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India’s World Cup campaign is coming together beautifully, so is Sachin’s quest for a World Cup win and the landmark of 100 international centuries. He has scored 2 half centuries in the 2 knockout matches, but not a century. Ag...(
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I often wonder what would have happened if India, after winning the toss, had decided to bat first in two of their most important World Cup matches in my memory. 1996 was a long time ago, but I remember the semi final between India and Sri ...(
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The best team does not always win the World Cup, but the team that wins it generally becomes a much improved side because of it. Lets look at the history. 1975 West Indies - They were a good side but not yet the force that dominated world c...(
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World cup is around the corner and every time someone or the other chokes, and don’t we love a good choke especially if it is South Africa!South Africa 1996 - They were the form team in the group stages, defeating everyone and I serio...(
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There was the prolonged vociferous and ugly appeal to the umpire, trouble with the crowd, altercation with Smith, reprimands in public by Dhoni - the South Africa tour had its share of the usual Sreesanth controversies. In a team of impecca...(
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Fourth innings this year in which he has brought India back in the game from the dead. In three of these he has batted with the tail for an extended period of time. Amazing, just amazing...I wonder if Sachin has started saying to the fielde...(
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I think it is going to be 2015. He will be 42 by that time, and quite a few players have played on till 40-41 e.g. Jayasuriya. But I do not think Sachin would be thinking about age when he makes that retirement decision, India has jus...(
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Phew... two matches and two match winning knocks in the 4th innings - what a player! To be honest, I do not rate that 281 too highly. I do not think anyone expected much from Laxman at that time, and yes he played a blinder but then the exp...(
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Another India vs Australia Test series is about to start in a few days, and the duels between these two sides have been quite close over the last 10-15 years (the ones I have seen). I did not realize how close till I sat down and listed the...(
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Found this quote on Cricinfo’s ever brilliant commentaryLegendary writer Neville Cardus : "There are many things about cricket, apart from the skill and the score. There is, first of all, the leisure to do something else. Cricket, ...(
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The only problem with marketing Test Cricket is that it is too long, however the format otherwise is fantastic. What makes it fantastic?The game is simple enoughboth teams have 5 days to fight it out and deliver the knockout punch - like a ...(
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A lot of people complain about Test cricket being boring and not having time to watch 5 days of cricket, well I would firstly like to quote Alex Bowden who says "Enduring six hours of two-an-over nothingness in the vague hope that somethin...(
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Tendulkar is treated like God by Indians. But it would be interesting to try to verify this. Lets see how...A large number of Indians go for pilgrimage to various religious places like Dargah Sharif at Ajmer, Tirupati, Vaishno Devi etc. Ind...(
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Ganguly is long gone, Dravid and Laxman only play Tests and I am positive Sachin will stop playing ODIs after 2011 World Cup. It will be an end of an era when the last of these guys walks into the sunset. And as said by Siddhartha Vaidyanat...(
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I have grown up religiously following international cricket for the most part, and I guess besides supporting my home team passionately I developed a ’burn in hell’ sort of sentiment for some of the opposition teams. I think the...(
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