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When England won the Ashes and followed it with a whitewash against India, the British media went over board and claimed that this team is well poised to dominated the world cricket over the next decade. However as expected the things started to fall apart when they started playing in the sub-continent tracks. They were white washed [...]
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Vernon Philander broke in to the international scene in 2007 in ODIs and T20s as an all rounder, but was dropped after some not so impressive performances. His recent return to the international cricket and that too in test matches is nothing short of phenomenal. His achievements in otherwords are Bradmanesque. Today with his ‘yet another [...]
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Last year I wrote an article about Pollard ( The Joy of Watching Pollard) on how he makes cricket simple and beautiful. Lot of people did not agree with that and said that he is not a cricketer at all (just like what Michael Holding often says). Today he proved yet again what a player [...]
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Over the past 24 hours media reports say that the Indian players are not happy with the action of Saeed Ajmal and are terming it as illegal. There are speculations that BCCI might take this issue to ICC. Before reacting like this one should be very objective in understanding what chucking is. During the early [...]
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Virat Kohli today equaled the record set by the Indian captain Dhoni. The record for the highest score while chasing a target by an Indian (Narrowly missed the all time record set by Watson which is 185). He is in such a great form which has no parallels in the history of ODIs. Despite being in such a [...]
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“A hero comes across everything, he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.” True to this saying, Sachin Tendulkar has seen it all and he was defeated and made to look mediocre on several occasions, but he never once relented. Never gave up once. Constant focus from the media and the arm chair critics [...]
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With the Australia – India series coming up, there will be no shortage of words from the Australian players on and off the field. The Pioneers of this so called art of sledging is none other than Australians.
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Michael Holding said “Pollard, in my opinion, is not a cricketer”. I beg to differ, Pollard simplifies cricket to the basic. As kids we were all taught one simple thing “You watch the ball and hit the ball”, that is the very essence of cricket. Pollard is doing that to perfection. He effortlessly sends the [...]
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Similarities between the two greatest sporting brands ever (Michael Jordan and Sachin Tendulkar), based on their life, performance, what they said, what others said about them and their brand value
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When he is playing people wanted him to retire and when he has retired from a particular format, people and the critics want him to comeback. There was no one like Sachin and there will be no one like him in the future. He is the Greatest Cricketer to walk on this planet. Period.
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Proclaiming to be aggressive on the field, Stuart Broad went on to do something which rarely happened in international cricket recently.
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New Zealand thrashed India by 200 runs. Scorecards will read as a trashing by the Kiwis, but the real picture is different, in Dambula any team can win the toss and bat first and win the match. A match should test the skills of the players, and the better team on the day should win [...]
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Murali is like the Sachin of bowling, with very poor support he achieved a lot, and he is humble and down to earth and someone who never forgot his roots, just like Sachin.
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We welcome Afridi back to Test cricket and wish Pakistan Cricket team to get back to the winning ways like the early 90s.
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The master has displayed several times that he can demolish the best, be it Mc Grath, Warne, Wasim, Waquar and co. If there is one feared opponent, then it is the ‘TIME’.
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Greatness of a sportsperson should never be measured in terms of their sporting achievements alone, but should be based on what difference they made (not only to the sport).
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