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Pujara. He is an enigma isn’t he? It is hard not to criticise Pujara and at the sametime, it is hard not to praise him either. He is instrumental in India winning games and at the same time he is instrumental in India not taking advantage or not putting the pressure back on the bowlers. …
As we all know, a second Indian team is on their way to Sri Lanka for a short limited overs series. Rahul Dravid will be coach for this team. It is good that the BCCI thought it fit to appoint Dravid as the coach because he has worked with most of these players over the …
Better sense seems to have prevailed. India have placed a delayed request for a practice game ahead of the first test against England. It is much needed but it was something neither the Indian team management nor the Indian board seems to have cared about. Also, the World T20 has been moved out of India. …
Laxman has offered a couple of advise to Rohit Sharma on how to bat in English conditions. Let me try to offer my two cents about Laxman and former cricketers advise. “I think not only for Rohit but for every opener, it’s very important to know where your off stump is,” Laxman said. “And Rohit, …
The few hundred spectators who turned up on the 4th day at Edgbaston on what turned out to be the last day of the match and the series against New Zealand cannot help but smirk as soon as the last England wicket fell of the very first ball. It summed up the performance or the …
If you are given an option of watching 2 batsmen bat. One who is exceptionally sedate and he is scoring at 22 and the other who is extremely aggressive and is scoring at over 75, which batsman would you pay to watch? Let us assume that this is the first or the second day of …
Sanjay Manjrekar, is back in the news again. This time for his comments about Ashwin not being an all-time great. Former cricketers have come in support of Ashwin. There are some famous names in that. However, what was such a simple tweet has become like a storm in a tea cup. Does such an innocent …
The ICC have announced that the 2027 and 2031 ODI World Cup will consist of 14 teams and the 2024, 2026, 2028 & 2030 T20 World Cup will be expanded to 20 teams. Also, New Zealand and England have begun their series with Conway scoring a double hundred. I will write my thoughts about expanded …
“India is supposed to go to Sri Lanka for three ODIs and five T20Is”. These were the words of the BCCI president Saurav Ganguly. It definitely came as a bolt from the blue. With the Indian team set to tour England, no one, perhaps not even the Sri Lankan board expected India to travel to …
We are in the beginning of June and in a few days, the World Test Championship final will be upon us. India and New Zealand have reached the finals rather convincingly. Over the last couple of years, England and India have played the most number of tests with India emerging victors in more than 75% …
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