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 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…
From the Euphoria of winning at Lords to abject humiliation at the Ageas Bowl, the Indian caravan now moves to Old Trafford in Manchester the home of Lancashire county cricket club. This is the same ground where the first ever one day International took place and where Sir Vivian Richards took cricket to the next…
The series all cricket enthusiasts have been looking forward to is fast approaching. While there is something less meaningful going on at the time of writing this article, all eyes are on the team that will get on-board the African Safari. People are looking forward to the next set of “young guns” who would be…
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