T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup 2016: 5 Batsmen who can make a difference

 February 25, 2016   Joel Fernandes

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Boundaries and sixes, they define the modern day cricket and this is what T20 is all about. In this shorter and quicker version of the game, the men with an ability to score quickly and smash boundaries are the ones to prevail. Here I bring to you 5 batsmen who might make a big impact […]

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Squad for India t20

Squad for India’s t20 series against Sri Lanka announced, Virat rested for this home series.

 February 3, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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The BCCI on Monday announced the squad for upcoming three-match T-20 series against Sri Lanka. Virat Kohli who had a phenomenal series down under has been rested for this home series.Kohli was in supreme form in the just-concluded Australia T-20 series, where he scored 199 runs at an average of 199 with three half-centuries. Though […]

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Dominant Virat Kohli Carries India to a Big Win Against Australia in the First T-20 Game

 January 28, 2016   R K Gupta

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India lost the toss but won the game. The difference was the format-change. Steven Smith learnt about the subtlety in the 50 and 20-over formats, when he decided to chase after winning the toss in the first of the three-match T-20 Series at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday and paid the price by losing. It […]

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Rohit sharma Century

Perth Script Repeated at Gabba as Rohit’s Century Fails to Fetch Victory for India in 2nd ODI

 January 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a strange and coincidental quirk of fate, India lost another ODI after posting 300-plus, which again included a fine century by Rohit Sharma. Gabba’s second ODI was pretty much like the one at WACA, where Rohit’s good work proved to be of no avail. Other similarities were; India winning the toss, choosing to bat […]

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Virat Kohli’s Chronological Transformation to Test Cricket from Short-Formats of the Game

 December 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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It took Virat Kohli nearly 4 years after his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in August 2008 before he could find a place in India’s test team. He was drafted for the ODI side after he led India’s under-19 team to victory in 2008 U-19 World Cup at Malaysia. His aggressive approach and consistently good […]

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India v SA 4th Test cricket

Despite India’s Massive Win Defiant South African Batsmen Stole Headlines in Delhi Test

 December 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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Delhi’s fourth and last test match was played amid ongoing criticism of test-match pitches at Mohali and Nagpur. While there was no need to assess conditions of the washed-out Bangalore test, after three-and-half day’s play in the Kotla test, India looked like heading for a 3-0 whitewash. There was hardly any chance that South Africa […]

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India-South Africa Test

Nagpur Pitch Proclaimed Poor by ICC Ahead of the Fourth India-South Africa Test at Delhi

 December 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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As South Africa prepare for their last engagement in India, the memories of their two back-to-back debacles against the hosts could be haunting them. On the other hand with the 2-0 series victory, the Indians have a reason to be on the seventh heaven before the start of fourth test at Delhi on Thursday. Except […]

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India Beat South Africa

India Beat South Africa by 108 Runs in Mohali’s First-Test Battle Between Spinners

 November 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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In a low-scoring Mohali test that entirely belonged to the spinners, India handed a 108-run defeat to South Africa inside three days. After a dismal batting show on first day, India bounced back on the second by bowling out South Africa. When the second day ended, the dice was loaded a little bit in the […]

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Indian Cricket Team Gears Up for Upcoming Cricket Encounters with Visiting South Africans

 September 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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The South Africans arrive in India in late September for a 72-day long tour to play 3 T20 matches, 5 ODIs and 4 test matches. For the Proteas, it will be the longest tour to India that runs until December 2015. After India bounced back from the 0-1 test deficit against Sri Lanka recently, Ravi […]

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Before Colombo Badly Bruised India Trying to Recover From the Gargantuan Galle Gloom

 August 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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For India’s cricketers, especially the batsmen, it is not easy to forget what they did on the fourth day of the Galle test. As they arrived in Colombo for the second test beginning next Thursday, the memories of that woeful disaster kept chasing them. Ten remaining batsmen could not stand up to Rangana Herath on […]

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