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The Indian tour of Australia towards the end of this year, is quite significant in more ways than one. Not only will it bring back international cricket back to Australia but it promises to be watched by a good number of audience which will mean that the Australian board will be much happier because of …
Ashwin should not have warned Finch. An interesting scene happened in The IPL between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. Ashwin who is now famous for running out Buttler in last year’s IPL at the non-striker’s end, did not runout Aaron Finch in that game. Instead, he just stopped bowling, looked at Aaron Finch and …
The Number Four Conundrum. The Indian One Day team for a very longtime, were trying to find a player who will come in after Rohit Sharma, Dhawan & Kohli. They were looking for a player who will be able to score freely if the top 3 had set a wonderful platform or he will be …
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This article is an analysis of Rahane’s performance in Test cricket. There was a time when Rahane could not do anything wrong. He was so consistent that his wicket was valued highly as that of Kohli and certainly above Pujara. Ajinkya Rahane, the player who has played a lot of wonderful innings in his career …
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Sreesanth, the mercurial former Indian medium pace bowler is trying to make a comeback into first class cricket. Sreesanth was banned after the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. He was out of the game for more than 6 years and now he wants to be comeback to the game. Now that he has served his sentence …
All of us are in the middle of a severe pandemic that has swept the globe. Several sporting competitions and several bi-lateral games have been either postponed or cancelled altogether. Legendary Tennis competitions like French Open & Wimbledon were cancelled for the year. Formula 1 which usually starts in the month of March, started in …
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Kamlesh Nagarkoti, the promising kid who played a wonderful role in the Indian U-19 team winning the World Cup in 2018 wants to become the fastest Indian bowler. In that tournament, he regularly bowled in excess of 145KMPH speeds. Alongwith Shivam Mavi and the other bowler whose name I do not seem to recollect, Kamlesh …
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Is Suresh Raina required to justify his absence from the IPL? We all are aware of the fact that Suresh Raina has withdrawn himself from this year’s IPL to be held in The UAE because of his fear of the pandemic. He has cited his young family as the reason for his withdrawal. He feels …
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Yes, you have read the correct. A joke called BCCI. We all know that The Board of Control for Cricket in India is among the richest sports body in the world and the richest in the cricketing world. The resources at their disposal are enormous. Their power is incredible. The clout that they enjoy in …
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Let us talk about Rahane at number 4 in ODIs. Rahane has come out in the open and has said that he should have played at No. 4 for India in ODIs and especially in the 2019 World Cup. Rahane had been a dependable (though this is debatable of his dependability any longer) No. 5 …