India’s humiliating loss to Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final can be post mortem-ed down to one statistic – 13 wides and 3 no-balls bowled. That’s 16 extra deliveries, most of which would have yielded extra runs. That … Continue reading Cricket: Is it time for Team India to look beyond Jadeja and Ashwin in LOIs?
After a heart stopping, one run differentiating, last ball thriller final at Hyderabad, the Indian Premier League concluded its tenth year of existence yesterday night. Cricket has never been the same again; since April 2008. IPL’s impact to the game … Continue reading Cricket: Eight unique things which make IPL the best amongst sporting events
The world number one test cricket team won ten of the 13 matches in the just concluded home season, 2016/17. Numerous records have been shattered by all-rounders Ashwin and Jadeja; Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha had come of … Continue reading Cricket: Ranking Virat’s players in their ‘La Decima’ home test season 2016-2017
Forty-five unforgettable hours has given me hope, spark, ecstasy, joy, loneliness, browsing cricket scores impatiently from office, vigorously typing social media updates, watching highlights multiple times, waking up late night in despair, hope, spark, ecstasy, joy, loneliness, surf channels but … Continue reading Never Give Up Images, from Bengaluru to Barcelona
India won a fascinating Test series vs England 4-0 with five starting players injured, four tosses lost, thrice the opposition scoring 400 or more scores, two innings defeats and one Test drawn. Ask any fan and if Men in Blue start a … Continue reading Cricket: India are worthy No. 1 ranked test team away from home too
It’s a matter of surprise that India are wining Tests vs a top-notch English team despite dropping four catches per test, three top players sitting out injured per game, two batsmen failing per innings and at least one DRS review … Continue reading Cricket: Ravichandran Ashwin is easily the best test player of 2016
Virat’s batting records hiding India’s batting flops Virat Kohli’s recent knock of 154* took India to a 2-1 ODI series lead over New Zealand. Virat scored 53% of the team total at Mohali. In this series, so far, he averages … Continue reading Virat Kohli’s form hiding India’s flaws, depriving reality checks
Pre Movie expectations The MS Dhoni movie trailer had got me so excited that I asked my close family friend Raman Chugh to book a first day show with both families in midst of our amazing Delhi vacation. The biopic of … Continue reading Movie Review: Sushant Singh Rajput soars, MSD movie doesn’t take excitement to last over
I normally don’t review past releases unless it’s a hidden gem and strongly reccomended. However I saw ‘Death of a Gentleman’ on Netflix, on insistence from couple of Facebook Cricket group members, and felt the need to highlight the convenient … Continue reading Movie Review: Death of a Gentleman is racist, convenient, ignores facts & bashes BCCI & ECB
The Rohit Sharma inclusion into the Indian team for the just concluded 3rd test between West Indies and India took every sane follower by surprise. For the record, India won the test with an outstanding bowling performance in last two days … Continue reading India in West Indies : 5 wrong messages #TeamIndia gave with the Rohit Sharma obsession
