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27th Day of November

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1983
Desmond Haynes became only the fourth batsman to be given out for handling the ball in Tests, in the fourth Test between India and West Indies, in Bombay. The West Indian could not resist handling a ball from Kapil Dev that was rolling towards the stumps.

1986
Suresh Raina, a prolific batsman in the shorter version of the game, was born on this day. The Indian had a memorable Asia Cup in June 2008 where he scored two centuries, including his highest, 116 against Bangladesh. But Raina has to wait for long to get a test cap and after playing 98 ODIs he was given a chance in Test in 2010. He scored a hundred and two half-centuries in his first three Tests against Sri Lanka and Australia. But Raina can never cement his place in the national side. Presently he is not featuring in any format of the game.

1993
India won the Hero Cup final in Calcutta on this day. India gave a target of 226 to the West Indies. But the score that seemed to be totally achievable, went away from their hands as Anil Kumble produced a gem of a bowling spell. He took 6 for 12, the best ODI figures by an Indian, with all his wickets coming at a cost of four runs in a 26-ball spell. A crowd estimated at close to 100,000 remains a world record for any day’s cricket.

2014
Phillip Hughes , the promising young cricketer, died at the age of 25 after being struck by a bouncer on the side of his head. The Aussie was playing a first-class match in Sydney when he was hit while attempting a hook. He was rushed to the hospital but died in spite of an operation. His funeral was conducted on 3rd December in his hometown, Macksville, which was attended by cricketers and dignitaries including the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

2015
Souh Africa’s 15-series undefeated streak away from home  stretched for almost 9 years came to an end when India took an unassailable 2-0 series lead in Nagpur.

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PoulomiKundu started her career in 2000 as a freelance journalist in Hindustan Times. Soon after she was selected an intern in Zee News, Kolkata. After her post- graduation in English, Poulomi joined the leading television production house of eastern India, Rainbow Productions. She was a journalist in Khas Khobor, a Bengali news magazine programme in Doordarshan and also headed the post production department of another programme, Khas Kolkata. In 2004, Poulomi moved to Delhi as a creative writer in an advertising agency, Brand Stewards Pvt. Ltd. In 2005, she again shifted her base for a better opportunity and that in Mumbai. There she got the job in Raa Media Pvt Ltd. as an associate director of two programmes for Doordarshan-Yuva and Paisa Vasool. In the meantime, she also wrote features in DNA as a freelancer. Poulomi directs promotional videos, develops scripts for films for Corporate and NGOs. But an ardent sports lover, Poulomi always had an urge to contribute somewhere in the field of sports. Her love for sports started from an early age when she played gully cricket and football for local teams. Academics and professional hazards sometimes took her away from her passion, but it never died in her. She always nurtured the never-ending dream. So she materialized her dream in the form of ‘SPORTSAVOUR’. It is an online sports portal that serves sports with the tagline ‘For the indigenous, unconventional, unknown’.

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