From the publishers of THE HINDU
VOL.32 :: NO.41 :: Oct. 10, 2009
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For the second time this year, following its debacle in the World Twenty20 Championship, India has failed to qualify for the semifinals of an ICC event. It has largely disappointed in major tournaments. S. Dinakar examines what is wrong with the Indian team.
One-dayers can be engrossingThe answer to the survival of the 50-overs-a-side game could lie in the nature of pitches. When a pitch is as lively as the one at the Wanderers, the slip cordon is in place, and the deliveries test the skill and technique of a batsman. He is probed by lateral movement and the short-pitched stuff. This is what we want in any format of the game, writes S. Dinakar. CHAMPIONS TROPHY/SECOND SEMIFINAL Taking adversity by the horns Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan. The New Zealand hit-list was impressive as the team stormed into the final. S. DINAKAR reports. CHAMPIONS TROPHY/FIRST SEMIFINAL Watson, Ponting crack the whip It was a night when the Aussies reminded the world that they could still be a formidable force. A potentially hazardous target of 258 was achieved with ridiculous ease as Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting slammed hundreds. Over to S. DINAKAR. CHAMPIONS TROPHY/OTHER LEAGUE MATCHES 
Spate of upsetsThree fancied sides, South Africa, Sri Lanka and India, were knocked out before the semifinals. The different nature of the surfaces at Centurion and the Wanderers had a huge say in the results. LONDON CALLING 
Blessed are those who watched it!The league match between Australia and Pakistan was more than just a Champions Trophy game, more than a one-day international, more than a qualifying game leading to a place in the semifinals of a global competition, writes Ted Corbett. INTERVIEW 
Meet the real Gautam GambhirPressure, criticism, healthy rivalry, difficult but attainable goals have all been part of Gautam Gambhir’s learning process. VIJAY LOKAPALLY caught up with the prolific opener in Delhi. FOCUS 
A well-deserved crownThe words ‘great batsman’ and ‘nice human being’ are often used in the same breath while referring to Gundappa Viswanath. K. C. VIJAYA KUMAR speaks to the maestro, who was recently honoured with the Castrol Lifetime Achievement award.
The sheer joy of competing and winning The years of experience have changed Leander Paes’ perspective. “Over the years I have realised that the outcome, no matter how well I play, is never in my hands,” he says in an interview with Nandakumar Marar.
India’s pride dented The failure to win the individual men’s recurve event is seen as the nation’s biggest reverse in recent times, writes S. Sabanayakan.
UEFA and PlatiniThe European body and its president are to be applauded for trying to bring some kind of economic sense and justice into European football in their attempt to compel teams to spend no more than what they earn rather than be bankrolled by billionaire owners as Chelsea and now Manchester City are, writes Brian Glanville.
On-field training crucialThe training methods adopted by India in the last decade have been directed towards prevention of injuries but ironically, the incidence of injuries has been on the rise. Advt Links: • calling card
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