Nice coverage of the occasion in the Times...not Times of India...the one and only 'NYTimes'... I am inclined to believe that this record is destined to stay for a while if Dravid can continue for another couple years ending with a tally of well over 200 catches. Mark Waugh tipped Ricky Ponting(Aus) to top the list eventually. From my perspective if I have to pick somebody, it would probably be Mahela Jayawardane (SL) or GC Smith (SA).
Dravid Keeps Focus to Beat Undervalued Test Record
By HUW RICHARDS
Published: April 6, 2009
It is typical of Rahul Dravid that when he set a world record for test cricket, it was one of the least publicized.
Dravid, a 36-year-old Indian, is one of the great players of the era, possessor of perhaps the purest technique of any contemporary batsman. He is also a supreme team man who invariably tailors his performances to India’s need and has been overshadowed for much of his career by more flamboyant players.
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/sports/cricket/07iht-CRICKET.html?hpw
And for the world record catch check this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mjIHIbxOho
Monday, April 6, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Gentlemen...start your engines...
BCCI announces list of probables for ICC World Twenty20:
R Ashwin
S Badrinath
L Balaji
MS Dhoni
Gautam Gambhir
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik
Virat Kohli
Zaheer Khan
Dhawal Kulkarni
Praveen Kumar
Amit Mishra
Abhishek Nayar
Naman Ojha
Pragyan Ojha
Munaf Patel
Irfan Pathan
Yusuf Pathan
Ajinkya Rahane
Suresh Raina
Wriddhiman Saha
Virender Sehwag
Ishant Sharma
Rohit Sharma
Harbhajan singh
RP Singh
Yuvraj Singh
Manoj Tiwary
Robin Uthappa
M Vijay
Sreesanth misses out. I am excited about the inclusion of Ajinkya Rahane. It would have been great to see Cheteshwar Pujara make the cut. But that would be too much to expect seeing that he plays in the backwaters of Indian cricket (Saurastra - is that even part of India?!). On the other hand there is adequate representation from Tamilnadu!
For the list of Aussie probables:
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/wt20-2009/wt20-news/2009/april/wt20-news20090403-1.html
R Ashwin
S Badrinath
L Balaji
MS Dhoni
Gautam Gambhir
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik
Virat Kohli
Zaheer Khan
Dhawal Kulkarni
Praveen Kumar
Amit Mishra
Abhishek Nayar
Naman Ojha
Pragyan Ojha
Munaf Patel
Irfan Pathan
Yusuf Pathan
Ajinkya Rahane
Suresh Raina
Wriddhiman Saha
Virender Sehwag
Ishant Sharma
Rohit Sharma
Harbhajan singh
RP Singh
Yuvraj Singh
Manoj Tiwary
Robin Uthappa
M Vijay
Sreesanth misses out. I am excited about the inclusion of Ajinkya Rahane. It would have been great to see Cheteshwar Pujara make the cut. But that would be too much to expect seeing that he plays in the backwaters of Indian cricket (Saurastra - is that even part of India?!). On the other hand there is adequate representation from Tamilnadu!
For the list of Aussie probables:
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/wt20-2009/wt20-news/2009/april/wt20-news20090403-1.html
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