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Finally an Indian victory outside the subcontinent....
On Sunday, India won in the Caribbean after a huge gap of 35 years. It was made possible by some huge talent, experience and dogged persistence from the entire team and impeccable leadership from Rahul Dravid
England's resilience, India's lack of and other views
The cricketing season has started and there is a lot of cricket going on around the globe. Some of the things are expected and some of them are not as expected...
316 for 7 and games that mind plays
Scoring 316 runs for 7 wickets does sound like a good score in day, but a detailed look at the scorecard reveals a different picture altogether.
Sachin Tendulkar
A lot has been written about Sachin Tendulkar lately and for the past 2-3 years, he has been constantly written off by media and has bounced back even stronger.
Pitch out of reality or the media?
Never have I seen a series that is played with the next series in mind. Every series is played to win it and I am sure that there won't be any one who would disagree with that logic
India's tour down under - Some thoughts
Watching cricket was never uglier than watching Australia battle India in order to maintain their supremacy. A lot of new things came to light this time around with chinks clearly visible in Aussie armour.
Thank God and (hopefully) Good Riddance
Talented as he is, Andrew Symonds is known more for his misadventures than his cricket. Cricket Australia has dropped him for the upcoming tour of South Africa and that seems to be a fairly certain indication that his playing days are finally over.
What goes around, comes around...
I still remember India's disgraceful exit from the 1996 World Cup semi-finals at the hands of Sri Lanka when the match was awarded to Sri Lanka due to unruly crowd behaviour. Indian crowd was rightfully maligned a lot at that time. Now for three games in a row, Sri Lankan crowds have thrown objects at Indian fielders resulting in play stoppages.
Promote Ireland to Full ODI status
A successive second very strong performance by Ireland in major tournament should lead to Ireland being granted full ODI status.
A double hundred in ODI and a hundred in T20
It took 40 years and 2961 matches and a player of exceptional talent and ability like SRT to break the (mostly mental) barrier whereas it took all of 19 matches (of course in an international arena) for the first century to be scored.
