Australia’s conundrum at World T20: Round 2 all all-rounders?
Having witnessed Australia’s performance so far at World T20, it’s clearly evident that Australia certainly have a huge conundrum of picking the right team. Their line-up for first two matches...
View ArticleThe five best moments from the World T20
The ICC World T20 2016, a tournament that started off under heavy criticism over being unfair to associates, was already a huge success by the time we came to its business end. From nerve-wracking...
View ArticleTime to create a domestic cricket window
The World T20 has ended and it’s time to play some club cricket. It is IPL time. As the time passes by and as the English summer approaches, the much-talked about debate of club cricket versus...
View ArticleRemembering five of Kevin Pietersen’s best innings
Kevin Pietersen is a South African-born Englishman who, on his day, made batting look ridiculously easy. From being sublime on one day to being terrible on the other, his batting very much resembled...
View ArticleWhat are the root causes of Test cricket’s decline?
Test cricket used to be cricket’s bread and butter, though the traditional format of the game is unfortunately going through a process of slow death. Even though there are ten nations playing Test...
View ArticleEngland level series against Pakistan with thumping victory
Alastair Cook and England put a full stop to all the doubts surrounding their inability to play spin, particularly leg-spinner Yasir Shah by registering an authoritative 330-run victory over Pakistan...
View ArticleAlastair Cook: England’s run machine
The third Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham against Pakistan saw England captain Alastair Cook become the highest run-getter for England across all the three formats, surpassing Kevin Pietersen’s tally...
View ArticleThe redemption of intimidation: Mitchell Johnson
When you think about fast bowling, you immediately tend to think about the bowlers from West Indies from the 70s and 80s. The Holdings, the Garners, the Roberts and the Marshalls. Add the names of the...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Test wins being inspired by their youngsters
South Africa’s win in Wellington against New Zealand was perhaps their most defining Test victory since their mighty win over Australia in Perth last November. I use the word ‘defining’ so as to...
View ArticleICC Champions Trophy 2017: Excitement, surprises and turnaround
Is this an ICC Champions Trophy or an ICC Upsets Trophy? Well, this edition of the ICC Champions Trophy has every reason to be called as an ICC Upsets Trophy, especially after England were humiliated...
View ArticleWhy Kohli is miles ahead of his own batsmen
As a young teenager, I was always fascinated by the No.4 in Test cricket. Watching the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Kevin Pietersen, Jacques Kallis and the way they had an aura around the dressing room...
View ArticleThe marathon IPL will hurt India’s World Cup chances
It’s April, it’s summer time in India, and the Indian Premier League (IPL) is into its third week. The IPL first arrived on the scene in 2008, changing cricket forever. The tournament was something...
View ArticleFive years since the day that left cricketing world shell-shocked
On November 25th, five years ago, the cricket world was shell shocked and faced its worst nightmare. In a Sheffield Shield contest between South Australia and New South Wales in Sydney in 2014, Phillip...
View ArticleRafael Nadal vs Janik Sinner: Preview and prediction
Before the French Open 2020 began last Sunday, there were a lot of doubts surrounding Rafael Nadal and his chances of defending the title this year at Paris. With Roland Garros being scheduled in...
View ArticleRafael Nadal versus Diego Schwartzman: Preview and prediction
In what was his historic 100th appearance at Roland Garros in Paris on late Tuesday evening, the defending and 12-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal outclassed his young and talented opponent...
View ArticleNovak Djokovic versus Stefanos Tsitsipas: Preview and prediction
The top seed and the world number one Novak Djokovic played through pain in his quarter-final win over Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta as he dropped his first set of the tournament en route to his four-set...
View ArticleFrench Open 2020 review
The champions always find a unique way to prove their doubters wrong, don’t they? The greatest virtue of any champion is that they adapt to any conditions or situations to achieve the desired result....
View ArticleSt Petersburg Open 2020 review
In its inaugural edition as an ATP 500 tournament, St Petersburg Open (previously an ATP 250 event) witnessed a new champion as the home hope Andrey Rublev ousted last year’s runner-up Borna Coric in...
View ArticleMarin Cilic: The fallen hero
When we come across Marin Cilic, one attribute that we can always associate with the tall Croat is the tremendous fighting spirit that he demonstrates on the courts. However, of late we have witnessed...
View ArticleIndia vs Kiwis 2021: Three key factors in India’s emphatic win
Putting the disappointments of the recently concluded T20 World Cup behind them, team India seems to be on a roll in the ongoing T20 series against Kiwis at home. Under the new regime of T20 captain...
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