Something great and something bizarre as well as poor and inexplicable has happened in this One Day series. The great has gone to Australia along with the series and India can sit and debate about the rest. You go and beat a full-strength Australian team in their backyard in the first two finals of the best-of-three finals in the last edition of … [Read more...]
Tendulkar And The Zen Masters
November 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Master, in most of the mystic religious sects around the world is a man that can be described as the finite form of the infinite. The word is used in most of the religions of the East; like in Japan, where an ‘enlightened’ Zen monk is referred to as a Master. The 20th Century American writer J.D. Salinger, known largely for his ‘unusually … [Read more...]
Australian Cricket And The Art Of Losing
November 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It was a wonderful performance by Australia at Mohali and Indian captain Dhoni would be fuming with the way his top order is functioning in this series. And he has all the right to be incensed with the consistency shown by his batsmen. This is a depleted Australian side and without quite a few big performers that were there in the team that … [Read more...]
Dhoni Can Blame It On The Rain
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The good news after the washed out match against Australia is that the mathematical probability for the Indian team to make it to the next stage is not over as of yet; there is a slim chance riding on a lot of factors going India’s way. The bad news is that some of the crucial factors are not in control of what Dhoni and his men do. India … [Read more...]
Dhoni Got It All Wrong At Centurion
September 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It was a good solid performance from Pakistan; they were 3 wickets down without too many runs on the board at the 15 over mark but they clawed their way back to a position of dominance on the back of one solid partnership. The partnership was built with sensible and gritty old-fashioned cricketing sense. Pakistan also fought their way back despite … [Read more...]
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