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20th
March, 2001.
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| Harbhajan
Singh |
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"Our
basic plan was to bowl tight and deny them runs. The fact that Sachin,
who started at the other end, was getting turn gave me some confidence
when I came on." - Harbhajan Singh
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John Buchanan |
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"Most
of the players haven’t really played him before. At certain times the
batsmen manage to dominate him but once he gets a wicket, he attains a
different level of confidence." - The Australian coach explained on his
batsmen failure to tackle the Punjab spinner
"He
has been taking a lot of wickets. There’s a lot of top spin in his deliveries
and he manages to extract much bounce from the wicket." - The Aussies
coach on the off spinner
"There's
a lot of cricket left in this Test, it's by no means over. One..two wickets
in the morning could bring it back for us." - the Aussie coach at the
end of play
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| Sourav
Ganguly |
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"We
needed wickets badly this morning and Harbhajan delivered once more. But
I was delighted at the way we have batted. It's taken the pressure off the
remaining batsmen and we must get a big score now." - the Indian captain
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"People
said we would become complacent after Kolkatta and there were even (media)
reports to that effect." - On India's fight back on Day 2 |
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"Bottomline
is grabbing opportunities which come your way. Australia did it in Mumbai;
India in Calcutta..." - In an interview to The Telegraph on the Present
series
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"The
'seven wicket' bug has not left the Australians, it has travelled with them
to Chennai." - On the Aussies losing seven wickets in a session for the
third time in The New Indian Express |
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"This
day will long be remembered for momentary mental black-out of Aussie captain."
- In his column in The New Indian Express
"Harbhajan's
last name could well be 'Laker' for the present lot of Aussies to be reminded
of some cricket history." - on the young off spinner's seven wicket haul
"Test
cricket has a peculiar knack of letting a pistol off at the ear; not a
feather to tickle the intellect." - The former Indian captain on Steve
Waugh's freak dismissal
"It is not very often tht Steve Waugh runs out of options. He did today."
- On the Australian bowling
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SK
Bansal
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They
may have been unhappy to be dismissed. But I am sure, when they look back
at those shots they will realise the mistakes they made." - The umpire
quoted as saying on the five lbw decisions against the Aussies in the
historic Kolkata Test in The New Indian Express
"I
have no regrets on any decision I made in my entire umpiring career. I
may have made mistakes. After all, to err is human." - The umpire said
in an interview to The New Indian Express
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"Full
credit should be given to the Indians for coming back and winning the
Test. There is no doubt that the Indians are mentally strong after the
win but the Aussies know how to come back from difficult situations."
- On the Kolkata Test
"No
other team in the world could have stopped him in the second Test which
the Indians won." Bevan of Laxman on his arrival at Mumbai.
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