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, [...]

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 [...]

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: 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: India defeat West Indies, enter Quarter-finals!

India defeat West Indies convincingly, and move through to the quarters. Though this is India’s first win against a big team in the group, but one has to also know that they have lost only one game in the tournament. Still why are questions being raised on the team? Well the answer to this would [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]