Arjun
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There's that other Star Sports channel that runs English commentary and graphics, and it's a non-HD channel.
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**Official** Indian Domestic Season 2013/14
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We can accept you as an honorary Indian fan if you learn some hindi, put on some fogg and subscribe to airtel.
You will have to renounce your support for all other teams and the DRS though, and promise not to speak ill about BCCI or the Indian team ever again.
You will have to renounce your support for all other teams and the DRS though, and promise not to speak ill about BCCI or the Indian team ever again.
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ftr the QeA Trophy Final is also being broadcast. Switching over now that it's lunch here.
Arjun
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How much did Vini and Airtel pay you to say that?
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Wow, really didn't expect that at all.
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800 sprays guaranteed.
Arjun
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I hope they've had results. Advertising is not free, nor is public relations.
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I'm sure they have if even I know the words to their Hindi songs and their slogans. I'm not exactly their target demographic but it says a lot.
Arjun
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It is just an artist's representation- more so the effect of those 800 sprays. Actual results may vary.
Arjun
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Back to the match, in the day's final session, it's KA batting vs MH batting, and a question of who will make more mistakes. Pitch has nothing in it for the bowlers, and both sides will struggle to bowl the other out. Karnataka, though, may be the more fancied of the two, with a stronger bowling unit, but they're not known to strike it big on flats like this one. They're playing on the typical Hyderabad Highway.
Abhimanyu Mithun is having a good Ranji season, with 38 wickets in 10 games, one five and one big ten, healthy average, striking under 50. He's still slow. On the other side, six Maharashtra players have played for the whole season, while only two from Karnataka have figured in eleven games, and two others, ten. Plenty of forty+ averages, and five fifty+, in both playing XIs.
Abhimanyu Mithun is having a good Ranji season, with 38 wickets in 10 games, one five and one big ten, healthy average, striking under 50. He's still slow. On the other side, six Maharashtra players have played for the whole season, while only two from Karnataka have figured in eleven games, and two others, ten. Plenty of forty+ averages, and five fifty+, in both playing XIs.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Maharashtra all out for 305. Wickets shared between Vinay, Mithun and Aravind- three for each. Bawne top-scores with 89, and after his dismissal, the tail folded up quickly.
Karnataka's batsmen can cash in on rather pedestrian bowling, as long as they do nothing stupid. A length ball from Fallah darted into Uthappa and struck him on his elbow. He's hit hard, and is being treated with ice now. Stayed in the middle until he was told to walk off. That does hurt. This Hyderabad pitch has a lot more in it for the bowlers than it did when it hosted ODIs.
Serial dropped catches help both batsmen, now at 38/0.
Karnataka's batsmen can cash in on rather pedestrian bowling, as long as they do nothing stupid. A length ball from Fallah darted into Uthappa and struck him on his elbow. He's hit hard, and is being treated with ice now. Stayed in the middle until he was told to walk off. That does hurt. This Hyderabad pitch has a lot more in it for the bowlers than it did when it hosted ODIs.
Serial dropped catches help both batsmen, now at 38/0.
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Arjun
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Karnataka had a double century opening partnership, and both batsmen have crossed hundred. Ganesh Sathish was out early this morning, and Robin Uthappa takes off quickly- and yet again, a catching chance in slips is not taken. Maharashtra's fielding has been spectacular to watch, but when needed most, in taking wickets, it has been poor. Very poor, for a team in the Ranji finals.
The firs-innings lead is more or less with Karnataka. t's now a matter of either team being able to turn this into a result. Karnataka's bowling is definitely the better of the two, as the first innings of each team suggests.
National selectors are watching. Very poor fielding again, as Maharashtra fielders parried a cover drive to concede an extra run.
Rahul is in some seriously good form. Hope he gets at least an opening position in an IPL team, since he's still too young for an India cap.
The firs-innings lead is more or less with Karnataka. t's now a matter of either team being able to turn this into a result. Karnataka's bowling is definitely the better of the two, as the first innings of each team suggests.
National selectors are watching. Very poor fielding again, as Maharashtra fielders parried a cover drive to concede an extra run.
Rahul is in some seriously good form. Hope he gets at least an opening position in an IPL team, since he's still too young for an India cap.
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Arjun
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Now Rahul gives his wicket away to Shreekanth Mundhe, via caught behind. He's got his century, he's got 1000 runs for the season, Uthappa's got his fifty, and Karnataka have the lead. It's Karnataka's game, from here.
Karnataka's top five is seriously strong. Already Sathish and Rahul have got centuries, and now they have Uthappa and Pandey batting. There's Karun Nair yet to come, and he's having a great season. A big score is on the cards.
Karnataka's top five is seriously strong. Already Sathish and Rahul have got centuries, and now they have Uthappa and Pandey batting. There's Karun Nair yet to come, and he's having a great season. A big score is on the cards.
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Arjun
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The next international event for the Indian team is the World T20. I'm not too keen on having Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli, whom the Test and ODI team need over a long run, for this event. They've played too much on the run, and need a break. The T20I side can have Kedar Jadhav (of course!), SA Yadav (average over 40, strike over 70), Saurabh Tiwary (a leading run-scorer with plenty of sixes hit) and Suresh Raina (at least he's good enough here), although they're short of openers- maybe Robin Uthappa can step up here. One senior Indian batsman, possibly Dhawan, can stay on with this team, to guide the rookies. Dhawan, anyway, needs to regain his form.
The bowlers, ideally, can be picked on their strike rates. Here, the other Dhawan, Rishi, scores big, leading the wickets tally, with a strike rate of 42. Karnataka's Sharath, out injured, can also figure here, and to add some experience to the lineup, pick Shami Ahmed. MP's Jalaj Saxena has had a rich haul this season, and should be in the running, as also HP's Bipul Sharma. One bloke they can consider for the World T20 in Bangladesh is Bengal's Laxmiratan Shukla, average of 50, strike rate of 80, and lately in good wicket-taking form, although sub-par across the season.
Would you want Dhoni to turn up at this event? I'm not sure it is worth it, when he needs to restore the Test team.
The bowlers, ideally, can be picked on their strike rates. Here, the other Dhawan, Rishi, scores big, leading the wickets tally, with a strike rate of 42. Karnataka's Sharath, out injured, can also figure here, and to add some experience to the lineup, pick Shami Ahmed. MP's Jalaj Saxena has had a rich haul this season, and should be in the running, as also HP's Bipul Sharma. One bloke they can consider for the World T20 in Bangladesh is Bengal's Laxmiratan Shukla, average of 50, strike rate of 80, and lately in good wicket-taking form, although sub-par across the season.
Would you want Dhoni to turn up at this event? I'm not sure it is worth it, when he needs to restore the Test team.
Arjun
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Today's action- Kedar Jadhav scored a rapid century, to keep the match alive, but wickets fell at the other end, until his fell too, off Vinay Kumar, who's taken four of six wickets to fall.
Disappointing captaincy by Vinay Kumar, who's given loads of overs to part-time bowlers, off whom the Maharashtra middle-order capitalised heavily. All of them have gone for T20 economy rates, until strikers Vinay Kumar and Gopal came in and took a heap of wickets. Maharashtra have a slender lead, and if Karnataka's batting fails in the final innings, they can win. For Karnataka, now into the lower order, they need four wickets- but neither Motwani (keeper) nor Mundhe are rank tailenders.
Karnataka have got someone who bowls seam and spin at different intervals- Sreenath Aravind.
Disappointing captaincy by Vinay Kumar, who's given loads of overs to part-time bowlers, off whom the Maharashtra middle-order capitalised heavily. All of them have gone for T20 economy rates, until strikers Vinay Kumar and Gopal came in and took a heap of wickets. Maharashtra have a slender lead, and if Karnataka's batting fails in the final innings, they can win. For Karnataka, now into the lower order, they need four wickets- but neither Motwani (keeper) nor Mundhe are rank tailenders.
Karnataka have got someone who bowls seam and spin at different intervals- Sreenath Aravind.
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Arjun
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He's quite good, and appears to be a more complete player than some other Maharashtra batsmen, and has 41 FC caps to his credit. Not bad at all, but much of the sheen goes off when you find that Maharashtra are a team relegated to Group C and promoted only lately, their home pitch is flat as a road, and that other bloke Kedar Jadhav has a more prolific record across formats, while the flawed Khadiwale is an opener, and raw greenhorn Vijay Zol is an opener, and young, so he gets the most attention. A great 2014-15 season could push him ahead in the running for a place in the national side.
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ROI squad announced for Irani Cup
Squad: Harbhajan Singh (capt.), Jiwanjot Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Baba Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Ankit Bawne, Dinesh Karthik, Amit Mishra, Pankaj Singh, Ashok Dinda, Varun Aaron, Parvez Rasool, Anureet Singh, Natraj Behera, Mandeep Singh
Glad to see Pankaj Singh selected, ojha should have been there in place of Harbhajan.
Squad: Harbhajan Singh (capt.), Jiwanjot Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Baba Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Ankit Bawne, Dinesh Karthik, Amit Mishra, Pankaj Singh, Ashok Dinda, Varun Aaron, Parvez Rasool, Anureet Singh, Natraj Behera, Mandeep Singh
Glad to see Pankaj Singh selected, ojha should have been there in place of Harbhajan.