More than their skill, it was the patience of players on either side that was tested in cold, windy and wet Birmingham on Saturday. As many as four rain interruptions resulted in a stop-start affair that saw Pakistan's innings reduced to 40 and India's target thrice revised, and by the time India overhauled a Duckworth/Lewis target of 102 in the 20th over there were far fewer spectators present than when...
08:23 PM, Jun 15, 2013
He's unlikely to publicly admit it, but Ravindra Jadeja's memory bank must still contain a few recollections of his first international match in London. The manner in which he was received by fans of the Indian cricket team in the global metropolis back in the summer of 2009 and today can be described as something like cricket's equivalent of the distance between the earth and the moon. On June 14,...
08:00 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Cardiff: Playing South Africa for the first time in a league-stage match in the ICC Champions Trophy - the previous two times had been semi-final fixtures in 2000 and 2002 - India made it a hat-trick of wins over this opposition with a 26-run triumph at Sophia Gardens on Thursday. The opening match of the 2013 tournament - and final instalment - saw India post 331 for 7 after AB...
10:54 PM, Jun 06, 2013
For Indian cricket fans, 1998 will always be special because that was the year in which Sachin Tendulkar batted at his best - and especially against the Australians. It was the year Tendulkar averaged 88.71 against them in ODIs, 111.50 in Tests; it was the year he won India a Test series against Australia even before it had begun, with a stunning double-centurion for Mumbai at the Brabourne; it was...
12:16 PM, May 30, 2013
The most honest and probably the truest words that came out of BCCI president N Srinivasan's mouth at his press conference in Kolkata on Sunday ...
02:41 PM, May 27, 2013
Now that IPL 6 has come to a close, we take a look back at the matches where lesser-known Indian domestic players grabbed a slice of the limelight. Jasprit Bumrah makes a splash The little-known Jasprit Bumrah, a 19-year-old medium-pacer from Gujarat, was handed his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 4 to much surprise. Having conceded three fours in...
08:14 AM, May 27, 2013
Picking XIs isn't easy, but here is an attempt to draft up the best line-up of IPL 6 keeping in mind form, contributions, team permutations and the four overseas player cap. Agree or disagree? 1. Michael Hussey - M 17, Runs 733, HS 95, Avg 52.35, SR 129.50 Cricket's Mr Consistent starts our XI due to the sheer volume of runs he made in IPL 6 and the impact those...
07:46 AM, May 27, 2013
In less than a few heady hours on Friday May 24 the actions taken by unknown officials within the umbrella of India Cements Limited and its IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings to try and cover up any role that Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI president N Srinivasan, had in CSK's running wreaked of panic. It also further eroded the IPL of its credibility, turning the odorous soap opera of...
08:23 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: After all that has unfolded since May 16, Rajasthan Royals needed something to put a smile on their faces. Ever since the shocking news broke in the early hours of last Thursday that three Rajasthan players had been arrested on allegations of spot-fixing in IPL 6, Rajasthan's rosy campaign had turned sour. Off the field, the team put up stern faces and chose not to comment on the...
07:56 AM, May 23, 2013
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." So said the fictional money-loving inside trader in Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street. Watching the revelations of Thursday, it is clear that greed is anything but. Needless to say in the next five days while Rajasthan Royals cricketers Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan remain in police custody there will be much hypothesizing, pontificating and vilifying. Fingers will be pointed,...
08:20 AM, May 17, 2013
That Rajasthan Royals would join IPL heavyweights Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians as this season's first play-off entrants with two matches still to play is an achievement not entirely expected at the start of IPL 6. Lacking superstar power - their No. 1 player is Australian allrounder Shane Watson - and led by a retired 40-year-old expert technician in Rahul Dravid, the Jaipur-based franchise have defied the odds to...
08:04 AM, May 16, 2013
Eleven matches. Eight defeats. Kolkata Knight Riders, defending champions and regarded as one of the strongest teams in the league, are almost certifiably out of IPL 6. The stage has been reached where it is almost easier to say "insert previous match comments here" in describing how KKR have stumbled through IPL 6 like zombies, walking in circles with their groans getting louder as their hunger for success increases. Unfortunately...
12:20 PM, May 08, 2013
The bustling form of several Indian pace bowlers in the ongoing IPL looks to be the only major discussion point on Saturday in the corridors of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai, when India's squad for the ICC Champions Trophy is announced. This summer's tournament will be held in England where seam and swing bowling will find favour and that India's selectors have several names to ponder over can only be...
11:59 AM, May 03, 2013
On April 30, 2009 at Centurion in South Africa, Suresh Raina raised his arms to celebrate what he thought was a maiden IPL century after slapping the ball past cover for four. But it was a premature celebration because the electronic scoreboard got it wrong. He was on 98. Believing he had reached three figures, Raina made room and scooped the next ball to backward point and was caught. When...
08:18 AM, May 03, 2013
Midway into the tournament, an assessment of how the nine franchises have done in season six of the IPL. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS The two-time IPL winners are currently top of the table with seven wins (the most for the season) from nine matches and look good for the play-offs. They lost their first match to Mumbai Indians narrowly and then ended up on the wrong side of an upset against...
08:17 AM, Apr 29, 2013
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