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 [...]
Tags: Ben Hilfenhaus and Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Peter Siddle, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Umesh Yadav
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 [...]
Tags: Australian cricket, Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, Indian cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting, Umesh Yadav, 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