“This is a gone series. No way this team will be able to perform in England without Virat and Rohit. I think it’ll be very difficult for India to win even one match.” These were the common phrases we heard before the start of India’s England tour. All major cricket…
One brings two, and that’s what happened with Team India as they clinched their third Champions Trophy in style. If the T20WC 2024 win was special because it broke the over-decade ‘trophyless’ streak, this win is special as it is India’s second consecutive trophy, that too in less than…
Bumrah's historic showdown goes in vain as struggling India concede BGT after 10 years
January 21, 2025
The series Down Under is bound to throw up some of the most exciting, memorable and career-defining games. And this recently-concluded Border Gavaskar Trophy was no different. This closely fought series was all about catching up on the small but crucial moments, which India, unfortunately, failed to do, and as…
11 years, and 5 days since we won the last ICC Trophy in 2013; 16 years, 9 months, and 5 days since we won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 and after failing short of the finish line multiple times in the last decade or so; Rohit Sharma and…
10 successive wins. The most consistent team in the tournament. Almost everything working right on track. But, just one bad day and you are only the ‘Runners Up’ and not the Champions as you should have been. This Team India surely deserved better. Although, I am too heartbroken to write…
World Cup: A SWOT Analysis as India gears to end drought
October 3, 2023
There couldn’t have been a better setup heading into the World Cup, as India looks really sorted and in form with the Asia Cup victory and a decisive win against the Aussies. After 12 years, the tournament is back in India, and it’s the first time, we are hosting it…
Twice in three years…India reached the finals of the World Test Championship (WTC), but couldn’t cross the line owing to a pretty mediocre performance at the big stage. The most disheartening fact was that we ended up losing against “them”, our biggest arch-rivals. At the Oval, the Aussies first put…
“Chennai Chennai Super Kings!”…well this was precisely the reaction of every cricket fan (across party lines) after witnessing an EPIC finish to the INCREDIBLE Premiere League this Tuesday (Yes…the match scheduled on Sunday actually reached the result on Tuesday…HA HA). But, the major story of the tournament was once again…
INDIA versus AUSTRALIA. Well, there is no more beautiful term than this, for an avid cricket fan like me. This series too even after starting on a pretty dull and one-sided line, ended on quite an interesting note. Although India historically retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) for the fourth…
CRICKET: History, Evolution and Way of Life
January 15, 2023
Cricket… is one of the most popular sports in the world…and for me definitely, the best one ever created, my First Love. I have regularly been saying that Cricket is not just a sport, but a way of life as well. Now, why I am saying this, you will come…