Bangladesh

Match 1: Bangladesh vs India – Simplistic Preview

February 19, 2011

this series is brought to you by Castrol. (the numbers are the castrol index, a comparative representation of a teams ability and form) After weeks of absolutely no build-ups, we are here at the world cup. India take on Bangladesh at Mirpur today and boy are the teams ready. India have already beaten Australia and [...]

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A tale of obvious irony

July 11, 2010

Bangladesh beat England for the first time ever. England in cricket are a lot like England in football. The differences being, there was not much ODI Cricket back in 1966, and that there is no slam bang shorter format which the three lions can win in football now. The point being that the English Cricket [...]

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What I learnt from the T20 WC yesterday

May 2, 2010

1. The local broadcaster is showing the tourney, for free! 2. Afghanistan are better fielders than India (mostly). 3. There will be no romantic story for Afghanistan. 4. Bangladesh are still average. 5. Afridi has dealt with his hunger control issues.

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Paddlesweep T20 Blog Prediction Battle

April 30, 2010

Since Paddlesweep is always striving to bring you something new and innovative, we thought we’d try something a little bit different this time. The admin inolved is not too  much…all you need to do to take part in the Paddlesweep T20 Prediction Blog War is register on www.superbru.com and message either Ms. Pr1nt or Paddle [...]

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national pride prevailed

January 27, 2010

first of all, well done Zaheer Khan. As far as the Bangladesh batsmen are concerned, well done to you too. I, as an India fan, would like to thank all the Bangladesh batsmen to remind the Indians that test cricket will still have its hard days. Days where the wickets would dry up. Days where [...]

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Are India really worthy of being number one?

January 23, 2010

The simple answer to that incredibly complex question is no. Not at the moment. Maybe last year but not right now. I am a fan of some of India’s cricketers. I’m certainly a fan of their fans but I am not a fan of them being number one. Virender Sehwag’s chirp prior to their first [...]

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Shakib’s Optimism, unearthed…

January 21, 2010

this is the reason Shakib-al-Hassan is always so strong and optimistic: Shakib, the not so ordinary optimist

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Billy loses his bearings

January 21, 2010
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sometimes, good umpires also make mistakes. When the mistake results in a drastic change in the match’s result, we make a huge hue and cry, the world as we know it ends, and we contemplate retirement from cricket observation. but, when the same umpire makes a mistake, which has nothing to do with the eventual [...]

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at Chittagong

January 20, 2010

before day 4: India 243 & 122/1 (22.2 ov) Bangladesh 242 India lead by 123 runs with 9 wickets remaining India had their task cut out. All they had to do was bat till the lead was around 400, and then declare. Bangladesh asked themselves, and reckoned that they needed 9 wickets. Skipper Shakib-al-Hassan, one [...]

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Bangladesh vs India Day 4 LIVE

January 20, 2010

Well, this is where we do the first live blog for paddlesweep.net. Why? Because I am bored right now, and felt that writing interesting stuff about the day’s play would keep me busy, and you entertained. India vs Bangladesh 1st Test Day 4

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