India at Trent Bridge

India Begin Reasonably Well in the First Investec Test Against England at Trent Bridge

 July 10, 2014   R K Gupta

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For a true cricketer, all the glamor and glitterati of One-Day-Internationals and T20 cricket pale into insignificance, when contrasted with test cricket. From the moment he takes the game as a career option, the cricketer begins dreaming of his debut in a test match for his country. Though shorter versions of cricket have assumed prominence […]

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Legendary Cricketers Show Their Mettle in Home of Cricket to Celebrate 200 Years of Lords

 July 9, 2014   R K Gupta

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Located in a relatively crowded locality of London’s St. John’s Wood, the Lord’s Cricket Ground is a famous tourist attraction on days, when the place is devoid of any cricket action. Most international tourist operators include a visit to Lords as an item of their itinerary. A 2-hour guided visit to Lords costs 18 pounds […]

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Sachin-Sharapova

Needless Sachin-Sharapova Talk Is Much Ado About Nothing

 July 4, 2014   R K Gupta

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India’s cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is in London along with Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralidaran, Brian Lara and Brett Lee to participate in the Lord´s Bicentenary Match between a Rest of The World XI and MCC XI on July 5. In between he joined many sports celebrities in Wimbledon’s Royal Box on day 6, the first […]

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West Indies Humble New Zealand by 10 Wickets in the Second Test at Port of Spain

 June 22, 2014   R K Gupta

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After losing the Kingston’s first test by 186 runs, West Indies came back strongly in the second at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Despite the 10 wicket win, the captain Ramdin was not happy with his players. After taking eight New Zealand second innings wicket for 212, the bowlers and fielders allowed the ninth wicket pair […]

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ODI

Rain saves India the blushes after a horrible batting display in third ODI against Bangladesh

 June 20, 2014   R K Gupta

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For the second time in three days, Indian batsmen succumbed to the Bangladesh bowlers. Uthappa and Rahane started struggling straightaway and except for the first-over four off Mashrafe Mortaza, Uthappa just couldn’t get going. Rahane too found the scoring difficult and yielded a maiden over to Al-Amin Hossain. It was a pitiful sight to watch […]

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Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey – Indian dream in making

 June 20, 2014   Kirti Daga

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Born in Nainital, India, Manish Krishnanand Pandey started playing cricket from a very young age under the training of his coach Mr. Satish who was a former coach in Haryana, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. As a part of the 2008 Under- 19 World Cup, where the Indian team emerged victorious, Manish Pandey also holds the […]

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ODI

Sensational Stuart Binny Leads India To an Amazing Victory In the Rain-Affected Second ODI

 June 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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In the first ODI, two days ago, Bangladesh won the toss, batted first, and put up a very competitive score from ODI standards. India’s batsmen were equal to the task and went about chasing 273 but rain enforced the D/L rule in between. Regardless, India won the match without any hiccup. In the second ODI […]

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ODI

Rahane Uthappa Star in India’s Win Against Bangladesh In a Rain-Interrupted First ODI

 June 17, 2014   R K Gupta

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When Bangladesh batted after winning the toss in Sunday’s first ODI against the touring Indian team, the decision of skipper Mushfiqur Rahim appeared imprudent. The Bangladesh batsmen were not able to contend with the accurate bowling attack and played with too much caution. At the end of the 4th over, Bangladesh had scored only 5 […]

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Buttler dismissal

Buttler dismissal hides England cricket frailties

 June 4, 2014   John Welsh

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During an five match ODI cricket series between Sri Lanka and England in which fortunes ebbed and flowed throughout, the deciding game at Edgbaston proved not only to be a comfortable victory for the tourists but also sparked a controversial run-out which several English gentleman would have described as ‘it’s just not cricket’. Yet off-spin […]

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CSK

Third 20th over Victory for CSK in Last Four Games And RCB Win As Yuvraj Shines Again

 May 15, 2014   R K Gupta

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Akin to clockwork, CSK’s win came from last over for the third out of their last four outings. Against DD in Delhi on May 5 and MI in Mumbai on May 10, CSK had required an identical 11 runs for victory in the last over. On both occasions, the ever reliable MS Dhoni came handy. […]

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