Bangladesh beat England for the first time ever. England in cricket are a lot like England in football. The differences being, there was not much ODI Cricket back in 1966, and that there is no slam bang shorter format which the three lions can win in football now. The point being that the English Cricket Team has often been given a little extra respect which it seldom deserves. I am not talking of recent past, [...]

Indian cricket is going through a funny phase lately. After the dismal non-caring performance in the second half of the World T20, seven of the team’s top players were dropped so that they could be done with their endorsements and twitter commitments. This was done to ensure that they have nothing to complain about the next time they take the field. Meanwhile, a high school team led by Suresh Raina was dispatched to Zimbabwe with [...]

As much as I would like to, I cannot promise you that this would be the last post on Pakistan Cricket this month. A lot of murky dirtiness has passed under the bridge and a lot more has been promised. Saying “these are bad times” cannot suffice. That would be overrating the regular sanctity of the way cricket functions in Pakistan, and the way their cricketers function abroad. When the World T20 ended, it was [...]

First take a look at these pictures: When Virender Sehwag stepped in to bat today, little did he know that inspite of it being a belter of a track, it was not his day. When a person is blessed with a miracle, he seldom gets to share the accolades with others. That actually did not turn out to be the case as Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan and MS Dhoni would also be hailed for their [...]

The two teams face off again. On another belter at Gwalior. I reckon I need to find the origins of the word belter as soon as I churn out this post. Both teams have already arrived, and the game begins in about 200 minutes from now. Gwalior has been a great hunting ground for the Indians. That is the end of cricketing clichés in this post. India have won 7 out of 9 games they [...]

it is that time of the year again…the laziness creeps in. Blogging is not for the lazy though. Yes, this is about the India vs South Africa game at Jaipur, which was supposedly stolen from South Africa because they were too busy looking after their security to claim a win. However, that did not dampen the self righteousness of the Indians, who happily went back to the hotel with the win in their Nike pocketses. [...]

[houdini] India is almost set to tour Sri Lanka this year in July-August. Why? Yes, WHY? Most fans are asking the same question to whoever they might ask a question to. The Sri Lankan Cricket Board, now called Sri Lanka Cricket, has its sights set on another tour from India, supposedly to fill the gap in the ftp this year: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is looking to host India for three Tests and an ODI [...]

Sri Lanka vs India at Dhaka Tri Nation Tournament (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) 5th January 2010 the average indian fan is asking a question for quite some time now. i will come back to the question in a while. Right now, let’s talk about my roommate. Let’s call him Amar, for fuck’s sake. Let me tell you that he is not a cricket fan. Which means he is not much, considering he lives in Mumbai. [...]

Kumar Sangakkara can sometimes be a total nutjob. Before the tour began, he claimed that his team had the balls to beat India in India. He lost the test series 0-2, because he let the Indian batting get away. The biggest threat to any opposition against India is India’s Batting prowess. Sehwag. Sachin. Gambhir Yuvraj Kohli Raina MS Dhoni Jadeja If that is not a great ODI line-up, then we are in the 2030s . [...]

This is the preview for INDIA for the 5 Game ODI Series India’s fielding in the T20s was not fishy, as MSD described. It was shithouse, to say the least. The word ‘fishy’ might be used to describe things out of place, but not here. The Indian approach to fielding was skewed far more towards shoddy than fishy. It was a relief that the Sri Lankans also reciprocated, and India won the game on account [...]