WHAT can one say about India? Right now, the answer is glaringly obvious. Find a better bowling attack if you want to win even a single game in this series. The one that they have now frightens nobody, including my famous and longsuffering grandmother. That is all the more tragic, since the young batsmen that [...]
ANOTHER game, lot of hopes and the result was no different. This tour has turned out to be a nightmare to say the least. When the bowlers did well in patches, the batsmen let us down and when the batsmen did reasonably well, the bowlers contributed in the downfall. I was disappointed with the bowling [...]
New Delhi: Gaurav Gill underlined his credentials as one of the top rally drivers from India by becoming the highest-ranked Asian in the international ranking. The Delhi-based driver with 896 points in the International Rally Drivers Association (IRDA) ranking is the top driver from Asia ahead of China’s Fan Fan (740 points) in second place [...]
London: India’s makeshift opener Ajinkya Rahane has recovered from the minor ankle injury he picked up during the Southampton game and is eager to keep his run of good scores going. “The ankle is fine and I’m fit to play. In the three matches that are left, I’m hopeful we’ll pull off wins,” the in-form [...]
Mumbai: Pre-game huddles almost always involve warcries invoking a victory. But when Don Bosco (Borivali) locked arms before their Ahmed Sailor Knock Out Tournament pre-quarterfinal game against St Xavier’s (Parle) at the Azad Maidan on Thursday, they silently fell back on a list of reasons why they must win this encounter. For starters, they were [...]
New York: Rafael Nadal claimed players’ safety was being put at risk by cash-conscious US Open chiefs trying to rescue the rain-hit event which suffered a virtual washout for the second successive day on Wednesday. Only 15 minutes of play was possible after all of Tuesday was lost to torrential downpours, the first such full-day [...]
London: It’s one down, three to go in the India-England ODI series. Having lost the Southampton match by seven-wickets after the series opener at Chester-le-Street got rained out, the Indians are under tremendous pressure to make a mark in the contest. It’s now almost imperative that India win the third ODI here on Friday, a [...]
London: India are mulling changes in the team combination ahead of the third ODI, with the management eager to give seamer RP Singh a go ahead of Vinay Kumar, and also keen on giving allrounder Ravindra Jadeja a game. RP — who had a rusty fourth Test at the same venue — was even given [...]
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar, who is still a safe bet in terms of being India’s batting mainstay, has not only sunk a million hopes but has left punters reeling for leaving the English shores without his hundredth hundred. According to a reputed bookie from central Mumbai, while bookmakers’ earnings shot through the roof, punters were badly [...]
Not often do you see a team strolling to a stiff target in a 23-over game. That is exactly what England did in the last match in almost 10 overs at Southampton after India had set them an impressive 189 to chase in 23 overs. Just in case we had forgotten, that match reminded us [...]