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 [...]
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A captain is as good as his team
Posted: February 7, 2012 in Cricket and Sports, Cricket, Test match, Sports, test cricket, Test, World Cup 2011, Teams, Australia, England, IndiaTags: Cricket, Dhoni, England, Ponting, captain, ODI, Andrew Strauss, Tests, Postaweek2012
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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: Cricket, CB Series, India, Australia, Tendulkar, Rohit sharma, ODI, Tests, Kohli, Postaweek2012
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, Cricket and Sports, General, India, Legends, ODI, ODI, Rahul Dravid, Sachin tendulkar, Sports, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test match, World Cup 2011Tags: 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
Bowling worries for India ahead of the first test
Posted: December 21, 2011 in Australia, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, General Lunch Time talk, India, ODI, postaweek2011, Sports, Test, test cricket, Test matchTags: Ashwin, Australia, Batting, Bowling, Cricket, India, Irfan Pathan, Ishant, Mithun, postaweek2011, Test, Vinay Kumar, Zaheer
Preview of the first test and India’s bowling concerns
Australian tour – An acid test for Dhoni
Posted: December 19, 2011 in Australia, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, India, postaweek2011, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test matchTags: Australia, Batting, Bowling, Cricket, India, postaweek2011, Test Series
Australian Tour Preview
Irfan Pathan the missing piece
Posted: December 6, 2011 in Cricket, Cricket and Sports, General, India, ODI, ODI, postaweek2011, Sports, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test match, Twenty20Tags: Batting, Bowling, Cricket, Irfan Pathan, ODI, postaweek2011, T20, Tests, Zaheer
The return of Irfan Pathan to the Indian team.
Pacers the key for team India
Posted: November 17, 2011 in Cricket, Cricket and Sports, India, ODI, ODI, postaweek2011, Test, test cricket, Test matchTags: Cricket, India, Ishant Sharma, ODI, postaweek2011, Praveen Kumar, Tests, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Zaheer Khan
Importance of preserving the young pacers.
The Harbhajan conundrum
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Australia, Cricket, Cricket and Sports, England, General, General Lunch Time talk, India, IPL, ODI, ODI, postaweek2011, South Africa, Sports, Teams, Test, test cricket, Test match, Twenty20Tags: Australia, Harbajan Singh, India, MS Dhoni, ODI, postaweek2011, Pragyan Ojha, Ravichandran Ashwin, T20, test cricket, West Indies
Harbajan’s lack of form and confidence caused his drop from the home series against West Indies