Tale of Two Cities: Cricket Crawls in Cape Town; Sangakkara Lights up Wellington
January 4, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, Sangakkara, South African cricket, Sri Lanka, West Indies CricketOn the second day of the Cape Town test, West Indies managed to post a reasonable score but they could have done better. South Africa began well but after losing a couple of wickets; they slowed down to some restrictive bowling by the West Indians. It wasn’t the short of batting pace that the Newlands […]
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West Indies Stutter On First Day of Cape Town Test Even As Dale Steyn Becomes South Africa’s Top Wicket Taker
January 3, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, Dale Steyn, South African cricket, West Indies CricketWest Indies went into the second test against South Africa, determined to do well in their last outing after a wash out at Port Elizabeth and hopeless loss in the first test at Centurion. Despite losing an early wicket, the Caribbean side tried hard to recover but couldn’t prevent a middle order rout. Regardless, they […]
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South Africa & West Indies Both Failed to Beat the Weather at Port Elizabeth
January 1, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, South African cricket, Test Cricket, West Indies CricketIt was test match, more about frequent interruptions and called off playing sessions than any action in the middle. Despite that, patience on part of players on both sides was laudable. A drawn game in test cricket has a funny side to it. It can be a hard-fought encounter, where one side would try to […]
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Dhoni Announces Retirement From Test Cricket at the End of The Drawn Game at the MCG
December 30, 2014 R K Gupta
BCCI, Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, MS DhoniThe bigger news than India managing to save the third test at Melbourne, was MS Dhoni’s sudden retirement from test cricket. His decision becomes effective immediately and Virat Kohli will lead India in the fourth and final test at Sydney. Australia needed a draw to win the Border-Gavaskar test series and India will go to […]
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India Face an Uphill Task on the Last Day of the MCG Test as Australia Enhance Lead
December 30, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Virat KohliIt is not much different than what Virat Kohli dealt with at Adelaide. Scoring in excess of 300 runs on last day with only a couple of batsmen performing; is an uphill task. Regardless of the oft-repeated fashion statement that the cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties, scoring 300+ has never been easy on […]
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New Zealand Beat Sri Lanka at Christchurch as West Indians Continue to Fight at Port Elizabeth
December 29, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, New Zealand Cricket, Sri LankaAfter a brave resistance, Sri Lanka faced the inevitable. The deficit on the first innings was far too huge for the islanders to bring off any other result that was dominated by Brendon McCullum’s sledgehammer knock. Sri Lanka resumed from the overnight 293/5 and could only reach 407 with a dogged 59-run last wicket stand […]
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New-Zealand Still in Command at Christchurch But Port Elizabeth Game Almost Washed Off
December 29, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, New Zealand Cricket, Sri LankaAfter Sri Lanka succeeded in polishing off the New Zealand tail on second day morning, they succumbed to the fiery bowling spell from the Kiwi seamers. The quartet of Trent Boult, Tim Southee, James Neesham and Neil Wagner ensured the Sri Lankan slide and by tea Lanka were bowled out for 138 in their first […]
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Fine Centuries From Kohli and Rahane Blow New Life into an Otherwise Dead Indian Batting
December 28, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Rahane, Virat KohliIndia began day 3 at MCG with losing Pujara’s wicket off the second ball. Alarm bells must have begun sounding in Indian camp as Pujara perished to a poorly played shot. Virat Kohli joined Murali Vijay but their partnership didn’t last long. Kohli watched with dismay as Vijay almost emulated Pujara in trying to cut […]
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Pressure-Cooker Situation on Second Day for India As Steve Smith Leads From Front at MCG
December 28, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Indian Sport NewsSteven Smith has been batting with total application and devotion to the cause ever since he took over the reins of leadership from Michael Clarke at Brisbane. He began with an inspiring century at the Gabba after India had posted 408 in the first innings and Australia were poorly placed at 247/6. After he ensured […]
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Apart From MCG, Cricket Fest Continues Elsewhere Too As McCullum & Dean Elgar Excel
December 27, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Indian Sport NewsMCG was not the only place on Friday, where cricket action took place. While India grappled with the problem of taking Steven Smith’s wicket at Melbourne, Brendon McCullum came up with another whirlwind test knock probably to announce that his score of 188-ball 202 against Pakistan in the third test at Abu Dhabi was no […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | CHOU Tien Chen | 67,190 |
| 3 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 64,960 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 63,020 |