As the world paid rich tribute to legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who Sunday announced his retirement from One-Day cricket, one also remembered the bowler in the batting maestro who was equally a match-winner earning for himself the title of "Man with the Golden Arm".
After spending more than two years in vain trying to rake up some decent scores in Tests, Gautam Gambhir has gone back deep into the past to dig out numbers in a puerile effort to make himself look good. Arunabha Sengupta analyses each of his statements in detail to show why the arguments of the Delhi opener are just ridiculous.
Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Chittagong Kings has named former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara as its brand ambassador.
I know it is fashionable to mourn the end of an era when a great cricketer leaves the stage. But some such cricketers, by historical quirk, embody the very transformation of the game they play. VVS Laxman is one such.
His dashing, angelic looks make him more of a Dorian Gray, but in truth it's hard not to think of Shahid Afridi as the Benjamin Button of One-day International (ODI) batting, given the splendour with which he began his career and the hair-pulling frustration that some of his recent immature knocks have produced.
By Ashish Shukla He may be under pressure as a captain but as a finisher lower down the batting order, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is considered one of the best in ODI cricket even by his rivals.
By Ashish Shukla
He may be under pressure as a captain but as a finisher lower down the batting order, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is considered one of the best in ODI cricket even by his rivals.
The pressure of a tight run-chase can be an unnerving experience, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni makes it look like a cinch. His calmness in adversity is incredible. It is scarcely believable that an Indian captain – arguably the biggest high-pressure job in the game - maintains his cool in the most demanding situations.
By CricketCountry Staff Former cricketer Geoff Lawson on Monday opined that Australia’s batting strength still looks bleak when compared with their sides of the 1990s.
By CricketCountry Staff
Former cricketer Geoff Lawson on Monday opined that Australia’s batting strength still looks bleak when compared with their sides of the 1990s.
By CricketCountry Staff Former Australian batsmen Dean Jones and Michael Bevan have accepted the coaching roles for Chittagong Kings franchise in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 competition.
Former Australian batsmen Dean Jones and Michael Bevan have accepted the coaching roles for Chittagong Kings franchise in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 competition.
Average has for long been the indicator of the quality of a batsman. But there are some loopholes in the way it is computed. Arunabha Sengupta takes a sneak peek into some interesting work done by Dr. Shubhabrata Das in this regard.