Within days after a disastrous and humiliating series against New Zealand in India, India will head-off to Australia for the next edition of the Border Gavaskar series. The first Test at Perth, starts on 22 November and the team will leave India on November 10. They have enough time to play atleast one warm-up game …
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In continuation of pouring my frustration at the performance of the Indian team, first of which ashamed humiliated and dejected, no amount of words on a paper or in a blog, will be satisfaction, there are still a lot to be said. The captaincy must be decided immediately. Rohit has proven to be an uninspiring …
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We the supporters of Indian cricket, demand action be taken against the players and also against the board itself. Losing a home Test series 0-3 is a shame. This is not something that can be erased from the minds of all those supporters who oversaw the happenings at Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai. It is a …
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It took Pakistan 4 consecutive and heavy defeats for them to realise that on flat pitches, the rechristened England is not only tough to contain but is almost impossible to defeat them. Once, they turned to spin as their main choice of attack, England, the Bazballers were found wanting. On every previous occasion, Pakistan have …
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In continuation of the previous a proud record crashed, I want to analyse or rather pour my frustration on the blog because I just like several others, am still not able to come to terms with how such a proud record was lost because of some of the most atrocious batting that has been witnessed …
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In the end, it came in a whimper. The record of not losing a single Test series in 12 years, which should have been protected and fought tooth and nail, if it needed to be broken, was squandered rather easily. The captain even had the audacity of saying that one series loss in 12 years …
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India is not a land for fast bowlers. If we go through history, all of the bowlers were medium pacers, with quite a few who can be termed in the local language as military medium. Prior to the introduction of Kapil Dev, India did not even have a single fast bowler worth the title. Gavaskar …
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I am someone with a view that Washington Sundar must forget his bowling and concentrate on his batting. Eversince he made his debut in Australia, against all odds, he has shown that he has the necessary technique and the skill to be considered among the best batsman in the country. The fact that he has …
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I have already written one blog about the first Test debacle. This is a continuation of the same. There are certain players in the team who have not been living upto expectations for a very longtime. Chief among them are Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul and to a certain extent, Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja has been pretty …
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It is impossible to get out of such massive depth because 46 was a gigantic hole that India found itself under. Nevertheless, they did try their best but it wasn’t good enough because with about 357 runs lead, it was always New Zealand’s game to lose. That at one point, it looked like India could …
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