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Ramku is #278 now in live rankings and can move to around #265 with another win. Go get him RR.

@Prasen i disagree, it is not asinine, this is part of the play book of any Tennis player to score points on aces , especially if you have a strong serve , and for some of the players their entire game revolves around big serving , and it was not eagerness or to increase the aces tally (maybe I phr...

With Asian immigrants growing, I think US is changing and will be competitive in both TT and badminton in the next 5-10 years. Mark my words! The genes don't matter that much, the system does. The U.S. does not have a system to encourage mass scale engagement in the sport, systematic honing of skil...

in his eagerness to increase his aces tally of 14 went big even on the 2nd which contributed to equal high number of 14 DF’s which prevented him to convert the breaks he had to close out the set. I am hoping he tried to hit aces to get points and win. Going for aces on the 2nd serve when his aces a...

It seems like in shooting we are slowly becoming one of the powerhouses. This is a good sign. The usual caveats that large countries do well in age-group tournaments because of their large pools of players, etc. and we need to convert on the big stage remains but generally I see many positives in th...

T20 Team set up clearly indicates, multidimmensional players are the way to go forward and modern T20 demands such skills. Jaiswal, Gill might be top players but they can't contribute if they fail in one department. I would certainly take players who can both bat and bowl but the future is certainl...

Anyone but Sundar. Puhleeeze! In the rational world, I would like to modify this slightly. Anyone who performs better than Sundar please. I do not want failures. This is perhaps the Axar Patel spot. Or the Axar-Jadeja (prior T20I) or Jadeja-Ashwin (prior tests) spots. We need two spinners who can b...

If we are building a team for the next T20I WC, we should look at very hard hitters. The game is going to progress to high SR players because they use up less resources. We have the following batters who are the best hitters. Abhishek, Yashasvi, SkAY, Rinku Experience matters. SkAY should be rested ...

There will be injury-induced openings in Australia due to our players inability to handle the bouncing ball. Anyway, looking at the experimental T20I squad against Bangladesh. Old: Surya (34), Varun C. (33), Dube (31), Hardik, Jitesh (30) Young: Nitish (21), Mayank Y, Harshit R, Riyan (22), Bishnoi ...

So, Yashasvi, Gill, Jadeja, Ashwin, Pant, Rahul all batted very well to excellent. Rohit failed badly. Kohli also failed. Bowling-wise, Bumrah, Jadeja, Ashwin, Akash Deep did very well. Siraj was average to below par but maybe the wickets do not suit him. On these wickets, the best bowler was Bumrah...

Gill stood up against perhaps his favourite opponent. Great! Since they will play him for this season no matter what, I hope he scores tons of runs to improve his record. Rahul batted fine too. Gill nudged his average up to 37+, Rahul's cameo keeps him at 34+ because he did not have too much time to...

I think Sarfaraz should absolutely play ahead of Rahul (averaging 34.08 after 50 tests!!), as they did almost as well or poorly as each other in the first Duleep game, and Sarfaraz is the incumbent with a batting average of 50 in his three tests. But the gang has already picked Rahul for reasons be...

Indian selections are a classic example of casteism (not real casts). The higher caste players are Gill and Rahul. They get picked even though Rahul has been the worst batter for us who has played 50 tests. And, Gill perhaps has been the worst batter in the recent times. They keep getting picked ove...

Coach changes don't change clay court players. Sumit has limitations that will stay. He can try to work on the serve a bit more. I have no idea who the current coach is and how good he is and who the prospective coach will be. Of course, a good coach can help him improve his game but he will always ...

Wikipedia has a whole list. The Jadejas.