The game we all love, however
The second edition of the World Test Championship will be upon us in about 3 months from now. India and Australia will compete for the title. For Australia, who has won everything under the sun, this is the only ICC Trophy that hasn’t adorned their glittering cabinet. As for India, it has been more than …
24 Tests, 42 innings and 1205 days, that is the time it has taken between Kohli’s 27th and 28th Test hundred. The average plummeted from a wonderful 54.97 to 48.12. A hundred is special no matter the format but a Test hundred is much more valuable because of the value it carries. Wherever he went, …
Well, the series is done and dusted. Literally. India have emerged victorious with a 2-1 result. At the beginning of the series, if someone had informed Rohit that India will win the series with that margin, he would have happily taken it because such was the state of Indian cricket at that point. Rahul, Pujara …
Pune 2017. Chennai 2020. England 2012. What is common among these games? The opponent had decent enough spinners and the Indian batsmen are not that good anymore against spinners. Coupled with a spin turning far more than expected, Indians were found wanting. The 3rd test done and dusted, literally. Lyon is a damn good bowler. …
I have been a staunch supporter of giving Kohli a lengthy rope despite his below-par performance over the last 4 years. There were calls for Kohli to be dropped from the Test team because of his poor performance but I actually wanted him to take a break from the game for a period of 6 …
On the eve of the 3rd Test at Indore between India and Australia, Rohit Sharma has made a rather bizarre comment about requesting for green pitch at Ahmedabad. When I first read it, I cannot believe my eyes. What am I even reading? Is he serious? Does he even understand what he is saying? How …
Well, Indian team is smiling. They have a taken a 2-0 lead and cannot lose the series. Having said that there is much to play at Indore and in the last test. India have more or less qualified for the WTC finals in England. They will play Australia who have also qualified though there is …
Under Ben Stokes, England has attained a level where no other cricketing nation has gone before. The transformation of Test cricket that he helped herald, which is known as Bazball, has captured the imagination of every cricket supporter. Stokes is already being talked about being the best English cricket captain. There are some illustrious names …
Venkatesh Prasad is quite famous for that one delivery in the 1997 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan. It wasn’t his dismissal of Aamir Sohail that is still remembered but his send-off of Aamir Sohail that is still talked about. Whenever, visuals of that video is seen, an Indian sort of gets goosebumps because of the …
Australia imploded. That will be an understatement. What were they thinking? How did the team go into the ground on day 3 with a set plan without any backup? Things are bound to go wrong and where was plan B? The answer to all these are moot now but the way Australia imploded on that …