Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Test Cricket Returns to Chepauk !! .......... Sans Spectators

  

  Can you identify this Cricketer, who shot to glory in a Chepauk test ? – post on England’s tour of India. Making debut, playing for the Nation is a great dream ... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2021 SOCIETY

• the Invasive Hippos of Escobar Terrorise the Nation !!

  

  After that famous day at Gabba, I have now read at least 100+ forwards on a substituted team India won the Test with ease and created history. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Pant Sings ... Breaks Aussie Spree at Gabba !

  

  During the test - when off-spinner Washington Sundar was bowling, Rishabh Pant shouted from behind the stumps when Paine came to strike and said, "Aise web... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2021 SOCIETY

• How Accurate is Bureau of Meteorology ~ Gripping Final Day at Gabba !!

  

  How accurate are the predictions of Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Government ? How will the Indian tour of Australia 2020-21 end ? – it was 1-2 in ODI; 2-1... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Dynamically Lit Napier Dazzles !!

  

  Can you connect these ancient Shiva temples - 1) Tiruvirkolam, 2) Ilambaiyankottur, 3) Thiruverkadu – if your line is correct, you can add Koyambedu temple also. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Natarajan Scores a Run ! - India's No-names Leave Aussie Red-faced !!

  

  In Dec 2003, at Adelaide – Ajit Agarkar scored just 11 0* - but scripted history !! In Test Cricket, often day 3 could be the defining day but perhaps not at... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2021 SOCIETY

• India on Vaccination Drive .. .. Corona Containment, Failed Kerala Module !!

  

  Few months have rolled by after the media’s pet State Govt was extolled and awarded for the ‘successful handling’ of coronavirus - some went overboard in... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Down Memory Lane ! .. Triplicane Big Street - Watch Shop !!

  

  ‘down memory lane’ 0f a Triplicanite .. .. one need not be a Cheran or a Ronald Regan to have one ! .. confused – how often do you stop to read those little... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2021 SOCIETY

• With Two Debutants, India Present the "most Inexperienced Attack" Since 1880s

  

  Commentators and Critics wrote them off but Team India has performed admirably recoiling after that disastrous 36 all out at Adelaide. The 4th and Final test... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Francesca Jones Qualifies for Australian Open ! ,.. .. ... Remember Azeem...

  

  After the epochal WC victory in June 1983, India were beaten badly by the West Indies at home and then Pakis toured India. Remember ODI no. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Vaccination to Start in India by 16th Jan 2021 ~ the Good Work of TN Health...

  

  WE pray that sooner Covid becomes a thing of past, public memory brainfades the existence of Corona and people live happily hereafter. All that should be... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Jewels of Triplicane ~ Thiru Veeramani Somu (devotional Lyricist and Singer)

  

  Today is Margazhi Amavasai – in the morning it was Sri Andal Neeratta uthsavam day 8 and in the evening Sri Parthasarathi Perumal periya mada veethi purappadu a... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Desperate Aussies ~ Cool India - Sydney Encounter Ends in Draw !!

  

  The die was cast ! .. .. most media had created news-stories condemning and deploring India – after it all some pundits had predicted a 0-4 whitewash, especiall... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2021 SOCIETY

• US Capitol Breached and ......... ..... Twitter Bans Trump !!!

  

  Do you know what this symbol represents ? – how often do you tweet ?? Twitter is a modern public square where many voices discuss, debate and share their views. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Sydney Test - India Needs 309 Runs More to Win !!

  

  A slowing-down pitch and a good start to the fourth innings have given India hope of competing on the final day of the Sydney Test after they fell behind by 94... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Do You Know - Which Country Would Innoculate ALL Its Citizens First ?

  

  2020 changed the way the World lived .. .. and there were predictions that India would sooner edge out USA and become the top most affected Nation – but that no... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Debuts ! .. .. Drops !! .. .. .. Reviews !!! - Getting Roasted on Social Media.

  

  The 3rd Test got underway at Sydney this morning – and I had posted on the interesting debut by Claire Polosak – the playing debutants being Navdeep Saini and... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Significant Debut in 144 Years of Test Cricket

  

  Jim Lillywhite was a slow left-armer with a high and accurate delivery, a hard-hitting lower-order batsman and a sound fielder. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 SOCIETY

• Australia Amends Its National Anthem - Small but Significant in Nature !!

  

  Proud Wiradjuri woman Olivia Fox sung in the Indigenous Eora language before the Tri Nations rugby union game between the Wallabies and Argentina. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021 SOCIETY

• the Inspirational Police Salute !

  

  The subject matter of this post – a photo at that could be cinematic, rather a straight lift of what you could see in a movie ! – a Salute at that. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021 SOCIETY