Baap of all Cricket Retirements !
Why do I believe Pakistan Cricket has the 'X-Factor' ? Because they have the largest number of 'Ex-Captains' in their team.Everyone seems to be in a hurry there; to retire, come back, retire again and...
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Crick-Veda: Oldest Chronicle on Gentleman's Game !
Disclaimer: I don't belong to RSS / VHP / Bajrang Dal. I am not right-wing Hindu extremist. I am not Francois Gautier. I am not Gurumoorthy. I am not Manoj Kumar. Neither am I Akshay Kumar. I am not a...
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Father, Son and the Holy Spirit of Cricket !
More than a month since "Doctoring the Balls" last saw a post. July was completely barren. Partly because of personal issues and partly because of not much inspirational stuff happening. The West...
View ArticlePanic button in the times of Knee Jerks !
England on the verge of thrashing India 4-0 in the Test series. There are reactions galore. One of my friends said, "What happened all of a sudden that the batsmen, bowlers and fielders; all have...
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I have a Wait Problem oops Weight Problem !
"I was to blame for my weight problems" Samit Patel !Broad and The Broader !Ball Ball Bach Gaye !Showing Stomach for a Fight !All these years I used to suspect Pizza Hut, Paneer Maakhni, Mushroom...
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Pom Pom Pom: Every Donkey has a Day !
Team India's graph and my blogging curve seem to be related; though unintentionally. The World Cup victory had left me contented for some time and I wrote on IPL only because it was relaxing to write...
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Badla: Revenge Only Half Done !
Cricket is inseparable from Indian culture. It runs in our arteries and Cricket bridges the gap between the nerves. Even when our national team is doing badly, we bide our time for that one moment that...
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Hang on; The Show goes on !
Cricket is a strange game where amusing things keep happening. So it is neigh say impossible to remain away from Cricket for long; even when India play Sri Lanka in a 21 match bilateral ODI series soon...
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Faithful Husbands: 1983 to 2011 and Back to the 90s !
After almost 2 months away from Doctoring the Balls, I am back because I have something to blog. There hardly was anything to blog home about for me in that long hiatus.There is a sinister similarity...
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Hunt for the Hundred and the Weight is Over !
Hundred and beyond; A preview of the aftermath of Sachin's 100th 100 !His first international Century took a long time to come and the hundredth is taking it's own bitter time. The diehard Cricket...
View ArticleBCCI Agenda for Resurrection of Cricket !
Team India Down Under, Down Under: How to lift them up ?Team India's worst tour of Australia is on and things are getting worse by the day. Let us look at the pre-tour hype and the situation that...
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Debacle Down Under: Postmortem of a White Wash !
Since the people who have scripted great overseas triumphs are already back in the hut, we can assume India will lose the Adelaide test by more than 250 if not 300 runs. So let me do the postmortem of...
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Divided Colors of Blue !
Though the camaraderie on display on camera between Dhoni and Sehwag looked good; every Indian Cricket supporter knows, the split is out there gaping in open. And it isn't 'Bleeding Blue' any more. The...
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100 Things that will happen Thanks to 100th 100 !
Finally 'THAT' thing is out of our system. 'THAT' was eating into us like a worm, like a Cancer and like a pain in the arse. That thing every second Indian was bothered by and which in turn used to...
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Why Cricket is Religion in the Land of Zero ?
Why Cricket is Religion in the Land of Zero ? Or Why Cricket is Mathematics ?Disclaimer: This is an original research article and hence might appear extremely long. Any perceived humor in any part of...
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Sachin Tendulkar: Bharat Ratna and beyond !
Anticipatory Bail: I am an ordinary Indian in love with Cricket. I harbor no ill-will against any Cricketer including Sachin Tendulkar. I have made my admiration for him more than obvious in the past....
View ArticleRohit Sharma: Demand for a DNA Test !
After finding nothing interesting to write on Cricket for over 100 days, I return to write on Cricket because of the magnitude of the event that is happening right now.I have always considered Dhoni as...
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India - Sri Lanka Series: The Abnormal Analysis !
Another India - Sri Lanka limited overs Cricket series came to an end and India came out winners. They won the ODI series 4-1 and the lone match of the T-20 series. It has already been dissected by...
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Random Cricket Headlines !
This is Radio Doctoring the Balls 99.99. Cricket Headlines brought to you by Dr. Balls.Shahid Afridi didn't announce retirement from any form of Cricket today.Sachin Tendulkar's legs were not trembling...
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The Wrists that launched a Thousand Flicks !
What do I feel now ? When I saw Yahoo headline, "VVS Laxman retires..." I thought he would do it after the New Zealand series. But it went on "... with immediate effect" !Well, his timing never...
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Che, Virat and the Essence of Life !
An old quotable quote goes like, "Those worried about what would happen to next generation should stop worrying. The next generation will grow up and start worrying about next generation". Quite right...
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Unmukt Chand and the Recalcitrant System !
Where is India ?What we see is the Final Medals Tally of London Olympics 2012. India's place in the list was a glorious 55th out of 204 nations that participated. If we take out the No. 2 placed...
View ArticleGenerous Dhoni, Talented Rohit and the Lesser Mortals !
One Day International Matches: 21, 10, 33, 15, 0, 4, 68, 5, 0, 0, 4, 4T-20 International Matches: 0, 4*, 1*, 55*, 1These are Rohit Sharma's returns from International matches in 2012. He averages...
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Astrology, Feng Shui and Selecting Team India
Breaking News...The BCCI has disbanded the recently reconstituted BCCI Selection Committee with immediate effect. Mr. Sandeep Patil and Co have received the marching orders and a brand new Selection...
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The Aussie Annihilation: A Lazy Analysis !
Returning to "Doctoring the Balls" after the longest hiatus of almost half an year. It wasn't as if I was too occupied or had lost interest. It was just that I was lazy to compile a blog-post and was...
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