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Amidst much fanfare Geoff Marsh was appointed the Head Coach of the new IPL franchise, Sahara Pune Warriors on 5 July 2010 at Lucknow. Soon after his appointment the former Australian opener and world cup winning coach spoke exclusively to the Indian. Here are excerpts from the freewheeling conversation:
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Interview with Gary Kirsten
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His impact on Indian cricket has been dramatic. Since taking over as coach of the Indian side, Gary Kirsten has successfully propelled the team to pole position in Test match cricket, the coveted pedestal this cricketing nation has been craving since first playing Test cricket at Lords on 25 June 1932. [...]
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Gautam Gambhir spent time with Boria Majumdar in several exclusive interviews
before, during and after the South Africa Test series, which saw India retain its No. 1 Test team position for the 2009-2010 cricket season. Excerpts:
Is the Kolkata victory your best Test match win ever?
GG: For sure. More because we lost very badly at Nagpur. [...]
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93 international centuries, 47 in Tests and 46 in ODI’s, 25 more than second ranked Ricky Ponting’s combined tally, and instantly the debate about who’s the greatest ever is put to rest. If Sir Donald had an average of 99.94 in test match cricket,Sachin has close to a 100 international centuries. Add to this [...]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH VIRENDER SEHWAG
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He is the man of the season. While some say he has redefined the art of batsmanship, others have gone a step further in asserting that there are now two coaching manuals in cricket, the first is the conventional, known to us all, MCC manual and the second is what [...]
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I write this not in a state of anger but in a state of disbelief. Much is being written about what will happen to the fate of Ferozshah Kotla as an international venue, whether or not Delhi will lose its rights to host World Cup 2011 and whether Delhi Daredevils will use the Kotla [...]
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This is not an usual column. Rather, it is a statement that should have been made months earlier by anyone interested in Indian sport. Just days earlier a report shocked the sports fraternity of the country by announcing to us all that our hockey players are on strike. They hadn’t received salaries for a [...]
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He is one of the famous four to have dominated world cricket for over a decade and one who has shared the dressing room with Sachin Tendulkar for almost a 100 Test matches. Here’s VVS Laxman on what distinguishes Sachin Tendulkar as a pan indian icon. A conversation with Boria Majumdar
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My first encounter with Sachin Tendulkar was at the age of 11. The year: 1987. As a child growing up with cricket, it was inevitable that I’d [...]
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In a fascinating one hour of cricket addabaazi, Sachin Tendulkar talks to Boria Majumdar about what it means to him to be playing for India for 20 years and much more. An Indian exclusive.
When I reached the gate of the Four Point Sheraton Hotel at about 10 am on Tuesday, 10 November, it looked [...]