It’s do or die time for India if they want to avoid a rare home series loss to go with a dethroning as the world’s No. 1 Test team in the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata, which starts on Sunday.They did it in 2008 - South Africa was 1-0 going into the final Test and lost it inside three days. This time there is a lot more at stake, however, not least of which the small matt...
VVS Laxman and MS Dhoni joined Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar in scoring centuries in India’s first innings in the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata, to set up an almost certain series-levelling victory.It was only the second time in India’s history that four batsmen have scored centuries in the same innings.When Dhoni finally declared on 643/6 India had a lead of 347 r...
Image via WikipediaThe Indians have shown themselves of worthy of being the No.1 test team in the World - the way the seniors have put their hands up and delivered is remarkable. Not only the batsmen, but the bowlers on the first day as well. If yesterday was the day of the Master and Blaster, today it was the Comeback Veteran and the Challenged Skipper. For long, VVS Laxman was always the fall gu...
The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,000 for being No. 1 on the 1st of April, but that doesn’t matter - South Africa play some of their best cricket when they’ve been written off.Not th...
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