN
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Unpopular opinion: India did not choke in the
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The better-prepared team for the conditions won. India picked the wrong XI, got to the final on the back of rank turners at home, their batsmen have been kneecapped and back-up bowling was ordinary.
#WTCFinal2023
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KL Rahul 14 off 31 in a T20 match. Not a big target, but you've got to ask if this is how you want the India opening batsman to play. I know that asking questions may get you banned. But still.
#INDvSA
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Rahane’s intent is to score runs on tough pitches against top-class bowlers. BCCI should amend constitution to include clause that prohibits any captain from dropping him in Tests.
#SAvIND
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He’s been playing international cricket since 2010 and commentators still call R Ashwin “Raavi”. Foe the 1000th time, Ravichandran, the father, has not played cricket at this level. Ashwin has. How can highly paid professional commentators be so lazy?
#IPL
@ashwinravi99
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The brightest minds in our country took top dollar and gave us Mauka mauka.
Now look at this.
Mikey Holding is just incredible.
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With apologies to Moeen, Happy Birthday to the original bearded Ali of Birmingham!
@Cricket_Ali
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First change is a spinner. Change in captaincy obvious immediately. Kohli doesn't rate spin, Rahane does.
#AUSvIND
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Surely India must now open with Rishab Pant (to add left-handedness) and allow KL Rahul to bed down at No. 4? The second position is crucial and Rahul fits the bill perfectly.
#CWC19
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Gridlocked traffic outside the Dubai International Stadium. All roads lead to ...
#T20WorldCup
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Only Muttiah Muralitharan got to 400 Test wickets quicker than
@ashwinravi99
. These Tamilians, I tell you, they can bowl off spin, alright.
#INDvENG
#Ashwin
The Ahmedabad crowd gives Ashwin a generous round of applause and he holds up the pink ball in acknowledgment. Take a bow.
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Some decisions are easier to make than others. One such simple one was choosing the player of the tournament at the 2011 World Cup.
@YUVSTRONG12
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When pitches favour bowlers, such as those in Australia recently, you have to watch every ball for fear of missing something dramatic. When pitches favour batsmen as much as the Chennai one is doing, you just have to check score from time to time. Then watch highlights.
#INDvENG
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Is there any batsman in the world who is more adaptable than Kane Williamson? Or anyone as good who can tame his ego and play the ball and not the bowler?
#CWC19
#ENGvNZ
#WorldCupFinal
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When Joe Root kisses the three lions on the crest of his helmet you feel one of them should kiss him back. He does so much for England. Just gives and gives and gives.
#ENGvIND
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar dropped, means Jasprit Bumrah takes the new ball. Not only was Bhuvi India's best bowler in Cape Town, he also lasted longer at the crease than ANYONE else: 127 balls:
#SAvIND
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@Ben_Wisden
Imagine thinking Test cricket is Bazball and then watching Test cricket where teams play towards real wins rather than some dressing-room notional wins and "if-they-didn't cheat" stumping wins.
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Because it’s International Tiger Day. Has any cricketer ever been so cool without even trying? Nawab sahib was something else.
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Next question is how do foreign players get home? Virtually no country is allowing people in from India at the moment. Citizens or otherwise.
#IPL
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The thing about the Tim Paine episode is that it's important to distinguish between judging him as a person and judging what he did. The best people in the world occasionally do the wrong thing. That's only a reminder he is human.
He has owned it. Let's not be cynical.
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"I would like to see how this pitch has been rated. I want to see it now. I want to see the chart, they use, [the criteria] how they rate pitches. Mumbai, Bengaluru, Cape Town, Centurion, they’re all different. Pitches deteriorate at different paces, overhead conditions are
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Virat Kohli rates the Indian away kit 8/10. What do the other fashionistas think?
#CWC19
@imVkohli
#nike
#bleedblue
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@beastieboy07
This has been the trend for a while now. Selective watering. The attempt is to neutralise the back of length from quicks while maximising spin impact. But it’s not an exact science and doesn’t always work as intended!
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The sooner people realise that Smith’s ban is not about ball-tampering but letting down his country by cheating the better our chances of moving on.
#BallTamperingRow
#Steve
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