The game we all love, however
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 …
On the eve of Ashwin’s 100th Test at Dharmshala, I would like to go back in memory to ascertain of the interesting thoughts that he has come up with. Ravichandran Ashwin and The Hundred. A few months ago, there was an interesting article in www.espncricinfo.com about Ashwin’s desire to disallow the non-striker from backing up. Other …
By taking effective and immediate action against Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, BCCI has elevated the Ranji Trophy, the premier Indian first-class competition to its desired levels. It is important that the players be shown that they cannot mess around with the Ranji Trophy and hope to play in the IPL alone and thereby become …
Eversince the loss of the series or more precisely, eversince Joe Root’s ill-advised ramp of Bumrah, England’s former cricketers have advised the team to look beyond Bazball. They range from Michael Vaughan to Mark Ramprakash though sane voices like Nasser Hussain have asked the supporters to refrain from criticising Bazball. I would urge England don’t …
It was an excellent series win. There are no two ways about it. Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid and the entire management must be thrilled to achieve this win. Perhaps, under Rohit and Dravid, this is their best performance. I do remember that India reached the ODI World Cup Final but did they win it? No. …
At the end of the 4th Test against England, Rohit Sharma was at his fiery best. He said all the right things to say in the press meet. It was so heartening to see the national team’s captain say such things. The youngsters are more and more influenced by money and they opt for the …
Suddenly, Bazball is in the news but for the wrong reasons. Why the cry over Bazball? England was never known for exciting cricket. Push into a corner, they will usually buckle down and wait to be rolled over. The various teams under Alastair Cook and Joe Root more or less resembled lambs to the slaughter …
Yes, I do mean it. The supporters are the fools. Yes, because It is official now. What was expected at Rajkot, happened or will happen in Ranchi. Jasprit Bumrah has been rested from the Ranchi game. This is so disappointing. Let us remember the fact that the series has not yet been won. Also, let …
The Test win at Rajkot, must surely be the best win under Rohit for India. The closest Test win must be the win at Cape Town where the game was finished inside 2 days. Rohit Sharma has previously won a series against Australia in India but that series win didn’t feel that satisfied. Those wins …