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Cricket Over Plusmo

November 15th, 2007 · No Comments

checked out plusmo after an alum (Ro?) sent out a help-wanted ad in our alumni mailing list. sounded cool, and it did cool things. but later discovered that cricinfo had a cool plusmo gadget called MobiCast for mobile phones. installed it on my blackberry 8800, works like a charm. the best ball-by-ball user experience so […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore · Sports

Championship Triple Crown : Phoren Influence?

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

indian sport scene is on a roll. though i’ve been in bangalore only for the last 2 months, it’s easy to get sucked into my old favorite sports. hockey has a special place in my heart, mainly because that’s the closest i got in competitive play (i played for a couple of seasons for the […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore · Sports

The New India - World Beaters!

September 25th, 2007 · 5 Comments

it’s been a long time coming since Kapil’s Devils won the 1-day version of cricket world cup back in 1983. that was for my dad’s generation. i heard shabana azmi mention the other day that 50% of india’s population is 25 years of less old. so this one’s for that half.
that was a team of […]

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Yuvraj Singh’s Majestic Sixer-Parade

September 20th, 2007 · No Comments

it was a rare occasion that wife i get to watch tv together, so when we were glued to india batting in the t20 game against england last night, i was thinking this is special. and special it turned out to be!

First six - i was thinking, it’s about time they started swinging the bats.
Second […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore · Sports