Sachin Tendulkar Scores 100th Hundred!!!

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 [...]

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman: Legends nearing their Dusk?

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 [...]

Sachin Tendulkar Scales Peak 15000 in Test Matches

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!

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 [...]

2011 World Cup: INDIA are now WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!

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!!!

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!

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: India vs England match ends in a TIE…

Woh this was breath taking stuff.. The match between India and England ends in a tie. This is only the fourth ever tie in World Cup History. No winner, no looser amazing. Which team will be more disappointed in not winning the match? I guess both, but if you actually see, India has just thrown [...]

A Tribute to Sachin Tendulkar’s 50 Test Hundreds

Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday reached a landmark, no cricketer would have even dreamt of as a budding cricketer. Some years back in fact if I am not wrong till 1998-1999, 35 international centuries (combination of test and one day internationals) was the world record. Till 2004, 34 test centuries was the world record, and at [...]

Teams Announce Retained Players for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2011!

The teams have announced the players they want to retain for the next three seasons starting from 2011. The committee had earlier announced that a team can retain a maximum of 4 players with a maximum of 3 Indian players. Yesterday 8th December 2010 was the last day to announce the retained player names by [...]

India Thrash Australia 2-0 in the Test Series!

 Well the final scores do depict that India did thrash Australia, but to be honest it has not really been that easy as the final scores suggest. In the first test match India somehow managed to escape the doors of defeat and ended on the winning side, big thanks to great innings from VVS [...]

Sachin Tendulkar Scores his Sixth Test Double Hundred!

Sachin Tendulkar went onto score his sixth double hundred in test cricket today. He reached his hundred yesterday, and completed the double today. In fact day before yesterday he crossed the 14000 run landmark of in test cricket. For the statistics, this is his 6th test double hundred, 7th International double hundred (he has one [...]

Sachin Tendulkar scales peak 14K in Test Matches!

Sachin Tendulkar completed 14000 runs in Test cricket here today in the second test match against Australia. He has become the first batsman in history to do so. He was also the first player to reach the 12000 and 13000 run marks. In fact if you see his ODI record he had become the first [...]

Sachin Tendulkar Wins the ICC Cricketer of the Year Award!

Sachin Tendulkar today won his first ever ICC award bagging the cricketer of the year award (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy). I must say he has added yet another feather in his cap. His form in the past year has been outstanding and has also achieved great heights in cricket history in the past year. If [...]

India Win a Thriller Against Australia in the Test Series!

India script an emphatic win, a very thrilling one indeed. To be honest, if I look back at the situation India were in before the start of their second innings, this should have been a very comfortable win and not a thrilling one. In fact, because of the top order collapse India also were knocking [...]