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In the run up to the World Cup and in the immediate aftermath of the victory, I was chuffed about India’s bench strength. India seemed to be able to win matches despite some of their best players not playing games. They seemed to be a...(more)


The tour didn’t get ignored as much as I’d thought, actually - quite unlike Raina’s first captaincy stint in the tri-series with Zimbabwe and Bangladesh year. There was plenty of interest in the progress of India’s n...(more)

CSK have a number of match-winners in their team and it was about time they unleashed a new winner - Wriddhiman Saha. Saha probably wanted to announce to the world what mettle he was made of - maybe a subtle warning to West Indies where he ...(more)

India's selectors threw up a squad for the tour to the West Indies today - and there were no surprises. Partly because Srikkanth and Co. have lost the ability to shock us, but mostly because it is, after all, a tour to the West Indies.
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One of the more balanced sides with no surprises in team selection, except for Wridhiman Saha as back-up wicket keeper to Parthiv Patel. The big news, however, is the elevation of Gautam Gambhir as the captain of the ODI side. And also the ...(more)

No, they haven’t announced it yet, and I’m not sure when they’ll do it, but it’s likely to be soon (Jan 19 apparently), so here’s what I think it should (and might) be. Because there just aren’t enough op...(more)

The final Indian team for the 2011 World Cup will be picked by the selection committee on January 17. 15 players will be picked which means an equal 15 will have to be dropped from this list.The 30 probables selected were as follows:O...(more)

The Indian selectors announced the team for the ODI series on the sojourn to South Africa, after the test series has been completed.The squad is as follows:Openers - Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin TendulkarMiddle-order - Virat Kohl...(more)

India announced their 30-member squad for the World Cup today. I had come up with my expected list 4 months back.The squad named is as follows:Openers - Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rah...(more)

Back for the NZ ODIsThe Indian selectors have named replacements for some of the players in the first two ODIs Sreesanth being replaced by Zaheer KhanRohit Sharma replaces Suresh RainaParthiv Patel taking over the wicket-keeping gloves from...(more)

Surprise selection!!!The Indian selectors named two squads yesterday - NewZealand ODIs in India and the South Africa test series overseas. Few surprises there but overall the team has familiar faces as the core. The squad for first two...(more)

WikipediaMS Dhoni has mentioned today that he will request the BCCI for rest before the series against South Africa overseas. He has mentioned Suresh Raina along with him. He says:We will put in a request to the board but we have to see wh...(more)

Yuvraj Singh (capt.), Abhinav Mukund, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Saurabh Tiwary, Parthiv Patel (wk), Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, R Vinay Kumar, Manish Pandey, Abhimanyu Mithun and Ravindra Jadeja Som...(more)


There are ways to refresh a tri-series in Sri Lanka, they extend beyond resting Bhajji. Rest the whole lot of them. Play an alternate eleven, rekindle some of the Sharjah magic – the Mohinder Amarnath Benefit series. Hold on to some of La...(more)

Parthiv Patel will always be the youngest cricketer going. No matter how much the boys from across the border fudge their age, they will always be older than Parthiv. Parthiv’s moment was a Little Hearts tv commercial with Syed Kirmani. H...(more)

I’ve waxed lyrical on my blog for a while now about Warriors medium-pacer Rusty Theron, who almost singlehandedly won his franchise the two South African domestic limited overs tournaments this year.I’d seen him around before bu...(more)

Image via WikipediaThe IPL3 has thrown up a number of performers (old and new) in the 14 matches played so far. Some of them are already certainties in their international squads but there are quite a few youngsters (and veterans) who are m...(more)

The moment we’ve all been waiting for since the IPL began this year finally arrived today in the game between the Delhi Daredevils and the Chennai Super Kings in Delhi.Chasing a huge 186 to win, Chennai opened with Matthew Hayden and ...(more)
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