Probably this years IPL has been the most unpredictable of all, we have already crossed the two-third mark of the tournament, and so far only one teams looks certain of qualifying, and only one is certain of not qualifying (this too has been decided in just the match yesterday). Yes, the tournament is still very [...]
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IPL 5 – The most unpredicatble so far!
Posted: May 8, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Bangladesh lose Asia Cup, but surely win many Hearts!
Posted: March 22, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in CricketTags: Asia Cup, Bangladesh Cricket Team
Unfortunately the dream run Bangladesh team had so far in the tournament did not continue in the finals, when they lost to Pakistan. But surely their performance in the tournament has won many hearts all over the world, and definitely would have made their nation proud.
Sachin Tendulkar Scores 100th Hundred!!!
Posted: March 16, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar
Finally the monkey is off Sachin’s back. The year long wait for his 100th hundred is over. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international hundred, which is also his 49th ODI hundred today against Bangladesh. Ironically this is his 1st ODI hundred against Bangladesh, strange but yes that is the fact. Sachin’s game in the past [...]
Stats Analysis of a Legend: Rahul Dravid
Posted: March 11, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, IndiaTags: Cricket, Indian Cricket Team, Rahul Dravid, Retirement, Statistics
Well this analysis was published on the ESPNCricinfo site immediately after Rahul dravid announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket on Friday 9th March, 2012. So surely this analysis is not done by me, and also since it comes from cricinfo it can be taken to be very much accurate, legitimate, and correct. This [...]
Rahul Dravid Retires from Test Cricket…
Posted: March 9, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, IndiaTags: Cricket, Indian Cricket Team, Rahul Dravid, Retirement
In just my previous post, I had written about Dravid’s career reaching towards its end. But I did not know that it will end so soon. Today Dravid announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket. Surely that is a big step taken, unfortunately this is what media pressure can do to you. But the [...]
Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman: Legends nearing their Dusk?
Posted: February 26, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Australian Cricket Team, Cheteshwar Pujara, Cricket, England Cricket Team, Indian Cricket Team, Rahul Dravid, Retirement, Ricky Ponting, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, VVS Laxman
For the past couple of months what has happened down under in Australia has certainly raised this question amongst all the cricket experts, ex-cricketers, and to some extent amongst most of the Indians as well now. However this question has not just been hovering for Sachin, it has been even more gruelling on Dravid and [...]
Now Virender Sehwag Scales Mt. 200!
Posted: December 8, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, IndiaTags: Australian Cricket Team, Cricket, Double Hundred, India, Indian Cricket Team, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa Cricket team, Virender Sehwag, West Indies Cricket Team
Since Virender Sehwag emerged at the international scene he has always been called as the clone of Sachin Tendulkar, because of the many similarities in their batting styles. But today, probably he has proved this saying correct by doing what only Sachin has done it before, and not just doing it even bettering it. Yes, [...]
Rahul Dravid Crosses 13000 Mark in Test Matches!
Posted: November 25, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, IndiaTags: Allan Border, Cricket, India, Indian Cricket Team, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar
Amidst all the hype and expectations of Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th International ton, another Indian cricketing legend, Rahul Dravid surpassed a major milestone. A milestone, which only one player has achieved in the history of test cricket. That was crossing the 13000 runs mark in test matches, he became only the second batsman to do so, [...]
Sachin Tendulkar Scales Peak 15000 in Test Matches
Posted: November 8, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: India, Indian Cricket Team, Sachin Tendulkar
Even as the world still waits for Sachin to complete a century of centuries, he manages to touch another huge milestone in test cricket. He has become the first batsman in the history of test cricket to cross 15000 international runs. Also, this is not the first time to cross the mark; he has also [...]
Mumbai Indians Win Champions League 2011!
Posted: October 9, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPL, Sachin TendulkarTags: Champions League, Cricket, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sachin Tendulkar
Suddenly from nowhere has this team come out to win the title, defeating Royal Challengers Banglore. In fact I don’t think anyone would have ever imagined Mumbai Indians winning this tournament, since they entered this tournament on many injuries that included Sachin tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Dhaval Kulkarni, Davy Jacobs, and many more. This [...]
Sourav Ganguly is back in IPL 4–This time for Pune Warriors India….
Posted: May 3, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Ashish Nehra, Cricket, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kolkata KnightRiders, Pune Warriors, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uttappa, Sourav Ganguly, Team Kochi, Yuvraj Singh
Sourav Ganguly is all set to make a comeback to the Indian Premier League, this time in the colors of Pune Warriors India instead of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Earlier during the auctions no team was interested in buying the most successful Indian captain. But recently he has been roped in by team Pune as [...]
2011 World Cup: INDIA are now WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!
Posted: April 3, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Sachin Tendulkar, WORLD CUPTags: Cricket, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Cricket Team, M Muralidharan, Mahela Jayawardhane, MS Dhoni, Munaf Patel, S Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, WORLD CUP, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan
Winning the World Cup that not only every Indian player had seen, in fact it was the dream that every Indian had seen, and it is not a dream anymore but reality. Yes, India is now the World Champions. They defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win the final and the tournament. What an [...]
2011 Cricket World Cup: India beat Pakistan, now it is INDIA vs SRI Lanka in the Finals!!!
Posted: March 31, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, Sachin Tendulkar, WORLD CUPTags: Ashish Nehra, Cricket, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Cricket Team, MS Dhoni, Munaf Patel, Pakistan Cricket team, R Ashwin, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahid Afridi, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, WORLD CUP, Yusuf Pathan, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan
India beat arch rivals Pakistan yesterday, to get into the final match of the biggest tournament in cricket. Now they will face Sri Lanka in the World Cup final on Saturday. I wanted to write this post immediately after the match ended yesterday, but probably as the match ended being an Indian cricket fanatic, I [...]
2011 Cricket World Cup: INDIA beat AUSTRALIA, it is now an INDIA-PAKISTAN Semi-Final!
Posted: March 24, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, Sachin Tendulkar, WORLD CUPTags: Australian Cricket Team, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Cricket Team, MS Dhoni, Munaf Patel, Pakistan Cricket team, R Ashwin, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, WORLD CUP, Yusuf Pathan, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan
It is now going to be a dream Wednesday next. An India Pakistan semi final in a tournament like world cup, how much more can any cricket fan ask for. And that too followed by an India Australia quarter finals. Amazing…. Finally India has shown why it is a top contender to pick up the [...]
2011 Cricket World Cup: The Quarter-Final Schedule..
Posted: March 20, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, WORLD CUPTags: Australian Cricket Team, Cricket, India, Indian Cricket Team, New Zealand Cricket Team, Pakistan Cricket team, South Africa Cricket team, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, West Indies Cricket Team, WORLD CUP
The first stage of the event is over, and the second stage will start in 2 days from now. Unlike the previous three editions, this time the tournament is going the tournament is going to have three knock stages, which are the quarters, semis and lastly the grand finale. The schedule for the quarterfinals is [...]


