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 …
Read More »Associate Nations and their impact on Cricket
Cricket has grown a lot since it was first played in the early 18th century. New formats have been added – Twenty Twenty and One Day Internationals. Rules have changed since the time it was first played :the third umpire stepped in and today we have the Decision Review System …
Read More »India no more a Permanent member of ICC – how will it impact the game ?
Every game has a governing body like Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) for soccer, Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) for Formula 1 racing and International Cricket Council for (ICC) for Cricket. The governing council / body is responsible to administer rules and regulations for the sport. It is also …
Read More »Impact of Senior Players on T20 Cricket
Cricket is ever evolving and so are the players. As the game becomes more fast and furious, players too have to push their game to the limits. Thanks to T20 Cricket that players have become a lot more agile on the field. Be it the batting, bowling or fielding, every …
Read More »First Delhi and now Nagpur – When will Indians learn ?
It was just last week that I wrote about the state of Test Cricket matches in India – Test Cricket – 3 day affair ? Wrote about how poor the pitches were that the test matches were over in just three days ! So on one side we have the …
Read More »Champions Trophy predictions
Just at the time the Champions Trophy started, I an image which basically had the outcomes of all the matches of the tournament. (I had got it on the day of India vs West Indies match) Since then only 3 predictions have gone wrong if we go according to the image. So here’s …
Read More »Dhamakedaar Saturday !
Most of you would know why the title – Dhamakedaar Saturday – but for those who aren’t aware, then let me take the opportunity to inform you that India will be taking on Pakistan in the Champions Trophy Match on Saturday, in short – Mother of All Cricket Matches awaits !! Looking at the …
Read More »ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY – Australia vs England Preview
Last night’s game was low scoring by Pakistan did very well to delay the loss. Else if Gayle would have started going boom boom, match could have finished within the first 20 overs ! Bowling is the strength of the Pakistanis but their batting needs huge improvements ! Let’s talk about today’s …
Read More »ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY – Pakistan vs West Indies Preview
Yaay !! India won last night’s match handsomely. But the match swung like a pendulum the whole time, sometime it felt like the Proteas would take the game away easily from the Indians while sometime it was like, no it’s India who will win ! As far as the team …
Read More »ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY – India vs South Africa Preview
After the glitzy and glamorous Indian Premier League, it’s time for some serious Cricket. The ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY is all set to start today with INDIA taking on SOUTH AFRICA in the opening match. The tournament will see the best cricketing sides lock horns with best batsmen taking on finest …
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