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Indexed September 11, 2011
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The Argus review has been completed in Australia recently and the committee has suggested a number of moves, some of them ratified by the Board so far. If a similar review was done for Indian cricket, what would we find?The true fact is tha...(
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Indexed September 10, 2011
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Is the Indian domestic cricket strong enough? Are we producing cricketers who are capable of representing the Indian national team? What are the performances seen in the domestic cricket that one can take solace from?A list of the batting p...(
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Indexed September 10, 2011
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The above table shows interesting insights into the basic needs of the Indian players. The first column shows the contract money being provided by BCCI to the players concerned as per the grades. There are 3 grades defined (base price ...(
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Indexed September 10, 2011
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One must be talking about scheduling of Indian cricket - how the Indians have been tired of playing so many matches. Others might be thinking why such a big deal is made out of such a small issue. To get a low-down on the actual dates, I tr...(
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Indexed September 10, 2011
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Following up on the earlier post, I decided to look up the number of players blooded by India in the last four years who can potentially step up to the test arena (numbers looked up are from 2007 Jan)Shikhar Dhawan is the only other opener ...(
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Indexed September 9, 2011
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The series is over. India have been white-washed by the English team convincingly, 4-0 being the verdict. There was no doubt who was the stronger team and the No.1 ranking at the end of the series was apt for the winners.The jury is out. Ex...(
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Indexed September 9, 2011
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Though England have won the series against India convincingly, there were incidents when everyone involved felt that the Indian team had a fair chance of matching the English, at least in the first two test matchesFirst test at LordsZaheer ...(
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Indexed September 9, 2011
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No point in writing any more posts about the on-going test series between India and England. Hence, decided to see how the Indian players can encourage themselves to come back in the last test at Oval - eleven different meansSehwag should n...(
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Indexed September 9, 2011
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In the ongoing test series between India and England, the rub of the green often went against the Indians - few instances noted below:Zaheer Khan was ruled out of the first test at Lords due to injury - this reduced to the Indian bowling at...(
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Indexed September 9, 2011
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It might be early to herald the demise of Indian cricket, with three days to go in the ongoing 3rd test match against England. But, that is inevitable looking at the performance of the two teams in the test match - other than half a session...(
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Indexed September 8, 2011
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Two off-field incidents made news in the second test between India and England - one obviously was the decision by MS Dhoni to recall Ian Bell after he was run out by the Indian team in the second innings. This led to a huge discussion all ...(
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Indexed September 8, 2011
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Captain Cool needs a breakWhat is important for the Indian team is to give MSD a break from cricket. He is clearly feeling (mentally) the fatigue of continuous cricket that he has been involved with. Maybe the bowlers will take a clue and b...(
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Indexed September 8, 2011
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While the English press is already celebrating the win in the Lords test by saying that the team is a step away from being No.1, the Indian media is talking about the typical attitude shown by Indian teams in coming back from such situation...(
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The 100th test match between India and England went the way of the hosts in a match that, though affected by rain, was played in bright sunlight most of the days. Though one can point their fingers towards the bowling, the famed batting of ...(
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2000th match in history of test cricket100th test match between India and England1st test in a new series between the No.1 and No.3 in ICC RankingsSachin Tendulkar on 99 in the number of centuries (tests + ODIs)Sachin with a sub-40 highest ...(
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Being the No.1 team in the world, one expected the Indian team to win this series 3-0. Thanks to the team that was selected for the series (without SRT, Sehwag, Gambhir, Zaheer), the expectations was reduced and the public was not expecting...(
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The Indians have still not played their last day in the Caribbean at the time of writing this post. They start their tour in UK on the 15th with a tour match - 5 days to move across multiple time-zones and much tougher opposition. The India...(
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Ishant Sharma with the ball and VVS Laxman with the bat almost got the win for India that would have enabled them to go up 2-0 in the test series. Bad light and rain had made the most impact on the match and they ensured that they will have...(
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The Indians gained early lead in the test series in the Caribbean thanks to the heroics of Rahul Dravid and the bowlers.The test started with a relatively inexperienced line-up on both sides. Two players on both sides had played in excess o...(
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Sachin Tendulkar. Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Two legends who are adored by different generations, playing for the same team, but still manage to keep their head on their shoulders. Role models for the next generation cricketers in the Indian sub...(
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