Indian cricket team started the World Cup against Bangladesh. They won comfortably, but their tied match (even after scoring 330+ runs) against England and their loss to South Africa (where they lost 9 wickets for 29 runs) had left them with 7 points with one more match to go. Frankly, other than the match against […]
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What will a World cup win mean to each of the semi finalists?
Cricket is a game that always has romance behind it. Small teams beat big teams, reputations are lost and made and teams find themselves in the dumps and manage to rise up from the ashes to become champions. That what a cricket tournament is all about and this ICC T20 World Cup is the same. […]
Dhoni goes from being Captain Cool to Captain Clueless
India has had a rich history of Batsmen who had wrists of steel and footwork fancier than a gazelle. But they have always had a problem facing short balling and always had a issue with unearthing good fast bowlers. India has always suffered when fast bowlers gave the batting order some chin music but off […]
Is Duckworth Lewis method unfair in T20 Cricket ?
Duckworth-Lewis method is a statistical method which involved calculating progressive scores based of past scores in One Day Internationals along with using wickets in hand as a resource to score more runs later on in the innings.
Take for instance the match between England vs West Indies. England scored a fantastic score of 191/5 in 20 overs. In the second innings it rained and West Indies had to scored 60 runs of 6 overs. So instead of scoring almost over 9.5 runs an over for over 20 overs it left West Indies to score 10 runs an over for only 6 overs.
I think West Indies can count themselves lucky.
Who will win the ICC T20 World Cup?
The T20 World Cup tournament will start in a couple of days on 30th April and all the big boys of Cricket will try to go all out to win the coveted trophy. This is the third edition and India along with Pakistan have been the previous winners. So who will win the trophy and […]
Indian squad and ICC T20 World Cup league phase schedule
The Indian Premier League is over and it is back to international nation versus nation cricket. The T20 World Cup starts on the 30th of April 2010. Indian will be led by MS Dhoni who would be full of confidence after leading Chennai Super Kings to IPL glory. Here are the Groups the teams have […]
The Man who made kangroos jump higher
A chubby body and a childish face – That is the physical appearance of the Australia’s best captain – Rickey Ponting. Quote the word ‘physical’ in bold letters, because his mental appearance is far apart from this childish physical features. Inside that chubby face there is a mysterious,cunning and sharp mind which could bring home victory and supremacy in the match.That’s the reason why he still wears the Aussies captain’s cap !
Can India Retain the World Cup?
This time when the Indian team starts its campaign in the World T20 Cup, there are two major differences more than any other.
First, the team looks stronger and better prepared for the shortest form of cricket.
Second, the expectations from the fans are way more than expected.
Given the balance and experience of the side, fans have all the rights to demand nothing less but retain the cup.