Image via WikipediaHarsha Bhogle has written about the No.7 slot for the Indian team - very valid point about the absence of a proper allrounder (preferably a pace-bowling one) at No.7.To get an idea of the strategy that might be on the mind of the team management, one has to look at the players who have represented the country at the ODI level in the last year or two - more specifically the list ...
By now you must know that Sachin Tendulkar along with a few others will leave early for South Africa, thereby missing out on the one-dayers against New Zealand, and with that, any pre-World Cup ODIs on Indian soil. That’s how it looks now. The BCCI, however, has moved swiftly on this – they have ensured that Sachin along with a few others will leave early for India, immediately after the tes...
On the back of some unexpected success from their part timers albeit against New Zealand, a document that reveals India’s starting XI for the World Cup has come to light. The thinking is obvious - pack the team with batsmen, though closer examination shows these are all batsmen who can bowl.Apart from Gautam Gambhir, everyone who makes the final XI, including Dhoni will bowl. Gambhir himself mad...
India announced their 30-member squad for the World Cup today. I had come up with my expected list 4 months back.The squad named is as follows:Openers - Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya RahaneMiddle-order - Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Saurabh Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Cheteshwar PujaraPace bowlers - ...
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