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Time for BCCI to wake up and smell the coffee!

Most of the Indian fans will be finding themselves in a familiar territory. Yet another overseas series involving the Indian cricket team, and yet again, the men who took the field have failed to deliver. As the India-Australia Test series reaches the WACA (Western Australia Cricket Association) in Perth, the threat of the scoreline going [...]

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Windies of yore, no more!

  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 [...]

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Can we wait till the last ball is bowled?

“It ain’t over till its over” says one of Hollywood’s most-loved actors—-Slyvester Stallone in the evergreen Rocky movie. Well, the reactions that I witnessed as the last Indian wicket fell at Lord’s were that of a mix of anger, outrage and amusement. It did not take long for the British media (some Indian ones too!) [...]

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