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October 2015 Natural, instinctive, pristine, predatory even and yet delectable – you might hear these terms on a national geographic feature but they best represent Virender Sehwag. He was by far India’s best opening batsman since Sunny Gavaskar. No Parallel:Kris Srikkanth had been a good opener with limited success. Sachin in ODIs had shown theContinue reading “Virender Sehwag – the puritan of cricket”

Post loss of England series August 2011 It is a crucial time for Indian cricket. In the last 4 years since the advent of MS Dhoni as the captain, India has become the No.1 team in test cricket, won the ODI World Cup, started winning series outside of the sub-continent and have not lost aContinue reading “WHITHER INDIAN CRICKET”

January 2011 What better time to start the build up to the world cup with just over a month to go for the event. I was wondering how I wanted to build this build up. And then I thought it will make sense to do the proverbial cliché – begin at the beginning!! 1975 WorldContinue reading “2011 World Cup Build Up – A Look Back”

January 2011 Top 20 batting performances from World Cups from 1996 – 2007:The reason I am restricting the purview of this post to World Cups between 1996-2007 was because these are the tournaments that I viewed on TV. I watched very little of 1992 World Cup as well as was an immature cricket fan inContinue reading “Best 20 Knocks in World Cups before 2011”

April 2010 Anybody remotely connected with the game of cricket would love to answer it in favour of the young man who has just turned 37. Let us take a moment to understand what he means to a country and its people where even mediocre passes off as good. Pages and pages have been writtenContinue reading “Sky is the limit or is it Sachin Tendulkar?”

July 2010 No I am not talking about Manoj Shyamalan’s movie. I am talking about a certain gentleman who can make a cricket ball spin on glass – yes , Muttiah Muralitharan. As he walked away from the field, having just taken his 800th wicket in Test Cricket, I wondered to myself if we hadContinue reading “The Last Airbender”

October 2010 Yes you guessed it right if you guessed Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman. As he turns in another match winning knock, it is perhaps time to take notice of an immensely talented vastly under-rated self-effacing cricketer. Following the Mohali Test match today was like going through a whole gamut of emotions for me. Even afterContinue reading “A Very Very Special Tribute”