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Just yesterday one of my colleagues at work mentioned how her husband hot his kid into watching cricket and that he has now become the “typical boy” who just loves cricket. While she wasn’t stereotyping it, that’s the truth. Boys/Men in India love the sport. I’ve been an ardent Cricket …

The phrase ‘Tis the season’ is used predominantly for the year-end holidays in the west. However, cricket being a religion in India and the ICC Cricket World Cup being a festival I’d say ‘Tis the season’. I’ve been playing (not now) and following cricket ever since I got into school. …

18 April, 2008 was the day when the cricketing world was gifted one of the most extravagant event – the Indian Premier League. Over the past 11 seasons, From Mumbai Indians to Chennai Super Kings Players, IPL has seen some of the finest cricketing actions ever. Some of my cherished …

One of the most amazing fairy-tale in the history of any sport should be the rise of Afghanistan. The war trodden country, coming out of it, taking up the sport and performing amazingly well at the world stage. The people too have embraced the sport, credits to Taliban for creating …

Cricket is the sport that brings the entire nation together. It has the charm with which people from all walks of life irrespective of their religion, race or gender come together. Cricket is no less than a festival in India and one such festival had started a month ago in …

Cricket is Religion in India and Sachin is God, has become a cliche. No other sport gets much attention and love than what Cricket gets in India. However it’s nice to see other sports getting their due importance in the recent times. A couple of days ago I was at …

The tale of Afghan cricket always gives me goosebumps. A country that has been under the shadow of wars for almost a decade, sports were something unheard of. After all, any form of sport was banned by the Taliban. But Cricket managed to get the ‘permission’ that led to the …

With just a couple of months to go for the Indian Premier League, today is the day when the most important Player Auctions took place. IPL 2017 will see a lot of uncapped players participating with all eyes on the biggies like Ben Stokes, Kagiso Rabada, and alike. Also one …

Cricket is probably the fastest transforming game. T20 that was started just 10 years ago, is probably the most loved format of the game. The ICC along with the MCC have been working hard to improve the game. Test Cricket, which is bearing the brunt due to the rise in …

ICC has been doing a lot to keep the most prestigious format – Test Cricket – of the game alive. From experimenting with Pink Ball and Day / Night test matches, the ICC has probably done everything needed to attract fans to the stadium. If you have followed my blog …