Among batsmen with 50-plus Test career average, Gavaskar's epic 96 remains the highest 2nd innings score
One certainly hopes that Ricky Ponting goes out with a scintillating performance at Perth. However, Arunabha Sengupta looks at the greatest careers...
Alastair Cook – right up there with the Test cricket's great openers
Alastair Cook has had a sensational series so far and his claims to greatness have been reasserted. Arunabha Sengupta analyses...
India have bounced back after defeats at home
It was a game where the tigers were tamed in their own den. Playing on a surface that backs their strength, the Indian challenge capitulated against...
Cheteshwar Pujara within striking distance of a couple of records
Cheteshwar Pujara has had a phenomenal series so far against the Englishmen. It has pushed his career aggregate past 700 and his batting average...
Michael Clarke has been Bradmanesque in 2012
When Michael Clarke went on his backfoot and played the ball behind square for a single on Day One of the Adelaide Test against South Africa, he...
Ashwin looks lost on tracks that are not generously helpful – in contrast to Ojha
Ravichandran Ashwin is regarded as the great spinning hope of India. However, he is increasingly shows signs of giving up when the conditions are...
Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen: England's chalk and cheese with incredible figures
Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen, England’s most reliable batsmen in recent history, equaled a record and broke another as they thwarted...
Valiant second innings efforts by visiting batsmen in India in the last four years that went in vain
It s often presupposed that any team visiting India is bound to be a little tentative in the second innings, primarily due to alien conditions and...
Alastair Cook exemplifies India's struggle against left-handed opening batsmen in the last 20 years
Alastair Cook's epic resistance in the second innings is yet another example of a left-handed opening batsman making it big against India. Arunabha...
Shocking revelations: Look who the most successful batsmen were against the dreaded WI pacemen!
It is widely accepted that the most difficult bowling attack ever was the four-pronged West Indian pace machine that dominated world cricket for...
