Indian bowlers

Some Promising Indian Pacers and Their Woeful Tales

 September 30, 2013   R K Gupta

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Cricket has been a Batsmen’s game by tradition. There are tales of legendary batsmen on how they astutely dealt with the most intimidating bowling. Even after drastic changes in cricketing formats, triumphs of the batsmen against vicious bowling, make more cricketing headlines, than genuine bowling performances. Yet, pace bowling has its place in cricket. It […]

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Onions omission is biggest surprise in England Ashes squad

 September 24, 2013   John Welsh

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The announcement of the England cricket squad for the winter Ashes series against Australia contained the usual tried and tested performers plus several surprise inclusions. With the selection of Gary Ballance, three Yorkshiremen head a batting line-up which includes Michael Carberry as the back-up opener, but it is the bowling section where most debate is […]

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Fielding – The Most Heartening Aspect of Indian Cricket in Recent Times

 September 21, 2013   R K Gupta

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Die-hard cricket enthusiasts would not have missed the marked improvement in the quality of fielding by Indian cricketers in recent matches. If one looked back into the past, fielding was never accorded much importance. The selection criteria hinged on a cricketer’s ability with the bat or the ball, even if he was a hopeless fielder. […]

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Ashes series in Australia should be a closer affair

 September 3, 2013   John Welsh

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Now that the dust has settled following the controversial ending to the recent Ashes series, it may be time to reflect on the team selection and potential outcomes for the forthcoming series starting in November between Australia and England. When the umpires declared that the light was sufficiently poor to prevent the last four overs […]

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A war on the horizon India Pakistan cricket match

 March 29, 2011   Prathamesh Dalvi

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Huh!! this is it.. The time has come when the men will be separated from the boys. The semi finals of the world cup are here and this is where the consistency and the composure will be tested. To the delight of the millions of fans in the sub-continent, all the sub-continental teams apart from […]

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Hail the God..

 February 28, 2010   Manpreet

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How do you describe someone possessed by a desire to keep on excelling even after reaching the pinnacle of success? To step out carrying the hopes of 1 billion people on his shoulders? Guess its simple, “Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar”, more than apt to describe someone with these qualities. Circa 2006, the time when Sachin was […]

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Back to the Wall

 July 14, 2009   Manpreet

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  A few days back, I read in the newspapers that Rahul Dravid had been thrown a “lifeline” by the Indian selectors regarding his one day career. Lifeline to a legend, how stupid does it sound? However that’s not what this post is about. Apparently miffed at the lack of spine in the Indian batting […]

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