GALLE: Retiring world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralidaran of Sri Lanka reached the 800-wicket mark with his last delivery in Test cricket on Thursday. The off-spinner, 38, had last man Pragyan Ojha caught at slip by Mahela Jayawardene to terminate India’s second innings after lunch on the final day of the first Test at the [...]
“Why can’t there be two off-spinners in the side?” It was a question R Ashwin has posed in the last two years even as the Tamil Nadu off-spinner squinted at the mention of being a replacement for Harbhajan Singh. Ashwin admits he never got an answer, or a logical explanation, to the query, though he [...]
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18 Aug, 2009
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Kolkata: Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday hailed the decision of the national selectors to bring Rahul Dravid back to the Indian side and said it only proved that form, and not age, is a factor in the game. “Taking back Dravid is the right decision. I hope he will play well,” Sourav told mediapersons [...]
18 Aug, 2009
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Bangalore: Rahul Dravid’s return to India’s one-day squad after a two-year gap has met with both appreciation and criticism. But Dravid is unfazed by the debate, only saying that he hopes to prove the selectors right. After being announced as ”selected” on Sunday, Dravid made his first media appearance on Monday after his practice session [...]
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