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IPL 6- Cricket’s Biggest Party of 2013 4

Apr

2013

Some call it the biggest blockbuster of the Indian summer; others call it the Biggest Controversy in Cricket. Love it or Hate it. The fact is – You can’t – Ignore it. Time to throw away the Whites and Don the Colors. Coz, it’s time to get dressed. Dressed for Cricket’s biggest party of 2013. ...

Top 10 – Indian Batsman to look out for this Pepsi IPL 2013 2

Mar

2013

Time to throw away the Whites and Don the Colors people. Here is look at the Top 10 Indian Batsman in the Sixth Edition of Indian Premier League. 10. Gautam Gambhir With Dhawan and Vijay scoring centuries in Test Matches, Gambhir’s return seems doubtful. When it comes to T20 Cricket no one can ...

Cheteshwar Pujara- A Poster Boy for India’s Test Cricketing future

Mar

2013

With too many eyeballs and cricketing trolls waiting to devour on the flesh and skin of the Indian cricket team before the start of the Australian tour, It was always going to become a tour worth forgetting or worth remembering for the Indian Cricket fan. Worth forgetting because of the Indian team’s dismal performances in ...

Border-Gavaskar trophy – 10 years of Extraordinary Cricket 2

Feb

2013

On February 22, the Border-Gavaskar trophy will be fought for the 11th time between India & Australia. Here is a look at the last 10 years of this coveted trophy which has presented the Cricketing world with great contests time and time again. 1996-97: Nayan Mongia’s 152 The one-off test match which kickstarted the Border-Gavaskar ...

Parvez Rasool – Valley’s reason to Smile

Feb

2013

The curfew in the valley still hasn’t been lifted. The streets still seem to have no names. The silence which continues to haunt most of his hometown, has not yet deterred Parvez Rasool, the 23 year old Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder, who wielded his spinning wand on the visiting Australian team’s fortune, on the opening day of the Board ...

Are the String pullers (BCCI) of Cricket, being pulled this time around

Feb

2013

These are testing times for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). I don’t know If it’s the team’s bad fortune, that’s rubbing off or just pure plain karma. The string pullers are certainly being pulled this time around. The Fair trade regulator Competition Commission has charged the Cricket governing body with a whooping penalty of ...

Benching India’s Bench Strength

Feb

2013

When you have 5 of your 11 players in your Rest of India camp scoring half centuries (. S. Dhawan- 63, M.Vijay 115, A. Rayadu 51, S. Raina 116 & A. Mithun 51) against the newly crowned Ranji champions Mumbai, on the 2nd day of the Irani trophy you start to wonder. For entire scores click here Why on earth do we crib about India ...

Disparity in Women Cricket continues…. 13

Feb

2013

The wait is over. Its January 30, 2013 and the Women’s Cricket World Cup is finally here. The event hosted by India following its 2011 Men’s team’s World Cup winning success, provided high amplified entertainment following Indian Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh declaring the event open. The Eight captains came into the arena with decorated Rickshaws, ...

Suresh Raina – India’s Most Underrated Cricketer 12

Jan

2013

Suresh Raina might not have had the best of starts to his International cricketing career, when he got bowled on the very first delivery he ever faced. But since July 30, 2005, his One day International debut, the young lad from Ghaziabad has managed to become part of Team India’s core group for ODI and ...

From NCAA to UCC – Search for India’s next cricketing champions 2

Jan

2013

Cricket is going back to its roots. The place where it all started for the Gavaskar’s and Wadekar’s is now up for grabs with the launch of Toyota University Cricket Championship with the intent of unearthing India’s next cricketing champions from the grassroots. Having graduated from the University of Florida, Home of the Florida Gators (2006, ...