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Pristine white flannels, glistening bats, bright yellow stumps and a pink ball -- after years of being 'boring', cricket went metro-sexual at Adelaide Oval. From today, pink is the new red. I switched on the TV set with a degree of non-approval. The purist in me didn't like the idea of tinkering with the Test... Continue Reading →
Hashim Amla and Dean Elgar started Day 2. Amla and Elgar ended Day 2. Not out. Only 20-wickets apart. It spun. It spun square. It bounced, it crawled. It stopped, it skidded. There are days that move a Test match forward. Day 2 at Nagpur threw the game into a tailspin. On a rank-turner, South... Continue Reading →
The game of cricket has always been about stories, fairy tales, and miracles. Nothing is impossible in cricket and that’s what makes it so special. A single man can change the game, at any point, either with a willow in hand or with a 5.75 ounce of a leather sphere. One man did it with... Continue Reading →
The word ‘deserve’ is the most used word on my timeline now. It always is whenever South Africa crashes out of a mega event. However, if a 'top' side fails to make the final cut for any big event for 20 years, do they really deserve the ‘deserving’ tag? Doesn’t their misfiring at the big occasion scream... Continue Reading →
550 games and now it's over. After adding 13,368 international runs, with 36-century stands and 62 digs of fifty or more, the most trusted partnership in cricket has finally been broken. With Sri Lanka crashing out of the World Cup, the curtains have been drawn on the ‘Sanga-Mahela’ show. Not the ending they wanted but... Continue Reading →
1992: Wasim Akram 1996: Aravinda de Silva 1999: Lance Klusener 2003: Sachin Tendulkar 2007: Glen McGrath 2011: Yuvraj Singh My list of stand out performers from the past World Cups. World Cup 2015 has just begun but I already have got my pick of this edition -- the Afghan pair of Hamid Hassan and Shapoor... Continue Reading →
Defending Champions -- sounds like a joke. Has any defending champion ever entered the World Cup as the least favourites to retain the trophy? It's depressing to watch the current Indian cricket team play. They are in shambles right now and going into the World Cup, this is the worst preparation ever. Forget winning, India... Continue Reading →
"When I went over to say something to him, he sort of said something in their language and I said 'speak English' because, if you're going to say something for me to understand, theoretically I cannot speak Hindi..." -Â That's what happened between David Warner and Rohit Sharma last Sunday. "So I did the polite thing... Continue Reading →
I like MS Dhoni. I love MS Dhoni. I love him as a Test batsman, a Test wicket keeper and yes, even as a Test captain. I loved the way he went about his job. Quaint, elegant and exuding a lot of class. The numbers didn’t add up, fair enough. They never do most times.... Continue Reading →
Hey Phil, First of all, Happy Birthday! I am sorry mate, I really am. I didn't intend to do whatever I did. You know it, I know. You turn twenty-six today but I was marked as 48.3 on the 25th of November -- a date that doomed both of us. But it started as a good day,... Continue Reading →
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