Given the way India is performing against Australia in the four-match Test series, I will not be surprised if the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) actually reschedules the Perth and Adelaide Test back in Chennai and in Bengaluru. Jokes apart, I have never understood the logic behind harping about individual brilliance regardless [...]
Tags: BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India), Ishant Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Perth, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid
Yet another series, yet another set of worries. No, am not talking about strategies, but of injuries and the effect it can have on the Indian dressing room as they gear up for the first Test on Boxing Day against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. With Ishant Sharma ‘reportedly’ suffering from an ankle injury, [...]
Tags: Dilip Vengsarkar, Gary Kirsten and Duncan Fletcher, Gavaskar, Greg Chappell, Ishant Sharma, Mohinder Amarnath, Shaun Marsh, Varun Aaron, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Zaheer Khan
Boldness has never been a virtue associated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The time selectors have often been accused of choosing players from ‘their own region’ and have faced the ire of the paying public and pundits. Not anymore! When the big bosses picked the Indian squad for the [...]
Tags: Ajinkya Rahane, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricket team, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, R Ashwin, Rahul Dravid, Rahul Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Squad for the first Test vs West Indies: M.SDhoni (capt & wk), Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, West Indies, yuvraj Singh