Series between unequal

Series between unequal

Over the last 20 years, since the Ganguly-led Indian team started to win outside of Asia, somehow, somewhere, the India vs Australia series became quite competitive and a lot of times, closely fought. Suddenly, Australia talked about the series being on par with the Ashes. During the Waugh and Ponting era, when Australia won everything …

Australia clearly is the favourite

Australia clearly is the favourite

The Indian team, after the surrender to New Zealand at home, is now in Australia for The Border Gavaskar Trophy. It is worth mentioning that India has somehow, won the trophy 4 consecutive times, including, twice in Australia. Looking back and looking at the batting, it is nothing short of a miracle. Anyway, the next …

Gautham Gambhir must reduce talking

Gautham Gambhir must reduce talking

Gautham Gambhir, the Indian cricket coach, is known for his feisty and combative nature. He played the game tough and was never afraid of a challenge. He gave his best when it came to India. This was the player Gambhir. However, the coach Gambhir needs to show some maturity and Gautham Gambhir must reduce talking. …

What happened to England?

What happened to England?

England, the team that redefined how white-ball cricket must be played, is now struggling in the same format. A team that once talked about scoring 500 runs in ODI, is now unable to even win consistently. There has been changes in personnel, drastically at that, but fortunes have not changed. Eversince the retirement of Eoin …

The Border Gavaskar series

The Border Gavaskar series

Within days after a disastrous and humiliating series against New Zealand in India, India will head-off to Australia for the next edition of the Border Gavaskar series. The first Test at Perth, starts on 22 November and the team will leave India on November 10. They have enough time to play atleast one warm-up game …

Continuing of pouring my frustration

Continuing of pouring my frustration

In continuation of pouring my frustration at the performance of the Indian team, first of which ashamed humiliated and dejected, no amount of words on a paper or in a blog, will be satisfaction, there are still a lot to be said. The captaincy must be decided immediately. Rohit has proven to be an uninspiring …

Ashamed humiliated and dejected

Ashamed humiliated and dejected

We the supporters of Indian cricket, demand action be taken against the players and also against the board itself. Losing a home Test series 0-3 is a shame. This is not something that can be erased from the minds of all those supporters who oversaw the happenings at Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai. It is a …

Bazballers were found wanting

Bazballers were found wanting

It took Pakistan 4 consecutive and heavy defeats for them to realise that on flat pitches, the rechristened England is not only tough to contain but is almost impossible to defeat them. Once, they turned to spin as their main choice of attack, England, the Bazballers were found wanting. On every previous occasion, Pakistan have …