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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)

Is the Indian domestic cricket strong enough? Are we producing cricketers who are capable of representing the Indian national team? What are the performances seen in the domestic cricket that one can take solace from?A list of the batting p...(more)

Did the missing tooth do him in?
Hey Yusuf,You, me and cricket are doing some strange things together – when I didn’t want you in the team, you were always there. Now when I want you in, you’re out, baby.I could always tell when you...(more)

Following up on the earlier post, I decided to look up the number of players blooded by India in the last four years who can potentially step up to the test arena (numbers looked up are from 2007 Jan)Shikhar Dhawan is the only other opener ...(more)

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)

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)

India embark on yet another Carribbean tour without Sachin Tendulkar. The one day squad has a deep bench. When the regulars were unavailable, it was easy to find credible replacements. It’s to India’s credit that it has blooded ...(more)

This wasn’t a mere IPL game, there was a context to it, and I was awake to it - it struck me when the CSK chase appeared asleep. Suresh Raina seemed much older, even restrained, far more determined than his already exaggerated high st...(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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Yusuf Pathan has had a relatively quiet IPL so far - he decided that Deccan Chargers presented the right opportunity for him to flex his muscles. His knock helped KKR reach a target that was always difficult for Deccan to chase down. Kolkat...(more)

CSK defeated KKR in the first match of IPL4 by 2 runs.The captaincy of MS Dhoni came into the fore once again during the chase. His confidence on the spinners in his side (Ravichandran Ashwin and Suraj Randiv) was so much that he took on Yu...(more)

The 2011 World Cup finished last Saturday with the Indian team winning the tournament. Within a week, the team has been split into 8 different teams (5 players leading their respective franchises) - one wonders how the players will respond ...(more)

This one’s all about those who were expected to do better, but grossly underperformed throughout the tournament, or whatever they played of it anyway.
The order/combination is irrelevant, since there seemed to be way more successful ...(more)

We are the Champions of the World - Courtesy Castrol Cricket SiteThe Indian team has been partying hard from the night of April 2nd - once MS Dhoni hit the winning six. All the team members played in a minimum of two matches in th...(more)

MS Dhoni with 2011 World Cup (Courtesy Yahoo Cricket)Dean Jones had commented that MS Dhoni must have been dreaming if he thought that he could win the World Cup with this team. MSD not only dreamt the World Cup win but also planned very we...(more)

Let us understand the situation after the match between India and South Africa at Nagpur - this was India’s first defeat in the tournament (after the tie against England) in five matches but they are not still sure of a Quarter-final ...(more)

India conspired to deny South Africa their title of the ultimate chokers by laying claim to it themselves. In fact, they choked twice in a match and seemed to dare South Africa to out-do that. Robin Peterson decided that he couldn’t d...(more)

Yuvraj Singh - allrounderIndia reached the top of their Group after a not-so-easy win against the Irish team. They did not have it easy as they would have liked to. The bowlers were troubled by a lengthy partnership after two early strikes....(more)


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