STRAIGHT DRIVE

A personal appreciation

Boria Majumdar
Posted: Sunday, Oct 26, 2008 at 0142 hrs IST
Updated: Sunday, Oct 26, 2008 at 0142 hrs IST

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: of Australia, “Most people see an Australia tour as pressure. For me, a tour down under lifts me up.”

Finally, one of the accomplished of all cricketing comebacks in history helps mock the cardinal notion that modern sport is for the young and that the thirty plus generation are old discards. What it proves — proves once and for all is that part of modern gladiatorial sport continues to be played in the heart and in this real passionate sporting realm nothing is impossible. Not even an Indian series victory against Australia with men like Sachin, Saurav, Rahul, VVS and Kumble in the team. Here’s wishing them all the best.

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