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Rishabh Pant's Selection A Message To Dhoni

The selection of Rishabh Pant, 16 years younger than Dhoni, in the squad to play the West Indies is a sort of message to Dhoni...

Virat Kohli - The Best In Business

He is just 29 and that makes his feats even more extraordinary. The player has been in stupendous form in 2018 and is in the best of touches...

Southee And Boult: Nz's Best Fast Bowling Pair Ever

They make good use of the bouncer and the yorker and like all fine bowlers make the initial breakthroughs and are experts at polishing off the tail. Even when conditions are unfavourable or when the pitch is a flat track they are able to keep the batsmen on a leash never allowing them to run away with the game...

Chennai Super Kings Go Into IPL 12 As The Most Sorted Unit

Out of all the teams going into IPL 12, CSK are the side that will be the happiest. They are a slightly above SRH...

Why NZ Players Got Clearance For Full IPL Ahead Of 2019 World?

Although the official word from New Zealand cricket is that they, unlike the Australian and England boards, want their players to gain greater exposure to playing in other countries and against different teams...

Indian Pace Attack Holds The Key

One would agree with this view as also with the opinions of many experts who have said that Indian pace attack is the best of all time...

'I Like To Eat Fish' - Josh Hazlewood

Josh Hazlewood is an Australian international cricketer who plays in Tests and ODIs, and is the current co vice-captain of the Australian cricket team in Tests and ODIs.

Cheteshwar Pujara Natural Successor To Dravid

Like Dravid he has played the sheet anchor role to perfection. Like Dravid he is India’s crisis man, scoring runs when they are badly required or being among the runs when everyone else around is failing...

Ishant Sharma Probably Bowling The Best He Has Ever Done

When he burst upon the scene in Australia on the 2007-08 tour he was hailed as the next superstar of Indian cricket...

Are Bhuvneshwar And Ravindra Victims Of Perceptions In Indian Cricket?

The most important players of the team should be playing irrespective of conditions as there is a touch of genius...

Nathan Lyon - A Genuine Match Winner

In the last few years he has taken wickets by the bucketful and this has resulted in the off spinner currently being fourth in the list of Aussie wicket takers...

Jasprit Bumrah The Most Talked About Bowler In The Land

Really the world is his oyster for he is only 25, strong and fit and if he remains injury free one can see him bowl for another ten years...

Why Virat Kohli, The 'Captain', Is Weaker In Tests?

While he is certainly passionate about winning matches for the country his decisions as a captain have often been found wanting and instead of accepting up them...

Is Rohit The Solution To India's Opening Batting Conundrum?

Rohit Sharma has stamped his authority in limited overs cricket in the past few years like no other batsman. Rohit Sharma oozes batting talent...

Should India Drop Shikhar Dhawan?

Even before this years away series began, he had 580 runs at an average of 29 in SENA countries...

Why Resting Virat Kohli For Asia Cup Is The Right Decision?

BCCI recently announced a 16-member team for the tournament and the biggest surprise was Virat Kohlis absence from the squad. The selection panel decided to give Virat a much-needed break...

Toss Away The Toss And The Tradition?

Although such scenarios where the match was decided solely on the right call by a skipper at the coin toss have not been quite as alarming as the call suggests...

Diabolical Or Defining Decisions?

Although Kuldeep Yadav, still a Test virgin, performed outstandingly in the few opportunities accorded to him in the limited overs format on India’s tour of England...

Upstaged By An All-rounder: Sam Curran

After BhSam Curran bowled accurately, audaciously astutely and enterprisingly as India stared down the familiar barrel of a limp batting performance...

Dinesh Karthick A Wasted Test Talent

Saha is currently recovering from a shoulder injury and that prompted the selectors to get DK. His technical attributes made the think-tank believe that DK will add a lot of character in the middle-order and be amongst the runs...

The Fall And Fall Of Hashim Amla

Perhaps no other batsman symbolizes the manner in which the South Africans are being besieged as Hashim Amla...

Shikhar Dhawan Is A Match Winner, Should Be Persisted With

The form of Shikhar Dhawan is causing concern and while his place is not in any danger the runs have dwindled and the big scores he is so capable of have evaporated...

Location Of Trident Is Better Than Any Hotel I Have Stayed In–kedar Jadhav

TRAVEL & LEISURE

Why Is Virat Kohli The Greatest ODI Player In History Of Cricket?

His mettle was seen in India’s innings as he top scored with the bat. Kohli’s ability to come out strong depended a lot on his approach...

Camouflaging The Real Issue

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has tried desperately and in vain to hold the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) accountable for their loss of face and alienation of cricket...

Was Gambhir An ‘Insecure And Negative' Cricketer?

Gambhir, who played 58 Tests, 147 ODIs and 37 T20Is for India, was a very successful opener for a long period...

ITC Gardenia Is Heaven On Earth— Bipul Sharma

TRAVEL & LEISURE

Afghanistan Can Be Party Spoilers

Heart goes out to the Afghan cricketers, who have believed in themselves and fought valiantly to be where they are...

Men In Blue Are The Challengers

India have played a strong brand of cricket since the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 and the consistency level will help Virat Kohli’s men in England and Wales...

Is It Fair To Compare Pant With Dhoni?

In such a situation, there is always the danger of the player either succumbing to the pressure or rising above the shadows of his predecessor...