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Sri Lanka Vi-rat-ified

If he was a surgeon, then each of his operation would have been a success. I am talking about none other than Virat Kohli who bisected, cut and shred the Sri Lankan attack to land India an unlikely victory at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday. It required an uninhibited, at times care-free approach [...]

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Can India script a turnaround in Perth?

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 [...]

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India-Australia second Test preview

How do you win with losers? Better still, how do you lose with winners? Well, this exactly sums up the fortunes of Australia and India in their ongoing Test series. While Australia pulled off a win in Melbourne with the help of rookies in the form of Ed Cowan, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon their opponents [...]

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BCCI goes bold!

  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 [...]

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India’s final fifteen!

The bad news first. Sreesanth, Rohit Sharma fail to get the nod in the final 15 that will represent India in cricket’s biggest prize. Now for the good news. Ravindra Jadeja does not make the cut. Sources point out that Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not want Sree in the squad and opted instead for Ashish [...]

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