From: karnik@cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik)
Subject: Re: Snippets - Indian cricket scene
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:01:52 GMT

In <1992Dec23.042240.14515@news.acns.nwu.edu> sidi@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Sadiq Yusuf) writes:

>In article <karnik.724643046@myria> karnik@cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik) writes:
>>
>>Gleanings from the Times of India editions of a few days ago:

>	I remember noticing Bhave scoring runs by the ton for a while now.
>He got a 270 odd v/s Bombay a couple of seasons ago if Iam not misaken. My
>question is, are we sure he's a Ranji king and no more ?? After all, he's

	No, I'm not sure at all! He definitely deserves a go at Test level,
and may even get a chance in the upcoming England series. Seeing as how the
openers have failed to impress on the African tour, the selectors must be on
the lookout for batting prospects, and Bhave's early form might be enough to
propel him into the team despite a relatively advanced age.

>>o	Baroda's Tushar Arothe seems to be in terrific form. In another
>>	West Zone Ranji league game, he scored 150+ in the first innings,
>>	and took 11 wickets in the match, as Baroda defeated Gujrat
>>	comfortably. A name to watch, or..or..or.. is he just another 
>>	Ranji king ?
>>
>	I noticed him too . Supposedly a good slogger as well. Any idea
>how old he is ??

	Nope, but not too old, I imagine. Perhaps mid twenties... and yes,
a very good slogger, along with that Bedade chap in the same team.



>>o	Manoj Joglekar of Bombay will lead the Indian u-19 team on a tour to
>>	South Africa (next yr?) where they will participate in a four-nation
>>	one-dayer competition involving SA, Zim, and England apart from Ind.
>>	Joglekar is a left handed opening batsman and an off-spinner, tipped
>>	by "experts" (i.e. Sadiq and me :-> ) to go places.
>>
>	:-) :-) I like it :-) :-)
>	Actually, didn't know much about his off-spinning. Also, am not
>certain about his opening - Iam sure he's done it before, but he seems to
>bat middle order most of the time ( in the Ranji's , at least. But that

	Don't think he's played in the Ranjis before this season... but I may
be wrong. He opened for the u-19 team, I believe, and was described as an 
opening batsman. He's only a part-time off-spinner, but who knows ? He might
turn out to be another Carl Hooper!


>>o	In Bombay's schools cricket, Shardashram are back to their record-
>>	breaking ways. For those of you who don't know, this is the school
>>	that produced Tendulkar, Amre and Vinod Kambli in recent years, and
>>	is coached by Ramakant Achrekar. This time, they scored 926 in one
>>	innings, with five centurions - Amol Rane topscored with 226.
>>
>>
>	Amre too ?? Wasn't certain about that. And I've been noticing this

	Amre transferred from Sane Guruji School to Shardashram at the 
instance of Ramakant Achrekar. Later he guided Mithibai to the 
inter-collegiate championship.

>Amol Rane's name appearing with increasing frequency , almost always with a
>huge score appended ( mostly in the Under 16's , I think ). Must start
>following his scores with a mite more regularity ( need to find _someone_
>who I can be the #1 fan of, don't I ?? :-) ) 

	Yup, another promising Bombay batsman! I think his exlpoits have so
far been restricted to schools cricket, but then the same could be said of 
Tendulkar a few years back!


>		Sadiq [ a domestic sort of guy ] Yusuf


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