No good guys in Cricket

The Harbhajan saga just doesn’t go out of the limelight. It seems that senior Australian players are upset with CA over how this issue has been handled. They can be upset with the way it was handled, but they can’t be upset that Harbhajan was let off as there was no evidence.
The thing that pisses [...]

Andrew Symonds can’t speak as well as he can bat

Well, Symonds has had a great series with the bat in his hand so far in India. But, he hardly seems articulate with the microphone in his hand. Maybe he should just let some of his other teammates do the talking while he can continue with his batting. Maybe it is just because he hasn’t [...]

India win the T20 world cup and Shoaib Malik is narrow-minded

Yousuf Pathan: Batted 8 balls, bowled 1 over and took a catchPiyush Chawla: Didn’t bowl a ball in the tournamentAgarkar: The ever-promising all-rounder who never (or at least on 95% of the occasions) delivers
 
What do these people have that Sachin Tendulkar or Rahul Dravid doesn’t have? They have a world cup winners medal. That is [...]

Smith caught by Karthik – Video

It was quite a brilliant catch and also a brilliant display by India on the field. Karthik’s catch and Rohit Sharma’s effort to hit the stumps to run out Kemp were outstanding. The bowlers were quite amazing in conditions that suited them and they will go into Saturday’s match with confidence as conditions will be [...]

Yuvraj Singh Six Sixers

Stuart Broad was taken to the cleaners yesterday.
And I would request the ECB to allow Flintoff and KP to stay with the Indian team for slightly longer to provide them motivational speeches. KP had a go at Zaheer and Flintoff had a go at Yuvraj and the results are there [...]

Have Indian cricketers become better tourists?

Have Indians cricketers become better tourists in this millennium? If you have a look at the records then in terms of victories itself, the Indians rank 2nd after the Australians.
The table below shows that with the exception of the Australians everyone from the team ranked 2nd to the team ranked 6th seem to be pretty [...]

Jelly Beans – Cause of so much trouble :)

Yeah, these are the jelly beans that caused so much animosity between the English and Indian cricketers at Trent Bridge in the 2nd test.
Match referee Ranjan Madugalle will remind both captains of their responsibilities on the eve of the series decider at the Brit Oval next week.[Link]
I actually agree to the fact that [...]

Coaching the Indian Cricket team

The BCCI has decided that Graham Ford will be the next coach of the Indian Cricket Team. Given the fact that he was the player’s choice, this is good news. But, knowing the whims and fancies of the BCCI you would never know what will happen tomorrow. Anyway, a couple of days back Seth Godin [...]

Cricket World Cup 2011 and 2015: Here comes India

Barely had the advertisers been able to count their miseries due to India’s early exit from the 2007 World Cup, the hype towards the next world cup has already begun. The latest Pepsi Gold and Surf Excel ads are prime examples. These ads are with kids who will go on and win the world cup [...]

Indian Cricket: Player Endorsements and Performances

This has been one of the tricky issues that that Board had to deal with in the aftermath of the Caribbean catastrophe. The recommendations after the meeting on the 6th and 7th of April were populist in nature and I am not too sure if it will help Indian cricket. But, some of the recommendations [...]