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...
After the disastrous World Cup campaign in 1999, the Indian team structure was overhauled completely thanks to the match-fixing scandal that erupted. A professional structure was brought in, with an international coach selected (John Wright being the first of the many illustrious ones).Sachin Tendulkar was made the captain on the tour Down Under but he was, as he admitted later, affected by the ma...
Harsha Bhogle’s article today talks about how India have ignored Rahul Dravid’s landmark of reaching 12,000 runs. This is true to a large extent because of Sachin Tendulkar’s 50th century and the media hype surrounding the accomplishment.Rahul Dravid epitomizes how a player (or a human being) can withstand Peer Pressure in his career as an Indian middle-order batsmen. His entry ...
A resilient innings (103 not out) by Mahela Jayawardene helped Sri Lanka to post a match winning total of 274 against India in the final of the ICC World Cup at the Wankhede stadium on Saturday.The Sri Lankan lions hit … Continue reading →
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