The new contracts for the Indian cricket team was finalized recently. 4 grades are given usually which mean players get different payments based on where they have been categorized (60, 40, 25 and 15 lakhs for grades A, B, C, D respectively).Batsmen Grade A Grade B Grade CGrade D Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh Suresh Raina, Rohit Sha...
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...
Image via WikipediaIndian selectors announced their squad today for the first test against South Africa at Nagpur. The injuries to Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Sreesanth made the selectors choose other outsiders to the fifteen.The team looks balanced with 4 pacers (Zaheer, Ishant, Tyagi, Mithun), 3 spinners (Harbhajan, Ojha, Amit Mishra), 2 keepers (Dhoni, Saha), 2 reserve batsmen (Vijay, Badrin...
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 ...
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