On Sunday, India play the last group match against West Indies at Chennai, a track that will favor them. They have already played one of the warm-up matches (against New Zealand) here and won it convincingly. Castrol Index rates both the teams closely (159-154) but that might not be the case tomorrow. India has the arsenal in their team to put a strong display but whether they actually do it, rema...
A Grand Mini-final is what Tim Nielsen calls the 2nd quarter-final between India and Australia, adding that the pressure will be on India in front of their home crowd. Fair enough, Tim. But what about pressure on your team to maintain the Cup-winning streak? Your team has lost a World Cup match after 1999 - is it just the beginning of the end?Play 3 spinners, says Wasim Akram.Good idea, Akram, but...
28 years ago, I was rudely woken up by relatives screaming "We have won the World Cup". It is quite likely that Saturday’s final between India & Sri Lanka also ended around the same time as that game in 1983. I was well awake this time around!
I can’t recall exactly when I started following cricket with a lot of interest, but I definitely recall watching games from the 1985 World Cham...
Let us understand the situation after the match between India and South Africa at Nagpur - this was India’s first defeat in the tournament (after the tie against England) in five matches but they are not still sure of a Quarter-final position! Yes, this is great for the tournament as well as for the ’revival’ of ODIs. But, has the home team played as well as their pre-tournament ...
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