On a tour mired by injuries and a 4-0 wrap on the knuckles in as many Tests, the ‘negative’ remark on Gautam Gambhir’s MRI report was the first ‘positive’ in some time for Team India. Perhaps that’s an indicator that the ODI Champions will not meet the fate they met as No. 1 in Tests.
Time to defend World Champion status
Posted: August 28, 2011 in CricketTags: Alastaircok, England, India, India's tour of England, MS Dhoni, ODI Champions, ODI series, World Cup winners. World Champions
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IPL more important for Sehwag?
Posted: April 18, 2011 in CricketTags: England tour, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, IPL-4, Virender Sehwag, West Indies tour
A World Cup win can bring satisfaction of a lifetime and champion players rummage around for a recliner to relax while the medal sits on the chest perpetually. But winds of change have refashioned perceptions, where the IPL money rules the roost and other issues move to the back-burner.
Can’t defend 338? You can’t win the WC!
Posted: February 28, 2011 in CricketTags: 338, Andrew Strauss, Bangalore, England, ICC World Cup 2011, India, India vs England, result of India vs England match, Sachin Tendulkar, tie, World Cup, World Cup 2011, Zaheer Khan
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ricket is not a one-way traffic zone and the Indian team – which probably thinks batting alone can win them the World Cup – was taught a lesson on Sunday by England who exposed the co-hosts’ Achilles heel called fielding and the single-man bowling army called Zaheer Khan.
Year 2011 and India’s ‘slowest’ World Cup squad
Posted: February 7, 2011 in CricketTags: India, MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, World Cup 2011
It is the year of cricket World Cup and January 17 was the date Indian think-tank decided to sit down and prune the preliminary squad of 30 to final 15.
The excitement moved nicely to the point when Kris Srikkanth’s voice came from somewhere behind the media mikes that covered his face. The team was a good one but on analyzing after every name sank in, it appeared to be India’s ‘slowest’ till date. Let me define how!
2011: year of a subcontinental ODI champion?
Posted: February 1, 2011 in CricketTags: Bangladesh, cricket world cup, India, Sri Lanka, World Cup 2011
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inds India together, it has to be the game of cricket that has created demigods out of players. The concept of national integration will remain buried as printed letters in school books if cricket were to be taken out of the equation. That’s the kind of space cricket enjoys in the Indian heartland.
The game is set for a grand opening in the new year with the signature ICC event – World Cup – lined up to welcome it; in fact, the month-and-a-half-long spectacle sits on top of the 2011 calendar, with the kickoff scheduled for February 19 and the final on April 2.
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