Rahane

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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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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Test Cricket

One of The Most Gallant Rearguard Actions in Test Cricket History

 February 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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During the lunch on the third day, the second test between India and New Zealand, was literally in India’s bag. In the session before lunch New Zealand had lost 4 wickets on 87 runs. Soon after lunch, New Zealand lost another wicket and their score stood at 94/5 with McCullum unbeaten on a labored 19 […]

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Indian Cricket

India’s Cricketing Miseries – Where Do They Go From Here?

 February 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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The fact that Ishant Sharma has taken a number of wickets in the first test will mean that the wayward bowler will be persisted with when the team for the second test is finalized. Including Zaheer Khan will be another compulsion, since the veteran is still erroneously thought of as India’s bowling spearhead. And since […]

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