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An ode to Ganguly Dada – “the great divide” of Indian Cricket

Oracle — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:20:40 +0000

He entered with style, made a comeback in style and left in style, leaving people asking for more. There are a bagful of achievements to his credit but what Sourav Chandidas Ganguly will be remembered most for is the revolutionary change in mindset he brought to Indian cricket and Indian cricketers. Previously when Indian teams walked [...]

Selfish Skipper Ricky Ponting Spin-Sells Series

Oracle — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:48:23 +0000

Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting could be in for some bashing from all cricketing corners including the media because of his baffling strategy to up the over-rate when everybody thought that Australia would look to bundle out the Indians and get one hand on the Border-Gavaskar trophy. India were cruising along in the first session on the [...]

Team India against Aussies – Who, Where, Why…

Oracle — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:03:22 +0000

India’s first ever paid selection committee gears up for its first and very crucial assignment which in many ways is going to define how the Indian team will look in the next couple of years. The committee is headed by the darling of most hearts – Krishnamachari Srikkanth and has first on its job list [...]

Adam Gilchrist calls for inclusion of Twenty20 Cricket in Olympics

Oracle — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:08:13 +0000

Former Australian star Adam Gilchrist has called for the inclusion of cricket’s Twenty20 format at the 2020 Olympics, saying it will help secure the global future of the game - reports AFP. The wicketkeeper-batsman, who after retiring from international cricket played in the Indian Premier League (IPL), said the International Cricket Council (ICC) must push for [...]

Champions Twenty20 League on - Middlesex on board

dr_mohit_goyal — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:33:51 +0000

The founding members, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) after a meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday, officially announced the Champions Twenty20 League. The first edition to be held in India from September 29 to October 8, 2008 is likely to be played at Delhi, [...]

One down – What next for Team India?

Oracle — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:39:33 +0000

Indian team is down, although not out of it yet but they will certainly need to come out all guns blazing to make a comeback after the crushing defeat in the first test. They managed to get just six wickets bowling for almost six sessions and were bowled out twice within four sessions. The more [...]

Cricket - Decision Review System – A big thumbs up!

dr_mohit_goyal — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:37:50 +0000

The newest innovation on trial in international cricket is the “Umpire decision review system”. It would be foolish to make the final call so early but whatever has happened thus far has received big thumbs up from all cricketing corners. Anil Kumble became the first cricketer to officially hold his two hands in a “T” [...]

Kookaburra versus Duke and SG balls – Seam’s interesting

Oracle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:27:28 +0000

With the contest between the bat and the ball getting increasingly lop sided by the day in the favor of the former, its time that administrators look at all possible measures to give the latter some teeth. Pitches world over have got flatter by the day. The Western Australia Cricket Association Ground at Perth which [...]

ECB decides to sell the same county cricket in a new EPL packet

Oracle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:58 +0000

Although Lalit Modi might have got an inspiration or two from the ICL but now copying the IPL seems to have become a fashion. Australia has been the latest to announce their plans and the experts will come up with a detailed report of the format and the logistics by the next month. England announced [...]

Mud Granules on pitch as India find counter to carom flick

dr_mohit_goyal — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:17:04 +0000

Indian batsmen had a torrid time trying to figure out what the Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis was up to in the Asia Cup final in Pakistan. They completely failed to read him and faltered big time. Although the batsmen in the test team to Sri Lanka are far more experienced but the unconventional style [...]