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Numbers don’t lie, they only underline the truth
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: Karnataka’s 6-run loss to Bombay in the finals of the Ranji Trophy at the Gangotri Glades in Mysore has now been firmly written into …
Finally, it came down to Abhishek Nayar’s balls
PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: Yes, all the cliches you hear during a Test match or ODI commentary are true—“It was a fitting finale,” “The result did not matter,” “The …
A tale of two cities as narrated by a cricket field
PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: After lunch on day three of the Ranji Trophy finals here in Mysore, the Bombay batsmen rushed out with the umpires and reached the middle …
Players, patrons and the crowd in the age of IPL
PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: Before play began on the first day of the Ranji Trophy finals on Monday, my old National Cricket Club (NCC) teammate Jagadish Kumar, now a …
A real workhorse from the land of ‘benne dose’
PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: Ranganath Vinay Kumar doesn’t quite look like the prototypical fast bowler. At five feet eight inches, his physique doesn’t strike fear like his new-ball partner …
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