World rankings, like averages and strike rates, can be very deceptive mathematical creations. Some people believe in them, many don’t. On which side of the fence you sit depends almost entirely on how high or low your favourite team or player is placed - Ricky Ponting’s goal in life went from "staying number 1" to "playing good, consistent cricket" as his Aussies descended the ladder o...
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...
India had played only three test matches in the entire year - evidence was seen in the first hour itself when the scoreboard read 32 for 4. Swing bowling that attacked the stumps combined with lack of footwork from the batsmen meant that the top-order was gone in no time. The only batsmen in the top-order who had played well in a longer version of the game in recent time, never mind the domestic R...
Some 10 years ago, the Fab Five of Indian Cricket undertook a near-impossible journey. After the morass that represented the match fixing scandal Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman were left with the near-impossible task of reaching a near-impossible goal.
By the end of the decade, the Fab Five had reached [...]...
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