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”Category: Indian Cricket Team
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.”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.
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 Cricket Story 