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, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Africa Cricket team’
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
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 [...]
2011 Cricket World Cup: India defeat West Indies, enter Quarter-finals!
Posted: March 20, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, WORLD CUPTags: Bangladesh Cricket Team, England Cricket Team, India, Indian Cricket Team, Ireland Cricket Team, Netherland Cricket Team, South Africa Cricket team, WORLD CUP
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!
Posted: March 11, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, WORLD CUPTags: Bangladesh Cricket Team, Cricket, England Cricket Team, India, Indian Cricket Team, Ireland Cricket Team, Netherland Cricket Team, South Africa Cricket team, West Indies Cricket Team, WORLD CUP, Zaheer Khan
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 [...]
India Retain the No.1 Ranking in Tests!
Posted: August 1, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in ICC Rankings, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Australian Cricket Team, Harbhajan Singh, ICC Rankings, India, Indian Cricket Team, MS Dhoni, Pragyan Ojha, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa Cricket team, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag
India I can say have been a little lucky to maintain their no.1 test ranking because of the ICC ranking rules. Earlier it was being speculated that 2-0 series loss will see India drop down the list and with the wins Sri Lanka would replace India at the top. But that is not going to [...]
England Win the T20 WORLD CUP!
Posted: May 19, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, WORLD CUPTags: Australian Cricket Team, England Cricket Team, India, Indian Cricket Team, Pakistan Cricket team, South Africa Cricket team, T20 World Cup, WORLD CUP
The T20 World Cup has ended and I must say England deserved to lift the trophy. They have never won a major trophy as yet, and so this victory will be something very special for them. Although one should spare a thought for Australia as they were undefeated in the tournament until the final, and not [...]
Few Great Quotes on Sachin Tendulkar!
Posted: February 27, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Anil Kumble, Australia, Cricket, India, Indian Cricket Team, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, South Africa Cricket team
Well I recieved an e-mail on the day after Sachin Tendulkar scored the mamoth 200* against South Africa. It contained a few quotes said by a few great players and others for Sachin Tendulkar. They were really awesome to read so I thought of putting them down over here. “Nothing bad can happen to us [...]
Sachin Tendulkar scales Mt. 200 in ODI’s!!!
Posted: February 25, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Australia, Australian Cricket Team, Brian Lara, Cricket, Double Hundred, ICC Rankings, India, Indian Cricket Team, Kapil Dev, ODI, Saeed Anwar, South Africa, South Africa Cricket team, Sunil Gavaskar, Zimbabwe
24 February 2010 will be remembered in history as the day when Sachin Tendulkar created history by becoming the first player ever to score a double hundred in a One Day International. He created this by scoring 200 not out against South Africa at Gwalior. This effort also helped India win the match and seal [...]
India vs South Africa – Clash for the No.1 Spot
Posted: February 1, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Australia, Australian Cricket Team, Cricket, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Cricket Team, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, South Africa Cricket team, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan
The test series between India and South Africa will be similar to clash of the titans. It will be clash for No.1 spot. The winner of the test series will become the no.1 test team in the world. With the No.1 title at stake and with so many injuries in the batting middle order, it [...]


