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Question Marks on Gabba’s 1st Test Between India & Australia as Players Mourn Hughes’ Death

 November 29, 2014   R K Gupta

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Even at the highest levels, Cricket Australia officials are uncertain about staging the first test match between the visiting Indian tourists and Australia. All talks about cricket in general and the test match in particular have been overshadowed by Australians continuing to grieve over their friend and teammate Phillip Hughes, whose lost his life under […]

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Sri Lanka Suffers a 5-0 Whitewash as Kohli Leads India to Victory in the Ranchi ODI on Sunday

 November 17, 2014   R K Gupta

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India stuttered for a while after losing debutant Kedar Jadhav in the 40th over. From a cozy position, they began losing wickets and the flow of runs stopped against some fine bowling by Ajantha Mendis. Beginning with the wicket of Robin Uthappa, Mendis not only scalped 4 wickets, he made the scoring difficult. With Mathews […]

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Rohit Sharma Piles up ODI History’s Highest Score in India’s Big Win at the Eden Gardens

 November 14, 2014   R K Gupta

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Rohit Sharma announced his return to the India side in storming fashion. After a nervy start, he first took control of himself and then controlled the entire match. In the process, he emerged as ODI history’s highest run-getter with 264 runs, leaving Virender Sehwag 45 runs behind. The sledge-hammer batting from Sharma completely demoralized Sri […]

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India Wrest ODI Series after Victory at Hyderabad Against Sri Lanka on Sunday

 November 10, 2014   R K Gupta

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After two nearly identical victories at Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, India seized the 3-0 ODI series win against Sri Lanka on Sunday night. At both venues, Sri Lanka batted first and India chased successfully to carve out two 6-wickets victories with over 30-balls remaining in both games. Both at Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, India came up with […]

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Indian Openers Fashion Out Huge Defeat for Sri Lanka in the First ODI at Cuttack

 November 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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After the West Indies left Indian shores in questionable circumstances, the Board of Control for Cricket in India succeeded in getting the Sri Lankan team to India. Some senior Sri Lankans were peeved by an external tour suddenly thrown in but finally they all arrived; albeit less prepared and with a few under-experienced players. The […]

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A Bitter End to West Indies-India Series as WICB Calls Back Team After 4th ODI

 October 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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Cricket expert and broadcaster Tony Cozier called the unfortunate end of India-West Indies Series as a lose-lose situation. Communicating the decision to the West Indies Cricket Board to stop playing in India after the Dharamsala ODI, Dwyane Bravo said that the players would return home in the wake of an unresolved dispute with the Board. […]

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West Indies Lose the Second ODI from a Position of Strength as India Draw Level

 October 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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Despite heroics by Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli, India played a second fiddle to the touring West Indian side who looked like winning the game until the 29th over of their 264-run chase. With Dwayne Smith and Kieron Pollard in full flow until 128/1 and 6 required of each remaining over, it was really the […]

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Dwayne Bravo Leads West Indies in Thrashing Over-Confident India in First ODI at Kochi

 October 9, 2014   R K Gupta

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The West Indians began their tour-India campaign with two back-to-back 50-over practice games against India-A in Mumbai. In the first match at the Brabourne stadium on October 3, West Indies batted first and were bowled out for 148 in 38.1 overs. India’s A team came up with an overpowering reply to score 149/1 in just […]

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India Finish Their Summer Tour with a Narrow but Avoidable Loss in the Only T20 at Edgbaston

 September 9, 2014   R K Gupta

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Indians made a heavy weather of their batting in the last few overs to lose an otherwise winnable and the only T20 match of their English tour. It was the last game left in their itinerary before India flew back home. Everything pointed to an India victory until the better part of the match, before […]

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Joe Root’s Whirlwind Century Helps England Salvage Some Lost Pride In Fifth ODI at Headingley

 September 6, 2014   R K Gupta

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Generally lucky with the flip of the coin, MS Dhoni won the toss again and unhesitatingly chose to field. India made one change from the last match, bringing in Umesh Yadav to replace Dhawal Kulkarni. England made two changes with James Tredwell and Ben Stokes replacing Harry Gurney and Gary Ballance. England didn’t have a […]

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