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0/3: India on the MATT (Henry). Such a wonderful bowler of the good length with a little each-way movement.
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All time XIs are subjective, but in no-sense will I agree that Sehwag and Ganguly had no comparison in ODIs, definitely not. Sehwag had the flair, that run scoring ability, but more often than not was found out against quality bowling lineups.
In ICC tournaments, Ganguly managed 7 100s, Sehwag managed 3, 2 of them being against Bermuda and Bangladesh. Ganguly on the other hand, has a 100 against South Africa in ICC knockout 2000 edition and a 100 in the finals against Kiwis.
Ganguly despite not managing to score an ODI 100 since 2003, manages 22 100s, 18 of them being away from home. Yes Sehwag too has 10 away 100s, but no 100s in Australia, England or South Africa.
You will always opt for Sehwag, if you are looking at their play-style, but the catalogue of knocks that Ganguly has in ODIs, cannot be dismissed especially when compared to that of Sehwag's.
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A very random thread of things/innovations that we used to see on TV during cricket broadcast in the 2000s.
1. Length Indicator
From the 2000 India-South Africa series, this gave a good idea about where the ball needed to pitch to hit the stumps for LBW decisions.
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Anuj Trivedi retweeted
India is ONE grandmaster away from 100.
And here's the incredible part every GM India has ever produced, from Vishy Anand (#1, 1988) to #99, is still alive.
That means one photograph is possible: all 100 Indian GMs in a single frame. First time in chess history any country could do this.
@NikonIndia @Canon_India @Sony_India — this is your Solvay Conference moment. One image that gets reprinted for the next 100 years.
Someone should def plan this, it can become a event to celebrate the growth of indian chess.
@ChessbaseIndia @aicfchess @vishy64theking @Bharatchess64
BREAKING NEWS: Rathanvel V S becomes India's 99th Grandmaster!
Congratulations to Rathanvel V S on becoming India's 99th GM. He is born in 2001 and hails from the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. He crossed the Elo of 2500 at the 3rd Guwahati Smart City International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2026. This also makes it a very memorable moment for the state of Assam as India's 99th GM was created in their tournament.
Rathanvel's journey has been one of the most remarkable in recent years. While a player needs 3 GM norms to become a Grandmaster, Rathanvel amassed an incredible 5 GM norms before finally completing the title. Rathanvel scored his first GM norm at the First Saturday tournament in Hungary in September 2021. The second followed immediately in the same month at the Vezerkepzo GM-MIX. The third GM norm followed in 2022.
He had already fulfilled the norm requirement back in 2022. What followed was a long and testing battle with the rating barrier. For nearly four years, he remained one of the strongest International Masters in India and the world, repeatedly coming agonizingly close to the magical 2500 mark.
Many players would have been disheartened. Rathanvel kept fighting. Tournament after tournament, country after country, he continued to prove that he possessed Grandmaster strength. His perseverance has finally been rewarded. As on 1st of July he was rated 2492 when he decided to play 2 rating tournaments in India in the state of Assam. He had a unique approach towards this where he skipped a few rounds playing against players below the Elo of 1600. He won 10 games in a row and gained those coveted 8 Elo points and reached 2500 Elo.
Here are some of Rathanvel's excellent achievements:
1. Completed 4 IM Norms and crossed 2400 rating during 2019 Abu Dhabi Masters
2. Highest rated Classical win against Super GM Le Quang Liem ( rated 2727)
3. Classical draws against top players like Abdusattorov Nodirbek (twice) , Artemiev Vladislav , Sindarov Javokhir and Gukesh.
4. World Youth U-10 Bronze Medallist , 2011 held at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
5. Represented Tamilnadu Thrice in SGFI ( School Games Federation of India) and won Gold (twice) and Silver.
6. Multiple age category Tamilnadu state chess champion ( U-9,13,19)
India now has its 99th Grandmaster - a milestone that also brings the country one step closer to the historic 100th GM.
Congratulations, GM Rathanvel V S! We wish you many more successes in the years to come.
A special thanks to Ravikant Tiwari for sending us some of the photos from the current tournament in Assam where Rathanvel became a GM.
Read more: chessbase.in/news/rathanvel-…
Anuj Trivedi retweeted
On Indian soil, no fast bowler took more Test wickets than Shami's 76 at an average better than his 22. Several of these surfaces were not pace-friendly.
Naturally, India didn't lose any of the 21 Tests he played at home.
Anuj Trivedi retweeted
In 2018, Virat Kohli scored a test 100 in Australia, South Africa, England and India.
The series in South Africa had a batting average of 20.56, Kohli averages 47.67. In fact, was the only centurion in that series.
The Pataudi series in England had a batting average of 26.09. Kohli averages 59.3, scoring 2 100s, missing out on the 3rd one by a narrow margin of 3 runs.
In the 2018 BGT, scored 123 at Perth, in an innings where India managed to score 283.
Kohli's 2018 vs 2016 shouldn't be a debate. In 2016, he was the best run scorer among the other run scorers. In 2018, he was among the few who could score a run irrespective of the conditions.
Happy Birthday Virat Kohli.
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Kohli since his test retirement is avg 67 with SR of 107 in ODIs.
Interestingly, he is in top 5 six hitters since his test retirement.
Also, his avg in T20 is highest in the world (min 1300 runs) since his test retirement. He’s the only batter with 50+ avg
Anuj Trivedi retweeted
Blinkit was offering free Ambulance and it was so quick that when PG collapse tragedy happened in Delhi few months back, Blinkit Ambulance was the first to reach at site.
Now Deepinder goyal posted that people started misusing the free ambulance service for health check-up to hospital and regular doctor's follow-up, so he has to charge money for those services.
Sometimes I feel that it's not the system's fault but it's the people of the country who don't deserve any good service, system Just provide the services that we deserve.
Anuj Trivedi retweeted
CSK surprised everyone. Everyone thought they can only have bad auction, but they went a step further and came up with a trade I wish to forget. 🔥🔥🔥
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Virat Kohli has been a monster in ODI cricket throughout his career but he has just hit another gear in the last 12 months or so.
He has scored at a SR of 116.78 in the last 14 innings while also averaging 91.09. A total of 1002 runs, including 4 hundreds and 6 Fifties. 🔥🔥
Anuj Trivedi retweeted
Bhayee how does he make batting look so easy and uncomplicated? Really hope he carries on with this form till the rest of his remaining career. So delightful to watch.
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This has always been one of the wildest videos in existence to me. The peace and tranquility, birdsong in the background and water crashing being interrupted by the most destructive force we’ve ever created is such a perfect metaphor for our effect on the natural world
Anuj Trivedi retweeted
All those cricketers whom a generation of cricket fans grew up watching have either retired, are retiring, or will retire after 2027 WC.
No matter which team they played for, there was a sense of attachment back then. Now it's tough to even name the playing XI for many teams.
Anuj Trivedi retweeted
Was cutting thousands trees in #Bhimashankar forest only option in country to provide Power support?
Wildlife & Climate is also getting affected bcz of this.
Why Sir?
Request U sir to save this @Dev_Fadnavis @narendramodi @NaikSpeaks @MahaForest @moefcc
#saveBhimashankar
Anuj Trivedi retweeted
Reports say 32,490 trees face felling for Torrent Power’s project in #Maharashtra. @Dev_Fadnavis @NaikSpeaks @MahaForest @CMOMaharashtra @moefcc : Plz help hold cutting 2 hav ecological review. Request 2 explore alternatives. Development must protect forests!
#SaveBhimashankar
