Year-ender 2017: Top videos
A picture speaks louder than words, but a video includes 25 images in one second (60 images if slow motion). The latest technologies engineered in the game have impressed everyone.
The first run out adjudged with the help of a TV replay was first seen in 1992, between a Test between South Africa and India. Sachin Tendulkar was the first victim. It, however, was based on only a solitary camera angle. The latest third umpire, on the other hand, has many angles to decide the same. We now have a stump mike that captures on-field conversations. There are mikes provided to the cricketers to have conversation with the commentators. Adam Gilchrist had a GoPro attached to his helmet during a match that celebrated MCC’s 200th anniversary.
The year 2017 has seen many special events. Here’s a list of few.
Ball of The Ashes?
Mitchell Starc bowled an unplayable delivery to dismiss James Vince in the Perth Test. Many former players and pundits refer it as ‘The Ball of the Ashes’. Starc came round the wicket, pitched the ball on a crack and hit the off-stump.
In an interview with ESPNcricinfo Graeme Swann admitted that Starc’s delivery is the best he has witnessed in Tests. He said that the ball would dismiss legends such as Sachin Tendulkar, Don Bradman and Australian captain Steve Smith out a thousand times.
Whether or not it was the ball of the Ashes, it surely was an unplayable delivery. Vince agrees to it as well.
Just Pandya thing Hardik Pandya is famously known as Kungfu Pandya for his fielding skills. It was November 1, the day Ashish Nehra was set to play his final international match at his home ground. Yuzvendra Chahal came to bowl the second over and took the first New Zealand wicket. Martin Guptill was out to an brilliant catch by Pandya who took a full-stretch flying catch running from long-off. Pandya has always been a good fielder, but this was one of the best catches Nehra witnessed in his career.
Because Delhi pollution matters while fielding The same Test where Vijay choreographed his way to celebrate was marked with another incident. The Sri Lankan team took the field post lunch with their masks on, complaining about the pollution in Delhi. Virat Kohli was forced to declare the innings after regular interruptions. The Sri Lankans ,who complained about the smog, came out to bat with their captain Dinesh Chandimal scoring 164 and batting almost for a day without complaining. Angelo Mathews also made his hundred. However, Delhi is one of the most polluted cities in the world, but Sri Lanka experienced it only while fielding.
In the end, cricket won! India-Pakistan is one of the famous rivalries on and off the field. India had defeated Pakistan on the first game of Champions Trophy 2017. Little did anyone expect that they would meet again in the finals as well. An Indo-Pak affair is always a high-pressure event, but is it same post match? Here is a video that ICC tweeted after the finals where players from both teams were seen sharing happy moments and having a good time. India might have won the first match or Pakistan may have had the last laugh, but it was cricket that won in the end.