tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post925509329110815156..comments2024-03-05T10:53:50.566+05:30Comments on Abhishek's blog অভিষেকের ব্লগ: ConversionAbhishek Mukherjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492031639536656851noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-57625920237928746262012-09-20T16:19:08.422+05:302012-09-20T16:19:08.422+05:30A doosra is a leg-break bowled with an off-spinner...A doosra is a leg-break bowled with an off-spinner's grip. I can tell one if I get to see one, but I cannot bowl one. :(Abhishek Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492031639536656851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-7511543196388580442012-09-20T16:17:33.373+05:302012-09-20T16:17:33.373+05:30I still don't know what a doosra is. Brilliant...I still don't know what a doosra is. Brilliant report of the match. Definitely beats the other reports I read.Ronroy96https://www.blogger.com/profile/00489823796575351456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-62700337769020018732012-07-19T00:34:46.793+05:302012-07-19T00:34:46.793+05:30Yes. I have heard of the Bedi incident. He was hea...Yes. I have heard of the Bedi incident. He was heavily criticised, as far as I can remember.Abhishek Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492031639536656851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-61171855047068125982012-07-13T00:41:44.139+05:302012-07-13T00:41:44.139+05:30stuffs like this make me a fan of your writing :) ...stuffs like this make me a fan of your writing :) phataphati!shreyasithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725016626400966905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-32097381843473084302012-07-10T16:13:22.566+05:302012-07-10T16:13:22.566+05:30:| I can't believe I have read though this ENT...:| I can't believe I have read though this ENTIRE post... I am some fan... Seriously... Guess its the mention of Fardeen Khan that kept me going... :)Dipteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550275867184412533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-34938568218179052152012-07-10T15:39:56.008+05:302012-07-10T15:39:56.008+05:30Did not watch the match. read few reports etc. And...Did not watch the match. read few reports etc. And while reading this, I drank water four times though it is raining heavily outside. I took two three minutes of walk just to release the tension and felt good to know that you missed the school last day, envy the cricket enthusiastic family and found tears in my eyes(boys dont cry but grown ups do and they hide everytime)after reading "I remember is Gavaskar walking back for the last time in test match, the entire ground standing in an ovation," <br /><br />too good an article Sir Mukherjee, take a bow.Arghya Lahirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15243494326189302485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-49612815235397674152012-07-10T15:04:16.684+05:302012-07-10T15:04:16.684+05:30Great to read about the match and remember old tim...Great to read about the match and remember old times. I remember an incident that created a big furore - Bishen Singh Bedi had supposedly talked to the Pakistani spinners and given them tips. The media went on saying that it was Bedi's tips that tipped the scale in their favour. To be fair Bedi had also talked to the India spinners. It was the pitch that was the decider.Kool_kinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10380462910688361612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-82005703181867680522012-07-10T12:18:45.582+05:302012-07-10T12:18:45.582+05:30Yes, a quirky decision of my otherwise reasonable ...Yes, a quirky decision of my otherwise reasonable father meant we had a colour TV as early as in 1984 (no Orwell connection there).<br /><br />PS: It isn't spelt "color". X(Abhishek Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492031639536656851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-2959381616793163672012-07-10T02:17:29.165+05:302012-07-10T02:17:29.165+05:30I remember this match as clearly as you have descr...I remember this match as clearly as you have described! I used to hate those rest days in between 4 & 5th day! school thakle heavy chap hoto!<br /><br />but you guys had a color TV!! :(Swarnadeepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-54423385884038038652012-07-08T00:01:43.928+05:302012-07-08T00:01:43.928+05:30I was just 3 and 1/2 years old at that time and di...I was just 3 and 1/2 years old at that time and did not have any memory of that match but I have read so much about it that I somehow have a feeling that I remember some discussion about the great man's retirement from 1987.<br /><br />Special one Abhishekda. Darun laglo!!Tapabratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843073228370396230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-21752786175072538522012-07-06T00:40:55.048+05:302012-07-06T00:40:55.048+05:30Apoorva, the Chennai pitch of 1999 was nowhere clo...Apoorva, the Chennai pitch of 1999 was nowhere close to the Bangalore minefield. Nowhere. You needed to have seen it to have believed it.Abhishek Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492031639536656851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-23236207626934465822012-07-05T23:47:02.076+05:302012-07-05T23:47:02.076+05:30I didn't see that match, but had heard tons ab...I didn't see that match, but had heard tons about it from older people. Now thanks to you, I have a really gripping and absorbing description.<br /><br />Hopefully cricinfo sits up and takes notice of this one!<br /><br />And yet, I have also seen an India-Pakistan Test played in South India, where Akram and a spinner made the ball talk, where another Mumbaikar was defending for his life as I had not seen him defend, while trying to push his team towards victory... and where India again lost - this time by an even narrower margin.<br /><br />I probably know how you felt that day. And on that other day too.Apoorvanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-71241258108796758022012-07-05T21:55:32.786+05:302012-07-05T21:55:32.786+05:30Stuff of legendsStuff of legendsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-66496937004948925452012-07-05T16:16:28.200+05:302012-07-05T16:16:28.200+05:30Oshombhob boro. Pore pore janabo, achha?Oshombhob boro. Pore pore janabo, achha?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-87459498930484236222012-07-05T15:22:52.587+05:302012-07-05T15:22:52.587+05:30Thanks Vikasda. I think I've found someone who...Thanks Vikasda. I think I've found someone who shares similar emotions about the match!Abhishek Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492031639536656851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855248342256284358.post-31720475876190561172012-07-05T15:16:29.259+05:302012-07-05T15:16:29.259+05:30This is GREAT stuff -- it just made my day!! Look...This is GREAT stuff -- it just made my day!! Look forward to reading many more. Many thanks for sharing Abhishek.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />Vikas Kakkar (B.Stat, Class of 1990)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454839285310021795noreply@blogger.com