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Dada hated running between the wickets especially when his partner at the crease was Kaif or Yuvraj. That is why he liked batting alongside V.V.S. Laxman and secretly hoped that Inzamam was an Indian. This was good for India because Dada be...(more)

After my previous post of the Top-30 players for the Indian team (World Cup), I received an email from hemnath janakiraman on his teams for all the 3 versions - tests, ODIs and T20. I have represented the same below in a tabular fashion.Pla...(more)

As one sees the Pakistan team fighting to win their first match of the series against the home English side, there has been a lot of discussion on the sides of what could have been. Yes, what could have been if India and Pakistan were not t...(more)


According to Nimbus sport, India can use the UDRS (Umpire Decision Review System) if and when the BCCI approves it.Frankly I’m not very pleased to know that Neo Cricket can handle the technology that UDRS requires. What hassles me are the...(more)

There are ways to refresh a tri-series in Sri Lanka, they extend beyond resting Bhajji. Rest the whole lot of them. Play an alternate eleven, rekindle some of the Sharjah magic – the Mohinder Amarnath Benefit series. Hold on to some of La...(more)

Image via WikipediaBy winning the last test in Sri Lanka, India avoided the series defeat and managed to retain captain Dhoni’s record of not having lost a series so far. Dhoni has now captained India to 10 wins in his reign of 16 mat...(more)

No, it ain’t runnin’ wild like Hulkamania, It’s all smooth and easy and chilled out and a bit bad at running actually. But Laxmania is still bloody cool.It’s all wristy flicks from a foot and a half outside off stump...(more)

He is not the player with the highest number of caps like Sachin Tendulkar. He does not score runs at the rate that suits T20 more than test matches, a la Virender Sehwag. He is not called India’s Wall nor has he gained recognition as...(more)


Image via WikipediaThe Indians managed to delay the inevitable till the tea-break. Unlike Sehwag’s expectations of rain, there was no further delay in the Sri Lankan victory. 800 wickets landmark was breached by Muralitharan, triggeri...(more)

Image via WikipediaAt Galle, India is slipping down to yet another first-test-of-series defeat, thanks to poor decision-making by their batsmen in both innings. Except for Sehwag in the first and Sachin in the second, the others failed. The...(more)

Image via WikipediaIndia, thanks to the exploits of their pace bowlers, made a comeback in the first session of the 3rd days play. Ishant Sharma, in fact, gave Jayawardane the same treatment that he had given Ricky Ponting in Perth before t...(more)

Image via WikipediaIndia finished their only warm-up match against a Sri Lankan team today, before their first test match.The batting attack seems to be settled with Sehwag, Gambhir, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman & Yuvraj occupying the firs...(more)

Image via WikipediaIndia starts off a new series against Sri Lanka, trying to gain points and retain their No.1 ranking.The team contains the veterans - Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar - in the middle order. I am not trying to me...(more)

Image by Dhammika Heenpella / Images of Sri Lanka via FlickrIn the test squad announced for the Sri Lanka series, Yuvraj Singh makes a comeback. Is it because of a lack of choice or was it based on a century he scored for his company in a m...(more)



India’s Virender Sehwag has moved to the top of the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his heroics during the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata.The opening batsman smashed 165 in the first innings and has gained five...(more)

India’s innings victory over South Africa in the second Test in Kolkata was as complete a turnaround in form as you’re likely to see. A strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Singh.Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh started the rot lat...(more)
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