The game we all love, however
India were bowled out for 78 in the 3rd test against England at Headingley. This is second such instance in the last 10 tests when the entire team weren’t able to cross the 3 figure mark. Was this because of poor team composition? Were the team over confident? Did the usual suspects fail to perform …
There has been lot of hue and cry over Ashwin not playing the first couple of tests in England. Yes, Ashwin is the leading wicket taker amongst the current Indian bowlers. He has more than 400 test wickets. He is considered as the best spinner in the world at the moment though I will not …
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Cricket at the Olympics Cricket is a sport that is played amongst a handful of nations. It is rather a lengthy game in that even the shortest format, lasts for more than 3 hours. A lot of other games takes less than 50% of that time. As such, cricket can never be a global sport. …
Rohit Sharma, the lazy elegance, the player with supreme touch and the ball races to the boundary. The bowler is not offended at all because he never felt the impact. Instead, he is also in awe looking at that shot. The murderous pull of anything pitched short is also treated by the bowler as something …
The second test between India and England was a good advertisement for test cricket. Yes, it wasn’t always played in the right spirit but the quality of the game was good. It has some great individual performances as well as some performances that do not deserve any merit. In the end, yes India won but …
Did India miss a golden opportunity to win the first test against England? Yes, they certainly did. Did they get the combination wrong? Not really but they did blunder in picking Rahane in the playing eleven. Could they have done something different? Yes, concentrate on scoring runs. Let me analyse the first test. Rahane’s continuous …
Before you go on to read frustrating to follow Indian cricket team, modern times, please read the earlier version of this story here. Yes, the subsequent liberalisation brought quite a windfall. TV rights were sold to the highest bidder. Coverage of the game became professional. What the Indian fans saw and were spellbound in Australia, …
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I have called it. It is really frustrating to follow Indian cricket team. Too many dawns and too many failures. Too much of hope and too many heartbreaks. All those talk to this being a wonderful team and that the Indian team is on their way to world domination is utter nonsense. At the sametime, …
It is real and it is staring us right on the eyes. Indian cricket’s lower order problem. This has become serious problem off late. The Indian lower order are absolute mug with the bat. It is better if they are made to stand in a line and the bowler bowl just one delivery to get …
Mental health is a real problem. Far too many sportspersons are succumbing to that. It is not just cricketers but it seems to affect people from other sports too. The pandemic is not helping either. Infact, it has exacerbated the problem. It is time the authorities wake upto the realities of mental health and prepares …