It was 1998 and Australia was playing India for the Border-Gavaskar trophy. India convincingly defeated the Aussies in the first two tests and won the series. In the final test, Australia surprised the hosts by winning the test by a margin of 8 wickets. Mark Taylor, then Aussie skipper was jubilant and I couldn’t understand…
As we await the traditional Boxing Day Test match at MCG, it would be interesting to see who can deliver the “knockout punch” this time around. India were never so close to winning Test Matches in Australia in the past few years. What is probably lacking is the instinct to finish the task, when they…
As we are all just trying to figure out what went right and what went wrong in the recently concluded test match, the next one is already around the corner. This is where the series should have originally begun, if not for the unfortunate incident. Every Australian player played their part in paying a fitting…
Indian cricket has been moving forward in short bursts since the England series, around the middle of this year. Since then, India were partly successful in attempting to play West Indies at home, whose minds were clearly somewhere else and their last minute replacement, Sri Lanka with their umpteenth tour of India. In my opinion, both…
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