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The first couple of parts Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography can be read here and here. This is the next chapter of his autobiography. Pietersen and his early life. Kevin Pietersen, in this chapter reminisces about his England career while preparing to leave for India to participate in the Indian Premier League. He gets nostalgic thinking about …
The first part Kevin Pietersen and the meeting can be read from the link given at the end. This is the next chapter of his autobiography. Kevin Pietersen captaincy and Moores After the drubbing at the hands of Australia in 2012, KP left Australia a day earlier than the rest of the team. This irked …
Pietersen starts with a disclaimer. He says he is not someone who can be trampled upon. In February 2014, Pietersen went to the ECB to meet the then 3 powerful people in the English game, captain Alastair Cook, Managing Director Paul Downton and James Whitaker, the Chairman of Selectors. England had just concluded a disastrous …
India is involved in a series against Sri Lanka. The schedule for the next 6 months involves a series in Australia. The BCCI is busy discussing with the various franchises about the next IPL that is 10 months away. The franchises have placed various demands on the BCCI. It remains to be seen how many …
England have chosen to sack their white-ball coach, Mathew Mott. It wasn’t surprising at all given the performance of the team over the last couple of years under Mott and Buttler. What was unexpected however was the retention of Jos Buttler as the captain. From the heady days of the ODI World Cup win followed …
Well, there was a series between England and West Indies. Not that many paid much attention to the series. As expected, England won the series 3-0. It is actually a big improvement for England against this particular opponent. For some reason, England and Pakistan are the only teams that still lose games to West Indies. …
Gautham Gambhir has been appointed as the new Indian coach. He took over from Rahul Dravid after his tenure came to an end after the T20 World Cup. That Gambhir will take over from Dravid was a done deal long before it was officially announced. It seemed like no one was even considered for the …
I am an ardent fan of Saurav Ganguly. The man who transformed Indian cricket and the way the players approach every game, especially on foreign shores. He instilled the much needed confidence in every player. His shenanigans of making Steve Waugh wait for the toss during the famous 2001 series was legendary. The entire Indian …
There is no doubt that Bumrah played a stellar role in the T20 World Cup win. He bowled 2 of the last 5 overs and gave away just 4 and 2 runs to go with the wicket of Marco Jansen. Incredible performance by any standard. More so, when it comes to the final of the …
Well, it was much expected. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jadeja were expected to retire from T20 at the end of the World Cup. It didn’t come out of the blue. The writing was on the wall ever since the last T20 World Cup in which India were unceremoniously dumped by England. Suddenly, both Rohit …