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Day Night test cricket on its way

Virat Kohli and Saurav Ganguly did the unthinkable by bringing daynight test cricket to India. Kolkata will host the second test betweenIndia and Bangladesh which will officially be the first day night testplayed by India from November 22 to 26. It was on Nov 27, 2015 whenthe first ever day night test match took placeContinue reading “Day Night test cricket on its way”

Ravi Shastri has his task cut out

With the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shanta Rangaswamy making Ravi Shastri the coach of the Indian Cricket team till September 2021 he will have his task cut out in helping the Indian team win the T20 World Cup and the World Test Championship. Tests and T20s are the keyContinue reading “Ravi Shastri has his task cut out”

Big loss of South Africa

Retirements of batsman Hashim Amla and fast bowler Dale Steyn (only from tests) last week have dealt a huge blow for South African cricket. Two legends after serving South Africa for more than a decade finally decided to hang their boots leaving a huge void to fill for South African cricket. Steyn to continue inContinue reading “Big loss of South Africa”

India faces stiff challenge

The World Test Cricket Championship has begun with the Ashes. With this the India’s tour of West indies has assumed much more relevance. The T20 leg begins at Florida on Aug 3. Three match T20 series will be followed by three ODI’s and two test matches. Rift wide open The run up to the seriesContinue reading “India faces stiff challenge”

Battle for the urn begins

Australia and England will fight for the Ashes from August 1 at Edgbaston. Australia have not won a series in England for the past eighteen years. World champions England, who just had a minor scare against Ireland in the one off test match at Lords last week, will want to set certain things right aheadContinue reading “Battle for the urn begins”

54 titles and counting

Three modern tennis greats Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are at each others throats for the past decade. A never seen before rivalry between the three during the same era, with a sum total of 54 Grand Slam titles between them, is astonishing. What makes them tick The ability of all the threeContinue reading “54 titles and counting”

The selection conundrum

India’s tour of West Indies will in all probability see a bunch of newcomers showcasing the skills next month. The selection committee will have their task cut out in picking the right combination especially for the ODI and T20 internationals. M.S. Dhoni has ruled himself out citing para military duties for the next two months.Continue reading “The selection conundrum”

Moment of reckoning for Rishabh Pant

Its’ been more than fifteen years since a wicket keeper has been picked to play in all the three formats of a series. Rishabh Pant has done the unthinkable by forcing his way into the team for the tour of West Indies. For the first time, M.S. Dhoni has been replaced for a whole tourContinue reading “Moment of reckoning for Rishabh Pant”

A controversy that Indian cricket could have done without.

Is split captaincy the need of the hour The last thing that Indian cricket would have wanted at this point of time is this debate. The selection committee is set to announce the squad for the tour of West Indies on July 19. A sudden rumour of Rohit taking over the captaincy from Virat KohliContinue reading “A controversy that Indian cricket could have done without.”

A million dollar question

It has not even been a week since India were knocked out of the World Cup and retirement of Mahendra Singh Dhoni has started doing the rounds. Retirement talks There are multiple reasons for the retirement talks to be floating around. With M.S. Dhoni turning 38 this July, Indian team management along with the selectionContinue reading “A million dollar question”