Perth Script Repeated at Gabba as Rohit’s Century Fails to Fetch Victory for India in 2nd ODI
January 16, 2016 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, ODI, Rohit Sharma, Virat KohliIn a strange and coincidental quirk of fate, India lost another ODI after posting 300-plus, which again included a fine century by Rohit Sharma. Gabba’s second ODI was pretty much like the one at WACA, where Rohit’s good work proved to be of no avail. Other similarities were; India winning the toss, choosing to bat […]
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Rohit Sharma’s Century is Wasted as Australia Overhaul India’s 309 with Ease
January 13, 2016 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, MS Dhoni, ODI, Rohit SharmaAfter making 309/3 on a batting-friendly WACA pitch at Perth, India lost to the Aussies by 5 wickets in the first of the five ODIs scheduled for their ongoing tour down under. Of all the players, Rohit Sharma must be the most disappointed man, whose unbeaten 171 went in vain as Steven Smith and George […]
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An Indian Schoolboy, Chris Gayle and Lodha Report Make Major Stories in a Happening Cricket Week
January 9, 2016 R K Gupta
BCCI, Chris Gayle, Cricket, indian cricketOne of this week’s major cricket stories came from the sleepy town of Kalyan in India, where a 15-year old schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade made history by scoring an unbeaten 1009 in a school cricket fixture. In the process, Dhanawade also broke a 117-year record that stood in the name of England’s AEJ Collins, who had […]
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After Double Centuries from Ben Stokes and Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Etches His Name in Cricket History at Cape Town
January 8, 2016 R K Gupta
Cricket, England Cricket, South African cricket, Test CricketWhen Cape Town’s second cricket test was lit up by a whirlwind double ton by England’s Ben Stokes on second day, no one imagined a South African fight-back led by their captain Hashim Amla. Unruffled by England’s mammoth 629/6 decl., the South African skipper led from front and motivated Temba Bavuma to a maiden test […]
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England win opening test as South African batting frailties are exposed
December 30, 2015 John Welsh
Cricket, ECB, England Cricket, South African cricket, Test CricketEngland won the First Test against South Africa by 241 runs in a match staged in Durban, but two poor batting displays by the hosts were primarily responsible for their defeat. In scoring 303 and 326 in their two innings’, it could certainly not be described as a vintage performance by the tourists with the […]
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India’s Cricket Selectors Churn out T20 & ODI Squads for the Upcoming Tour of Australia
December 23, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Yuvraj SinghIn a huge revamp in T20 and ODI teams for the upcoming limited-overs series against Australia, national selectors sprang a surprise in dropping Suresh Raina from the ODI squad, including Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra for T20 games and persisting with Shikhar Dhawan in both formats. In all, the new T20 side had six changes […]
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Virat Kohli’s Chronological Transformation to Test Cricket from Short-Formats of the Game
December 17, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Test Cricket, Virat KohliIt took Virat Kohli nearly 4 years after his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in August 2008 before he could find a place in India’s test team. He was drafted for the ODI side after he led India’s under-19 team to victory in 2008 U-19 World Cup at Malaysia. His aggressive approach and consistently good […]
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Despite India’s Massive Win Defiant South African Batsmen Stole Headlines in Delhi Test
December 9, 2015 R K Gupta
indian cricket, Indian Sport News, South African cricket, Test Cricket, Virat KohliDelhi’s fourth and last test match was played amid ongoing criticism of test-match pitches at Mohali and Nagpur. While there was no need to assess conditions of the washed-out Bangalore test, after three-and-half day’s play in the Kotla test, India looked like heading for a 3-0 whitewash. There was hardly any chance that South Africa […]
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Nagpur Pitch Proclaimed Poor by ICC Ahead of the Fourth India-South Africa Test at Delhi
December 3, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, South African cricket, Test Cricket, Virat KohliAs South Africa prepare for their last engagement in India, the memories of their two back-to-back debacles against the hosts could be haunting them. On the other hand with the 2-0 series victory, the Indians have a reason to be on the seventh heaven before the start of fourth test at Delhi on Thursday. Except […]
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India Beat South Africa by 108 Runs in Mohali’s First-Test Battle Between Spinners
November 7, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Ravindra Jadeja, South African cricket, Test Cricket, Virat KohliIn a low-scoring Mohali test that entirely belonged to the spinners, India handed a 108-run defeat to South Africa inside three days. After a dismal batting show on first day, India bounced back on the second by bowling out South Africa. When the second day ended, the dice was loaded a little bit in the […]
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