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August 2020 After one full year of speculation in which there were as many views , if and when and how he will return, as there are people on the planet, the once captain cool, MS Dhoni, calmly announced his retirement on his Instagram page with a nostalgic montage. Despite his famed fitness, at overContinue reading “MSD Retires – The game’s greatest finisher finishes!”

July 2019 World Cup Final: Two champions! So after a couple of days to recover from that gut wrenching fist clenching nail biting palpable match, I felt I have to write about the game fully cognisant that words will not do justice to what the eyes were able to see.It was the sort of sluggishContinue reading “2019 World Cup Final – Post match review”

July 2019 World Cup Semis Preview: At the end of an exciting group stage, India, Australia and England as expected stand in the semis alongside the perennial dark horses and semifinalists New Zealand. What could have been a boring play out of dead rubbers turned into a thrilling photo finish to the semis because ofContinue reading “2019 world Cup – Semifinals Preview”

June 2019 It’s the halfway stage of the cricket World cup. 24 matches have been played with 24 more to go. All teams except India and New Zealand have played 5 matches each. A good chance to re-assess. England – sitting on top of the points table now. Going along expected lines with strong performances.Continue reading “2019 World Cup halfway review”

May 2019 The cricket World Cup returns to England after 20 years. So much has changed about the game in these 2 decades. For one, England enter a tournament as most people’s favourites which has never happened in any of the past World Cups. The spiritual home of the game is no longer Ol’ BlightyContinue reading “2019 World Cup Preview”

December 2018 It was a very unusual game- day game in Adelaide after 4 years, a drop in pitch, more dry than expected and Virat Kohli won the toss. He must not have believed it after 9 consecutive toss loss.But it was starting to get to familiar territory of India not starting an overseas seriesContinue reading “India vs Australia 2018 series – Adelaide Test”

March 2015 Finally the 8 best teams do actually go through to the quarters. I feel a bit for the Irish though. They managed to beat a test playing side and yet couldn’t go through on NRR. Having said that I am happy West Indies got through. Yes NZ is tough and are the formContinue reading “2015 World Cup quarters preview”

February 2015 There have been no Paul the Octopus or Nelly the Elephant or Big Head fish or anything but almost everybody has been making predictions on this cricket World Cup. Prediction is often short sighted or too random but definitely good fun.I had a chance to see most of the practice games so here’sContinue reading “2015 World Cup build up”

December 2014 It was the year 2006. India was touring Pakistan. This was the second tour in 3 years after the wildly successful 2004 tour which India won. The young wicketkeeper had already made headlines as the hardworking ticket collector from a small town called Ranchi who had made waves with his batting and keeping.Continue reading “Dhoni retires from tests – The Titan walks away”