girisopinionReblogged from My Thoughts: Kids playing cricket in India I was like any other kid in India growing up in Chennai. Like most I was drawn to Cricket at a very young age. A wooden plank and a rubber ball and you are good to go. Cricket is one of the most inexpensive outdoor games [...]
Archive for the ‘Cricket’ Category
Love for the game
Posted: March 14, 2012 in Chennai, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, India, Indian Cities, postaweek2011, Real Life, Sports, Test, test cricket, Test matchTags: bet match, Cricket, friends, India, Postaweek2012, Street
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Rahul Dravid – A Tribute to the legend
Posted: March 8, 2012 in Cricket, Cricket and Sports, General, General Lunch Time talk, India, Legends, ODI, postaweek2011, Rahul Dravid, Sachin tendulkar, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test match, Twenty20Tags: captain, Cricket, hundreds, ODI, Postaweek2012, Rahul Dravid, retirement, Test, The Wall
A tribute to Rahul Dravid who is all set to retire from test cricket.
If I could have any job
Posted: March 7, 2012 in Career, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, Education, General, General Lunch Time talk, Jobs, postaweek2011Tags: Career, Cricket, Job, Passion, postaweek2011, Sports, sports writer, tennis
Reblogged from My Thoughts: Everyone has a dream job. There are the jobs you want to do and there are the jobs which you have to do for living. There is a huge difference. Most of them grow to love the jobs they are already doing over the course of time. When you are a [...]
Chennai’s young sports personalities
Posted: February 16, 2012 in Chennai, Chess, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, General, General Lunch Time talk, Indian Cities, Languages and Politics, Leander and Mahesh, postaweek2011, Real Life, Somdev Devvarman, Sports, tennis, Tennis, Wimbledon ChampionshipsTags: Armaan Ebrahim, Carom, Chess, Cricket, Dipika Pallikal, Formula 1, Formula 2, Ilavazhagi, Leander Paes, Moto GP, MRF Pace foundation, Ramanathan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan, S Sarath Kumar, Somdev Devvarman, Sports, Squash, tennis, Vijay Amritraj
Sports in India have always been synonymous with Cricket. Even though we have had famous personalities in other sports, they hardly get the kind of recognition and press as the cricket personalities do. I have decided to dig some names and personalities who are the future of Indian sports which includes non-cricketing superstars. This article [...]
All is well with the Indian ODI side
Posted: February 16, 2012 in Australia, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, India, ODI, ODI, Sachin tendulkar, Sports, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test matchTags: Australia, Bowling, Cricket, Dhoni, Fielding, India, ODI, Postaweek2012, Tests
India’s performance in the ODI series
A captain is as good as his team
Posted: February 7, 2012 in Australia, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, England, India, Sports, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test match, World Cup 2011Tags: Andrew Strauss, captain, Cricket, Dhoni, England, ODI, Ponting, Postaweek2012, Tests
There is a famous saying in cricket “Wicket keeping is a thankless job”. For 6 years in the Indian team Dhoni has donned the keeping gloves and he should be pretty aware of the saying. The Indian cricket team has for sure hit a road block, all the good work done by Kirsten and Dhoni [...]
The ODI series should mark the start of transition
Posted: February 7, 2012 in Cricket and Sports, Cricket, ODI, Test match, test cricket, Test, World Cup 2011, Sachin tendulkar, Teams, Australia, IndiaTags: Australia, CB Series, Cricket, India, Kohli, ODI, Postaweek2012, Rohit sharma, Tendulkar, Tests
The disastrous test series is finally over and with yet another overseas whitewash there have been calls for sweeping changes in the team. The fact is that this time it is kind of justified. The Indian middle order which has been the pillar of strength for the team over the years has started to crumble. [...]
Change is unavoidable but needs to be planned
Posted: January 17, 2012 in Cricket and Sports, Cricket, General, ODI, Test match, Sports, test cricket, Test, World Cup 2011, ODI, Sachin tendulkar, Teams, India, Legends, Rahul DravidTags: Cricket, Dravid, final test, Kohli, Laxman, ODI, Postaweek2012, Rohit, Sachin, Selectors, Tests, youngsters
India’s poor performance down under and team change for Adelaide
Time to think ahead for team India
Posted: January 13, 2012 in Australia, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, General, India, ODI, ODI, Sports, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test match, World Cup 2011Tags: Australia, Batting, Cricket, India, Kohli, Manoj Tiwary, Mukund, Postaweek2012, Pujara, Rahane, Rohit, Test
India’s poor performance in tests, future of Indian batting
Year in Review: The year of the world cup
Posted: January 2, 2012 in Cricket, Cricket and Sports, India, ODI, ODI, Sachin tendulkar, Sports, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test match, Twenty20, World Cup 2011Tags: Cricket, India, ODI, Postaweek2012, Tests, World Cup
Review of the year 2011
