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A crushing innings defeat over India in the first Test in Nagpur has placed South Africa on the brink of reclaiming the No. 1 Test ranking. Should they achieve it few could argue they deserve it, based on that performance.It was one of the ...(more)

The first Test between India and South Africa in Nagpur was a horribly one-sided affair as India capitulated to an innings and six runs defeat inside four days.When you have centurions in both innings you don’t normally get beaten tha...(more)

Cricket fans worldwide were momentarily thrilled during South Africa’s lackluster batting display earlier this afternoon when Laxman Sivaramakrishnan’s voice broke during one of his usual earache-inducing commentary stints. To c...(more)
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The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,...(more)

with laxman still in doubt... indian team management has no choice but to play all available batsmen, thanks to the foresightedness of our five wise men, rohit sharma in all probability will fill the spot vacated by laxman...this is a serie...(more)

Far from being a controversy-ridden battle, Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee reckons his team’s four-Test series against India would go down as a "hallmark of friendship" because players from both the sides have forgotten about pas...(more)

VVS Laxman in Opening Up has mentioned among other things the lack of bench strength as far as spinners are concerned. CricInfo also has an article dedicated to this comment, and hopefully this will help highlight the problem a fair bit. Bu...(more)
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In the previous post, Mohan had speculated what the Indian team would like for the South Africa series, as a number of players were out due to injury. The selectors have named the team and this is what they have come up with -
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Image via WikipediaIndian selectors announced their squad today for the first test against South Africa at Nagpur. The injuries to Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Sreesanth made the selectors choose other outsiders to the fifteen.The team lo...(more)

And not just because it is Republic Day. In the on going test at Mirpur, India’s injury count has gone up to 5 with Sachin Tendulkar joining Rahul Dravid, VV Laxman, Yuvraj Singh and Sreesanth in the infirmary. And am I the only one w...(more)



Image via WikipediaThanks to a good spell of bowling by Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan, the Indians trounced the Bangladesh team by 113 runs. The bowlers picked up wickets regularly to make the score 170-7 but the bowlers somehow took the pe...(more)


Image via WikipediaBangladesh are an ordinary side, said the vice-captain (till yesterday) and captain of this match, Virender Sehwag. This was very much reflective of the mood of the Indian team - bordering on the arrogance and a pinch of ...(more)

Even before wondering that, shouldn’t one wonder whether an IPL team even wants Shahid Afridi or not.He had a terrible season playing for the Deccan Chargers in 2008.He publicly denounced his captain, VVS Laxman, after the season was ...(more)

Image via WikipediaA collection of the top Indian victories of the decade (2000-current) as per my ranking from the list of 40 wins in the 10 years (in decreasing order of ranking)Laxman’s Test against Australia at KolkataDravid’...(more)

We’d say India have as good a claim as anyone to being the best Test cricket team at the moment.
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Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Mahendra Dhoni. This is not shit. They’re a...(more)

Some 10 years ago, the Fab Five of Indian Cricket undertook a near-impossible journey. After the morass that represented the match fixing scandal Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman were left with the ...(more)

The main interest in the first session today was whether Sehwag would complete his third 300 and continue towards Lara’s record. After adding 9 runs, Sehwag was dismissed by Muralidharan - he later remarked that he was happy with 293!...(more)
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