Lords Test

After a Slender Lead by England, Lords Test Is Interestingly Poised at the End of Day 3

 July 20, 2014   R K Gupta

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India allowed England a 24-run first innings lead, despite spirited bowling from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The unassuming bowler accounted for 6 England wickets for 82 runs and recorded a back-to-back 5-wicket haul in a test match. In 8 test match innings, his total wickets now stand at 20, of which 11 have come from Nottingham and […]

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Honors Even On Day 2 As Lords Test Sees Another Century

 July 19, 2014   R K Gupta

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India could not prolong their first innings on second day in the Lords test but Indian seamers pushed the England batsmen in the same way as the English bowlers had done against India on day 1. Alastair Cook failed once again much to the discomfiture of the English selectors and except for Gary Ballance, none […]

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Rahane Salvages Pride After India’s Familiar Batting Collapse on the First Day of the Lords Test

 July 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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Vinoo Mankad was the first Indian to score a test-match century at Lords. Subsequently, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Vishwanath, Ravi Shastri, Mohd. Azhruddin, Sourav Ganguly, Ajit Agarkar and Rahul Dravid have also had the honor of recording test centuries on this ground. Of all these illustrious cricketers, Vengsarkar is the only overseas player to have done […]

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Cricket

The Trent Bridge Tests Ends After Some Scare to India and Lot of Theatrics

 July 14, 2014   R K Gupta

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The first test at Trent Bridge offered some advantage to India on the first two days; but by and large, the entire match was dictated by first innings’ last-wicket stands from either side. On fourth day, when stumps were drawn, India were 167/3 with Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane being the not out batsmen. Just […]

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England Outshine India, Break Test Record for 10th Wicket and Grab 4th Day’s Honors.

 July 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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There has been nothing spectacular in the Nottingham test for four days in terms of any side looking like achieving a result. Despite Murali Vijay’s century and the last wicket heroics of Shami and Kumar on the first two days, India could not dictate terms to England. But they held an upper hand after leading […]

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England Trying to Match India on Last-Wicket Stand as Play Ends on Day 3 in Trent Bridge Test

 July 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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Beginning at 43/1, England batted creditably in the first session on the third day, just as the Indian batsmen had done on the second day. Like India, England also lost wickets in the session after lunch and played to nearly the same script on their part with an unbroken 54-run last wicket stand. For India, […]

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Bhuvi Kumar and Shami Frustrate England on Second Day of the Nottingham Test

 July 11, 2014   R K Gupta

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Like the first day, the close-of-play advantage rested with India at the end of day 2. In the morning, they carried on cautiously from yesterday’s 259/4 off 90 overs. England needed an early breakthrough to restrict India, while Dhoni thought in terms of prolonging his unfinished partnership with Murali Vijay. While both sides had their […]

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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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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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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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