Having lost the toss, India were put to bat under some proper bowling conditions. England could have dominated the Indian batting lineup, but thanks to some solid opening partnership, India stormed into the game. After having 100 runs partnership for no loss, India were expected to make a pile of runs thereon. Clearly, we were on top. But India lost Rahane and Pujara for meager runs putting England on the pedestal again. Pant and Jadeja batted, making approx. 50 runs together, again pulling India back into the game.
Continue reading “Ebb and flow of Test cricket”The Bumrah-Jimmy saga!
Intriguing and entertaining contest, this.
First ball, Bumrah bowls a powerful bouncer that hits Jimmy near his helmet badge and Rahane after having caught, Bumrah claims the catch. Failed.
Rohit Sharma: The Test Match Opener.
The most improved player in recent times: Rohit Sharma.
Continue reading “Rohit Sharma: The Test Match Opener.”Rohit Sharma and his nervous 30s…
As a fan, it’s frustrating. Why can’t he convert his starts into big ones like he generally does in ODIs?—the question that keeps popping up every time I see his dismissal. I read a tweet: ‘Watching Rohit make quick 20s is better than watching him make hard-fought 30s and get out like that’ which made complete sense.
Continue reading “Rohit Sharma and his nervous 30s…”Build-up to the WTC Final
As I’m writing this post, de Grandhomme, with his new weird hairstyle, comes on to bowl in the 1st England Vs New Zealand Test.
Continue reading “Build-up to the WTC Final”THE MCG TEST
Who would have thought India would win the MCG test on the same day we had won the same MCG test two years back? Who would have thought World’s best batsman would horribly fail in his own backyard?
It was Mayank and Pujara then; it is Gill and Rahane now.
The AB-Dhawan show!
#RCBvsRR
One of the best days of IPL 2020 for sure. Not so good for CSK and RR fans though, but as a cricket fan what else one could ask for.
Continue reading “The AB-Dhawan show!”Is this the beginning of a CSK comeback?
#CSKvsSRH SUMMARY
Dhoni in the last game after the loss against RCB told the batsmen are better off if they go for a big shot and get out rather than have too many runs in the last few overs. And it felt like it was coming, the aggression was coming.
Continue reading “Is this the beginning of a CSK comeback?”INDvsNZ CWC2019 SEMIS
A match to remember…
Not every time we get to see the remaining portion of the match played the next day. And one such match was Ind Vs Nz semis, one of the many dramatic, old-fashioned cricket matches one could ever ask for.
NZ when they started off I had this peculiar feeling ‘why are they batting so slow?’ Never knew I’d realise why the next day.
The Curious Case of RCB…
We all know Virat-ABd pair as one of the most destructive pairs in the history of IPL. RCB‘s batting line-up has always looked threatening but when each time RCB lost a match, it’s their bowler’s fault, right? But is RCB really that batting-heavy?
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