De Lisle also claimed Statement that `` the pitches '' had been the `` tournament 's secret '' , saying Statement that they were `` sporting and quixotic '' and `` quite untypical of both one-day cricket and the subcontinent . ''

After conquering Conquering the Achaemenid Empire of Persia , the Macedonian king ( and now the great king of the Persian Empire ) , Alexander , launched Military_operation a campaign into the Indian subcontinent in present-day Pakistan , part of which formed Coming_to_be the easternmost territories of the Achaemenid Empire following Motion the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley ( 6th century BC ) .

The siege of Golconda lasted 8 months and on various occasions it had pushed Body_movement the massive Mughal army to its limits , in fact the Golconda Fort was probably the most impregnable fort in the Indian subcontinent .