Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis Bids Adieu in Great Style at Durban

 December 30, 2013   R K Gupta

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India lost the second test and the series tamely, as the might of South Africa proved too much for them. There were only two match-saving possibilities for India on the final day. One was patience and determination from Indian middle order to thwart the fiery South African attack but that was lost from the first […]

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Virat Kohli

Gallant South Africans Almost Got There!!

 December 23, 2013   R K Gupta

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Indian cricketers don’t need anyone to tell them about the inherent strength of South African cricket. That the South African have been defeated on just three occasions in the last four years; is an ample testimony to their fighting potential against the heaviest of odds. At the end of the fourth day of the Johannesburg […]

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Graeme Smith

Graeme Smith – World’s Most Unassuming Cricketer

 October 31, 2013   R K Gupta

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Any discussion on accomplished international cricketers in the last 25 years will throw up names like Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Vivian Richards, Brian Lara, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Richard Hadlee, Allan Border, Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Arvinda Desilva, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ian Botham, David Gower, Graham Gooch, Gary Kirsten, […]

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