Vipin Dravid
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Vipin Dravid
@vipind
Mostly harmless
Bay area, CA, USA Katılım Nisan 2009
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Has anyone ever met a Dravid who was not Rahul? Or a Gavaskar that is not Sunil and family? Real surnames or identity fraud? Thoughts?
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Anand gave us a life motto which we should all follow - "Zindagi Badi honi chahiye, lambi nahin!"
Thank You Hrishi da, Rajesh Khanna, @SrBachchan, Gulzar, Sumita Sanyal, Seema Deo, Ramesh Deo, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, Salil Choudhary and many others for Anand.
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50 years ago, #OnThisDay a landmark Indian movie released.
Co-written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Anand won several awards, spawned many parodies and added “lymphosarcoma of the intestine” to the lexicon of scary diseases. #iwtkthreads
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@neeran As someone who spends considerable time in traffic, audible has been great. I also use it as a prep for the actual book. helps me "get" them faster.
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Kambli was 21 when he made his Test debut, but sure, was regarded as a prodigy all right.
Maninder Singh was the one who disappointed me the most -- such promise... felt like a readymade replacement for Bishen Bedi, but alas.
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Been thinking about prodigies (Test debut before 18) who actualised their potential: Sachin Tendulkar (16 yrs) Sir Gary Sobers (17) Hanif Mohd (17) Mushtaq Mohd (15) Mushfiqur Rahim (16) ...and those who didn’t Vinod Kambli Mohd Ashraful L Sivaramakrishnan Add to this list
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@neeran @vishalmisra @aparanjape @somnath1978 saw an interview where Prasanna rated Gupte as the best spinner he ever saw.
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@vishalmisra @aparanjape @somnath1978 He didn't just get the debut wrong, he got the whole sentence wrong 😊
Siva, the best leggie? Not by a mile... Subhash Gupte and Chandra surely, even if you disqualify Kumble.
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