Indian cricket team on a high as administrators reach new lows
First let me start by wishing all our readers a Happy New Year! 2009 is the year when CricTalks was born and we plan to make it grow to become a significantly popular cricket blog. For that we need to write a lot of posts and updates along with implementing ideas. I promise this year you will see a marked increase in frequency in posts. More of that later in some other post.
Fascinating Test cricket battles in the week ahead
The week that lies ahead will see some fascinating Test cricket action. It is quite a unique time as all Test playing nations except Bangladesh are involved in a test series. England is touring South Africa, West Indies are touring Austrialia, Pakistan are playing in New Zealand and closer home Sri Lanka will play the final Test of the three match series tomorrow against India.
India play Srilanka at the historic Brabourne…
India takes of Sri Lanka tomorrow at the Brabourne Stadium.
India destroys Sri Lanka in Kanpur Test
Last time a Test match was played at Green Park in Kanpur, India won the test against South Africa but because the match was over in 3 days the Kanpur pitch came up for a lot of flak. This match which was being played against Sri Lanka got over in 4 days but no one can really complained about a bad pitch. Not after India amassed a massive 642 runs with their top 6 batsmen scoring 3 centuries and 2 fifties amongst them.
Who is killing Test cricket? T20 or the curators
With the rise of IPL and T20 cricket in general a lot of voices have showed concern that Test cricket might die out because the entertainment of T20 simply cannot be replicated by Test cricket. Some people are taking the middle path that Test cricket, ODIs and T20 all have their place.
Tendulkar the Great
When Tendulkar walked out to bat in a Test match for the first time, Rajiv Gandhi was India’s Prime Minister, the Berlin wall stood and USSR still existed. The internet was nascent, mobiles phones were hardly used in US and never used in India. Most of us reading this article were probably less than 10 years old. The world has changed dramatically but Tendulkar remains the best in the world.
Tendulkar completed 20 years of international cricket on 15th November 2009.
Has ‘Team-India’ become ‘Indian-Team’ again?
What is the difference between ‘Team-India’ and ‘Indian Team’ ?
Both are the nick names of Indian cricket team.The Indian cricket team -when they were nicknamed as ‘Indian Team’- consisted of many great players like Sachin, Dravid, Ganguly, Srinath, Kumble etc. All of them were able to win matches themselves and the team was the strongest on paper, but the weakest in reality. It’s because during those days, India had a habit of winning all matches except the final or the Tie-breaker match.
A Prince called Ganguly
He started his career way back in 1992 in Australia. It was a complete disaster and he went back into the oblivion of domestic Indian cricket. Then in 1996 when Vinod Kambli was dropped for a series in England and the selectors replaced one mercurial lefthander with another from Bengal was taken.
Considered to have weak footwork, not much of a power game and a questionable attitude Saurav Ganguly entered the Test arena with a lot of detractors and a lot of questions.
What went wrong with the Indian Team at the ICC World Twenty20 Super8?
After the early exit of Indian team from the tournament, commentators, media and critics got busy with finding out the “exact” cause of the poor performance of the team. Rightly so, when there are no more matches to be played by the Indian team, that is the only thing they can talk about.
If there was an award for a team for best coverage around the world (whether or not winning matches) India would have won it by now already.
ICC World Twenty20: India reaches the Semifinals!
Now, that is one heading I really wanted to write a post with… but Indian team’s performance in the Super8 let me down.
Nevertheless, the Indian team in Women’s T20 WC has given me this chance… 
If you were busy following the men’s tournament and did not get a chance to check out what was happening in Women’s T20, here is an update.
Indian Women’s Team defeated Pakistan and Sri Lanka in their group matches to reach to the Semifinal stage.
Preview: India Vs West Indies
Match Details: Group E| Super 8
Date: June 12, 2009
Time: 10:00 PM IST
TV Coverage: On Star Cricket in India
Venue: Lord’s, London
Playing Conditions
Weather: High: 19°C, Low: 11°C, Partly Cloudy, Mostly Bright, Humidity: 52%
