Umesh
Yadav achieved something great today ~ a 10 wicket haul.. .. he has played 40
tests – has taken 117 wickets – in ODIs 73 matches 105 wickets – statistics will
never reveal the true greatness of this speedster .. read more !
Another
West Indian capitulation, as expected from a team, which is pale shadow of what
Clive Lloyd led to India those decades. But,
then lot has changed .. .. actually they did well this morning restricting
Indian lead but .. another display of poor batting doomed them. There have been many chaos ..
Even
before the tour started came the news of Chris Gayle opting out of West Indies
duty to play in T20 - and this time even T10 - leagues. Even odder considering
the 2019 World Cup is only eight months away. But Jason Holder didn't find this
turn of events surprising. The West Indies captain felt the opener was
"tapering off" and hoped that in his absence, some of the younger
players seized the opportunity. The team
is shaken – Windies are about to lose their head coach Stuart Law at the end of
the year. Before that, in 2016, they lost Phil Simmons. And before that, in
2014, they lost Ottis Gibson.
Today,
at Hyderabad, another West Indies Test
in India, another three-day finish. By the end of it, it seems scarcely
believable that West Indies had at one point put India under such pressure that
they risked a serious injury to Shardul Thakur for a few extra runs. That was
when West Indies' talismanic leader Jason Holder had dragged West Indies back
into the contest, but India somehow managed to eke out a 56-run lead, which
proved decisive thanks to another batting failure. With this win India has 10 consecutive Test series wins at home including
the two one-off Test series against Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is the
joint-longest streak for any team at home. Australia had two such streaks
ending in 2000 and 2008. No other team has more than eight home series
victories in a row.
Today,
the mercurial Umesh Yadav was on a hat-trick twice; he didn't get it, but
became only the third Indian fast bowler to take a 10-for at home, paving the
way for India's 10th straight series win at home with only the fourth
Man-of-the-Match award for a fast bowler in India this decade. It is staggering
the match ended when it did. Only 14 wickets had fallen in the first two days.
West Indies had managed to stay competitive, and had at one point put India
under pressure on the second afternoon with four wickets down for 162. Rishabh
Pant and Ajinkya Rahane then bailed India out, and began the day only three
behind West Indies' 311.
This
morning it was Jason Holder show – his 5 for 56 is the first five-wicket haul
by a West Indies fast bowler in India since Kenny Benjamin's five for during
the Mohali Test in 1994. The only other two overseas fast bowlers to have taken
five-fors in the last two years are Josh Hazlewood and Ben Stokes. He is the first West Indies fast bowler since
Courtney Walsh (in 2000) to take four five-wicket hauls in a calendar year. He is on a real high 33 wickets in six matches
at an outstanding average of 11.87 - the best for any fast bowler with a
minimum of 30 wickets in a calendar year in the last 100 years.
An
Indian pace bowler taking 10 wickets in a Test is a real rarity. The great Kapil Dev did that in Pongal Test
1980 at Chepauk, Chennai taking 11/146 against Pakistan and winning the man of
the match; again against the mighty WI at Ahmedabad Kapil had figures of 10/135
(in that Test Kapil took 9/83 in the 2nd innings – in the first
Maninder 4 and Roger Binny 3 had restricted the Windies). Back in Feb 1999 against Pak at Koklata,
Javagal Srinath took 13/132 and now Umesh Yadav has 6&4 finishing at 10/133
.. .. no mean achievement that !
One
will understand its significance, when they extrapolate this statistics : at
Rajkot against Windies in 1st Test, Umesh bowled 11 & 3 overs;
against Afghanistan 6 & 7; against Srilanka at Nagpur 2017 – 16 & 29;
at Kolkata 20 & 5; in a match at Galle, he bowled 14 & 9 .. .. ..no
doubt – he has great stamina, delivering speed consistently, but in home
conditions, when the spinners come on too early and with India playing 3
spinners – the pacers of Umesh Yadav ilk are neglected lot and end up throwing
from the deep – and he has a good flat throw at that. With the Captain not trusting and with so
limited opportunities, Umesh Yadav has really done well. Kudos to him.
The Supreme Court
appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) has asked the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri
to "submit his explanation within a week" a day after he was named in
an anonymous #MeToo post. An allegation made by a woman claiming to be a former
colleague of Johri was posted on Twitter on Friday night. ESPNcricinfo has also
seen communication that shows that the BCCI had been alerted as long ago as
January 2017 to a harassment case allegedly involving Johri in his previous
employment. It is not clear if the allegation made on Friday, to which Johri
has to answer, is the same case the BCCI was alerted to in January 2017. Johri
has not made any public comment; calls and messages to him remained unanswered.
The allegations have appeared as a part of the 'me too' movement. Though, the
said allegations do not pertain to his employment with the BCCI, the Committee
of Administrators of the BCCI has deemed it appropriate to seek an explanation
from Mr Johri in relation to the allegations. He has been asked to submit his
explanation within a week. Future course of action will be considered on
receipt of his explanation."
The woman behind the
Twitter allegation claims to have been a colleague of Johri before he had moved
to working with a "niche satellite channel". It was posted by a
verified Twitter account of a person who has published several such anonymous allegations
on behalf of others. This is the first high-profile person involved in Indian
cricket administration to be named in the #MeToo exposes.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
14th Oct 2018.
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