Another India vs Australia Test series is about to start in a few days, and the duels between these two sides have been quite close over the last 10-15 years (the ones I have seen). I did not realize how close till I sat down and listed the following1996 Ind 1 - Aus 0 (1 Test)1998 Ind 2 - Aus 1 (3 Tests) 1999 Ind 0 - Aus 3 (3 Tests) 2001 Ind 2 - Aus 1 (3 Tests) 2003 Ind 1 - Aus 1 (4 Tests)2004 Ind...
The Indians have still not played their last day in the Caribbean at the time of writing this post. They start their tour in UK on the 15th with a tour match - 5 days to move across multiple time-zones and much tougher opposition. The Indian team composition will also differ (6 changes from the one that is playing West Indies).Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir will be the prominent reinforcements t...
Experts have talked at length about how Sehwag and Gambhir bat well with each other. Their numbers certainly point to the same and make a great case for them to be opening the innings. Obviously it wasn’t going to happen tonight as Gambhir was ruled unfit. But we saw India get off to a great start with Sehwag blazing away at one end. But even when he was batting with a strike rate of over 20...
Having won the ODI series against South Africa, India’s selectors have decided to rest key players and do a little experimentation on the side for the final ODI in Ahmedabad on Saturday.Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Praveen Kumar are all getting rested, which means India are without seven of their first-choice team (if you include injuries to Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Si...
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