A River of Purpose and Joy
There's a river that runs behind our house. It's a man-made stream but it is expansive and beautiful enough for me to lose my...Read More
Showing posts with label dhoni. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dhoni. Show all posts
Hooking & Pulling Should Be Left To The Experts
The old curse has returned (some may argue that it never actually went away, just that it was shovelled under the carpet for long enough to ...Read More
Kicking? What Kicking?
It warms the heart to hear the lads supporting their own in times of need, for draconian BCCI edicts usually ensure that we hear precious li...Read More
Team India Are Finally No. 1 In Test Cricket
World rankings, like averages and strike rates, can be very deceptive mathematical creations. Some people believe in them, many don't. O...Read More
10 Questions About Indian Cricket I Need Answered (On-Field)
With the general environs as imperfect and contradictory as they are, I've found it nigh on impossible to constrict this list of on-fie...Read More
India v Australia: He Bangs, He Bangs
I was tempted to add another "he bangs" to the two above, but I decided to spare you the overkill. What is the difference between ...Read More
It Ain't Too Much Of A Good Thing
A seven match ODI series would ordinarily elicit such a label from me. Yes, ordinarily seven matches would have been pronounced two too many...Read More
Where To Now For Team India?
As I write this Pakistan are on the brink of cleaning up Sri Lanka for not very many in the final of the World Twenty20 and as much as I...Read More
MS Dhoni To Marry By 2010
Apparently so, straight from the horse's (no pun intended) mouth. Cricketing topics of any significant relevance are very thin on the gr...Read More
Team India Loves A Good Crack
Quite an amazing piece of photography this. Can't quite pinpoint when the photo was taken, but given the squad members shown and the shi...Read More
Professional Indian Selectors Are A Myth
I use "professional" with tongue firmly in my cheek in this instance. As with India's aping of most western concepts, the stru...Read More
Anil Kumble's Return: Much Ado About Nothing
Scribes of various descriptions and literary ability have been expending reams discussing whether Team India captain Anil Kumble should retu...Read More
Anil Kumble Has Been Cloned
That was the impression I got when I first saw Ajanta Mendis bowl today in the India v Sri Lanka Asia Cup final in Karachi. This lad has tak...Read More
Australia v India: Test 4, Day 1
I'm sure if Team India had been asked where they'd liked to be at the end of Day 1, they would've said 300-odd for three - or so...Read More
India Beats England - Nothing Else Matters
Forget the World Cup. Forget the Greg Chappell saga. Forget all the near misses of the recent past. For heaven's sake, forget the fact ...Read More
Twenty20 World Cup: Gazing Into Indian Cricket's Crystal Ball
Ladies and gentlemen, congratulations on witnessing an almighty miracle. The Indian selectors, whether by their own design or by somebody el...Read More
India v England: Were They Really That Bad?
"An escape from jail. Saved by the heavens. England robbed of victory. Indian galacticos choke again." These headlines were the fl...Read More
India v England: Is The HMS Dhoni Sinking?
Less than a year ago, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was touted as the next Adam Gilchrist. Such proclamations were obviously made by the sensationali...Read More
India v England: The Case For 6 Indian Batsman...
...as opposed to five bowlers and five batsman - the preferred strategy of Indian captain Rahul Dravid. The said case is best made by a fle...Read More
India v South Africa: A Series Pregnant With Young Promise
Match 1 of the series in Ireland showed us what we know already: Sachin Tendulkar can still score runs and the best-before date on his caree...Read More
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