After the controversial selection of the Indian Cricket Team for the recently concluded ODI series down under, questions were raised about Dhoni’s handling of seniors. Now that the team has truimphed and stumped many, the young captain has openly ‘defended’ selecting new faces ahead of the traditional war horses like Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. [...]
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MS Dhoni and the seniors of Indian Cricket
Posted in Sports, tagged Australia Series, Indian cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, ODI cricket, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Test Matches on March 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
THAT’S THE WAY….MAAHI VEY!!!
Posted in Sports, tagged Australia, Cricket, Indian Captain, Joginder Sharma, M S Dhoni, Tri series, Uthappa on March 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Suyash Srivastava
The shots he used to play few months before had the least to do with Gravity.70-80% of his runs were scored of boundaries, with a hundred plus strike rate. But it’s a changed scenario altogether. He might have reduced the number of sixes he used to hit, yet within a short span of 7 [...]
A ‘BAT’ IS MIGHTER THAN A SWORD
Posted in Sports, tagged Australia, CB SERIES, Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Sydney Cricket Ground on March 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Suyash Srivastava
I always grew up dreaming to play for my country one day. I don’t play cricket for runs or records, I play it because I have a great passion for the game. I have never played to prove anything to anybody”, these were the words of the Master Blaster after he [...]
An insight on Duckworth Lewis method
Posted in Sports, tagged Better Run rate Rule, Cricket, Duckworth andLewis, Most Productive Overs Rule, Resource Percentage on February 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ilanchezhiyan
In this changing world, everything around us changes rapidly, so is it with the rules of the sports. In the game of cricket, Duckworth and Lewis method (better known as D/L method) is a mathematical calculation employed now to calculate the revised target for the team batting second in a One-Day cricket match interrupted by [...]
Making of a Champion
Posted in Sports, tagged Australian open, Champion, Mahesh Bhupathi, Maria sharapova, Sania, Sports, Tennis on February 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Sai Swaminathan
Success is sweet, especially when you suddenly end up as one man the whole world calls a champion. Add to that the possibility of defeating a man who had gotten used to defeating others and who had recently stopped you just one step away from similar success. And then, to see that your name [...]