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Player Contracts/Retainers Announced for 2021
A very busy season lies ahead for Team India. The Board has announced retainers for the upcoming year. Surprising to see that the name of T. Natarajan is missing. He should have been offered a Grade C. retainer at a minimum.
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Indian Test Squad for Upcoming England Series Announced
Fresh from a stunning 2-1 Triumph in Australia the Indian Selectors were tasked with the pleasant task of picking a team for the next Test series, the Four Test contest with England staring on February 5th in Chennai. The selectors have announced a squad for the first two Tests which are both to be played in Chennai and will be followed by two more in Ahmedabad.
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Indian Test, ODI, and T20i Squads for Australia Tour
On the heels of a highly successful IPL Team India will now embark on a tour Down Under to not only play 3 ODIs and T20is but also defend the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The Border Gavaskar Trophy is the PREMIERE Clash in World Cricket and features the ultimate clash between the two best Teams in the world. The BCCI has announced the following squads for each format:
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Two New Members of Senior Selection Committee Chosen
It is a strange reality, not just in India but around the world, that often the National Selectors are players who have reached the top, but have not done that well. Maybe it is something about the struggles they faced or something else that motivates them to seek out these positions... but the latest two candidates join three others similarly undistinguished. There is no requirement that a Selector be a great player, but in the past some of the best Selectors have been cricketers who have had a lot of success in their playing days.
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Janini & Vrinda: New Wave of Indian Female Umpires Coming Up
It is heartening to see that a young new crop of Indian female umpires are rapidly making strides towards officiating in ICC organized matches.
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Wasim Jaffer: The Man Who Loved Batting
In Indian classical music there is a term Riyaz, which means honing your skills with unrelenting daily practice. Batting in the nets was like Riyaz to this maestro of the willow who then proceeded to display his skills on the ground for over two decades. It will be difficult for him to no longer pick up the bat and head to the nets, but he has been easing slowly into the role of a teacher who will now provide Talim of batting to the next generation. Hats off to you Wasim bhai.
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India Start Next Phase of Test Championship as Favorites
India are clear favorites as they take on New Zealand in the first Test at the Basin Reserve. However the rumor is that the wicket will be a flattie, and will be hard work for the bowling units of both teams. What a difference from the bouncy green "Wonderbra" wickets that New Zealand used to routinely prepare for Indian Tests in the past. The quality of the Indian quicks makes that a very risky proposition and so the Home board has understandably gone away for those type of wickets...
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India U19 Reach World Cup Finals For Third Time in a Row
India U19s crossed swords (ok bats) with Pakistan U19s in the Semi-Finals of the U19 World Cup in South Africa, and the game which was billed as a clash of the titans ended up being a one-sided romp by the Indian side. This was an even more emphatic win than the win India U19s handed out to the Pakistani boys two years ago. The overall record of matches between India U19s and Pakistan U19s is 5-5... but India U19s have won the last 4 encounters, with ever more dominant margins. This reflects the fortunes of cricket in the two countries. In India it is a huge money spinner, and is played more and more professionally at every level. In Pakistan it is still stuck in a time warp around the turn of the millenium. This is mostly of its own making due to its insistence on exporting terrorism as a state sponsored activity against India, and the choking grip of an unholy kleptocratic military religious alliance. Until the Pakistani people take control of their destiny and topple this unholy alliance.. this divergence in both real life and in cricket between the countires will likely continue to widen.
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Four Time World Champions India Announce U19 Squad
Can Priyam Garg join Mohammad Kaif, Virat Kohli, Unmukt Chand, and Prithvi Shaw as a U19 Winning Captain? India definitely have the quality and depth to do so, even taking into account their policy of not fielding players who have represented Indian in previous U19 World Cups, even if they still qualify on age basis.
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Eden Gardens Set To Host First Indian Day-Night Test
Shaking things up immediately, upon taking the reigns as BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly has not only convinced the Bangladesh Cricket Board to agree to play the first Day-Night Test match in India, but has then marketed the ocassion so well that all tickets availabe for regular sale have been sold out for the first three days.
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