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November 27, 2008

The ICL is here to stay

Posted by Hemang Badani on 11/27/2008





It is a shame that the likes of Imran Nazir are not playing for their country © ICL

Dear readers

The diary is back after a bit of a break. I thank you for your company, and I will definitely try to be more regular from now on. Itā..s been an action-packed period, and Iā..ll try and keep all of you up to speed.

The end of Chennai Superstarsā.. campaign was disappointing, particularly given the fantastic start we had had, but we lost momentum after we had qualified for the semis: we lost to the Royal Bengal Tigers, and to the Lahore Badshahs twice in a row. We just didnā..t get enough on the board, and we werenā..t clinical or perhaps hungry enough in the end.

Having said that, though, I must also add that Lahore were by a long distance the best side in the tournament, and fully deserved their win. It completely amazes me that players of the quality of Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Yousuf, Rana Naved, Azhar Mahmood and Mohammad Sami are not playing for their country. Itā..s a shame, and made worse by the fact that itā..s all down to some trivial politics.

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Hemang Badani
Hemang Badani played four Tests and 40 ODIs for India. The high point of his international career was his 98-ball hundred against Australia in Pune. In a distinguished first-class career, he scored 5558 runs at 47.91, 3881 of them for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy, at an average of 51.74. Among his more memorable knocks was the century in a chase of 377 in the 2002-03 final, but Tamil Nadu fell short on that occasion. After the 2006-07 season, he joined the ICL.
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