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Finally Indian Team got a coach..."Anil Kumble"

So, finally, it is Anil Kumble who’d take over as India coach. I think amongst the contenders for this job he was the best choice. The hype around this selection process and the final announcement was understandable given that it is the appointment of the coach of the Indian cricket team, the most high-profile outfit. Besides, the panel that was selecting the coach comprised of glittering names like Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar. Therefore the media interest was understandable. But the point I am trying to make is remarkably different. It is all very well to have the right guy as coach but what Indian cricket needs is a set of bowlers who can pick 20 wickets and batsmen beyond Virat Kohli to win a string of Test series abroad. It will be misleading and foolhardy to expect the new Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur or now Kumble with the Indian team to turn around the fortunes of these teams. To me the entire system from the top – the board, the selectors, the cr...
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MS DHONI- the man who changed the face of Indian Team

Ideally this is my first blog being a super fan of MSD. I have tried to keep it short but I get carried away when speaking about Dhoni.  After making his debut for Bihar in Ranji in the 1999-2000, and scoring heavily in that tournament and later making into the East zone side for the Duleep Trophy. But in 2001, he went to Kharagpur railway station as a 20 year old, desperately looking for a job. He was known as a cricket crazy lad then but no one knew he was meant for the bigger things that followed. He got a job in sports quota and kept on playing for East zone, Bihar, Railways and even a tennis ball tournament called Durga Sporting for fun. So this was his 1 st  Stage. In 2003, he was selected in the India A team which toured Kenya to play a tri-series tournament including Pakistan A. He had a fantastic series with scoring back to back centuries against Pakistan. On the basis of this and other domestic performance, he was given an opportunity in the ODI squad against Banglad...
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Beyond THE boundary..

Hello! everyone    its really nice  to be a participant of this site I have worked on many things before stepping to create my own blog like muzic ,art and many more.... OH!!! I  did't introduced myself yet, this is Aditya shukla and I am still 19!! I like playing cricket, listening to music and reading everything about CRICKET... NOW, coming on to my blog's title Shades Of Green this is fully related to Cricket .... I've been playing, watching, talking and thinking about cricket since I was a child.     I'll be writing about what's on my mind at the time I write. Giving my views on whatever or whoever's making the news in either sport, perhaps reflecting on some players, games or issues from the past and hopefully producing something which someone, somewhere will enjoy reading. Thanks for reading this far. Now read on.
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