Cricket

My Memories from the 1983 World Cup

I watched the 1983 world cup finals in the common hall of Visvesavarayya hostel of SVU College of Engineering, Thirupathi, along with 100+ engineering students. In 1983, color TV was new in India and color programming on Doordarsan was intermittent. For several overs during West Indies batting, Dooradarsan cut cricket for other programming (imagine doing […]




Pak was ‘Humiliated’ by Indian Exclusion

[Via BBC] Pakistan was ‘humiliated’ by exclusion in IPL: A Pakistani parliamentary delegation has cancelled a visit to India amid a growing diplomatic row over the next Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament. At an auction earlier this week no Pakistani players were chosen to play in the Twenty20 competition in March amid fears they may […]