Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey’s Blitz Helps India to a 6-Wicket Consolation Win in Sydney’s 5th ODI

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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Australia failed to complete the 5-0 India whitewash in ODI series’ last game at Sydney. MS Dhoni got lucky with the coin toss and elected to field presumably because, India almost successfully chased an even stiffer target at Canberra. They uncharacteristically fell in a heap in the last stages at Manuka Oval but the going […]

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Indians Come Tantalizingly Close to Victory in 4th ODI Then Humiliatingly Fall Like Nine Pins

 January 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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MS Dhoni had been coming hard on India’s bowlers after three successive ODI defeats that took the series away from them. In each one of those games, India batted first and someone scored a hundred to take India’s challenge in the vicinity of 300 runs. Thereafter, they failed to defend the otherwise challenging scores because […]

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India Lose Series against Australian Might as Bowlers Fail to Deliver in Third ODI As Well

 January 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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One difference in MCG’s third ODI, compared to the previous two at Perth and Brisbane, was about the smaller margin of India’s defeat. If 309 and 308 in first two ODIs were not enough, India began with a handicap of scoring even less at Melbourne. After winning the toss, Steven Smith had no hesitation in […]

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Perth Script Repeated at Gabba as Rohit’s Century Fails to Fetch Victory for India in 2nd ODI

 January 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a strange and coincidental quirk of fate, India lost another ODI after posting 300-plus, which again included a fine century by Rohit Sharma. Gabba’s second ODI was pretty much like the one at WACA, where Rohit’s good work proved to be of no avail. Other similarities were; India winning the toss, choosing to bat […]

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Rohit Sharma’s Century is Wasted as Australia Overhaul India’s 309 with Ease

 January 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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After making 309/3 on a batting-friendly WACA pitch at Perth, India lost to the Aussies by 5 wickets in the first of the five ODIs scheduled for their ongoing tour down under. Of all the players, Rohit Sharma must be the most disappointed man, whose unbeaten 171 went in vain as Steven Smith and George […]

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India’s Cricket Selectors Churn out T20 & ODI Squads for the Upcoming Tour of Australia

 December 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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In a huge revamp in T20 and ODI teams for the upcoming limited-overs series against Australia, national selectors sprang a surprise in dropping Suresh Raina from the ODI squad, including Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra for T20 games and persisting with Shikhar Dhawan in both formats. In all, the new T20 side had six changes […]

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Australia End Their English Tour on a Consolatory Note with a 3-2 ODI Series Win

 September 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Traditionally, the Ashes victory has always been the highpoint of contests between Australia and England. When shorter versions of game didn’t exit, test series result was the lone benchmark of performance superiority between two of the earliest contenders in the game of cricket and the prestige of the two cricketing nations hinged on the Ashes […]

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Part Redemption for Australia in Shorter Versions as Their Summer English Tour Nears End

 September 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the Ashes Test-Series, which Australia lost 2-3, the two nations played the only T20 game at Cardiff on August 31 and England held their nerves to eke out a 5-run victory. The 5-match ODI series began soon afterwards. In the first ODI on September 3, Australia scored an emphatic 59-run win over England at […]

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Australians win Fifth Test in an Ashes series of contrasting conditions and insufficient excitement

 August 24, 2015   John Welsh

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Australia duly won the Fifth Ashes Test match at the London Oval with England displaying some resistance in their second innings before being bowled out for 286 on the fourth day to suffer an innings and 46 runs defeat. That the hosts survived to bat on Sunday was mainly attributable to a lengthy innings from […]

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London suits the Australians as they seek a consolation Ashes Fifth Test victory

 August 22, 2015   John Welsh

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It would appear that the Australian test cricket team prefer playing in London rather than in other cities during the current 2015 Ashes series against England. Their only victory in four previous tests occurred at Lords close to the centre of the Capital as a good fast wicket and plenty of warm sunshine suited their […]

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