Ranji player watch – After round 1
Round 1 of the Ranji matches have finished, and here is how the players in my Player watch series (batsmen, bowlers and all rounders) went - S Badrinath 72* A Chopra 16 and 32 S Raina 203 M Tiwary 203...
View ArticleWhat’s the team for Australia going to be?
I am sure there is strong reason for postponing the the team selection for the tour of Australia. But as I mentioned in an earlier post, I don’t see any reason to name 24 probables to only cull the...
View ArticleTeam India for Sri Lanka series
India will play 3 Tests and 5 ODIs against Sri Lanka in a one-month tour that commences with a tour-game on July 18th. The 16-member India Team for the tour has been announced. The major surprise is...
View ArticlePointers from the Irani Trophy game…
Unless Gautam Gambhir and Aakash Chopra are able to pull a rabbit out of the hat, the 2008 edition of the Irani Trophy seems to be headed irrevocably to the cabinet of Team RoI. The Irani Trophy has,...
View ArticleSri Lanka Vs India :: 1st ODI :: 28 Jan 2009
India won against Sri Lanka in the 1st match of this new ODI series without really breaking into a sweat. Ever since Sri Lanka lost Tilakaratne Dilshan in the very first over, the result was as clearly...
View ArticleTeam India Performance in New Zealand: Tests
Much has been written about India not going that extra mile to win the last Test in New Zealand in the last few days. I wrote about India missing a “Tipping Point” moment. Mahesh also wrote about Good...
View ArticleGoing Places. A book-review.
Going Places : India’s Small-Town Cricket Heroes, by K.R. Guruprasad. I was at Landmark, browsing books, hoping to buy some books that would help me spend some alone-time in this new place I’ve now...
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