MS Dhoni’s average of 38 in Test match cricket is second among current wicket-keepers, only to Matt Prior. That statistic, by itself, should becalm the jittery Dhoni fans, who would know that his form has not been the greatest. In fact, a friend, who happens to be a rather huge fan of the Indian captain, [...]
While watching the second day’s play between India and West Indies, an interesting statistic popped up on the telly. Rahul Dravid’s career graph was shown but the one that caught eye was that of the number of Tests he has played at home to those played abroad. Of the 158 in total that he had [...]
I was a backer of the DRS before the India tour of England. I was also aware of the kind of backlash that the BCCI and the Indian team would receive in case a decision or two were wrongly made – especially against England. What I was not expecting was for the DRS to behave [...]
After a few days off from cricket, some of the Indian cricketers will get back to the grind as they turn out for their state teams in the Ranji Trophy. There are an interesting few things that have happened in the lead-up to the tournament, some that have got lost in the smoke generated by [...]
The spot-fixing scandal that broke out on August 28, 2010, seems to have received a quick and a welcome end – at least in comparison with the cases that drag on and on in the sub-continent. The two of the three players blamed in the scandal, and of the many who may be actually involved, [...]
According to Upali Dharmadasa, the chairman of the interim committee of the Sri Lanka Cricket, the national players have not been paid since the end of the World Cup. The blame, he conveniently says, lies with the previous interim committee who did not budget properly for the making of the World Cup stadiums. If this [...]
The war of the day (in the box) It was a mind-blowing, pulse-racing and an awe-inducing first session of the third day’s play. And one isn’t even alluding to the battle between the bat and the ball. The third commentary stint that had Ravi Shastri and Nasser Hussain almost saw Harsha Bhogale being caught in [...]
It all evens out in the end beginning: If the English were left rueing about the absence of DRS, the early part of the first day would have seen India do the same. Alastair Cook looked out to the naked eye and the DRS confirmed it as well, but the umpire disagreed. But as they [...]
Remembering Cape Town and Lord Harris: Five years ago, India had their best chance of winning a Test series in South Africa, something that they have never been able to achieve. In fact, it was in that series in 2006 that India had managed to win their first ever Test match on South African soil; [...]
The Hard Man! It is fascinating to hear Sourav Ganguly from the commentator’s box. Not one to hold back on the field of play, he has proved to be no different in the box either. With India opening with Rahul Dravid in place of Gautam Gambhir, Ganguly expressed his shock over Gautam Gambhir’s absence from [...]
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