Just for kicks, pinning this tweet for the duration of the IPL, following up on my prediction on
@cricketnext
from March 22 as to predicted four playoffs teams: CSK, RR, SRH, LSG. Uske aage MI at fifth, KKR sixth. Baaki the usual stragglers. Chalo, ab shor machao. 😝
#IPL24
My father Tom Alter was the most loyal, honest fan of Indian cricket I’ve known. Missing him on a day he would’ve called me from some hotel landline: “My gosh, Jamie, we did it!” He was a teetotaller and frowned on social media, but here’s a 🥃 to him via Twitter.
#INDvsAUS
Just this year, Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 73, 50 and 55 by India. Magar phir bhi Daniel 36 ko lekar akele kamre mein ulta latak kar pagal ho raha hoga🤣
#INDvsSL
Surprised to see that the PCB, whose team defeated a billion-dollar economy team twice in one year, still can’t prepare a Test match pitch. Three versus Australia, now this.
#PAKvENG
When you can call Shami, off the bench, after four matches; when Siraj can do this; when your spearhead is Bumrah, arguably India's best ever new-ball ODI pacer; when you have Kuldeep + Jadeja; when you have Ashwin on the bench, you have India's best CWC attack ever.
#INDvsSL
SKY has been given 27 ODIs, from which he averages under 25. Rarely has an Indian cricketer been backed despite such meagre returns.
#INDvBAN
#AsianCup2023
Dear BCCI selectors, please don’t bench Rinku Singh for the majority of the T20 World Cup after you decide to recall some senior players out of the blue and also reshuffle the batting order after a month of the IPL. Thank you.
#SAvIND
#T20WorldCup
Shardul Thakur, during today's PC, when asked about his batting plans against Nathan Lyon and hitting Australia's quicks more: "With deep midwicket and long-on in, I am not foolish to hit". 🔥
#INDvsAUS
Got a lot of 'Ashwin is finished, Ashwin only works on rank turners, Ashwin is now a YouTuber, Ashwin should be dropped etc' comments on my YouTube live streams and TL over the past week or so. Still chuckling at them.
#INDvENG
Rishabh Pant's Test scores in Asia: 92, 92, 91, 58*, 1, 101, 96, 39, 50, 46 and 93. Outside of Asia, he averages 38.05 with four hundreds, four fifties. Whatever you say about his white-ball game, the guy is on another level in Tests. Match-winner elite.
#INDvBAN
My first Hindi film release. Thank you Zoya Akhtar, Tiger Baby Films and Kabiku Productions for the chance to play a small role in The Archies, now streaming on Netflix.
#TheArchies
#TheArchiesOnNetflix
To err once is human, to err twice is experimentation, to err three times is idiocy. India’s top six for the 2024 T20 World Cup is almost the same from 2021 and 2022, with the exception of KL Rahul being replaced by Yashasvi Jaiswal.
#T20WorldCup
I might have played just 31 tests my friend, but when I see the Indian team play I feel like I'm playing with them. And I'm sure a billion+ people feel the same. 🇮🇳
Hi
@DDNational
while you are digging into your vast archives to rerun many of our childhood tv shows, please look for one called Jugalbandi featuring my father Tom Alter, Radha Seth and Girish Karnad. It ran in the late 80s alongside Mr Yogi. A special request. Thanks, Jai Hind.
16 off 100. 40 off 133. 50 off 174. There’s a method there. Those who tweet about Pujara’s approach to bed down and his (lack of) intent don’t get Test cricket. And they’ve probably forgotten that he batted 30-odd hours in India’s ONLY Test series win in Australia.
#INDvsAUS
The wife is convinced India will win, but for someone who has seen Barbados 1997, Jamaica 2002, Mumbai 2006, Durban 2006, Galle 2015, Cape Town 2018, Birmingham 2018 and Southampton 2018 .... yaar doubt toh rehta hai
#ENGvIND
Touching gesture by the Mussoorie Sports Association today at Library Bazaar's Raj Bhavan remembering my father Tom Alter on his third death anniversary. The MSA is working on inaugurating a cricket stadium and annual 42km marathon in his name. शुक्रिया श्रद्धांजलि के लिए 🙏♥️
“Hopefully its not a win that defines them. Hopefully they go on to bigger and better things.” Rahul Dravid. Front foot forward, eases into that drive and the ball pings the boundary rope.
#ICCU19CWC
Same mall, same day. Took my son and his friend to watch the new Spiderman film. Popcorn/beverages cost more than tickets. Done with cinemas. OTT zindabad. And I say this as an avid film-goer and aspiring actor, who grew up in a Bombay where I stood in advanced booking lines.
Rs 460 for 55gm of cheese popcorn, Rs 360 for 600ml of Pepsi. Total Rs 820 at
@_PVRCinemas
Noida.
That’s almost equal to annual subscription of
@PrimeVideoIN
.
No wonder people don’t go to cinemas anymore. Movie watching with family has just become unaffordable.
The last time India played a Test at Headingley, it took 16 seconds for a web page to load, the iPhone hadn't been invented, Netflix relied on postmen for the delivery of DVDs, Friendster was the most popular social media site and Donald Trump was just some rich guy.
#INDvENG
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has an economy of 4.30 in this T20 World Cup. And there were people saying isko baahar karo team se, yeh Australia mein nahin chalega.
#INDvSA
#T20WorldCup
Found the episodes (50-107) from Zee's long-running 90s TV show Tara, in which my father Tom Alter had a pivotal part. One of those several memorable roles where his skin colour didn't matter. Do watch.
Here's his introduction episode:
You would be surprised to know this not limited just to Lok Sabha. Many Assemblies have reserved seats for Anglo-Indians. Ironically NONE of much celebrated Indians from that community gets nominated. For exmp, Ruskin Bond, Tom Alter, Roger Binny, Leander Paes and so on...
Australia were unbeaten in Brisbane since November 1988. It took a depleted, unheralded Indian team to overturn that. From 36 all out to victory at the MCG, that epic draw at the SCG and now a historic win at the Gabba. India's best overseas result?
#INDvsAUS
Yes, flat track and England sagging, but when Jaiswal and Gill combine like this, the future of India's batting looks secure. Consistency needed from Gill. Jaiswal is here to stay.
#INDvsENG
In Cape Town, South Africa were 55 all out and India lost six wickets for 0 runs. In Sydney, 12 wickets fell for 78 runs. Australia lost 5/10 and then Pakistan 7/68 including three in an over. Forget pitch issues, look at the lack of skill and nuance.
#INDvSA
#AUSvPAK
So glad to have grown up in a household with parents of this kind of thinking and support. Listen to the man answer a question on whether his children will remain in America after college or return to India. ♥️
Clip from the two-part interview taken in 2004 by
@olsentropy
India are Under-19 World Cup winners. An unbeaten century from young Manjot Kalra. India didn’t lose a game all tournament. The Dravid imprint unmissable. Well done, boys.
#INDvAUS
#U19CWCFinal
Days after looking visibly disturbed at Kohli’s run out, Ajinkya Rahane plays a captain’s innings. Following 36 all out, steelier men could have wilted. He’s led India astutely, sans MC-BC and in-your-face attitude, and scored a terrific century. Well done.
#INDvAUS
This series marks the first time Kuldeep Yadav has played more than two consecutive Tests. Five years ago, he was proclaimed as India's No 1 overseas spinner by Ravi Shastri. Played just once Test away since then, in Bangladesh. Hopefully he gets more chances at home.
#INDvENG
RIP Bishan Singh Bedi sahab. Deepest condolences to the family. Massive loss for the global cricket fraternity. None like Bedi sir. An icon. A cult figure. I’m sure he’s already bear-hugged my father in that great pavilion up there and started talking about the World Cup. 💔🏏🇮🇳
I repeat. This is what happens when you open with someone who has not played A SINGLE T20I IN 2022. A wicket you could have seen coming six weeks ago.
#INDvsPAK
#AsiaCup2022
Waqar Younis on air: ‘When did we see a T20 played on such a surface?’
Umm, yesterday. Afghanistan seamers had Sri Lanka’s batsmen hopping. New ball cut them in half.
Homework toh karke aao.
#AsiaCup2022
On pitches you can’t complain about, India have smashed South Africa in successive Tests. Without Jasprit Bumrah. Think about that for a moment. It could have been bigger. This is home dominance of a new level.
#INDvSA
“You never know,” said Langer to Gilchrist at Hobart in ‘99, when the rookie walked out with Australia 125/5 chasing 369. We know what happened then. Not quite the same today, but what a partnership between Buttler and Woakes. Cricket is the freakiest sport ever.
#ENGvsPAK
A hat-trick of golden ducks for SKY. Shreyas Iyer potentially out for a while. Rishant Pant sidelined. No idea about Sanju Samson. India's No 4 problem before a World Cup continues to haunt the team.
#INDvAUS
Statement from
@BCCI
: "Jasprit Bumrah made a request to BCCI to be released from India’s squad ahead of the fourth Test owing to personal reasons. Accordingly, the fast bowler has been released and he will not be available for selection for the fourth Test.
#INDvENG
Watching cricket beamed to India from Australia as a teenager in the 90s, I’d look at boundary ads like XXXX beer and Slazenger and wonder ‘saala India mein kab milega?’. In 2020, I’m looking at Vodafone 5G boundary boards at the MCG and wondering the same.
#INDvAUS