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Indexed September 19, 2011
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In the run up to the World Cup and in the immediate aftermath of the victory, I was chuffed about India’s bench strength. India seemed to be able to win matches despite some of their best players not playing games. They seemed to be a...(
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Indexed September 18, 2011
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The latest comments by Naseer Hussain, while commentating on the abandoned first ODI has created a stir that is likely to put India’s tour at risk. BCCI has threatened to call off the tour and some reports even indicate that a private...(
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Indexed September 18, 2011
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Following heavy criticism and accusations of subjecting its players to in human work load, the BCCI has published a more humane schedule for the Indian National Cricket team. One that is designed to make cricket games involving India more c...(
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Indexed September 18, 2011
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has always talked about expectations. How his team is expected to win every time. He uses this to indicate the kind of pressure his team is always under. On the surface it makes me scratch my head trying to understand ...(
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Indexed September 18, 2011
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Now India wants another warm-up game before the Boxing day test in Melbourne. This completely confuses me. On the one hand, we crib about too much cricket, then we want one more warm up game because cricketers have not had enough of the "ri...(
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Indexed September 18, 2011
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The unanimous acknowledgement of England as the best Test side in the world was anticipated.No one is pointing out that England lost a Test series in the West Indies. That the last time they beat India in India, Margaret Thatcher was Prime ...(
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Indexed September 17, 2011
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On the eve of India’s Independence day, Amnesty International has called on World Leaders to intervene and call an end to what it alleges are atrocities carried out by Britain’s cricketers against India’s defenseless "Pris...(
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Indexed September 17, 2011
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Its not about India losing. Its not even about the 0-4 scoreline. The sense of betrayal I feel is beyond the hurt of losing. India have lost before and almost never I had to question their commitment or their intelligen...(
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There has been a lot of hand wringing about India’s status as the number one test team. India’s poor (euphemism alert) performance in England has generated a great deal of commentary. The general refrain is as follows; Indian pl...(
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We @ Opinions are very concerned over the riots in London and the safety of our cricketers with word that the violence has spread to even Birmingham, the venue of 3rd Test of the ongoing Pataudi Trophy. With England a mere 20 wickets or 4-5...(
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The heading isn’t misleading. I actually do believe India has a chance. Both England and India are missing some first choice players. In India’s case, it’s Zaheer and Harbhajan, whereas in England’s case it’s T...(
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Jimmy Anderson who missed a golden opportunity to score a century in each innings against India in the recently concluded Test Match at Trent Bridge, has lashed out at team mate Greame Swann for his inability to support his quest for a rare...(
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A well as India played in the months prior to the World Cup, ultimately leading to the World Cup win itself, they have badly let themselves down since then. A stirring series in South Africa where India tamed Steyn and Kallis and gave South...(
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Had India not run-out Ian Bell in the first place, only then it could be argued that India and their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had upheld the spirit of the game. As things stand, they did run him out, which they were entitled to wit...(
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It has taken Stuart Broad roughly 7 days of Test cricket to flatten India. If he can hold up his performance for the second half of this Test; the series can be safely labelled Broad’s Pataudi Trophy. Of course it does not have the &#...(
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The business case for India to hold on to their number one ranking expired on April 2nd 2011. From the moment Mahendra Singh Dhoni clubbed the six that gave India the World Cup, the business conditions changed. Being Number One in Test cric...(
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The Lords test confirmed to me what I feared after Dominica. India are a team that plays to it’s strengths and does well to hide it’s weaknesses. This India isn’t Kapil Dev’s 1986 India or Steve Waugh’s win-at-...(
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For all its history, the Lord’s cricket ground is yet to acknowledge present day greats Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. While it has room on its board for workmen-like performances from Praveen Kumar’s or Shane W...(
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Praveen Kumar is Madan Lal’s Second ComingFor us children of the eighties, nothing is humbling and funnier than Maddi-pa running full speed and delivering a military medium pie. Humbling because he got many vital wickets and never eve...(
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