The big daddy of tournaments is not far away, and there are a lot of teams to cover, so I thought I’d get a head start with the previews. First up, obviously, is India.
The squad was mostly what it was expected to be - I know there was some surprise about Ojha and Rohit Sharma initially, but Ojha had been out of the frame in limited-overs games for a while, and Rohit... well, never mind. Ch...
Here comes India’s first competitive match of the tournament, and it’s against a team that was saying a lot of things before they got whipped by Australia. England still doesn’t know what its strongest side is, and what their order should be, and maybe that’s preventing them from being as good as they’re capable of being. The Castrol Index doesn’t rate England...
So, it’s over. The series, the #1 ranking, and the bubble of unquestionable success that enveloped India after the World Cup win.
It’s just one bad series, India may just continue to win from this point, but this still happened. Their best performances with the bat all series came in the final two innings, but were still nowhere near enough what was needed to even save the game.
The...
A Grand Mini-final is what Tim Nielsen calls the 2nd quarter-final between India and Australia, adding that the pressure will be on India in front of their home crowd. Fair enough, Tim. But what about pressure on your team to maintain the Cup-winning streak? Your team has lost a World Cup match after 1999 - is it just the beginning of the end?Play 3 spinners, says Wasim Akram.Good idea, Akram, but...
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