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As Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni walked into the centre in the Adelaide ODI against Australia on Sunday evening, the visitors still needed more than just a few runs to cross the finishing line. There is a sense of calm when Dhoni is in the middle. He was not finding the gaps, he was not able [...]

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 [...]

Old foes and bad habits are hard to leave by. For India, the year ended much akin to the way it all started. If it was Mark Boucher and Jacques Kallis who frustrated India at the Newlands at the start of the year in the series against South Africa, the likes of James Pattinson and [...]

Grumble, crumble, rumble and stumble—read one of the placards at the massive Melbourne Cricket Ground that aptly signified India’s abject surrender in the first Test against Australia on Thursday. Not for nothing are we termed as poor travellers and for the fourth time in succession, India lost their first Test in an overseas series. Worryingly [...]

As Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men made their way into the international terminal exit at the Canberra International airport, they would have surely felt at home. Why? While there would be a considerable amount of Indians cheering them on from the stands as they play their first tour game at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, the [...]

The recently concluded World Cup might have thrown open a new world order not just by the way of clout but by the way of a successor—an apt torch-bearer to the all-conquering Australians. As we bid adieu to Gary Kirsten as India’s coach and embrace on the next assignment in front of the fans— the [...]