India cricket match report

With Ravichandran Ashwin’s 6-wicket Haul Day-One Honors Belong to India in Galle Test

 August 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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As if to prove that India’s five-bowler strategy is the most ideal, two pace bowlers and three spinners were included in the squad for the first test at Galle with great results on the opening day. India bowled out Sri Lanka for 183 with Ravichandran Ashwin leading the charge. There is hardly any history about […]

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Virat Kohli in Auss on fire

Mathews and Kohli Are Two Contrasting Faces of the Same Cricket-Captaincy Coin

 August 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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With the first test between Sri Lanka and India less than 24 hours away, there are already close-door activities on either side. They are weighing their strengths and weaknesses; conjuring up the possible elevens in the team and strategizing the on-field performances. Meanwhile there is bad news for India. Murali Vijay has failed to show […]

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India Test Series with Sri Lanka

Indian Squad Arrives in Colombo for a Three-Match Test Series with Sri Lanka

 August 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Indian sub-continent is in the grip of monsoon and cricket matches suffer on account of rains playing spoilsport. As the Indian contingent under Virat Kohli arrived in Colombo for the three-test series, they were greeted by heavy showers and their training session at the Premadasa Stadium began with light drizzle that developed into full-scale […]

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RCB

Bangalore Rain Washes Off Play After a Whirlwind Sarfaraz Takes RCB To 200

 April 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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At 11.30 PM in Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the local supporters still waited for the play to resume after the heavens opened up shortly after the Royal Challengers Bangalore finished their 20 overs. But the announcement of abandonment disappointed them because no team would want to share points after scoring 200 runs. For the past […]

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Kohli as RCB Beat Royals

Huge Relief for Kohli as RCB Beat Royals by 9 Wickets in the 22nd Match of IPL-8

 April 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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Other than their star batting caste, Royal Challengers Bangalore also have an envious bowling line-up that is the most expensive in IPL-8. Until their last match on Friday, RCB’s bowlers were blasted left, right and center. On an average, the celebrated bowlers had leaked 9.55 per over in the four matches, including the one against […]

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RCB Sink Again With CSK Batsmen Ruling the Roost in Match # 20 of IPL 2015

 April 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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Virat Kohli’s luck is running out. The RCB captain is in a fix with Bangalore acquiring a paper-tiger status. Their line-up looks superb on paper with batting stars like Chris Gayle, Rilee Rossouw, Dinesh Karthik, AB de Villiers and Kohli himself. On the bowling front they have Mitchell Starc, a star performer in the 2015 […]

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India Beat Pakistan

India Beat Pakistan in a Battle More Sentimental Than Real

 February 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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Any sporting contest between India and Pakistan becomes an emotional battle that defies the true consequences of a normal game played between two normal sides. Everyone is affected in the two countries. For them, winning against each other is an ultimate achievement. They don’t mind being disqualified in the tournament as long as they could […]

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Kohli at 3rd test aus

Fighting Centuries from Kohli and Rahul Help India Stay in Sydney Test on Day 3

 January 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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When Sunny Gavsakar made the pitch inspection on first day morning at SCG, he predicted that the wicket was full of runs. The legendary cricketer has been vindicated as over 900 runs have come in three days and only 12 wickets have fallen. On third day, India lost Rohit Sharma early and even as Kohli […]

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Virat Kohli Ind vs Aus

India Face an Uphill Task on the Last Day of the MCG Test as Australia Enhance Lead

 December 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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It is not much different than what Virat Kohli dealt with at Adelaide. Scoring in excess of 300 runs on last day with only a couple of batsmen performing; is an uphill task. Regardless of the oft-repeated fashion statement that the cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties, scoring 300+ has never been easy on […]

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Kohli and Rahane

Fine Centuries From Kohli and Rahane Blow New Life into an Otherwise Dead Indian Batting

 December 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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India began day 3 at MCG with losing Pujara’s wicket off the second ball. Alarm bells must have begun sounding in Indian camp as Pujara perished to a poorly played shot. Virat Kohli joined Murali Vijay but their partnership didn’t last long. Kohli watched with dismay as Vijay almost emulated Pujara in trying to cut […]

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