My first memory of Tendulkar was way back in 1989. India was touring Pakistan and the broadcast on Doordarshan was grainy. I grew up in Mumbai and the 16 year old child prodigy was already being talked up in the local newspapers. There was anticipation in the air and the prodigy was expected to just about make …
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After Sachin Tendulkar completed his 100 international centuries there have been a lot of people praising his achievement. But I have noticed that over the past few years a lot of cricket fans seem to criticize Sachin Tendulkar for whatever he does or does not do. Most of this criticism expects Sachin Tendulkar to retire and …
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Rahul Dravid announced his retirement today. It was a no-nonsense and simple statement that has ended his fantastic career. Much like the way he batted in the middle. Rahul Dravid has often been over shadowed by more flamboyant players throughout his career. He scored a technically superb 95 on debut in England, but that innings …
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Virender Sehwag has always had a game suited for ODI Cricket more than Test but for some inexplicable reason he seems to play big innings in Test matches more so than ODIs. Yesterday, Sehwag decided to do some catching up and not only with a fantastic hundred but a double hundred. He broke Tendulkar’s 200* which …
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Today South Africa won a Test against Australia. South Africa won by a handsome 8 wickets. But the drama and mayhem from the day before was truly stuff of Cricket legend. The first day ended with Australia on 214/8 with Micheal Clarke not out on 107. On day two, Clarke went on to score 151, …
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Today India announced its squad for the Test series against West Indies, which will be touring India next month. The opposition is West-Indies which is probably not the best in the world but a notable omission from the squad is Harbhajan Singh. The announced squad includes: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS …
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Little did Rahul Dravid imagine he was going to play another ODI match in his career after India won the World Cup in 2011. India were world champs and Dravid was not picked for over 2 years. The nickname of ‘The Wall’ was apt and proven once again with Indian team struggling hopelessly in England …
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India’s tour to England has been a disaster. We lost the series 4 – 0 and trail the ongoing ODI series 2-0. Yes, India has lost 6 matches without even winning a single one. But the bigger disaster seems to be for the players. India is losing more players than matches. The count has reached …
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Way back in 1993 in January/February – England toured India. They were considered to be the better test side but ended up losing the 3 test series 3-0. Today with a 4-0 victory over India, England has avenged its defeat. They have also moved to the top of the ICC Test Rankings, while India which …
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Recently with the 3-0 lead in the India vs England Test series, India has lost the #1 ranking for Test Cricket. England has displaced India. The shocking part of this defeat has been a tired Indian bowling side that never threatened the opposition batsman while the batsman are yet to score 300 in an innings even …
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