Despite making mountains of runs against Australia, Murali Vijay continues to be heavily criticised in Indian cricketing circles. The home series against West Indies provides yet another opportunity for Vijay to silence his critics. Bharath Ramaraj explains why Vijay deserves a fair run in the Test side.
The incontrovertible reality is that Virat Kohli is in the form of his life. The accompanying irrefutable truth, nay a lockstep as would be agreed to by even the most sybaritic of his admirers is that such form is perfectly unreal.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was fined 10 per cent of his match fee on Sunday for using offensive language against Shane Watson after dismissing the Australian batsman in the seventh One-Day International (ODI) at Bangalore. The incident happened in the 29th over and Jadeja was found to have breached Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct which relates...
While almost every player from each side who could bat a bit, revelled in the recently-concluded seven-match One-Day International (ODI) series between India and Australia, the hosts’ key players — Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina — had a disappointing run with their shortcomings being exposed badly by the Australian bowlers. Even though one bad series isn’t enough a reason to sweat about, the reasons behind the failure cannot be ignored — especially in the case of Yuvraj and Raina as India gear up for a tougher season ahead with few overseas tours.
If cricket was a mere video game, then the Indian batsmen have been enjoying life at the 'semi-pro’ difficulty level which is bound to continue as India host the West Indies. However, the moment they set foot on South African soil, equations will change, escalating the difficulty two levels higher. Indian batsmen will face the real music only when they take on the famed South African pace battery in the three One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
Former Australia batsman Matthew Hayden has criticised Cricket Australia’s (CA) move of sending Mitchell Johnson home to prepare for the Ashes 2013-14, when Australia were to play a series deciding game against India at Bangalore. Johnson left for Australia before his teammates could battle for the series during the seventh One-Day International (ODI) at Bangalore.
Following Rohit Sharma's amazing innings of 209 in the seventh One-Day International (ODI) between India and Australia at Bangalore, George Bailey has said that the Indian batsman can fill in the void left by Sachin Tendulkar. Bailey was quoted by PTI, ""It was an extraordinary innings. He has had a wonderful series. He is obviously...
Former India off-spinner Arshad Ayub says that the wickets should have help for both batsmen and bowlers for cricket to be a balanced game. He has urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to make pitches in such a way that the bowlers too have a chance. During the recent India-Australia One-Day...
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was fined 10 per cent of his match fee on Sunday for using offensive language against Shane Watson after dismissing the Australian batsman in the seventh One-Day International (ODI) at Bangalore.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma, who became the third batsman to score a double ton in One-Day Internationals (ODI), thanked his fans on Twitter after his knock setup a series win for India against Australia.