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This article is an analysis of Rahane’s performance in Test cricket. There was a time when Rahane could not do anything wrong. He was so consistent that his wicket was valued highly as that of Kohli and certainly above Pujara. Ajinkya Rahane, the player who has played a lot of wonderful innings in his career …
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Michael Holding, who is certainly among the greatest of fast bowlers the game has ever seen, has come up with a bizarre accusation against the England, Pakistan and Australian teams for not bending the knee before every game in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Yes, the Black Lives Matter movement started because of …
Sreesanth, the mercurial former Indian medium pace bowler is trying to make a comeback into first class cricket. Sreesanth was banned after the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. He was out of the game for more than 6 years and now he wants to be comeback to the game. Now that he has served his sentence …
Bowler friendly pitches is essential. Cricket is a game that is at its best when there is sufficient ebbs and flows throughout the game. The spectator’s interest in watching a game will increase manifold if they see that there is a balance between the bat and the ball with slight advantage to the bowlers. In …
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All of us are in the middle of a severe pandemic that has swept the globe. Several sporting competitions and several bi-lateral games have been either postponed or cancelled altogether. Legendary Tennis competitions like French Open & Wimbledon were cancelled for the year. Formula 1 which usually starts in the month of March, started in …
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Before proceeding, go through part one and two of the three part series of the flawed ICC ranking system Test Ranking Ever since the ranking system was introduced, West Indies, Australia, India, England, South Africa & Pakistan have been ranked as the best team but not necessarily in the same order. As discussed before, South …
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Before proceeding, if you can read volume one of this three part series Basis of the ranking system I am certain that the ICC did not think through the ranking system when it was introduced. It was absolutely understandable because it was the very first time and it was almost impossible to think about every …
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Cricket’s ranking system is a rather old one when compared with other sports. It was started in the year 1987. It began just before England’s test with Pakistan in 1987. Football’s ranking system started in 1992. Golf only an earlier when compared to Cricket. Hockey started in 2003. Tennis’s ranking is probably the oldest. It …
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Kamlesh Nagarkoti, the promising kid who played a wonderful role in the Indian U-19 team winning the World Cup in 2018 wants to become the fastest Indian bowler. In that tournament, he regularly bowled in excess of 145KMPH speeds. Alongwith Shivam Mavi and the other bowler whose name I do not seem to recollect, Kamlesh …
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Is Suresh Raina required to justify his absence from the IPL? We all are aware of the fact that Suresh Raina has withdrawn himself from this year’s IPL to be held in The UAE because of his fear of the pandemic. He has cited his young family as the reason for his withdrawal. He feels …
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