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(pataudi Trophy) India: Marks Out Of -10

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Indexed  September 18, 2011
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has always talked about expectations. How his team is expected to win every time. He uses this to indicate the kind of pressure his team is always under. On the surface it makes me scratch my head trying to understand ...(more)
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Fatigue, Ipl, Preparation And Other Excuses

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Indexed  September 18, 2011
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Now India wants another warm-up game before the Boxing day test in Melbourne. This completely confuses me. On the one hand, we crib about too much cricket, then we want one more warm up game because cricketers have not had enough of the "ri...(more)
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Indian Cricket - Own Argus-like Review

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Indexed  September 11, 2011
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The Argus review has been completed in Australia recently and the committee has suggested a number of moves, some of them ratified by the Board so far. If a similar review was done for Indian cricket, what would we find?The true fact is tha...(more)
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England Vs India: Player Ratings For The Series (part 1)

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Indexed  September 10, 2011
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So, it’s over. The series, the #1 ranking, and the bubble of unquestionable success that enveloped India after the World Cup win. It’s just one bad series, India may just continue to win from this point, but this still happene...(more)
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India Are Still Pissing Me Off

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Indexed  September 10, 2011
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I am writing this after day 1 of a certain Edgbaston Test, and in a state of utter crabbiness and mental disarray. Although my brain is temporarily being inhabited by a little curry-munching caterpillar, at least for the duration of this to...(more)
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England Vs India: Halfway Series Review

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Indexed  September 10, 2011
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It would be the understatement of understatements to say that the series has been full of action so far, but that doesn’t stop anyone from saying it either way. Such competitive pitches... it could have been so much more than the on...(more)
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Eng-ind Series - Time For Post-mortem

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The series is over. India have been white-washed by the English team convincingly, 4-0 being the verdict. There was no doubt who was the stronger team and the No.1 ranking at the end of the series was apt for the winners.The jury is out. Ex...(more)
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Eng-ind Series - When India Had A Chance

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Though England have won the series against India convincingly, there were incidents when everyone involved felt that the Indian team had a fair chance of matching the English, at least in the first two test matchesFirst test at LordsZaheer ...(more)
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11 Ways To Encourage The Indians

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Indexed  September 9, 2011
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No point in writing any more posts about the on-going test series between India and England. Hence, decided to see how the Indian players can encourage themselves to come back in the last test at Oval - eleven different meansSehwag should n...(more)
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Vaseline And Batsman Recalls

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Indexed  September 8, 2011
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Two off-field incidents made news in the second test between India and England - one obviously was the decision by MS Dhoni to recall Ian Bell after he was run out by the Indian team in the second innings. This led to a huge discussion all ...(more)
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Eng-ind - 2nd Test Preview

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While the English press is already celebrating the win in the Lords test by saying that the team is a step away from being No.1, the Indian media is talking about the typical attitude shown by Indian teams in coming back from such situation...(more)
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Looking Ahead, The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

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Indexed  September 7, 2011
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Post the England tour, the FTP looks like this5 ODIs vs England at home3 Tests 5 ODIs versus West Indies at home.4 Tests and 8-11 ODIs versus Australia away3 Tests and 5 ODIs versus Pakistan at home.3 Tests versus Sri lanka away.3 Tests ver...(more)
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A Well Deserved Thrashing

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Indexed  August 9, 2011
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A well as India played in the months prior to the World Cup, ultimately leading to the World Cup win itself, they have badly let themselves down since then. A stirring series in South Africa where India tamed Steyn and Kallis and gave South...(more)
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Broad’s Heroics Won’t Count...

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Indexed  August 9, 2011
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It has taken Stuart Broad roughly 7 days of Test cricket to flatten India. If he can hold up his performance for the second half of this Test; the series can be safely labelled Broad’s Pataudi Trophy. Of course it does not have the &#...(more)
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Its India V England’s Belief

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Indexed  August 8, 2011
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The only time, I was confident about India winning an away series was in 1986 when a strong Indian line up took on an Australia in transition. That side on form and skill was almost as strong as this Dhoni led Indian side; perhaps a bit str...(more)
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Test Cricket Is No Longer Intuitive

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Indexed  August 7, 2011
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For the times Test cricket is played in; for the competition that Test cricket finds itself facing; it’s a far too nuanced game for its own good. Modern; and dare I say; rational; spectators demand the game be intuitive. There is...(more)
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Eng-ind - England Go Up 1-0

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The 100th test match between India and England went the way of the hosts in a match that, though affected by rain, was played in bright sunlight most of the days. Though one can point their fingers towards the bowling, the famed batting of ...(more)
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Having A Look At The Indian Batting Line-up Part-2

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Indexed  July 27, 2011
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In second part of the article, Having a look at the Indian batting line-up, I would look at batsmen occupying the key number three slot as well as the strong middle-order. In the 90’s, when India travelled abroad their batting line-up...(more)
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Series Preview: England Vs India

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Indexed  July 27, 2011
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By this time tomorrow, the first Test will be afoot at Lord’s. If you’ve fallen into the hype-moat surrounding this series (who hasn’t, really, except for one or two continents), then surely you must believe that this will...(more)
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Wi-india 1st Test - India Win The Series 1-0

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Indexed  July 27, 2011
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Being the No.1 team in the world, one expected the Indian team to win this series 3-0. Thanks to the team that was selected for the series (without SRT, Sehwag, Gambhir, Zaheer), the expectations was reduced and the public was not expecting...(more)
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