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Benjamin Prabhu

IPL: Five cherished IPL moments for a Chennai Super Kings’ fan

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is here. And once more it is time to set aside national loyalties and pick a city-based franchise to cheer this season.

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How the present crisis in Australian cricket could have been avoided!

I was wondering on Monday morning how slowly time passes by while one waits for the next cricket match featuring the Indian team. Then, without warning, the cricket universe erupted over the axing of four Australian cricketers. The four players had failed to submit an assignment to coach Mickey Arthur within the set deadline. The coach "wanted three points from each of them [players] technically, mentally and team as to how we were going to get back over the next couple of games, how we were going to get ourselves back into the series."

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s personal diary reveals interesting insights!

Press conferences are not the place where you will get to know what is really in the captain’s mind about his team mates. Statements to the media are understandably diplomatic exercises.  There is, however, one place which can reveal what is there in a captain’s mind – his personal diary. Benjamin Prabhu brings us what is there in MS Dhoni’s mind by producing excerpts from jottings from his diary in the year 2012.

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Virender Sehwag has achieved what not many had expected him to

It’s simply incredible that Virender Sehwag is going to play his 100th Test at Mumbai on Thursday. Everything about him suggests that he should have never made it this far.

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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, as England will vouch for

When a team tops the rankings, they cannot expect too much support outside their fan base. The Australian and Indian supporters know that feeling. Now, it is the turn of the Englishmen. Who knows… after this series, it could be the turn of the South Africans!

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Does Dhoni have it in him to turnaround India’s fortunes? Well, of course!

The clamor for Dhoni's removal from captaincy is mostly suggested by people who believe that his past successes are due to luck. Many of them feel vindicated by the twin failures in England and Australia, where all the 'luck’ disappeared and his defensive tactics didn’t seem to help in any way. Well, I disagree.

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Week 8 of the IPL – The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Have you been too busy studying for your exams to take note of what has been going on in the IPL? Or have you been too engrossed in searching for a job to know who has hit the most 'DLF Maximums’ over the past week? Maybe all your time is being taken up by stalking your ex-boyfriend; or you could just be some closeted IPL fan who likes to keep up appearances by publicly denouncing the 'pajama cricket’ but want to know how your favorite IPL team is doing?

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Week 7 of the IPL – The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Have you been too busy studying for your exams to take note of what has been going on in the IPL? Or have you been too engrossed in searching for a job to know who has hit the most 'DLF Maximums’ over the past week? Maybe all your time is being taken up by stalking your ex-boyfriend; or you could just be some closeted IPL fan who likes to keep up appearances by publicly denouncing the 'pajama cricket’ but want to know how your favorite IPL team is doing?

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Week 4 of the IPL – The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Have you been too busy studying for your exams to take note of what has been going on in the IPL? Or have you been too engrossed in searching for a job to know who has hit the most 'DLF Maximums’ over the past week? Maybe all your time is being taken up by stalking your ex-boyfriend; or you could just be some closeted IPL fan who likes to keep up appearances by publicly denouncing the 'pajama cricket’ but want to know how your favorite IPL team is doing?

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Week 3 of the IPL – The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Have you been too busy studying for your exams to take note of what has been going on in the Indian Premier League (IPL)? Or have you been too engrossed in searching for a job to know who has hit the most 'DLF Maximums’ over the past week? 

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