INDIA 172 & 352/8 DECL
Lodhasays
560 310 652 430 KL Rahul b Lakmal 79 Dhawan c Dickwella b Shanaka 94 C Pujara c Perera b Lakmal 22 V Kohli not out 104 A Rahane lbw b Lakmal 0 R Jadeja c Thirimanne b Perera 9 R Ashwin b Shanaka 7 Saha c Sadeera b Shanaka 5 B Kumar c Perera b Gamage 8 M Shami not out 12 Extras (b 7, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 12 Total (8 wickets) 352 FoW: 166-1, 192-2, 213-3 , 213-4, 249-5, 269-6, 281-7, 321-8.
Bowling: Lakmal 24.4-4-93-3, Gamage 23-2-97-1, Shanaka 22-1-76-3, Perera 13-2-49-1, Herath Batsman G Boycott (Eng) K Hughes (Aus) A Lamb (Eng) R Shastri (Ind) A Griffith (WI) A Flintoff (Eng) A Petersen (SA) C Pujara (Ind) Opp Venue Aus Eng Eng Ind Kolkata Nottingham 1977 Lord's Lord's Kolkata Hamilton Mohali Wellington Kolkata Season 1959-60 1980 1984 1984-85 1999-00 2005-06 2011-12 2017-18 Wkts 33 32 30 30 28 28 28 Teams Ind-WI Ind-SL Ind-Pak Ind-Pak Ind-Eng Ind-Eng Ind-WI Venue Ahmedabad Kolkata Delhi Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai Delhi Season 1983-84 2017-18 1979-80 1998-99 1979-80 1981-82 1987-88 Result
ML Jaisimha (Ind) Aus WI NZ NZ SL WI won
Drawn Drawn Pak won Eng won Ind won
WI won There is no dearth of talent in that region. Northeast has a rich talent pool in sports and has talented athletes. If you are a good athlete, you’ll do well in all sports.
On empowering North East
Interestingly, the ICC has recently restructured its constitution in a way very similar to how we wanted the BCCI to be. If ICC can make changes, why can’t BCCI?
On ICC’s new constitution