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Captain Cool: the MS Dhoni Story
Captain Cool The MS Dhoni Story GULU Ezekiel is one of India’s best known sports writers and authors with nearly forty years of experience in print, TV, radio and internet. He has previously been Sports Editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com and is the author of over a dozen sports books on cricket, the Olympics and table tennis. Gulu has also contributed extensively to sports books published from India, England and Australia and has written for over a hundred publications worldwide since his first article was published in 1980. Based in New Delhi from 1991, in August 2001 Gulu launched GE Features, a features and syndication service which has syndicated columns by Sir Richard Hadlee and Jacques Kallis (cricket) Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis) and Ajit Pal Singh (hockey) among others. He is also a familiar face on TV where he is a guest expert on numerous Indian news channels as well as on foreign channels and radio stations. This is his first book for Westland Limited and is the fourth revised and updated edition of the book first published in September 2008 and follows the third edition released in September 2013. Website: www.guluzekiel.com Twitter: @gulu1959 First Published by Westland Publications Private Limited in 2008 61, 2nd Floor, Silverline Building, Alapakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai 600095 Westland and the Westland logo are the trademarks of Westland Publications Private Limited, or its affiliates. Text Copyright © Gulu Ezekiel, 2008 ISBN: 9788193655641 The views and opinions expressed in this work are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him, and the publisher is in no way liable for the same. -
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THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2017 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Iyer’s IPL best seals narrow Manohar set to complete his full Djokovic surives scare to start new era MADRID, May 10: champion as despite losing his However, the 14-time Grand term as ICC Chairman service in the opening game, he Slam champion has a difficult Novak Djokovic staved off a broke straight back to start a six- route to that potential matchup as win for Daredevils NEW DELHI, May 10: very recently he has had a huge upset in his first match game streak to romp through the he faces Fabio Fognini later on KANPUR, May 10: missal for Pant, who was Earlier, Finch got good sup- change of heart. since splitting with his long-time first set. Wednesday and potentially Nick already in pain after being hit port from Karthik after Lions The uncertainty looming The Nagpur lawyer now has coaching team to beat Nicolas Almagro had taken just one Kyrgios in the third round. Shreyas Iyer scripted a sen- on the thumb while collecting were reduced to 56 for three in large over Shashank Manohar's a strong ground after both the Almagro 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in the sec- set from four previous meetings Controversial Australian sational two-wicket win for a throw from the deep in Lions the seventh over. tenure as ICC chairman ended proposed new revenue and gov- ond round of the Madrid Masters with Djokovic, but willed on by a Kyrgios cruised past American Delhi Daredevils with a classy innings. -
Attiyah Aims to Win Landmark First Dakar for Toyota
Sports Monday, January 7, 2019 17 After victory, Du Plessis says he’s a fan of Tests, lively pitches AFP more,” he said. were bowled out for 294, leav- rion.” who suffered a badly bruised CAPE TOWN “The speed of play has ing South Africa an easy target. Apart from being down on right thigh while fielding, gone up tremendously. Test “They had an opportu- pace, Sarfraz said the Pakistan made only four before he was FAF du Plessis said on Sunday cricket has evolved and it is nity to get 150 (ahead) on the bowlers delivered too many caught off his glove by Sar- that Test matches were crick- great for the fans. They are get- board but we did really well loose balls to provide scoring fraz while attempting to pull et’s most exciting format after ting fours, sixes, lots of wick- after tea, making sure we did opportunities for the South a bouncer from Mohammad his side clinched their series ets and pace bowlers bowling. not let the opposition get back African batsmen. Abbas. against Pakistan with a nine- Test cricket for me the last few in the game,” he said. Sarfraz acknowledged that Hashim Amla was forced wicket win on the fourth day years has been the most excit- a single warm-up game had to retire hurt on two after be- at Newlands on Sunday. ing format of all.” Poor bowling not been enough to prepare ing hit on the right upper arm The South African captain Du Plessis said the pitch at Pakistan captain Sarfraz Pakistan for South African by a ball from Mohammad disagreed with Pakistan coach Newlands had been challenging Ahmed said the loss of five conditions but he took heart Amir which lifted sharply off a Mickey Arthur’s criticism of on the first two days but there wickets on the first morn- from the second innings in good length. -
Reliance Pip Ddca by 5 Wickets in 22 All India J.P. Atray
RELIANCE PIP DDCA BY 5 WICKETS IN 22ND ALL INDIA J.P. ATRAY MEMORIAL CRICKET TOURNAMENT In the opening match played between Reliance(I) and DDCA at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium Chandigarh, Reliance (I) came out all guns blazing to tame spirited DDCA by 5 wickets. Winning the toss and opting to field, Reliance (I) opened the bowling with International star Jaspreet Bumrah and Rush Kalaria and the duo kept a nagging length and did not allow any liberties to the batsmen. Rush Kalaria struck the first blow when he had opener Rahul caught by wicket keeper Rishab Panth before the batsman could open his account and the team’s total reading 5 for 01. Thereafter Jaideep Chauhan (29) off 34 balls with 4 boundaries and one six and Himmant Singh (16) with 3 boundaries added 40 runs for the 2nd wicket. The stand was broken when Himmant Singh was run out by Yogesh Nagar, Yujuvender Chahal combine. DDCA kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and at one stage were looking down the barrel with 7 wickets down for 93 runs in 28.1 overs. Then Manan Sharma and Shivam Sharma put on 44 runs for the 8th wicket which fell at the total of 137 in 40.2 overs. Bumrah coming back for a second spell polished of the tail to return impressive figures of 10-2-29-2. Shivam Sharma was the highest run getter for DDCA scoring 58 off 65 balls inclusive of 5 boundaries and two sixes. Yujuvender Chahal also bowled a decent spell to capture two wickets for 44 runs. -
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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India beat Afghanistan with bonus 1st Drug Free Youth Gharota T20 Tourney Manhas, Milind take Delhi closer point in dead rubber Mussa, Wattal, Ishan guide RCC MIRPUR, Mar 5: four, settled in quickly and rotat- looked in no trouble against the Srinagar to emphatic win to knock-outs in Vijay Hazare ed the strike to take pressure off Indian new-ball bowlers Knocked out of contention Excelsior Sports Correspondent in his knock, while Puneet Dhawan, a tentative-starter who Bhuvneshwar and Shami. Wattal also chipped in with 16 NEW DELHI, Mar 5: spare. Having beaten Services by for the final, five-time champi- JAMMU, Mar 5: Good con- Milind hit seven fours and a 98 runs today, Punjab are now got a reprieve on 28. Noor Ali looked attractive runs. Rahul Mussa of RCC Defending champions Delhi ons India ended their Asia Cup But inspired by Rahane, with his elegant drives and he tributions from Rahul Mussa, six in his 106 ball knock while positioned on top of the table campaign with a consolation Srinagar was adjudged man of inched a step closer towards Dhawan too got into the groove also stepped out to Shami who Puneet Wattal and Ishan helped the match for his brilliant all- Manhas’s fifty had nine sweetly with 12 points and a net run rate win over debutantes Rainawari Cricket Club, qualifying for the knock-out timed fours in 74 balls. of +0.956 while Delhi are sec- as the duo scored their half-cen- looked jaded and seemed to round performance. -
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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Bravo, Finch ensure Gujarat Lions Title hungry RCB to open IPL Medal chance at stake as India 9 campaign against Sunrisers take on Pakistan in Azlan Shah enter IPL with easy win BENGALURU, Apr 11: his worth by producing an all- IPOH (Malaysia), Apr 11: position as top hockey nations, round show after he became the an India-Pakistan encounter MOHALI, Apr 11: over of their chase when the ed only 45 runs for eight overs over long-on and followed it up Desperate to break their title costliest player in this year's IPL With medal hopes at stake, a never fails to be a showstopper Kiwi batsman was stumped by and Finch had done his job with an exquisite cover drive. jinx, Virat Kohli-led Royal scrappy India will have to lift Dwyane Bravo recorded his auction. He was fetched by RCB at any tournament. He was in such good touch Challengers Bangalore would be their game by leaps and bounds best IPL figures with a four- for a whopping Rs 9.5 crore. The silver jubilee edition of that he drove even good length hoping for a positive start to their when they take on sub-continen- wicket haul before Aaron Finch If needed RCB might also be the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will balls effortlessly to the bound- campaign in the ninth season of tal rivals Pakistan in the 25th smashed 74 runs off 47 balls as prompted to utilise the services see the spotlight focused on the ary ropes. -
HM 07 DECEMBER Page 11.Qxd
THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q MONDAY Q DECEMBER 07, 2020 11 India beat Australia by 6 wickets Boxer Vijender threatens in 2nd T20I, clinch series to return Khel Ratna award CHANDIGARH, DE- SYDNEY, DECEM- the sixth over at the Sydney CEMBER 6: Boxer Vijen- BER 6: India sealed the Cricket Ground whose der Singh on Sunday threat- T20 International series shorter square boundaries ened to return the ‘Rajiv against Australia with a aided batsmen. Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award, game to spare after a swash- However, the introduc- the country’s highest sport- buckling Hardik Pandya tion of Natarajan into the ing honour, if the Centre finished what Shikhar attack saw Australia losing does not withdraw the new Dhawan had set out to their first wicket in the form farm laws. achieve with a scintillating of D’Arcy Short. Boxer Vijender Singh 36-ball 52 in the second and Least perturbed by the along with Arjuna and penultimate match here on dismissal, Wade continued Dronacharya awardees Sunday. to bat aggressively and joins farmers at the Singhu The visitors thus avenged brought up his fifty off just border in New Delhi on their 1-2 ODI series loss, 25 balls with a boundary off Sunday. chasing down a challenging Chahal. Addressing the protesting 195-run target set by the But the stand-in skipper farmers near Singhu bor- home side. They won the got out in a comical fashion, der, Vijender Singh said if Haryana joins the list of sev- from Punjab and Haryana opener in Canberra by 11 run out after Kohli dropped the government does not eral former players, includ- have stayed put at various runs on Friday. -
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Indian men’s hockey team decimates Hong Surya Bhanu Partap keeps J&K’s flag high, wins bronze Kong China 26-0, betters 86-year old record India at Asiad: Rahi leads the way with gold, JAKARTA, Aug 22 : get on when they earned their first penalty corner but India The Indian men's hockey went for the review which turned wushu delivers best medal haul team today recorded its biggest out to be successful. ever win in international hockey India's chief coach Harendra PALEMBANG/JAKARTA, Aug as it annihilated Hong Kong Singh was happy for his players 22: China by 26-0 in a Pool B match and said they are now part of a of the Asian Games, bettering an legacy which will be always be Rahi Sarnobat beat all expecta- 86-year-old mark here. remembered in the history of tions to become India's first woman Defending champions India Indian hockey. shooter with an Asian Games gold bettered its record set way back "For me it does not matter, and the low-profile wushu players in 1932 when the national team, but for the players it is a proud delivered their best ever perform- ance even in defeat on another high- yielding day for the country at the regional showpiece. With four gold, three silver and James Anderson shakes hands with Virat Kohli after the match. eight bronze medals in their overall tally, India stood seventh in the medal table, which was led by quite Brilliant India pull back a margin by powerhouse China with 82 medals, including 37 gold. -
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Camp from 27Th August 2021 Onwards
DELHI & DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION (AFFILIATED TO THE BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA) ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM FEROZSHAH KOTLA GROUND, NEW DELHI-110002 Date: 26/08/2021 In the Senior Selection Committee meeting held on 25/08/2021 at 02:00 p.m. The following players have been selected for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy camp to be held on 27th August 2021 at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Players are requested to report to Mr Rajkumar Sharma (Chief Coach), Mr Gursharan Singh (Coach) & Mr. Parvinder Awana (Coach) at 7:30 a.m. S.No Name S. No Name 1. Pradeep Sangwan 2. Dhruv Shorey 3. Manjot Kalra 4. Himmat Singh 5. Kshitiz Sharma 6. Lalit Yadav 7. Jonty Sidhu 8. Vaibhav Kandpal 9. Ayush Badoni 10. Hiten Dalal 11. Siddhant Sharma 12. Kunwar Bidhuri 13. Anuj Rawat (W.K) 14. Vikas Mishra 15. Kulwant Khejroliya 16. Subodh Bhati 17. Vikas Tokas 18. Priyansh Arya 19. Ajay Ahlawat 20. Pawan Suyal 21. Kuldip Yadav 22. Tejas Baroka 23. Shivank Vashisth 24. Shivam Sharma 25. Vinayak Gupta 26. Hrithik Shokeen 27. Vision Panchal 28. Lakshay Thareja (W.K) 29. Saurabh Dagar 30. Rajesh Sharma 31. Pranshu Vijayran 32. Vikas Solanki 33. Sarthak Ranjan 34. Ankur Kaushik 35. Karan Dagar 36. Ajay Guliya 37. Nikhil Kumar 38. Gourav Kumar 39. Vaibhav Sharma 40. Akash Sudan 41. Ayush Singh 42. Siddhant Bansal 43. Sumit Mathur 44. Yash Sehrawat 45. Himank Singh 46. Samarth Seth 47. Hrithik Kanojia 48. Mayank Yadav 49. Deepak Punia 50. Mannat Bir Singh (W.K) 51. Sarang Rawat 52. Vikas Dixit 53. -
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MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Roger beats Nadal to win Australian Open Gambhir fails, Dhawan sluggish, Bumrah stars as India win MELBOURNE, Jan 29: Bhajji quiet, Jayant steady Roger Federer, considered the DHARAMSALA, Jan 29: steady comeback post injury by 5 runs, level series 1-1 greatest player ever to a grace a ten- getting 1/10 in 4 overs as nis court, today won the Australian Heavyweights Delhi beat Haryana soundly thrashed NAGPUR, Jan 29: Open with a five-set win over arch- Jammu and Kashmir by eight Punjab by 47 runs. rival Rafael Nadal in a memorable wickets in a North Zone leg Riding on Rajat Paliwal (44) Young Jasprit Bumrah shone finale to annexe his 18th Grand match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali and Shivam Chauhan (41)'s in the death like never before as Slam trophy here. T20 tournament, here today. Haryana scored 153 for 7. In his excellent final over ensured Federer won by 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3- Without Parveez Rasool, reply, Punjab were all out for India sensationally edged out 6, 6-3 to lift his fifth at Melbourne who is on national duty, J&K 106 in 18.5 overs. England by five runs in the sec- and the first Major after the 2012 could post only 103 for 6 in 20 It was Harbhajan Singh's ond Twenty20 International to Wimbledon. overs with Ishant Sharma being first competitive match after a level the three-match series here The final point came with a economical with figures of 3-0- long time and the veteran off- tonight. -
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Established 1961 25 Sports Thursday, May 23, 2019 Kohli’s India boast firepower to make World Cup charge Wrist spinners to add variety to India’s attack NEW DELHI: India boast the game’s undoubted Indian Premier League season but have played an superstar batsman in Virat Kohli but their bowling important role in India’s recent successes. attack could hold the key to their hopes of World Cup And former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar told glory. Despite their status as the game’s global power- AFP that the spin twins could have a crucial role to play house, India have only won the showpiece tournament for India, who kick off their World Cup campaign twice, in 1983 and 2011. But Kohli’s men, second behind against South Africa in Southampton on June 5. England in the one-day international rankings, will start “In T20 cricket if you don’t have anything in the the tournament in England and Wales among the pitch for these spinners then the batsmen, by slogging favourites alongside the host nation and defending them, have a tendency to get the better of these guys,” champions Australia. he said. “In the 50-over World Cup, in the middle For all the focus on captain Kohli, the number one stages, that kind of pressure won’t be there on these batsman in the world in the 50-over format and Test two guys.” cricket, the ability of India’s seamers to exploit the con- ditions could be the most important factor. Jasprit KOHLI FACTOR Bumrah, the top-ranked ODI bowler in the world, leads Kohli, 30, has scored more than 19,000 runs across the pace battery alongside Mohammed Shami, all formats of the international game and shone during Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya. -
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SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhawan, bowlers help Sunrisers RCB aim to get campaign back Arushi wins twin Chess titles as Jammu on track against Pune Supergiants beat Lions by 5 wickets BENGALURU, May 6: for the two superstars of Indian division selection events conclude HYDERABAD, May 6: (2/28) led an impressive bowling But Warner, who hit a magnif- cricket as their franchises have It will be a battle of survival Excelsior Sports Correspondent first two positions. the matches were played under show while Barinder Sran and icent 92 off 50 balls in Sunrisers' dished one disappointing per- for the two national captains as Taranvir Singh Gujral, vice the supervision of Atul Kumar Shikhar Dhawan struck an Moises Henriques took a wicket 15-run win over RCB in their last formance after another. JAMMU, May 6: Jammu Virat Kohli's struggling Royal president All J&K Chess Gupta, president All J&K unbeaten 47 after a clinical dis- apiece as the Sunrisers bowlers match, did not last long today as division selection events con- play by his bowling team-mates bowled a disciplined line and he was out in the fourth over off TODAY’S FIXTURE cluded here today, wherein as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat length. Senior pacer Ashish the bowling of Dhawal Kulkarni. Arushi Kotwal won U-13 girls Warner mistimed his hit and RCB Vs Rising Pune Supergiants (Bengaluru) 4PM and also open titles in the U-13 Praveen Kumar took an easy Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab (Mohali) 8 PM events played today at Ace catch at mid-on.