The final IPL squads for the third season have been announced, with the usual blend of foreign players and stars of the Indian domestic circuit.A whole bunch of form ICL players have been included this year, driving up the percentage of local players. None of them will be known by many outside India.The biggest omission is that of Rajasthan star Ravindra Jadeja, whom Shane Warne famously nicknamed...
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the ICC World Twenty20 - which starts in Guyana at the end of this month - is a boring old afterthought to the IPL, considering the relative marketing strengths of the two.The ICC might not have the depth of pocket the IPL does, but it does crown a world champion. I see the IPL as the appetizer, rather than the World T20 as dessert.Mmmm... dessert...The IC...
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.PlayersTest TeamODI teamT20 teamVirender SehwagYesYesYesGautam GambhirYesYesYesYusuf PathanYesYesYesSachin TendulkarYesYesVVS LaxmanYesSuresh RainaYesYesYesMS Dhon...
The final Indian team for the 2011 World Cup will be picked by the selection committee on January 17. 15 players will be picked which means an equal 15 will have to be dropped from this list.The 30 probables selected were as follows:Openers - Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane. Dhawan and Rahane have played no part in the on-going serie...
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