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A second wind in the twilight of Dhoni's career

October 24, 2016, 3:14 am

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A refreshingly different MS Dhoni took strike in Mohali on Sunday (October 23). There was a sense of purpose about him walking out at No.4 even with the team at 41 for 2 in the ninth over, chasing 286. Tim Southee thought it would be prudent to bounce the Indian captain straight away. Dhoni rocked back and pulled it powerfully to deep square leg for a single. A couple of days ago in New Delhi, he'd walked in at 72 for 3 and received two short deliveries from Southee first up. He left one outside off alone and ducked under the next.
It had been coming for a while, and when it did it served a timely reminder of the full range of Dhoni, the batsman - a throwback to the early carefree version of his mid-2000s self. He needed the innings just as badly too. Too often in the recent past he'd been at the centre of several botched chases, that piled up one over the other threatening to take the gloss of his hard-earned reputation.
And no, this version of him wasn't the pushing and plodding, waiting and calculating type. Right from the get go, Dhoni looked determined to impose himself into the chase as opposed to his more recent practice of delaying the attack until a point of no return. Dhoni scored 30 off the first 33 balls he faced, including three boundaries and a six. He took on the short ball ploy and didn't allow Mitchell Santner, the left-arm spinner, to settle into his lines by surging at him and hitting him to the sight-screen.
"First thing that helps [batting at No. 4] is you are only two down. You can go up there and play the big shots and that is what I did out there when I went in. It was important for me to start with a positive intent and take a bit of risk. I mean in the first shot I played I could have got out, but that is the risk you can afford to take if you are batting at No 4," Dhoni said after his match-winning 91-ball 80 in Mohali.
While Dhoni's pragmatism at approaching chases won India several close games, his success rate dipped owing to the predictability of his gameplay and the evolution of bowlers. His circumspect approach allowed the opposition to crowd the bat and deny him early singles. Even at the Kotla, Kane Williamson had left-arm spinners bowling at Dhoni with fielders at 45 on either side of the wicket blocking out the easy escape single. The strategy worked like a charm because Dhoni was unwilling to take the attack to the bowler and run the risk of throwing his wicket away and thus the match. By his own admission, Dhoni reckoned that having to play in such situations numerous times ended up being detrimental to his overall game.
"When you know there's just one batsman after you, you actually weigh in a lot of things. You have to be close to 90 percent sure all the time when you are setting out and looking for a big hit. It becomes more result-oriented. I've always said process is more important than results, but at that slot it becomes very result-oriented. That has actually hampered my batting to a great extent.
"The problem is I'm not playing Test cricket anymore and as I said for the last one-and-a-half-year, our top order has been brilliant. Virat [Kohli] has been somebody who has batted very consistently. Rohit [Sharma] has done really well in the shorter formats, Shikhar [Dhawan] has done well. Which means that I was not getting the kind of batting that is important for me to be fluent in the rotation of strike. More often than not, it is the rotation of strike that's very important I felt in the last one and a half years I've not got enough chances to bat. That's what was happening with my batting."
Since the start of the Bangladesh tour of 2015, when Dhoni first voiced his desire to go up to No. 4 in the batting order, the Indian captain has batted seven times at No. 4 and on four ocassions, managed to face 60 or more deliveries. Invariably, this will allow him to define the tone for the innings as opposed to playing catch up through its entirety. When Dhoni lofted James Neesham over long off, the shot instantly forced a rethink in New Zealand's strategies. The mid-off was pushed back to the rope and the field opened up, allowing Dhoni and Virat Kohli to scamper through for singles and twos. The runs just kept flowing.
"There is one way of chasing which is hit, hit, hit and ultimately you achieve the target and often on slower wickets that is quite difficult to achieve. So, I feel it's overall good for everyone, personally for me also, so that I go out there and I am not looking too much into what needs to be done. Rather than that I'm looking to set the pace of the game, and quite a few oppositions put all the fielders inside and I am still looking to pierce the field. I can play the shots over the fielder and I feel that was what was needed in my batting. Today was the first day and I am hoping to continue with this," Dhoni said..
Dhoni's ascent to No. 4 means India can now stack up two of the best batsmen of the format next to each other. Weirdly enough for two batsmen as prolific in the format as Kohli and Dhoni, they've had only one other century stand between them (152 against Bangladesh in Mirpur, 2010) before they added 151 in the third one-dayer. Dhoni's counter-attacking presence can buy Kohli time to build his innings. Then there's the obvious advantage of the running between the wickets.
"It [Batting at No.4] gives me a chance to bat with Virat. We run between the wickets very well, we can take on the opposition fielders even the best ones. It really helps to build a partnership. If you get a good partnership in the middle, that is 100-125 it becomes slightly easier for the batsmen coming after that. Overall it's a win-win scenario for everyone."
On the flipside, however, Dhoni's move up the batting order will further enhance the finisher debate. It's a clear mandate for the likes of Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya or even Manish Pandey to get groomed to finish innings off. But that will happen only when they escape the protective cocoons of Dhoni's presence. "I feel this batting slot is more of my need than the team's need I still feel there are others who can bat at No.4 but the point is are there people to bat at five, six and seven?" Dhoni said.
"I felt No.4 was an ideal position where I go and express myself with Hardik [Pandya] coming in at eight, it gives me the liberty to do that. Also, it gives some of the youngsters a chance to experience batting down the order with few wickets in hand. If they need to chase, how calculative they have to be when they're looking for a big hit."
It's uncertain how long this move from him will last, especially with only five ODIs (two versus New Zealand and three versus England) to go before India begin their Champions Trophy defence in June 2017. It's unmistakably bold in the sense that, with Dhoni at four, India will essentially be playing all their batting trumps - Rohit, Kohli and Dhoni in one go one after the other and may not have any insurance in the event of a collapse.
The forthcoming months will also prove to be critical to India's contingency plans in the 50-overs format for Dhoni's move up the order will open up avenues for several batsmen in the finishing roles of the lower-middle order. As Dhoni would say, it's not a role that'll be filled overnight. Regardless of the outcome, the move promises to reinvigorate Dhoni's own batting career. He'd stagnated quite a bit over the last couple of years, constricted by his own philosophies in a quickly evolving format. Perhaps, a little more freedom and a different role will give him a second wind in the twilight of his career.

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Rather ironic that Watson was called the tumour: Katich

October 24, 2016, 3:16 am

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Nearly eight years since their infamous dressing room bust-up, the feud between former Australian teammates Michael Clarke and Simon Katich continues to fester.
In the past week while plugging his autobiography My Story, Clarke has publicly opened up about the infamous incident with Katich which occurred after a Test match in 2009 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
Katich grabbed Clarke by the throat after a disagreement and the pair's relationship has been seemingly fractured ever since. Katich's Test career ended around the time Clarke was installed as captain in 2011 with some believing the SCG incident played a part in the left-handed batsman's dumping.
Speaking on ABC radio on Sunday (October 23), Katich dismissed a recent sentiment from Clarke that the pair were on reasonable terms after catching up last summer to discuss their differences. He also challenged Clarke's disparaging description of Shane Watson in 2013.
"I don't want to be drawn into it too much because it's old news," Katich said. "We've hardly spoken about it since it all happened ... and obviously I (didn't) play since he took over as captain.
"But I saw Shane Watson's comments during the week and I thought he hit the nail on the head with it," he added. "I thought it was rather ironic that he was called the tumour."
Clarke said in an ABC interview on Saturday (October 22) that the pair were on good terms as far as he was concerned. "I'm fine with Kato. We caught up last summer when I was commentating for Channel Nine and he might have been doing some work for you guys. We were completely fine," Clarke said.
"I was brought up with this old school mentality that if you have a disagreement or have a fight or a stink with someone then you go and have a beer straight after," he added. "You go and catch up and you're over it, that was what happened with Simon and I in my opinion."

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The follow-on debate and the final word

October 24, 2016, 3:18 am

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It seems like a memory long forgotten. It was what we grew up with, what appeared as an essential and old-fashioned part of Test cricket as the tea break. It was understood without needing to be said. The first three days of a Test match were followed by a rest day, and that, essentially, was that.
And while it may be a relic that's been rarely applied over the past two decades, its legacy lives on. The most obvious aspect of it being the follow-on. Once what used to speed up the game towards a result, has become like so much else in modern cricket: a chance to debate ideologies. And of course, as is the wont, it's a debate never settled by the evidence on offer.
This is what the Pakistan-West Indies series has been reduced to. The tourists' fight on the last two nights in Dubai have been forgotten. Instead, it's become a chance to wield the ideological sticks to beat the other side with. In one corner stands modern cricket and the most successful captain in the country's history; in the other, the past and the remnants of it that continue to define his narrative.
On day three of the second Test at Abu Dhabi, Misbah-ul-Haq had a chance to enforce the follow-on for the fifth time in his tenure, and for the second Test in a row. And for the fifth time in five he refused to do so. This, his detractors argue, is an illustration of the defensiveness that plagues him and holds Pakistan back. This, of course, is the same line of argument that was being used two years ago when he refused to enforce the follow-on for the first time, on course to Pakistan's first series win against Australia in two decades. Which really ought to make them reconsider the preconceptions - in none of the four instances that he has gone down his route, has his team returned with anything but a win.
But like so much else that constitutes debate in this great game, the context is rarely evoked. It is continuously argued that great captains of the past wouldn't have done the same, without ever alluding to how different the sport was then. Imran Khan, for instance, had the option of enforcing the follow-on five times, and he did so every single time. Yet, that ignores a couple of factors - in four of the five Tests that he took that option, the third day was followed by a rest day. And perhaps more significantly, despite taking that option two of those five Tests ended in a draw, and the three wins all came late on the final day. In the modern game, where the speed of the game means that there have even been calls for a move towards four-day Tests, surely different parameters ought to be applied. Perhaps, someone ought to suggest to the detractors that applying the logic of a bygone era might not be an ideal thing to do.
A better comparison for those for whom being aggressive trumps all, including results, might be the decisions taken by Australia in the recent past. The Australians, for those that worship at the altar of St Aggressive, are the flagbearers of all things holy. And yet, over the past decade or so they have enforced the follow-on on only five of the 17 occasions that they've had the option to do so, while countries like Sri Lanka or England, often plagued by the threat of rain, still continue to be the home of the follow-on, the deserts of the Emirates are unlikely to become the same. The fact that Pakistan were spun out for just 173 on day 5 of their previous Test in Abu Dhabi really ought to make the decision uncontroversial. But, where's the fun in that?
The third day on Sunday (October 23) still ended with Yasir Shah being asked out about the decision not to enforce the follow-on, and him once again reminding everyone of the workload and conditions he and his fellow bowlers have to face. It's an exercise repeated every time such an occurrence takes place. And it will be replayed the next time Pakistan are in such a position.
The final word, perhaps, should reside with the decision-maker himself. When asked about it in 2014 why he didn't take the option against Australia, the man was uncharacteristically blunt. "The follow-on should only be applied when there is an issue over time, when it is a necessity," Misbah said. "Otherwise enforcing it means that you are giving a chance to the opposition to come back into the match. I don't think there's anything more idiotic than that. Especially on pitches that you know will deteriorate day by day. And it's not like the weather here is like in England, and it's going to rain, so why should anyone ever take the follow on?"

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Saqlain to work with England's spinners

October 24, 2016, 3:21 am

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Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq is set to travel to India as spin consultant of the England team for the five-Test series beginning Nov 9.
Danny Reuben, head of team communications in the ECB, confirmed the development to TOI. "He is not with the England team in Bangladesh. Saqlain is due to be with us for preparation period and for the first Test match. He will also be there for preparations and for the first ODI in India. The plan is for the first Test and ODI only."
The 39-year-old spinner had worked with England spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid during Pakistan's tour of England earlier this year. Ali, who claimed two wickets on day two of the first Test against Bangladesh, had expressed his delight in working with the legendary Pakistan offie in July. He had tweeted: "Loved having Saqlain Mushtaq to work with this week. Great coach and a great guy."
Even England head coach Trevor Bayliss, a couple of months ago, had hinted that they may well look into Saqlain again to help his spinners. "We'll probably look at something else further down the line as well. Both Mo (Ali) and Rash (Adil Rashid), who was here in the lead-up to the Test, both enjoyed working with him very much. By the sound of it, it was very positive and we'll look to use him again," he was quoted as saying by The Guardian.
"It wasn't necessarily a lot technically, it was more tactical.That's where we think both Rash and Mo need to make improvements, to go ahead in the international game," he had said. England, who are currently in Bangladesh playing the first Test, will play their first Test against India at Rajkot from Nov 9 and they begin the three-match ODI series in Pune from Jan 15. It was England who last defeated India in their own backyard, registering a 2-1 win in 2012-2013.
Saqlain, who can be termed a pioneer in bowling the doosra, has previously worked as spin consultant with New Zealand, West Indies and Bangladesh.
The offie, who runs an academy in UK, also helped Pakistan offspinner Saeed Ajmal after he was banned for chucking in 2014. Interestingly , Saqlain's former teammate Mushtaq Ahmed was England's spin bowling coach from 2008 to 2014.

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'Ashwin & Co will only get better under Kumble'

October 24, 2016, 3:22 am

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Seventeen years ago, an Indian left-arm spinner had a formidable South African batting line-up at its wit's end. A triseries match in Nairobi in 1999 saw an astonishing spell of slow orthodox spin bowling as Sunil Joshi recorded figures of 10-6-6-5, seventh in the list of most economical bowling efforts in ODI history. That remained the highlight of a career in which Joshi played 15 Tests and 69 ODIs for India.
Joshi, a much-travelled coach now having worked with Hyderabad and Jammu And Kashmir and as a consultant with the Oman national team previously , reminisced about his playing days on the sidelines of his current team Assam's Ranji Trophy match against Vidarbha here in Thumba. "Nairobi was special for me. But I would say getting the Indian Test cap (in 1996) was the biggest moment in my life. Another one would be being part of that historic first-ever Test in Bangladesh, which was also the first Test India were playing under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy (With eight wickets, Joshi was man-of-the-match in that game in 2000)," said the former Karnataka stalwart, who has 615 first-class wickets to his name in a career that spanned 18 years.
With India going through a successful era in Test cricket, thanks mainly to their spin attack, Joshi believes the likes of Ashiwn and Jadeja are only going to get better. "Ashwin is a smart cricketer. And he's only going to improve under the guidance of Anil Kumble. Not only him, all spinners will benefit from the brains and experience of Kumble. There's no better person than him to guide them at this moment," said the former spin bowling partner of current India coach.
The advent of T20 cricket necessitated variety in bowling attacks and it's rare to see teams without least one left-arm tweaker these days. But most of them bowl a flatter trajectory compared to the spinners of the bygone era.However, Joshi sees this as natural evolution only . "It all depends on the need of the hour.In T20 cricket, it is to restrict runs and bowl more dot balls.So it is quite understandable that bowlers bowl much flatter these days. But if you look at someone like Jadeja, he bowls slower in Tests compared to limited overs," he said.
The 46-year-old doesn't see T20s as detrimental to a spinner's growth. "I don't think playing T20s affect a bowler's skills in a negative way. By playing more matches, bowlers learn to adapt to different formats. If flighting the ball is one's strength, it doesn't change whether he's playing Tests, One-day or T20s," Joshi said.
Joshi, though, admits that at the junior level, there's a dearth of spinners. "There's a shortage of spin bowlers in domestic cricket. But things are bound to improve. It helps that at the NCA, we have Narendra Hirwani as a coach.And at the grassroots level, we need to find youngsters with talent and work on them throughout the year," said Joshi.
The late '90s was a time when pinch-hitters were fashionable. Joshi was one of the designated hitmen for India and he was often promoted up the order in ODIs to give an impetus to the scoring. Reminded of those days, Joshi has a laugh. "The mindset in one-day cricket has changed.Now everyone has to attack.Earlier, teams were looking to play more aggressively during the 15-over powerplay .Now throughout the innings, they look to go after the bowling."

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CA to use Dukes balls in latter stages of Sheffield Shield

October 24, 2016, 3:24 am

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Cricket Australia (CA) has confirmed that English cricket balls will be used in the latter stages of the upcoming Sheffield Shield season after a successful recent trial.
CA has gone ahead with the initiative in a bid to arrest Australia's long drought in England. Australia has not won an Ashes series in England since 2001, and have managed just four victories there in that time frame. At the core of their problems has been the inability to combat the swinging conditions, where the ball moves more wickedly than in Australia.
This vulnerability was evident last year when Australia capitulated to England paceman Stuart Broad's menacing movement at Trent Bridge and were bowled out for a pitiful 60 on day one.
The Dukes English balls have a more prominent hand-stitched seam and are darker in colour compared to the Australian-made Kookaburras. The Dukes ball, which seemingly swing much more, will be used in the Sheffield Shield's last five rounds, plus the final.
Sean Cary, CA's head of cricket operations, said the ball responded well to trials in Australia over the past few months. "We are always looking at ways to ensure our players have the best possible preparation ahead of upcoming series," he said. "Over winter we worked with Dukes to produce a ball that suited Australian conditions but also mirrored the look and feel of the English Test ball.
"This was trialled alongside the exact Dukes English Test ball with Queensland Cricket at the Bupa National Cricket Centre to make direct comparisons between the two Dukes balls and culminated with a 50-over match between Queensland and South Australia in Brisbane," he added.
Cary said the purpose behind the implementation was to prepare Australian cricketers to be "adaptable". "We've gathered feedback from players and high performance staff around the country, and we are confident with the results to date, and we thank the players who participated in the winter trials," he said. "This opportunity will give our players more experience to hone their batting and bowling skills with this ball, and will hopefully lead to more success in both home and away series."

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Ben Stokes takes England over the line in Chittagong thriller

October 24, 2016, 3:26 am

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On a nervy morning in Chittagong, the equation of the first Test was fairly straightforward - Bangladesh needed 33 to record a historic Test victory and England needed two wickets to deny the hosts that. There was a you-blink-I-hit sense to the game in the final session on Day 4, and that carried on to Monday (October 24), as debutant Sabbir Rahman looked to carry his side over the line. For company, he had Taijul Islam, a No. 10 batsman, who punched above his weight to take the game into the final day.
Stuart Broad had bowled a commendable spell of nine overs in the sapping heat of the final session on Day 4, pulling things back when Rahman and Mushfiqur Rahim looked set to steer their side home. Broad struck twice to derail Bangladesh's chase and putting England ahead.
Yet, after what would've been an uneasy gap of close to 16 hours, the onus was on Alastair Cook and his bowlers to force the victory. Bangladesh too had the opportunity to consolidate and reward themselves for their sustained defiance over the course of the Test.
As expected, Cook opted to start off with pace from both ends. Broad was relentless in his efforts on Day 4, and Ben Stokes's short-pitched bowling ruffled quite a few feathers. In the third ball of the second over of the final day, Stokes decided to unfurl a bouncer. Taijul was late to react but went for the pull shot anyway, only for the ball to fly off his glove to the third man fence. Stokes looked flustered as the small crowd at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium cranked up the decibels. By the end of Stokes's over, the target was down to 25.
Eighty overs were up and Cook had a big decision to make. The new ball was available and a tempting offer against a tail-ender, but the flipside was that it'd come onto the bat a lot nicer. Cook resisted the urge and continued with the old ball. Joe Root, the designated shiner of the ball was working overtime to ensure he gave Stokes and Broad the best chance to get the ball to reverse.
As was the case in the final session on Sunday, Rahman continued to rest his faith in Taijul and didn't shy away from turning over the striker early in an over. Taijul played out the second-half of Broad's second over of the day - and the 11th of the current spell carrying over from Day 4 - and took a single off the last ball. The target was now down to 23. Then came the breakthrough.
Stokes broke the shackles and calmed England's nervous energy by trapping Taijul in front of the stumps. Against a ball bowled from around the stumps, Taijul shuffled across and tried to flick it away, but was struck on the knee roll. A big appeal and a review ensued as Dharmasena shook his head. Replays however, suggested that the ball would've clipped the top of leg stump. The decision was overturned once again, leaving a distraught Taijul on his knees. The crowd went silent as Shafiul Islam walked out to bat. He had four balls to see off before Sabbir could start farming the strike a lot more. That, however, was not to be.
Towards the end of Day 4, when Sabbir was building a gritty stand with Taijul, England wicketkeeper Jonathan Bairstow constantly exclaimed, "Come on, just two balls, that's all it is, lads." And that's all it was, as Shaiful was dismissed a couple of balls later.
Stokes pitched one up and got it to swerve into the right-hander, who offered to fend the ball away with his pad. By the virtue of not having played a shot, Dharmasena ruled in favour of the visitors when they went up in appeal. HawkEye, on review, showed that that ball would've clipped the top of off-stump and since the bat came down as an after-thought, it was deemed that no shot was offered and the impact of the ball hitting the pad was out of the equation.
England fielders converged on Stokes as he helped them eke out a slender victory by 22 runs, despite Sabbir's commendable efforts till the very end. The debutant was duly patted on the back by several England players on his way out.
Brief Scores: England 293 & 240 (Ben Stokes 85, Jonathan Bairstow 47; Shakib-al-Hasan 5-85) beat Bangladesh 248 & 263 (Sabbir Rahman 64*, Imrul Kayes 43; Gareth Batty 3-65) by 22 runs

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October 24, 2016, 3:29 am

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Kedar Jadhav cashing in on his lucky break

October 24, 2016, 3:50 am

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Kedar Jadhav slipped on the helmet and the abdominal protector and charged to forward short leg. India were looking to sustain the pressure on a tottering New Zealand middle order in Mohali and the ploy was to attack new batsman Tim Southee with a close in-fielder. The Maharasthra batsman seemed rather excited even if his latest assignment lasted all of one delivery with the ball ricocheting off his leg and rolling to short midwicket for a single. Jadhav was buzzing in Mohali, having just grabbed his third wicket of the game - putting him second on the wickets chart for the series with 6. He'd had a tough couple of years and sought to capitalise on every play possible.
By his own admission, Jadhav had been overwhelmed by the occasion on his One-Day International debut in November 2014. He'd walked out to bat in the middle of a tricky run-chase against Sri Lanka in Ranchi. He scored a breezy 20 and then in an exaggerated attempt to demonstrate his hitting prowess, was cleaned up by Ajantha Mendis. Such was the folly of his decision-making, that Virat Kohli, who was orchestrating another run-chase, threw his head back in disgust. For all his domestic exploits, Jadhav, aged 30 then, didn't seem cut out for the big league. But that was to be his only international game until a second-string side toured Zimbabwe the following year.
But that national team call-up had come in the backdrop of one of the most memorable individual seasons in India's premier domestic seasons. The Maharashtra batsman had reeled off six centuries en route to aggregating 1223 runs in the 2013-14 Ranji Trophy season - the fifth-highest aggregate in a single edition of the tournament. He then sparkled in a finishing role for Delhi Daredevils and essayed three match-winning hands with a broken wrist in India A's title triumph in the quadrangular series in Australia.
While his domestic form tapered off in the following season with a rehabilitation program for his injured hand, Jadhav remained on the peripheries of the national side, his best moment coming via a century for an Ajinkya Rahane-led Indian side on the tour of Zimbabwe in 2015. He travelled with the side to the African nation again this year but had only three DNBs to show against his name at the end of the ODI series.
As a fringe player, you can get only so many chances. At 31 in India, if you've not made a case for selection, chances are you'll likely miss the train for good. Unless, the planets realign mysteriously like they have done for Jadhav. India, eight games out from the start of their Champions Trophy, slipped mysteriously into an ODI rut after the 2015 World Cup. Six of their nine victories in this period had come on tours to Zimbabwe while the team finished second-best in series against Bangladesh, South Africa and Australia.
The alarming dip in the fortunes of Suresh Raina, who could double up as a handy off spinner, affected the team balance and when the southpaw picked up a viral fever just ahead of the New Zealand ODIs, there was an opportunity for someone to stake a claim to a middle order berth. With India open to experimentation ahead of the Champions Trophy, here was a chance to potentially play at least two-three games in a row. Jadhav took notice and grabbed it by the scruff of the neck.
"With the Indian team, it's difficult to give chances, let's be fair about it, because we have to win games while also looking at the process. So we try our best to do what is in favour of the result and the team at the same time. Now there's slightly more pressure because we only have eight games. This is a season when we'll play a lot of Test matches. It's a different challenge, but we're open [to experimenting] and we'll use games in the best possible manner," Dhoni had said ahead of the ongoing series.
For Jadhav to create any impact in the team, he'd have to bowl because a pure batsman is a dispensable commodity in the current ODI set-up. And so Jadhav, just a solitary wicket in first-class cricket (Manoj Tiwary) began rolling his arm over in the nets under the watchful eyes of head coach Anil Kumble. Both Dhoni and Kumble liked what they saw of Jadhav during an extended bowling session in Dharamsala - an easy, repeatable action, decent loop and most importantly - an ability to land deliveries in half decent areas. They took a chance with him. And it paid off.
In Dharamsala, in seaming conditions, Jadhav was brought on to bowl ahead of both Axar Patel and Amit Mishra. He should have had a wicket off the first over but struck twice in the second, off successive balls, to finish with figures of 2 for 6. In New Delhi, he came on to bowl when Kane Williamson and Tom Latham looked set to give New Zealand a monumental score and instantly ended the 120-run stand by trapping Latham with a darter from around the stumps.
He went one better in Mohali, after Scott Styris joked on air that he would leave the commentary box if Jadhav picked up another wicket in the series. He duped Williamson into playing early into a sweep while he ensured the ball didn't turn by using only the forefingers to push the ball. He was gifted a second wicket by Corey Anderson who hit a full toss straight to mid-off while Latham was sucked into an uppish drive off a tossed up delivery. In all, he's bowled 60 balls, conceded 46 and taken six wickets. Not bad for someone who is strictly a sixth bowling option.
Jadhav's proclivity for wickets has taken even Dhoni by surprise. The Indian captain had largely wanted to tie down a bevy of left-handers in the New Zealand ranks but the Maharashtra off-spinner has exceeded expectations. Now he'll be challenged to bowl to the right-handers and try being just as effective. "I have no clue how he gets wickets, that's the reality of it. It is important that someone in the top 5-6 gives you some overs so that there's no pressure on Hardik to complete his 10," Dhoni said of his new find after the Mohali win.
"I'm hoping that Jadhav improves even more and even to the right-handers, he's able to bowl. He's been the surprise package. He's got crucial wickets. I feel if you can get wickets in the middle you can restrict the opposition."
What Jadhav provides is a fix for multiple gaps in the Indian ODI set-up, just the kind Dhoni so dearly seeks. He can offer good value, if not better what Raina offered to the strong Indian ODI teams of the past. He's also a more than decent No. 6 batsman, capable of being groomed for the finishing job. But for a minor indiscretion which cost him his wicket, his 37-ball 41 in New Delhi was just the kind of innings expected of him from a pressure situation. Additionally, Jadhav can also open up a place in the squad on overseas assignments by acting as the back-up wicketkeeper.
Having addressed his fitness concerns, Jadhav is a safe, if not an electric presence on the field like Raina but his versatility could be a thorn blocking the southpaw's return to the side and keep even the likes of Manish Pandey or Ajinkya Rahane on tenterhooks. With Dhoni moving up the order, Jadhav will soon get more opportunities with the bat. If he can prove his worth there, India may just found an unlikely solution.

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Derbyshire rope in Imran Tahir for 2017 season

October 24, 2016, 3:52 am

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Derbyshire have signed South African legspinner Imran Tahir as their overseas player for next season, it was announced on Monday (October 24). Tahir will join the county after the Champions Trophy in June and will be available for all formats.
The experienced Tahir is currently rated the No.1 bowler in International Twenty20 cricket and is perhaps an indication of the influence John Wright, who was named last week as Derbyshire's specialist T20 coach for next season, will have over recruitment. One of Derbyshire's problems in the shorter forms of the game last year was the ability to take wickets in order to slow opposition teams down and Tahir will add an attacking threat in the middle overs.
The 37-year-old played in four games of South Africa's recent One-Day International series clean sweep against Australia, picking up six wickets, and despite being overtaken by Dane Piedt in the Test squad, remains the first choice spinner in white-ball cricket with 111 wickets at 23 in ODIs and 43 wickets at 15 in Twenty20 Internationals.
The signing is a clear indication that Derbyshire are looking to add some experienced and consistent performers to their squad. He is clearly the former having represented five counties: Yorkshire, Middlesex, Warwickshire, Hampshire and last season, Nottinghamshire. His form in four-day cricket for Notts was a mixed one with 25 wickets at 37, as they were relegated from Division One of the County Championship but he should be successful against the weaker batting line-ups Derbyshire will face in the second division.
Aside from his cricketing abilities, another factor in his recruitment is the knowledge he can impart to Derbyshire's younger players, especially the spinners. "We are keen to strengthen our squad with experienced match winners who will also help our talented youngsters," Kim Barnett, Derbyshire's Director of Cricket, said. "With his vast international and domestic experience here in England, Imran fits the bill perfectly.
"He is one of the best legspinners in the world and we're very excited to have him on board. Not only will Imran bring an added dimension to our bowling line-up, his influence on the team and players, such as Matt Critchley, will be immense. Whilst our initial plans are very much focused on next summer, we are both going into this with an open-mind and a view to looking at long term options."
With Tahir's signing and the announcement of Wright's involvement in an innovative coaching set-up for T20 cricket, Derbyshire have started their recruitment well to deliver on their stated ambition of improving on their poor 2016 showing. Not that they could do much worse than the bottom placed finish in Division Two of the Championship and seven wins from 22 games in one-day cricket they managed this year.
"At the end of the season, we committed to investing in top quality players to improve the squad and ensure we could compete more strongly in 2017," Chris Grant, the Derbyshire Chairman, added. "This [Tahir's] signing clearly demonstrates that we are delivering on that commitment and we look forward to welcoming Imran to Derbyshire."

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Ranji Trophy 2016-17, Round 3: Top performers

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The third round of Ranji Trophy 2016-17 witnessed a few notable individual performances. Sagun Kamat became Goa's maiden triple centurion in the Ranji Trophy while Siddhesh Lad and Abhishek Nayar prevented Madhya Pradesh from walking away with three points. Murtaza Trunkwala came up with defiant knocks in both innings against Saurashtra to ensure a draw. But Jaydev Shah, with his double century, and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, who picked up a nine-wicket haul, overshadowed Trunkwala's efforts to help their side pick up three points.
Shahbaz Nadeem, meanwhile, helped Jharkhand move up to the top of the points table with his 12-wicket haul, while Mohit Sharma's fifer propelled Haryana to the top of the Group C table. K Gowtham also continued his impressive run in his comeback season, picking up eight wickets against the power-packed Delhi side to guide Karnataka to a thumping win.
Sagun Kamat (304* vs Services)
Before the start of this Group C encounter, Goa skipper Sagun Kamat hadn't made much of an impact in the tournament. In his first innings this season, he got out for an eight-ball duck against Hyderabad. While he scored a fifty in the second innings of the same game, he again failed to get going in his subsequent innings against Jammu & Kashmir. Eager to make up for his failures, the 33-year-old left-hander chose to deliver his best performance, and Services ended up being at the receiving end.
When he arrived to bat after Swapnil Asnodkar's fall, Goa were 5 for 1 in the opening over. Kamat batted for more than 650 minutes, and went on to register the maiden triple ton by a Goa player. The skipper finished with an unbeaten 304 off 453 deliveries and scored 39 fours during his knock. Kamat powered Goa to their first 600-plus total and helped them gain three points, but they still have their work cut out, having lost their previous two encounters.
Jaydev Shah (217 vs Maharashtra)
The 33-year-old's presence in the Saurashtra team was always questioned, considering his low-key contributions in the past seasons and the fact that he is the son of former BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah. Jaydev seems to have picked the 2016-17 to silence his critics. After narrowly missing out on a double ton against Rajasthan in Vizianagaram, the left-handed batsman chose the same venue to score even bigger.
While Saurashtra had already amassed in excess of 300 runs when Jaydev came in to bat, the skipper made sure that he piled on the agony for Maharashtra, who were still reeling from Rishabh Pant's herculean effort. 193, 0, 64 and 217 - these are Jaydev's numbers this season and he will be hoping that the good show continues.
Murtaza Trunkwala (64 and 117 vs Saurashtra)
Trunkwala was defiance personified even as Kushang Patel and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja ran through the Maharashtra batting order after Saurashtra posted a hefty 657 for 8 decl. The 20-year-old right-hander, in his maiden first-class appearance, showcased the virtues of patience, which many of his team-mates lacked in the first innings. His 139-ball 64 and a fighting 117 off 227 balls helped Maharashtra stretch the game before the lower order took inspiration, to salvage a hard-fought draw.
Abhishek Nayar and Siddhesh Lad (103* and 100* vs Madhya Pradesh)
When Mumbai started the final day of their Ranji Trophy encounter against MP, they were in a spot of bother. At 290 for 5 in reply to the opposition's total of 445, Mumbai still had a lot of work to do. While Akhil Herwadkar and Tushar Deshpande helped their side close in on MP's first-innings score, their dismissals in quick succession left them precariously placed at 368 for 7. Despite the fact that Mumbai bat deep, another wicket or two would have given MP the chance to gain three points on a placid track.
However, that was not to be. The experience of Abhishek Nayar came to the fore again and he was ably assisted by Siddhesh Lad as they helped Mumbai go past MP's total with more than one and a half sessions of play left. The eighth-wicket pair continued to pile on the agony for MP even after helping Mumbai take lead. Both Nayar and Lad registered unbeaten half-centuries that helped Mumbai pick up three points and consolidate their top spot on the Group A table. With as many as three centuries and two fifties being scored in Mumbai's innings, it augurs well for the 2015-16 champions in their bid to defend the title.
Shahbaz Nadeem (7-74 and 5-94 vs Team Rajasthan)
Jharkhand are one of only two teams to register two wins this season and it was Shahbaz Nadeem who helped the side overcome Rajasthan by 42 runs in what was a tense finish. Despite being bowled out for 209 in their first innings, Jharkhand managed to restrict Rajasthan to 207, thanks to Nadeem's excellent bowling performance. Having picked up a seven-wicket haul in the first essay, the 27-year-old left-arm spinner wasn't finished yet as he added five more to his tally in the second innings to help Jharkhand to the top spot on the Group B points table.
With 18 wickets from three games, Nadeem is currently the joint-highest wicket-taker of the 2016-17 edition, along with Pankaj Singh, Siddarth Kaul and Ishwar Pandey. He is also one of only four bowlers with a 10-wicket haul in this season, and going by his form, he looks set to add a few more to his name.
K Gowtham (3-26 and 5-35 vs Delhi)
Having last featured in the Karnataka team in the 2012-13 season, K Gowtham was making his comeback in first-class cricket this year. While most would feel the pressure, the 27-year-old off spinner looked completely at ease as he contributed to Delhi's downfall in both the innings. Restricting the power-packed batting line up to 90 and 164 in the two innings, Gowtham, who also picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, was aptly named the Man of the Match.
With 11 wickets already in the two games that Karnataka have played so far, Gowtham is the highest wicket-taker for his team and is steadily climbing up the overall chart. His performance has no doubt pleased coach J Arun Kumar, who said: "(I'm) very happy for K Gowtham, he has been bowling well, and to do well against Delhi, which is a star-studded team, he will be leaving Kolkata with a lot of confidence."
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (5-41 and 4-64 vs Maharashtra)
While Ravindra Jadeja is away on India duty, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja is making his presence felt, having already picked up 14 wickets in the three matches that he has played. His nine-wicket haul against Maharashtra got Saurashtra very close to their first victory of the season, but they eventually had to be satisfied with three points due to the defiant batting effort by Maharashtra in the second innings.
Mohit Sharma (5-27 vs Chhattisgarh)
Chhattisgarh's honeymoon period in their maiden Ranji Trophy season came to an abrupt halt thanks to a fine bowling performance from Haryana skipper Mohit Sharma. While he was happy to watch Harshal Patel and Joginder Sharma dismantle the Chhattisgarh batting order in the first innings, Mohit chose the second innings of the game to make his presence felt as he triggered a top-order collapse en route to his first fifer of the season.
In a low scoring encounter, it's not often you see a team win by a margin of 161 runs, but Mohit's efforts ensured that and in doing so he helped Haryana register their second win of the season to top the Group C points table.
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There were a few others who also impressed in the just-concluded round of the tournament. Samarth Singh scored 187 for Uttar Pradesh against Tamil Nadu while Bengal's Sayan Mandal came up with a well-compiled 135 against Punjab to star in his team's 115-run victory. Vidarbha's Ganesh Satish helped himself to a three-figure score against Assam, while Iqbal Abdullah also shone for Kerala against Hyderabad, scoring 159. Abhinav Mukund did well too, scoring 154 against UP.
Among the bowlers, Amit Kuila, Ashok Dinda and Pragyan Ojha came up with good efforts in Bengal's win against Punjab. Siddharth Kaul also did well in the same game, but his efforts went in vain. Bhargav Bhatt's fifer overshadowed Aamir Aziz five-wicket haul in Andhra's victory against Jammu & Kashmir. Rana Datta's 6 for 58 helped Tripura take the crucial first-innings lead in a high-scoring encounter against Himachal.

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Shankais Your Name Film earned 16.41 Billion Yen to surpass ponyo avatar

October 24, 2016, 4:04 am

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Makoto Shinkai's your name.(Kimi no Na wa.) anime film has earned 16.41 billion yen (about US$158 million) as of Monday, after 60 days at the Japanese box office. The film's earnings now surpass the Japanese earnings of Studio Ghibli andHayao Miyazaki's Ponyo anime film (which earned 15.5 billion yen) and James Cameron'sAvatar film (which earned 15.6 billion yen). The film is now the fourth highest-grossing anime film in Japan, the fifth highest-grossing Japanese film in the country, and the ninth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan.

The film ranked at #1 at the Japanese box office for its ninth consecutive weekend. The film previously surpassed the 2013 Japanese box office total of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's The Wind Rises (12.02 billion yen or US$118.6 million). The only anime films to earn more than your name. are Ghibli and Miyazaki'sSpirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle andPrincess Mononoke. The film is now projectedto possibly approach 20 billion yen (US$200 million).

Yamikin Ushijima-kun The Finale, the fourth live-action Ushijima the Loan Shark film, debuted at #2 during the October 22-23 weekend.

Kyoto Animation's anime film of Yoshitoki Ōima's A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) manga dropped from #5 to #8 in its sixth weekend. Additionally, GANTZ:O, the full 3D CG animefilm based on Hiroya Oku's Gantz manga, fell from #6 to #10 in its second weekend.

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ByU Tv Tamil- New channel started in Asiasat 100.5"E

October 24, 2016, 6:36 am

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