Melbourne Test debacle musings…
Q: Nowadays, why are Indian batsmen extremely bad students? A: Because they keep failing miserably in Tests. ∙ From now on the Ashes will be re-branded. Whenever England and Australia host India at...
View ArticleIn advance “Perth anarth” musings…
Paint Sponsors In a bid to increase its ad revenues, the BCCI is planning to get whitewash paint companies to sponsor the Indian Test team from now on. The Lone Resistance Award… …for the entire...
View ArticlePerth thrashing musings…
∙ Yesterday’s Victory: Just another brick in The Wall. Today’s Defeat: Just another hole in The Wall. ∙ Yesterday’s Statement: Indian cricket is dead. Today’s Question: Is there life after death? ∙ The...
View ArticleColumns on MS Dhoni
3 Test myths about MS Dhoni… July 22, 2014, Sify.com Dhoni: A strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 01 February, 2014, Sify.com 7 reasons why Dhoni is a great leader 12 July, 2013, Sify.com Is Dhoni...
View ArticleDay 1 musings from Oval Test…
(Ref: Fifth India-England Test.) India’s last 3 Test innings, runs scored by… All batsmen = 117. All bowlers = 141. Dhoni = 180. Team India is the new brand ambassador for Rupa. With so many rest days...
View ArticleTotal time pass of a vella Indian cricket fan…
How the Indian cricket team celebrated Independence Day… The 11 batsmen scored the following amount of runs… 18-0-4-6-0-82-5-13-5-1-7. If you rearrange the above numbers, then you get… 15-08-2014. 68....
View ArticleOval massacre musings…
(Ref: Fifth India-England Test.) In 2011, the English coach showed his cricket team Lagaan. He is still getting his ROI over that masterstroke to this very day. 2011: 0-4. Ab tumhe teeguna lagaan dena...
View ArticleHeight of Optimism for India’s ODI performance…
In April 1983, India was 166 all down and in a few months it won the World Cup. In July 2002, India was 165 all down and in a few months it won the ICC Champions Trophy. In January 2011, India was 154...
View ArticleIndia-South Africa Nagpur Test musings…
The level of intolerance against South African batsmen shown by Indian spinners has reached new depths. South Africa requires 310 runs in 1704 balls (284 overs) and they’re still not the favourites!...
View ArticleFeroz Shah Kotla Test musings…
Ultimate irony. Feroz Shah Kotla stands named Viru 309 & 319 after his blitzes. AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla pay their respects by scoring super slow 43 off 297 and 25 off 244 in first match...
View ArticleMS Dhoni musings…
Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost! —Bollywood ka Baadshah. Last over abhi baaki hai mere dost! —Cricket ka Baadshah. #LastBallDhoni March schedule… 19th: Bura na maano, Kohli hain. 23rd: Bura na...
View ArticleWhy Indian cricketers aren’t poor travellers and ace foreign tours
England, South Africa and New Zealand have never won any ODI ICC tournament anywhere. Forget a Test series—Sri Lanka has never even won a single Test in India. Pakistan won their first Test series in...
View ArticleHow India fares in Tests at home and abroad
The last time a visiting team won a Test on Indian soil… Sri Lanka: Never. Bangladesh: Never. Zimbabwe: Never. New Zealand: 1988. West Indies: 1994. Pakistan: 2005. South Africa: 2010. Australia: 2017....
View ArticleIndia has been choking for quite some time now
In the 2014 T20 World Cup India played spectacularly winning 5 matches in a row including the semis where they comfortably chased a target of 173 against South Africa. Then in the final they crashed to...
View ArticleNew Zealand is our Nemesis
In large tournaments that have been called World Cups or mini World Cups, we have won the following knockout matches and finals against the following countries… Australia (4) 1. 1998 ICC Knockout...
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