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India against Australia 2001 the greatest series – 2. Part 1 can be read here. Was it the turnaround I expected? Yes, this was it, this was the turnaround I expected. It is only a question of time before Australia are bowled out for a score less than 275 and India will pile up a …
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India against Australia 2001 the greatest series – 1. When I look back to the good old days, not that many series stood in mind. Sure there were odd brilliant test or the 1983 World Cup win. However, I just could not recollect an entire series. A series that stood the test of time and …
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Indian team is unable to crack the T20 code. It has been a longtime since the world started to play T20 cricket. It was in 2007, when the first world T20 was held and South Africa and the following year IPL was introduced, T20 cricket exploded out of sight. So much so that every nation …
South Africa have appointed a new captain for their limited overs squad. It will be Temba Bavuma. He has taken over from Quinton De Kock after de Kock had had a horror run in Pakistan with the bat as well as being the captain. Even during that series, it was decided to replace de Kock …
Right in the middle of the second test between India and England, there were lot of criticism about the pitch and it continued into the 3rd test and even after the tests were complete. The players who were defending were Indians players who are currently playing in the series. My point is players must not …
Gains and loss for England after the Indian series. England came to India on the back of a wonderful series win in Sri Lanka. Infact, they have now won 5 consecutive tests in Sri Lanka. This is an incredible achievement. Except India, I do not think that any other team has achieved such success in …
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India and England have just completed if not an acrimonious series but somewhat not cordial. There were lot of criticism regarding the pitches in the 2nd and 3rd test. So much so that at one point, England even thought about filing a formal protest about the pitch. Ahmedabad & Chennai. Especially, after they were routed …
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A few weeks ago, IPL auction for 2021 was completed and there were some really costly purchases, most notably from Royal Challengers Bangalore. Glenn Maxwell went for more than 14 Cr and Kyle Jamieson, the unknown quantity when it comes to T20 cricket was bought for 15 Cr. These were outrageous sums. Nothing can be …
Cricket is a game that is played amongst a handful of teams and rightly so. It must stay that way probably forever. It is implicit that with only a few teams playing the game, every game remains competitive most of the time. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. There are far too many instances …
Criticism about the Motera pitch and the inability of the batsmen. India and England just completed a test in less than 2 days. That is 30 wickets were lost in a little over 25 minutes into the 3rd session on the 2nd day. It is even mind numbing to think that 2 top teams who …
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