Let’s talk about Australia
In 1987, the young Australian team of Allan Border and Bob Simpson astonished everyone by lifting the Reliance World Cup in front of a jam-packed crowd at the Eden Gardens. The Australians landed on the subcontinent as the no-hopers,...
Down but not out
“At Melbourne and Sydney, India have glorified Test cricket and showed the world how tough cricket can be and it is not everyone’s cup of tea – those teams, including their followers and media persons, who have disturbed the...
After darkness comes the sunshine
“India took the lead riding on Rahane’s courage and this time around, Australia failed to essay something spectacular – their batting, still, seems to be trapped in the bubble of Big Bash League. After the darkness came the...
Nightmare in Broad Daylight
"36 all-out - India's lowest ever score in Test history. The previous lowest was 42 against England way back in 1974. That was also in the third innings of the match but India were following on. Again, this has...
Positives aplenty for Australia from narrow ODI series loss vs India
"With a 1-2 series loss, Australia have a lot to on their plates to resurrect. But with the imminent returns of Smith and Warner, and also returns of their fast bowling trio in the upcoming series, things might be...
India have bowling combinations to fix ahead of decider
"It seems like India are struggling to control the flow of the game without Bumrah in the side and with the trend repeating in Australia, a few changes in personnel are in the offing"
India went into the first two...
Question mark over Test form, Shaun Marsh lets the bat do the talking in...
"Marsh may or may not feature in the Test series against Sri Lanka, but he will try to make the best of his chance in the ODI series, incidentally, against India once again in the subcontinent"
A lot of questions...
Where is the sixth Indian bowler?
"The added bowling option started to disappear by the 2015 World Cup, with Kohli and Rohit bowling less and less and both Yuvraj and Raina making fleeting appearances"
Ambati Rayudu bowled the sixth ball of the unfinished over after Hardik...
The invisible irrelevance of the Indian ODI middle-order
"One of India’s problems is that they cannot afford to play an extra batsman, for with the sole exception of the injury-prone Kedar Jadhav, none of their top six bowls"
Why did India lose to Australia at Sydney? Some would...
Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendroff blend into their roles with ease
"The Australian team management will hope that this is not a one-off performance from them and continue to impress in the next two matches"
In the absence of the regular pacers, it was a chance for some new fast bowlers...
Rohit Sharma’s 133 at the SCG indicates that he has finally attained Chasing Nirvana
“The year 2017 saw the arrival of a new and improved version of Rohit Sharma”
It is pretty difficult for a batsman to carve out his own identity in a team which has someone like Virat Kohli in its ranks....
The year that can redefine Dhoni
"If he is successful, the next six months will redefine the way his epitaph will be scripted"
The net session that took place indoors at the SCG before the first ODI gave a clear indication of the troubles that MS...
Just how good were the Indian pacers in Australia?
In the recently concluded Test series in Australia, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami and Ishant Sharma together formed a combination the like of which has never been seen in Indian cricket. However, how good were they in the global perspective?...
Video: India conquer Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8WPigqhFJg
1967-68, 1971, 1983, 1986, 2004, 2009, 2011 and now 2019. Finally, India have conquered Australia. Virat Kohli and his boys have gifted India an amazing gift in New Year. Virat and his boys are a part of history now.
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After a lull, Test cricket is back roaring in India
“I think that if you really understand the sport, if you really love the sport, you understand Test cricket and you understand how exciting it is. It’s the most beautiful format of the game”
Test cricket is the holy grail,...
Pat Cummins further establishes himself as Australia’s go-to player
Pat Cummins has been one of the best performers for Australia in a frustrating series for Australia......
At 18, Pat Cummins was Australia’s youngest Test cricketer in 2011. He burst into the international scene with a hunger to do well...
Time for Australia to address the real issues
"With the imminent returns of Smith and Warner, and also Bancroft, Australia do not need to push the panic button just yet. But with a better show against India could have shown the world that the current team are...
Kohli in 2014/15, Pujara in 2018/19 — Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under revives India’s finest...
“Cheteshwar Pujara was in dire need of a resurrection act and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2018/19 has just provided him with that just like it did for Kohli in 2014/15”
Virat Kohli was going into the 2014/15 tour of Australia on...
Much more than just a humiliating score-line await Australia if none of the batsmen...
One of the major differences between the two sides was the inability of the Australian batsmen to build a substantial innings. The final day of the Sydney Test will require at least one of them to stand up and...
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