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 [...]

Stats Analysis of a Legend: Rahul Dravid

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…

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?

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!

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!

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, [...]

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 [...]

Sourav Ganguly is back in IPL 4–This time for Pune Warriors India….

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!!!

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: The Quarter-Final Schedule..

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 [...]

2011 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh defeat England!

Bangladesh defeat England with two wickets. What an amazing result, and this opens up the group B completely. Now England is in deep trouble. But I must say, I was expecting this result, in fact I had expected Bangladesh to defeat West Indies as well, but I was shocked to see them lose in such [...]

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 [...]

2011 Cricket World Cup Schedule

The stage has been set for the battle for the biggest title in cricket. The opportunity that comes only in four years, THE CRICKET WORLD CUP. As we near the start of the tournament, with just about  27 days to go, I thought of putting down the schedule of the tournament here on the blog, [...]

Indian Premier League (IPL) 4 – Auction’s List

The much awaited IPL 4 auctions are finally over. For the first time ten teams participated in the auctions, and definitely a lot of money was at stake. But I must say this year, the auctions were very surprising, as many big names got no takers at all, while new Indian players got huge prices. [...]