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India thrash England at Hyderabad

October 14, 2011

The new season thus begins. India had never won a game at this stadium, though a sample space of 3 isn’t flattering at all. Something was surely going to give. Aren’t we the world champions, after all? India won the toss and batted first. Oh wait! At first, there was no telecast at all. The [...]

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a tale befitting this game

January 16, 2011

A packed bullring, baying for the blood of the team whose fans bleed blue, was not enough. Did South Africa c-word? Frankly, I don’t give a Siddhu’s speech. What I do care about, is the following: “This is a cliff-hanger” – bellowed the commentator during the dying stages of the match, for want of better [...]

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India vs Australia 2nd ODI at Vishakhapatnam

October 20, 2010

This First ODI got washed out of course, and hence the remaining two of this vastly important series are vastly important. Important because Munaf Patel needs mentioning. Important because Test Match Sofa are covering it Important because we need to get rid of Ravindra Jadeja. How much importance is important anyways? Yes, there is going [...]

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India vs Australia 1st ODI at Kochi

October 16, 2010

This is a three ODI series, which makes it nothing more than a practice session for both the teams against tough opposition before Aussies await the Ashes and India get ready to rape New Zealand. In such circumstances, a build-up is considered irrelevant and any attempt to hype is considered naive. Not by us. This [...]

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A tale of obvious irony

July 11, 2010

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 [...]

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why india is playing like this

June 5, 2010

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 [...]

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Akmal and Afridi realize a few truths

May 23, 2010

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 [...]

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Sachin Tendulkar 200 not out

February 24, 2010
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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 [...]

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India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Preview

February 24, 2010
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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 [...]

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India vs South Africa – Why India won?

February 23, 2010
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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 [...]

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