Sri Lanka Cricket

Ronchi, Elliot Turn the Tables on Sri Lanka with Record Stand in 5th ODI at Dunedin on Friday

 January 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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After AB de Villiers’ 31-ball hundred last Sunday at Johannesburg, another ODI record was shattered on Friday, January 23, 2015 in faraway Dunedin. Just when everyone thought that New Zealand would be run over by the touring Sri Lanka side, Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliot produced an unbeaten sixth-wicket stand of 267 runs off just […]

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West Indies Cricket

West Indies Cricket in Utter Shambles as They Lose ODI Series with a Miserable Defeat in Third ODI

 January 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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The way it looks now, West Indies’ World Cup preparations are full of cracks. They are faltering in every department. The bowling attack is blunted, fielding lapses are woeful and their batting is fully dependent on Chris Gayle. When Gayle clicks, the innings look good and when he flops, everyone follows. That was the story […]

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Gayle-Storm Blows Away South Africa in First Two T20 Games

 January 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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After being mowed down by Proteas in tests, West Indies began the T20 Series in thundering fashion with Chris Gayle showing raw batting power twice in a space of three days. On January 9 at Cape town, Gayle began slowly after he came to the crease with Dwayne Smith to counter South Africa’s 165/4. After […]

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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

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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Cricket

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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Cricket

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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England Cricket

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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