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I understand that the title Lyon about CA and BCCI must be slightly misleading because one will feel that Nathan Lyon, the brilliant Australian spinner, has said something about both Cricket Australia and the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The first part is correct. He has criticised Cricket Australia. I have included BCCI …
The 8th game of the IPL at Hyderabad between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad became the see ball hit ball game. Sunrisers ended up by eclipsing the record of RCB by posting the highest total in the history of IPL. Mumbai threatened to overtake that score but fell short by 31 runs. When you consider …
One more edition of the IPL will be underway in Chennai on the night of 22nd March 2024. This is the 17th edition of the tournament that has sprouted a lot of rival leagues throughout the cricketing world. The BBL in Australia was followed by Sri Lanka, Pakistan and West Indies with the latest entrants …
The most successful team in the history of IPL alongwith Mumbai Indians, starts their campaign against RCB on the 22nd. Two titles in three years is a massive achievement. They will be hoping to ascend heights that no team has ever done before. One more title win will put them ahead of Mumbai Indians in …
The Royal Challengers Bangalore will be under all sorts of pressure this season because of the success of their counterparts in the just concluded WPL. It has been 16 years since the inception of the IPL but RCB have never won the title even once though they reached the final on three occasions. This is …
I am here again, to laud BCCI for a wonderful initiative. After the diktat of representing their respective state teams to those players who are not part of the Indian team but are in their state teams, the board has come up with one more laudable decision. Awarding players who prefer Test cricket and thereby …
Before proceeding to read this blog, please read part one of the England series against India. In this blog, I will dissect the opinion of England’s former cricketers, some of whom were really savage on their team. It was an incredible performance on the part of the Indians who missed several key personnel in the …
The English were overwhelming in their opinion about the series in India. They will lose and some even said heavily. In the end, it did come true. England lost the series heavily. 1-4 defeat, with the sole victory on the back of an unbelievable Ollie Pope innings, that they must have lost as well. The …
The contribution of the bowlers can be read here before proceeding with the contribution of the bowlers. The biggest plus for India was easily the bowling of Kuldeep Yadav. He is someone who despite talent, missed out on a lot of cricket. Some years ago, Ravi Shastri, the then Indian coach said that Kuldeep will …
Prior to the start of the series, if anyone had told Rohit Sharma that his team would lose one Test, he would have been satisfied. If the same person had told him that his team would win 4 Tests and thereby the series, he would have been ecstatic. With the withdrawal of Virat Kohli just …