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A sports lover based in Mumbai, India, My favourite sports are cricket and tennis. I cheer for Team India, closely followed by Team Australia. pl visit my blog thesportsmanwritesaway.wordpress.com
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When 16-year-old tearaway quick bowler Naseem Shah made his debut for Pakistan against Australia in Brisbane last week, he became the ninth youngest debutant…
Rafael Nadal has an impressive career. The world number one tennis player has won 19 Grand Slam titles and 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000…
Time waits for none, except maybe the ageless Roger Federer who is one of the all-time great sport-persons – across all sports. His feats…
An ace is a point won in tennis when the receiver is unable to touch the serve of the player serving. Aces have been…
On 30th September 2019, Novak Djokovic will pass Ivan Lendl to start his 271st week as world number one. Djokovic will be at third…
Sunil Gavaskar was technique personified and a joy to watch. Steve Smith has a technique of his own, and though he's not exactly a…
Novak Djokovic by defeating Roger Federer in the longest Wimbledon Final, claimed his fifth title at SW19, emulating the great Bjorn Borg. It was…
A team which can be unpredictable is the West Indies, who are led by Jason Holder. On their day they can steamroll anyone -…
Hosts England made as many as three changes to their provisional list of 15 players to reveal their final team this week. The hosts…
Defending champions Australia open their campaign on Saturday, 1 June, against Afghanistan. The Aussies then line up against the West Indies (6 June), India…
The IPL madness is over and the focus shifts to the 2019 World Cup. The Indian team opens their campaign with a tough match…
Monte Carlo ATP World Masters 1000 is the only one of the nine ATP Masters tournaments which does not have a mandatory player commitment.…
At the Miami Masters, Roger Federer won his 28th Masters 1000 title and his 101st title overall with an efficient 6-1 6-4 win over…
The Sunshine double in tennis is someone winning the Indian Wells Masters and the Miami masters in the same year. Both are ATP Masters…
Roger Federer notched up his 100th title win by defeating Stefano Tsitsipas in the final of the 2019 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was…
Roger Federer had won his first two matches against Borna Coric and then lost the next two, both on hard courts. He had played…
The annual Boxing day Test match on 26th December 2018 this time features Australia and India, a competition between two Test sides which is…
At the ATP Finals starting in London on November 11, the top eight tennis players in the world will battle it out to end…
Jimmy Connors has won 109 titles in his terrific career. Next on the list is the incomparable Roger Federer, who by winning the 2018…
If Shimron Hetmyer had been Indian, by now the media would have christened him the next Sachin Tendulkar or Virat Kohli. However he is…
Terrific views and inputs above. will respond and react to them. Thanks a lot
Roger Federer: The definitive GOAT
Wow, proud to write here where Legends like Justin Langer and Dizzy Gillespie write. What a “debut” by JL. Superb
looking forward for more
Masters of the game: Celebrating cricket's three greatest craftsmen
Hi Kersi. will find out the Test cricketers of the Shardarshan School, apart from Sachin and Kamble and revert
I did not mention the role played by Anjali as this piece looks at his early years before he actually made it to the Indian team. and he met her after he became a Test cricketer.
I am quite sure his son will play for India but maybe in T20 or ODI initially. Maybe Tests too. too early to say.
He is a committed youngster and has the best of facilities including personalised coaching from 2 very good coaches Subroto Bannerjee and Rajesh Sanil. Lets see how he does
Tendulkar's early years and how he made it
An article I had written on the the Roar 18 months back. Looks like Smith will be the 4th to win Ashes 5 NIL
Australia are primed to regain the Ashes
What is the right time to go ? thats the million dollar question
Smith to be Australia's best since Bradman?
Very true, especially as Bangladesh gets so few Tests and a tour there would mean a good few years later
Smith to be Australia's best since Bradman?
Interesting point. Captaincy indeed in all 3 formats is very taxing. With Warner around, maybe Smith may give up one form. Lets see
Smith to be Australia's best since Bradman?
Excellent Point indeed. In fact Voges for some time had an average of 90 plus. Then it went down. It will indeed be difficult for Smith to keep his average of 60 . Lets see
Smith to be Australia's best since Bradman?
Thanks a lot for the appreciation. Yes correctly pointed out that opening up of cricket throughout the country will be good for Indian cricket
Mumbai cricket: 500 not out
Who would have thought that it will be a final between Sock and an unknown Serbian player
Paris Masters 2017 preview and history
Tsonga , thats an interesting one. I feel the rafa DelPo semi final, if they last that far will decide the winner
Paris Masters 2017 preview and history
Thanks a lot Johnno for the appreciation and encouragement. You have correctly pointed out the key word “occasionally”. I feel that this is what separates a chaMpion from others. the Champ wins regularly. Further , the underdog will find it difficult to repeat the performance after a huge upset as mentally he may be feeling he has already done more that what was expected. Hence he often loses the very next match after a huge upset.
excellent points with examples like Bubka about favorites under pressure
Wimbledon's trio of unlikely destroyers
Thanks Johnno. I was in Kolkata for 9 years. and though not a member of Tollygunge Club have visited it a few times. It indeed is a prestigious club.
The legends club of Mumbai
Thats Lovely Kersi. an Apt and deserving honour to you for your contribution to the sport.
Recently the Gate of the CCI was named “Raj Singh Dungarpur Gate” and the chief guest for the function was Sachin Tendulkar . He said during the function that naming the Gate after Raj Singh is apt as one used to take his blessings before entering the ground to bat or field or bowl.
Interestingly Raj Singh had selected him. Against Pakistan in late 1989. 6 months or so earlier he was supposed to have an outside chance to be selected for the tour to the west indies. But Raj Singh did not select him saying that the youngster may get hit by marshall or patterson or ambrose or bishop. Indian Actor tom alter who took Sachin’s 1st interview asked him his reaction and Sachin replied “the more early i am hit, the more faster i will learn”.
The legends club of Mumbai
nice compilation of stats. very useful. thanks
2017-18 Ashes set to break 32-all historical deadlock
Thanks Kersi. I do not know abut will ask Madhav Apte the President when i meet him next, and i will revert back regarding both Vijay Manjrekar and Polly Umrigar.
Yes there is a Polly Umrigar Sportsmans bar in the CCI which also was the idea of Raj Singh Dungarpur. It has lots of cricket memorabilia such as a 4 kilogram silver plated bat presented by Arthur Gilligan to CK Nayudu for his 153 which accelerated India getting test status. CK Nayudu’s daughter presented it for the Polly Umrigar bar. Raj Singh also presented his 110 year old book by ranjitsinghji for the Polly Umrigar Bar
The legends club of Mumbai
Shanghai Masters started today. Top 8 seeds are: Nadal, Federer, A Zverev, Cilic, Thiem, Dimitrov, Carreno Busta and Goffin. World no.3 Murray, no.6 Djokovic and no.9 Wawrinka are not playing.
This is a 6 rounds tournament with top-8 seeds getting first round byes. Nadal plays Jared Donaldson in the 2nd round, Fognini or Poulle in the 3rd, (most likely) Dimitrov or Querrey in the QF and Cilic (Kyrgios) or Carreno Busta (Anderson) in the SF. Federer will play Schwartzman (or a qualifier) in the 2nd round, Sock/Dolgopolov/Karlovic/F Lopez in the 3rd round, (most likely) Goffin or Bautista Agut in the QF and Alexander Zverev (del Potro) or Thiem (Isner) in the SF. Zverev plays Lorenzi or Bedene in the 2nd round, del Potro or Rublev in the 3rd, (most likely) Thiem or Isner in the QFs. Cilic plays Edmund or Vesely in the 2nd round, Kyrgios or Johnson in the 3rd, and (most likely) Carreno Busta or Anderson in the QF.
will put try to put Daily updates here
My friend Atul has contributed this input, in social media, I am thankful to him
Preview of Shanghai Masters and China Open
Let us see. If they are fit they are likely to complete the entire 5 tests. England will want them to
Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad on the cusp of (more) pace history
Thanks a Lot. The error is regretted. It is the US Open where they have not met. Thanks a lot for the correction
Roger Federer: old is gold