The game we all love, however
Two teams that are in different confidence levels are up against each other in the southern most part of the world. England and New Zealand are two contrasting teams with one of them still has an outside chance of making it to the WTC finals in June. New Zealand are really buoyant after their historic …
Australia who was expected to steamroll India at Perth, found themselves at the receiving end. The defeat was comprehensive. Indians played a brand of cricket that Australians themselves will be proud of. The Australian bowlers did not have an answer for the batting of Jaiswal, Rahul and Kohli. Nitish Reddy took full advantage of the …
The Perth Test will be remembered by every Indian fan for a very longtime. Like the Gabba win in 2020, this will also be discussed in the same wavelength. It was a fabulous win and make no mistake about it. It was so heartening to see the Indian team put up a display that defied …
Every former cricketer or every pundit worth their salt, whenever they pick their choice for the playing eleven, has always put Virat Kohli at number 4. The latest is Wasim Jaffer who wants Padikkal to bat at number 3. It essentially means that he does not want to disturb Kohli from his usual spot. My …
This morning, I saw an article in espncricinfo.com that likely playing eleven for India at Perth. It gave me an idea as to how I want the playing eleven to be. Not that it matters for the echelons of the management but it is a favourite pastime of every Indian supporter. To discuss threadbare what …
So the Perth Test. Well, well, well, one more edition of the BGT Trophy is upon us and it has already heated up. The Australians, be it current or former cricketers, are at their best when it comes to what Steve Waugh termed “mental disintegration”. Not just the Australian players, even the newspapers and the …
Over the last 20 years, since the Ganguly-led Indian team started to win outside of Asia, somehow, somewhere, the India vs Australia series became quite competitive and a lot of times, closely fought. Suddenly, Australia talked about the series being on par with the Ashes. During the Waugh and Ponting era, when Australia won everything …
The Indian team, after the surrender to New Zealand at home, is now in Australia for The Border Gavaskar Trophy. It is worth mentioning that India has somehow, won the trophy 4 consecutive times, including, twice in Australia. Looking back and looking at the batting, it is nothing short of a miracle. Anyway, the next …
Gautham Gambhir, the Indian cricket coach, is known for his feisty and combative nature. He played the game tough and was never afraid of a challenge. He gave his best when it came to India. This was the player Gambhir. However, the coach Gambhir needs to show some maturity and Gautham Gambhir must reduce talking. …
England, the team that redefined how white-ball cricket must be played, is now struggling in the same format. A team that once talked about scoring 500 runs in ODI, is now unable to even win consistently. There has been changes in personnel, drastically at that, but fortunes have not changed. Eversince the retirement of Eoin …