Abhishek Mukherjee
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Abhishek Mukherjee
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https://amz.run/78Cl | Head of Content @WisdenIndia | Cricket history person | SCSI Cricket Statistician 2019/20 | Ex @cricket_country | typo legend
received on WhatsApp, not sure whether it's morphed
January 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A feeble attempt to restore some balance if you feel overwhelmed by this toxic festive positivity.
January 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Bumrah:
Asks the crowd to go louder

Siraj:
Asked the crowd to go silent

The crowd:
December 29, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Fourth Test v England, 2016-17.

Anderson had said a word or two about Kohli.

Sure enough, when Anderson came out to bat, Ashwin “greeted” him.

“For a change I was the pacifier” (not verbatim) said Kohli after the Test.
December 18, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I think RUCA is headed for a major win sometime soon.
December 18, 2024 at 6:41 AM
not complaining
never complaining
December 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Player memories are important, and often accurate.

But like us, they are human beings too. Memories can fail anyone.

That is why it is ALWAYS a good idea to double-check.
December 4, 2024 at 5:16 PM
The youngster listened earnestly. Then he told himself: “I am not here to rub shoulders with them. I am here to show that I belong here.”

Seventeen years later, he will be back.
November 24, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Sunil Gavaskar in Sunny Days.

The incident is from 1971, an era when, being an Indian, to watch a shot you had to be there in person.
November 22, 2024 at 6:43 AM
I don't get why everyone acts so surprised when Rishabh Pant plays these shots.

Nothing new. We had grown up on stories of this by Rohan Kanhai.
November 22, 2024 at 6:35 AM