The fifth
edition of T20 World Cup is set to begin
at Bangladesh
on 16th Mar 2014 and will be on till 6th April….. Bangladesh
is hosting and it will be played in
three cities — Dhaka, Chittagong
and Sylhet. For the first time the
tournament will have 16 teams including all ten full members and six associate
members who qualified through the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.
cricket at Marina ground (Presidency college grounds)
In the din of
IPL – most domestic Cricket would be forgotten – gone are the days when
Triplicanites used to follow Palayampatti Shield… after the Pongal Tests of
Chepauk ….. ODI treat came years later to Chennai – in between the limited
overs tourney most enjoyed was Deodhar Trophy held since 1973 – the 50 over
match between Zones… Remember in 1980-81 Deodhar match at Chepauk, Thirumalai Echampadi Srinivasan shred to
pieces West bowling scoring a masterly 129 outclassing Krish Srikkanth, and
eventually getting selected for that tour of Australia – Newzealand… that was an
innings of class written all over.
Then there was
the KS Subbaiah Pillai trophy – the One day tournament between State
sides. Not many would have followed
Tamil Nadu’s win last week – with that win over Karnataka – it was no
knock-out, but based on points TN got 18; while Karnataka got 14 and both
qualified … qualified – for what ?
In between,
getting into National side, is tough – even for those who are talented…. (not
for all though …. Remember Rohit
returned making less than 15 runs in 5 innings in Lanka and followed up
with a 4 at Chepuak against Pakistan – made a 200 after persistent chances and
then failed in SA and NZ)….. after
Gavaskar asking ‘why no Pujara’ comes the news that Cheteshwar Pujara has begun
to bowl in the nets so that he can add another aspect to his game. Pujara has
increasingly become a popular choice for a batting slot in the Indian ODI side,
but the team management has resisted playing him. His only two ODIs have come
against Zimbabwe
when most of the senior batsmen were resting.
He was not given a chance even in that inconsequential match against
Afghan when India
had already been knocked out….. perhaps has made him realize that good batting
alone is not enough ! ~ the commitment
to expanding his skills comes on the back of wanting to be part of the World
Cup side.
For those of us
not following domestic keenly, Vijay Hazare trophy the 50 overs limited
competition is now on…. Centuries from Robin Uthappa and Karun Nair helped
Karnataka overcome a top-order collapse to punch the team's semi-final ticket
with a 27-run win over Gujarat . For Tamil Nadu it was nightmarish in a day
night match…. Bengal made 167 with Yo Mahesh taking 4-23………. but star studded Tamil
Nadu side was sent packing for paltry 90… Shami took 4-25 while Dinda took
3-13. Tamilnadu batsmen were all at sea
against some quality swing and pace… M Vijay hung on for long labouring 24 off
85.
Vijay Hazare
Trophy, also known as the Ranji One Day Trophy, was started in 2002–03 as a
limited-over domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy
plates. It is named after the famous Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare. Tamil Nadu
have won the trophy 4 times. Jharkhand won the trophy in 2011, beating Gujarat
in the finals at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore .
Bengal won it on 2011-12. Delhi
are the current champions of the trophy in 2012-13, beating Assam in the
finals. Vijay Hazare made 2,192 runs in
30 Test matches with a batting average of 47.65. He scalped 595 first-class wickets (including
20 in Tests, and Donald Bradman's wicket three times) . In 1947-48 he made century in each innings in
a Test against Australia at Adelaide and ironically at Kanpur
against England in 1951-52 became the first Indian batsman to
bag a pair
With regards – S. Sampathkumar
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