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Dhoni, a force of nature in Chennai
27 Feb 2013On Sunday, amidst the heat of Chennai, in MAC stadium at Chepauk, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was belting the Aussie bowlers in front of a wildly cheering crowd reminiscent of the Spanish matadors being cheered on in a bullfight. The stage for this inhumane slaughter was the reddish Chepauk pitch, which has been uncharitably likened to [...]
Zaheer Khan's exit signals the end of an era for Indian Cricket
14 Dec 2012The inevitable end of Zaheer’s career leaves a big void with no replacement in site. Yet the lack of ceremony is a little disconcerting. It is telling of the current situation in India that batsmen like Vinod Kambli, who are proven failures, get more attention than a bowler who had a hand in almost every [...]
Picking a World Twenty20 XI
17 Oct 2012Now that the 2012 World Twenty20 is completed, it is time to present the mandatory World XI. The main guiding principle is that players should be match winners who are in form, i.e those who were able to change the result of the match single-handedly. Preference was given to big match temperament rather than statistics [...]
Most valuable overseas players in the IPL
29 May 2011One aspect of IPL which I had struggled to comprehend was how the franchises would fit in only four among the max 10 available overseas players into their final XI. After close to four seasons of the IPL, I am now beginning to understand and derive a pattern of how the overseas players have been [...]
Restoring cheer to the Cricket World Cup
14 Apr 2011In one extremely short-sighted stroke, the ICC is attempting to kill the goose that lays the golden egg. The facts are fifty over cricket is a dying format but the World Cup also happens to be the premium trophy and biggest money spinner for ICC. Changes are definitely needed to the World Cup format. The [...]
Yuvraj, the finisher, keeps India alive
26 Mar 2011Number of matches India has lost when Yuvraj remained not out = 1. Check here. The Indian team looks unbalanced (7 batsmen, 4 bowlers) and also unsettled (one man bowling attack led by Zaheer Khan). But Yuvraj Singh has saved them the blushes and taken them home against Australia. At one point in his career, [...]
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