Four matches between the neighbors earlier had resulted in India victories - 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003. In 2011 World Cup as well, there was no difference to the verdict. This match was probably much more tilted in India’s favor than the previous matches as the gulf between the two sides was huge. The media hype surrounding it was huge and one wondered how the players would cope up. Thanks to t...
28 years ago, I was rudely woken up by relatives screaming "We have won the World Cup". It is quite likely that Saturday’s final between India & Sri Lanka also ended around the same time as that game in 1983. I was well awake this time around!
I can’t recall exactly when I started following cricket with a lot of interest, but I definitely recall watching games from the 1985 World Cham...
We are the Champions of the World - Courtesy Castrol Cricket SiteThe Indian team has been partying hard from the night of April 2nd - once MS Dhoni hit the winning six. All the team members played in a minimum of two matches in the tournament - no one was Valson-ed (for all the young bloggers, Sunil Valson was the lone player in the 1983 tournament who did not play a single match). A loo...
When India was playing the West Indies in the Group stages, we knew that they were going to play one of 2007’s finalists based on the result.
Four years ago, we would’ve picked the Lankans as our preferred opponent without thinking twice. When I say ’we’, I am obviously referring to Indian supporters, because neutrals would probably enjoy an India-Australia match more. Suc...
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