My first memories of watching the West Indies play was way back in 1989 when the grand-old Doordarshan used to air half-an-hour highlights of India’s tour to the Caribbean. The series began with the five-match ODIs, the first being at Bridgetown, Barbados and rightfully so, the hosts romped home with 50 runs. Desmond Haynes [...]
Tags: Darren Sammy, Desmond Haynes, Dilip Vengsarkar, Doordarshan, Gautam Gambhir, India, Ishant Sharma Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron, Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Sir Vivian Richards, Virender Sehwag, West Indies, yuvraj Singh
The joke is on India at the moment. In literal sense, the chosen 15 in the Indian WC squad has a fresh face. No prizes for guessing it is Piyush Chawla. For a player who has not played since June 2008, the leg-spinner surely had lady-luck by his side when the selectors met in Chennai [...]
Tags: 1983 World Cup, ICC World Cup 2011, Kapil Dev, Lord's, Piyush Chawla, Sreesanth